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About the I ....House jl DOAIESTIC HECII'F.S. Salted AIinoiidH. â€" Salted almonds nn? expensive at KO cents a pound and it is ti'iite an economy to make them at home. The Jordan almonds â- re the best (thej- are the long, slen- «ier ones), hut any kind will do. They Can be bought for 50 cents a pound in bulk, ready shelled. Blanche them by pouring boiling water on them and let stand four or tive minutes, then the l)rown skins will slip off readily between the lingers. Dry them and to each pint of meats al- low two tahlespoonfuls oi olive oil. Pour over the nuts, to.ss with spoon or fork till well coajed, set aside for an hour to let them absorb the oil. then dredge lightly with salt, a tablespoonful to a pint of meats, put into a bright haking-tin and set in the oven. Bake till a light gol.l- en brown; shake the tin frequently to let the nuts brown evenly. They will be done in about ten minutes. Oyr.ter Saladâ€" Cook for a few min- utes a pint of oysters in their liquor. X'rain and cover with this dres.sing: lieat well two eggs and to them add onc-fourth of a cupful each of milk and vinegar, one-half of a tea- spoonful each of mustard, celery salt, salt, a dash of cayenne pepper and two tahlespoonfuls of butter. Cook in a double boiler until thick. Pour over the oysters and when cold set on ice. Serve on a bed of water cress after mi.xing with a scant pint of diced i.elei-j'. Hice Crumpets. â€" Heat three eggs until light and thei; add one and on&-half cupfuls of milk, one table- spoonful of melted butter, one cup- ful of cold boiled rice, one cupful of Corn flour, half a cupful of wheat flour, half a tablespoonful of salt and two tea.spoonfuls of baking pow- der. Beat these ingredients well to- gether and bake in greased muffin pan.s In the oven for twenty minutes. White Fruit Cake. â€" One cup of but- ter, two cups of sugar, one cup of sweet milk, two and a half cups of flour, whites of seven eggs, two even teaspoonfuls oi baking powder, one pound each of -eedless (Sultana) raisins, figs, and blanched almonds, one-quarter pound of citron, all chopped tine. Mix all thoroughly be- fore adding fruit: af!d a teaspoonful of lemon extract. Put the baking powder in the flour and mix well be- fore adding to the other ingredients. Sift a little flour over the fruit be- fore stirring it in. Bake slowly two hours and try with a splint to see when it is done. A cupful of grated The Excelsior Life Insurance Go. HOW 10 Gain rie$h Person.s have been known to gain a pound a day by taking an ounce of Scott's Emulsion. It is strange, but it often happens. Somehow the ounce pro- duces the pound ; it seems to start the digestive machinery going properly, so that the patient is able to digest and absorb his ordinary food, which he could not do be- fore, and that is the way the gain is made. A certain amount of flesh is necessary for health ; if you have not got it you can get it by taking Scott's Emulsion. If you have not tried it, send for free sample. Its agrecible taste will surprise you. SCOTT & BOWN E, ChemisU, Toronto, Ont. to fine crumbs on a pastry board. Add salt to taste, mix the powdered nuts with enough fresh cream chee.s« to nnake a paste that can be ea.sily spread on unbutterod bread. Keep in a cold, damp plac4> until wanted. fOgp Sandwiches. â€" Mash the yolk.s of hard-boilcil eggs to a powder and moisten with olive oil and a few drops of vinegar. Work to a pa-ste, anil add .salt, pepper, ami French mustard to taste, with a drop or two of tal)a.sco sauce. Now chop the whites of the eggs as fine as pos- sible (or until they are like coarse powder) and mix them with the yolk paste. If more seasoning is neces- sary a<lil it before spreading the mix- ture upon sliced graham bread. Isn't It Quite Likely of others. IMPORTANT TRII'T.ES. V'our lace or muslin curtains will keep clean twice as long if you will lift the curtain poles from the brack- ets and lai them, curtains and all, in another room when you are about to sweep, as no dust will settle on them. Every precaution should be taken to keep the curtains clean as long as possible, as it is the wash- ing that wears them out more than the using. Keep plenty of dust sheets and covers. Th«y can be made from partly worn dress skirts or oi any light weight or much worn piece of soft goods, no matter what the color or malei-ial. Xovcr all the ! pieces of furniture that cannot be I moved out of the room when ssvcep- I ing, with thei-ic covens and when the dust has all .settled, gather them carefully by the comers and carry them out of floors to be shaken. When grea-sing pans or moulds as well as griddles, a small flat brush should be u.sed; those small bru.-^hes can be bought for a trifle, and they are excellent for washing the out- side of gla.sswaie that is deeply cut and for cleaning vegetables. objection. fn the old times we i With this for a siiiill manufacturer read that Sam.son had long hair and will be able lo holrl his own against a great deal of it, and your butter ] foreign competition, and this year The annual meeting of this company was held at the head offices in the com- pany's building on Thursday afternoon. The directors' report, wliich was unani- mously adopted, show.s a most satisfac- tory increase in each item of the company's business. During the year the balance of the authorized capital o! the coinpaiiy was disposed of at 150, the isfcue beiutC largely over-su!>scribed for, the required amount being alloted and paid for within ten days. The amount ol new insurance issued during the year was $2, '238, 157, an increase of 38 per cent. The amount of in- surance in fore; at the end of the year was jr. 646,798. 35. an increase of $1,- 474,192.85, or 24 per cent. The in- come, excluding capital, was $*JS3.502.- Gl. Tlie di.Hbursem'ents were $168.- 2b0.90, of which nearly $50,000 com- prises payments to policyholders. The company's death rate for the year was 5.56, tiio average annual rate since the conipanv commenced business being the unparalleled low one of 3.54. The net as.-,ets are $845,671.82. the in- crease being $172,645.80. or 20 per cent. The company's investments have proved extremely satisfactory from the standpoint of both security and pro- iluctivenoss. The gross assets lor se- curity of policvholders. including un- called capital, are $1,252,448.20, be- ing an increase of $291,068.58. It is a well-known fact that the security af- forded to policyholders by all regular Cunatlian companies is absolute, but taking the amount of the company's policy contracts into consiiieration. it will be seen that the extra security af- forded its policyholders is unusually large. The reserve fund now totals S 738. 640 31, an increase oi $134,297.- 4. or 23 per cent. The net surplus on policyholders' account is $.88,801.89. The company's sphere of operations has been e.xtended during the year, the com- pany now pusliing for business and meeting with good success in every part of the dominion. It is expected that the additional organization effected will result most advantageously to both shareholder and policyholders. The com- pany attributes its continued succese to Its attractive plans of insurance and liberal policy contracts, coupled with it.s prominence in respect to those fea- tures of its business in which policy- holders are most particularl.v interested. The directors' report was unanimous- ly adopted. The follow hig gentlemen were r^ elected director- of the company tor the ensuing year: â€" I^avlil Fasken. Ksq.. B. A., Toronto. I'resident: S J. Parker. Ksq.. Owen Sound, and RulilT ttrass. Esq.. Toronto. Vice-Presidents; Cleorge Gooilerham. Esq.. Toronto; Thomas Long. Ksq., Tot onto; John Ferguson, Ksq, UA . M IV. Toronto; ,1 F W. Ro.ss. Fsn , M D., L.R.C IV, Toronto: W. J. McFarland. Kscr. Toronto; Alex- ander F''asken. U.A.. Toronto; Geo. K. Weir. Ksq . Dresden; W. F. U. Colter, Esq., L.D.S . Sarnia; Wm. Harvev. Es^.. II. L. Winnipeg; R. W. Gordon. Ksq., Pembroke; Jos. Wright. Ksq . Toi^ onto; J. S Knechtet. Ksq.. Hanover Th« comp.iny have desirable openings lor good men on their Agency staff. Those Intcre-aled will do well to com- municate with Mr. William Harvey. Western Miin^ncr. Winnipeg, or the Hcao Office, Toronti"* cocoanut is a nice addition to this cake. Mutton, Venison Style. â€" Cut cold roasted or boiled mutton in thin, slices. Put into the chafing dish four tahlespoonfuls of tomato ketchup, one tablespoonful of tarragon vino- gar, four tablespoijiiiuls ol currant jelly, and a tablespoonful of butter. Stir all these ingredients until hot. Put in sufficient mutton to absorb the sauce thoroughly; add half a tea- spoonful of .salt and a sprinkling of pepper. Imperial Cake. â€" One pound of su- gar, one pound of flour, three-quar- ters pound of butter, one pound of almonds, blanched and cut tine; one- hall pound of citron, one-quarter lb. candied cherrie.-., oii^half pound of seeded raisins, rind and juice of one lemon, two piet*es of candied orange, one nutmeg, ten eggs. Angel Cake. â€" Whites of twelve eggs â€" or, measured, one and one-quarter cups of whites of eggs. .\dd one- third of a teaspoonful of salt, and beat until stiff. Sift into this one and one-quarter cups of granulated sugar, and beat. Have at hand one cup of flour that you have sifted tive times: sift this in and mix one teaspoonful of extract of hitler al- monds, or any preferred flavor. Bake in slow oven, and do not grease your pan. Cabbage Salad. â€" Let half a cup of vinegar and a tablespoon of butter come to a boil. After thoroughly mixing a tablespoon of mustard, one of brown sugar, an egg. and a half a cup of sweet milk, stir in slowly with the vinegar and keep stirring till it boils. Cut up fine half head of cabbage, .season with pepper and salt, and put it into the dressing and let it come to a boil. Beet Salad. â€" Kqual tiuantitios of beets and red pickled cabbage, and if po.ssibfe a little chopped cold tur- key. Garnish with celerj- and hard boiled eggs. Dressing-cream, white sugar, and vinegar together. SANDWICHES. Cheese and Lettuce Sandwiches. â€" Slice Boston brown bread verv thin, butter lightly, and spread with Neuf- chatef or with cottage chee.se. Have ready crisp lettuce leaves, dip each in a bowl of French salad dressing, then lay on the buttered brown bread. Press another slice of but- tered brown bread on this, and the sandwich is ready. 'ITiese sandwiches must be kept moist until it is time to serve them. Sardine Sandwiches. â€" Lay the sar- dines upon tissue paper for a few minutes to free them from the oil in which they come. Reject all bits of skin or bone and break the sardines to bits with a fork. Work into them a little njeltcd butter and a few drops of lemon juice, and spread them upon buttered bread or rolls. Chicken. Nut, and Mushroom Sand- wichcfl. â€" Jlincc the white .aeut of a roast chicken and mi."£ it with half a can of French mashrooms. chopped fine, and a half cupful of chopped English walnuts. Sea.son to taste with pepper and salt and moi.''ten with melted butter. Put the mi.x- ture between slices ol whole wheat bread. -Vnchovy Sandwiches. â€" Spread thin slices of bread with a verv little butter. Cover thi.t with a thin layer of anchovy paste. Mince linel.v- some olives and u.so for n tilling. Waldorf Sandwiches. â€" Toast slices of bread to a nice brown; while hot spread with butter and put between the slices a lettuce leaf, siuiie cold chicken cut in thin slices, a few choppe<l olives and picklca, some slices of hot. crisp bacon, a layei- of .salad dressing, another lettuce leaf, anti the other side of the toast. Peanut Sandwiches. â€" Shell and sdtin freshly roastetl peanuts and roll them RICH WARM BLOOD Absolutely Necessary to Health, Strength and. Comfort â€" Good Blood Banishes Disease. IVoijle with rich, led blood tlo not feel tho cold of winter. When your feet are cold, your lingers nuiub and your face blue and pinched, it is a certain sign that your blood is thin and your circulation weak. Your blood ni?eds huildiny up with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. They make new blood; they stimulate the cir- culation. The new Mood they make races through your veins to every part OI your hod.v frotu linger tips to toes, and makes you warm, hap- py and healthy. ^Ir. Alphonse La- oonssiere, .St. Leon. tjue.. says: i ".\bout a year ago my blood be- ! came impoverished and I was badly jrun down. M.y hands and feet were always cold and 1 could not stand the lea>t exertion. 31y trouble was further aggravated by pains in m,y ; kidneys and bladder. a:ul often I I could '.'.ot go about without aid. I i consulted doctors. ' ut the.\ d'id not I help me. ^nd I wa.-i almost in do- spyir when T was aiHiscd to use 'Pr. j Williams' Pink PilU. I got six Lo.x- e.s and before they 'cere all ;.;one I knew I had loniul a medicine to cure me. T took the pills fo;- about a month lc>n-.;cf and every symptom of my trouble was gone, and T Iiave since enjoyed the best of health." Dr. W^illiams' Pmk Pills cure after doctors and common nredicines have failed because they actuall.v make new rich bl.jod. and so strengthen all the organs and brace up the r»>r\es. That is the way the.v cure indigestion, kidney anrl liver trou- bles, rheuniati.sin, ner%'«)n.Miess. neu- ralgia, palpitation of the heart, St. Vitus' dance, partial paralysis and the secret ailments that Till the lives of so many women ivith mi.sery. Do not take any pills witliout the full name, "Dr. Williams' Pink Fills for Pale People." on the wrapper around each bo.x Sold by .tU uie<iicine deal- ers or sent Ir/ mail ot .^O cents a bo.x or six boxes for S12..50 b,v writ- ing the Dr. V.llliam.s' Aledicino Co., Brockville, Out. P1DNT CO.MPr..A.I.N". He was such a weak and humble little man that when be came into the grocer's to make complaint the assistant was dispo.s-.-U to be haugh- ty and imperious. "May I inquire, " he said, in a small voice, "if any gentleman here sold my wife some butter yester- day'.'" "I'm the man,'' responded a big. brawny fellow. "t'h, e.xcu.se uic,'' exclaimed the customer, shrinkingly; "I meant uo odence. The butter is all right, but I wante<l to say that three colors of hair in oj«o roll is somewhat in- congruous. And I just thought I might also add a request that if you couKl send up a bru?* an<l comb with the next lot -'Vi' should be ever s > much obliged. Of course, it was an oversight on your part, and I am not complaining, you understand â€" not complaining, merely suggest- ing." The a.'-sii^tanfs face was a stud.v. â- â- .^n<l." wont on tho little man, "I don't think it is quite fair to put tacks at ten cents the pound in butter at twenty-live cents, unlos.s you nmko a discount for difference in weight and prices, or throw in a haimiier so that we can draw the tacks upon g»rtting the butter on the table." The .Tssistniit jrasiiotl. and still the little man went on. "UeferrinK again to tho hair men- tioni><l previously," he ?taid, "pec- mit me to sa.v that 1 find no fault With its quality or .ts length. Tho in<'ongruity of color was the only To Please You When It Pleases IViillions Once Tasted Always Used. Black, Mixed or Green. Hig^hest Award St Louis 1904. Sold only In lead Packets. By all Grocers. has rights our entire f.uiiily is bound to respect. Our only regret was that you did not semi it up in a cage." The a.ssist,ant had now fallen against the counter. .Still the little man paid no hoed. "I might possibly, ' ho continued, ently, "touch upon its age, but I have reason to su.spect that this but- ter is made from milk, and that the should witness a .great revival in the English glass indastry. BABY'S OWN TABLETS. A Pleasant Medicine 'Which All Children Will Take Readily. â- V'ou do not have to coa.x ami threaten to get the little <mes to milk came from a co'>v, and that tho take Baby's Own Tablets. The case ow is a female. Now, I have Ijcen taught from my youth upwards to abstain from all references to age in relation to all female kind. There- fore I .=hall say no more except that the phrase, 'feeble old age.' ''.oes not in the remotest degree apply to this case. 'I wish you'd send up to the house a pound of smia. four bars of soap, a packet of starch, and fourteen pounds of sugar. ily wife asked ini! to leave the order, and she .said she'd look rounfl herself and .see al.'out the butter, flood n'orning!" And th; little min walked nieekly out. WILL REVIVE ENGLISH GLASS Newly Inverted Pot Arrives at Right Time. At an opportune moment â€" when the glass industry of England is go- ing from ^ad to wortc â€" a remarkable invention ha.~ just been patented which, it is hoped, will enable Eng- land to reg.iin much of her lost trade. The small manufacturers of glass iiave b.-en practically wipi.-d out owing to their iiiability to staird the strain ot paying workmen for with which the.y are given as com- pared with liquid medicines will ap- peal to every mother. None is spill- ed or wasted; you know just how Kig a do.se has reached the little stom- ach. -As a remedy for all the ills of babyhood and childhood arising from derangements of the stomach and boW(;l.s Baby's Own Tablets have no e<pial. Mrs. E. .V. .Jewers, Mitchell Bay, N.S., nays:â€" "I think the tab- lets a blessing to both mother and children as I find them a certain cure for all the ills to which little ones are subject. I do not know how I could get on without them." Sohl by all medicire dealers or by mail at 2;'5c a bo.x by addressing the Dr. Wil- liams Medicine Co.. Brockville, Ont. When a sheet has become too much worn to be used upon the bed the corners are often quite strong and a very good pair of pillow slips may be made fronx these pieces. Cut from each corm.r a piece large enough for one side ot a pillow case and the four pieces will make one pair of cases and it takes only a few min- utes to sew them neatly on machiiie. tho Dollies and napkins made _ irom the l<m->- hours'in v.hi<'h no work can j flour sacks are convenient and easy ,, , ^,,„^ I to make. The cloth is loo.selv woven oe Clone . r , , , â-  , â-  . . , , But to explain The materials of ' aud the hemstitching is quickly done which glass is composed are put in | at odd moments; you can cut them what i.s technically called a pot, and any si:.e you vvant and the small or crucible, i=, placed in a | •^'""'s, such as tea and tray cloths this pot. to the present sreat savins: to the table lurnace. Hut uji <.u lhu ,..c=u„w . ^j^^j^ these p<5ts have b.i-u so fash:ono<l ' that workmen have to wait eighte.:?n rx-r-nr- , cir- ,-,c^ 0,1 r, ,• hours and longor t>efuro the metal --^^ INf-REA.SE OF 24 P.C. can be drawn for practical purposes. In some cases even as long a tinje as forty-eight hours 'nas elapsed, and it is a common occurrence for work- men arriving in the earl.v hours of the Djoniing with the intention of Working the metal nu'lt-ing in the pots ovvrniglvt t-i Imd that tlioy have to wait for a few hours before they can coinmi'nce lost moiie.v. The new invention prevents tnis loss of time, ami like all clever de- vires it is simple. The in'.entors. Messrs. Jules Lang S: Son, have thoroughl.v tested it. and have pro- duced gla.ss beautifully clear and as ri'l'metl as it Is possible to be. The Lang pot. by an injienious ariango- mcnt. permits an miiiiterrupted flow of glass, and thus the work can be kept going day and night. The Lang pot holds a ton of glass, ant! it is placed in the fur- r.ice in such a manner that only two neces.saiy openings â€" the mouth and the arch opening â€" can appear. W'e are publi.'^hing in this issue the .Vnnual Statement of tho ExceLior Life Insurance Company, which shows a decided increase over t!>e bu.siness of former seasons. That the amount of Insurance in force at tho end of the year showed an increa.se of 21: p.c. is an advance of which the Excelsior may well be proud. .\ll this means j and we extend to them our congrat- ulations. I If the colors in the embroidei^' of any of your pretjy centerpieces have become faded from careless waishing they can often be brightened by dip- ping them in weak ammonia water. The small cloths shoiild always be washed by themselves in a warm pearline suds prepareii I'specially for them, and the all white i;ieces are improved by soaking over night in the suds, but the nice embroidered pieces sho'ild be washed, rinsed and ironed as quickly as possible, and everything should bo ready for the completion of the work when it is commenced. Disorders of the Liver Billousnoss, Stomach Troubles. Bowel Derangements Dis. appear When the Liver is Regulated by DR. CHASE'S KIDNEY-LIVER PILLS I'ale, muthly complexion is an in- dication of liver troubles. When the liver gets torpid ai«l .sluggish the "bile poison" is left in the blood and poisons the whole system. The tongue is coated. You have attac'- > of iH'at'aihe. Appetite is Dckle and digestion im- paireti. There are feelings of oppression about the stomach ami pain.s under tho left shoulder h!ad«>. I.'on.'tipation and looseness ol bow- els alternate. The spirits are Jepre-ssed and the temper is bad. The nK>9t !?atisfB.clory r^iilator o' the liver is I>r. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills. This well-known medicine has a direct atKl specific action cm the liver, enlivening it in its work of filtering the blood and restoring its health ami vigor. In a woiMierfuny .short time Pr. t'ha-se s Kidne.v-Livcr Pills set the liver right and overcome all the sytnptom.«i of liver complaint, indi- frestlon, biliousness ami constipa- tion. Sot relief merely, hut lasting bene- i.cial results are obtained by using IV. I'hase's Kidney-Liver Pills. Tho liver, kiiine.vs and oowels are cleans- ed and invigorated and the whole machinery of digestion set in per- fect working order. Mr. K 11. Oixon. McGillivray. B C. writes' â€" "1 have found Dr. Chase's Kidncy-Liver Pills to be ex- actly what 1 needed. Since 1897 I have been on the construction of the Crow's Nest Pass branch of tho C. P. K., employed in all capacities and expo.sed to all kinds of weather. I contracted a i?evere cold, then pain across the back, and o^^ini^ to the hard fare we sometimes had lo live on. the liver got slujjgish and out of working order. Pr. Cha.^e's Kid- ne.v-liver Pills seemed to be the very treat;mrnt I needc-d, ai«<l th"v have made me well again. 1 also used Pr. Oha.'ie's Ointment for ->c,^?ma I.-i.st summer. It tost only sixty cents a box. but was worth $fiO. 'I'he cnr» Was complete." Pr. (.'hase's Kiilney-Liver Pills, 23 cents a box. at all dealers, or Kd- manson. I'ates & Co.. Toronto. ITie portrait and signature of I'r. A. W. Chase, the famous lecclpt bi>ok au- thor, arc on every box. <-,»