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I About the I i ....House I TlliO UAiiUACiK PAIL. IX anything has to be neglected, don't let it be the garbage pail. Dust on the piano is bail. Siwclts on the mirror or window arc annoy- ing. You can't always lin<l liiuf to bake a ciiko for tea. nor jiie for des- sert. The Khtots and towels may have to be folded and [iiit under a Weight to Kavo ironing; the baby wears colored slips to econonii/.e in ifushing. All these limitations may ije jfrievous in a meusure, but they •nre not of vital importance. j'he care of the garbage is neces- sr.ry. Death and deslruction sit on the Ijritn of the ne^jlocted pail, and bacteria and microbes â€" malevolent ones â€" multiply. Hecaying fruit and vegetables are just as poisonous as meat, only not quite so notice- able, if j'ou are a dweller on bioad aci-es, any whole roceiJlacle, tin or even wood will do, jirovided it is frequently scalded, disinfected and dried out. One of the live-gallon kerosene oil cans makes a very good jiail, with a piece of haling wire fas- ^ tcned in for a handle. iter tang of ordinary imirmalndo Keep an old broom for denning | â-  Devil's Food CnJ<e. â€" Two and a out the pail. Take it out on the I half cups of sifted flour, two cups grass, turn a teakettle of hot water I sugar, half cup butter, half cup sour on it and scrub. -Once a week a dis- j milk, half cup hot water, two eggs, infectant is in order. A good one I half cake of chocolate, teuspoonful to keep on hand is prepared in this 1 each of vanilla and soda. Grate the "A man and his wife arc one. "Then, if he kills his wife tha law can't touch him." "How so ?" "It's a case of suicide." gla.'sses. This Ir.cks much of the bit- way: Dissolve a half pint of wash- ing soda in si.x tiuarts of boiling wa- ter. A cupful of tliis added to the cleaning water will be quite sulli- cient. Do not throw the contents of the pail, if it he triniinin^;s and parings chocolate and dissolve it and the soda in the hot water. Use white icing. A Delicious Fruit Salad. â€" Three oranges cut in dice, three bananas sliced, a pound of seeded white grapcT, a can of pineapple or one of vegclablis, .etc., on the garden to i fresh one, and some candied sour decay. If there are no animals on 'cherries. Any other fresh fruit that the place to eat thi'm, either bnryis desired may be added. Pour over thcni, and thus enrich the soil, or all a dressing made of four table- burn. If the latter, dry out lirst, ; spoonfuls of sugar, the juice from so as not to crack the stove. Or- j the jiineapple and from one orange, ange and lomon iierlings, jJ'^'ich, ap- j There should be a cupful of the dres- ricot and cherry i>its make adniira- I sing. Flavor with cinnamon and bio kindling when dried. Hones i gome servo it covered with whipped burned and pounded arc excellent for i cream, making hens impot':s to graj'evines. If you have no 'Irain, and are forc- ed to throw your dish water out on the groimd (a pound and lay or for gi%ing an vour rose buslus or HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Nothing made with stigar, eggs and milk should reach the boiling I solution of copperas ' point, a half to a gallon of j To prevent stockings wearing at water is a good ]>rnportion) .should I the heels line the backs of the shoes be sprinkled around once or twice a I with a piece of black velvet. week. DOMESTItJ KECIPF.S. Meat Pie.â€" Take 1 cup cold ])od meat, 1 snioll onion finely chop- chop- To warm up fast in bed lie flat on [the back, the arms straight by the sides, the legs straight â€" then I breatjio. j A specialist in nerve diseases says ' a woman should sleep nine hours a pod (or 1 teaspoon onion juice), salt | jjj^^,jj ^^,, .^^^^ ,^^yj. jj, ^j,p j^^y ^i,,,^ and pepi.cr to taste, i cup gravy or i„ testing the temperature of a soup stock. Put into a deep uis'L ! child's bath put in your elbow, or cover with mashed potatoes and i ^,^^^ nnderneath part of your arm. bake 20 minutes m a hot oven U^j^^ ,,^^„,, j^ ^f „^ „^, One-Half tup Cakc.--1 ako 4 cup ,p^ ^,^,.^,. ^^.^^.^^. . ^.,,g„ ^^^^^^^ mola.s.'.e.", i cup sugar, > cup butter, ! ^^,.^, ^^ ^^ g^,^ ^„ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^,. i cup sour milk. 1 egg, L tea.s-poon , ^.^ commonly used. This when pour- soda, 1 tensiioon em'h clove, all- j ^.^ ^,^^^._^ ^;.;„ f,,^^ ^,,p ^-^^^^ ,„o,g spice and cu.s.s.a, salt. I' lour ""-j q^iekly than plain hot water. 1 If when frying (isli of any kind a ' little salt is sprinkled on the bot- tom of the pan when it is hot and the fat boiling, the fiHh can be easily turned without breaking in the least. A remedy for creaking hinges is mutton tallow rubbed on the joints. A great mtuiy locks that refuso to do their work are simply rusted, and will bo all right it carefully oiled. A FAHMKIt'S LIFE, If sonic of the farmers who discouraged because they have made a fortune oil their farms, who feel inclined to envy are not and their 1 and ough for a batter. Sweet Potato Hint.â€" When s-7oct potatoes are high, a few can bo made to go a li>r.g way, if to them are added as many Irish ones. They are delicious thus mixed, whether in fried or mashed potatoes. Of course they cannot well be mixed in any othei' way of s<'rving. Squash lliscuit. â€" To 2 quarts lircad sponge raised once, add one pint baked Hubbard squash run through a coar.se sieve, i cup sugar, U table- spoons butter liaise in bulk, add- uinto rpo HOUSEKEEPERS, ing enough (lour to stiffen. Then i^'^i'^ j v^ a form into small biscuit and let risj Turkey is more econoniical and bet- again. Hake in a (piick oven. ter for salad than chicken. Uye Ilrcad.â€" Make! a sponge in the When grated bread, pounded bis- flour at night, Uu- sumo as for wheat cult, crackers, etc., nre to bo \ised bread, with warm milk and 4 cup in puildings with milk, heat the homemade potato yeast. I'ut In a milk, pour it on the bread and let warm jdace to rise. In the morn- stand, covered, for an hour, ing add more warm milk, 1 teaspoon Very good puddings can bo made salt, a small [linch of soda, 15 table- without eggs, but they must bo spoons of molasses. Knead soft, niade with as little milk as will mix When light, i)ut into pans and let | them, and nnist boil longer, not less rise again. Hake in a (piick oven. than three or four hours. Orange Marmalade.- Cut one dozen I iJoiled imddings require plenty of large navel oranges Into very thin | water, which must be kept at a slices, cutting < msswiKe. I>eave the|fvi,nrii boil. If baked, a quick oven, peel on, but. remove the core. I'utjijiit not a scorching hot one, is rc- into a [lorcolain kettle, add two ciiiired. A pudding in which there rpiarts of cold water and let stand is much bread must be tied loosely over night in a cool place. Hoil very ; (o allow room for swelling. A bnt- (dowly for two hours, then add six i (,.,. pudding should be tied quite pounils of granulated .sugar and hoil (ji-mly. A freipient fault of this bIowIj' till clear. Put into sinuU i^ind" of imdding is being underdone. .NXXsAjvxrl/ THiE WAY NO\VAI)AY.S. Lawyerâ€" Ths pedestrian has the law on his side. Injured Manâ€" Yes ; and the aiitomobillst on his back. brother toilers in the city, imagining that life iu the city is more desir- able than theirs, easier and filled with plenty of leisure to enjoy all tho pleasures with which the rustic imagination gilds and glorifies those distant scenes and activities, they need only ti-y to find out their mis- take. "Far fields are green," and lose much of their attractiveness upon a nearer view. To the city man of ordinary means and opportunities, who, like the or- dinary farmer, has a bank account to fall back upon in cases of emer- gency, life is one "grind," and witli- out the soothing influences of nature that surround the farmer, to quiet tho fever and unrest with which the struggle, competition and turmoil around him keep his nerves on tho rack day after day. As a rule, such men are not their own masters, but must order their speech, demeanor, and inclinations to please the pow- ers that have control over their daily doings, in order to keep bread in the mouths and clotlies on the backs of both themselves and their families. The farmer, if ho docs not feel well can rise in tho morning at what- ever hour it pleases him to do ; for an hour or so, or a day or two, does not make much dilTerence in his affairs e.xcept at the most critical periods of planting and harvesting. He can have his own opinions, and voice them too, in politics and re^ ligion, and all the stirring questions of the day. without fear of antagon- izing the powers that be, who can "sack" him if his views and opin- ions do not happen to "coincide with those of his master or "overlord" (the boss). That the farmer is a hard worker nobody can deny. Tilling the soil is not easy work. Since God gave the command to man to "earn his bread by the sweat of his brow," the far- mer's life has been a life of toil. It taves some strength and efTort to dig a living out of the gi-ound. It is not easy to earn a living, much less a fortune, without effort, and tho farmer is not the only one who "sweats." Drain workers have no sinecure, although some ignorant persons imagine that nil they have to do is to sit at a desk and add up figures, or to twiddle a pen in their lingers. Tho life of a salesman behind the counter is wearisome and monotonous. The beautiful days of spring go by, the birds are singing as they build their nests, the flowers are blooming in the valleys and on the hillsides, and the grass is grow- ing greener and greener in the mea- dows ; yet never a glimpse does he get of the beauty of the bright world e.xcept when he can take a car ride of an evening, or on a Smiday or holiday. A grocer's clerk works more hears and harder, than the average country boy, who can go to the "corner" and pitch quoits or gossij) with his cronies, when the city young man is just getting home from work ; ami as for the nmn who delivers milk in the city he has even harder work and longer hours. At 4 in tho morning and even earlier, his waggon is heard in the streets, and himself racing from top to bot- tom of the high apartment buildings in the cold and sleet of a mid-win- ter's morning, or in the enervating heat of summer. At break-neck speed he goes, and one could almost imagine that his life dei)ended upon getting through his rounds in due season. Competition is so great that he must neglect nothing, and always be pleasant and obliging to the most unreasonable of customers, for fear of losing one. There are the icemen carrying ot) ])ouiids and often H)(l pounds of ice u|) tour flights of stair's, which is no easy task, arid as it is not skilled labor, tho juiy is iirobably not more than it should be, considering the amount of strength expt-ncled. Hard as the work is, and nuiderate as is the pa.v, no man can alTord to lo.se his job ; so ho has to be very, careful not to antagonize his employers in any way. The man who does business on a snmll scale and is his own boss, probably flnds it no easier to make a livinir, for ho has to do the great- er part of his own work, and in the case of a bad or unprofitable season Is sometimes not so well off as his hireling, who is sure of his wages at least. He is a poor farmer, who owns his land and has good health, who cannot make at least a living for himself and family. It may not be a Bumptuous- living, but it may bo a comparati^"ely comfortable one. This cannot bo said of all sorts of occupations. There are industrious and honest men in all trades. who are so hampered by circumstances that they cannot do so. Competi- tion, strikes, union complications, and what not. Interfere with their opiiiutunlties, and they are power- less. A farmer can raise most of what he eats, and clothing is so cheap in the.se days, that unless ho must 1*0 dressed in the latest st.vle. what h" â€"~'"« need not cost a great deal. lie need be under obligations to no one â€" a beatific condition. If he only realized Ifr. Providence is his only muster, his helper, and his friend. He depends on Him alone, after he has sown his grain. and planted his vegetables and his fruit, and then waits for the productive influence of tho sunshine and tlie showers to do their part of the work. If he is "up-to-date" he will strive to improve his methods, not content to plod along in the old way. but over ready to take advan- tage of tho new ideas of this pro- gressive age. using tho helps and aids to be found in the best farm journals he can get, and not too proud or too stubborn in his ideas to make use of all the light he can obtain. If there should happen to be a bad season. and the worst comes to the worst he can wear his old clothes until he can afford bet- ter, and live upon oatmeal and beans if need be, and whose business is it ? Hut there is no reason why a farmer cannot live as well, and dress and educate his children as finely, asi the average city m«:n ; and he does. Ho lives better, as a general thing, for there need be no scrimp- ing in his larder. The good things of life â€" cream, butter, eggs, vege- tables, poultry. etc.â€" on a well- managed farm, are abundant in their su[)ply. In the city a man needs a full purse in order to use these things freely and have them of the best (luality. He has to practice self-denial there. And there is always hope ahead tor the farmer. If he doesn't have good luck this year, ho may the next. There is always a chance that there will bo a bettor yield in crops, and a better price in the market. The element of uncertainty adds zest to life. which a settled amount of wages from month to month and from year to year can- not give ; and he is always sure of enough to eat on the farm, of some sort or another. One of the most discouraging fea- tures about farming is the drought which so often comes to wither both the farmer's hopes and his crops. To sec the land that has been so faith- fully and carefully worked, and the young crops that look so promising lying parched under the burning rays of the sun and getting drier and drier in the hot winds. while he watches day after day in vain for the refreshing showers is almost heartbreaking. The only hope for the farmer in such a case is irriga- tion. This often seems impractic- able, and entails too much expense, but if one were wise enough to some- times utilize those natural advant- ages close at hand, he would receive a surprising benefit at a little cost. I have in mind a section of country â€" a long stretch of farm land lying nt the toot of a mountain, or range of wooded hills, for more than two milesâ€" good productive soil, but of- ten drying up in summer because of drouth. On the mountain were springs^nevci'-failing â€" and after quarries had been opened up there, there were great ponds or i-esei'voirs filled with the draining of the quar- ries, which if the farmers had been enterprising enough to lay the pipe necessary to carry the water down the slope, would have furnished en- ough water to save their crops, and to water their cattle which had to be driven long distances to drink. The time is coming, and is not far distant, when the farmer's life will be looked upon as the ideal life, by many of tho world-weary toilers of the crowded cities. Even now-, the one bright dream of many a drudger in the stores and olTiccs, it of a hap- IW time coining when he will have a farm â€" a home of his own in the country, whei-o he can rest his tired brain and nerves as he sits beneath his own vine or fig (or apple) tree. Whoever despises a farmer's lite is a fool ; it is the most independent life on eorth. â€" Countrv Oentlemon. When Tired of Hamburg Steak served in tho usual way, mix with chopped steak somo rolled cracker crumbs, roll it up and then cut in slices. It can then be broiled or fried like slices ot sausage meat. Many persons like the flavor ot sago in steak thus treated. Anticipating Warm Days. â€" In the after jiart ot winter or early spring (ill some of tlie empty fruit jars with sauerkraut. Pack closely and easi- ly, so as not to break th.e jar, and leave it with a little juice on top: then put on tho rubber and screw the lid on. It makes a nice change during warm weather, especially raw. In the spring, when lemons are cheap, make lemon syrup to last through tho year. It makes a de- licious summer beverage, a table- spoonful in a glass of ice water, and is convenient for many purposes. Koll nice large lemons till soft, cut in two, squeeze out the juice; grate the rinds of .several, and let stand (in earthen) over night. Strain and measure the juice and allow three pounds of sugar to each pint. Heat the white ot an egg. mi.x with a pint ot water, turn over the sugar, stir till dissolved, put over the lire, boil and skim; add the lemon juice, let boil live minutes, cook and bot- tle. "Yes," said tho young student, thongl tfully, "when I get interested in a sub.'ect I never stoji until 1 have embraced it thoroughly." "That's nice," was his sweetliearl's hesitating rejily. "I wish I were on interesting subject." And she was. THE NAVY'S EEGORD SHIP; THE FAMOUS DEEDS OF H. M. , S. "TEREIBLE." Interesting Story of Four Years' Work of One of Britain's , Great Warships. No modern British man-of-war has . distinguished herself so conspicuous- ly as H.M.S. Terrible. When com- missioned in 1898 she attracted ' more than ordinary attention, for at that time she represented, together with her sister-ship the Powerful, the latest, largest, and most powerful armed cruiser ever built. During her four years' commission she played a prominent part in tho Anglo-Boer war and also in the China rebellion, while she also holds nearly all the firing and coaling records. It was in October, 1900, while in Chinese waters, that she held her first annual prize-firing. Out of 104 rounds with the 6in. quick-firing or 7-ton guns, no fewer than eighty hits were recorded on the targets. With the two 9.2 (2,'5-ton) guns some wonderfully smart shooting was also shown. Many received the results with scepticism ; so when the second an- nual prize-firing took place the men behind tho guns determined, if pos- sible, to eclipse their previous re- cords, and, in fact, had assiduously practised with that end in view. The firing was witnessed by many naval and military authorities. Every expectation was realized, the previous records being broken both in rapidity ot firing and hits made. The 25-ton guns fired twenty-two rounds and secured fourteen hits. Tho 7-ton guns fired 128 rounds, ob- taining 102 hits. One oGicer fired eight rounds and scored EIGHT HITS IN ONE MINFUTE. At Hong Kong the Terrible won tho blue-ribbon for rapid coaling. Some 2,500 tons being required to fill the bunkers, her captain decided it was a favorable chance to test the iiaA'al coaling arrangements of the port as regards rapidity of ac- tion. Work was commenced at 7.20 a.m., and tho whole quantity of 2,500 tons was shipped and stowed by 5 p.m. E.xclusivc of intervals tor meals the actual time for the evolu- tion was nine hours, ten minutes; The mean average was 1272.7 tons per hour, but for eight consecutive hours the aperage was 300 tons. Tho coal was passed on board by some 600 Chinese coolies, carried to the bunker-shoots by the deck hands, and stowed by the sturdy stokers. The heat was very great, the ther- mometer registering S3 degrees in tho shade. Ot the deeds of the Terrible much could be written. Mr. George Crowe, master-at-arms on the ship during the commission, has embodied them in a book, entitled "Tho Commission of H.M.S. Terrible, lS'JS-1902." In the account ot the part iilayed by the ship in the Anglo-Llocr war we have the true story of the naval guns which were sent up to Lady-' smith. It apjiears that at the out- break of ho.stilities Sir George White, finding that the enemy were e<iuipped with some guns cai)able ot throwing a 91U). shell a distance of 12,000 yards, whereas his heaviest guns could only effectively roach half that distance with n l.'itb. shell, ap- l)ealed to the navy for assistance. Now. the naval guns would have been absolutely useless without suit- at>le field mountin.gs, and it was Captain Percy Scott, the .gonial commander of the Terrible, who de- si,;;ned them. Two wore made, and they and the guns were dispatched to Ladysmith. They arrived IN THE NICK OF TIME, for forty-eight hours ofter they reached their destination the door was closed and tho brave garrison reiuaiucd beleaguered for 119 dtiys. Iu the Novouiber of l.Sy9 we find Caiitain Scott holding the position of military governor at Durban. Tho town was then under martial law, and it was the captain's duty to superintend the trials of offenders tor military law oPVnces and to con- sider suggestions of loyalists. Many ot these latter brought forwartl im- possible and ridiculous schemes, which they declared, if acted upon, would simply annihilate the Hoers. One wonia; drew iq) plans for a hugo balloon in which she v.-anted to ascend and droii flags of all nations ami .^luritual monitions into the camps ot the en- emy, by which they would assume, she declared . that the whole world was against thcin, and caust" thein to floe to their homes demoralized. A number ot peojile wrote anonymous letters vilifying Captain Scolfs otll- cial conduct. The ga'.UWil c.iptnin had thr.se i)asted into a sciar-liook, which was banded to vifiitors while waiting their turn for interviews. Needless to add. the discontents quickly left off penning their defa- matory epistles. Life in China durin.g the Hoxer re- bellion was extremely entertaining. The Rucce!-s;i;l defence ol tho foreign concessicns at Tientsin, ami ca)>turo after .•Jeveie lighting and licnvy lo.ss, is thrilliiigly related, while it Is also clear that were it r.ol for the lirm action of the Ihitish c<niiinaii<!er rt Tientsin that iinporlaiit city li.ust have fallen a sacriC -'- to the c.-.euiy. The vi> torious i.>aivh to PeUiii. tho rapture cf the celestial c!ty. and tho relief of the legntlon.s is refreshing reading.â€" London 'f it-lUt«. ; .1 1