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dry add more brot' amte liquid. Have 35 above and dra g braised beef. It raw meat, (ml; browning the mea: cold water instead also take longer t1 meat must be well anroni and 8.111 Ap‘fieu. .â€"Drain the in an ea dish that can be s r11: soup of be Won the book of 1:1 " “'21 “When ggwned fire them around the edg macaroni, and] pie in the fat. W’ t? aka. them out and < 13 Jenks a man you can trust, papa? naked U113 fair daughter of the house. [Nor 1: you ape-ct to 88¢! your mon- dish: quagtity of meat) also chopped small. Spread out the bacon in a frying pan. 1116. put in the onion. \Vhen it is a) rich yellow strain off the onion, put the chopped meat in the fat, season with pepper and salt, and add a ladle- ful 01f flock or yea); gravy. If it. cooks Bologna Macaroniflhop bits of cold meat small, and have ready one onion and a thick slice of fat pork or bacon (aboufi one_ quart-er as much as the taste. Parmesan cheese is theâ€"‘9 best, but any hard cheese that will grate well may be used. Around Milan a. kind of cheese called sbr 1112 is general- ly used. In regard to the quantity, it dependsorn \\ hether macaroni is a. favorite dish in the familx. Ivor four persons a pomnfl is enough. ' Bologna. Macaroni.-â€"Chop bits of cold usually cooked with macaroni, but as some of the family may dislike it, it. is just as well to have the cheese grat- ed ‘and served‘ in}; sepgyra-te plape, that First about boiling macaroni: have plenty of water in the pot, as it ab- sorbs a. large quantity. \Vhen the wa- ter boils salt it, and do not put in the mroni until it boils Violently. The time needed to cook it will depend on its freshness. If imported or stale such as we get in this country three- quarters of an hour Will be needed. Keep it boiling Well, and stir from time to time. When it seems soft. pour in a. small jugful of cold water, and let it stand on the stove until it begins to boil againâ€"this swells and. W‘hitens the macaroniâ€"then drain in a. colander. This is the first step to all“ the follqwing recipes. The chief foods of the Italians are macaroni, rice, and Indian meal, so there are many ways of cooking these three articles to make variety. As the good housekeeper is often puzzled to know what to serve with meat a few recipes may not come amiss. Cords make a nice trimming for any- thing of this kimd and is much more durab e than ribbon. Now that embroi- dery l the favorite form of decoration very handsome paper. holders may be made. Any strong material may be used such as canvas, inen, denim, etc. All of these may be embroidered, and are strong and washable. Such a recepta- clle, if Well made, Will last for many years, and is a neat and ’handy thing to have in any rooms where papers and magazines are picked up any time. Very handsome music holders are made in the same way and keep the music in good condition. A few lines of music; could be Worked diagonally across the front ieoe, or some words and music from “ ome, Sweet Home” or any well- known song woqu be appropriate, with a mandolin, guitar and banjo crossed in one corner or tied with long trail- ing ribbons worked in a colored silk. Graceful scroll designs are also pretty. Yellow and white, green and- blaok, or blue and white are all pretty combina- tions for music holders. A pretty paper rack of this kind was covered. with ecru linen. The board foundation was first cove-red withsome old calico and than the linen was put. an. A trailing design in deiicately tint- ed pinkish apple blossomsnnd their green ieaves was painted on it, and pink ribbons was used to hang it by. Another was covered with green denim on which was worked in outline stitch a conventional design “'1’th black Ro- man floss, covering both front and back piece. mifil another was covered, first, with turkey red calico. Am open design was crwheted of a coarse olive reen cotton twine for back, front and . ides. ’Dhese pieces when finished were stretched and treated to two coats of varnish, which. made them very stiff. They were then sewed over the red.‘ This was very pretty. Red ribbons were used it)! it. ' \VHEN CONFIDENCE ENDS. . edge may be left, straight if desired. 1218 pieces at the sides are about. five or six inches wide at the bottom. Some pretty decoration adorns the front piece. beLter. unless some way is pmvided by which the edges of the cardboard may be kept suit and straight. The back is cut soulewhm wider but of the same length as the front piece. The top Some receptacle is necessary in the Iibra ry at aiming-room in which the lat- est newspapers or magazines may be put way. and it, may be made as prettyas defilI'Ed. In our llustratinn is shown one which is very easiiy made and which is quite-ornamental. It may be made any size desired, but for practical use it should be of such size as to re- ceive a foided newspaper or a maga- zine readitly. The very stiflest card- board procurable is needed, but very thin boards or shingles are almost better. unless me way is provided by ébout the House. ABOUT MACARONL help himsélf aocfiydifié F OR NE\YSPAPERS. nometers used in observatories and on board ship miust be regulated accord- ing to tables that. are kept to fiz the variations to which all timepieces are liable. Surgeons at St. 'Mary’s hospital, East St. Louis, Mo, have extracted an incipient orange tree from the stom- ach of little Miss Anita Griffin. The child is 13 years old. Several weeks ago she accidently swallowed an orange seed. Three days ago she was seiz- ed with intense pains. A consultation of surgeons was held and an operation decided upom The orange seed be- came encysted 1n the hmng of the stomach. zandflnl‘iad begun to sprout. ‘.___ n__ t: __ _ Miss Griffin will recoeréi' â€"wâ€" â€"“â€"v pdacqappear hot and close, While Whit; aznd hghtter colors have the Opposite ef- tn“ draperies and portieres again, but clean them carefully and put them away until the fall. For summer use there are any number of light, airy materials which may be put up in their st ead. The crinkled Japanese cottons come in beau- tiful colors, and are very reasonable. There are any number of denims, cam,- vases, cretomnes, silkoli‘nes and soft silks which make lovely draperies. They are washable and will come back from the laundry sweet and fresh. For window draperies there are very sheer cottons with colored dots and fflg‘uresj - .. , v _ .. v- Au L u; 111811-1115 . .Not a few women Who appreciate the beauty of harmony do‘ not realize that to secure the highest results there must be room for the. individuality of an ob- ject to assert itself. In other words two pretty thin-gs where there should be but one are almost as bad as one ugly one. . Our houses are to be made into homes not bazaars, and use the comfort and convenience of their occupants should be the main considerations. Every- thing in them should. promote comfort- able and beautiful living. 1n other Words not a thing shomld be purchased or made without care- fully considering the general effect of the room in which it is to be used. No matter Zhto-w beautiful in itself your “fancy work” may be, if it does not accord with the other furnishings it is not decorative. To be decorative a thing must be appropriate as well as beautiful. Profuseness is another very general error in furnishing. NINJ- .. 43..--- _-____ .. - _ vv “4 u.- vupu; Lul UUIUL 50 There are effective color schemes without number, but artistic effects de- pend fully as much} upon. using just" the right shades and relative propor- tions of color, as upon correct combina- tions. ‘ In carrying out a color scheme it is not enough that the essential furnish- ings of a room are in happy accord, every least object intended to be or- namented must harmonize or afford a. pleasing contrast. In other words not a thing shmnm purchased Work up to it. \Varm colors, reds, yellows, golden browns, etc., should simulate sunshine in rooms with northern exposure; While southern and eastern rooms should have cool blues, greens and similar mixed colors. ' Unless bedrooms have very dark, heavy furniture, light dainty colors should prevail. With the former use medium shades of_wa_rm cheerful colors. mL-__ “ wuu .vu UUUu-LIGUD’o In refurnihhing one should make that color gomlnant which best accordswith the comrlng of the old furnishings that must remain; and as new materials are! purchased W rk up tto it. 1IT_,,,, '- Wi t; Not a well-filled purse, but tasre, =thought and diacerin-ation; some knowledge of the laws which produce harmony, and an "eye for color,” are essential. Color harmony is indispensable to any measure of sucese, but to make a room that is at once homeâ€"like and beautiful, there must also be harmony of formsl and proportions, and a certain fitness‘ of things to their purpose and sur-ll roundings. WATCH EXACTLY ACCURATE. pets, draperies and the. like, are as ar- tistic in design and coloring as the highest priced goods. Happily for the majority of us those days are overâ€"past. Artistic results in house furnishing no longer depend upon expensiveness. Plenty of furniture is both cheap and good, and inexpensive wall-paper, car- ON HOREE DECORATIOJ. "In those. “good old days,” which pes- simists never tire of recalling, and even those far less remote, it was impossi- ble for the home-maker who must econ- omize closely in money expenditure, to have neat and tasteful room, no mat- ter how refined and cultivated her tastes, for cheap furniture was in- variably bad in design: and workman- ship; and cheap carpets, curtainis and other textile stuffs were ugly in de- sign and gaudy in coloring. THEE STOMIAC‘H. mit the sheep should be turned out in the morning to get fresh air and! wat- er. At the same time their quarters can be Well aired. Sheep do not bear oiose confinement well. W'henever it is possible the doors of .thtesizr quarters Hing in and. out. 1:1; Wifil §till further iessen the I‘lSk of mjum‘y 1f the doors While it is always hast to feed with gas Little waste as possible, it is rarely 'good economy to compel the sheep to ealtf up the hay in them racks as clean as with cattLe and horses, unless it is unusuaflly fine. Still, care must be taskep npt to feed too much, as sheep this way, however, 1t is important that _ hey be made slanting, so that the lhay will gradually sinrk down and always be Within reach of the sheep. Every day that. the yvea‘ther yviM per-w 1115+ f‘hn bknnm nL._-_ ‘l 1 to keep a sheep that shears only four or five pounds, one that shears seven or eight will give a good per cent. on the money invested. In addition in nearly all cases the heavier fleece will be of a. beltter quality. mattenmg. Moreover, if sheep are fed exclusivefly on corn for any consider- able length of time they lose their wool. It; costs just as much to ikeep ta sheep of a. certain Weigh-t right. But, if with good care in selecting and breeding, and with good feeding the. sheep. can be made to give eight or nine pounds; of wool instead of four or five the extra. weight of wool will be that much. ad- ditional prof-it. \Vhen it barely pays er for these, and if we compel? ,the ani- mal to drink more water than the sys- tem requires, to obtain these sohids, we work an injury to the animal. If We feed short of What is required by: the SYstem as a matter of economy, we ade- ce-L’V‘e ourselves as to the true source of profit, and have as a. further result, an unsatiSfaotory outcome in our pig grow- ing efforts. vi v-.- UV “Luyvuu and expand the digestive organs as much as possible, but water is not the best agent to accomplish: this. If we give due attention and thought to the mattecr we wish! know that a oeq‘tain amount of solids are required .to sustain selves, bwt not so easily the demands of i the sows’ systems. Now we have four sows that have thirty-one pugs five and six yvee'ks old; the other three litters some time, One-half bushel of bran and of solids. But they do not deceive the ' demands of the systems of the sows and ‘ . igs. Highfly diluted slops fed to the; 1L1] satisfaction of the pigs, give us a ; portâ€"bellied hezg'd. It; is well to distendi ing in close petns on stated rations, we , largue that the farmer, with his oppor- a‘tunities, should do much better. If all ‘ the facts that they have produced show that a variety ration gives better re- turns than a single one, and that the-re is money in the. mixing, why shoulid we ignore the Opportunity to turn am hon- iest penny? The mid] feed purchased us- ‘uaily goes to the pigs in thet shape of stop. Sometimes wfh-en the pigs are not thriving a small quantity of bran or middlings are bought and 810p fed for a time and the pigs at once show‘ added thrift. Shortly, the food supply for slop i fails; the farmer argues that the pigs do not longer need slop, and that. he has not time to bother with it, anyway. So back he goes to his singie ration of corn. {He finds the pigs thrive for a time, and then he begins to notice that in some way they do not. He has fool- ed hamseilf,, but faile dto fool the pigs. Some time ago we had a conversation With a pig grower as to how We: slop- ped our sows, and the amount of (mill! regular feed. Our p~1an,. recently, has been to mix the feed as stiff as possible, using only sufficient milk slop, or water i to dampen it. Instead of making it a* morseh to drink, we make it <ration to be eaten and girve the pigs their drink :‘in-g corn one week and glass the next, 31m lowed by [mil feed for a. period of fanother Week, writes John M. Jamis- gon. The farmezr- never begr-udges his hugs the grass and corn they eat, but when it comes to the by-prodmcts that E'he must buy, them there is a holding back and a claim that they cost too muuh, yet ail are Willing to admit that a “Little slop goes a long ways with: a. hog." We have not weighed the food and the animals to know just how much we get out. of. bought food, but have accepted results obtained at many ex- periment stations, as a safe guide to go by. If they can get a profit by feed- In our eXpea'ienoe we have found that we can make: our hogs thrives much bet» ter and lay on flesh more rapidly by feeding a continuous combination of foods that they relish, than by feed- AGRICULTURAL RATHONS FOR SHEEP. oats in equal parts make ary best. grain rations: for a’ione is too heating and we know just’ how §w*ays 0 give each! time, and ! but thn gets at a. feed. If lathe-r, . s a. drink, the -‘pro- to 3118‘ ad solids would be pounds t easily fool 0111- ed bdm sily the demands of ’and ml Now we have four lBefore E33; this mixture prevents, it is the grape , has which has been the most benefited. Tons rib-10a and tons of fine fruit are now sent to 'ateir 1 it a ,market in perfect condition which, had n to not Spraying been done, would have rink been destroyed by rot of. the fruit ’or .miidew of the foliage. There are many how iways of making the Bordeaux mixture, and 9 but; they differ but little. from one fan- . If I other, and the following will be found pro- to answer all .purposes. Take four 1 be pounds copper sufipbate, commonly call- our- ed blue stone; four pounds quicklime, is of ’and mix with fifty gallons of water! four Before spraying the trees always stir and it up we]. Some use rather more cop- ters . per sulphate, but in my experience four {We :pounds to fifty gallons is ample, and .I for éi-ncline. to think that less instead of more and Ewouid be just as effective. Tthe first sow SSprayiing should be done just as the buds i this are burstimg, another when the leaves )Ian‘iare fulfly expanded and a third as soon E it; fasa the fruit is well set. A' fourth may Slop {be given when the fruit is about: half We ggrown, and this will be sufficient for the the season. Treated as above, the crop Jne. Wilil be pretty safe. ’When crops are in danger from in- - sects, as apple, plum and cherry always the are, Paris green must be used. This can and , be applied either alone or with. the Bor- the {deem mixture, Where bligh‘ts are fear- ? a ied as wefil as insects. About a pound end iof it to 150 gafulons of watemds enough as And it should be used in about the same ain ,iwiitih the Bordeaux mixture, the Paris ain green may, be added to the mixture 'at- i just as though it were pure water, viz: ml- ;a pound of it to every 150' gallons of 'Y8- the mixture. It has developed curious- we by enough that When trees are isnraved Banting every 1; on the globe. Down race of w u unu me woman from the age of 12 are allowed to marry. ' In Turkey, any youth and maiden who can walk properly, Stand thfl DQGPSQFIJ‘V roflinL-uun --â€"-~ ‘ necessary 'reil ___ “uuul' o o are alléwed to be united for life. ed marriageabfle, and a woman of 12. In Russia. and Saxony they are a lit- tle more sensible, and a outh must refrain from entering into matrimony till he can count 18 years and the wo- man' Eillnsihe can count 16. In Switzerland, men froin of 14 and the woman from t 12 are allowed to marry. In Turkev. anv Vnn-f}: an, least 14 Summers and the woman 12., i i In Portugal, a boy of 14 is consid- ed marrlggeabile‘, and a Woman 'nf 10 In France tfhe man must be 18 the woman 15; in Belgium the : ages. $I'ARCRIAGEABLE AG ES; In Austria a “man” and “woman” In Germany the man must be at least 18 years of age. Câ€" v v! UL’UUDL bud“u {11251:}th trees which have not been) Sprayed. Somehowthe poisonous spray- imgs stimulate «9: growth. The spray- ing of orchards has now become: so uni- versal that all sorts of spraye-rs are re- quired from the common greenhouse {his fewsmall trees, to the large engine-s drawn through the orchards by horses. The business is so large that manufacâ€" ture-rs and large seed houses now ad- vertise the various Sprayers, so that. it is not difficult to get 'ust the sort want- ‘ an, ennsylvania. _W ' badly beaten) by the neighbor who sprays his orchard. A'lthaugh fruit trees suffer much from m'n‘ldjews _which toes, that its use! on trees was Less hard to bring about. The Frenoh were the first to use poisons to preserve their (fruit. Fungus and insects had nearly destroyed their grapes, a fruit of great interest to them, winemaking being one of their leading industries. Experi- ments Led them to the use of copper sulphate, the chief ingredient in what , is now known as Bordeaux mixture and 'the results Were eminently satisfactory. From that time to this the fame of this mixture has been steadily growing. In our own country all progressive fruit: growers now use it. \Vhatever erops‘ formerly suffered from the attacks of fungi are now assured whlen the trees are properiy sprayed. The fruit grow- er who is satisfied to det. his trees take their chances in the old way will' be ernt to the preservation of the crop of fruit. It has taken some little time for the pubiin'e to become reconciled to the use of poisons, but so many persons had been accustomed to seeixts use on pota- SPRAYLIN G FOR FRUIT. At the present time a. revolution is going on in regaa‘d to fruit. growing” caused by this knowledge that spray- ing with poisonous washes is equivwh- hurt: do not. make it an exahusi-ve ra-L tion at any time. Give oats, barley, mifil feed and other materials to make up a good variety. Sliced turnips with wheat bran sprinkled over them makes a good feed for sheep, especially when grain is given at other meals. The eon- dition of the sheep is the best criterion as to what the quality of the ration shoufld be. One of the most economic- ai rations is unthreshe od oats, run through a dampenel sufficiently to make the bran stick to the straw. Give them aul they u 111 eat up clean. are hung to slide Open rather than to open and shut Wiih common hinges. In extremely cold weather more com may _be given then when it is milder. GRUSOME COLLECTION LASTmeg groaned the defroted how Little you! cook. are (sprayed usabel didn when thexilr e thy not? ’1: returnHarry’s ngagemenit was 4 She couldn’t. put with it; i 2811091 an exqmsxte frame. The. front door has become .a favorite spot. for the eposure of pretty flowers. It gives a bright appearance to the :house, and a. pleasant impression of the {inmates People sometimes affect not ito care for flowers, but in their in- imost souls they do. They can’t help l‘liiking them. Music may strike a. ' jangiing or diseased nerve, and on that. .acoount he distasteful; but flowers ap- lpeai directly to the purest, gentlest and most beautiful of nature's instincts. To say one does not like a certain! flower, mwns merely, that it is not liked as Imuc‘h as another flower. .They are all Edeligh'tf-ul, but some are more delight- ful than others. : The labor of cultivation ' , rare‘i'y enough to supply a person with the exercise necessary to health. Aften the initial work of turning up the soil, the rgromnd must be kept meanâ€"that is, free from weeds; and if ' j be bathtiimay“ Spfin7k1ed Should have a. flower bed 1U [People have discovered that it is such an easy thing to do. ’e-ry little: space Eis required. A made plot of ground, 3 feet square or even Jess. will grow a. number of pretty flowers, or, it so small a space. can not be had. any old box or basket can be utilized. Filled with dirt and planted with the: right sort of seed, it. will soon be transformed into a. thing of beauty, if not of' joy forever. other fruits were sent home during last other fruits weresent home during last. summer wiil answer as Well as any- téhing eise: and if there is no sun or not. sufficient sun in the. back yard, they can he exposed in the Windows or on obi doorsteps. flsabei didn ’t recreationâ€"can begin their preparations by planting certain varieties of seeds in small! boxes or baskets, filled". with dirt, to be subsequently transplanted to Uhe gardens. Some varieties are won- derfully improved by transplanting. . The Season Which Appeals to Every Impnl of Nature’s Desires. The time for flowers is almost) here. The roses are shooting out, and where- evezr this is the case they ought t: be trimmed. It: is a little too early yet to turn up the dirt in the gardens, but those who intend to engage in the cul- tiivaetion of flowersâ€"-a most delightful “v“ \;; ‘1‘" Kimg C-hlufi-alongkorn, who is coming to England to familiarize himself \fith British customs, will reside in the neighborhood of London, 'and will prob- ably remain in this CQ'mtry about a yearâ€"London Daily Mail. __._ ._-\o gm the ("an-tn rian and t 1111 {he (jun squadron. British navy when he is fit' for it. This prince has already earned distinction and British affeze'tiorn by his deeds on the football fields. As am instance of how apt the Siamese are at adapting- themselves to our civilization, one of the students sent over by His Majesty and put on board the Conway, the became tirainging ship at Liverpool, not only became the captain of the crew’s football team. but absolutely won the hearts of all who cozmpieted against him, under (the Marquis of Queens- be'r'ry’s miles, for his devotion to sci- ence. lie afterwards did good work A... Lil- , most as English as if ilt were aBritish colony. More English is Spoken there than any other foreign language, and most of (the: trade is in the hands ofi Englishmen. England and Englishmen arelooked up to and respected in Siam, and flattered by the proof of si admirationâ€"imitation. His Majesty reads English Well, speaks it a little, and understands it perfect‘l . For many Eyears past he has send: mum rs of rela- ’tives and friends to this country as students, and all have done extremely well. Members of the Siamese royal family have been educated at Harrow. at Oxford and at Cambridge. . One of His Majesty’s nephews 18 now being educated at VVooClwich as a cadet in The. Royall Military Academy .there. And one of the Ki ng's own! sons 1s pre- D‘al‘img for the navy at the Greenwxoh school, and will be admitted to the The visit of the King of Siam to Eng- land will be an especially popular one: for {two reasons. In the first -place, His Majesty, who is a man. of abmt forty. five years, is aoultured monareh and am'umificient’ patron of the arts, science and letters, although he did not have the advantage of an English tour in his ydurbh, as has been stated. Sec- ondlly, Siam is, iln some respects, al- Iaus'r years ago. This handsome 311:1 commodious vessel carries six 4.7-inch guns, and about: a, dozen small quick-fir- ing guns. She will he commanded and navigated by two: English naval offi- ce-rsâ€"Gapt. Cumming and Lieut. Saun- deferâ€"XVIII) have been lent” by the Ad- miralxty for the purpose. The services of Lieu-t. Walsh, late R. N.. have also been secured for the trip. On his ar- The King will make the V0 his yacht, the Mahaâ€"Chakri, a v 2500 toms, constructed for him a by Messrs. Ramage Ferguson longkonn I, intends visiting England during ‘the coming summerâ€"not, as has been stated, in connection with the re- cord reign celebration, for which he Wifll hardly be in time. but for an ex- tended' stay. ‘ FIX YOUR FLOWER BEDS. PRECIOUS and the Tmperieuse flowers 51.1.0313 1- Everybody bundles us form of hiawife as she: mad? 1 aver the newlyâ€"plouglmd grou toemed fh" The momi aver field and meamyw. IL gm on the dull clods of yesterday 111‘ 1 ing, over which in irregu: , busy 891 the dew had spangled 1118111 1 Jacob saw no baa ther's time,” thought he. that his th-her's work; xx: the care of the little desel which stood a few rods b: lmtiws brick dwelling: i ' ‘ d brim ‘0 Little Mrs. Berry r92 ted shed oa‘xled by 0 pain pot, almost breathless (1 had and fatigue. She buy her round-trip tic/kt omize like. 51x13, the mums farm. \O this luxury . still 90 long and 1 -JJnn c he; parcels at L ..-.n :+ n, E grad began be turned i v‘bis