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I About the House i SELECTED RliCIl'ES. Fried Chicken.â€" Joint the chicken in Uie usual way, salt, pnper, and roll each peac carofully in nour. Into ii heatecl fryinu pan put a larfli spoonful of lard and the sainn of butter. In this lay uach piece of chicken, cover with a lid and fry fop Hiiily minutes, tuminR cacti often and fryln« a fiolden brown. It must be carefully watched, and when cooked is perfect. Nut Croquets.â€" Grind in meat-chop- per Iwenly-four blanched nlmoiids, one cup pecan meiiU, one-quiirler onion, and several sprigs of parsley; and an cqiial quantity of cold boiled rire, one-quarter tea.spoonful salt, one sultspoonful of pepper, and onf egfj. Mix Ihorouphly. Jorni in croquets, roll in shredded wheat biscuit crumbs, and fry in deep fat. • Hycenlc Cookies. â€" One cup .sugar, Ihri-c-fourlhs cup of butler, two ep(.'s, well beiilen. one leasponnful cinnamon, one level teaspoonful of soda dLvwIvcd ir a littlft hot water, one cup chopped raisins, one and one-hnU cups flour, one and one-half cups oatmeal. Add salt and vanilla at discretion. Roll them. Bake until lipht brown, or about three min- utes In hot oven. Cjiraway and Coriander Seed Cukes. â€"Beat the yolks of three crrs until liaht with a lablespoonful of cold water; this Insures Iheir whippinc up frolhy ns the whites. Aadd the grated rind of a lemon and beat In gradually two cupfuls of sugar, and two and one-half cupfuLs '..f flour, sifted with a little salt and a tea- spoonful of baking-powder. .Stir in the flour pradunlly. making the dotigh Just si Iff <!nniigh to roll out nicely an eighth of an inch thick. Set away In a cool place for a couple of hours to chill, then roll a small piece at a lime. With a very fine .sieve, dust over with flour and pre.-is a wooden mold down hv'd, to imprint all the different designs, each cne separate in its little square. There usually are a dozen different designs in a mold Cut out these small squares with a knife, and .set aside on a board, slightly flniirfd, ti) remain over nichl; in the morning transfer to shallovk^ bak- ing tins RutltT the tons with melted butter and sprinkle with aniso .seed. After the nikes come from the oven brush them over with tlifi white of nn egg and sprii>l<li« with sugar-coated caraway or coriander seeds. Henri's Delight Cookie.s. -Cream n cup- ful of ln'tter with (wo cupfuls of sugar, p.cid a mile of the grated rind and tlie juico of a lemon. Heat three egs lipid oml mix with the creamed sugar and mon, pressing a raisin in the centre ct each delicate little round. Ginger-Nul Wafers. â€" To a half-cupful each of brown sugar and molasses add a quarter of a cupful each of lard and butler. Heat over the fire to boiling point. Remove and add three cupfuls of flour, sifted with a teaspoonful each of ginger and cinnamon, half a tea.spoon- ful of cloves or mace, and a third of a leaspoonhil of soda. Mix the ingredi- ents well and set away over night In n cool, place. . In the morninff roll out the dough until it Is a quarter of inch i-1 thickness and .sprinkle with chopjied EiiglLsh walnut meals. Cut inio strips an Inch wide and bake on sheet tins in a modcrnlc oven. Circus Rings. â€" With the cake mixture just described and a quantity of animal crackers many fascinating comhlna- ting comhinatlons are pn.ssible that will remind the children of the circus. Cut the thinly-rolled dough into a largo cooky with a coffee cup. then Into a circle by cutting out the centre with another size CUD that will leave a ring a little Ie.«s than an inch wide. The rlnps being just large enough for the cracker ani- mal to show, as II .stands within the circle. Use all the animals in the "znn," as lions, olenhants, monkeys, dogs. cats and the like. A vine, flower, or scroll design in while Icing will serve to ornament the rings, and wliere the animal should have stripes or spots, ns the tiger, /ebrn. nnd leripard. use white or chocolate icing. These "circus rinps" should be at each plate as souvenirs. In(;, whether vinegar or lemon juice, injures if it does not actually destroy, the flavor of the oil. Oranges or lemons Ihnl are served without paring; should he thoroughly .surublied with a brush and cold water, a-i the tiny black specks .so often seen on the rind are the eggs of an insect. Napkins should always be folded with the selvage toward the ironer. TO .\DJU.ST SHADES. Nothing gives a more untidy look to the room Ihan window shades out i.l REMARKABLE CON-SEItVATORY. One of the finest con.serva lories in the world is owned by the Duke of Con- naught at Bagsliol Park, England. The interior repre.scnts a gorgeous tropical .scene, in which ferhs. pnlnis, orchids, and other exotics flourish in luxurious profusion, wateied by niiniahire cas- cades, fountains and dripping wells. At one end is a stalactite cavern, wtiich, liy nn arrangement of mirrors, appears far larger than it really is. Along the door of this cavern flows a rather deep stream, beneath which are concealed ,1 number of colored electric lamps, ^o that at night numerous little pools in the dark rect.s.ses appear to glow with a mysterious latent (Ire. This conserva- tory wa.s designe<l by an eminent London nrm and cost 815,000. The Absolute Purity II )B' â€" IS SAUDA Ceylon Natural GREEN Tea Is daily Converting thousands of drinkers of the artificially colored teas of Japan, LEAD PACKETS ONLY. 400, SOo, and 600 Ik niGHEST AWARD ST. L0Ui9, ISM. 6ICK KinNCYS. Mean Aching Backs and Sharp Slabbing I'uins Tbut .Make Life AIniObt t'nen- durablo. An aclilng, breaking back, sharp stabs of painâ€" ttiut is kidney trouble. The kidneys are really a spongy liltcrâ€" a hu- num liller to take poison from tlie butter. Sifl a teaspoonful of cinnamon I '^"' "'^''" '"â- " cflf^f't'ly '«''' "way for nnrl a leasnoonful of baking powder i,,!'"'"'"'' reference. Now (nrn the curtain with (hreo cunfuls of flour Roll md >'""""' •''"'''' "P- ">''e "" i .straight lino lo n thin sheet nnd cut owl with conkv- r\itlers. RnUe on tin sheets, nefnre placing In the oven lirush ov.>r with the white of nn eft' be.nten with a lea.spnnn- ful of milk. Then sprinkle with n mix- ture of Chopped nuts, sugar and cinna- liDiiOYeiisiieil Soli Impoverished Boil, like impor- eriHhed blood, needs a proper fertilizer. A chetniHt by analyz- ing the soil can tell you what fertiliaer to use for different pruducta. If your blood is impoverished your doctor will tell you what you need to fertilize it and give it the rich, re<l corpuscles that are lacking in it. It may be you mwd a tonic, but more likely you need a concentrated fat food, und fat in the element lacking in your system. There is no fat food that is so easily digested and aasitni- lated as Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil It will nourish and strengthen the body when milk and creum fail to do it. Scott's Entulnion is always the name; always palatable and always beneficial where the body is wasting from any cause, either in children or adulte. tV« wilt aearf you a nample tnt. order. Unevenly hung, ragged at Ihelhlood. But sick, weak kidneys cannot edges, .soiled or di.scolored, they make ,i | nilcr the blood properly . The delicate i discardant nolo in the room which no I human (illers gel clogged with iinpuri- ; amount of care in other things can get j tics, nnd the poison is left in the system ' ~ t 1 cause backaches, hoadaches, rheu- matism, dropsy nnd fatal inflnmaUon. Dr. Williams' Pink Hills are the one sure cure tor sick kidneys. They make new, rich blood, which Hushes them clean and gives Ihcm strength for ttieir work. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills set the kidneys nghl. and make lame, aching backs strong and well. Mr. George Johnson, of the village of Ohio. N. S., says: â€" "My son, now eighteen years old, suf- fered from kidney trouble and severe pains in the back, which caused him rr.any a sleepless night. We tried .sev- eral medicines, but they did not help him, and he grew .so weak that he could not do the work that falls to the lot -if a young boy on a farm. We were ad- vised to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and this was the first medicine that reached the cau.sc of the trouble. He took the pills for a couple of months, when every symptom of the trouble was gone, nnd he was as healthy as any boy of his ago. I am satisfied Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills will cure kidney trou- ble in lis most severe forms." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills actually make new rich blood. In that way they strike at the root of anaemia, indige.*- tion. kidney trouble, liver complaint, erysipelas, skin di.sca.se, neuralgia, St. Vitus dance, and the special ailments of prowing girls and women whose health depends upon the richness and regular- ity of Iheir blood. The genuine pills have the hdl name, "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People," on the wrapper around each box, and may be had from all dealers or liy mail at 50 cents a box or six Imxes for .S2..'>0 by writing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. into tune. The little art which is neocs- .sary to adju.st these furnishings, it is well worth any hou.sekeeper's while lo master. Here Ls whal a salesman in a department store, who handles quanh- tics of shades, had lo say on the sub- ject: ".Shades usually nee<l overhauling tt least once a year. The fall Is a good t'me, when the house is reopened and refurnished for winter. Repairs may bo needed in any one of the .several way.-;. The Rood.se may have ripped at the side casings, or there iTiay bo signs of wear, making it necessary to reverse the whole shade. "Many patent articles are made with directions for renewing them attached. Take yours off the rollers, and you will probably (Ind Ihe printed 'just how' glued on the rollers. Of course, (o readjust a .shade necessi- tates sacrificing a fraction of its length, lut (his is unavoidable. Frsl cut away Ihe lower hem. and lake out the stick around which It is cased. Nnroll the shade and be sure in taking out the lit- tle nails which f.isten it to Ihe roller. B<«fiarnthat thiu pic- turn in the form of a label is on thu wrtvpiwr of ovory hotUe of Bmal- â- ion you buy, SCOTT t WWIIE CHEMISTS Toioqts, Out. ROe. find fil 00. All UruggiHls. and by this (urn up a hem cloep enough 10 cover the stick, llso the sowing ma- chine lo .sew (his hem. If (he cnrd for raising or lnwerlng the shade is fasten- ed to a ring, this Inst must be taken out. It is nflen n .screw nttnchmenl. When the rod hns been passed through the new hem, carefully read the direc- tions III leiirn how to nllHch it properly In the roller. He sure that the top of Ihe shade is in plumb. It may be nec- essary lo use a fiiot rule to mnko sure. 11 itnist be perfi-ctly slrnlght and more- over at right angles with the sides. If >ou neglect this you will have a lopsid- ed shade that will work badly. Tlio trick some people have of pulling down a blind lo cover an open window i.s respnn.sible for nmny of the disorders in window curtains. The moisture dis- colors them, nnd the knocking about they receive in Ihe wind nl.so means brenkagrt. for ordinary shades slnined with grease a Utile French chalk of fuller's enrlli laid on long ennni.'h lo ahsnrli the grease anil Uien briLshod off is frequently successful. Lm'I.K NlCfiTlES IN COOKING, Apples quartered and cored make a more delicious pie than when sliced. .Split and buller thick biscuits bclure toasting fur the table. If a sutjury crust Is desired on merin- gue, sifl powdei-«xI sugar over it before it is placnl in the oven, and have the latter cool. To have fried oysters crisp, tender, und plump, they .should be breaded, then dipped in ticaten egg, and again ridled in cnmibs. After this allow Ihem III .stand at leiusl nn hour before frying. Drain oy.stcrs on a napkin t>cforo malt- ing a slew. Rub Ihe saucepan with liult»'r, heal very hot, pul in the oysters, and turn und stir until well plmnped and milled before nuiking the slow I'ropor. If an ogg poacher is lacking, cook 'n ai' ordinary frying pan, and shape each egg with a round bi.scuil cutler before serving. Keep a fry-pan expressly tor omeleLs Dip Hamburg steak.-s in melted butler before broiling. .Spread a properly shaped piece of nuinila paper on a warm plnllcr under friixl llsh. Drain fried bacon on manila paper the minute it is done, and stand in the oven live nilnules to crisp it. .S<|uee7.e a lew drop.i of lemon j\iicc on broiled (lab or ham just befinT serv- ing. SALT \\W. Civil. IZF.n. The u.se of salt as a necessary supple- ment lo diet has had nnicli inliuence in sttaping the civilization and exploration of the world. It is most probable thit the oldest trade routes were created for Ihe .salt IrafTic, as salt and Inccn.se form- ci' the chief nece.s.sarles of the ancient dayse. This was certainly the case with the. caravan routes in Libya and the Sahara, whilst the mines of North In- dia were the cencre of a large trade before the lime of Alexander. Another Interesting fact is that .salt has played a considerable part in the distribution of man. When it became at)solut«ly neces-sary for him. as it did at an early stage of his development, he was forced to migrate to places where It coidd be obtained. This brought him to the seashore, whera he gained his Ideas jf mnrilime commerce, Lastly, the preser- vative effects of salt on flesh food maii,< long oceanic voyage possible, and thus opened up the world lo conimerce and civilization. HOUSEHOLD IllNT.S. It is the general opinion thai if a door be opposite a window you nuist not open thai window for (ear of draughts. Uut that is just the window lli.'it is ImkI placed for being opened, as thereby en- s\iri>s a perfect reiiowul of llio air by ciiusing driiughln. r<i(i tiiuch acid In mayonnaise dross- IIAUY S TONGUE TKLL9. I.itllo tongues that conni^t talk tell mothers just as plainly that their own- er- are not well. When Baby's tongue U white, or coattxl, or yellow, espccial- Ij toward the root, it Is a sign of slom- nch troublejindigestlon, cold or fever- isliness. iMby's Own Tablets acl like magic in curing these and the other rr.inor ills of babyhood and childhood. T hey a.s good for the new-born baby as (oi the well-grown child. AKsolutely safe and Hb-solulely hariidcss. Mrs. C. t. Kerr, I'.lgin, Out., says:â€" "Baby's Own Tablets are Ihe best tnedicine 1 havt! ever used for stomach and bowel lro\i- I le.-» and destroying worms. I could hardly feel .sah^ without the Tablets in the house." Sold by all medicine deal- ers, or hy nuiil, at 25 cents a box, by writing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co , Brockville, Ont. Sprigg went In a noted physician to ask ;idvice as lo his hiiillli. In pom- pous tones he addressed the (loclor; â€" "I- ,ih Imve come hi- nhâ€" n.sk you-ali - whatâ€" what is â€" nh -the doosid nmllaw Willi me iili!" "I find your lieuvl is af- tciled." said Ihn physician, gravely. "Oh -- all - niivlliinL' olsp- ah?" "Yes; your luiiK-s are atfci^ted hio." ".\nytliing- ah â€" <!lsoâ€" nil?' "Yes; your maimers are also affeelciL" BRITISH TRAINS FIRST A.'UEniCANS O.NLY TUIHD I'OR RAIL- nOAD SPEED. Germany Comes Fourth â€" British Roads Reinarkable for Long Runs. In.stinctively people think of speed ai the nrr,t and most interesting feature .if the railroad, and in view of the develop- ment of railroads in the United Stal'.s most Americans will be surprised lo learn that this country is not llrst in the nmller of fast trains, says the New York Sun. England "holds the lead and France is a close -second. In thus statement reference is made not to the .short bursts of .speed which this or that engine has shown nnd may never .show again, but to the regular schedule 1 runs of trains. In looking (irsl at Eng- land one is apt to be surprised to find how many fast trains and long runs without slops are made theie daily. The fastest regular long distance run without stop hi the world is on Ih.' Great Western from London to Bristol. 118>iiiiiles in 120 minutes, or practical- ly sixty miles an hour. In order to drop pascngecs at Bath a car is dropped from the train without stop, a time saving de- vice in operation on a number of Euro- pean roads, though still unknown here. The longest run without stop made in any country is London to Liverpool nn the London and Norlhweslem, 201 miles, made at the rate of FIITY-FOUn MILES AN HOUR. The next longest is on the Midland, from London to Leeds. 196 miles, at the rato of fifty-two miles an hour. The train in this country coming near- est to these long runs without a stop is the Empire Slate Express on the Now York Central, from New York lo Albany, 143 miles, at the rate of 53 &i-100 miles an hour: and the time of the same train lo Buffalo, MO miles in 500 minutes, is just a trifle faster than that of the Mid- land Express from London to Glasgow. U7 miles in 510 minutes. Each makes four regular slops. The Noillwesltra runs a train from London to Glasgow, 401^ miles, in eight hours, making only two slops. The Great Northern runs a train from London to Doncaster, 156 miles, with- out slop, in I6'.> minutes, at the rate of ,^5;^J miles an hour, nnd the Groat Ccn- ti-al train runs over England's new road, from London lo Shellield. 165 miles, in 170 minutes, belter than 58 miles an hour, slipping a car at Leicester without stop. These fast and long runs arc commf)n to all the trunk lines in England, while in tlic United Slates the fast runs are -ill confined to two roads, the New York Central and the Pennsylvania. Com- parid In many English fast rvms the time between New York and Washing- tun and Boston is slow. The distance from the two cities to New York is alKJut the same, and in both ca.ses the fastest trains make it in live hours (or a little over, now, to Boston), at the rale of 46 miles an hour, three sloi)s being mado in oach case. / For runs of nearly 1,000 miles no country can show trains to compare with the New York and Chicago trains on the New York Central, the best trains making the 980 miles in 1.080 minutes, or at 54 miles an hour. While this is not quite so fast as the time made by the fast trains from Paris to Lyons and Marseilles the distance Is twice as great as acrass France. Coming to short runs and special summer trains, undoubtedly the fastest are from Camden to Allanlic City. Here some very fast time has been made over an ideal country for fast time; by both the Heading and the Pennsylvania. The reading has set the pace and the Penn- sylvania followed. The best Reading time is 56>i miles in 50 minutis, or t6 miles an hour, while the best Pensyl- vania time is 59 miles at the rate of SL\TY-FOlIR MILKS AN HOUR. These constitute all the fast regular trains in Ine United Slate-s. The fastest run in New England outside the Boston New York run is from Boston lo Poi't- land at the rate of U miles an hour, and the showing is still poorei in the West luul South. Chicago, in many respects, the greatest railroad centre in the world, has no fast trains outside the New York Onlral and the Pennsylvania trains re- ferred to. Tlirugliout the West, while the best trains are veiy luxiu'ious, perhaps tht- most up to date in the world, the runs nre all short, averaging about 110 miles between stations and the speed nowluie nveruge.-i 4(1 miles an hour. Tluouglioul the Siiulh there arc no renlly first class express trains olher than thase from New York city or Chicago carrjing thf tourist travel at certain .seasons of Iho year. .N'exl lo speed may be considered the frtciuenoy of Iruin.s, their appoinlmonis, etc. In Ihis respect a still more pro- nounced difference appears in diffcront countries with almo.st equal population. Why should the people of one region crowd hundreds of trains daily and tho"j«? - of another region be satisfied with onl> two or three trains? Ttms more trains leave the Oreat .South Terminal in Bos- ton in one day than are moved in one direction on all the roads of Spain and Portugal in two weeks. From one ter- minal in London more trains leave daily than move in ten days to supply 125,000,000 people of all Bu.ssia, In Europe and Asia. It would probably surprise New Y'ork- ers to know that the .South Terminal i'l Boston not only is the laigest station in the world but stnd.s out daily more than 400 trains, nearly twice Ihe number despalchetl from the Grand Central .Sta- tion by the three roads starling from there. The next largest number sent from any station lit this country is about 350 from Iho Boston and Mai%ie terminal in Boston, and the next about 325 from the Broad Street Station, Phil- adelphia. Then come the Grand Cen- tral Station, New York, and the Read- ing Terminal, Philadelphia. Bul these figures du not equal those of the great I.ondon terminal. There on^ station sends out 700 TRAINS DAILY, the greatest mmiber from any one sla- tion in the world, and all of the twelve great terminals .send out large numbers of trains, as the suburban travel is great, and the trains often smaller than in America. Including all suburban trains such aa those of thfc Slaten Island roc 1, which is still operated with steam, and figuring on a mean average of winter and sum- mer, the regular scheduled trains leave Ihe four great centres in the following numbers daily, the figures being for all roads and approximately correct: Nev» York city. 1,400; Boston. l.UOO; Phila- delphia. 850; Chicago, 850. No other American city has 400. As might be f.xpccted the roadbed and the operating equipment are better in England and some parts of France an-l Germany than in America, and owing lo the ever prevailing precautions taken both by the roads and the Shde accidents are only about one-fifth as frequent as in America. All the principal roads in England have two tracks and many main lines have four. In this respect Americans are making great improvements now, as the Pennsyl- vania is four tracked from New Yoik "o Pittsburg and the New Haven and the New York Ctnlral is three tracked part of the way to Albany, and four tracked from tlicre lo Buffalo. Turning to Europe outside of England it is found that Krfince alone indulges in really fast trains, and possibly she is (list in the number of trains running regularly above (Ifty miles an hour of all the great nations. The greatest travel route in all Europe out of England it from Paris south lo Lyons, Marseilles and the Mediterranean, and here ai-a found fine and fast trains. The run from Paris lo Marseilles, 585 miles, is made in 756 minutes, with only six slops. Many of the shorter runs, such as from Paris lo Calais, to the Bel- gian frontier, etc., are at the rate of from flfty-cight to sixty-two miles ar hour for the regular schedule. According to a Gorman aulhoiity Iho average speed of the fastest trains iifc. Europe Is as follows: French, fifty-eight miles an hour; English, flfty-tlve miles an hour; and German, fifty-one, but fast trains are HARD TO FIND IN GERMANY, and the .servlco in tins respect does not oompura with f'rance. It takes the fastest train 227 minutes lo go from Berlin to Hamburg. 178 miles, which is 47^ miles an hour, and the "luxe" train, the one fast goer, be- tween Munich and Vienna, runs at only 45.60 miles an hour; bul there are as a rule frequent trains throughout Ger- many and the service is good. For all the rest of Europe the speca dro|)8 to about 'JO milts an hour for ex- prftss trains. Italy is surprisingly slow. It lakes the pxpnvss !t65 minutes to go from Turin lo Rome, 413 miles, or only 26 miles an hour, though the Milan- Home express makes nearly 40 miles an hour. Between Honw and Naples, 155 miles, there aio only fnur or five trains daily, the fastest at 34 miles nn hour, while it takes 920 niinute^s to go 430 miles on the be.~,t Irain from Bomo to Brindiai, a rate of less than 30 miles an hour. The express from Stockholm to Goth- enborg, Ihe two large cities of .Sweden, barely makes 30 miles an hour, ami other Kuro|>can countries are slill worsi^. On the English trains third cla.ss din- ing c.i.rs are lur.v run in wliich tin- same meals are served as in the llrst ninsj ciKK'he.s, bul ut con.-.ideriibly lower rides and llx: high liaik scaLs give a privacy greatly appnciuli'd by siiiuU parties oS Iwo persons dining in^ielher. Such runs ns Ihal betwiK-ii London and liirminylinni on the Great Wcsleiii. u distance of Ii'.*!-,' mile.s, niatlt willn.u' .slop In 140 luiiiules, or at the rale o more than 5.") miles an hour, nre I'em.iTl'C nlile, ns this .seems to be nbnuVtlie rcgu lur gait of many trains in England.