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\ I' ‘3 «- saw? v P l $ fiééééééfifiéééééfiétééfiéé®I . , m. 3,; About the 3 ‘ if: ....House ____.___â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"__'-_______ 3| @9B93393§99999BB§§399§9 . " SOME TIMELY RECIPES. Fried Eggplantâ€"Pare and cut the 9ggp1ant into slices 9. quarter af an inch thick. Sprinkle them quite free- ly with salt and pile them on a slanting plate, in the order in which they were cut. Place another plate on top with. a weight to hold it down firmly. Let drain an hour, then dry the slices with a napk'if). Have ready some cracker crumbs and a beaten egg for each eggplant. Dip the pieces in the eggpnext in the cracker crumbs, sprinkle with pepâ€" Pel'. and fry them in butter, or in butter and drippings, to a rich brown. The butter must be hot when the slices are put in, when they will fry in ten minutes. Add a trifle more salt if needed. Broiled Eggplant with Sauce.â€"â€"-Cut the eggplant lengthwiSe into quarter- inch slices, after paring and cover with boiling salted Water. When cool enough, dry in a napkin, dip each slice in melted butter, season with pepper and a trifle more salt if needed, arrange the slices in a. broil- er, and broil for five minutes on each side, over a clear fire. Arrange them on a hot dish, spread over them the following sauce, and serve at once: For sauce, put one ounce of good butter in a. bowl, adding a teaspooniul of Very finely chopped pai'sely,‘ and the juice of half a lem- on Beat to a cream with a fork, and set away in a cool place till needed. Sweet Pick-led Peachesâ€"Seven lbs. peaches, pared; four pounds white sugar; one pint strong vinegar; Mace. cinnamon and cloves. Pare peaches. Put into the kettle with alternate layers of sugar. Heat slowly to a boil; add the vinegar and spice; [3011 five minutes; take out the peaches with a. perforated skimmer and spread upon dishes to cool. Boil the syrup thick; pack the fruit in glass jars and pour the syrup on boiling hot. Examine every few days for the first month, and should it show signs of fermenting, set the jars (uncovered) in a kettle of water and heat until the contents are scalding. -Chili Sauce.â€"Thirty-six large, ripc, sound tomatoes chopped. (This is a heaping peck.) Six red peppers; if Very large, four. Six large, sound onions. Four level tablespo-onfuls of salt. Eight tablespoon'fuls of sugâ€" ar; two teaspoonfuls each of ground ginger, cloves, allspice and cinnamon; oneâ€"fourth of a level teaspomiful of cayenne pepper;, one grated nutmeg; eight teacups of good vinegar. Put the vinegar into the vessel in which you intend to cook itâ€"pmferably graniteâ€"add sugar and salt, and as the juice of the tomatoes inconvenâ€" iences the chopping process. pour it off into this vinegar, or pour the tomatoes into a flat Sifter; then, when the juice has been drained off, continue in the Sifter with a large dish under it to make it firm. Cook all together until it is thoroughly done, which will be about the time most of the juice and vinegar have cooked out. This makes about three quarts. Putin air-tight jars and keep in cool cellar. If made for sununer use I often keep a jar in the refrigerator. If for winter, put up as late as you can get good tomaâ€" toes. _ Roll Jelly Cakeâ€"One and oneâ€"half scant cups of granulated sugar. Three-quarters of a'cup of flour (scant). One teasuoonful of vanilla. Two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. One teaspoonful of water; Three eggs. Beat whites separately and fold in last. Bake in large square pan fif- teen minutes. ; Turn out on a towel; spread with any kind of jelly and roll. *eak fiCSS ’says, ann Pie Crustâ€"One cup of lard; one teaspoonful of salt; one quart of flour. Mix thoroughly flour and lard and salt, and add just enough iced water to knead nicely. Lemon Fillingâ€"One cup of boiling water; two eggs; two tablespoons of corn starch; one-half cup 0f water; set in a kettle of water and boil un- til thoroughly done. German Potato Dumplingsâ€"Twelve large boiled and grate-d potatoes; one-half loaf of roasted bread crumbs; six eggs (not necessary to be beaten.) A pinch of salt (gener- ous); one small cupfu-l of flour. Work all together, form into round balls about the size of pingâ€"pong balls, roll them in flour, boil in a deep ketâ€" tle in plenty of water with two tab- lespoonfuls of salt in it. Boil until they swimrâ€"or about twenty to thir- ty minutes. Drain and dry them in the oven. They are delicious day. sliced and fried in butter. Sweet Cider Jellyâ€"One quart of sweet cider, one qt. sugar. Heat the cider to boiling point in your kettle, also heat sugar in oven. When cider is ready to boil add sugar; let boil again and skim, then bo-il until, by cooling a little, you find it solid enough when pour into tumblers. PICTURE_ FRAMES AND WALLS. One woman who is successful in getting good effects in her house uses the trick of framing, or mounting, her pictures in a color to match the wall in her bedrooms. “I find," she "that when one moves or cleans house, the pictures get sifted and resifted so that when one finally gets to the bedrooms there is a col- lection that is hardly worth rehangâ€" ing. Without some special treat- ment, it would be to the artistic inâ€" terests of the room in question to banish them to the basement or send them to the rummage s'ale. There are, however, lingering memories about them, and some of them have been household treasures, and by using the color of the wall to give their. a harmonious effect they may once more be made things of joy in the household. The light tints with which the flat bedroom is usually cal- cimined are readily matched at the picture framing store, and will often blend successfully with pictures, both old and new. "For instance, in a room done in a soft terra cotta pink brown photo- graphs can be hung. Take the old ones out of the frames and remat with terra cotta, and you will have a charming effect, both upon the picture and upon the old fashioned. frame, which is probably of either walnut or gold." In a room in which this plan was followed, new photographs of both deep broan and terra cotta tone were bound in passe partout edge, the larger ones being done close to the edge with brown binding, and the smaller ones in the same way after being artiscally mounted, some on the terra cotta paper and some on brown paper with a, little edge of the terra cotta paper put in between mat and photograph. Even a little old fashioned print in autumn- tints was brought into harmony not only with its owu almost impossible frame, but with all the rest of the surroundings by this treatment. The same plan was used in a room of pale green tint, where all the new pictures introduced were black and gray platinums, with black mount- ings. Two or three old fashioned color pictures of flower subjects and the like were brought into harmony with the walls and pretty light fur- niture, as well as fnto'p-leasing conâ€" trast with the darker collection, by means of pale green mats, and in one or two cases a touch of enamel of the same color upon the frames. TO REMOVE STAINS . For soot. on carpet-s, where it has been dropped from the stovepipe or chimney, sprinkle freely with salt, then sweep it up- lightly. For greaseâ€"spots on carpets, lay a heavy blotting-paper over the spots, then iron with a hot iron. This may not be a Success where the spots .a. ... . food Poor causes Feehfe Auction of the Bodily Organs and Brings Tired, Exhausted Feelings â€"- The Exceptional %ualltle3 of Dr. chase's Nerve Food Enable It to Entirely uercome Weakness of Every f‘orm. - It may be weakness of the museles or weakness of the nerves, weak' acâ€" then of the heart of feebleness of the organs of digestion, weakness of the liver, kidneys and bowels or weak- ness and irregularities of the organs peculiarly feminine. Wherever located, weakness is due to poor, weak blood and can be overcome by the use of Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food. Because digestion is impaired- or the heart action irregular you have no reason to suppose these organs are diseased in £1.0n1501VCS. They merely lack the nerve force which is in reality the motive power of the body aod its organs. ' . A few weeks’ treatment with Dr. Chase’s Nerve. Food will convince you- of its exceptional bloodâ€"forming and nerve-invigorating power, sand bynotâ€" fng your increase in weight while using it you can prove that new, :lrm flesh and tissue is being added (:0 the body. .Paleness, weakness, cold hands and fccf, sleep-lessjess, irritability and Blocd-Formfn g low vitality soon give way to health strength and vigor when this great food cure is used. IIrs. 'Alexander Bu‘chan-an,‘ Island Brook, Compton 00., Qua, writes: "My system was very much run down and I was troubled for a long time with weak stomach and dizziâ€" ness. I could scarcely get about the house to attend to my work, and felt very ‘miserable most all the time. After having used a few boxes of Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food my condition is entirely changed and my system wonderfully built up I can with all confidence recommend Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food ‘to any perSOn troubled with weak stomach or weakness of any, kind.” , If you would be well and live in .the full enjoyment of health, restore your vitality by the use of Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food, 50 cents a box, at all dealers, or Edm-anson, Bates & 00., Toronto. The portrait and signature of Dr. A. W. lhase, the famous receipt book author, are on every box. are very large and have been allowad to remain too .long, and in such cases apply plentifully and faithfully dry buckwheat flour; neVeI' put liquid on such spots. If a carpet has seen hard service and is badly soiled, brighten 'and clean by sponging the surface or rub- bing with a. solution of ammonia, borax, and water in the proportion of about one tablespoonful of liquid ammonia and an equal quantity of powdered borax to one quart of water. Clean one small place thor- oughly and dry well with a soft fianâ€" nel before another is touched. To clean smoky marble, brush a paste of chloride of lime and water over the surface. Greaseâ€"spots can be removed by ap- plying a paste of crude potash and. whiting in the same manner. Ripe tomatoes will remove ink and next-some other stains from white cloth also from the hands. For fruit-stains, let the spotted part absorb a,‘ little water without dipping it, then hold the stained part over two or three lighted brimstone matches at a prudent distance. For iron-rust, use lemonâ€"juice and salt or starch spread upon the spots, and repeat if necessary, A better way is to have salts of lemon pre- pared and ready in a bottle. Disâ€" solve in water enough to cover. and moisten the spot with this. It will not rot the articles. When dry, wash in clear water. For mildew, “soak the article in sour milk, and lay in the sunshine to dry; or dip the article in a solu- tion of one part of chloride of lime and twelve parts of water (strained) and lay in the sunshine. Repeat if necessary. 'As soon as white, rinse thoroughly. ' Yellowed linen can be whitened by soaking in buttermilk for two or three days. To take stains from the rollers of your wringer, wipe with a. rag dampened in coal-oil. .__.__...+_.___. THE WHITE MAN IN AFRICA. _â€" Population of Principal Towns in the Transvaal. The digeu-ssion as to the admission of Indians to the new South African colonies has draxvn renewed attention to the state of these colonies as re- gards their white population, and upon this question interesting, and, it may be remarked, the only auth- entic evidence is afforded by the re- cerntly published analyses of the cen- sus returns of the present year. At present the figures are unaudited. These returns show that on night of 'April 17 last there were in the Transvaal proper 1,268,716 per- sons, of whom only 299,327 were white, while 945,498 were aboriginal natives, and 23,891 other colored races. In Swazieland, the census of which is given with that of the Transvaal, there were in all 85,484 persons, of whom only 898 were whites, and the remainder aboriginal natives, with the exception of 55 other colored people. In the Orange Colony there were 385,045 persons, of whom 143,419 were whites 241,626 colored. of white folkl are, as may be expect- ed, on the Ran-d and at Pretoria. The Witwatersrand district includes Johannesburg municipality, Boksâ€" burg, Germiston, and Kruger-s orp as urban areas, with a total of 92,410 white, and sub-districts whites, making, with a, small of regular soldiers camp (1,171) a, total white popula- tion on the Band of 116,670. these 84,11 are accounted for Johannesburg itself. The Rand dis- trict contained, also on the night of the census, 129,861 aboriginal na- tives and 14,357 other colored perâ€" sons. In the Pretoria district there were 43,551 whites, of whom 21,161 were in the municipality, 1369 in small urban areas, and the remainder in the subâ€"districts, with the exception of 3404 military. In the municipal- ity were also 12,295 aboriginal na~ tives and 12,499 colored persons; besides 62,415 abo-riginals and 33,â€" 708 other colored in the district outâ€" side the city. The white population of some other Transvaal 'towns was returned as folâ€" loxvs : Barberton. 1205; Ermelo, 767; Heidelberg, 1838; Krugersdorp, Middleburg, 2395; Klerksdorp, 2201; Potchefstroom, 6021; Standerton, 2015; Volksrust, 1342; Christiana, 1‘536; Pietersburg, 1637. These fig- ures are, of course, apart from the subâ€"districts and nonurban popula- tion, which in some cases is much more than that of the towns. In the Middleburg district, for instance, the farmers and others of the subâ€" districts account. for 10,711 whites, while the town itself numbers but 781. °‘ In the Orange River Colony the towns having a white population of over 1000 are: Bloemfontein, 1023; Jagersfontein, 1294; Kof‘fyfontein, 1320; Ficksburg, 10-11; Harris‘mith‘, 4366; Kroonstad, 3723 (town, 2454) Ladybrand, 2333; Parys, 1278, and I-I-inburg, 1105. Thaba Nchu has an urban population of" 583 and a rural population of 2553; Vredo 987 urban and 2208 rural. ,Mistressâ€"“You have broken anoth- er plate, Margaret?” Maidâ€""I have mum; but that’s all the good it will do me. You’ll get another, of course So I’ll have as many dishes to wash as ever.” ' Her Father (coming suddenly into the roo-m)â€"-"Eh, what is this?" I-Ier Loverâ€"“I was telling Miss Budd a story.” JIer Fatherâ€""With your arm round her waist?” Her Loverâ€"â€" 5686; Lydenberg, 77.8; Zeerust, 9751- ~-â€"â€"". â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"'â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" dapan'Teas are on the down grade, to stay down â€" the dwindle. . Ceylon Natural Green tea. by its purity, 11010115 flavor is in popular favor. ets, same form as the famous “SALADA” Black teas. 250 and 400 per 115. By all grocers. continue to sales Sold only in sealed lead pack- WARFARE DEERE FUTURE AERIAL SHIPS WILL PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART. Nations Would Be Compelled to Make Changes in Their Armaments. War in the air is not an immediate possibility; but with the gradual deâ€" velopment of aerial navigation it is practically certain that in the dis- tant future the armaments of na- tions will include flying-machines, Writes Major Badenâ€"Powell in London Answers. The possibilities of “War in the Air” is a problem which must' necesâ€" sarily depend so much upon the de- tails of the machines evolved. The great problem which must be first overcome is to invent a machine cap- able of carrying a great deal of amâ€" munition, explosive shells, dynamite, and other high-power powder. Up to the present the powers of bal- loons and flyingâ€"machines haVe not been capable of carrying much dead weight. As a. matter of fact, invenâ€" tors are devoting all their skill to reducing weight in the effort to per- feet a flyingâ€"machine. SPYING BY ICITE. Once, however, a machine can be made to carry a good supply of am- munition, it seems to me that sieges such as we know them now would become an impossibility. The Japanese do not appear to have made any use of balloons in their war against the Russians, and it is rather difficult to find a reason for this; but they have made use thelof manâ€"lifting kites exactly Similar to those I have frequently experiâ€" mented with, and which were pur- chased by the Japanese Government lfrom my agent about twelve months a Those kites are capable of lifting a man to an altitude of about 1,000 feet, and during the South Afâ€" rican war experiments were made to manipulate a camera from that' height with the object of securing photographs of the enemy’s lines. The results were not very good; but and a camera is not at all necessary for ledge of What} is required, and is capable of drawing simple, but acâ€" curate, plans of the enemy’s lines. The nation which first gains pos- session of a really efficient airship, a machine capable of travelling at a 23,029 great speed and remaining in the air force for hours, will simply revolutionize at Krugersdorp warfare. That time will come when the fly- Of'ing-machinc reaches the same stage by of evolution. as the submarine vessel stands toâ€"day, and, as to how long it will be before we see a really ef- ficient airship, everything must necâ€" essarily depend upon whether men w ill be found who will devote suffici- ent energy to experimenting. It seems to me to be entirely a matter of a man giving the subject his whole attention, with wealth to hack him up, to evolve a practical airshipr-a machine capable of fighting. An aerial warship would compel the nations to make drastic alteraâ€" tions in their armaments, in the first place. For instance, naval guns are unable to fire upwardsâ€"that is, their upward elevation is very slight, and they could not concentrate direct fire on a machine hovering over the ves- sel; and, to a very large extent, this applies to field artillery. It would become essential to introduce an en- tirely new weapon into both Services to cope with AN ARMED FLYING-MACHINE. The arming of an aerial warship sounds a very difficult task, but once having secured a machine capable of carrying dead Weight, the problem becomes at once half solved. As I have already stated, inventors are at great pains for themoment to reduce to the lowest possible maxiâ€" mum all weight, and Santos Du- mont has achieved fame for the lightness of his apparatus. I-Ie car- ries a very small supply of ballast with him, and his machines are of the lightest possible description.' At the present moment I am engaged in reducing the weight of a motor,- and the amount of time and trouble which it involves is enormous. It is a tw0-horse power motor, and, sofar I have reduced"-the weight to less than twenty-five pounds. I hope to still further reduce it; but it sho'wa the tendency of the moment, and nobody could conceive unless they , have tried, what time and labor such experiments entail.“ ' I Mounting guns on a flying-zinachine would be a delicate undertaking, but gunpowder, and I 'do not anticipate that the firing of a shot from an airship Would throw the machine off its equilibrium. There would have to be careful adjustment, of course; but presuming that a ship was travâ€" elling at a great pace there should be little to fear on the question" of balance. FOR’I‘S .IN TIIE CLOUDS. Reverting again to the effect aerial warships would have on sieges, one must be struck with the great alter- ations which would have to be made in protecting fortifications. Forts. would have to be protected with bombâ€"proof domes, and, even then, the effect of a. high-power explosive being dropped from an enormous height would be terrific in its results. With aerial warships in action, aerial fortifications would become a necessity, otherwise sieges would long as an “aerial and they would necessarily inclufde the great naval dockyardSeâ€"would be at its mercy. Aerial fortifications conjure up uncanny visions to the mind’s eye. Military flyingâ€"nmchines have been built for various Governments, but none have turned out to be efficient. Dr. Barton and Maxim built ma- chines with the idea of using them in warfare, and Langley built one for the American Government. Be- cause all efforts have failed up to now, howaver, I do not see that it means permanent failure. They are going ahead with aerial machines in 1 that purpose if a. man, sent up in In the Transvaal the largest groups the 311‘ by kites: has & gOOd know" You will always find that the mo_ only last as enemy" permitted, whilst the un- protected parts of fortified townsâ€" America just at present. and in a few years We may see Englishmen take the problem in hand again. The Hague Convention was re- sponsible for some stupid remarks some time ago on the question of war in the air: but it is almost im- possible to define in exact terms what really does constitute an aerial machine. A rocket or a shell may be called an aerial mach-inc. It flies throuin the air and falls to the ground, just as n. flyingâ€"machine would do, the only difference being whether there is a man in it or not. ______+.__.._._. 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MAâ€"+â€"~-â€"vâ€"â€"â€"â€"I PRESENCE OF MIND. ICEIdgal.!ll There were italics in her voice that sent a thrill of apprehension through him. _ . "What is it?” he cried. "A hair is on your coat-collar.” "It can’t be anyone's but yours.” “Do not think to deceive me. My hair is brown; this is blonde, very blon’do.” . Edgar was silent for several heart- beats, and then, with a sigh of re~ lief, said:â€"- “Yes, my old coat. see you fashion.” dearest. But this is an When I last wore it to blonde hair was the ._~â€"â€"- GERMAN “JUSTICE.” For cutting down with his sWord an'd afterwards stabbing a drunken man who had miracle fun of him, a G erman n onâ€"conmni ssi one'd officer .name'd Brueckner has been sentenced by a courtâ€"martial at Nuremberg to: 45 days' imprisonment. The .same tribunal passed sentence "for four. months’ imprisonment on a private in a cavalry regiment who had. for- gotten to feed his horse aftcrbeing ordeer to do so. Ilaâ€"“You say you like a manly man. What is your idea of a manly mien?" /Sheâ€"â€""Well, for instance, I can quite. conceive that the time one who doesn’t stay, and stay, and will arrive when flying-machines Will,stay, just because he knows the girl carry armament of no mean calibx‘e.{isn’t strong enough to throw him “Erâ€"yes, sir. It was a love story/“There should be no danger in usingiout." double strength and de-' a.“ .