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t About the House I SALADS, Red Vegetable Salad.â€" One pint o( cold boiled polatoes, one pint of colil boilfid beclK, one pint of uncooked red cabbagp, six labletip(K>nfiils of oil, cigiil of red viiieKiir ;iliat in which beels have been pickled), one leaspoonful ot f-iilU half a (easpotpHful of pepper. Cut Ihe I>Ql«to<s in tlnn sliois and Ihe beets line, and slice the cubbaye ^s thin as pos- sible. Mix all the ingrtxlienls. Let it ctand ill a cold place one hour; then serve. Oyster .Salad.â€" One quart of oysters, one pint of celery, one-third Icaoupful of inayomiaiMC dressing, three lableapoou- fuls of vinegar, one of oil, salt, pepper, one taliltspooiiful nf lemon juice. Lot the oysters come tu a boil in their own liquor. Skim well and drain ; season with the oil, .salt, pepper, vinegar, and Icrrinri jukmj. When cold put in the ice- box for two hours. .Scrape and wash the while.sl, t.iidi-rcsl purl of ilie celi'i'y and cut in thin pii-ces. r.liill wlieii ready to .scrv.', drain (lie ceKiy, uiid mix with the oysters ami half of the drfl&sinf;. Arrange in the dish, [xiur llie remainder of the dressing over and gar- nish with wliite celery leaves. Egg Salad.â€" Arrange a head of lettuce on a platter; cut six hard lioiled e^gs in lialf crosswise; lake out the yolk.s and 'ound therii line; mix with one and a half tcnsiKKinfiils of mustard, pepper, and .salt, and enough vinegar lo thin sufTirienlly. r.ut a little of tlie end ot each half ig^f to make It .stand, nrrange among the hitture leaves, and lili with the dn-ssiiig. Nut and Celery .Salad.â€" Take one cup- ful of walnuts and blanch them by cov- ering with boiling water and allowing lo stand ten minutes, then chilling them in ice water, and drying thcni with a towel. Cut into inch pieces sulTicienl white celery to make one pint, mix with the n\i\s, add one tablespooiiful of orange rind minced line, and one table- spoonful of chopped parsley. Marinate wMh French dressing, and garnish with the blanched li[)s of celery. Herring .Salad.â€" Heal through by turning on the stove three wi'll-eiiioke.l hemng. Then tear off the hedd.s and pull Ihe skin asvay; split, lake oul Ihe backbone.s, and cut up into small bits, or, to shrcfl tlicm is betler. I'ul in a â- alad bowl, add the .small chopped onion, two hard boiled eggs, chopped, and one iKiiled potato; cut fine with a teaspoonful of ctnipped pnrsli'y; scn.son with n leaspoonful of salt, one of pep- per, three lablespoonfuls of vinegar, and two nf oil; mix well and if you have it, decorate with a iMilcd beet. fCGGS. Curried Egg."?.â€" Slice two onions and fry in butler, add a tabte.spooii of curry powder and one pint of gcvid broth iind stock; slew till the iMiions arc quite ten- der, nild a cup of cream, tlien flour, Uien add eight or ten hanl-boiled eggs cut in half, and serve. Egg.s a la .SuiKse.â€" Spread the bottom of a dish with Iwo ounce.s of fn-sh but- ter; cover this with grated chefs*;; tirrak eight whole eggs upon clice.se without breaking the yolks. St'sson with red pepper and ."salt, if necessary, four a little cream on the surface, strew alxjul two oiince.s of grated cheese on the top and set the eggs in n moderate oven foi' about a quarter of an hour. I'ass a hot salamander over the top to brown it. Creamed Egg.s. -Hoil six eggs twenty minutes. Make one pint of cream sauce. Have six slices of toast on a hot di.sli, put a layer of .saiire on each one and then part of the whites of the eggs cut In strips, flub part of the yolks through a seivf (111 lo the toast. Kepeal this and (iniali with a layer of .sauce. Place In llie oven for ulxiut tlire(! uiiniilcs. Gar- nish with parsley and .serve. Kggs Rroiiille.â€" Six eggs, half a cup FIFTY CENTS IN some conditions the ' gain from the use of Scott's Emulsion is very rapid. For this reason we put up a fifty-cent size, which Is cnoutfh for an ordinary cough or cold or useful as a trial for babies and children. In other conditions the gain is slowerâ€" health cannot be built up in a day. In such cases Scott's Emulsion must be taken as nourishn^nt; a food rather than a medicine. It's a food for tired and weak digestions. 8«ivHortrM..m[,i. scon & BOWNE. Ch.mi.t^ Toronto, Ont. foc. â- nd Si .00. All druteglttt of milk or cream, two mushrooms, one lea.spoonful of salt, a little pepper, three tablespoonfuLs of btilter, a slighl gral- iiig of nutmeg. Cut the mushrooms in- to dice and fry them for one minute .n one lables[>oonful of butter. Ueal the eggs, salt, pepper, and cream together and put llicm in a saucepan; add the butler and miLshrooms; stir over a mod- erate heat until it begins lo thicken; take from the fire and beat rapidly until the eggs become quite thick and creamy. Have slices of toast on a hot dish, heap the mixture on those, and garnish witli points of toast. Serve ininiediatcly. BLANS. Baked. Wash and soak one quori of beans over night. In the morning pour off the water and put on lo boil with thriH; quarts of cold water. When Ihe t)enns begin lo lioil |)our off llic water and add ttircc quarts of boiling water. \Va.sh one pound of salt pork; when the beans begin lo crack pour off the water and put beans in a granite or tin pan with the pork in centre, mix together two leaspoonfuls of salt and one of pepi)er, and sprinkle a little of this on each layer of birans. Add enough hot waliT to cover l>eans, and bake in a slow oven for eight to ten hours, and serve in dish tli'^y are baked in. Dried I.ii;:'! I'.eaiis wiHi White .Sauce --Soak ont' pint of Iciiils over nighl. About two hours mid .1 half before din- ner p<iur off the water. I'ut the beans on lo boil in two quarts of boiling wa- ter; simmer for two hours; pour off the water, which save for soup; bdit to- gether one gcnerouii lablcspoonfiil of butler, one leaspoonful of Hour, and a Utile pepper and salt; slir this into a pint of hot milk, .season the beans with pepper and a tea.sjKionful of salt; add the sauce and simmer gently for twenty minuli« and serve. Savoy Beans. â€" Cook the beans as for while siiuce; fry two ounces of salt pork or smoked bacon, take up the poik and into the fat put one luble-spoonful of chopped onioas; cook for live niiniiles, then add the beans, one lable.spoonful of salt, and one-fourlli Icasixioiiful of pepper. Cook for llfleen iiiinuleji, stir- ring freipiently. Before serving add a leaspoonful of chopped parsley. .Serve in a hot disli and garnish with the slices of pork. Bean .Soup.â€" Take one pint of beans, wash and .soak them over night, put on to boil in two quarts of cold waler; when the waler Ixiils pour off and add two quarU of boiling waler, add a spniy of dried celery and cook .steady lor throe hours. I'lit into a stewfwin one lablespoonful of drippings and one onion minced fine and one t/iblesponn- fill of flour. Cook slowly for twenty iiiiniiles. Then pour waler from Iwans on this, stirring all tin: whde. Vliush beans into a paste and add the oilier in- gredients. Season with salt ami pep- per, nili through a sieve, return to Ihu lire; when the .soup Ixiils up add one pint of hoi milk and one lablespuoiiiul of butter. HINTS FOB THE HOME. \ wick that is loo wide for the lamp or stove may be slippi^d in quite easily if it is lirst starched, dried, and ironed. Ihe starch will not iiilerfore with Ui duly as conductor of oil. If honey becomes sugared or candied filace Ihe jar In hot waler for .se\eial hours. The honey will become sinoolh and clear. Be careful lo keep out every drop of waU'i". A piece of coarse wide shoestring makes the .strongest and mo.st htsling of hangers for men's and boys' heavy coats. To lAst Ihe cake while it is baking use a .split straw, inserting tlie split spread. The dough adhering lo the end tells the condition of the cuke. To Clean White .Satin.â€" Mix fine sifted breadcrumlis with powdered blue, and rub thc.se thoroughly all over the saliii, then shake it and dust with a .soft hand- kerchief. Brush the way of the nap with a piece of unv llannel. This pro- co-ss is very u.seful for cleaning the edge of a skirt, and if ne£e.ssary apply a .second siipfdy of breadcrumbs, etc. Cream Kiimilui-e Polish.- Take raw linseed oil, .six ounces; while vinegar, three ounces; butler of luilimoiiy, half an ounce. Mix the lin.seed oil with the vinegar by degrees and shake well so as to prevent separation, add the anti- mony anil nii.v thoroughly. Wlien blankets are scarce and the money for more is not forthcoming, llio dedciency can bo made good by spread- ing a sheet or two nf newspaper or brown paper lietween the bed coverings. A u.seful substitute for an eiderdown (|Uill is made of brown paper and a sheet of wadding. Tough brown paper should be .selerletl, and it .ihould be well ironixl lo prevent its cracking. A thick- iie.ss of wadiling is placed between the sheets of paper, and the edges should be made nenl by binding with braid or tape. 'Ihe quilt should be slilclieil lluough here and there lo prevent its gelling Old of order. The tooth brush, even if much iiseil, seldom gets properly treated by cleanly folks. The tooth brush is not siillicienl- ly cleansed by being rinsed in hot and cold waler. Keep a phial bottle on your wnshsland containing a .solution ot Ijoric acid and twice a week afler rins- ing the looth brush dip it inlii a little boric solution and hot water. .Stand for a few minutes lhi!|i shake out and dry, A few drops ot the boric acid soluliuii on the tooth brush lends lo keep the leelli and gums heallliy. The tooth hrusti should alway.s be placed in nn airy position so that it dries Ihoroughly. On Clean .Saucepans.â€" -The advan- tages of a clean saucepan are not those (if appearance only, great as Ihey are. A cli^n saucepan gets hoi inueh more quickly than one thai has n thick outer coaling of soot and dirl, which can be aelimlly scraped off with n knife ! That this us no exaggiTalion can be but loo lasily proved. A I'rench chef who has spent some years in England remarked that English cooks did not know die difference between a dirty saucepan and a clean one; and the indictment, .severe as it Is, has a foundation f truth. Directly a saucepan is emptied it should be filled with waler, a piece if soda added and set on the th'e to boil out. 'I'o preserve eggs in the old-fashioned way proceed n.s follows : To every gal- lon of water put one pound of quick- lime; pour the water when boiling on the quicklime and let it stand lor twenty-four hours. Procure a wide- moutlicd earthenware pan. well gla/.ed inside, and huge enough to hold a hundred eggs. Place ihe eggs carefully in the jar, discarding all that have thin shells or are in the least cracked. Pour in the lime-water, cover over Ihe vessel with a plate, gland it in a cellar, but not on the floor. A SI'llINU TOMC. Weak, Tired and Depressed People Need a Tonk at This Season (o Fut tlic Blood Itiuhl. Spring blood Is bad blood. Indoor life during the winter months is respon- sible for weak, watery, impure blood. You need a tonic lo build up the blood III the spring just as much as a tre« needs new sap to give it vitality tor the stlmnier. In the spring the bud blood ^llow•s ilselt ill many ways. In some II breeds pimples and eruptions. In fillers it may be through occasional heailaeliis, a variabl.- appetite, perhaps Iniiij^e.i of neiira!;,'ia. or rlitioMali.sm, 01- a la/.y fe.'liii;^ 111 Ihe iniriiiiig and a desire lo avuid exertion. I'or tie'si; spring ailments it is a tonic you iieel, and the greatest blood-makiiig. licallh- (giving Ionic in nil the world is Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills. Every do.se helps io make new, rich, reil, health-giving blood, which roaches every nerve and every organ in the body, bringing healih, sti'ength and energy lo w'ak. despondent, ailing nn.'n ami women. Here is proof. .Ntrs. Clias. Blackburn, Aylesford SUition. N. S., says: "For the past ten years Dr. Williams' Pink Pills is the only inedioinu 1 have taken when I found I needed a medicine. Last <^Iâ- rl^g I was fwling poorly, was weak, easily tired and iiepres.s>d. I got three boxes and they maile mc feel like a new person. 'I'hese pills are the best medicine I know of when the blood l-i out of order." Thousands of people not actually sick need a tonic in Ihe spring, and to all these a box or two of Dr. Williams' link Pills will bri,ng new energy and new strength. To lho.se who may be more .seriously ailing, who are suffer- ing from any of the alliinMits hie In bad blood- a fair treatment with 111 <e t'ills will bring new healih and vita' ly You can gel the.se pills from ony mt-'i fine dealer or by moil from the Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine Co.. Bnirkville. Ont.. at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 FAMHA OF WOMEN FVR'MEIIS. How They .Mannfle a 200 Acre Place in lOiiuland. One ot the most leiiiarkHlilo farms in existence is Brockwell I'arin, near Ayles- bury. F.ngland. II is situated in charm- ing country over.sliadowed by the f:iiil- tern Hills, and consists of ;i20 acres. A (.ortion of Ihis is lei oft tor shooting, leaving a farm of 200 acres. II was originally owned by ('.apt. .S'oU. and is now carried on entirely by hi? six duughlecs and Iwo .sons. I'ho f.iinily ot ludy farmers do every part c.t tlie agriciillural niul dairy work, plough- ing the land, making llieir fiwn hayricks and despalching their dairy produce ;o maikel. On butter makiiig day, Fri- day in each week, the sisters are astir liS early as 3 o'clock In the morning and all the buller Is made before breakfast. I'.acli member of the family lias been well educated, and every "one plays seme musical instrumeiil, .so that lii[-> iveniiig hours at Brockwell Farm are anylhiiig but dull. Probably nowhere ill Kiigland could there be found liio equal ot tills fanning family. II is interesting to have evidence that women can actually manage and work satisfaclorily in farming enterprLses. especially as, owing lo Ihe efforts . f I.ady Warwick and olhers, a numbei' .if Miung girls are now being trained for this occupation. NO ADVLTEKATION OR COLORING MATTER IMPIIKITIES or ANY KIND IN 8AFKTY FOn ClUI.DnKN. Baby's Own Tablets Is Ihe only medi- cine ttial givi's the miitlier the gnaraii- ler nf a government analyst that it cnnlnins no poi.sonoiis opiate and is absoliilely safe. This Is worth much 1,1 every mother who cares tor the hi- tiire welfare ot her child. The Tabli'ts lire good for Ihe tende.esl baby o;' tor i|ie well grown bfiy oi' girl, and cure the minor troubles Ihnt are inseparable fiom rhilrlliood. Ntrs. W. ,1. Vlaeintosh flam Harbor. N. .'^., says: "I have used Baby's Own Tnldels for constipation, vomiting and redds and have fouml Ibeni a splendid medicine. I give the Tablets all the credit for the sfdenilid beallh my lillle one now enjoys." The wise mother will nlwnys keep a box ot these 1'ahlets on hnnfl. They enn be t'dl from nnv druggist ni' by mail from The nr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock- villc, Ont., at 25 cents a box. L.tLON N4TrRAL tiREEN TEA. Put up in sealed lead packets to preserve Its many excellent qualities 40c, 50c and 60c per lb. At an Qrocers HI(aiF>8T AWARD ST. I.OLIS, 1904. I lOrSFHOI.D CO.MPI.AINTS. "Udedare il is dreadful the way peo- ple treat me," complained the Window, '•| am always ready to shed liglit i n any ijubject, yet I nm frequently sluit up." "Look at ine," n-tiirneil the Door. 'II is my dnilv custom to nfturd people nn onening. yel Ihey are nK*fcy.<« .giving ine knocks. " PRESENTED AT COURT VOLNG LADY TJXLS OK WHAT SHE IlAb TO tiO TUltULGil. How She Mas Prcsenleil â€" A Delight- ful (llhnpse Behind Ihe Scenes of Court Life. The happiest moment of my life came when I was tf>ld by my mother llial I was to be presented al the Court of King Hdward and Queen Ale.xnndra, writes a pretty debutante in London An.swers. We al once began lo make prepara- tions for the great event, and lliese arc on no inconsiderable scale. Wll.Vr "DBEAMS OK DHESSliS'CO.ST The necessary wardrobe is no small nutter. .V simple Court dress by Paquiu will cost anytliiiig from S7JU to $1,0(J(), not uicluding lace, wliich may be a luin- iiy heirloom ulio\e price. The dcbu- liinte's bouqii.d may include $125 worlh ot costl> orctuda and hotliouse blooms. As tu glo\es, Iho iij-ulution twenty- four-biitlon Court gloves wrtl co.st .$5 cr .$l-.5o a pair, al lea.st, in u Bond .Street siiop, and the correct shoes cost $25 a pair. Only two hundred "presentations" are allowed at each Court, and about live hundred "attendances." .\o lady not ollicially connected wilh the P.oyal Household may "attend" moiB often than once in three years. My mother's name and my own had b.en -sent m ut tlie ixiginning ot the year, and in due course, one morning, wo recei\ed the severely plain cards of invitation bearing the date of tlio ccurt we were lo atlend. Of course, we knew the "dress regulalions"â€" Court bo- dice well olf the shouider.'s; three white plumes for the debutante, distinctly showing oil the head tioiii Ihe front; end a train at least four yards long. All this iuformation was sent witli the curds. The .so-called "high" liodice, wliich is in reality a .sijuare-cut, low one, is only peniiilted if one can pro- cUice a medical cei'lillcale proving one is in delicate health. One would not think a while dress would lake long to choose; but I know mother and I fairly li\ed in the Im- pressive .saloons of the Court divs.s- I'lakerâ€" a frigid autocral who invari- ably sal upon our timid suggestions and i.ipped in the bud our shy preferences. THE ABT OF TRAIN MANACdiMK.NT. When the malerials, Iriinniings, flow- ers were snleclcU, and a longish interval liiid elapsed, wo were "tried on"â€" al lirst in the rough, .su to .speak; and al long length in all our compleleil glory. .My gown looked dcliciously pure and decei>- l-vely simple. My oriuiments wero pearls, and mother's diamonds. Such chinks nnd crannies of lime rs we had left from the dressmaker during this period of preparation were moic than lilleil up with minor engagements, such as those with the hair-die.s.ser, Ihe Court profcs.sor ot deportment, and, above all, consultations wilh my "social godmother"- the great lady of title who was to "present" me. The deportment man rehearsed with me the needful curt- sy, which was to be accompanied by a peculiar sidelong, sliding step, which gels you aero.ss the rfiom without turn- ing your back to anyone. Our professor ot defiortmenl also laiighl me how to nianago my train wilh .skill and how to keep my balance i.i my high-lioeled shoes on a highly polished lloor. For Ihere is a trdilion rt Buckingham Palace about a tall awk- ward girl of high rank who caught her heel in her dress when de.scending the grand staircase, and rnllcd from top to bottom like a mummy, hopelessly in- volveil in her gorgeous snlin train! W hen the gival day itself dawned we hi gan dressing immediately after din- ner in the evening. F.veryono seemed an.vious lo a.ssisl in dressing mc. .\ crowd had nsseuiplcd lo .sec us start. I fondly imagined it was an admiring crowd; bill I sonn knew belter. Ivven- lunlly we eiiterrd St. James's Park, and tell into line among Ihe miles f:f carriages that stretched along the Mall. Mere, too, crowds were a.ssembled, ami tor over an hour we were entirely at \\w mercy of the people wtui gazed in III the windows nnd critici.sed us most cruelly, ronsideiing our entire hclples.s- ness. Indeed, we were not sorry when 'our carriage dashed through the gales of Ibe Palace, and drew up before the main entrance. MANXKHS "UP WEST." To my terror we were invited into a side room where the Hoyal dressers in- spected us as a last prceiiulion. We f ns.scd musler, fortunately, and then irooped with the crown up the grand sinircnse. Half-way up wi- pa.ssod one ( ; the 0"een's pages, who took from mo one ot my pink cards, nl Ihe same time shooting a keen glance at inc to see if I wero drfts.scd "according to regu- lations." .\ barrier of velvet rnpon divided our saloon from the oue next in the suite, and OS the latter emptied, this barrier was raised by two gigantic ollicers in the dazzling uniform of the First Life- guards. The minute the barrier was raised we all crushed through in a glit- tering heap with that insane desire to be first which governs all crowds. .Sharps elbows gave sly digs, jewelletl bracelets scratched unmercifully. Mowers and tem-i pers were lost, and we struggled con- stantly in spite of the general rebuke of, Ihe ofllcers: "Quietly, If you' please! Gen-i tly, ladies!" KISSING HANDS AND CUBTSEYS. As we approached the fatal doorway we fell into single Pile, and an olTicer whispered quickly in our car the re- quisite number of curtsies, indicating how many members of the Boyal Fam- ily were present. The Queen, we learn- ed, had not yel retired. This fact made a great difference to the debutantes, b<!- causeone "kissed hands" only if her Ma- jesty wero present; whereas, if one of the firinces.ses had taken her place one mere- 1) curtsied. We wailed and waited, but suddenly â€" almost without warning â€" my Irain was deftly taken off my arm and spread oul in all its shuiing glory. I wonder- ef! vaguely if all ttiose women and olli- cials could hear my thumping heart. It seemed like one of those nightmares in which a mad bull is after you, and your limbs refuse to move! .Mechanically I grasped my preci<3us pink card, glided through the doorway, and was dimly ! conscious of a monstrous mirror on my left and n row of magnificent giants in .scarlet and steel on the right, forming 1) pa.ssage wilh their drawn .swoj'ds. .Someone on my left look the crump- led card from my trembling hand, and like a girl in a dream I heard my name: "Mi.ss . I^csentcd by the Countess of " AND STILL ALIVE. Queen .Alexandra's lovely face flashed a sweet smile ut me, whilst King Ed- ward looked down from his throne with all the good nature and kindly tact and sympathy for wliicli he is famous the World over. The "kissing hands" over, I began my tremendous elaborate seri- es of curtsies, wondering al my own skill in avoiding my voluminous train. I thiiughl they would never end; but ati last felt my train being unceremonious- 1 ly rolled up, and, it .seemed lo me, foirlyj Hung al my head. j By good luck I caught it before it cap-; sized my feathers, took a long breath,' and realized that it was all over, and I was still alive! 1 RAINY RIVER MAN HAD TROUBLES TILL nODO'S KIDNF.Y PILL.S CtnED ma KIDNEYS. Ihen His Kheuinatlsni and Other Pains V.inished Once and Fur .Ml â€" His ('4ise Only One of Many. Barwick, Ont., Apr. 9 â€" (Sficcial). â€" . That Dudd's Kidney Pills will cure Bheumalism, or any other disease re- sulting from disordered Kidneys is the experience of many of the settlers in this Itainy Hiver country. The case of Wil- baiu John Dixon, of this place, is a fair sample ot the work the great Canadian Kidney Bemcdy is doing. "I h,id Hheuinatism so bad I had to use a stick to walk. I had pains in my back and right hip, and I had no com- fort ill sleeping. "I couUI no more than dress or un- dress myself for nearly two rtionlhs, and 1 was tor nearly three weeks 1 could not lace my right shoe. "My brother advised me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills, and 1 did so. .-Vfter taking lliree boxes I could walk around and lace up my shoes and do my work. Six boxes cured me coinplelcly." Dodd's Kidney Pills are the one sure cure for sick Kidneys. Sii.k Kidneys are the cause of nine-tenths of Ihe ills IK» hu'uan family suiters from. WON BY A BETOBT. When Mr. Olney was the United Slates Secretary of Slate, he insisted that all Consuls should be able lo speak the lan- guage of the country to which IhCy were appointed. One very wideawake politician sought a Consular post iij China. To him Mr. Olney said :â€" | "Are you aware lliat I never r<"Com- mend a man who cannot speak Ihe lan- guage of llie country lo which he is ' .sent? Now. I suppose you cannot .speak' Cliinese?" , riie apiilicanl smiled, and replied :â€" "It you, Mr. .Secretary, will ask me ;» qiieslion in Chinese I shall be hufipy ig answer il." The retort gaine.l htm Ihe post. Nine-UMilhs of what the everiige mat knows is of no cartruy use to h'^ni.