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I I I About the House i I * SELECTED UECIPES. Soft Custard.â€" Ono quart inilk, four ctrgs, eight tubli.-spoons sugar, enivhiilf teuspoon vanilla, (Jnlt. lieul eggs nnd add sugar. Halt, milk and flavoring. Poach in oven twenty niinutos. Test with knife; when done the knife coines out tK^an. Milk Sherbet.â€" I'our cups milk, ono and a half cups .sujrar, three lemons. Mix jiiico and supar and .stir con- stantly. Add milk sloivly to pre- vent appearance of curd. Trce/.c. This recipe is slmf>l« in two ways: It is easily and (luickly made; and for cvoiiinjT re/reshnieiits it i.s more eronoiiiical and is ofun more relish- ed than ice cream. Corn Starch Mold.â€" Three cups cold water, one and half cups sutjar. juice and rind of two lemons. thr.Hj talilesi)oons (orn starch i tea.spoou Salt, btcnd corn Ntarch and sugar add to the water, boil till clear, prc- fcnibly in a double holler. Add lem- on. When nearly cold beat in two whites of eggs KtifH.v beaten. Servo cold, with a custard made of the two egg yoIk3 and one cup of milk; boil and flavor with lemon and sugar. Hollo's Nut Cake. â€" Two cups of sugar; one cup of butter; three cups of flour; one cup of cold water; four eggs; two teaspoonfids of baking powder; two cupfuls kermis of hick- ory nuts or white walnuts, carefully picked out, and added last of all. Add the water as yoti would milk. Wafers- .Six eggs; one pint of flour; two or.nres of inelte<l butter; one and one-hiilf cups of i)ow-derud sugar; one cup of milk; one tcaspoonful of nut- meg. I5eal whites and yolks .--epar- ately r.nl very stltT. rub the sugar and butter together, and work in, first the yolks, then the milk, then the flour and whiles. Bake in well- buttered wafer or waffle irons, very quickly, browning as little aa pos- sible Holl them, whikt hot, tipon a smooth, round s'Ick, not largtsr than \our little finger, slipping it out carefully when the cake takes the right shape. These little cakes are an accepfjible addition to any tea or supi)er table, and look well among fancy cakes in a basket. nice Cakes.â€" One cup of well-cook- od rice, two eggs beaten togetJier, a pinch of salt, half a cup of milk and enough flour to make a thick batter. J>rop from a spoon on a hot griddle. Serve with uicH^d but- ter. Tapioca Croara. â€" An old-fashionc-d dessert ^Soak (ivo tablespoonfuls of tapioca over night. Set aside one fip(.o*ifuI to be ustHl in the clear soup. Add tjie other four to a quart of new milk, put on the stove In a double boiler until the tapioca is tr«iis]>,ircnt. TInvc rea<ly the .VoU;s of four eggs beaten tO!:iether with one cup of sugar, into which stir the boiling milk. Hetiirn to firo and let it cook (being careful not to let it boil) until It becomos as thi<k as custard, nomovo from firo mid flavor to taste with eilh.^r grat^'d nutmeg or vanilla. Turn In- to baking disli and add merinp[iio made of the whites of four eggs beaten stitT with four spoonfuls of Bugiir, one of vaniUu. and a pimh of crenni of tartar. Set in oven to Warm. Serve whi:n cold. ICgglesH Griddle Cakesâ€" Use sour milk, ndding ona icoiiponnrul (level) of soda to a pint of sour milk. .Stir until it foams; then add woll-slfled flour, a lilllo at a time, stirring vig- oiously all the while, until tho bat- ter lias tho proper consistency. 15eat out nil lumps end baki on a hut. Well (; lea. s«j«l griddle. (Irahani ilrcad. â€" One egg, ono llieColilaflffMtei The season's first cold may be slight â€" may yield to early treatment, but the next cold will hang on longer; it will be more troublesome, too. Un- necessary to take chances on that second one. Scott's Emulsion is a preventive as well as a cure. Take heapicg toospoonful of butter, one cupful of sour milk; ono-half cupful of sweet milk; on^-half cupful c/f mo- lasses; one-half cupful of mg'cr; three cupfuls of ffrabain flour; ono tea- spoonful of soda In tho sour milk; pinch of salt; one-half cupful of chopped raisins. Steam two howr.s. Hako one-half hour. I''iiie! Two Simple Ices.â€" Make a water icj with twelve oranges, six lemons, and tho proper quantity of water. Add ft quart of grape juice, and sweeten rather liiirhly. l>o not frcezo loo hard. Another delicious iced dessert is ginger mousse. Half a cupful of sugar is first boiled with n fourth of a cupful of water unMI it reaclius the thread stage. Whip thj whiles of two eggs very stitT iind pour tho sytup on them, vhipping until the two nro thoroughly mixed. A capful of whipped cream is folded into this mixture, and ii cupful of preser\ed ginger â-  chopped very (ino is mixed in at the last moment, rinco in a mold, seal carefully, and pack in ire and salt for sovcal hours. The syrup in which tho gin- ger v,-ns preserved mnUes an excellent sauce for this mous.'ie. Puck or Chicken in .1 ell v.â€" Cut cold roast duck or chicken into neat pieces. Wet the bottom of a mold with cold water, pour in a little of tho aspic, which should already have begun to form, arrange s!ic«i hard- hoile<l eggs and dice of beet root or capers about the mold. Tour in a little of the jelly, lay in the meat, put in more Jelly, and so on until tho mold is full. The final layer should be of Jelly. Set the mold on the ice for several hour.) before the contents ore to be used. Garnish attractively when turntrU out. An excellent idea is to nrnmge tho Jelly in individual molds and ^cl*vn one to each gucbt, ou a lettuce leuf. WHEN DAV.S ARE COLD. Since few farm homes havo separ- ate rooms for laundry work and the whole proce.'-a must bo accomplished in the kitchen, it is well to \i^e as many devices fur laving tiniu and lttbi>r .-\s po.ssible, writes a corre- spondent. Ono of the best of Iheae is u.sed b.V a notable hou.sckecper and is nothing more nor less than two strips of old rag carpet sewed tog«ther and then covered with ihe tublo oil cloth. This lionie-niailo rug may be easily spread down any- where in the kitchen aud, though the mistress of the house deaigucd it especially for washing day. its upch aro manifold. It savr-d scrubbing tho entire floor time and again and when rolled up occupies liltlu space in the kitchen clo.set. Another hou.sckceper has a wood box longer than usual with <me <'nd pnrlllioni il olt and in that sho keeps her mop, scrubbing | ail and varioti.-i cleaning utensils. .She says she struggled for years with mops frozen stilf until she lenrned to keep them out of sight in the kitchen, "ily mother always had a nail for the mop oulsiilo the kitchen door, and 1 llioi;ght I had to do tho same," .she i.nid, "till 1 hapi>en(d to seo n wood box with two compurl- nients niiil I wondered why I had never tliought of .such a thing." A Woman in a dark, old-fashionml houso inventcHl a neat littlo foot stool under the carpet cover of which could bo slipped a hot foot stone. Thenafler she sat with hor Work by the window on cold days conifortuble and happy because if the fiHit are warm tho whole body will feel the glow. It was Im- po.ssible to work, by the sli>vu on account of tho poor light, but tho fool stool made tho whole room habitable for the mistress. If you have your houseplant!? on a table it is very easy to make a frame to completely cover them nnl rest on tho eilge of the table. This ran bo constructed by any woman nnri iicr-da only to Xns covered with old horso blankets, old woollen skirt.s or similar goods to Insure protection on cold nights. If tho weather is very Hovoro imt an extra covering of new.spapurs on top of tho cloth mid take the precaution not to water tho plants till tho tlior- ninmeter rises. Kj'fp a man's coat and a small shawl on a nail by tho kilihen door and in the pocket of the coat always have a jiair of mitten.'). If, for any reason, yon must be your own chore boy do not dash out every few nilii- iiles on a separate o-raiid but don tho roat, tie up ybnr head in Iho shawl and set forth with tho mil- tens on your hands to do every choro before you In gin the hoiis,,- woi U in Iho iriorniiiic- You will liiul the coal jnui!h better than any other wrap and the (h.iwl is heller than a hood if you cro.^s 11 Dutch fashion in front and lie Iho ends be- hind, as It protects tho neck. when colds abound and you'll have no cold. Take it when the cold is contracted and it checks inflamma- tion, heals tne membranes of the throat and lungs and drives the cold out. Send for ff** $*mpU. SCOTT A BOWNE. Cb«inistfl T»witt» , Onl AUOUNl) THIE I10USE5. Charcoal is jino of the. greastost purifiers of water that wo have. Water or any substance allowed to liercolato through It will t.o frwd of all animal organisms or foreigTi par- licle.s. It is ono of the best sweet- onors of the breath. Afljr a hearty meal It is a splendid thing for tho stomach, if added to it is a lilllo gin({er. It is oxcollent with which t) cleanse the teeth, for it removes fung^is growth that nmny tooth powders fail to touch. It relieviji) pain caused by a burn. For nriUiant windows take a pad of cotton raR soaked in glycerine and rub tho glaMii all over iiisidu. 'Jku'it take tt picc« «! cluou. dry rnc and lightly polish the glass until tho glycerine is invisible but not entiro- ly rubbed away. Do this when tho glass Is fairly warm and dry, a"fl you will get brilliant windows, no Conden.saliun, and a great saving in tho amount of cleaning. Acids should never be ejnployed to clean tinware, becau.'^o they attack tho metal coating and r.imovo it. This refers to articles nindo of tin- plate, which consists of iron covered with tin. Hub the article first with rotten stone and sweet oil, then lin- ish with whiting and a piece of soft leather. Articles made wholly of tin should bo cleaned in tho same manner. In a «lry atmosphere plan- ished tinware will reiimin bright for a long period, but will soon Ijecomo tnrni.shed in moist air. To previint blistering in linen, which is ainio.st always duo to bud starching, but occasion.illy to iron- ing Iho articles when too wet. each article must be well starched through, f.nd when about to iron it must be (htnij.ed evenly, but not wet. Use a hot iron. Collars and cufTs that have to-be turned down should be fixed in the proper shape inimecli- atcly after each ono is ironod, for then the starch is still flexible. VVa.«h silver in hot suds made from good white soap, with n little am- monia added, and rinse in water ns hot as the hand can bear. Wipe with clean dry towels. Change the towel as soon as it is damp. Wash all tho silver at om*. after glass .-xnd china aro out of the way. When the last piece is wiped dry, begin on tho lirst and rub it quickly over with a wash leather or piece of clean can- ton flannel. This brit htens it amaz- iuRly. Silver so treated every day will not req>iire to be rubbed and polished of loner than once a year. Mend a lamp loose in the collar with si(le<l plaster of paris, mixed to a soft paste with beaUm while of egg. Ilavo everything ready before wotting up the plaster and work quickly so it U>iy ^'^^ '" place. With several lamps to mend, wet only enough plaster for one at a time. It takes less tl an five minutes to stet, and is utterly worthless if one tries working it over. Metal work, apart from tho glass, needs the soldering iron. Dust the break well with pow- dered resin, tie the parts firmly to- gether, lay tho slick of solder above the break, and fetch the iron down on il lightly bat firmly. When the solder cools remove the melted resin with a cloth dipped In alcohol. DYING BY INCHES, Bloodless Girls Saved by Dr. Wil- liains' Fink FiUs. Dying by jifflhesâ€" that is tho only way to describe hundritis of blood- less girls who aro slipping slowly but surely from siiuplu anaemia into a <leclino. They drag Iheinsclvea nliuig with ono toot in the gr,iv« through tho.se years of youth that sliould bo the happiest in their lives. And Ihe whole t rouble lies in tho blood. Had blood ic the fuuntaiii- hend of all tho troublo thai alUicts woinnii from maturily to midillu life. Had blood causes nil tho backaches ai>.l sideaches, all the palene.s.s. broalhlessne.«s an<l despondency; all the heart pulpitalion, sickly dizzy turns niid de.athlv fainting spells. From fuiiiling spells to cunsuni]>lion is only a step. Tn nine cases out of ten' ton.siiinpllon starts from blood- l(-ssnessâ€" niul tho only sure cure for bloodlessness is Dr. Willia'iis' Pink Pills. They nctiinlly make new, rich, red blood, that brings tho rosy glov/ of heiiltli to sallow eheeUs, anil strength to every piart of the I o:ly. This has been ]U'uved in thmisMiids of ca.se.s. Miss Francc-s Peach, Wol- Ittiul, Ont.-, says:â€" "A couple of years ago my condition of he:<lli> was very serious. Doctors said that I hiul no blood â€" that it had turneil to water. i was unf^t lo do any- thing for nioiilhs, and was little more tliiiii a living akeh'ton. I !ia(l no appetite; the least exertion would leavo mo hi-ecthless, and T had frei|iieiit severe headaches. I W.T3 tivaled by .several doctors, hut they failed lo help nie, and 1 was cotrif.rplely ili.scouriiged. Then I was ur,;ed to tako Or. Williams' Pink I'ilis, and In a few weeks found my heiilih improving. I us.-'d eight boxe.s in ali, anil was by that tiiuo ajvain well and strong. 1 gair.eil iwenly-tvvo pomuls in weight, iiiul never fell better in my life." What Dr. Williams' Pink Pills did for Miss Peach they can »lo for every either weak and ailing girl. Th 'y mnke new blood, nnd Jiew blood bring.s health, streii;rt h nnd happi- ness, lliit you must bo sure \oi hnvo the genuine pills with tho full n:iiue, "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pnle I'onplo," printed on Ihi wwp- per around enth ho.v. All dealers sell these pills, or you can gxit ihein by mull at .''lO rents a box or six bo,ves for $2.. "ill, by writing Tho Tir. Williams' Medicine Co., llrockvillo. Out. Prom the Sweet Scented Island of Ceylon . . . } TRY IT. TIMH TIIIOY I.KFT. About X do7.en ofllcers of a regi- ninnl, having some timo on their hands, took a short walk and hap- pened Id' come upon a number of Hiiiall bo.vs playing soldiers. Some- what ainu.scd. they watched for a time until the leader of tho amatoiir warriors shouted out to an unusual- ly stupid recruit:â€" "Here, Hill, ronio out here; .vou'll have to bo an ofUccr, for you oan do nolhin'." The uOlccrs vaniuhod. Natural Green Tea "A Posit^^s Luxury/ 40 Cents ^ No Japan Tea Ever Growii Per Pound j Can Compare Sealed Packets only, same form as the Famous Black Teas of " Salada " brand. LIFE OF INDIA'S VICEROY HEALTH SUFFERS AT THE END OF FIVE YEAKS. The North-Western Frontier of India is the Cause of End- less Worry. The appointment of Viceroy of In- dia i-^ in many ways one of >ho greatest positions that a British sub- ject can bo culled upon to occuiiy, but it ia very far from being a siuj- cure, a.s no one realizes better, pro- bably, than Lord Minto, who has le- cently been selectcti to follow Lord Ci:r/.on in this ollice. The strain of the work is trcaiendou.';, and most of those who have held this post ha/e found that their health has suflcreil Considerably at the end of tho fi/c years over which the appointment usually extends. Tho work of the day ordinarily starts nt a very early hour. When the late Ltrrd DulTeriu held this odicu he would often be at work with his secretaries at seven in the morning. The correspondence that has to bo rce.d and attended to each day is enormou.s, and is probably only equalled by that received by the Pr,"- sident of the United IStatcs. From Bombay, Bengal, Madras, the United Provinces, Uurnia. and other parts of Indian Kmpire reports and docunlen^s of the first importance are rt«:ci"od every day, and these have to be very carefully considered and dealt with BY THE VICKKOY. X addition to this, never a day 3 but what important commu-i- icutioins aro received by cable from the Itiljia Office in l.ondon. Needless to sa> , T*o Viceroy's clerical stall is very carefully organized, so as to I e able to deal with the vast amount of what c»ay bo termo<i routine wo. k that has to be perfornted every day, but there still remain many matters th.it can bo dealt with by the Viceroy iilono. To a-ssist him in tho administra- tion of India, the \iceroy has a t^ouncil of live members, with ti.o l"ommander-iii-Chief of the Indian army as an extra member. Each if the (ivo members takes charge of a certain department , such as l''inanc>>. Public Works, Hevcnue and Agricul- ture, etc. Foreign alTairs, however, are dealt with by tho Viceroy per- Koiuill.V, and it is this department that is responsible for fully four- fifths of tho worries to which tho Oovornor-fienernI of India is sub- jected. When I>ord l.ansdowno held this ofllco ho once declared in the course of a private conversation that tf:o North-Wostern frontier had shortened his life by ten years. The Indian frontier, not even excepting the line between Canada nnd the I'nitad States, is tho most important ht \d boundary posso.s.scd by the Ilritiih l''mpire, and with the contest that is ever waging between (Ireat Ilritain and Uussia for supremacy in th.< part of Asia the strain on the Vicj- roy is at times very severe. THE VICFUKr.AI, YEAR nnturally divides its<df into three 'm . c(,ual porlions. During the cool .season the Viciiroy has his ho.vd- <liiarters nt Covorunient House. O.hI- cutla. When tho summer comes anU Calcutta is u city of abumiuatioa lor l';uropeAns, tho Oovernment is tra'is- ferre<l to the Viceregal Lodge, Sim'a, among tho hills whoje caps of spot- less snow ni.iko ono feel cool evju on tho hottest ila,y. Tho third portion of the Vircro.v's .year, though Iho shortest, is in imiiiy wn.vs tho most important. It is the niinunl lour through IniDa, which is praclically tho only op|)or- tunily the Viceroy gets lo see any- thing of tho great country ho gov- erns. With the growing demands jn liis timo each .veur it is becoming more diincult for him to see anything like tho whole of India during I'is period of oflice. When, a few years ago, the writer met a former Viccri)y of India, he asked him \ihnt ho thought of the country. "What do I think of India?" repealed tho ».\- Viceroy. "My dear follow, I nevor had timo to see it." Ily far tho most pleasant portion of tho Viceroy's year is .spent at Simla. It is a town of peculiar beauty ami is frankly A PLKA.Sl'«E SPOT. It is the resort of all who can get away from the plains during the hut season and whoso pockets are decjp enough to enablo them to bear li»o expense, for tho charges for ove/y- thing in tho town aro enormous. Everyone is in holiday mood and \i frankly (iutorminud to make the \\a\. of tho few short months he will bo there. Tho Viceroy and tho (Commander-in- Chief, by tho way, are the only Iwu |>oople iu SloUa who ore permitted to own carrLiges in tho town. Ther« have been exceptions to this rule in tho pa.st, but they aro very few and far between. Tho reason tor this strange prohibition is the hilly na- ture of the town and the surrounding country, which mako.s it almost ini- po.ssible for a vehicle to be driven about with any degree of .safety. It will be remembered that a short time ago oven so excellent a horsemati as Lord Kitchener had his leg liroken nhilo riding along one of tho many treacherous roads around Simla. Though, as has ju.st been -said, most people are able to regard Lheir stay in Simla ns a holiday, this ia by no means tho case with the Vico- roy; but, of course, his work is uikI.* normal conditions by no means so heavy as it is when ho is in Calcutta. His correspondence, as a rule, keeps him busy from about nine in tl.a morning until twelve, when, perhaps, he has a meeting of his Council to attend. No one works in tho heat of tho day in India if he can possi'dy ovoid it, so that the Viceroy has a brief respite until about four, whoa he is ONCE MOHE IIAUD AT WORK with his secretaries. An hour's re- laxtuion before dinner finds him, per. haps, cither playing tennis or riding. In the evening there Ls possibly a ic- coi'tion or an amateur performanca at the theatre, tit which he is ex- pc< ted to bo [iresont. Simla, by the way, is tho homo ol the auialour actor. Supper follows, and, maybe, a final glance at suca papers as have arrived for him since tho afternoon, and at length tli« King's representative in India is able to get to bed somewhere after mi.1- night. This, bo it remembered, is r.X tho time of the year that is suppos- ed to be a "holiday." What it 'I like at tho busy sea-son may well D« left to the imagination. Another source of ai'.Aicty and hard Work for tho Viceroy are tho nativi rulers of tho independent njid senw- independent States. These, to i!'« the words of an c.x-Viccroy, are "tlw nif St cussed people on the f:ice of tbj earth." They aro exlromely proii and haughty, and very tenacious oJ their "rights" â€" real or imaginary. U tho Viceroy omits one compliment t» which they deem themselves entitled, or they are received by ono soldier fewer than their neighbors, or ar« not honored with the same niinibei of guns, they proceed to hatch dis- affection and troublo * WITHOUT FUUrUEPv AUO. The wild, semi-civilized tribes on tht frontiers aro not nearly so much troublo as these native princes, sinca a display of superior force will usual- ly bring thorn to their sen.ses. Lastly there is our old friend thi Baboo, with whom Mr. Anstey haa made us familiar. Baboos, it may bo cxplaiiieil. aro natives. uimftH]r Bengal te; â- â€¢*^o â€" i.a yo TGCeiVed some sort of an education at tho Indian Universities, and who assume thg most absurd airs in coii3e<iuenco of their ntlainiacnts.' No sooner doo* ono of the.so quit the Utiiversity than ho considers that he has an indispu- tabic moral right to au imporlant position in llie Oovernment service, and for a week or two ho makes the Ciovernor's life a burden to him witfc his iniportuniliea. When ho is linally rcpul.sed, ho as often as nc*. start* a native newspaper for tho oxpross purpose of demonstrating what a blockhead tho Viceroy is and what a rare of tyrants and oppressors thi British are. HELP FOR LITTLE ONES. It is a recognized fact that babies â€"and indeed all children â€" need a medicine of their own. Medical men know, too, that most baby modieinoa do more harm than good â€" that most of then) contain poisonous opiates, that drug children into quiutne.ss wilhout lUring their lilllo ills. Baby's Own Tablets is a inodera medicine for babies nnd young chil- dren, and is sold under a guarnnteo to contain no opiate or harmful drug. It cures stwmach, bowel and teething troubles, and by its nnlur- al, healthy action promoto-s sloop and repo.se. It makes littlo ones Well an'i keeps thorn well. Mrs. W., K. Ansell, A.vor's Plat. Que., says: "I would advl.so every mother with sick or fretful children to use Baby's Own Tali lots. They are the most satisfactory medicine I have ever tried, nnd almost magical in Ihdp enecls " You can get the Tablet* from any medicino dealer or by mail at 25 cents a box by writing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.. Brockvillo. Ont. Tho mo.st costly thmb in existonoi is that ercuteU in honor of Moham rood. s â- ~K. \