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éfi To Boil a Earnâ€"If you have been having trouble with the boiled ham falling to pieces when removed from the water, try this way. After thor- oughly washing and cleansing the ham, tie tightly in a bag of muslin, flour sacking is good, place a saucer in the bottom of boiler to prevent the bag from scorching, lay the ham on the saucer and cover with boiling water. Cover boiler closely and cook for ten hours. It is not necessary to boil hard, but keep the water bubbling briskly; In the evening lift the ham out care- fully by the mouth .of the .sack and Salmon Sandwichesâ€"Salmon sand- wiches may be made from the canned fish or from a bit left over from the dinner fish course. Shred the salmon fine and mix with it some sliced cucum- ber pickles, chopped fine, or capers, if preferred. Over this is poured a very little melted butter, and red pepper and salt: are dusted lightly on the mix- ture before the bread is spread with it. This is an excellent filling for roll-; ed sandwiches. Another fish sandwich is made of caviare. These sandwichesi are often made without the covering piece of bread. The caviare is season- °d With lemon juice, and is particularly M :‘ .- ‘:L1- -_.Ar,, 0 ‘- - - - v ' V ‘wâ€" vvv““- good if a little cream is added before the bread is spread with the mixture. A Good Chili Sauceâ€"Take twenty- four large ripe tomatoes, four white onions, three green peppers, four ta- blespoonfuls of salt, one of cinnamon, half a tablespoonful of ground cloves, and allspice mixed, 8. teacupful of su- gar with a pint and a half of vine- gar; peel the tomatoes and onions, chop fine; add the vinegar, spices, salt and sugar: put into a preserve kettle; set over the fire and let boil slowly for three hours. Bottle and sea]. This; ketchup is excellent, and will be found: much less trouble than the strained' tomato ketchup. I up until dry avnd free from! afiy dis- agreeable odor. They will be clean, un- faded, and as. soft as when new. If you have kid gloves that need cleaning, pour a little gasoline, into a bowl and rub them between the handS, just as you would wash a handkerchief. Rinse in clean gasoline and hang them To rid a closet and the garments in it of moths, put two ounces of gum camphor in an iron vessel and set it where nothing “will ignite from it. Set fire to the cam'phor, shut the closet door and atop up all the cracks so the fumes will? be kept inside. Leave it clos- ed two or three hours, then take the garments from their hooks and hang them out 'to air. This will destroy all the moths in them. An excellent soap for washing wood- work, straw matting, oil 010th, or lin- oleum is made by dissolving a bar of soap, shaved fine, in a pint of boiling water. Add a tablespoonful of borax, and set' it aside to cool. Put enough of this soap in half a bucketful of wa- ter to make a good suds, and wash with a soft, flannel cloth; rinse with clear water and wipe dry. The borax makes the cleansing. easy, and does not injure the oil cloth; it is also excellent for softening hard water for laundry or toilet purposes. If soot has been spilt on the carpet, cover the spots with salt, let it remain ten minutes, and then sweep it off. One application will usually remove every trace of black. There are many hits of knowledge that help 'to make housework easier and more quickly performed, and the housewife is usually anxious for such information. When you have a very dirty carpet that you wish to clean, tear old newspapers into small pieces, and soak them in water. When they are taken out, rub them between the hands until they form little round balls, and scatter them over the car- pet. Then give it a thorough sweepâ€" ing, and. it will look fresh' and cleanl again. i Marmeladeâ€"Stew in as _little water as possible. W'hen tender, remove from kettle, strain and add 11b sugar to a pound. of pulp. Place over the fire and. let! cook slowly 'until thick enoug to cut: smooth. . . 'Jafixâ€"The common wild or frost grape is best for this. Boil soft and; strain the grgqes‘ gyrough asieve. To 1 lb _ 2‘ L_--..Jp.. Cannedâ€"Take fully ripe grapes, stew them! without breaking more than necessary. Allow 1-3 1b. sugar to 1 lb fruit. Make a syrup! of 1 qt water and the sugar, add the fruit, let all come to a boil. and put into a can before the grapes begin to crack open. Butterâ€"Stew the grapes and squeeze each pulp from the skin, removing the seeds. Keep the skins in a small, thin bag. To each pound 'of pulp allow one lb sugar, half pint cider vinegar, one teaspoon of cloves, one of cinna- mon and; one of nutmeg. Boil this slow.- ly, put! in the bag of skins, tied secure- 15'. .When it jellies remove from fire and put away in jars. TO MAKE HOUSEWORK EASIER. SOME GOOD RECIPES. GRAPES. The King of Siam is one of: the nch- est of monarchs, his annual income be. hug about $20,000,000, and 'he knows how. to enjoy the goo _-- ,vunuuâ€"wr swues are added as the tray is emptied. of merchandise, to maintain the customary weightâ€"and this for an income of a franc a day! Out of the franc she has her food and sleeping quarters to procure, and her clothes to get. Twenty francs a year wi}l keep her in clothes. \VOMEN PORTERS. At the age of 9 or 10 the woman porter of Martinique can carry a heavy basket or tray containing a weight of from 25 to 30 pounds. She then begins to go on long peddling journeys with her mother, elder sis- day. At 18 she is vigorous and tough as a mountain pony, and, like most mountain-bred women, she is comely. She carries now upon her head a tray and burden of from 120 to 150 pounds, earning less than 30 shillings a month by traveling 50 miles a day as an itin- erant seller. Forty or fifty miles a day, always bearing a burden of over 100 poundsâ€"for__stones are added as 1.1.- L_~ ' This kind of a companion is not‘ such as commends itself to all persons, for there are those in the world who like chatterers and consider the unending small talk of the drawing-room the highest and most pleasurable expresâ€" sion of {human wit. For such as these the bulldog is not likely to have the greatest attractions. Let such have a frolicsome dog or a kitten that will chase its tail. But the bulldog is a good companion for a quiet man of thoughtful and philosophic cast of mind. The bulldogl will not disturb his musings, the bulldog will not say the wrong thing at a time when silence is precious, for. the bulldog rarely speaks. \Vhen he "does, he is short, though not sharp, in his communications and very much to the purpose. One Reason Why the lingalnly Brutes Are Liked by Their Masters. A real lover of dogs is apt to have {a preference as to type, bult he is apt ‘also to be fond of all good dogs, n0 fmatter what the class or their special Epurposes in the world. The dog lover is very like in this regard the truly f gallant manâ€"he may prefer blue eyes and fair hair, or the opposite, but his :heart goes out to all women who are .7 good because they are women, and be- ‘cause they are good. To the uninitiat- :ed an affection for a bulldog seems a perversion of taste, for the bulldog is not symmetrical, is not graceful, and sometimes appears to lack intelligence. About his intelligence, however, there is more, than one opinion; abouu his af- fection and his loyalty there can be: no doubt, whatever. His affection knows neither hesitation, wavering nor change} . . l and he is a rare comrade. He 18 notl' noisy, he is not nervous, and he is not given to demonstration. He fills the requirements that Emerson formulat- ed as to perfect companionship. He does not: need to speak to show his sym- pathy, He can tell you what he wishes; to say with his little eyes, and he can be eloquent with the waggings of his stumpy tail. , I I SP rock cooking and{ eating. But when proyerly made are not so indigestible, they may not be eaten with immnity. Try this receipt andlsee if you do not find them so: One cup of sugar, one teaspoonful of butter, three 888'8. well beaten, one cup of sweet milk, three teaspoonfuls. of baking powder, well sifted in the flour; flavor with vanilla or nutmeg, and do not forget salt. Mix quite stiff roll out about half an inch thick and fry quickly. Be sure and get the leaf lard and try out. Have the lard just hot enough to brown the doughnuts,j when they are put in and they will? not soak .the fat. Lay them on apaper‘ for a few minutes after they are done. BULLDOGS ARE EVER LOYAL. SAIM A MILLIONAIRE The battery compartment seat of the electric auton plies the Power. The comps. four adjustabln ”mun-a m -â€"'-V Certainly the automobile is going to bring about great changes among all sorts and conditiOns of men. The ma- chine is but in its infancy} nowâ€"it may a mere baby in comparison With what invention and progress will make 'it. In our rural districts it is a great curiosity now, but before many years have passed away, a horse in these same districts will be a far greater curiosity than an automo-i bile. about him and. be handy with both hands and feet. The gasoline automobile also keeps its operator fully occupied, and he has tanks, how to regulate the battery which ignites the gas and must un-‘ derstand how ‘to clean and oil tht 2n».- chine-ry, and must familiarize himself with other details of the machine. The mere running of an automobile is much the same, whatever the power employ- ed. The gasoline machines are usually French _ 1nventions. rent is readily controlled by a lever managed by the left hand of the driv- er, whose right hand is occupied with the steering lever. Thus -’the driver has his hands full, and his feet are fully occupied as well. With his left heel he manages the emergency switch, and with his left toes he rings the gong. The reversing switch is turned with his right heel and the brake is applied with either right or left foot. He turns out the light by pressing a but-j ton under his seat. Hence it can be! seen that the driver must keep his wits: about him and be handy with both ha_n_ds and feet. . In New York and in some of the other large cities of the United States the electric vehicle has come largely into favor. It is especially well adapt- ed for all city uses, for it is without odor or vibrations, and is almost noise- less; but} owing to the necessity of car- rying a storage battery, it is very heavy and can run for but a limited distanceâ€"about 25 milesâ€"without re- charging. Therefore at presentâ€"for, there is no telling- what improvementsl may be madeâ€"the automobiles run by; steam or‘ gasoline are superior for long; distance purposes. These machines can? be.made much lighter, and do not re- guire, as. do the electric vehicles, charg- ing stations; moreover, fresh supplies of gasoline can be obtained anywhere} There are several powerful associa- tions in England devoted ’to the devel- opment of .the automobile, and espe- cially in the line of carrying heavy loads and for trucking purposes the machine has flound a far wider accept- ance than in the United States. Autoâ€" mobiles propelled by steam are the most popular in England. . These companies are turning out about 200 types of vehicles, with var- ious methods of propulsion. Electricity steam and gasoline, are the three main forces that have been chained and bound tot do the bidding 011 the man be- hind the lever. Other motive powers, derived from' compressed air, liquid air. carbonic acid gas and alcohol, are be- ing experimented with, but automobiles with these powers behind the throne are not’ yet practical and accomplished facts; they: are still in the experiment-l a1 stage. ' THE AUTOMOBILE ABROAD. In France the automobile is used by; the farmer and milkman and grocer: and peddler as well as by the man of; wealth and leisure. An automobile! club is! in existence which numbers Lip-l ward of 2,000 members. In Paris the§ electric motor is fast supplanting the; old-fashioned horse cab. French laws} have been passed for the regulation of? builders and operators, and providing": for races. and speed limits. The machine; is to’ be used for military purposes, and? has become a Governmental institution,g as___well as a great business industry; A year 8.30 there were not 30 automo- biles in America, but since the. first of this year at least 80 companies have been organized in different sections of the United States and Canada, with an enormous aggregate capital of nearly $400,000,000. The inventive mind has only recent- ly been turned upon the automobile, and the enormous possibilities of the ma- Chine have, not yet, by any means, been fully worked; out or realized. But, acâ€" cording to,» the old adage, money makes the mare go, and money combined with the brains that money commands will certainly make the autombile 80- flow They Are Blade and flow Operation- Steam and Gasoline Mo ’ Favorites-Electricity the 0111! Form of Power Which flax Yet Been Proved Practical. The kingdom of the horse is about to pass away; his realm has been in- vaded, first by the application of steam to locomotives, and now steam and gas- oline and electricity are about to banâ€" ish the horse from the carriage and cart and truck. No doubt lovers of the horse will retain the finer breeds for racing and other purposes, but from the beasts of burden throughout the leading civilized countries a morituri salutamus is already beginning to arise. DIFFERENT Tfiâ€"és 0F AUTOMO- BILE IN THE MARKET. of the electric automobile an the power. The compartment he: ad ustabl 311311 in k: cggfiitslg Th? b.8‘ttefy steam is easily‘éienâ€"e‘retfleil. -_-_- HANDS AND FEET BUSY. the electric automobile the cur- is readily controlled by a lever in by $353331: the moment it a hydraulic is in place ' operated-â€" “-5 Are the Only Other LS Yet Been Ruby. I Qa'v'v the that's What you me advertised 50%;; ’eII, we .tvere jogg ‘ng ahng Fling know just What; lwasn’t paying much attention to him. Iwas thihkihg about “What were you thinking?" “You'll' laugh at me; it was such 'a fool t'iging," said Mahtey, “but there ahead on my side of the waggon. The heavy breeohing, you know, <the leath- ‘1 Stnps. the back part of the harnses that goes over the hips, was beginning .tO‘ czhafe the hair off. his sides, tor so It“ looked to me." 3 and. his skin was beginning to flinch _ anld. I was just going to tell Flung that I thought we ought to 'stOp and ’loosen up the harness in some xmzr drop the breaching altogether “Well, that’s just it,” said Mazntey, "There seems to be a little bruised spot in my mind, and when I 'tzry to peened ?" be was asked. SO MUCH GLARE, such a queer feeling ofâ€"I don't know- ‘he-ad, not unpleasant, though, and a sort of notion that I was flying lapart. all into little strips, light, like feath- ers,- floating away into yellow space," But six short months ago a Chicago man declared his willingness to die for his fiancee. Now he is seeking adi- vorce on the grounds that it is impos- sible to live with her. It takes more religion to hold aman level in a horse trade than it does to make him shout at a campmeeting. Some pe0ple are so mean that they won’t even speak the truth unless it is for the purpose of hurting some one’s feelings. Everybody wants to get in on the ground floor. That’s why there is al- ways. plenty of room‘"a{t the top. Noah was evidently in the pickling businessâ€"-at least he filled the ark thh Preserved pairs. Possiny the world may owe every man a living, but it has too many pre- ferred creditors. The man whose mind is not made up Should never air his opinions in public. W'hen a man of mature years ac- quires the cigarette habit it is easy to see his finish. A lawsuit is the proper court dress for an attorney. The picture of health is often a genu- ine work of art. He who rules with a rod of iron should select a malleable one. Curiosity has a peculiar way of get- ting the better of discretion. A bachelor always feels sorry for a pretty girl who marries some other man. Pearl. All the stranded actor wants is a show. The dog who chases his own tail tries his best to make both‘ ends meet. In the steam automobile the steam is generated by using gasoline as fuel. There is a gasoline tank in the front part of the carriage, which connects by means of a pipe with the firebox under the boiler. Combustion goes on in‘ the firebox and the gasoline is vapor- atized and conducted by the pipe around the boiler. A double cylinder engine connects with the boiler, and the power. is applied to the rear wheels by means of sprockets and chain. \Vh‘en the machine is to be started a rod is heated and inserted in the fire- box. Then gasoline is turned on from the gasoline tank. The heat vaporizes the gasoline and prevents any explo- sion; then a match is applied to the firebox and starts the gasoline flame. It takes about four minutes to get up steam. Then the throttle is open- ed by pressing it forward; this lets the steam? into the piston. Every oper-i ation is automatic after that. The machine is started by turning the starting Wheel at the side. This starts the motor by sucking in a charge of gas and exploding it. Lw ‘V'V- vvâ€"'â€"__r The machine has to be recharged afâ€" ter running about 25miles. In recharg- ing, the battery is taken out and charged at the station. The above is an American reproduc- tion of a Decauville voiturette. The motive power consists of a double cy- linder gasoline motor, which transmits its power to a differential in the rear axle. It is well known that when gaso- line is( mixed with air in proper proporâ€" tions and ignited, it explodes instant- ly. By admitting this mixture at the end or, head of the engine cylinder and exploding it at the ‘proper moment the piston is driven violently forward, and then, by the acti on of the fly wheel or an equivalent device, it is forced back again, and the motor is kept in motion. The explosion of the gas is produced by‘_mea_ns of an electric spark. emergency switch in place and the circuit is completed. The reversing lever is then pressed backward or for- ward as the direction calls for, then the controlling lever is pushed forward, this lever controls the ‘speed. .__L___‘J “ __‘ __....A_-_ A GENUIbe SHARK POINTED PARAGRAPHS. you see that shark they wnnat t_he beach? ' did you feel when. it hap- hotel iéaalord, if which the manure early spring for mfls‘ 21:36 so. it is that coarse manu!‘ orally drawn in Wintfgr under early in gpmng best use It is then probably the uanI-u +hfl. mn'nllre mu 3’19 manure has also an 1‘3 bulk? in preportion to its W813“ 331d therefore makes the soil m0?” lighter than it would be», because u SBParages the soil particles and 3d’ nuts 341'- This imprison ' Warn.” ’ ' -- “Manta/8fe -. Value does not ' . bL-gness. It is Lhis feet fifteen pounds if we coul 1t evenly in concentrated form. ch stable manure there ' In? less proportion of miner but this is offset by the aV . - ' i - nure 8'1“s will pregfit'it'; wing mushy. .Az soon as the butter comes m. 111th granules about the size of grains 01 Wheat it is time to stop the chum well, pour in sufficien . make it float» Having done 111“ ter milk, and pour in m " ter, almost filling the churn. , . revolve the churn rapidly about fifty times. We had this illustrated a £6“ weeks ago at an institute, and the {8' sult was a lot of butter with each m' tle grain standing out se tnemely firm in texture an salting'. CAUSE OF b‘OE’l“ BUTTER. Some butter that is made in sum- mer is often soft or mushy, though, of course, most of it is solid and of good grain. 'lhe reason why the soft butter is not of the same qual- ‘ ity as the hard is that it is not made in the same mannerâ€"which of course includes the handling of both the milk and cream. The soft- ness of the butter is generally due to the temperature being too high, and this is why soft butter is the rule in most dairies during the hot months of July and August. Perhaps the rea- sons why the difficulty is not over- come is lack of convenience, pressure of other duties, and in some cases, 13- norance. To over-come all this, keep thinks cool. Have the cream at the" pr0per temperature, and if you cannot secure the means of making it so. 1‘ would be better to give up the idea of making butter during .he summer. for it would be a great deal hetter not to make poor butter even if you are interested in the smallest kind of. a. way, for it will ruin your IBPUW tion, and this onoe done it Will no nor: to impossible to build up any kind 0 a business in either butter or cheese- Churn the creamâ€"during the .mornlnfl would no doubt be bestâ€"at a temp?!- ture of about 56 or 68 degrees, for LA! will prevent its becommg mushY-I, tlt soon as the butter com-es In 1‘ granules about the size of grains: Wheat, it is time to stop the chur - - 103‘ Should it look milky and not ‘trn 1' smut r ‘n at] {Height C01d Water- t.c UNUSED PORTIONS 0E long, slightly curved meld-board 1; best, as it turns the furrow smoothly upside down and breaks the furrow the least. The barrow mg can be done without dragging out the grass. The Swtch‘ fair'm'ciis warm 3 yiow whim will turn their furrows on edge, and not entirely over, and they 'piow a narrower furrow than American farmers. If the beam of the plow is short, bringing the horse near to the point of resistance, the draft will be least; but there should be several links between the beam and whiffietree, to allow the horses some leeway when stepping on a mound or into a depres- sion, so that the point of the plow may not be jerked .up or down. ‘- ' "'““' W “611. and they should work well in spam lagging behind constantly, or walk. ing sometimes in and sometimes out of the furrow. l’he plow iLself is anoth. er thing to consider. No one plow is best. suited to all kinds of land. 3 sharply curved, short, high mold-board will throw the Iurrow very high and hard and break it up; this is suitable for a stiff clay soil. b‘or smooih, mel- low soil, or for plowing sod in the spring, when it is desired to turn the furrow squarely over, a plow with a 1-..- _I:~1-LI, impossible Ito do good work with 0“ horse walking rapidly and the owe, lagging behind constantly, or Walk. ing sometimes 1n and Sometimm nm A; No amount of work can e-ntir. Plowing always ‘ high mold-board w very high and ; this is suitable b‘or smooth, mel- more 01' 1‘38 should (1; ma ‘ a angular fafi'ér: Are you mfiififit my dear mother worked inpujsive temp-er answer- “That . and Without second thought: Fig 511"“ the very reason that I understood him. The ' England had been slow to ”PM the ‘ ‘ - . ' Murat, hit 8hpmade of (1115 French as mam “A _e saw g1! clearly now. was She ° . Hid . going to Le "maxim forced (32.1mm Mn... 58 a Sinfllllnr f ace-maker, W'h'en m‘y éeherous }' 107915 the father of Victorme, m" .Hmi made no answer, bu haughty family pride had IECL'EV How, u "A lace-maker!” he said to hi A m girl! It I had but 7 g!’ from the firstf ifiNow, after Vuu a'0(ll1£li11ta.x1<:e,Henri declared his .< x Ind the cotmgng spring was to see we The young people had me: '2. chance, the usual way,” and the fan that Victorine’s mother Came frcx {mfiag been a bond between mm part in the creation of the wonderful veil itself. But as they only worked at it by fits and starts, as the fancy seized than, [it was still unfinished when Victorme was seventeen, and Hznri Riz-iere came aâ€"wooing her. Henri came of noble blood, and was well-to-do. His parents had left, him Bony: money; not enough! {0 live uyun in Idle luxury, but enough to give him a fax: start in business life. anv- Inc that in Paris his noble relatives would not scruple to oppose supi; :1 course as he "had. decided on. he chose London as the scene of his efforzs. and cornmenced business as a merokmnv there. ‘A pretty Mb peasant gLrl began ° of it, sitting under the green was in sunny France. “Mamma, teadh me to work it,” she said one day. "My fingers are ever no 111qu finer and. tinier than yours!" So she began to work a veil for her do“, and the facility with which she, learnt the graceful work was 511 r; ris- lng. At the age of {if een she u s so expert that Adele allowed hex to 1 :hku “I will finish it for you,” she said. “and then when the time comes for my little Viototrine to be a bride, she will have a veil to be proud of.” "Oh, the pretty lace!" she cried, flapping her hands, and dancing with delight as Adele shook it out of its folds. “May I have it for a wedding- dress for my dolly, mamma 2” The pretty matron laughed and shook her head as she pressed the deli- cate fabric to her lips. Then she told the story of its making. So again the pretty taper fingers toiled busily overdue delicate lace, and masses of graceful flowers and fairy- uke ferns grew steadily under new. Little Victorine watiched the iro- gress of the work with keenest in- terest. g as poor as herselfâ€"and wem W1; 1; 55m to England. The veil went with W: packed away at the bottom of . trunk, andâ€"forgotten. It lay forgotten for twelve years, until a lovely little ten-year-old fair}: broke its long sleep at last. She had dark eyes, like the lllllt French laceâ€"maker of old, but she had the English golden hairâ€"Ambus- F «1,11 work my any Other veil in the \\'<:»I‘1d {:38 to be married in.” up he? work v_ery quietly I.’n-‘_ o ’sake if you love me. at it in my presenr me dear find if I dared ask a spec- you, it Should be frightened at his oun im- he sat Listening in great. tely, though wit}; ti‘embfâ€" 316 had wandered, of late it‘ld‘subtle change in her man who thought he he 1181' Not though her amused a pride '3 stub- mw thougph of quite a .h“ _.y own bridal veil in my and than when Arthur ry me, shall I m» be a :3 No lady’s veil shall “It should I <'â€"” to ask h‘orself the cause? She