~~ Hints for Busy Housekeepers. Reotpes and Other Valuable Information of Particular laccrest to Women Folks, VEGETABLES. Peas in Cream --Orie can of peas, well, cover with boiling wa- ter, salt, amd cook five or ten min- ntes. In another saucepan melt _bwo ounces of butter, thicken even- with a little flour. Shaxe over 'fre, but do not brown; add one-half cupful of cream, one 'tablespoonful mixture Stirring them well in. Keep moving over fire for a few minutes until well heated. Serve at once. Baked Peppers.--Take green panpors and on off the top and re- ve insi Chop up cold boiled beef, aid boiled potatoes g@nd onion. Season with salt an Pepper and add enough gravy to moisten. Use butter if you have no gravy. Fill the pepper with this end put the top back on with tooth- icks. Bake in oven about ten or Eitcen minutes Tomato Spaghetti--One can to- matoes, three small onions, four bay leaves, one stick celery, one pup chicken broth and minced breast cooked to a mush and age ed. Season to taste with and add one saltspoonful curry powder, one-half saltspoonful ground cinna- mon and allspice, a dash of cloves red pepper; also the min phicken. Add enough water to the Femaining chicken broth to make ubout three pints; boil and add one und of Italian spaghetti (this foul be no larger than the lead : @ pencil, Cook twenty minutes. Remove from the fire and pover closely to steam while you grate one-quarter pound = dry ge Serve the spaghetti on a arge platter, each guest using the Kauce and cheese to taste Hot Slaw.--Take a solid head of pabbage, cut fine same as you would or cold slaw. To this add one pint) water, teaspoon salt, and _ table-/ ppoon of lard; stew slowly for one | 0 ur, after which add a dressing | an ade of one egg beaten with three blespoons of sugar, one of flour, pinch of salt, and half cup of vine- yar. Should the vinegar be strong hse some water. Try this Potato Doughnuts. --Three large potatoes, boil and mash with a lump pf butter size of an egg, beat until th three oggs beaten separate y, one and one-half cupfuls sugar, pinch of salt, nutmeg to taste, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, three cupfuls flour; stir in, then add enough more to roll out. Fry in deep lard, smoking hot, drain on paper; then roll in sugar. These doughnuts are exceptionally light, do not absorb the grease, and are easily digested. Rice Potato Cakes.--One cupful of boiled rice, stiff and cold; one cupful of cold mashed potatoes ; one gg; one-third cupful of flour; one vel teaspoonful baking powder; salt to taste. Drop from spoon on riddie as and treat like pancakes. f batter is stiff as possible the cakes will be delicious. ° CAKE. Silver Loaf Cake.--One and one- fourth cups granulated sugar, one- half cup butter, four egg whites, une cup milk, two and one-half cup {our, one-half teaspoonful of soda, «ae teaspoonful of cream of tartar. Method--Cream butter and sugar until it as smooth and white as ice -cream, sift flour ten times and after siftening seven times measure two and one-half cupfuls, add soda and sift. Beat whites to a stiff froth, add cream of tartar before beating, add milk and flour, alternating and stirring well each time, and !astly add whites of eggs. Cut and fold them well. Put in loaf or layer tins buttered well and before putting in oven take and pound well to burst | in bubbles and put in cool oven and heat up your oven gradually and you will have a fine cake and may use any filling you like. Out of the four yolks make another cake, us- ing the same ingredients and same method, and you will have two fine, good tasting cakes. Cream Cake.--Three eggs to be beaten separately. Add one scant cup of sugar, one cup of flour, one heaping teaspoonful of baking pow- der, and one tablespoonful of wa- ter. ream filling--Two cupfuls o milk, one tablespoonful of corn- starch, one egg with a little speck of salt, one-half cupful of sugar. Boil in double boiler until thick. Each layer tobe split and filling put in between while hot. Walnut Loaf Cake.--Cream_ to- gether one cupful granulated sug- ar, one-half cupful butter, and yolks of two eggs, one-half cupful milk, one and one-half cupfuls Ee Pat level] teaspoonfuls o powder. Mix above one c tal of chopped walnuts and last cup the two whites stiffly beat- eu. Frost with any white frosting and sprinkle chopped nuts over 'ep. FISH. Salt in Fish.--A- glass of WS qut --~ the water in which salt is soaking will draw out most of the salt. . Filled Fish.--This is the original "'gifilty fish" that is so popular to all that have ever tasted it. A com- bination of two. or three Kinds of fish is always best, as pike and trout, of buffalo and trout, or white fish. Fé6r about four pounds of fish take two "good size onions, half tea- spoon white pepper, level teaspoon salt, two eggs, aera of breaed crumbs and a -- of <a ar. Clean and wash the fish, cu slices 1 1-2 inches thick, salt over night, or an hour or two before chopping, put on ice. Cut out all meat, put in chopping bowl, add onions, salt, pepper, b- out half glassful of water a few rops at a time while chopping. When nearly done add the eggs and bread crumbs. Have pan ready (a real heavy bottom pan is best) cut up two onions and put the heads and other bones or skins of 'the fish that you may have left over at the bottom of pan, fill up the empty skins with the chop fish, and ut it carefully in the pan. If there any chopped fish left make balls; it will be just as good as the filled skins. Now pour in very carefully so as not to break the balls, enough water to cover the ; put cover on and boil for three hours, adding more water as it boils down. Great care must be taken that it does not urn. "More salt and pepper may be added, for it takes lots of salt and pepper to make it good. Re- move the cover about fifteen minu- tes before removing from the fire, let it boil done to one pint of soup. Serve hot or cold with horseradish. CARE OF RUGS. In selecting rugs from a sani- tary standpoint the best rugs are those which are closely woven, as | the dust is then retained on the | surface and can easily be brushed off. It is much better for a rug to be cleaned often, not alone for san- itary reasons but because with fre- quent cleanings the rug becomes richer and more glossy. Small rugs are better cleaned at home than sent to the professional carpet cleaner, who does not un- derstand the different treatment required by an oriental rug trom a domestic and follows his usual custom of taking one end of the rug to a revolving wheel, which tears and whips it to pieces. Take small rugs to the roof or grass plot and beat with a light whip or rug beat- er on the surface, but never on the back, which tends to break the warp and woof, thus destroying the fabric. After beating the face, which brings the dust to the sur- face, brush off with a broom or snow, sweeping with the nap, not against it. If a rug becomes badly soiled wash it. Do not allow large rugs to be cleaned on the floor. While the widely advertised pro- cess of cleaning without the neces- chased will be glad to learn how it is done. After careful washing and rinsing have ready the following. Beat an egg to a froth, one quart or less of cold water, accord- ing to tint required. . Place all laces, ory in this and move gently through . egg. -water----sever. times. Then squeeze gently and hang in the shade to dry. When about half dry put them between pee cloths and iron. No starching s needed. If above directions are followed you will be pleased with the result. Laces will have that soft creamy tint they had when first bought. This was the secret of do- ing lace given by an old pillow lace worker who used it for doing creamy tinted pillow lace. ee are ' , RESPONSIBILITIES oF * FAMILY MAN, Lite. bears and they are gathered and id by the natives for shipment to ha where they are used to tan leather for shoes. The bean is so named by reason of its resemblance to the human ear. It grows wild on a small tree that reaches the height of twenty or thirty feet, with wide branching limbs.- As many as ten bushels often grow on a single-tree. When ripe they fall to the grour J, and over many extensive tracts, not only in Michoacan, but in Colima and Guerro, untold thousands of bushels remain ungathered in the forests. It is not difficult to hire natives to pick them up at one cent a pound. To be used for tanning, the beans have only to be dried and ground; and so rich are they in astringent qualities, that a very small quantity of the bean-meal is sufficient to tan a hide. THE MODERN CHURCH BELL USED IN BRITAIN SINCE THE FIFTH CENTURY. MAN'S KINSHIP WITH APES SHOWN BY THE MOST DELI- CATE KNOWN BLOOD TEST. Based on the Chemical Character of the Albumen Dissolved in Blood Serum. Dr. Willcox, official - analyst to the British Home Office, at a mag- isterial inquiry into a charge cf murder a few days ago gave a piece of evidence that had never before been given in England. He t«sti fied that certain blood stains on the collar of the accused man were caused by human blood and that this fact had been proved by the serological test. This serological test is the last word of science on the subject of discriminating between different 'kinds of blood stains. Its wonder- ful delicacy will be understood when it is stated that the flesh of Egyptian mummies responds read- Hy to it. A special serological lab- oratory has been fitted up revently in the buildings of the Royal So- ciety of Public Health in London, and here special demonstrati +n was iven by Dr. Rajchman of the way in which this test is carried cut. Hitherto all the methods of dis- criminating between different kinds of blood have been based on color or on the appearance of the blood corpuscles under the microscope. The new test is based on thg chem- ical character of the albumen dis- solved in THE BLOOD SERUM. Dr, Rajchman took a sample of Bells Have Been Used Since Bible Times for Secular and Religious Purposes. In the 28th chapter of verses 34 and 35, occurs the first mention of bells, and their use is practically the same as that to which modern church bells are put, namely, to give notice of the time or public worship. The uses of bells as summons to prayer are not derived directly from this source, as they have been used in all ages linen which was:inarked with a dark | for mecnine as well as religious pur- réd stain. He placed it 1n 2 watch) poses. n the Grecian army the of- glass and covered it with dilute) ficer of the guard visited the sen- salt solution, which he explained | tries at night with a bell as a eid would slowly dissolve out any a -| nal of watchfulness, and the Rom- bumen which the stain might con-| ans used small onés in their baths tain and at the same time would re- | and places of business. The honor move any blood corpuscles which | of inv enting the large church bells, might be present. A momentary{ howe -r, is ascribed to Paulinus, examination by the. microscope re- Bishop of Nola, a city of Campania, vealed the presence - of the corpus- who flourished in the fifth century cles, which proved to be blood of ig Magadan a era. Not long af- some kind. ter they were introduced into Brit- While the clot was dissolving in | am the salt solution he showed six test tubes, each of which contained what he called antiserum. Each had been prepared by injecting the blood of some animal into a rabbit. The different kinds of blood with which Exodus, BAPLISM OF THE BELLS. When first set up the bells were solemnly consecrated by the clergy with a ceremony called baptism, which implied that they wére sup- posed to possess some important sity of taking rugs up gives the sur- face of the rug a fresh, bright Iook, it is sure to rot the fabric. The | dirty water, soaking ee the | carpet, has no way of escaping, and - leaves a strata of mud between the! warp, which soon or late weakens' different sets of rabbits had been | treated were those of a man, \a horse, a pig and an ox. After a certain number of injec- , tions the rabbit's blood was found | to contain a substance known as| precipitin. A drop of blood taken | virtues. properties of a very remarkable nature were ascribed to them. Al evil spirits were understood to en- tertain an insurmountable objec- tion to the music of the bells, a single flourish making the fiends It is certain that many} eq the threads. 'If beaten at home it from the ear of a rabbit containing may afterward be spread upon the the precipitin caused by human floor and spoiled spots washed out blood has a curious effect on the with a solution of soap bark or bor- giewsnen dissolved out by the salt} ax and water, allowing an ounce o the bark to a gallon of water. If, . this is done carefully and then the | A HUM AN BLOOD CLOT. surface wiped off dry with a cloth; The test was shown by placing a wrung out of fresh water, the rugs. | few drops, one-tenth a cubic will emerge clean, lustrous, and in centimeter, of the saline solution no wise injured. Some, in summer, in a very small test tube and allow- think it a saving of their rugs 'to ing a drop of the anti-serum to fall turn them upside down, walking on into it. Being rather heavy, the the back. This is a great mistake. drop settled at the bottom of the Wear on the surface of a rug makes! tube, and at the point of contact it all the more silky, but on the re-. between the two liquids a ring verse tends to break and injure it.' filmy opalescence was formed when If there should be any signs of!the human antiserum was used. moths in the winter, hang them in; When any of the others was drop- the frosty air for a few nights. In| ped in the liquid rer* qned perfect- the summer use constantly. It is! ly clear and transpar. St better for them than packing them | In another aaperincet Bway. mer homes take their rugs with water and the solution so made them for use in the house or lawn. | tested in the same way. Here the In packing for shipment simply bale horse antiserum gave the telltale and wrap in burlaps. home for some time, beat well, then | ers remained clear, showing defin- roll in tar paper or newspapers, ;itely to what kind of animal the leaving no opening for the entrance/ original flesh belonged. of moths. Although this reaction has been known for about five years, it has only been brought to its present perfection lately. There is only one case known in which the test fails. There is no difference in the result of the test between the blood of a man and the blood of a high class ape. some LITTLE HELPS. Easy to clean wallpaper. Satur- ate a Turkish towel or piece of can- ton flannel with gasoline and rub lightly over the paper. Cleans more | evenly than stale bread and is not half the trouble and removes all the dust and di umane Hint. --After using can- ned fish of any kind be sure to bend& the cover into place again before . 7 throwing away. Cats have oftea France for Tanning Purposes. been badly hurt by forcing their! In the forests of Michoacan, one heads into empty cans in search of , of the most picturesque of the Mex- & morsel of 'ican states, may be seen groups of undry Hint.--Readers who native women and children engag- .|want their collars, collarettes, ed in picking up and placing in ee ave an MEXICAN EAR BEANS. 'Queer-shaped Bean is Sent to cream lace, jete., to keep the deli- baskets what at first sight look like Wes Those > th Mexican: ear cate, cream they have wi "pur. mute. of | | moved, to secure it with a rope or Many going to théir' sum-/|horseflesh was treated with the salt | If leaving' ring of opalescence and all the oth- | | til the middle of ; to bells was that of clearing the air | disorders. 'in | During storms bells were continu- disperse with wonderful alacrity. ally rung, and as they continued to ring so long as the storm lasted, it is not to be wondered at that they should receive the credit of stop- ing them. This practice lasted un- the eighteenth century. Another virtue attributed during the prevalence: of epidemic But the most remark- able of all their virtues was that of ocomotion. It was considered ne- cessary, whenever a bell was - re- chain, in order to prevent it return- ing to its former place. WORK FOR THE EXPERT. In England the passion for bells prevailed very early; St. Dunstan presented several to . Malmesbury aid and the Abbot of England King Edgar's time made six bells, which were named after 'dis- tinguished personages, and, the historian, such a concert was never heard in the land before. An old picture represents King David as striking with a hammer on little bells instead of his harp. Toward the close of the sixteenth century the English are described as "vast- ly fond of great noises that fil] the ear, such as the firing of cannon, the beating of drums, and the ring- ing of bells." The writer does not appear to be aware that bell ring- ing was an important accomplish- ment. pinging a single bell was the work of a novice only, but to ring a bob-major upon twelve mark- ed the ringer was an expert. The custom of ringing upon occasions of public rejoicing is derived from an early usage of the Catholics, who in this manner gave notice of the arrival of a church dignitary within their jurisdiction, and it ded as a high offence amore. not rung. says: 4 THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY INTERNATIONAL LESSON. MARCH 19. Lesson XII. Defeat Through Drunk- enness. (Temperance Lesson). 1 Kings 20. 12-21. Golden Text, Proy. 31.4. Verse 12. This message--He and the other. leaders of the . immense army (estimated at 130,000 ' men) were so confident of their super- iority, that they were wasting their time and strength drinking in the pavilions, or temporary ae set up for the exigencies of wa In array against the city_--This would include the establishment of the war-engines before the walls, battering-rams and catapaults, be- ing the chief instruments of a siege. Ladders would be set up, and arch- ers would be placed in commanding positions. It must have looked-dark to the king and his Renee cooped | up in the city. Should the wal 8} fall, it meant that desolation and destruction were sure to follow. 13. A prophet--Though his name} is not given, hé probably was one of the schools of the prophets, who seem to have acted in concert. The name of Elijah curiously enough is not mentioned in this entire. chap- ter. 15. Young men of the princes of the province--Their number, two hundred and thirty-two, was no- thing as against the great multi- tude of the Syrians and their allies. But this prophet wished by the com- parison to throw in relief: the fact that the victory was to be a super- natural one. The sterling-youth of the nation were picked out to lead the attack. The older men had al- ready failed and been driven with- in the refuge of the city, and were as a result filled with fear. The wretched state to which the city it- self had' been reduced may be con- jectured from the small number of men who could be mustered tofol- low behind the youthful leaders-- only seven thousand. 16. They went out at noon--This was a master stroke. At this hour, under the scorching Syrian sun, everything would be at a standstill heavy armor being cast aside, and the soldiers lounging about in care- less relaxation. -The king continu- his brutish drinking with the vassal kings and so rendered him- self more and more helpless. 17. The young men. . . went out first-- deceive the unwary foe An succeeded. The drunken king! thought the little band werg coming | out to make terms of peace, and he} exclaimed, in a spirit. of bravado, | Whether . . . for peace,.or..... war, take them: alive (18). 20. They slew every one his man'! --The motley army outside the walls were totally unprepared for any onslaught. Their leaders were stupid with drink, the chariots and horsés were unharnessed -- and ready, the army itself, besides be- ing at easey lacked homogencity and any sense of loyalty to a com- mon interest. A panic was exactly | the thing to 'look for. It was Je- hovah's victory, but the Israelites had to exercise the right sort of in- genuity in order to meet conditions as they were. These conditions, o course, could only grow worse un- der the sturdy attack of the young' men and their aroused followers, so that it is little wonder that the proud forces of Ben-hadad suffered | } utter rout, and he himself was ob- ' liged to escape on a horse. ms Probably there is something more industrious than an idle rumor. A centenarian named Jas. Wil- son of Crooknagrally, Fivemile- own, has just been photographed at the age of 104 years--for the first time in his life. The milling firm of John Thomp- son & Sons, of Gamble street, Bel- fast, were recently fined for ne lecting to have proper safeguards around machinery, as a result o which a man named Charles Sang- ster. received fatal injuries. The Belfast Corporation, at its monthly meeting on the Ist inst., decided to confer the freedom of the-city upon Mr. G.. W. Wolff, who for upwards of half.a century has been, 'closely identified with the commercial Progress of that city. SCOTT'S SENSE OF HUNWOR A CHINAMAN'S IMPRESSIONS __OF ABERDEEN, Former Student at Aberdeen Unt versity Gives Appreciation of People. There is a very interesting ap preciation of Scotsmen by a China man in the World's Chinese Stu- dents' Journal> It gives the "Im- pressions of Aberdeen" of Siow ye Lee, who was a student at Aberdeen' University. "'Aberdeen, like Oxford or Cam- bridge, is a seat of learning," he writes. "It is strange to note that the university is very little known among foreigners, more especially among us in the Straits and China. 'The Aberdonians have a very peculiar mode of speech, which could not escape the observation of a stranger; in fact, some foreign- ers often remark that ati is much like singing. Px RECOMMENDS COUNTRY. "T must say that no foreigner could spend any length of time in Aberdeen, or in Scotland: general- ly, without being impressed -by the wonderful hospitality. The sense of humor is wonderfully keen, and one cannot help noticing this, as it is to be found in practically ali classes alike. I have particularly noticed that all Scotsmen--rich an poor alike--have a unit of heart. Though their opinions may differ, they all strive to do their best for the welfare of their country and the people. The sense of duty in which Son citizen of a country has a share is deeply carved in the heart of every Scotsman. Not only are This. was a ruse intended to) it they busy and practical, jmore tactful and dignified. |}common sense, the serious ped look at life, and their amazing self-centredness and ~sélf-confid- ence. MODELS OF POLITENESS. | "T have also noticed that a gocd thing in the Scottish character is its independence, and this is shown by the industria] populaton in hab- its of life. "In a company of strangers you would think that the Scotsman was deaf, for his eyes never wander from the table «r newspaper. He would say that it was impolite overhear a conversation to which he was not invited. In short, he is always cold and reserved. '"Moreover, I was told that Scots- men were well-trained in their man- ners; they are said to be the best type 'of men from whom people shat are not well:acquainted with man- ners can learn. Whether this cre- dit may rightly be put to them I do not°know, but the general impres- sion I have here is that the average Scotsman knows always and every-, where exactly what to do and how to do it. He never seems to hesi- tate, and makes no fuss about his doings. It is, I think, also,'a fairly general impression in the east that the Scotsman--the term in this re- spect also 'includes the English-- keeps himself aloof, reserved, cau- tious of making or accepting ad- vances towards acquaintanceship. This may arise either out of pride or shyness. SCOT A DELIGHTFUL HOST. "At home the Scotsman is a most gracious and delightful host. He is at once the servant, and knows | how to please his guest. ; "'In tne railway service the civ- | ility of the guards and porters, tha | neatness and carefulnéss, and the /quiet energy of the drivers and firemen is notable. In the east | railway engines always show a Jack of care, and things look very con- fused and disordered. In Scot- { | W-/Jand, as in England, they are bright |and clean. That shows a workman's | pride in his work and its. instru- }ments. It is the man with the clean | engine who is going to succeed in life.' --------* ROYAL CAMP IN INDIA. Splendid Camp "Will be Providet for Residence by "King. The Allahabad Pioneer states that the King-Emperor, during his stay in Delhi, will not oceupy Cir- cuit House,,but will go into camp, the idea of a splendid royal camp appealing to popular imagination. Motor cars and taxicabs, the journal adds, are likely to be more in evidence than horsed carriages, thus obviating the difficulty of the management of wheeled traffic which arose at the Curzon durbar. Steps have afready been taken to induce the Calcutta and Bombay companies to send several hundred taxicabs to Delhi. Communication between the different camps wiil be ~|by circular railway trains running at short intervals. The programme of the royal tour in India at the end of this and the beginning of next year will include a big game shooting trip when his Majesty visits Nepa The royal party leaves England ahout December 12, and, acco tu -present rags eee tra overland to the Mediterranean | te take steamer . gai: