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r HOME. SOMK UAINTY DISIlliS. Novel Appto Puddliig.-Tttke one teg. Ik. weight 111 chopped upple, Hour, suel, Ircadcruiiibs, and waslMxl cununLs. Mix uU with a lilllo inillt, and Ijoil In u t'lvased mould for three hours. 'I'uin <'U'. to serve, and jxiui" a nice sweet sauce over the pudding. Slewed I'oluloes.â€" Put In'uo a fryint! pan a &niall pi4:ce of butter, a liUl'" cl.oi)ped parsley, suit, i>epp<!r, and u gill ol milk lhi<:kened with llour. Let this come lo the Ixiil, add cold pt)tul<)es cut iiilo slices, and let all c;K)k fyr ieii min- iilcs very genlly. Add u little bit more Letter and sene. Macaroni I'uilding.â€" Throw one ounce <â- ' iiiucaroiii iiilo Ixjiling water lo blanch fcr a minute and then drain. Into a dc utile boiler put the niaoarcini and one |,iiit of milk. Siiinner all till lender, then place in a pKMlish, add a lillk» butler, and llnvor with grated lenKJii-pecl. Buke till Um; top is browned and serve. l.eck Soup.â€" Put inlo two qunrls ol b(.iling water half a dozen purUiiled p(itntoe.s, lour ounces of bread, two oi;nces ol dripping, and two ixjuud* ol Blkccd k!ck.s. lioil all slowly for an hour, then add four ounees ol ri.«. Boil to- gether for anolher quarter of an hour, and serve. This is a pleasant changi>, and is very Inexpensive, besides beinti nourishing. ICconomical Pastry for Mince Pies.â€" Boil some nice dry |xjtaloes, {>as« them when done through a sieve or niaslu-r. Take three ounces of mashed polalue.s, the same (luantity of tkiur, one teusiKxjn- II! of baking powder, and u pinch of salt. Mix all well together, und then rub into it with the llnger-tips Ihree ounces of lard or good beef <lnpping. Add cold water to make it inlo a sldl (lough. .Set aside for an hour or two. Doll out and ase. 'fry Krled Spanish Onlom.â€" Take onions of cuiial size, peel them, and cut In haif-inch slic«. Have a si.niciejU quantity of b-iiling fat rpady--it must bo quite boiling. Lay the slices of onion In frying Im-skel, -so nis not to break them. Boil for aN)ut Ave mirnites and. a.s ea-h n-lay is done, lift them out carefully with t draining slice und place on a hot dish in the oven. .Soe that the tat boils up ttvnroughly bpfore cooking the next sup- ply. Serve with i*ork, or alone with graled cli. .sc. Mu.shroom .<^nuce.â€" Fry two ounces cacti of butter and (lour to a nice brown, adt n little lyiilmp water, some mush- room ketchup, and i«oiiie llnely chopped niushr<x)ms. Simmer till all are cooked, Btirring ocfask)nnlly. add a wincglas.N(uI of sherry (or vinegar and water in equal parts), and a s|)oonful of rWh gravy, and make the mmkc tho right wuisistency. Si'rvo with giille<J chops or steaks. Italian Cake.â€" Meat three ounces of but- ter with tlie saiiu! quanllly of easier su- gar lo a cn'am. In a .separato bJLsin put f<.ur ounces of pastry Ikiur. the grated rind of an onin^re. and a liltle lemon rind. Beat llie yolk.s <it two eggs, add to It.r sugar and hittler, also a <le.sserl- Bp'ionful of eokl water. .Sift In the IViur gradually, and lastly. Ilie whih>s of eg(.'.s beaten lo a vi-iy stiff fixilh. fViur iiiUi a liult<Ted rake tin. and bake in n H.odorale oven for an hour. Hioli Brown .Stew.â€" Taki; two [Viunds of l>oef skirling uikI carefully trim oft all the skin, and eiil Inlo pieces one Inch Bquare. Predge all Ihc meal llikkly with ftour, and brown in ft little hoi butter in a frying pan. Take out the meat, add a lalilesp'ionful <if llour lo Ihe fnl, stir till biviwiied, add a pint of Bloek, a l)ay leaf, a small onion stuck wilh cloves, a teas|K)onlul of salt, and a gf<xl .seas<ining of i»epper; lastly, stir in a fea.s|)ooiiful of vim'gar. f/iver llic enucepaii and lot Ihe meat simmer slow- ly till quite cooked. . N.B.--lt this slew once Ixjils ta,st it will be siKiill. Currant ('/Mdvi<?s.â€" Half a p<^)und of (V^ur, two ounces of butter, three ounces o' currants, Iwo ounces of sugar, two eggs, halt a tca.spfionful of baking-ivnv- (ler, n lillle milk (alxnil one InbU^iKKin- ful), one tcas|xmntul rlmiamon (ground). Method.- Hub the bulliir into Ihe llour, mix in the baking |>owder. then add llie sugar, llic ciuM-iints and the einnauKin. Beat up Ihe eggs with a little milk and odd lo Ihe dry iiigredit^nts. Mix inlo a fairly slltf paste, and put the mixture into a greawd t>akiiig-thi oi' Hat sipiare C«ko tin. Bake in a moderately heatixl oven for about twcnty-flvc minutes. Cut inlo llnger-shnped pieces and dredge with sugar. Currant Bice Cukes.â€" Four eggs, 2 ozs. buller, 4 ozs. caster sugar, 2 to 3 oas. currants, }4 gill crca-n, 4 ozs. rice fkiur, 4 ozs. Vienna fk)ur.â€" Methodâ€" Beat up the eggs and sugar with a whisk for fif- teen minutes. Sift both flours and stir irto the beaten eggs. Melt the butter and odd also; lastly, add the currants and the cream. Have ready some buttered pjdly paas or small cake tins; till tlie.se with ll«! mixture and bake from twenly- fl\e to thirty minutes in a moderalely- hiated oven. TIIINOS WOBTIl KNOWING. Glycerine rubbed on tea stains will re- move theni. Use apple .sauce with roast duck, gooso or turkey. Keep a dninly while granite pan es- pecially for sauces. Inslead of grating a pine apple run it through a inwil grinder. Do not put cold butt<;r inlo a hot sauce- pan wtien making sauce. To remove dust from rallan furniture, u.se a [)ainter's small brush. (>3rn starch, as well as any other starch, must bo thoroughly cooked lo be digestible. I-'lish requires a slightly acid sauce; for â- I cither lemon juice or vinegar may be used. Curtain and portlcra poles allow the hangings to slip easily if rubbed with hard soap. All meate c<x)ked with spice.s will keep much longer tlian jilain rousted or boil- ed nieat.%. Rough Ixittoms of heavy china dishes i.iay Ik; rubbed smooth with coarse sand- pa[>er. To keep while gkives from becoming yellow, dust with cornstarch and lie up in dark blue paper. Pags of lav'iider leaves placed here and Itiere in the linen closet will give a (lilightful fragrance. Orris powder .sjn'inkled fhicKiy on Ihc hair at night and bru.shcd out in the n'.«.ming. will remove <iil and dirt. Ordinary baking soda, either a.s a [Wiw- der or dissolved in a little water, will put out a small lire immctlialely. \ rounding tabloispooiiful of butter, and a loiuiding tablesivjonful of Hour will thicken half a pint of liquid. Never use matting as a fkior covering for a sewing-i<x)m. A bare floor, lino- leum or old ingruin carpel are good. Half a teaspoon of baking stida in half u glass of water, taken at frequent in- tervals will biwik Ihe force of a cold. For u burn, apply equal purls of white of egg (uid ollvo oii mixed together, then cover with a piece of old linen. W'hen frying or broiling, spread a large iiewispaper on llio liearlh. It will ahsorb all drippings and "spuUerings" of fat. If your com bread falls in the middle while l)aking. your slove must have been chilled in some way or given a severe jar. .Smoked ceilings may be cleaned by v<nshing with clolhs wrung out of water in which a small piece of washing sod.i has br-en dLssolved. Ho<jts used as vegetables, such as tur- nips, ranvjUs, etc., not containing much nourishment, may be covered with a cream or egg sauce. Unleavened bread is made from n«iur and wahu", beaten until light and <'las- tic. It is then ix)IU'd very thin and buke<i in moderate oven. K<'op a market ba.sket within reach, put all the articles liial need to be laken upstairs in the bask(rt as they collect, and carry them all up at once. To freshen a travelling skirl, after •sliakiiig and biusliing it, hang it over a lalhtub half full of very hot wale r, and lo', it steam. The wrinkles will soon dis- appear. To make cliocolale frosting, stir a cup or more of powdered sugar in 1111*0 04- four tablesfKHinfuls of elKxxilate .syrup. The mixlui-Q should be stiff and put on a warm cake. The chief causes of failuro In even the more simple .sauces, are the use of in- ft rior maleriaLs, and Ihe lack of <'nnslant slirring and careful attention while the sduce Is being iH-aUKl. 4. It lakes a kit of practice to enable a man to become a scientific kiK)Cker. PINK PILLS WILL CURE RHEUMATISM EVIUnY FOnM OF DLSEASE YIFXDS TO THIS BLOOD UL'ILDLNG Ri:.\IEOY. It is easy to make the statement that a medicine will cure rhwmialisni, but the rheumatic sufferer must have more than mere statementsâ€" he must have tolh reasons and proof. Dr. Williams' Pink fills cure all forms of liieumatism. Here is the reason: Bheumatism is a disease of the bkxid. Kvery dose of Dr. Williams' Pink PilK actually make new, rich, red blood. This ivew blood drives out the poisonous acid, looseas the aching joints, and rheumatism is banished. Thousands have testified to the truth of these statements, and here is further fresh pro<if. Mr. Baoel .Mon- ligny, of St. Jerome, Que., says: "For many years I was a victim of rheuma- tsm and was almost a cripple. My work made it necessary for me to be ou my feet a good bit of the day, but Tuy limbs became so swollen and the f/ain so agonizing that I was forced lo slop work. I tried remedy after rem- edy, but nothing gave ine relief and 1 began lo think I would never got bel- ter At last 1 was persuaded to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. In less than ti month I noletl a .slight change in my condition. I continued the Pills for three monltis and at Ihe end of this time the swelling had disappeared; every pain and eche had left n>e ajid I fell better iji every way. I was completely cured and once more able to go about iny work with ease. Dr. Williams' Pink frills arc certainly worthy of all the praise I can give Ihem." Thousands write giving just as strong jiroof of the value of Dr. Williams' Pink Pillsâ€" not only as a cure for rheumatism, but as a cure for all the ailmt-nts finding their root in had blood such as anaemia, heart palpitation, in- digestion, ki<lney trouble, headache and backache, di.sordered iienes, etc. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by medi- cine dealers or by mall at 50 cents a Iwx or six boxes for .$2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., BrockvlUe, Out Printers moy Iw fond of cake, but they don't C!uv tov pi. No girl Irt^als a yoimg man belter than he seas her treat her mother. Grippe or Influenza, whicKever you like to call it, is one of the most weakening diseases known. Sccffs Emutsfon, which is Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites in easily di- gested form, is the greatest strength-builder known to medical science. It is so easily digeMed that it sinks into the system, making new blood and new fat^ and strengthening nerves and muscles. Use Scott's Emulsion after Influenza. tavaluable tor Coogha and Colds, ALL DRUGOI8T81 BOo. AND SI.OO. CEMENT FROM VOLCANOES. Japanese Discover a Use tor llic Ashes Which Ruin Farming Land. The saving Japanese, who are forced to play a close game with life because of the narrowness of their islands and the U'cmendous yearly increase in the p-;pulat.on, have learned lo take cun- ning advantage of every byproduct of nature. They rake the sea beaches tor sea- weed lo u.s«! a.» fertilizer and grub the m-Jiintaiiis for twigs to burn inlo char- coal. .Now Ihey are liuning Ihe many and IwiibU'some volcanoes to good pur- p.}se by inoniilacturing Ihe volcanic asli into cement, 'lo them belongs the cre- dit <if discovering Ihat the scoria that sweejis down from volcano vents and scars Ihe neighboring countryside may al least be lolerated. if it has to come as an economic asset. G. H. .Scidinore, American Cv^nsul al Nagasaki, has reported lo the Depart- ment of Coinmercc and l.alxir at Wasn- inglon thai a Japanese company organ- iztxl lo work volcanic ash into cement had already paid a dividend of 9 per cent for Ihe (lest half year on a capi- lal <f 2()0,n(K) yen and thai It luid more orders in sight than it could till. The Milsu Dishi Hn<l Kawasaki dockyards. Ihe two great privately owned dock- yards of Ihe empire; Ihe Coverninent naval yards at Saseb-j and liic Waka- malsu Ii'on Foundry Company were all Ixnng sHpplicd with Ihe new ash co- meiil. The Ciovernmenl had recently grant- ed a oonlracl for tjO.OOit bags of the stuff lo be used in the new harlwr works at Koeluiig. (Juuntilies have already 'i^en ex|xirted lo north China, Formosa and Corea. The ash, which Is obtained fi«m two of the groat cralei-s in llio sn-called Ja- panese Alps, riinniug through the main Island of IloiuUi, near llie west coast, is gixiund and screened al Ihe now eoni- paiiy'.s factory, and berau.se of the na- ture I'f Ihe eomi><)sition it needs nothing but wal<T lo iMvvmie very g<hHl cement One as-sel Ihe new c<iniiiany can counl uium- llu^ su|ip!y of Ihe crude materi- al is Inexhiiuslible, and the more thai is curled away Die more land will be un<'ov.'iy'd for Ihe struggling farmer. The di.vcovery of Ihe new ceiiienl strikes one more American pr\)ducl fixim Iho list <it llieir exixirls which had been necessaries tor Japan. The Porl- Uiiid cement manufanlured in firegon and Washini-k'n was the only cement in use in Japan before Ihe keen Japs turned live scoria, into a paying pro- position. TUE MOTIlUn QUEENS. Love For Thoir Children Gorig Before Their llank. Molhe>love is as strong in Iho hearts of queens and princesses as in those of their humbler sisters. Court life necessarily deprives a Hoyal motlier of many of the nursery privileges, but lo most of them the claims of their chil- dren appeal m<,.re slrongly than do the claims of .Stale. Tho Princoss of Wales might well be regarded as a model British, mother. She Is seldom seen in private life with- out some knitlijig or noedl-e-work in her hands, and she personally kwks e.flcr the comfort of hwr husband and children. At a garden-party during last sum- mer she aippeared with a chikj on ei- ther side, and plainly slwwed her de- sire to see 'that they "had a good time." •Slic has taught Britain's future ruler, Princo Edward, lo be democratic; so much so that he had atone time a great ambition lo rido about on omnibuses "jual like other people." A firm be- liever in discipline, she ha£ brought up all her children to regard obedience to their parenls as one of the primary virluos. Tho Prince of Wales s'ster, Queen Maud of Nji-way, '\a another who places her motherhood before her rank. \t Ihe time of her marriage with the Ihen Prince Charles of Denmark, she openly rejoiced that her life would in future be free to a great exicnt from llw cares and troubles of .Stale. When Prince Charles later ascended the throne of Norway, she still looked after IheT cno child herself, refusing to relegate him to the care of nurses ai^d maids. When llie King and Queen first ar- rived in CIU"isUania, their capital. Prince Olaf was lit'lle more than a baby. Ev- erybodyâ€" at least, all of the gentler se.x â€" wished lo kiss him, but this his mother would JKit allow. .\s a result, she was rr'gapJed with some dislike by her new subjects. But when lliey found that she was aciing from inolher-kive. and iK>t, as they had supposed, from pride, they .«oon changed their opinion. Prince Olaf now takes liis airings in the publK parks, gravely shaking hands with such of his future subjects as de- sire It. With his fair hair luid rosy chee^ks, he is the idol of llie Norwegian people. The Tsarina of BussLa, despite her heavy anxieties, dcvoles much of her time to her niother-<lul!es. Wtiilc she shared the Tsar's grief at the absence o' an heir, she loved her little daughleis none the k^ss heartily. She wisely trained Ihem to study as hard and to live us simply as would the children of the poi^ple. After tlk- advent of the Tsa rev itch, the Tsarina's at'entions were immea- surably increa.scd. She sees to his food herself, rearing him on llie plainest ond most nourishing diet. I>>spilc the glitter and pomp of her position, she is never happier than when in the company of her live Utile ones, empress forgotten and m-ither suprtsne. Tlw Queen of Spain has, over since her wedding-day, wilh its tt^rrible events, been an object of aff<x'lionale interest lo the women of Ihe workl. ("ileal, therefore, were the rejoicings \\\w\\ llie first child horn of this ro- mantic union proved lo be an Iveir. .\i Princess Eim. Ihe Queen was a wholesome, warm-hearted girl; now she is a lender, loving imither. As far as the traditions and lomialities of the Spanish ("xiurl. perhaps tho most cere- monious in Ihe world, will permit, she waits on her little son herself. When her duties call her from him, she is fill; of niotlierly anxieties, and returns U. his side the moment she is at lib- erty. MODERN iVIEDlClNES. No sane mother would wish herself treated under the conditions of medi- cine or .surgery of half a century ago. Why then should she give her Utile one the old-fashioned medicines of half a cerrtury ago, which more likely than not contain j)Ois<inous opiates that can- not cure the child, but merely drugs il inlo lemixurary Inseasibility. Baby's Own Tablets Ls a modern medicine pre- parc-il wilh all the earo und skUl of modern meilical science. And Ihe mo- ther who gives this medicine lo her child has the guarantee of a Covern- menl aiifllyst that it does not contain • me particle of opiate or joisonous .soolhing stuff. This medicine cures all the minor ailments of lillle ones, and makes baby a healthy, laughing, happy child. Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a l«x from The Dr. WllUams' Medicine Co., Brock^â- ille, Ont. FINCKHI'HINT .SKi.NATUnES. Finger-print iJentiftcalionh'is been ex- it nded lo commercinl uses by Ihe IVs- lal Savings Hank r.f the Phliippines at Manila. This bank has ri-renlly Issued .scries of sl.imj) doiHisIl lards <iii which aw spaces fur .slamps of different values lo be atllxed. When the tU'P<vsitor lia< 5>lainps to the value of one pe.so on Ihe card II is exchanged at Ihe bank for a <!eposil-lo<ik showing Ihe amount lo his credit, npix.site Iho lli;<>s for lli,< <nvnei'3 .signature and nddre.ss Is n .squaro ruled off for Ihe reeenlkm of his tluiiMb-pi'inI; so that, even if illiterate, depo»ilors may loadily be iilentilled. fHOUSANDS TRY THIS HOME-MADE MIXTURE SAID TO BB CL'BL\G niIEU.M.4TISM. The Philadelphia and New York News- papers Print Simple Prescription Which Cures Thousands. Some remarkable stories are being tcld in the large Eastern dailies of this simple home-made mixture curing nheumatism and Kidney trouble even after the noted health resorts failed. I^ere Is the recipe and directions for taking. Mix by shaking well in a bottle one-half ounce Fluid Ex- tract Dandelion, one ounce Compound hargon, Ihree ounces Compound Syrup SarsapariUa. Take as a aose one tea- spoonful after meals and at bedtime. No change need be made in your usual diet, but drink plenty of good water. This mixture, writes one authority in a leading Philadelphia newspaper, has a peculiar Ionic effect upon the kidneys; Cleansing the ctogged-up pores of the elimlnative tissues, forcing the tidneys to sift and strain from the btood the uric acid and other poisonous waste niatter, overcoming Rheumatism, Blad- der and Urinary troubles in a short while. A Toronto druggist who has had hundreds of calls for these ingredients since the first announcement in the newspapers last October stated that the people who once try it, "swear by it," especially those who have Urinary and Kidney trouble and suffer with Bbeuma- Usm. Any druggist can supply the ingredi- ents, which are easily mtxed at home. There is said to be no better blood- cleansing agent or system tonic known, end certainly none more harmless «r simple lo use. i' BL'SY AND BEAfTIFUL. Is Ihe Manufacturing Japanese Town o( Nagoya. II is interesling to know that il is pos- sible for a city of two hundred and eighty thousand inhabitants, and mosUy factory employes, lo be free from dirt ond noise. This is llie case with the Japanese town of Nagoya, says Mr. A. M. Edwards, the author of "Kakemono." It is a town full of porcelain and fan factories, cloisonne-works ajid cotton- mills. The gateway of the cloisonne-works 1( ads down a wooden passage into a liny ct-url â€" a g.irdcn set round with lh« workshops of the factory. It is nol larger than the front lawn of a suburban hoiise, bul the .skill of a JapaJiese gardener lias plante<l a whole mountainside with forests of pine and bemtxK), has spanned with an arching bridge the stone-gray stivain at me mountain's foot. From inside the liny malted rooms, no bigger than bathing-boxes, which shut in three sides of the garden, the illusion i» complete. And tlie shade and coolness of the imaginary forest and stream bring a sense of calmness and repose, of quiet peace and beauty, lo all the many work- er.s of the factory. It is a living land- scape growing unsjxilleil in the liearl of a work.shop in the centre of u manufac- luring city. It is a town of sunny streets and pupe» fresh air, whose trees are gi'ocn. DUE TO DUST. We have lo Ihnnk Ihe myriads of partielis of dust which Ikiail in Ihe at- mosphero for raindrops, snow-cryslnls, and b.ailsloivs. Each of these speulvs, invisible lo Ihe naked eye, collect niois- hiro, which becomes rain, snow, or hail, aewrding to the season of the yoor. While (ho snow-ciysUil is Iho iiHi-st beautiful. Ihe luilMone is Ihe mo.<vl woiKlerful of these creations. The heart c' every hailsloiie consists of a .speck of <hist which has eolleohsl moislure from llie almo'phere. Homo by a ciir- r< 111 of air, il reaches a height of live, six.'or even Ion miles nLove Ihc earth, wlieixi it freeze.s. Then, n hailstone -^t Uist. il plunges downward, gathering moisture as il get"', and altaining a ve- loeily which has on ninny oceaskiiis driven il through tho lliicke.st glass. If an aeixibnt Isn't lighl on his feel he is apt to lighl on hU head. TUE TWO POWER NAVY. Mr. Ilaldane Tells ot Britain's Hard Task. Following on Lord Tweedmoulh's .speech, in wluch ho said that Great UriUin must maintain the supremacy o.' the M». and thai there must be no cheeseparing, .Mr. Ilaldane, Minister ol War, spoke of the navy in a speech at llanley recently. While we had a great navy, he said, there might come a time when il would not be so easy for us as to-day to com- mand the two-power slandard. Germany luul a populalkm ot iwarly six miU lions; the United Slates would bt'for« long have one huiKlred millions; 'I would be very hard for us with foi'ty- four millions to maintain a two-power standard against two nations wilh a combined iwpulalion of one hundred and sixty millions. We might not be able in days to coma to depend wholly and absolutely upon our navy wilh the completeness of to- day, and should the time arrive it would bo upon the home defence forces that we should have lo rest our Iriist. For Ihe defence of certain points ' t our coast we must have, .said Mr. Ilal- dane, a force of Kuch a kinil that we could produce three lo one ul very short notice against any enemy that might manage, despite Ihe navy'.s vigilance, lo make a lodgment on our .shores. II was all nonsense lo talk atxiul six months inlervening between Ihc time war broke out and the time Ihe force was avail- iible. It would be availabU^ fioni the first moment, but "six months" would b;ing it to frOltion and i:)erfeclion. The Covermnent ought never to lie extra- vagant, b'.it should llr.d sullicient money. THE SWEET FI.OWEn CURE. Al Ihe BUomingdale Instilulis,n for Ihe lasane. While Plains. N. V., a new series <rr mosl inleresling experiments is being ce.nJueled wilh Iho new Ikjwer cure in Ihe Irealment »if iiisune puti- ei.ts. Beautiful, sweet-smelling llowers, it has been di-covired, have a inysleri- ou> iiittuenoe upon Ihe" human "iiiiiHl, und Ihe weaker Ihe mind Hie greater, •l Is said, is the iulluen-^e of (lowers ujioii il. Seemingly hopeless and in- curable case*! at Bloomingdale and clso- wlicro arc Ix^ing Ireated with the now flower method with bcnedciil result*. c