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Hints for Busy Housekeepers. Recipes and Other Valiubi* laf«nu<lfl« •f FartlcHUr iMerest to Wooim Polk* BREAD. Whole Wheat Bread.â€" Kight cup- fuU whole wheat Hour, uuo c&ke ycaat foam diKsolved in oue cup of hike warm ixjtatv water, one tea- •{»onful salt, one tablospoonful melted butter, three tablespoonfuls sugar. (This makes thre« medium sized loaveB.) Mix all together with enough luke warm water to make a stiff batter (dun't get it thin); jilace in a warm room to rise over night. In the morning stir dtjwn, cover breadboard with white flour, turn out one-third of the sponge, pat lightly into shape (don't knead), so you can just handle, and jJace in well greased tins; let it stand until it rises to top of tins. Bake in moderate oven an hour and a half. Watch closely •«t first and wlicii the loaves begin to brown cover with heavy paper. When done bntter tops-of loaves to Soften crusts. This bread is easily made, and is most healthful and nutritiouo. Nut Bread. -Two cupfuls graham flour, one and one-half cupful â- > white flour, two cupfuls milk, one cupful sugar, one teaspoonful soda, one teas]>ooiihil baking powder, ore teaspoonful salt, one-half cupful broken nut meats, pecans beit. This m.i!^es two .oaves. Bake one hour in not hot oven. Colonial JJread. â€" Three cups flour, three level teaspoons baking powder, one level teaspoon salt, one mi.xing siwon sugar; sift these all together, then add one-half cur chopped raisins, one-half cup chop- ped nuts (Knglish walnuts), one and one-half ctips sweet milk. Stir well, place in an ungreased bread paf, and bake slowlv one hour. TASTY DISHES. Apple Omelet. â€" Stew six large ap- ples ; beat very smooth while hot, adding one tablespijonful of butter, six tablespoonfuls of sugar, a grat- ing of nutmeg and half teaspoonful of rose extract. W'hen quite cold add four eggs, first the beaten yolks, then fold iu beaten whites. Put in deep dish which has been warniod and buttered. Bake in moderate oven to a delicate brown. Hot Salmon. â€" Set a pan of sal- mon in a saucepan of boiling water over the fire and let simmer fifteen to twenty minutes. Open can close to the edge, and after draining off liquid turn the fish on to the cen- ter of a serving dish. Surround with potatoes cut in lengthwise j quarters or balls, cooked tender iand drained. Garnish with quar- |tcrs of hard boiled egg. Serve with egg sauce, in a sauceboat, ra- ther than covered with it. RAISIN RECIPES. Raisin Pudding.â€" One cupful of I finely chopped suet, one-half cup- jful of sugar, two eggs, one-half cup- ful of niilk, one euj)ful of entire wheat flour, one teasii<j()iiful of bak- ing ijowder, one cupful of floured raisins, steam three hours, serve with any kind of sauce. Raisin Pie.â€" One cup raisins, one beaten egg, three fourths cup of sugar, one cup of thick sweet cream, one teaspoon of vanilla; bake in one crust. and it is a good plan to sprinkle a little insect powder between the carpet and the boards by way of protection. When Spring-Cleaning Rooms. â€" When "turning out" a room it will be found a good plan to rub over the polished wot>den surfaces of chests of drawers, tables, etc., with a cloth wrung out in vinegar and tepid water, the proportion being half a gill of vinegar to two quarts of water. This has the effect of cleansing the wood effectually with- out injuring the varnish, a good polish with ordinary furniture- cream being, however, a nece^nary sequel. DESSERT. Danish Pudding. â€" One cupful sago, one cujiful chopped walnuts, one quart fruit juice (grape or raspberry juice preferred). Wash sago in several washings of cold water and add to the boiling fruit juice, cook slowly, stirring often for about one hour, or until the sa- go is as clear as gelatin. Add the chopped nuts and set aside in a cool place until time to serve. Serve on sliced oranges and bananas, with whipped cream. Date Pudding. â€" One pouncTdates, one-fourth pound walnut meats, one-half teas[>oon baking i>owder, one-half teas|MJon baking powder, one cup sugar, oue tablcsi>oon flour, two eggs. Beat this mixture about five minutes. Add enough hot water to make moist. Bake slowly, but not hard. Serve with cream. Fruit Pudding. â€" Two quarts wa- ter, 5 cents' worth of sago, one -half cup raisins, one-half cup currants, one-half lemon, one apple, one-half pound prunes, one wine glass of raspberry vinegar. Wash the sa- go in several washings of cold wa- ter and add to the two quarts of boiling water. Add the raisins, prunes, currants, and the half le- mon cut in thin slices. When this has all b<jiled for a matter of twen- ty minutes add the peeled and quar- tered apple. When nearly done, "hich is a matter of on« and one- I alf or two h<)\irs, add the vinegar, '"le best way to know when it is < ine is when the fruits arc nice and Soft and the sago is cVar like gela- tin. This is an old fashioned Dane pudding and is generally ma<lo for holiday desserts. This has the ad- vantage of being very nutritious as well as pleasing to one's palate. CAKE8. Orange Shortcake. â€" One egg, one teacup sugar, one tftblesjioonful butter, one cup of milk, two tea- spoons baking powder, two cups flour. Bake in dripper. Six oranges slicfxl fine witli one cup of sugar. When cake is done lay on platter and split (or better bake in two pans), spread oranj^es on inside and top, and cover the v, hole with w hip- ped cream. This makes a roost de- licious desert. Black Joe Cake.- Two egg yolks; save white for icing; two cupfuls brt)wn sugar; two-thirds butter and lard mixed, two one-half cupfuls flour, one-half cupful sour milk, in- to which dissolve one teaspoonful Bodn, one-third cuke bitter cb.ieo- late ; dissolve in one cupful of hot water; let melt on back of stove, put in dough last and bake in lay- ers; put white icing lietween layers. Spice Cake. --One and a half cup- fuls of .sugar, one nnil u li ilf <iip- fuls of sour milk, one cupfi.l of rai- sins, one-halt cupful butter, three cupfuls of flour, one laHpnonful of soda, two teaspoon fuls of cinnunmn and one-half teasf)ooiiful of cloves. Method : Cieoni the butter. a<ld su- gar and cream again, mix and slit the dry ingrcdieiitK ; cut raisings and <lredge with flour, add milk, then flour, until both are used. .A<ld i raisins an<l beat well. Bake in a| well greased pan in a moderate vv«n about forty iiiinutes, I SPRING CLEANING HINTS. To Clean Holland Blinds.- Hol- land blinds which are only slightly soiled can be easily dry-cleaned at home. Remove the blind and rol- ler from the brackets, and brush the blinds on both sides with a soft brush. Spread the blind on the kitchen table and rub it hard with the white part of a thick slice of stale bread. Soiled Paint.â€" The mistake is of- ten made of cleaning white painted lintels, doors, and wainscoting with hot soap and water. The heat of the water has the effect of destroy- ing the outer coating og varnish, the result being that the jiaint soon wears away. For this reason a la- ther should be made with FTot wa- ter, and the suds then allowed to cool till just lukewarm, when it may be safely used. Cleaning Delicate Fabrics.â€" The most delicate fabric can be success- fully washed at home by using soap jelly with a little ammonia and rain- water. A clear day must be chosen for this operation, and colored ar tides must be dried in the shade to prevent fading. Oak Furniture.â€" Dust the furni- ture thoroughly, wash it well with vinegar and water, and, when dry, rub them with a little paraffin oil on a cloth, and finally polish with a clean dister. It will then look like new. A Good Cleaner.- Looking-glas- ses may be cleaned by first washing the glass all over with clean luke- warm Soapsuds and a siMuige. When dry, rub it bright with a buckskin and a little prepared chalk finely powdered. Removing Chemical Spots. â€" White spots which are formed on furniture bw dropping certain che- micals tipon it, and which are al- most more unsightly than any other defect, can be removed by the application of camphorated oil. This must be vigorously rubbed in to take effect, and should bo left to dry. the spots being treated some little time later to dn equally care- ful application of olive oil. A im)1- ish with selvyt or leather will fin- ally be re(piired. . Soot on Carpets. '-If soot is spil- led on the cari)et it should never be wiped up with a cloth, for it is sure to smear over the carpet and make <>n ugly mark difficult to re- move. Scatter salt thickly over the place and sweej) it and the soot to- gether. By so doing the spot will come up quite cleanly without leav- ing any mark at all. Wicker Furniture. This should be cleaned with a strong solution of salt and water. Scrub it well, and rinse with fresh water. Soap shouUl not bo used to wicker as it encourages a yellow tint. When very shabby-looking, wicker may be "fr<shed liy being jiainted. The pai.it used should be well mixed nn-I thinned to the |)rt>per consist- ency. If too tliifk it is apt to re- main on the wicker in lumps. Dirty Ceilings.- When a white- washed ceiling has become black- ened, apply a layer of starch and water to it with a piece of soft flan- nel. .MU)W it to dry. then brush off lightly with a brush. The black- ness Will have disappeared, leav- ing. no marks whatever. Damp Floors, and Carpels. â€" M.ith-eaten carpets are often the result i"f covering the floors while they are slill damp after scrub- hinn. The floor sh<uild be absolute- ly dry before the carpet is relaid. WHAT IMAGIN.VTIOS WILL DO. Doetor's Mistake Almost Put Young Man in Ilia (<ravc. Dr. Charles K. Mills, of Philadel- phia, told at a dinner an amusing story of the influence of the imagin- ation on the health. "A young bank clerk," he said, "feeling fagged from the excessive heat of a trying summer, consulted a physician. The physician ques- tioned him, sounded his lungs, and then said, gravely : â€" " 'I will write you to-morrow.' "The next day the bank clerk re- ceived a letter from the medical man telling him that his right lung was gon-' and his heart seriously deranged, and advising him to lose no time in putting his affairs in or- der. " Of course^' the doctor wrote, "you may live for weeks, but you may do well to leave nothing of importance un.settled.' •'Naturally, the young bank clerk was very much depressed by this; able cure of Naaman, and it would sad letter, nothing less than a \ not be difficult or unnatural for the death-warrant. He did not, of ' captain's friends to think of Elisha course, go to work that morning, j as reporting the most secret coun- and before noon he was having | scls of their king, trouble with his respiration, while | 13 q^ ^^^ ggg where he isâ€" It severe pains shot rapidly through ^.^^ ^ forlorn policy to think he his hoart. He did not get up alfi^^,,,^ surprise a man who divined day, and on towards midnight he ; ^j^ ^^^^ carefullv guarded secrets, had a sinking spell that caused his ^j^^ ,^^^ ^.j^^^^ ^^ happened to be THE SONDAY SCHOOL SIUDY INTERN. iriOXAL LES80N, APRIL ». Lesson II. â€" Eli.sha's Heavenly De- fenders, 2 Kings 6. U-23. Goldea Text Psa. 91. U. Verse 8. The king of Syria was warring against Israel â€" The reign of Jehoram was continually inter- rupted by the marauding expedi- tions of the warlike king of Damas- cus, Ben-hadad. Often these cam- paigns were nothing more than forays, such as the one in which the little maiden who later served in the household of Naaman was captured. Then there would be short periods of peace. 9. Beware that thou pass not such a place â€" How Elisha knew of the movements of the Syrians we are not told. It is enough that he was a man of God. More than once (10) he was able to put the king of Israel on his guard, and thus foil the pluttings of Ben-hadad, who doubtless purposed to f(cize this royal person while he was hunting or on some other chance journey. 11. Which of us is for the king of Israel ?â€" He suspected that his plans went amiss because of treason in the camp. 12. EJisha . . . telleth the king of Israel â€" .Vpparently it was common report among the attendants of the king. The prophet's fame must have spread greatly with the not- thera is in the spirit of Him who centuries later said, "Love your enemies." 23. The bands of Syria came no more. â€" Such merciful treatnvent made a profound impression upon Ben-hadad, who temporarily (com- pare next verse) abandoned his campaigns of plunder and rapine. THE HI MAX MACHINE. Gives From 25 to 35 Per Cenf. Pro- flt on Expense of keeping I' p. Prof. Jules Amar recently sub- mitted to the Academy of Medicine in Paris the results of his study of the man machine. He proceeded upon the principle that a man who eats liberally ought to recuperate in weight every twenty-four hours. If his weight lessens he works to excess, if his weight increases he has not expended the maximum ef- fort. Amar found that the human machine gives a profit of 2.t to 3.5 per cent, on the exji«nditure ; but that the best artificial returns only 14 per cent. It "would seem from these experi- ments, says the Dietetic and Hy- gienic Gazette, that man is, indeed, superior to all mechanisms ; with the very slight exception that he al- ways wastes energy during the first five minutes of work before regain- ing his equilibrium. It would seem that Monday's hu- NEWS FROM SUNSET COAST WHAT TBK WESTERN PEOPLB ARE DOIXG. Progress of the Great West Told In a Few Poiuted Items. The new hospital at Quesnei ia open to the public. Spring chickens appeared ia Rossland on Feb. 27. In Calgary 16 loaves of bread are sold for a dollar. The stork made 526 visits to Win- nipeg last month. Tlic city market in Vancouver has proven a failure. Vancouver is to have a strict en- forcement of the curfew law. Dr. I'Inglish receives $35 a month machine ' in Rossland as medical neaith of- ficer. The night police in Revelstoke have had their wages raised ijio a month. The sum of $408,000 is to be spent in school buildings in Calgary this year. During the past six months near- ly 100 lots have been sold in Silver- ton, B.C. Meat by the quarter is now sell- a pound at Fort people to send post-haste for the doctor. "The doctor, on his arrival, was astounded. " 'Why,' he cried, 'there were no symptoms of this sort yesterday ! What on <>arth have you been do- ing to yourself V "The patient's face scrrewed up with pain, he pressed his hand to his breast, and said, feebly: â€" " 'It's the heart, I suppose, doc- tor.' " 'The heart?' said the doctor. 'There was nothing yesterday the matter with your heart.' " 'My lungs, then,' the patient groaned. "'What ails you 7' the doctor shouted. 'You don't seem to have been drinking.' " 'Your letter, doctor â€" you told me I had only a few weeks to live.' "'Nonsense! Are you crazy? I told you take a month's vacation at the seaside and you'd be as good as new again.' "The patient drew the fateful let- ter from a <1 rawer beside his bed. " 'Well,' said the doctor glancing at it, 'this is a pretty mess. This letter was intended for another man. My secretary mi.xod up the enveloi>ea.' "The patient laughed. He sat up in Ix'd. His recovery was rapid. Tliat night, in fact, he was well again. "And what," ended Mr. Millsâ€" "what of the dying consumptive •,,,,• ,,,.-, who had got this young man's let- 1 the various ills of this world ( In ter? The consumptive, delighte<l j the world ye have tribulatitm "), with the prediction that a month at j but it does mean spiritual security the seaside would make a sound ; in the performance of God-given man of him, packed his trunk and tasks. The outward man may per living, Dothan, was so near the ca pital (less than a dozen miles in the same plain, through which ran the great caravan route from Egypt to Damascus), that it shows how thoroughly at the mercy of the Syrian power the Israelites were that they permitted the enemy to aoproach so close with the expecta- tion of getting away unmolested. 15. The servant--Some other, of course, than Gehazi. who, it will be remembered, brought about his own undoing through covetousness. Alas I . . . how shall we do?â€" This is ever the question of des|)eration upon the lips of the world in per- plexing straits. There is little help for those who cannot see beyond their own shadow. 10. They that are with usâ€" To the man who walks not by sight but by faith there is a world of ever-real and omnipotent defense. Wo are not dependent alone upon psalmist and prophet for this assurance. The church of God has never been with- out evidence of it, and any man may test for himself the reality of unseen divine procection. 17. The mountain â€" Dothan com- manded a pass which crossed the ridge of Mount Carmel. It was all ablaze with the spiritual forces with which God surrounded his servant Elisha. In like manner he shelters every believing soul. This may not mean a guarantee of freedom from man labor is the most inferior and Tuesday's the most superior, owing j^g at 18 cents to the curious action of Sunday as|Qg^,,.gp B.(;. a rest day; the Monday lassitude i xfiere is a bake-ovea in Merritt, of the French workingman is pro-;^^'., with a capacity of 500 loaves verbial. And it is found that the I ^j bread. workman who does not rest gradu- xhe Salvation is planning the er- ally loses his energy, and this is Lction of a larger citadel in Vaa- now a subject of keen interest gQnygr among scientists. xh<' Bank of Commerce has just The relation between fatigue and ! completed its $30,000 building ia accidents receives much more atten- 1 Revelstoke. tion in Europe than here, as do all matters relating to the conserva- tion of human energy and the safe- ty of the workingman. The rela- tion between fatigue and accidents has, indeed, been noted in practic- ally all forms of human energy. Bank clerks make most of their mis- In North Vancouver the B.C. Tel- ephone Company has put up a $30,- 000 exchange. Ernest Fletcher of Kamloops, ia about to establish a boat building factory in Albcrni. Owing to the abundance of Dutch clover, the (.'reston district is a takes late in the afternoon, and this; good place to raise bees, is said to "have something to do ] The Kettle Valley Railway is un- with the early closing of such insti- der contract to the Government to tutions. Bankers, at any rate, build 25 miles of road in 1910. have had the sense to note that the in Alberta last year, 125 coal mistakes of their employes are like- mines were in operation, producing ly to prove expensive. took the first train for New Eng land. That was ten years ago, and to-day he is in fair health." * TAMING ELEIV^NTS. Experiment Now in Progress in (he rench Congo. ish, but the man himself, his soul, his inviolable. 18. Smite this people with blind- nessâ€"The word for "blindness" is very unusual, being found only here and in Gen. 19. 11. The con- text seems to show that the Syrians were visited with a kind of illusion, so that it was easy for Elisha to In ancient times, as is well ! deceive them as to their where- known, the .African elephant was'abouts, and to hold them under the domesticated by the Caraginions, : spell of this delusion until he had who employed it in their wars with guided them into the very strong- Ronie. No African race has since, hold of their enemies, succeedixl in reclaiming this highly j 2I. My fatherâ€" A term of inti- intelligent and naturally docile an- macy and affection. It does nvt. inial, a fact which has ofteij been however, fullv describe the relations cite<l in proof of the general infer- iority of the Negro race. .\ successful experiment in tam- ing the .African, elephant was made some years ago in the French Con- go, while out of eight captured in Kanierun in 1900 three were suc- cessfully taiii(;d. European officers generally, however, have been very unsuccessful in their attempts at taming the beast. But the Belgian ofliciafs in the Congo now seem to have succeeded where so many have failed. Although no details are available as to the meth<Kls employed, there seems to be no doubt wliato'ver that .African elephants are now- daily en- gaged in hauling carts containing mails and goods between Buta (on the Riibi River) and Bambili (marked in some maps as Bomo- candi), on the Welle, a distance of about 100 miles. Polite Shopman (showing goods) â€""Here is something I would like to call your attention to, madam; it is the verv latest thing out." Mrs. Rounder (absently)â€" "If there's anything out later than my husband I'll take it. if only for a curiositv." GERMAN SOCIAL LIFE. Sunday a Real Holiday and Day of Relaxation. Sir Henry Johnson is contribut- ing a series of interesting articles to the Westminster Ciazette on Ger- man social life. "The Germans," he says, "contrive to enjoy life and â€" as a nation- to look very hap- py, with fewer official holidays than are allotted to us, and this partly because of their jolly Sunday, which is a real holiday and day of relaxa- tion occurring every seven days." But Sir Henry says there is much to criticize and amend in Germany still. "The abuse of alcohol still strangles the physical and mental efficiency of a large proportion of German men in the upper and low- er classes," A hopeful sign is the indignation shown by the bourgeois and professional classes against the j "senseless eighteenth-century tra- 1 ditions of German studenthood." Sir Henry finds the salvation of] Germany in its high type, mentally and physically of womanhood. '"The German woman, with the spread of education and new ideas of physi- cal development, is becoming ' in the middle and upper classes a fine creature, as willing as before to be! -^^ Queens E.xeeut .Alexandra Hud wife and mother, though proving Lady Train Bearers. herself an attractive and inspiring rni,^ f t .u i. r, ai i . companion t<. an educated man.''L ^^"^ ^^'^ '^** ^"f? Alexandra's And that men are, after all. what',*'"'*"' was carried at her coronation women make them is a maxim i ^^'1''^.^? r?"'""*' T'"''^' • '^"P,'*' handed down to us by philosoph- l"l'"^ '''''' ^•""^''J ^r"'* T^' •' ^ ^ ing an innovation by having hers carried by ladies. .As a matter of fact, it was Queen .Alexandra who departetd from custom. All records of the coronations of quecris and qiieon consorts show that it was the custom to have lad- ies to hold the train. Queen Vic- jover 2,000,000 tons of coal. The Kettle Valley Railway Com- pany has bought fifty acres of mead- ow land at Penticton for yards. This year the Government will expend $178,000 for roads and bridges in the Similkameen dis- trict. An Indian living on the Sardis re- servation has been fined $2.50 for shooting a deer out of season. In one day last week, the Centre Star mine at Rossland shipped 48 carloads of ore to the Trail smelt- er. The new ferry steamer between the two Vancouvers can carry 1,000 people in comfort, and 2,000 when crowded. Sea lions in thousands are re- ported from the Alberni canal and Barkley Sound, where they are making sad havoc of the fish. It is said that because of starva- tion condition the northern Indians are storing guns and ammunition and are ripe for an outbreak. A valuable horse was killed at Sariva. B.C. The animal was founcl to measure seven feot eight inches from tip to tip. FOLLOWING THi; 01 STOM. ers. FOR DlSINFECriNG. Vessels Have a Sanitary .Mitehiiic That Reaches Every Criviee. For the disinfe-tion of vessels on ! toria had eight lady tram bearer's. ever, between Jehoram and the prophet. Elisha was unlike his great prede- cessor in the close connection which existed between his work and the political and military fortunes of his peoiile. For the most part, this particular king, though greatly in- debted to Elisha, was lacking . in courtesy to him, and their relations at times were far from cordial. The d(!sire of Jehoram to smite these foes is doubtless a true picture of the man â€" an ungenerous, tempor- izing person, who was ready to fawn on anyone who was able to do something to his advantage, but who would turn upon that one the next moment. 22. Wouldest thou smite '-^It was probably in accord w ith the rude ethics of that time to act as ttic king eagerly suggested. But Elisha was there as the prophet of God, and. he showed that there was a better way to treat enemies. Even in thiise days it was a rule of warfare that capti\es taken in battle should not be unmercifully smitten down. .\ sense of justice, therefore, would suggest the sparing of these men , taken by deception. Elisha's com- j mand to set bread and water before | the Thames, the sanitary authorit ies of the Port of London have ad- opted an apparatus known as the Clayton Dilute-Gas ~ Disinfecting Machine. This is usually fitted iu the hold of a barge and taken alongsiile the vessel Uy be fumigat- dressed in white satin and silver tissi:o, with » roaths of silver corn ears and pink rose trimmings. Queen Mary will, no doubt, decide what her ladies shall wear, but Queen Victoria, on account of her youth, left all this to h.?r Mistress ed, but about 200 vessels are equip- [ <,f the Robes, the Duche.ss of Rich ped with machines as peruianont ; niond. fi.xtures for their own use. The' Duchess seems to have con- Ihis apparatus includes a sul- 1 suit.?;! the voun- ladies themselves, phur furnace generating sulphur ; f„r sIk- said to Lord Melbourne: dioxide, a gas cooler and a Root|"Gne thing I was determined ab- bh.wv-r. About Um) cubic feet of, out. that 1 should have no discus- air per minute is drawn along the: sion with their mammas about it." suction pipe by the blower, divid- j ing into two streams as it reachejl -♦ the mixing valve. One stream o^ i-\xt/,i' about 200 cubic feet per minute! JANt'IES. passes through t\w generator, be- 1 It is ii'iikiiul to call the now worn. coining charged with fifteen per j an a lady's man. cent, of sulphur <lioxide, and is 1 Some people seem to think that then led throuj^li the cooler to the' bills, like bolts, grow smaller by base of the blowor. where the oth- being filed. er stream of 800 cubic feet per min- ' Sailors are perhaps called tars ute is met The resulting mi.xture. contain- ing three per cent, of sulphur di- o.xide. is foreeti along the delivery pipe to the pressure orifice of the blower. Suitable hose leads to the compartm'cnt to be reached, and on account of the pitching of the ship. Because a womap's voice is liquid it <loes not follow that it never dries up. There is only., on.? crop that har- vests itself, namely, wild oats. the t-en horse-power steam engine,' To hit a woman's li<'art it is best electric motor or gas engine forces to tnke Tim kneeling. the mixture, as it is generated, jn- Love i^ » lottery and marriage i* to every crevice. t!ic a.l"t-e t .igaaMmj^jgjjss^^ â- â- if^giB