*K>. M / Â¥â- 'â- v^ • -\ 3» j- \^ «««««««««•<««/*». I f^ About the ....House % .SOAIK TJMKLY llKCll'ES. fiotjiicntly, iifUlinsf wiitor ns it IxjIIh nwny. Tho toiig-liosl in<>at will bo tender and juicy if prepared In this way. iJoinon Ico Cronin.â€" One quart rri'ani, two Icmoiif*â€" the joice of one iitkI the Kintotl jieul of one and a half, â€" two ciip.s of t»uigar. Swcoton tho cream, hcnt t'he lemon grailiinlly into it and put nt onoo into tho freezer. Freeze ra|>i<riy in a j)ateiit freezer or the acid is aj)t to turn tho milk. Or â€" if you wish a custaitl ice ,â€" iiinko it ns follows: JInko a cns- Icinato Soy- Pake a jicck of green |,„,.,, ^f a qu.ait of milk, seven eggs The Answer is " 99 and four cups of granulated sugar. Remove from the fire and flavor with tho gi-ated peel of a lemon soaked for an hour in leujon juice, then S([iipp7.«fl hard. When cold beat into the cnstar<l a quart of rich cream and freeze. Foatlier ("ake. â€" Half cup of .butter, three of (lour, two of sugar, oni^ of milk, throe egg.s, a little grated le- mon, two teaspoon.s of baking pow- der. Cream butter and sugar, I)pat yolks light and stir in tho lemon, then tl'.e milk, ne.xt tlu; flour sifted three times with the baking powder; lastly, fold in the whippotf whites. Hake in a mold with a fiu;^iu'l in tho middle. A l^TTAPTKn OF CAT>SUrS. Cujcuiuber Catsup.'â€" Take three doz- en ciic'imbers, pare and chop fine. (,'hoj) also foiu' good-sized onions. Mix cucuufbois and onions with thro<vfoiirths of a cuj) of s-alt. Put the mi.\ture in n clean cloth spi'ead over a large colander, and let drain tomatoes, cut out stem end and iiny impel !(ct place, but do not skin. Slice ami s])rinkle a teacup of salt through the layers. AI.-^o slice a doz.- ::.â- an largo (common) onions with them. Let stand t)Vor night, and 'ihen drain thiougli a colander. I'ul tn a kettle and barely cover with good cider vinegar. Add a cup of feugar, two to four small rtsl poppers cut line, a tablesjioonfad each of ground mf.istard, cinimmo.n and all- spice and a loaspoonful of cloves. Boil â- tilt (juite tender, and can in glass inis. In using cloves cither foi' pickle or spiced fruits it is best to tic the cloves in a piece of chc"05«- clolh or thin nuistard to prevent dis- coloring tlie fruit. Mustard PicHles. â€" Mix together one quart each of cliopped cauliflower, sliced cucund)ors, tiny whole cucum- bers, very sjnall onions and one fsmall red jieppor. Cover with vine- gar in which a tablespoon of salt Jins been di.'isolved and lot stand over niglit. in tho morning cook in .same vinegar for fifteen minutes, then drain well. Mix fourteen (able.ipoons j nil night. The ne.xt morning add a ground mustard with .5 cents' worth cup of white mustard seed and half of tumeric, one tnblefipoon black a cup of black mustard seed, two popper, three tablespoons sugar and taldespoonfuls of celery sce<I and two one-half teacup flour with cnougli tablespoonfuls of tiny poppers. Slix cohl vinegar to make a smooth and pack in glass jnts, lilling half pr.ste. Pour this mixture into three I full. Hoil enough vinegar to (ill )ip pints boiling vinegar, boll a few j the jars, sliiiing tlie cucundjer with minutes, then pour over tho pickles, a fork to let the vinegar penetrate •Mix Well and bottle. Unless you , tlie mass. Screw on tlie tops and 'have plenty of wide mouthed bot-jput tho jars in a cold place. This ties it is better to use onivquart i ipiish is really a very good one. cans. This recipo makes six (piarts. Grape Catsup. â€" Cook Ave pounds Itipo Cuciinibor I'ickle.â€" Take twon-'of grapes till soft, then drain off the ty-four largo rijio cueuntbors, six i Juice through a sieve. Add two and white onion.s and four large red pep- ; a half pounds of sugar, one table- jiers. Paio and remove tlie seeds spoonful eacli of cinnamon, allspice, from the cucumbers and cliop well. | cloves and i>epper, half a tublespoon- luit not too fuie. Cliop onions and ful of .salt and a pint of vinegar, poppers, mix thoroughly with the i Boil till it seems a little thiclc, then three one cup salt and one ounce bottle and seal. white mustsud seed. Place in a mu.s- I Tomato Cat.sup.-^Tako the Of|uiva- lin bag and lot them drain over i lent of one can of tomatoes, or one night. Hemove to ghi.ss jars, cover ' can of juice left from canning to- â- with cold vinegar and seal. These matoes. Hoil and .strain, then add nro good. | half a cup of .sugar, one cuji of vine- Vegetarian .Slew. â€" One cuji of dried gar, half a tcaspoonful each of salt lima beans, one ciq) of drit>d red kid- 'and cayenne pepper, and a tabhv ncy beans, om^ tnble.sciioonful of but- spoonful eacii of cloves, cinnamon tor, one loaspoonful of .salt. Soak!and nutmeg. tlie beans all niglit. In the morning Cold (.'ntsup.â€" Halt a pock of ripe pour oil tlic Water; ad<l more, also i tomatoes, chopped line, one cup each the salt. Parboil; now ad^i butter of onions and nasturtium so«ls cut nn<l bake several hours. Lot the | fine, and a cup of grated horseradish-. Water dry olT twice while in tho j two lai-ge .stalks of celery and two oven, to make tliem nioo and brown, 'red pt^ppors. both well chopped; a lint have enough on thein At last forlcuj) of whole nnistard sei-d, half a gravy. Thic!;en the gravy with a cup of salt, a ta'despoonful each of teaspoonful of brown flour. j black pepper, cinnamon and cloves. Butti'rciip (lake. â€" Cream three- land a quart of vinegar. This re- quaiters of a cup of butter witli aUjuires no cooking; mix well and cup of s-ugar until very light. Add|bidlle or can, nieas)iue ingriKlients in ^jthc beaten yolks of three eggs and a teaciij) ""Whip to a .simooth batter. Stir in a cup of lukc-wann milk (or water). To this add two cupN of flour sifted three times with two teasjmons of baking powder. Beat into this the egg and milk nrixture; finally, fold It is not Colored or Doctored in any Form Whatever, CEYLON NATURAL GREEN tea shows an amazing superiority over all Japans on a tea pot infusion. Sold in the same form as "SALADA" Black tea, in sealed packets only. 25c and 45c per lb. By all grocers. should never bo rubhetf on a board. Unless the curtains are cream col- ored, the rinsing water Khould be slightly blued, and they .should bo thoroughly stirred about in it. A thin starch, in which a lahlespoon- ful of powdered |>orax has been dis- solved, should be applic-d to the lace. Clean sheets are tacked to the floor in some unoccupied or seldom used room, and the cwi-tains are pinned to them, tho ."jurfacc being drawn taut and .smooth. Most people now-a-days have stretchers, and dry their cur- tains on tliem. An old quilting- frame may be made to serve in- stead. When a frame is u.qed, the curtains n«ay be dried in tlie sun, which helps to bleach them. Creole Ttmiato Catsup.â€" Boil rijie tomatoes enough to yield two gal- lons of juice. Put into a kettle wiUh OHO tnblespoonful each of ground gin- gci', cinnamon, allapicc and blarU I popper, two each of cloves, grated in the whites whippo<l to a standing ; Jioisera<lish and salt, a loaspoonful froth. Stir in very lightly and with of cayenne and .a quart of vinegar. n few .strokes. Baikc in layer tins. ' Boil till thick, then add four pounds Kalops. â€" For this any small straps 'of brown sugar. Bottle when cold of beef can l>o utilized, even from and seal the toi:gln;st jiarts. Put some fat into the pot; salt and popper each piece of meal and arrange in a la.v- or in tho pot. Over this sift flour «n<l scatter finely cut onions and a few hay le;i\es. Hepeat until all the moat is in. If there are .some bones these may also l)0 put in to give strength to the gravy. Pour Water â€" not too muchâ€" down by tho Kide so as not to wash otV the herbs. Cook slowly and covered, stirring LAU-NDERINO LACE CURTAINS. There are very few people, we are informed by an exchange, who know how to launder lace curtains pro- perly. When they are first taken down, they should he shaken and brusbcii f re<' of dust . A little washing soda is then dissolved in some warm water, and the curtains are cleansed by ringing them about in it. Lace Never Failed To Cure Piles. USi:,S OF COAL OIL. A few drops on your dusting cloth will brighten your furniture, n.y well as prevent dust from flying from the cloth. One tablespoonful added to each boilerful of water will lessen labor, as well as whiten your clothes when washing. A few drops added to your boiled starch will make ironing easier. A few drops added to the water with which windows are to be wash- ed will save time and labor. Dip tlie lingers in the oil and nib the throat, to give relief from sore t hi'oa t . Saturate a clotK in tho oil and rub the rollers, to clean a clothes wringer (piickly. Saturate a cloth with the oil to clean the sink, bathtub or basin which has become di.scolored from use. -f BUREO S.EEVED AS A GUIDE. Experience of T-wo Prospectors in the Western Desert. The buno. veritable ship of tho Westeni (kvsert, will li\e longer with- out water and scent it further than any other known animal ('.xceot tho camel. As an e.^cnmjile of the keen scent of the burro for water, Arthur J. Bui"dick relates the experience of two j)ro.spectoi-s naniotl Peterson and Kelley. A few years ago t,hcy at- tempted to cross the Croat Mohave Besert on foot with a burro to carry their supplies. In passing from oasis to oasis they lost their way, and the supply of water liecanie exhausted . To be lost in the <losort is a terrible thing, and anxiety, coupletl with torturing thiist and the intense heat, drove I'eterson insane. lie Ic.'t his com- panion and (led, .shrieking, across tho jdain. Kelley picketed the liurro and wont after Peterson to bring him back, but was unable to overtake him. He returned to tho trail to I'uid that his buno had liroken bis tether l.i.^K.ip oi|i sso.i.io tiu].\oui su.w pun at a leisurely pace. lie followo<l, tiut the animal was so far in the load and he was so exhausted from his elTorts to overtake Peterson that ho could not come up to tjie huri'o. Night came upon him. and it soon becnmo so dark that he could not distinguish the burro, lie had to follow it by the footprints in the sand. When it became too dark to distinguish the foot-prints, Kelley still stuggciod on in sheer despern- SIONTF.NCK SFf^MONS. Humility is never seen in the mir- ror. The cruel are always cowardly. Where clothes reign character ab- dicates. Creed turns aspiration into ambi- tion. It's but a .slippery step from smartness to sin. Nurse a misery and you cultivate a monster. Cheer instead of complaint is the mark of the saint. A man gets fame in heaven by a good deed done in secret. A man .sihows his dependence on God by his diligence for Oo.l. God will not fill your heart bc- caiisc you err.pty your head. Turn yovir baok on the sun and you must live in the shadow. Faith is the only eye with which it is safe to look at the future. â- T'he Mian who lives by tricks finds them to be back handed traps. God can make more out of a weak man than ho can out of a wabbl.y one. People who calculate on r.n elev- enth hour repentance always die at 10.30. The trees we I'aiso and not t'he ones Wo drop from dctennine our worth. It's no use praying for a three foot stream when you have only a one indh pipe. Everybody says "Amen." to the nuin who pmys to be taken out of this wicked world. Some men are never liappy except when thoy think 'how much worse tho other fellow has it. When a man puts out his shingle on the roof tho Lord is likely to let him si; down in the basement awhile and think. It's iniirhty foolish to get so anxi- ous about saving tlio whole world that you haven't time to do a thing for your own ward. Poojilo who never give more than chicken feed to the church are tho first to complain if thoy don't get cKickon pie in (^very sermon. A TRULY REIOARKABLE RECORD MADE 8V DR. CHASE'S OINTMENT There is no disputing the fart tliat Dr. ('|inK<,''K Ointment is tho f.nly ac- tual and j<iisitivp ciiie for jiilos that has ever been oi'iicd for j)iil)lic sales. Hay after day llioio aiiyx-nr S'latt^ lueiits in t',11 ni'W.sjiapers from j>cr- Kons who ha\o been cured. Ask your frierwls anrl neighbors about this gnat ointment. "For vears I sufforoJ indo.stribnblo jiain ami agony from itching piles, and tried all known remedies with lijile or Q() relief and many times With increased pain. A friend ad- vised the use of Br. Chase's Oint- ment, and 1 can truthfully say it is miperlor to anything 1 irvcr usod, bringing quick reliif without T>ain or offMifri^u <«l(n', and 1 can heartily recommend it as the best reiiiwlv on J. earth for itching piloji. I write this .. , „ letter with tho object of hel|iing portrait and signature of Hr. W other •niflerers who have not tieen no \ Chnse, the famous receipt book Chase's Ointment.".â€" Air. Thos. Waflell, Benvorton, Ont. "It gixes me very groat pleasure to recummend Hr. Ci: e's Ointment. I was troubled with llihing piles for twenty years, and tiled very many medicines, all to no avail, 'until 1 usiil I>r. Chase's Ointment. After tlio fourth application the itching and lumps disnppoaretl, ns if by magic, and 1 can say to anyone sim- ilarly nflUcled that if they will try Br. Chase's Ointment tHoy will he cure<!. There Is no more certain cure and none so easily appliix!." â€" Mr. F. B. I.fliigan, Oliver, Colches- ter Co., N.S. Br. Chape's Ointment, (\0 cents a hox, nt nil dealers, or I'VImunson, Bates & Compnn.y, Toronto. To protect vou ngninst imitations, tho A. au- fQI'lunnto a* to uicft ;< ith 1»r. tlior, are on every box. BF,IOS IN A LIOTTFIl BOX. Tho village letter box at Caden- bci-ge. near Hamburg, Germany, was taken po.sse.ssion of by a swarm of bees. Thc.v routed tho postmlm. Then tho jiolico and tho lire brigade were summoned, and it was only af- ter four hours that tho.v were evict- ed. When things were quiet again the bees retui-ncd. The largest Hiblc-chiss in Great Britain is that coimpctod with All Saints' (.'hurch, Shefleld. The aver- age Sunday attendance is l.GOO. CHANGE FOOD. Some Very Fine Results Follow. The wrong kind of food will put t'iie body in such a diseased condi- tion that no medicines will cure it. There is no way but to change food. A man in Mo. says: "For 2 years I was troubled so with my nerves that sometimes 1 was prostrated and could hardly ever get in a full month at my work. My stomach, back and head would throb so I could get no rest at night except tiy fits and starts, and always had distressing piuns. "1 was quite certain the trouble came from m.v Jlotnach, but two tion. By and by his heart gave a great i , . . ,,, ... throb. Before him, outlined against irhysicians could not holj, me and tho sky and sc>enungly saispended in,"'" »'''' tonics f.i ed and so finally 1 tho air. was a fonn which ho knew |l",';^''" '"/""'• , , , to be either his burro or an appari- \\'^f" 'had studio<l up on food He hurried forward, and lolj""'' learned what might be expected fron- leaving oil meat and the regu- lar food I had been living on, I felt that a change to Grape-Nuts would be just what was required so I went to eating it. "From the start I got stronger and bettor until I was well again 'and from tlint Mine I haven't used a jbit of medicine for I haven't nctnled .any. "I ora so much better in every I wn.v. sleep sounfllv now-a-days and [am free from tho bad dreams. lndoe<l it'iii.s food b.s mide such a great change in mo that m.v wife and daughter have taken it up^ and we are never without Grape-Nuts on our table ncw-!i-tlavs It is a wonder- ful sustiincr. and we frciuenlly have nothing else at nil but a saucer of Oinpe-N is an) creiim for breakfast or sufP'.r,' Name given by I'ostiim Co., Ilaitle ( 'cch Mich. ,. ^ , Good food and good rest. Those all that «!,'«<«"<•<'; In,. c the tonics th..t miccood where all the bottled t<uiir«^ and drugs fail. Ton days' trial of liiape-Nvits will show one the road to health, strength and vigor. "There's a reason." Look ill each package for the fam- ous little book, "Tho Uoad to Wcll- tlon. standing upon a sharp rise of ground and facing him was his lost burro. Tho buno b(K;inc<l to bo awaiting him, for when he came up the animal turned and led the way down tlio incline to a spring of living water. Kelley gave a shout of joy ami plunged boilily into the spring. Af- ter he had soaked his ])ait'hed skin and moistened his lij's and throat, ho crawied out and wont to his burro, which was browsing upon the green herlis growing aliout the place. Throwing his arms aliout the nock of the animal, he gave the creature a hearty hug and n kiss. If this mark of nflectimi surprisetl or touched the burro, it made no sign. When Kelley had taken a fresh SUTi- ply of water he retraced his steps to the point where the hurro ho<l brok- en away. It was fully ten nrilos. There is no doubt but the animnl had scented the water and eagerness to get to it had led the burro to strain nt its fastenings till they broke. I'oor IVteison did not survive. Kelley liiund his luxly lti(> next nuuTi- ing four or five ndlos from th* |^inl where i.e had left the trail. EELfflON OF^THE SIFLE COMMERCE THAT FOLLOWS CONQUEST. Modern Japan Will Become a Powerful Nation of Ma- terialists. Tne Japanese are Britain's alliesv They are also one of the best fight- ing breeds in the whole universe, but from what I saw of them I think that thoy are going to startle the world as it has not been startlel since Mahomet preached his gospel of t!ie sword, and built a world-de- fying power out of a number of reck- less nomadic bands, writes A. G. Hales in the London Daily News. Japan was a nation without a God, a nation that po.ssesscd no real spir- itual ideals. Then the Miikado came, and in place of a priest he gave them a rifle; in place of a temple he gave them a tent. The old gods had long been dunib in the land of Nipr pon; tho temples had ceased to charm the GroAos were no longer sacred. Modern Japan scoffed at these things and yet refused to accept Christian- ity. Material things alone appealed to this people that had leaped like magic from a minor place amongst the nations to a front lank in tho w^orld'B afTairs. All things that spoke for business woke a responsive echo ill their minds. They looked, they saw, they learned, and learned well. America became their business model, Groat Britain their naval model, France and Germany their military model. But none of thoso lands provided them with a model for spititual things. They havo made a religion for themselvesâ€" tho religion of tho rifle â€" as surely as tho men of Islam followed the sword, and they will go far, because the Religion of the Hifie will appeal sooner or -later to the whole yellow world, and possibly to the dark-hued world of India as well. AWAKENING OF THE EAST. Once let that spirit awake in tho East â€" and I believe from, what I .saw, that it is awakening â€" and we shall see an army officered by Japauesa tliat will shake other powers beside Russia to their very foundations. To-day British ships carry nearly ninety per cent, of the trade of the east. In ton years time, a great mil- itary and na\al check comes, ninety per cent, of that trade will be car- ried in Japanese ships, and, what is more ninety per cent, of the manu- factures will bo turne out from Ja- panese and Chinese factories. For behind tho Religion of the Rifle, wliich is the only religion in Japan to-.tay worth noticing, stands tho god of commerce, whom this nation of materialists wor.ship. Seven days a week and every week they work and drill. They havo no Sabbath day, no day of rest. Their idea of a living God is a great Mik- ado, whose i-'ower shall shake the nations. They arc out of touch with us as a people in almost every con- ceivable way. .It was our wealth, and our wealth alone, that made them eager for an alliance with us. The.v want British money to aid them when the pinch comes, and they do not Want anything else. Thoy de- spise our religious profcs.sions be- cause they sa,v that we and all other professedly Christian peoples care for nothing hut power. They point to our navy and ask, if we beliovo in Christianity. Why do wo swoop the seas with ships of war? They point to the legions of (icrmany and" France, and enquire why thoso na- tions stand eternally in arms if thoy arc real t-hiistians. RIFLES. NOT BIBLES. To the Japane.se Christianity is a shadow, not a substance; dead ashes, not a living fire. Thoy ^ave not taken and they will not take tho Bil)le of the civilized world; but tho.v have taken the rifle, and when such a people preach the go.sjiel of the gun they are going to make a deep mark in the world's history. Tlicir vor\- bravorj', their pKysi- cal strength, their indomitable ener- gy, their tireless industry, their •Strict temperance in alcoholic li(iuor8 their unswerving thrift â€" all these things help to make them doubly dangerous, because thoy have no moral check, A nation so full of strenuous vitality, it utterly (Jodloss, must bo a menace to the peace of th« world. DOG .STORY. When Admiial Htnlworth LamibtoTV camo homo from China lie brought with him a (piaint little Japanese dog, which is now tho pampered pet of H. M. S. "Victorious," tho Ad- miral having pr(.>eentof| it to the ship on striking his flag a few weokh ago. "Sooner," ns the toy creature is called, says the Birmingham "t!n"/- ette and Kxi>ress," has learmxl all the rank distinctions, and very nice- ly approciati's their relative .signifi- cnnt-e. To the Admiral ho shows ex- li-eme servility, and Captain Carden is an object of groat respect in his .sight. All thf3 wnitlroom officers en- joy his good graces, but towards the gunroom he is i )i sideratily cooler. A mi«lslupman he mei^sly tolerates. A warrant ofliier may s-troke him some- times, but a j>etty oflicer never. The bluejacket and nwrine are per.sons of the utmost scorn in his siijVil, and he expresses his contempt for them Ity Hhrlll diminutive barks. 'Soon- er " is no doubt a very clever dog,, but ft bit of a prig, after all. ^^^ "Don't you know that you should uciver lot a man kiss you?" "Uut mainmo. it seems so forward for ft. girl to do fht- kissing?'' -..^iipS<iiiM,jfAt-...