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About the ....House HINTS FOK llOMK L,IFE. In polishing the stovo put a paper bag over the hand and you will tlius avoid dirtjiiiK the lingers. If you have no oil liundy take ii lead pencil and rub on the squeaking hinge, and it will stop scjuenking, Cairots should be cleansed by be- ing brushed in water. They should never be scraped, which ca.uses them to lose their tiavor. To clean baths and bedroom ivare, ruli with dry salt. This re- moves all dirt, does not injure the surface, and leaves all bright and shining. After doing work which has made your hands very dirty, rub with olive oil before wasliing. This loosens the dirt and they will be far less trouble to get clean. When cleaning wall paper use a firm dough made of flour mixed with a little washing soda. This soda will not spoil the paper and the Work will be done more rapidly. Light is an enemy of bacteria. Make provision then to have proper lighting as well as ventilation through all parts of the kitchen, in- cluding the l)antry and cupboard. Waterproofing for boots can bo made by mixing a little mutton suet and beeswax together. Hub this on the soles of the boots and light- ly over the edges where the stitches aie. Tile following is a good polish for ; oilcloth â€" Save all candle ends and melt in tlie oven. Mix witb it sufli- cient turi)entine to make a soft paste. This is excellent lor lino- leum, etc. It is not generall.v known that wringing: out a cloth in hot water and wiping tlie furniture before put- ting CM furniture cream will result in a Very high jjolish, and will not finger mark. To kec]) HiJonges soft and white wash them in warm water with a little tartaric acid in it, then rinse in plenty of cold water. Take care not to put in too much tartaric acid or th<' sponges will be spoiled. IJelicious sandwiches may be made by spreading one slice of bread with butti'r beaten to a cream, and the other with honey. The honey must be used sparingly, so that it will not ooa;o out on the lingers of the eaters. Do not waste the broken bread. After rolling it so ns to form crumbs place these crumbs in a cov- ered vessel. They will keep there for six months if necessary, and al- ways will be available when wanted in cooking. An excellent grease eradicntor for family use is made thus â€" lioil one ounce of soap cut small in one quart of soft water, add a tcaspoonful of saltpetre and an ounce and a half of auuuonia. Keep this fluid in a. bottli', corked tightly. To choose a hnm. â€" Tlun a knife along the bono of a bam; if it conies out clean nnd has a savoury odor, the ham is good; if smeared and dull, it is either spoiled by taint or is rust,v. Hocks and gammon of bacon may be tried in the same Way ., When Sdot falls upon the carpet or rug, ni'Vcr attempt to sweep it up at once, for the result is sure to be- a disfiguring mark. Cover it thick- ly with nicely dried salt, which will enable you lo sweep it up olwjii.'y, .so that not the slightest stain or smcnr will be left. To remove traces of petroleum from either vessels or material try lime water, which rapidly emulsifia? it and effectively removes all trace of smell. Ilottles that have con- tained petroleum will be speedily cleaned and rendered quite odorless if washed out with water and a lit- tle lime. Petroleum lamp reser- voirs can be washed out more easily thus. All mattresses, whether usmI by children or adults, should be thor- oughly beaten once a fortnight. Set iu the sua . by open windows when possible; in this way the white dust that comes from the body is not al- lowed to lie on the creases of the mattress covers. A good rule is to have the mattresses brushed regular- ly one day in each week. For Scotch shortbread take one pound of flour, one-pound of butter, one-quarter pound of sugar. Work the sugar and butter into the flour with the hands until it clings to- gether, then make in_a square. Pinch the edges all around. liako in hot oven for about twenty minutes. If desired, you can put little candy Icomllts around the edges. j Baked S|)anish onions make a I nice change when green vegetables 'are getting scarce. Take three or Jour .Spanish onions with their skins Ion, nnd plunge into boiling water, I and let them boil quickly for an I hour. Then drain perfectly dry, ! wrap each onion up in buttered pap- er, and bake for about two hours. Kemove the paper and skins, and serve the onions in a thick brown gravy. OOOI) KRCIP5;S. Molasses Gingerbread. â€" To one cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter and two cups of Orleans niolnsses well- mixed together, add one egg, one cup of sour milk, one tcaspoonful of soda, one tablespoonful of ginger and su'licient flour for a thick bat- ter. Hannna Foam. â€" Carefully break up four bananas with a fork, stir in one cup of sugar, the whites of two eggs and the .luicc of half a lemon, then bent together for twenty minutes. This foam may be used on bananas, lady fingers, sponge cake or on any fresh berries. Potato Souffle. â€" Peel six medium sized potatoes nnd put on to boil. When done drain ivnd mash iji a saucepan over the fire; add an ounce and .n half of butter and half a tea- cupful of milk, seasoning of salt and pepper and beat till perfectly light; arrange in a mould in the centre of I a dish and just brown in a hot oven. I Corn Starch Cake. â€" Cream, one- half cup of butter with one cup of sugar, add the whiles of three eggs, well beaten, one-half cup of milk, one-half cup of corn starch, one- half tcaspoonful of cream tartar ana one-fourth teasjioonful of sodii, each dissolved in a little cold water, then add one cup of flour. Flavor with lemon. Potted Beef â€" One may buy beet e.s- pecially for potting and make enough to last two or three weeks. Purchase 2 lbs. from the under part of the round, as this is inexpensive and will answer the purpose. Put it into a crock witli 1 cup water, 4 tablespoons butter, ^ teaspoon pep- per and the same of ground cinna- mon, 1 tablespoon AVorcestershire Banco and an onion chopped fine. Stand the crock or jar in a kettle of cold water, bring it to the boil- ing point and boil carefully for three hours. When the meat is tender, chop fine, pound until perfectly smooth and mix with it gradually the liquor from the jar; add 2 tea- •spoons .salt, and if you have a few nuts, stir in a cuiiful. I'ack the mixture into small earthenware bowls, covi-r with melted siud or iiar- afline and keep in a cool dry place. Pressed Baked Ileuns.â€" Did you ever try pressed baked benns ? If not you will be sure to like them af- ter trying them once. When 1 was a child 1 never oared fpr cold beans until my mother got into the way of pressing them. When the beans are hot, stir them in n perfect mush, season them well by adding salt if needed, then press them into a tin or shape them up on a platter so they are nearly square on the edge." nnd corners, and when they are cold you can slice them nnd eat cold. Or they are excellent fried brown on a buttered spider after being sliced. An unexpected gentleman guest at our supper table asked mo what I did to my beans to make them so good, lor he never tasted any that he relished so well, nnd he thought he was fond of beans before. Try pressing them and you will never wish to chase a cold bean around your plato again. COMBINED SINK AND TABLE. Some kitchens are too small to al- low of u sink and table both, and for these a combination of the two will be a welcome arrangement. Have a carpenter make a sink of the length, breadth and height you dc sire, and set up on legs similar to a table, or it may have ends, and a shelf midway of the space beneath if desired. Get a tinsmith to make a zinc lining of the heaviest sheet zinc, with all corners well soldered, nnd fasten it in with clout nails at very short distances all around the top edge. The sink is then ready for painting, in harmony with the rest of the woodwork of the kitchen. For the table part, get a hard- wood leaf at the lumber yard and have it well smoothed down. Fasten it to the lower front part of the sink box by three good hinges. Add a spring to hold it uj) when wanted, and you have a very handy piece of furniture. This sink can be fasten- ed to the wall or not as liked, or the leaf may be fastened to the wainscoting in the same manner as to the sink, and prove oven more handy. Ninety-nine people out of every hundred actually need a tonic during jipnjrth of this tube was 220 yards the spring months, and tl'.e hun- j^„j ^^^ ^^^ jj inches in diameter. The in Wet Feet Bring Coughs and Golds Children Especially are Exposed to Great Danger From the Cause. A SPEING NEED. Indoor Confinement in Hard on the Health PNEUMATIC ^UBE SYSTEM DESPATCHING AND RECEIVING APPARATUS. The New Postal Service Is In Use in European and American Cities. The announcement was made recent- ly that the Dominion Government were considering the establishment of the pneumatic tube system between the central and branch postofficcs in the principal cities in Canada. A vote of $165,000 for the instalment of this system in Toronto was included in the estimates submitted to Parlia- ment. The Batcheller system of pneumatic despatch, of the purpose of carrying mail and telegrams, has been for some time installed in the large cities of i:uro|H'. London, Liverpool, Paris, Berlin and Vienna; also in New York, Philadelphia and other cities of the United States. FIRST PNEUMATIC SYSTEM. The system of pneumatic despatch dates beck to the year 1853, when it was established in Lentlon, England, by a man named Clark. The first system was very criitie. and was in- stalled! between the central and stock exchange stations of the Electric and International Telegraph Company of London. Carriers containing batches Winter "' telcKram.s, fitting piston-wise in the tube, were sucked through it in one direction only, by the production of a partial vacuum at the end. The dredth person would make no mis- | system used in Paris is the circuit take if he too infused a little o-xt-a is^stc^ ^nd that is the basis of vigor and jiowcr into his blood. I ho reason for this condition is quite apparent. In the desire to make Canadian houses warm during the winter months, ventilation is sacri- ficed, and the health is impaired. There may be nothing seriously wrong â€" nothing more tluiii a variable ,. ,^ „ . , appetite; little pimples or eruptions ^^^ F nglish tubes is 3 inches ana are of the skin; a feeling of weariness jcomposed of lead. The American and a desire to avoid exertion; pcr-itii'>P is much larger and is made of haps an occasional headache. Tliesc jbrass. may not seem serious; perhaps you may think that the trouble will pass the system used in New York, Philadel- Iiliia and other American cities to- day. The interior diameter of the tubes in.stallod in the Paris pneuma- tic Despatch Syatem is 12^ inches in diameter and the tubing is composed of iron or lead. The diameters of awuy â€" but it won't unli'ss you drive it out by [lutiiiig the blood right with a health-giving tonic. And there is only one blond-renewing, health-giving, nerve-restoring tonic â€" Dr. Williams I'ink Pills for Pale People. Over and over again it has been proved that these pills cure when other medicines fail, and thou- sands of grateful people testify that they are the best of all spring medi- cines. Miss D. Brown. CoUina, N. B., says :â€" "1 have n.sed I'r. Wil- liams' Pink Pills for a run down system, and have found them better than any other medicine I have tried. In the early spring my blood was out of condition and I had such dizzy spells that if 1 turned quickly r would almost fall. 1 took Dr. Williams' I'ink Pills for a tow weeks and the trouble entirely disappeared. I think these pills an ideal spring medicine." If you want to be healthy in the spring don't dose jour system with har.sli, griping purgatives, anil don't experiment with other so-called tonics. ^J'ake Dr. Williams' Pink Pillf. at once and see how quickly they v,'i!l banish all spring ailments. Sold b.v medicine dealers cvcr.v- where, or si'iil by mail at 50 cents a box or si.x boxes for .$2.50 by writing the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Broclivillo, Ont. IN DEPARTMENTAL STORES. The pneumatic desiiatch system is now a marketl feature of eve-.< large departmental store, where it is used lor handling the cash, thus saving a great deal of time, and facilitating â- the checking of the different dopart- Iments. I The introduction of this pneumatic system into the Postoftlce Depart- ment will be a long step in the right Way for in nothing is more lajiidit.v reciuircd than in the handling of let- ters. This has become so apparent that the dilTeront European govern- nient.s have installed' the.se pneumatic plants in all their large cities for the handling of mail matter. FINEST IN THE WOULD. The fniest plant in the world is probably the Dfitcheller pneumatic plant installed in the Central Post- ofbce in New York City. The inside diameter of the tubing is eight inch- es. It is tlio circuit system, the com- Piles To prove to yon that thv CbMS'a Ointment Is acartahi and abwluts cure for eaoli and OTory form of Itchins, bleeilinBotidprol: ^linKpllea, the mannfactnrerFi h»vc RtiM-antucd it. Socto»- timcnials in theiCally T'reBsancl ask youriicSsh; bold whntthoy thinlc o'it. You oiii nso it and pot Tour inoneT back if not curcil. COc a bos. iit all dealers orEnMANSON.lUTEa & Co.,Torcato, Dr.^Chase's Ointment RAirV/AYS IN PERU. Cross Motintains at Altitude Nev- er Before Attained. One of tlic most interesting trips afforded by the present transporta- tion facilities of Peru is that over the Oroyo railroad, which now runs from Callao to the gold fields of f;crro lie Pasco. It is considered one of the wonders uf llie Peruvian j world, and the original contract was j taken by Air. Mciggfi at .$27,000,000 ' in bonds at TO. it is certainly the j greatest feat <if railroad engineering ( in either hemisphere, and as a spec- , inien of .\mericnn cnterpriso and ; workmanship it suffers nothing by | comparison. It was begun in 1870 pressor and receiving ends being sit- uated at the central ollice. The send- ing avipai'atns consists of two . tube -sections, iiiounted on a swinging frame inserted in the main tube, so that either of the swinging tubes can bo brought in lino with the main lube, somewhat after the manner of the chambers of a revolver. This swinging frame is timed, so that there is an interval of eight or ten seconds between carriers. 'I'lie carri- ers ai-e always placed in the des- patching end under pressure, but at the receiving end there is no pres- sure, as tl|is would create a continu- ous draught. Jtist before coming to the receiving end, the air is dedected into another pipe, but the carrier. PLAYFUL CHILDEEN. What treasure on earth is more to bo prized than a bright, active, heal- thy, playful child? In homes where' Baby's Own Tablets are used yoi* never find sickly, cross, sleepless chil- dren; if the little one is ill the Tab- lets will promptly make it well. Aslf any mother who has used the Tab- lets and she will tell you that this is absolutely true â€" she will tell you the Tablets always do good, and nev- er do harm. You can give them to a child just born with perfect safety, and they arc equally as good for well grown children. Mrs. Mary J. Moore, Hepworth, Que., says:â€" "My baby has never been sick since I be- gan giving her Baby's Own Tablets. They are a real blessing to both mo- ther and child, and I would not b» without them." Don't let your child suffer, and don't dose it with strong drugs or medicine containing opiates, Give Baby's Own Tablets which you can get from any druggist or by mail at 25 cents a box by writing Th» Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brodfr ville, Ont. sitate heavier carriers, a dilTorently' constructed set of bufTers and a great- ly increased pneumatic force. Loi'ger carriers would have to be run oi wheels. The capacity of a seven-inch car- rier is about 500 to 700 letters, and the interval despatches fromeight to ten seconds. This would make tht carrying capacity of the pneumatit tube system about 35,000 letters ar hour. There have been no statements giv- en out in regard to the size of tht tubing to be adopted by the Torontt postoffice, but no doubt it will bt on the principle of the Batcheller sys* tern as installed in the principal Am erican cities. * BONAPAETE'S OPINION. Thought Russia Was Hard Coua try to Conquer. During the few years of captivitj which preceded the death of the great Corsican at St. Helena he took fre- quent occasion in his conversation to discuss the most striking features oi his career. Practically all that he had to say on these subjects has been preserved in various books written by those who were in his confidence at the time. In everything that lie said relative to his Russian campaign he showed that he looked upon tliat en- terprise as the principal mistake ol this life and upon the Russians as a people whom even the greatest con- querors would better let alone. Thus: It was making war upon Russia that ruined me. Russia is the nation that is most likely to march to universal domin- ion. I would not have declared war up- on Russia but that I was persuaded she was about to declare war upon mo. In the end Russia will become mis- tress of the world. But for my marriage with Marin Louise I would not have declared war upon Rus.sia. (He expected assi.st- ance from Austria.) I am reproached for not getting myself killed at Waterloo. I think I otight rather to have died in Rus.sia. Russia is in a favorable position to conquer the world. Perhaps I did wrong to commenco the Waterloo campaign. I did not think then that Russia would take a hand. It L had had 200,000 more men in RussiM there would have been th.it manvCinore lost. After I had reached Moscow 1 should have died there. ZMPTY Nqw. How One Woman Quit Medicine. ••While a collee user my stomach troubled me for years" says a lady of Columbus, O., ••and I had to tnko medicine all the time. I had what I thought was the best stomach miHi'i- cinc I could get, had to keep getting it lilled all the time at 'to cents a DR. CHASE'S SYRUP OF LINSEED AND TURPENTINE. and finished in 187«, and additional i propelled by its own niomentuui. bottle. 1 did not know what cause of my trouble was, but iji dragged along from day to day Wliero is there n bo.v who does not dcligbt to lest the thinnest ice and to splash in the wnlor which rc- Bults from the spring thaw-s I There will bo more coughs nnd colds among chililrun during the next few weeks than at nn.v other season of the year us a result of wet feet and c.xpoBure to cold anrl dampness. It seems scarcely necessary to sug- gest the advisability of keeping Dr. Chare's Hyrup of Linsood and Tur- pentine at hand for use in case of •merper<'y. You never know whiH night .your child may awake a victim of croup franlicall.v gasping for breath and by having this great medicine read.v for iinniedinte use ,vou can afford quick relief and cure. Bronchitis, whooping cough, asth- ma, bad coughs and tlt>ycT^•. rhnst colds, sore throat, throat irritation «n<l all formo of throat, bronchial •nd lung troubles are readily cured by this treatment, which ban becoaie â- o popular thruufhcnt Cnaada. Mrs. J. Provost, Ilenfrew, Ont., states : â€" "My fourteen-year-old l,f^ had a very severe cold in the chest last winter and I really thought ho was going to die. He coughed near- ly all the time and sometimes would spit up blood. Wo had about given up all hopes of his recovery when I heard of I'r. Chase's Syrup of I^in- seed nnd 'l\jrpentine. After using, one bottle there was a great change in his condition, nnd I can positively sny thot he wus completely cured by two bottles nnd he has not been troubled since. I never saw medicine fake such quick effect and can sin- cercl.v recommend it." Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine, 25 cents a bottle, family size (three times as much) flO cents, at all dealers or Eilmanson, Bates & Co., Toronto. To protect .you against imitations the portrait and signature of Dr. A. VI. Chase, the famous receipt book ' author, ar« on trery bottle. work bus since been done on it. ('ommencing in Callao, it ascends the narrow valley of the Hiuiae, ris- ing nearly 5,000 fo«'t iu the first fort.v-six miles. Thence it goes through the intri- cate gorges of the Sierras till it tunnels the .-XnUos at an altitude of 15,045 feet, the highest point in the world where a piston rod is moved by steam. The woHdor is <ioul)lcd on renieuiliering that the elevation ' is reached in seventy-eight miles. j One of tlu! most remarkable things , in connection with this road is that between the coast and summit there is not an inch of down grade. The dlfhculties encountered in its con- struction were extreme â€" landslides, falling bowlders, soroche (or the dilllculty of breathing in high alti- tudes) and verrugas, a disease known only along the line of this rond, characterized by a species of warts breaking out all over the body and bleeding. About 8,000 Workmen were en- gaged at one time, and between 7,- 000 and 8,000 persons died or were killed In the construction of the road. carried through a. valve and comes in contact with an air cushion and is then released into the receiving trays. This carrier is seven inches in dia- tha just euf- tho fering and taking medicine all time. •'About six months ago I (piit tea and coITcc and began urinking Pos- meter and twent.v-four inches long nndjt""' ""'' ^ ^"â- ^''' ""t had my i.rescrii>- capable of carrying about 700 let ters. There are two strips of leather around the cylinder, one-half inch thick, thus causing- the carrier to fit tightl.v and yet bo capable of going tion lillod since, which is a great sur- prise to me for it proves that collee was the cause of all my trouble al- though I never Kusi.ectod it. ••When my friends ask me how I through the bends in the tube. There I f^"! •''_'"% ^ ^"â- 'â- '^ ^een taking Postum DID HE 7 "Did .lerrold get anything out his rich uncle's estate ? "Well, ratherâ€" ho married daughter of the attorney lor estate." of the the is a pressvu'e of six iiounds to the K(iuare inch, which drives the carrier along at the rate of thirt.y miles an hour. It weielis thirty pounds, and it can bo easily understood what a force this r.vlinder has when travelling at a velocity of thirt.v miles an hour. VAl.UR AS A TlMiu-SAVKH. The value of this system to the Postoffice Depart mer.t is obvious. As a til le-saver it has no equal. Be- sides, the collection of mail from the brniKh oflices would not be intermit- tent as it is when collected by horse and wagon, and would prevent that congestion which Is always the result of bringing in a wagon loiad of mail. The tube •ystem would bring the mail in nAire frequently and in smal- ler quantities and would render its handling a matter of comparative case. The eight-inch tube, according to Mr. Botcheller, la the limit in sine, 'as a Inrgpr tube mrHem wou'M nvte»- I sa.v, 'To tell the truth I don't feel at all ouly that 1 get luingry iind eat everything I want and lot.s of it and it never hurts mo and T am happy and well and contented all the time!' '•I could not get my family to drink Postum tor a while until 1 mixed it in a little coffee nnd kept on reducing the amount of coffee un- til I got it all Postum. Now they all like it and they never belch it up like colTeo. ••We all know that Postum is a sunshine moRer. I Iind it helps one greatly for we do not have to think of aches and pains all the time and can use our minds for other things." Name given by Postum Co., Battli Creek, Mich. The one who has to bother with coffee aches and pain,s is badly handi- capiM'd in the race for fame and for- tune. Postum is a wonderful rebuild- er. There's a reason. Look in each package for the fan*^* ous little book, "Tic Road to Wei rnie." ,,,,.,< 3 ; â€"•I i <->