: ees Boil one spoonful of butter and two tablespoon- fuls cornstarch. Beat one whole ogg and yolks of two. with a pinch of salt, 'adding five tablespoonfuls suger and |, the' chop} nuts. Add this mixture 'to the thickened milk after it is slight- ly 000 Bake in buttered puddin dish twenty or thirty minutes., Beat Whites of iwo eggs stiffly, adding two tablespoons sugar and the sifted nuts. Spread over pudding and sprinkle on the twelve nuts halved. Brown deli- cutely. Berry Griddle Cakes.--Take huckle- berries, or raspberries, a half, a pint, fnd one and one-half pints of flour, ene teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoon- ful of brown sugar, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two eggs, and one pint of milk. Sift together flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder, add beaten eggs, milk, berries. Mix into a batter. Have the griddle hot enough to form B crust as soon as- the batter touches it, in order to confine the juice of the berries. Turn quickly in order to form mh crust on the under si Turn once more on each side to complete the bak- in Elaborate Dutch Salad.--Wash, split, und bone a dozen anchovies and roll each one-up. Wash, split, and bone ane herring and cut it up into small es, Cut up into dice and equal quantity of bologna or smoked ham and pausage, also an equal quantity of the breast of a cold roast fow! or veal, Add likewise, always in the same quantity and cue into dice, beet roots, pickled cucumbers, cold potatoes, cut in larger foe, and in quantity according to taste, rut at least three times as much pote- tees as anything else. Add a talespoon- fu! of capers, the yolks and whites of some hard boiled eggs, minced separ- alely, and a dozen stoned olives. Mix at. the ingredients well together, leav- ing the olives and anchovies to orna- ment the top of the bowl. Beat up to- gether of] and tarragon vinegar with avhite pepper and French mustard to {aste; pour this over the salad and gsrve. - To Serve Cottage Cheese.--Lay a let- tuce leaf on a plate. In the centre Jace a round pile of salad dressing. If me salad dressing, use the yolk of a hard boiled egg. Then mix cheege~with cream soft enough {fo hold the form of a teaspoon. With the teaspoon lay the white petals around the yellow centre. This: forms a dainty daisy design. Harmless Coloring for Cooks. -- To oolor frosting or candy: Lavender--Two Yeaspoons of blackberry juice or jelly. Biuish Javender--Two teaspoons of blue- terry juice. Pink--Beets, cherry, or strawberry juice. Yellow--Orange, te mon, or yolk of egg. Brown--Choco- fate, coffee, or tea. Green--Boil spin- tach or Swiss chard, then squeeze "through cheesecloth. All these are Marmless, and after a liltle practice one becomes quile expert and can have many dainty effects, Fresh Beans in Winter.--Fresh beans an the winter are easily obtainable. 'Aller cleaning fresh beans (green or yellow) in the usual way, boil in salt water until they are half done, Then dirain them off in a colander. ~After dhe water has ceased to drip from the 'beans, put them into a sieve lined with clean paper and set same in oven with slow fire, thus drying the beans slow- ly They will assume a shriveled ap- pearance, and are ready fo be stored fin paper or cloth bags for further use. When wanted soak them in hot water. They will assume their natural shape and will have lost none of their delici- tous flavor. THINGS WORTH KNOWING. Prevent Grease Spatlering.--Have per- forated covers for the frying pan, os the grease will not spatter on the stove. The holes allow the steam fo escape, tnd do not prevent the food from 'prowning, Any lid will fil over the an may be perforated by punching theles in it with a nail or ice pick and hammer. Easy Way to Clean Pans.--lIf a gra- mite or enameled pan is burned, don't scrape it. After covering the blackened, stols with concentrated lye and damp- vhing with water, let tt remain over might. Then the scorches-easily can be wiped off, leaving the pan like new 'and without the ugly scratches that a knife makes. Quick Way 1o Peel Tomatoes,--Have on the stove a vessel three-fourths full of boiling water. Put the tomatoes in a. wire basket; immerse them in the hciling water and let them remain three minutes. + Take out and they will skin quickly and easily, and leave the to- matoes whole. To Enlarge Holes of Salt Shaker.-- When the holes of a salt Shaker are too small take a sharp pointed file and enlarge them. This can" be done quickly. Don't Invite Mice to Your Homa-- The housekeeper. should keep on hand a good supply of fin cans or glass jars _ with tight covers, and labelled. AS soon as your groceries ore delivered, empty each article into ils respective can. In this way. éverything is kept frec from dust and retains ifs flavor, -tand there is nothing to draw mice into your eupbeards or pantry. Nuts, pop- bcrn, and. cornmeal always should be tept in Un boxes, as those things draw flee, and keep c ly mixed. taste sour. Make Cover for Ifons.--Have the tin- ner take a piece of shectiron four inches tiigh and twenty inches long and line Then cut in a circle, having a one inch rim at top and a Put over your flatiron when In this way you can boil 'your tea kettle or whatever you. wish 'ith asbestos. andile. 'ycur_ iron. on the burner your irons «also had two tin dishes They form a circle when on same. burner. Husbands Won't Scold.--When you are cooking peas or beans and they hap- pen fo burn, as they often do. just At dinner you will not 'near, "You burned these, didn't you?" 'add vanilla. 'but Instead, you will hear, "My, bu {hese are id." Potatoes for Each Day in the Week.-- add milk, butter and salt; then beat till Sunday--Peel, steam, mash; they are light. Monday--Baked pola fces in their jackets. Tuesday--Pecl Wednes- Thursday -- 'Peel, steam, and serve whole. Friday --Peel, cut in thin slices lengthwise, sprinkle with pepper and salt, and fry in buller. Saturday--Potatoes boiled in and. bake with roast of beef. day--Creaméd _ potatoes. 'heir jackets, -_-- -# GREAT PALACES OF PAIN LONDON PUBLIC MUST CONTRIBUTE $5,000,000 EVERY YEAR. Century Old Hospitals Conducted on a Plan Strange to Foreign Observers, Andrew Carnegie's thy biggest and perhaps also the mos remarkable of their kind in the world icndon's hospilais are entirely "sup- FPerted by voluntary contributions," and were it not for the donations of pri- vate persons the general public, whose pennies even are acceptable, these in stitutions would have to close up. Ik is owing to the fact that "the peo- London hospitals that the latter are operated on what must be regarded as rather astonishing In the first place no one bul aJ genuinely poor patient is supposed lo have access fo any hospital in"the me- ple" run the great lines. tropolis, Of course, this rule is no vdhered to rigidly, but exceptions to it are comparatively rare, and are made only afler elaborate explanations, The regarded as striclly~charilable institutions, and it is for this reason that they are able to boast among their attending physi- cians some of the greatest practilion- ers--medical and surgical--in the world. DISTINGUISHED PHYSICIANS FREE. Any poor man, woman, or child can zo into a London hospital and be at tended by the king's own physicians-- Frederick Treves, and others--absolulely free «cf charge. Operations which in private thousands cf dullars are performed daily in many Jondon hospitals by physicians who never charge less than 8500 as a pri- is Owing lo the fact that Engiland's finest doctors these hospitals interests of the In order to do this most of the hospitals have adopted the system of requiring letters from every patient who secks any treat- ment that is likely to involve serious Of course, those whose peverty is beyond question find ready fo any of the Lcspitals. and their treatment costs no- thing. The middle classes, however, und the fairly well to do must be re- hespitals, in fact, are Sir'. Thomas Barlow, Sir practice would involve vale consultation fee. It and surgeons attend for nothing that the poor have to be safeguarded. consequences. and immediate access commended by someona who oontri butes (0 the hospital funds before they cen receive treatment. As a general rule outside af every London hospital is posted a conspicuous fact that treat- ment is for the "poor only," and advis- people who can afford to pay to Naturally if same such regulation were not made to the hospitals in order to obtain assistance from the I heir service / fieely in fhe cause of charily. A man instance, who wight not have overmuch confidence in hi: family doctor wbuld not: object to sign announcing the ing be atfended privately. the rich would flock famous doctors who give with appendicitis, for going into the 'East London hospital in the Whitechapel! district, and being treated by Sir Frederick Treves. What ) . | was founded as far back as A. would in private practice cost. him haps $2,000 or a London hospital-for nothing. FNDUCEMENTS TO DONORS. In order to encourage the general public to take an jnlerest in the hospi- ed on givers io cerlain privilages.. For instance, on a London 'hospi- rule, entitled to} tals,. various sums are. mention tne donation: lists which-enlitie gayment of $15,000 to lel ihe giver is, as a oe are on. e with handles. burner, bur are cut right in two in centre so etwo vegetables and irons Can be on recent gift cf $500,000 to the hospitals of London has come as a veritable godsend to those vast but needy institulions, which are t more could be done in from year to year. Once {wo days are set apart when the of London is supposed. to contribute scmething, towards the care of the sick. These days are Hospital Sunday and Hospital Saturday. All the churches named: dey give the major pertions of their alieions fo the noe pilals; and on Hospilal Saturday col- lections are made in thes . Even the pennies of the multitude are eager- ly. accepted. On Hospital Sunday and Saturday in London the public. gives rously {o the fund that goes help the suffering poor. Upwards of $250,000 has been collected in one year in this manner. AIDED BY ROYAL FUND. Another great source of income to th: London hospitals, and which also 4 | come under the head of "voluntary con- tributions," are the sums raised by what is known as King Edward's hos- pilal fund for London, It is td this fund that Carnegie hes jist given his $500,000. Last year the total income ef this fund was $554,775. This fund was founded by King Ed- ward ten years ago, and is one of his majesty's most creditable hobbies. Every member of the Royal family is supposed to coniribute something to this fund, even down to the little prin- ets and princesses, Of royal subscrib- ers, King Edward gives annually $525; Queen Alexandra, $125; the prince «f Wales, $1,500; Princess Victoria, $25; Vitie Prince Edward, $5.25; while little Prince Albert, Princess Victoria cf 4Vales, Prince Henry and _ Prince George each gives $5.25.' The total rcyal donations amount to about $2,- @75. Of course, it might have been a trie more, considering that the royal fumily of England draws from the Brit- ish people ever year about $2,500,000, tutas the King and the Prince of Wales give their personal service lo the fund, the generosity of the subscription il- sell should not, perhaps, be questioned. One of the largest sources of wealth of the London hospitals are bequests by will, Recently Mrs, Lewis-Hill, wife of the famous London pawnbroker, died ond left $1,250,000 to the fund; Alfred 'Beit left $100,000, while George Her- ving, previous to his death, had con- | tributed $450,000 to King Edward's fund. In. his will he left to the hospital fund a large sum of money which he had Joaned the Salvation Army and also his splendid house in Pary Lane. DONATIONS BUY'. HONORS. To be mentioned as a heavy subscri- -ber to the King Edward fund is consid- ered a great honor in England, The fund undergoes the personal supervis- ion of the King and the prince cf Wales, and the names ofall donors 'even the persons not sending more tithan $1.25--are printed in hardsome beok'ets which come under the direct eye 6f majesty. Nevertheless, despite the temptation to seek personal adver- tisement by appearing in these gilt edged lists, some donors are suffici- ently self-abnegating not to allow their numes to be mentioned. Recently an anonymous contribution ef $50,000 was sent to the King Edward fund, and the mame of the donor was known to none {he subscriptions, Considering the extraordinary man- ner in which these funds are raised, it is quite a marvel that these great in- stitutions should be able to keep going ot all. It is from th's fact that London has come to be known as the most charitable city on earth. Living as the hospitals do on the "voluntary contributions" of the mullti- tude, it is not surprising to sec great signs plastered across the buildings ap- pealing for "immediale aid." Nearly wil the buildings bear permanently the words, "Supported by voluntary con- tributions," and each hospital, has en eiatorate system of appealing, which is in charge of a committee of publi- vily. Considering that money is al- ways "urgently necded" by each of the great London hospitels, itis a wonder that the public does not weary of sub- scribing to funds which are practically a perpetual drain on its pockets. Oc- casionally one sees notices on the out- -| side of certain hospilals that wards have ben closed for lack of operating expenses. Appeals of this kind are puickly responded to and wards are not allowed to,be closed for any great length of time. If the general public does not come to the rescue, some pri- vate individual is found *~who, by a single check, manages to Open up le much needed ward. GIANT "PALACES OF PAIN." It is diMicult for the reader to con- feive of the egjent of some of these great London homes of suffering. Su. Bartholomew's hospital, for instance, farms almost a small village itself. It ts situated in one of the densest por- ticns of London, between the general postoffice and Smithfield market, 3 5 by Rayhere and refounded by Henry Nill. in 1546. Going back more than 703 years, it may be considered one of the oldest hospitals in the. world. St. Partholomew's accommodates 647_pati- ents, who are atlended by~ nurses. 'The hospital oceupies several blocks, is surrounded by 'a huge wall, and , connected with the administralion of, forms, as it were, almost a. town with-; toa town.~.In order to keep this vast} place going it requires $335,000 a» $1,190,000 a year, | ward fund only supplies $554,7 {ributed among all the Landon hospitals --it will be seen that the hospitals de- 2 ment they afford. --_--+t HE KING'S GRAPE VINE. is Majesty Interested in the Wellare of the Vine at Windsor. Although it has been bearing luscious fiuit for the Sovereigns of England for nearly 150 years, the great vine near Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, is_ still putting forth fresh shoots, and looks in beller condition at the present time than it has done for many years. Some of the bunches this year weigh as much as four or five pounds each, and the marked improvement in the strength of the vine is probably due to the fact that a new glasshouse, giving more room and light, has been erect over it by the King's special instruc- tions. A representative of The Daily Mail who visited the vinery yesterday learnl mény interesting particulars concerning it from the royal gardener, whose sole duly it is to rear grapes for King Ed- ward's table. Many improvements have been ef- fected in the lighting and healing ar- rangements, axd the huge branches o {he vine are now supported by chains attached from the roof to leather loops instead of ropes. The new house is five feet wider than the old one, and instead of a lean-to roof a three-quarter span has been constructed, thus giving the vine a much betler chance of throwing out shoots, The house is 138 feet jong and 25 feet wide, and contains about 4.500 square feet of glass. Extra heating pipes now run through the whole length of the hcuse, and a new apparatus for open- ing and shutting the vinery has been filled up, The temperature of the vinery is kept al from 65 to 70 degrees. About 900 bunches of black Hamburg grapes are now hanging from the roof, bul, in one year, during the reign of the Jate Queen Victoria, 2,000 bunches were reared. King Cdward, however, con- siders this tom many, and the number has since never exceeded 1,000. The vinery, which may be viewed by th: public, is a source of great interest lo both the King and Queen. Grapes are their Majestic' favorite fruit, and when the Court is al Windsor they pay_ fre- quent visits to the hollow between the lodge and the royal schools where the great vine is situated. --_----"F MY LASS. No jewelled beauty is my lass, Yet in her earnest face There's such a world of tenderness She needs ne other grace. Her smiles and voice around my life In light and Mnusic twine ; And dear--oh, very dear to me Is this sweet lass of mine! O joy! to know there's one fond heart Beals ever true to me; It sets mine leaping like a-lyre In sweetest. melody. My soul uprings a deity, To hear her voice divine; And dear--oh, very dear to me Is this sweef lass of mine! If ever I have sighed for wealth, Twas all for her, 1 vow, And if I win fame's vi:tor wreath, rif wine it on her brow. = There may be forms more beautiful, And souls that brighter shine ; But none , none so dear to me As this sweet lass of mine: wee --_-- HIS TROUBLE. Smith--"Do you mean to say you don't have any trouble in keeping your wife dressed in the height of fashion?" Wedderburn--"That's what I said. My {rouble comes when I don't keep her dressed that way." "When did- you first become acquaint- ed with your husband " "The first time I asked him for money after we were married." . : ie ephant is 'fully aware of his prodigious strength com- Jvith man's and that the reason an 'elephant obeys his master 's not cause he is afraid of him, but because he has an affection for him. or surrender" out of ess "sq al him, but the one and only wey to train an elephant to perform tricks is through -- kindness and patience unending. Last, but ndt least, without exception, the intelligence of the elephant far ex- ceeds that of any other animal, Elephant trainers maintain that train- ing an elephant to perform is like teach- ing a boy circus riding, only less diffi- cult, A nimber of the simpler tricks with which an elephant entertains his audi- ence come as natural to him as the lap- ping of milk comes a cat, For in- sisnce, the blowing of the mouth har- monica, . Twenty feet to the righl or to the left of the candidate to be taught to lie down fcur heavy stakes are driven into the und, and from each of these runs a Licck and tackle connecting with each ley and manned by ten or a dozen men. When ail is ready the trainer stands in front of the animal, raises his hook and "Down! down!" he orders: The ele- phant pays no attention. He stands "weaving" his trunk and swaying his body from side to side, "Down! shouts the trainer again, and upon a signal some forty men begin fo heave and tug, the blocks squeak, the ro creak and while the trainer continues shouting his command ths pachyderm"s legs begin to be drawn frem under him. With a scalp-raising trumpet the startled creature begins to. strugglé, lashing with his trunk from side to and groping with its tip against the floor, frantically seeking for a hold to sleady himself. But the relentless ropes continue to draw his legs. The huge beast leans at a forbidding angle, bel- lowing like a herd of steers and drown- ing the "Down! down!" of the trainer. The great body be fo totter; for an instant it regains its balance, then it falls, crashing with a dull thud.on the bed of straw. Trumpeting like the screech out of a cracked steam calliope, the brute tries vainly to siruggle to its feel, until at the end of three or four minutes he begins to realize that nothing s) very startling has 'happened and that rent he ought to feel very comfortable indeed. To teach him to stand-on his head the trainer again uses the block and dackle. To forestall the effects of a bad fall the floor of the training stable is thickly littered with straw. 'TInen the candidate '3 harnessed with chains and the belly- band and block and' tackle as he ws when learning to rear, the difference be- ing that the chains from under the belly lead between the hind instead of be- tween the fore legs, so that the hind quarters instead of the forequarters may be raised. _ ---- SENTENCE SERMONS. ~Pain is the parent of power. Self-conceit is the child of self-deceit, Marking time leaves no merks on lime. The proof of love is loving the un- lovely. Truth never is found by twisting the facls, Woe possess no knowledge until we imupart it, : Wings come not to those who refuse fo walk. - An ideal usually is what we want the calher man to be. There is no righteousness without some self-respect. You cannot Iead men to the divine by crawling in the dust. The real saints have no time to write their own autobiographies. When a man boils over quickly you scon find out what is in him. True piety simply is the prosperily of the efernal things in a man. The best way to say ".gn't" fo a child is to give him something™o dé. _ You have no business with religion until you have some religion in your business, Many a man who would make a first. class lighthouse is wasting his life. try- ing to be a foghorn. When a man thinks of nothing but his sins and- failures he will have nothing else fo think of. Lots of people who talk cf their lives a: blue are only color blind; they either ar2 green or yellow. The effect of Scott's Emulsion on thin, pale children is magical. It makes them plump, rosy, active, happy. lt contains Cod Liver Oil, Hypophosphites and Glycerine, to make"at, blood together that it is _ and so put _ by little folk. and bone, easily digested ALL DRUGGISTS; 50c. AND $1.00.