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irihc Home isweewwwwwvwe SELI‘JCTED RECIPES. For an in‘valid’s dinner tray, reâ€". move the Skin from a ripe peach, slice, and force through a sieve with a silver spoon. Drain if there seems coo much juice. Beat up the white of an egg, adding the peach pulp when the egg is light, a little at a time, beating steadily with a fork. SWeeten with powdered sugar, heap lightly on a glass saucer, and serve with Cream. Pineapple ShortcakeJâ€"Beat three eggs light, add one and one-half cup of powdered sugar, the juice of half a lemon; heat and stir in one-half Cup of cold water and beat again. Sift two cups of flour with three level teaspoons of baking powder, add to the other ingredients, and stir well, then pour into a pan. The ’batter should not be over. half _an inch thick. Bake in a moderate oven. Peel a pineapple, take out the eyes, and cut in small pieces from the core. Sweeten Well and use for a filling to the cake. ' 7 German Apple Cake is made by mixing ‘1 large tablespoon butter with 2 of sugar. Add 2 eggs and mix thoroughly. Sift enough flour in this mixture to make'it stiff enough to roll out. MMMW» pie. Pare and cut juicy apples in about 8 pieces, and place flatly on the .dough', as near as possible to- gether. Press them in to keep them in position. Sprinkle thickly with granulated sugar and a little cinna~ men, and bake in a rather quick oven until the apples are quite done. Cold Catsupâ€""l‘his excellent recipe for catsuLp requires no cooking. To two quarts of ripe tomatoes chopped fine, ad'd oneâ€"half a teacupful each of grated horseradish, whole mustlard seed, onions and nasturtium seeds chopped fine, tw0 stalks of celery and one red pepper chopped, one-fourth of a cupful of salt and sugar, half a tablespoonful each of black pepper, cloves, mace and cinnamon, and one pint of vinegar. ’ Plum Catsmp.â€"'S-t'ew pl'ums till ten- der in sufficient water to prevent burning; then strain and Weigh, alâ€" lowing to every tw0 pounds of pulp, one half a pound of sugar, two tea- spoonfuls of cinlnann‘on, one teaspoonâ€" lful each of cloves and pepper and salt to taste. The spices should be ground and well mixed before the whole is heated. This is a pleasant relish to serve with roast meat. Cucumber CatslupJâ€"This is another cctsup that req-uifes no cooking. Afâ€" ter peeling large, ripe’ cucumbers, re- move the seeds, grate fine and put in a. colan'der'fifteen minutes to drain. To every quart of pulp add two tablespoon'fruls of grated horseâ€" radish, one tcaspoonful of salt, half a pint of cider vinegar and half a. teaspoonful of cayenne pepper. Mix thoroughly, put in small bottles and seal. This catsup is specially comâ€" mended for fish and game. Fin-e ll'liulsltlard P‘ioklesnâ€"Th-e pro- portion given will fill a tw0 gallon crock'. One-half peck small cucumâ€" bers, two quarts of small silversslkin onions. two heads of cauliflower ;'(pic.ked apart), soaked over night in salt water. In the morning mix one dessertspoonful of tumeric powder and threeâ€"fourths of a pound of best mustard with sufficient vinegar (lfrom three, quarts) to make a smooth paste. _ ’l‘o'the balance of the vineâ€" gar, heated, ad-t‘l one pound of brown sugar, one-half ounce each celery seed and _white mustard seed, one teaspoonful each of cinnamon and cloves and five cents' worth of mixed spices for pickling. Carefully _add the mustard paste. and let it boil Well. then add the mixed vegeâ€" tables with two red" peppers finely chopped, and after it begins to bubv ble, allow it to boil Well for five minutes. ' Do not be persuaded to add tomatoes, green or ripe, to mustard pickles. ' DRINKS FOR TIIE SICK. Ac-i'd fruit drinks are often agree- able to the sick when no food is de- sired, anld are valuable for their pure fruit acid and phosphates. The method is so simple in preparing these juices that anyone with the fruit at their command can have a supply on hand. _ Prepare 1 qt. of strawberries or other berries, as respberries, black- berries, hucklebcrries, el-derberries and currents, by stemming or hlull- ing; wash them and place in the top of your double granite or porcelain boiler with half their bulk in sugar. Heat for 30 minutes, turn into a jel- ly bag with a draw string at the top, tie up the bag, and let it drip over night into a bowl. Do not press the bag when removing it, but use only the juice that has driplped from it. Heat the juice to just short of boiling point. and keep at this temperatiue for an hour. W iile the juice is cooking, prepare your bottles by carefully sterilizing them. To do this properly, they should be placed on a rack or bits of wood in a kettle. of cold water. Let the wa- ter gradually come to a boil. The bottles should be filled with the waâ€" ter. also. When the water reaches remove the bottles, boiling point. _ . Line a large. - round pan with the-dough, as for a empty them and fill immediately with the hot syrup. Cork and seal tight- ly. To be certain that they are air proof, stand the bottles on the corks for a few hours. Put away in a cool, dark place. To serve, mix equal quantities of juice and ~cold water. ' , Blackberry juice has much medicin- al value in bowel troubles, and the poorest cherries become nectar when made intp juices. Oranges and pine- apples, either singly or compound, make delicious juices prepared the same way. Apples contain iron and phosphates in abundance, together with a large amount of pure water, and their jui~ ces are excellent also for a beneficial beverage for sick people or invalids. Wash a large juicy apple and slice into a bowl. Add a slice of lemon peel and a bit of cinnamon stick, or if preferred, agrating of nutmeg, and pour over acup of freshly boil- ed water. Cover closely, and when sufficiently cool, set in the ice box to chill. Strain, sweeten with gran- Iulated sugar and serve very cold. Another excellent way to prepare the apple juice is to mash a baked applejn a. bowl, using a silver fork, and pour over it a cup of boiling water. Cover closely till cold, strain and sweeten to taste. Adding a few drops of lemon juice will develop the flavor. Serve in apretty glass. For tamarind juice stew slowly 2 ojzs. tamarinds. .with' 4 0.25. stoned raisin-s in 3 pints water for an hour. Strain, cool and serve. If "any more nourishment I is _ needed than these drinks contain, the white of an egg may be added to each glass. Wlhip up the whité,‘ stir some of it into the" liquid, and top With the reâ€" mainder. »Th-is makes a pretty lookâ€" ing drink. Egg lemonade is always relished. Separate the yolk and white of an egg, adding a few grains of salt to each. Beat the yolk light '(-it will beat up as light as the white if you add a tablespoon of cold water), and add the juice of 1 lemon and 3 teaâ€" sploorns sugar; beat again, and fold in the stiflly whipped white of the egg, then add i; glass iceâ€"cold water or instead drop in that amount of finely chopped ice. Add more sugar in the final mixing if desired, and if the yolk ,of the egg should make the drink too rich for the delicate stomach, it can be left out, without in any way spoiling the beverage. HINTS" TO HOUSEKEEPERS. Battenbu‘rg pieces that are soile'd and yellowed should be put to soak in s'u'ds and in an earth-en bowl. Set in the sun, turning over the pieces occasion-ally, and the yellow will dis- appear. Equal parts and lemon juice or Whisky is an exâ€" cellent remedy for a hoarse cold. Mixed with lemon juice this Was tried with good results in my own family. A large dose was taken at night, and in morning the hoarse- ness was entirely gone. In choosing a stove. don’t get one that is too small. Apart from the limited area offered the cook, when much cooking is to be done only a part Clan be in progress at once, and thus the fire must be kept burning the longer. Don’t buy a stove elabâ€" orately decorated with nickel either. Such adornments are handsome in the store, but .blacken with use. rcâ€" qu-irc much labor to keep bright, and add materially to cost. (In the treatment of contusions where there. is extensive discoloration of the skin, if olive oil 'be freely alp- plie'd without rubbing, the discolor- ation will quickly disappear. Abâ€" sorbent cotton may be soaked in the oil and applied. If the skin is broâ€" ken. a'little boric acid should be applied over the abrasion. A black eye thus treated can be made. nomnal in a. few hours, especially if the oil be applied warm. A cabinet kitchen workâ€"table at $7 is what most housekeepers would very much like to have, and the money is really well spent. Next best is a strong, large table, longer' than wide, and have the top covered with zinc. The snowâ€"white kitchen table on which our grandmothers piqued themselves isâ€"Or should beâ€" a thing of the past. ' .__._.._+_._.__-â€" I; LIPID-SAVING SA SH. 'A Frenchman, M. Challcat, has inâ€" vented a new sash which, he thinks, will keep everyone who wears it from dr-OWning. The wonderful artiâ€" cle is made of indie-rubber; but in- side it is placed a little box conâ€" taining a certain quantity of one of the compounds of calcium. When the sash comes in contact with the sea the calcium compound decomâ€" poses and produces a quantity of gas sufficient to inflate the sash and pre- serve its wearer from any risk of death by drowning. Experiments have been made with this new idea, and so far they have been satisfacâ€" to-ry. .__+____.._ ENTERPRISING MILKMAN. An enterprising milkman in Essex, England has hit upon a novel way 0f attracting attention. He ’and his assistants, armed with a milking. stool, make the round of a populous neighborhood driving before them a herd 0f five or six cows. Arriving at a convenient spot, they commence milking the cows, and sell the liquid straight to the amused and interest- ed crowd which always gathers round them. grwrrwm4~rxwi~i+wwm DUB. GOVERNllli-GENERALS HOW THE OFFICE HAS BEEN FILLED SINCE THE UNION. Lord Iminto’s Departure Suggests Memorys of Those Who Preceded Him. first G overnorâ€"G cn-eral He had come to Canada's was Lord Monek. Old Canada. as Governor before Conâ€" federation, namely, in October, 1861, and was privileged to see the new Dominion inaugurated. He re- mained in office till November, 1868. and. thus spent seven momentous years in this countryâ€"the tryng years of party deadlocks, the coaliâ€" tion Ministry, and the efforts to car- ry union. "I like him amazingly," wiotc Sir John lfacdonald to _a friend, "and shall be very sorry when he leaves, as he has been a very pruâ€" dent and efficient administrator of public affairs. He has managed the relations between Canada and the United States ever since he has been Governor and during all the Ameriâ€" can War with infinite discretion." Lord Monck was an Irish peer, the fourth viscount of the name, was hour in county Tipperary in 1819, educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and suceedecl to the title in 1849. He sat in the British House, of Commons for several years, and was a lord of the treasury in the Palmerston Administration from 1855 to 1857. I-Iev'as created a Baronof the Unit- ed Kingdom, with a seat in the House of Lords, at Confdderation, as a tribute to his services in inaugur- ating the union. He died in 1894, and ‘was succeeded by his eldest son, the present Lord Monek. LORD LISGAR. There Was difficulty in getting a successor to Lord Monck. Parlia- ment had, in a. fit of economy. Cut down the salary from $50,000 to $32,500. The bill doing so was sub- sequently disallowed by the Imperial authoritiesâ€"one of the Very few Can- adian laws with which Downing. Street has ever interfered. Several men declined the office. Lord Mayo, who had accepted, threw it up in disgust, and went to India, where he was assassinated. Finally, Sir John Young, who had just returned from the Governorship of New South Wales, was appointed. He had had long experience in official life, as Lord of the Treasury, Chief Secre- tary for Ireland, and Commissioner of the Ionian Islands. He was sworn in as GoVeI‘nor-General in February, 1869, and held the oliice till June, 1872. He was created iaron Lisgar. In the opinion of Sir John Macdonald, who was Prime Minister during Ifis whole term of Of Honey, 'CaS’tOl‘ Oi1 lofl’ice, he was “an ideal Governor,” the ablest of all these under whom that experienced statesman had serv~ cd'. Lord Lisgar died in 1.876, not long after leaving Canada. and havâ€" ing no heir the title became extinct. LORI) 'DUFFERIN. The brilliant Earl of Dullerin asâ€" sumed the Governorship in June, 1872. He was personally the most popular of all o\1r Governors. During,r his term of oilice he visited British Columbia and smoothed over the agiâ€" ta'tion there against the Dominion. He kept up good relations with the United States. lle sailed safely through the stormy political episode known as the Pacific Scandal. He was liked by all creeds and classes. I-Iis witty speeches ‘were the talk of the whole continent. llis weightier ldeliveranccs Were equally acceptable. From the people’s standpoint he, not Lord Lisgar, Was the "ideal goverâ€" nor.” Lord Dufferin's subsequent triumphs made him one of the most famous diplomatists in Europe. He served at Paris, St. Pctersburg, Rome, Constantinople and Cairo. He spent four years as Viceroy of India. He. was made Warden of the Cinque Ports. He was created a Marquis by Queen Victoria. He died in 1900 at the age of 72. He left Can- ada in November, 1878. LORD LO'RNE. The Marquis of Lorne was a mem- ber of the House of Commons When Lend Deaconsfield, during his second Premiership, appointed him Goverâ€" nor-General. The fact that a daugh- ter of Queen Victoria was his wife and would accompany him to Canada centred popular interest in the Prin- cess quite as much, if not more than, the Governorâ€"General himself. He assumed office immediately after Lord Dufferin’s departure in the auâ€" ltumn of 1878, and performed much useful work (flu-ing his term of ofâ€" fice. He was born in 1845, educated lat Eton and at St. Andrew’s Uni- versity in Scotland, and was marriâ€" ed in 1871 to Princess Louise. He founded the Royal Society of Canâ€" ada with the aim of bringing toâ€" gether in an organized body the lit- erary and scientific men of Canada. He was no speech maker as Lord Dufi‘erin was, but he was assiduous in performing all the public duties of his oflice and he left this country respected. Ever since he has been in England one of the warmest friends of the Dominion. He succeeded to the Dukedom of Argyle upon his father‘s death a few years ago and is now a member of the House of Lords. He has contributed to both English and American periodicals valuable articles upon Canada, and while _])rerlucled to a great extent from active political work, owing to his relationship with the Royal family, has half as useful career since his departure from Canada in 1883 as he had here. â€"â€"â€"â€"_ 1.0m) LANSDOWNE. Lord Lansdowne was appointed Governorâ€"General in August, 1883. He is the fifth Marquis of Lansdowne, and a descendant of the famous Lord Shelburne who, with Charles James Fox, made the treaty of peace With the United States in 1783. Lord Lansdowne was born in 1845, suc- ceeded to the title in 1866, was ed'u- cated at Eton and Oxford. and is married to a sister of the present Duke of Abercorn. . of office in Canada hehad to deal with the acute controversy between Canada and the United States over the Atlantic fisheries question, and distinguishing himself as a careful and painstaking Governor. He joined the Liberalâ€"Unionists, and on leav- ing Canada in 1888 was sent to India as Viceroy. On returning from that post be identified himself with the Conservative party, and is now l l Foreign Secretary in the Balfour Ministry. While not an orator, Lord Lansdowne made some excellent; {speeches while in Canada, and his farewell address at a banquet in 'Ottawa breathed the kimlliest feeling for the Canadian people. LORD STANLEY, OF PRESTON. In June, 1888, Lord Stanley of Preston, a peer in his own right, and also second son of the fourteenth Earl of Derby, was selected as .Gov- ernor-General. He had been in the army and had filled offices in. several Conservative Administrations. A few years ago, ,on the death of his bro- thcr, who was unmarried, he suc- ceeded to the ancient Earlldom of Derby. . In Canada, Lord Stanley was always popular, although not a. brilliant man in public affairs. He and Lady Stanley were well liked by all those who came in contact with them, and although the political sits nation at the time was somewhat stormy owing to the antiâ€"Jesuit agi~ tation, the Governor acted in a strictly constitutional mannel and retired from the country with the esteem of all. The other day he was elected to succeed the Duke of Devon- shire as President of the British Em~ pire League, but since his return to England has not taken part in pubâ€" lic affairs. LORD ABERDEEN. Lor'd Aberdeen was appointed Gov- ernor-General of Canada in 1893, and his Governorship is so recent as to require no reference. He was born in 1847, educated at.St. Andrew’s and Oxford, filled the Vice-Royalty of Ireland for a. short time in 1886. and was appointed to Canada by Mr. Gladstone during the last Premierâ€" ship of that great statesman. Lord Aberdeen, like his brilliant predeces- 301', Lord ll'ull‘erin, was in oflice when a change in Government took place in Canada, with all its resultant agi- tations and recriminations. He and Lady Aberdeen, who devoted so much of her time to good work in this country, left the Dominion with the 'hearticst good wishes of the masses? Owing to the fact his party has been in opposition since his return to England, Lord Aberdeen has not filled a place In any Government, but he is a Liberal poor of distinction, and upon the deâ€" feat of the Balfour Ministry will al- most certainly llaVe a place in a new Ministry. of- the people. LORD M'IKTO. The Earl of 'Minto, whose term of office is new drawing to a close, Was appointed Governor-General July 25, 1898. He knew Canada well, having been military secretary to Lord Lansdowne from 1888 to 1886, and Was, therefore, no stranger in official circles when he came out. He was born in London in July, 1845, was educated at Eton and Cambridge and saw some military service as a young man. He succeeded his fath- er, the third Earl of Minto, in 1891, and married in 1883 the daughter of General Grey. lie has won the admiration and kindly feeling of the Canadian people. Lord Minto as a soldier took a- great interest in the despatch of Canadian troops to take part in the South African war, and no person' took more pleasure than his Excellency in their successes durâ€" ing the war. A soldier, rather than a politician, Lord Minto has filled the office with dignity and assiduity and the announcement that heiis soon to leave Canada has called forth a number of expressions of cs- teem for his devotion to the public service. It is fair to say that while Lord Dullerin stands out conspicu- ously for his exceptional ability as Governorâ€"General, the country has never had a weak or unsatisfactory Governorâ€"General, and their influence in public affairs has always been for good. No one now thinks that £10,- 000 a year is too much to pay a Governorâ€"General, and no voice is raised that this office is not well filled by a British public man. __.___+.____ KNEW HE WAS SAFE. Jinksâ€""Why do you offer such a large reward for the return of that contemptible pug dog?” Winksâ€""To please my wife.” Jinksâ€"J‘But such a reward will be sure to bring him back.” He's dead." +_._.__. De Garry-J’As you intend to mar- ry her, why did you consent to her riding a bicycle, when you are. so opposed to them?” Mel'rittlâ€"‘"\\7ell, I knew she would have her way in the mid, and I calculated that by giving in now her father Would have to pay for the bicycle." T “No it won't. During his term. FURTHER REVIviaf‘ '4’Y/SGYP'BE _ _ u. ‘ " Extension of the Great Irrigation: Scheme by Lord Cromer. A stupendous project to revive the ancient glories of Egypt is worked out by 'Sir William Garstin, Under- Secretary of State for Public Works in Egypt, in a ponderous and beautiâ€" fully illustrated blueâ€"book which was issued from the British Foreign Of-o fice. The means of working this modern miracle“ comprises an irrigation» scheme, whose' magnitude almost. takes the breath away; but so many wonders have already been worked in the land of the Pharaohs since the: scheme of the great Assouan dam was first concerned, that even Lord} Cromer, who introduces the project. in a covering despatch, throws no doubt upon its feasibility. It would, however, including the railway schemes which form part of it, cost $21,400,000 and Lord Cronin er thinks that not more than a quarâ€" ter of the scheme can be practically considered at present. But in its crudest form the irriga-r tion scheme is based on the principle- c~f utilizing the waters of the White Nile for the benefit of Egypt and those of the Blue Nile for that of the Soudan. ‘ ‘ . Sir William estimates that when» the. whole of his Egyptian project is carried outâ€"as carried out it unâ€"» doubtcdly will be in course of timeâ€" the increased area. brought into culti~- vation will bring in a, minimum ran-- tal from taxation of £1,205,000 per. annum, while the Soudan scheme, in. land tax alone, will be £500,000 a. year. 1 Lord Cromer observes that while the greater portion of Sir W. Gal's-- tin-’s colossal project'must necessari-n 1y be_ postponed for financial reason-s. works estimated to cost £5,400,000 may be carried out in the not reâ€"- mote future. This expenditure should, Lor'd Croâ€" iner thinks, be apportioned as fol- lows :â€" Canais in Middle Egypt £1,000,000 Railways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000,000 Raising Assouan dam ...... 500,000 Remodelling Nile at Rosetta , and Damietta ............... 900,000 With regard to the Soudan, the- first thing to be done, in Lord Croâ€" mer’s View, is to complete the Suaâ€" kimâ€"Borber Railway. a .w0rk which will cost, it is estimated, £1,700,- 000, and be completed by the spring of 1906. The irrigation project for the Souâ€"1 dan will involve an ultimate aggroâ€"- gate expenditure of £5,500,000, but Lord Cromer’s view is that the iin-u provemcnt of railway communica-v tions should be first put in hand. ._____+___.___. THE “‘WIRELESS” IN WAR. Has Served the Japanese in the: Present War. Wireless telegraphy as a means of i communication between ships of a? scattered fleet during war manoeuvres: is having its first real test in thei present struggle in the far East, and‘ in at least one case it has done what: was predicted 0f itâ€"notified one fleet.‘ of the presence of an enemy. Although there have been attempts to maintain secrecy in dcspatches byt' use of differently “tuned” instruâ€"' ments, the Japanese instruments have been affected by the Russian de- spatches. On the night of February 8th, _wfter Rearâ€"Admiral Togo had divided his fleet and sent Rear-Adâ€" miral Urin with a. small squadron and txvo divisions of torpedoâ€"boats to Chemulpo, and had gone with the rest to head off the main Russian fleet at Port Arthur, Admiral Togo's chief anxiety was lost the Russians should leave Port Arthur before his torpedoâ€"boat divisions reached it,’ and should have joined the Koreetz and Variag iat Che‘mulpo, in which case the squadron of Rear-Admiral Urin 'wauld probably be annihilated. The first reassurance he had came during the early evening, while he was still out of sight of land or for~ ty miles from Port Arthur. The wire- less instrument on the flagâ€"ship sudâ€" denly began working, picking up a. mysterious message from the air. Most of it Was unintelligible to the ,“Japs,” probabfy on account of ciphr er, but one word was plainâ€"Askew," The Askold was one of the Russian cruisers, and the I despatch was evi- dently from one of the Russian fleeti The ship which sent. it could not have been far below the horizon, cerâ€" tainlv nowhere near Chemulpo, and the Japanese were at once encourag- cd to believe that the enemy were still directly ahead of them in Port Arthur harbor. the case. Admiral Togo has been able to: keep in touch with scattered Vessels which are often far out of sight of‘ his ship, and has manoeuvred his unâ€"~ seen fleet with the utmost ease and precision. The reports from the little torpedo boats and from the. cruiSers and batâ€"- tleâ€"ships have come to him. across- the air in the most severe weather, without delay 'or confusion, and through shore stations he has reporta- ed to the Emperor of Japan the movements of his fleet, and received advice as to those of the enemy. REiITURNED EVlEle’lfl-IING. Patience-"You say they quarrcllt ed?” Patrice-~“'Ves; and she returned all- his gifts. And what do you suppose he. did?" Patienceâ€"“Can’t guess.” That proved to be: Pfltl'iCCâ€"‘HSCHt her half a dozen boxes of face powder, With a note; explaining that he thought he had' taken at. least that much home or like coat since he knew her.“ ‘1 \‘o . ' " (+4 a; .v,..,,.;,_’.{ .fiw -rnc_............'..-F_‘,.&_.‘..- . .,.,._ gym . ,N-a._ . ~_- ea - â€"..â€"â€"-»:â€"-._- “an . A.._.,._7:_ E «awn u â€". <