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'^i n ^ ♦t MM ♦♦♦♦»♦»»♦ M MM About the House I I SANDWICHES. Celery Saiid\\icli.â€" Butter brcfid on the loiif, lirst having creuniod llie but- ter. Cut away the erusl;> aiiJ. starting â- at one corntT of Hie slice, roll it tightly over i\v<j slicks of crisp celery. The liiilter will hold it logetlier. but baby ribbon liej aiouna each roll iniprovo-s Ihe ai)peiirance. The celery should I'O broken into thin strips i\boul the size of the siiiullesl stalks towards the leaf end; also cut an appropriate length. Russiiui Sandwiches.â€" Spread zepher- «ttes with tliin slices of cream cheise and cover wilh chopjied -olives mixed with niayonnaiso. Place a zepherelte over each and press logetlier. Cottage Cheese Sandwiches.â€" C;ut slic- es of brown bread about half nn inch thick; do not remove the crusts. Hub half a pint of cottage cheese to a snuwlh piisle, then press it ttirough u line sieve. Add two tablespoons melted butter, slowly beating the while, addiiiR half a teaspoonful of salt and two tablesixwn- fuls of thick cream. .'Spread each slice of bread thickly wilh the mixture. C'x)ver with another thin slice of while bread, •and on tup of this another thin layor 0? cheese. Place a slice of brown bread oij top and trirti inio i^hape. Mutton Sandwiches and Peas. â€" nultei' Slices of white bread: lay on thin slices of cold Ijoiletl mutton. Mi\ togellier half • h pint of rooked peas that have been seasoned wilh sail, pepper, a little but- ter, and a tespooiiful of capers. Place n layer of peas over the nnillnn. then cover wilh another slice of buttered bivad. trim awny Ihe crusls, <-ut inIo triangle.s, and serve on a bed of lettuce leaves. IndiJm .''nndwiches. â€" Remove the skin and bones from two sardines and pound the meal to a paste. Add a teaspoonful of axirhovy [inste, a <lash of sail and red pepper, and rub in Ihe hard boiled yolks c{ six eggs wilh two lablespoonfuls <f olive oil. Rutter Ihe end of n loaf of Lrend, slice the bread, and cut into cres- cent shaped pieces or I'ounds. Toast the bread quickly on one side, spread Ihe clher wilh the ndxture. and serve tl <mce, ns Ihcy must be calcn while Ihe toast is hot. These sandwiches aiv nice for late supptM's. Cannibal .Sandwiches or Rye Rread.â€" Put half a pound of raw beef Ihrough >i meat chopper; add a teaspoonful of salt, a dash of red popper, and a lable- sjioonfiil of onion juice. Spread this over buttered rye bread, cover with an- other piece of bread, and liim uwuy the crusls. .s<ime mailer that stiffens ttie petals slightly. Uilule the ink with water and dip Ihe flowei-s in as many times as is n<ces.sary, drying after each time, un- til Ihe de-^ired shade is reached. A hou.sewife who turns off tasty UHJe breakfast omelets has one that Is lier own invention. She cuts a quarter of a n"d pepper and a quarter of a green pepper iid<) dice and mixes them and two or three lablespoonfuls of minced boileil ham with five slightly lieatcn eggs and then bakes it in I lie omelet pan as usual. For every egg she uses n lablespoonful of hot water in tlie inis.- ture. HOUSEWIFE SUGGESTIONS. Nutmegs should be gralcd at the blos- Scm.eiid first. A damp cloth dipped in salt will rc- niove egg slains from silver, or tea stains from china dishes. Ir«in stains on marble may be remov- ed by applying to them a mi.xture t.t spiiils of wiive and oxalic acid. Leave on a short lime and then rub dry wilh a soft clulh. A pretty way to serve fresh fruit for dessert is to cut line oranges. Ijananas and griipes. sweeten and serve iii half SMALL CAKES. .Spice Cakes.â€" Mix together one cujjful ol molasses, half a cupful of sugar, half a cupful of butler, one leasjxxmful each <f einnam 111 ai.d cloves, two lea.sp<j<)ii- fuls of soda in a cupful of boiling water, and tw«i and one-half cupfuls of sifted flour. The last thing before baking add two bealen eggs. Bake in gem pans. If desire<l, these cakes can be reheated iiy sl<»amiiig and serve wilh sauce. Ginger Buns.â€" Cream three-quarters of a pound of butter wilh half a pound of light brown sugar; add half a niilmeg gralid. and one lablespoonful of ginger. Stir well, then add two beaten eggs and one ((uart of sifted Hour. Moisten wilh sweet milk unlit rather a s^ift dough Is formed, then roll out, cut into round shapes, and bake in a quick oven. Peanut Cookies.â€" Beat one lablespoon- ful of butler to a cream; add two table- Sjxxjiifuls of sugar, two of niilk. and one beaten egg. When well mixed, stir in half a cupful of flour sifted wilh half a leasixvoiifiil each of sail and baking p<.wder. .\dd halt a cupful of lluoly chopper! peanuts, then drop by de.s.seii 6r><Kinfuls on an unbultered tin, press into Ihe lop of each half a peiuiut, and bake in a steady oven. .Snowball Drops.â€" Make a stiff bailer <-r Iwo bealen eggs, lw<i small cupfuls n' while sugar, one pint of sweet milk, half a le:is|K)onful each of .salt and gral- e.l nuttneg and three lens|X)onfuls of baking jxiwder sifted wilh five eupfiils <if lUiiir. Fry by spoonfuls in d.vp fat that has reaoheil the blue flame heat. When nearly cold, itoll in pulverized' sugar. Chocoliite Wattrs.â€" Real one cuofiil of pulverized sugar with tlie yolks of six eggs until light; add the juice of one leuKin and beat for five minutes. Have rea<ly four lablesixionfuls <if grali^l clxi- colato mixed wiih Iwo lablestHjonfuls of fl'Ur. one teaspoonful of ground cinna- mon, and one of baking powder; add this to Ihe egg mi.xture. then fold in llie whipped whiles of Ihe eggs. Rake in two Ihin sheets. Put logelher, as soon es taken from the oven, wilh while ic- ing. When cold cut into small squares c • oblongs. a coarse sieve; add a little cold milk and a dash or two of cayenne peppei. When mixed and smooth, spread it on the fried bread, then .sprinkle wilh grated etiocse. Place in a quick ovi-n until lite cheese is melted, .•\rrange the cana|>e.s on a hot platter and garnish wilh hard bt.iled eggs. Hot Ham l-<->af.â€" Roil a two and a half or three pound ham .shank tndil ten- der. Strain the liquor and use it for cfKiking cabbage or other greens. Cut the ha'in from the bone and mince it fine. .Add ten tablesixionfiils of crack- er crumbs, one bealen egg. one cupful of sweet milk, one tablespo<m <if soft bidter, and a dash of pepner. Knead Into a loaf. Pour a cupful of tiot water around it and bake one lunir, basting wilh melted butler. Serve hoi with horseradish sauce. *- HAM. Ham en Loquelle.â€" .Mix a half cup o.' finely clmpped ham. half a cup of soft bread crumbs, one toas|)ooii- of chopped parsley, one lablespoon of butler, a quar- ter leasiK'On o{ made mustard, and enough hot milk to make a smoolh, .soft paste. Spread titis mi.xtui-e on but- tered .seall<ip shells and carefully break at" egg into eaett shell. .<i)rinkle Ihe egg with line bread rrtmths moistened with melted butter. Place shells in Ihe oven and leave until the white of the egg is liiui. Mum Midllns.â€" Mix one phit of Hour, two leaspooiituls of baking ixiwder, one u banana skin. The large red bananas > leas|x)on of salt, and one teaspoon , f make the best "fruit txiats. Keep the tollnwing articles in the kitchen, cither hung on Hie wall or on a low shelf: Clock, .scissors, needle book xvitlt large needle for trussing, small tor making bags, etc., ball of while col- ton yarn, siring ball and string bog, pin cushion. Faded arlillciul (lowers may be paiitted wilh a camels-hair brush and a txtx of v.ater colors. 11 lias been discovered also that aniline Inks are very good dye- ing stuff and lliey .seem lo contain sugar. .'<lir in one cup of rinel.\ minced ham with about one-fourth fat. Mix to a soft dough wilh one cup of milk; add <ine wetJt bealen egg. and when well mixed drop a spoonful at a time into j MENANDWOMENOFDEATH FOLK WIIOSR FRIENDSHIP SO.'tlE- TI.ME.S PROVES FATAL. Mme. Bielkskaia, "the Fatal Woman"â€" Sad Story ol the Artist. Ilans Kinnow. Haunted Houses are not uncommon, and most of us have heard stories <.f amulets of various kinds which brought ail kinds of disasler to I heir iiossessors. For an evil in/ltience to attach itself to a liuman being, and h-om that individual spread to those around him or her. is rarer, but yet by no means unknown. One of the strangest cases of the kind imaginable has recently come to light ill Ru.ssia. .\ smart young student, named Ostrovski, a man ol good for- tune and family, shot himself dead in a St. Pelersburg street. Tlivre w.is ro apparent reason for the rash act, and it wius ascribed to iKilUical causes. His friends, Iwiwever, have a different iuea. Ttie dead man had parted, only H moment previous to lus death, with .Mine Rielskaia, who Is !;itowii far and wide as "th>» fatal woman." This lady is a general's duughler, and is of great beauty. When she wa.? (pule young a wealtiiy man. VI. (i<5lovalcliL'ff, fell in l<!ve with her and fought u duel for her sake with an army ollicer. Neither was badly injured, yet both s<joti afterwards Ciilimiitted suicide. SHE SEE.MS TO SPREAD DE.VTII. Then she married M. Rielskaia. A year later, for no apparent reason, he attempted suicide liy slabbing himself, and then disapiwared. He is said to have gone to .Siberia. .Next, two of her servants died mysteri- ously, and linully her father, Ihe gen- eral, fell a vicliin lo a lerrorist's bomb. The lady herself cann«Jt be directly biumed for any of these tragedies, aiid .\et one can lijidly wonder that stie now insp!r<.s a vugue terror among all her acquainlaiice. Eipially strange is the sod slory of Ihe ailisl. Hans Kinnow, who died in .Munich alj<iut seven years ago. The young man had Hashed into fame a year or two previously by his â- .•lever iwr- Iniits. The very llrst porlniit he ever paiiiled WHS of a cerlaiii Herr Rrauit, a weallliy trndesinan. Rraiin was greatly pleased wilh the likeness, and sent a cheque. A iiKinlh later he fell ill and dieil. .\o one thought anything of this, and soon Kinnow was very tiusy with a likeness of Frauh'iii Diita S.. a young actress. This ixirlrait wiils exhiliiled. A week niter it lefl Ihi" exiiibilion and was sent to the ladys house she died quite sud- denly of heart failure. .'Jion afterwards Kinnow saw a lovely bnl)> . Ihe daughter of a friend, and of- feied to paint lu'C picture. THE MOTHER ACCEPTED. Tlie portrait was no s<x)iier completed tliati lillie Marie took celd and faded away and died. This third disaster frinhleneil KiniKiw. and vague alarm changed to horror when one of his models, iiii elderly beg- giii'. was run over in llie strwd and killed, lie abandoned ixirli'aits and took l<j p<i<.iily-paid , ornamental wurk. por- celain decoraliuii. and the like. A year passed, aiul then Ihe painter fell in love. His liancee desired him hi paint her |x)i'- trait, and he yielded, though unwilling- ly. Was it tnere coincidence? The gii-j was delicate. c<insiimptive, Ihe doctor said. .Site caught a slight chill, it went lo her lungs, aii<l in a nuiiilh atler her ]).)rlrail was (iiiished she. too. died. Kinnow wa.'? hardiy seen again. He |ial in his isludin iwinliiig liurd. .\ t<irtnight laler his landlady, bringing him his supper, found him dead on the floor. On Ihe ea.sel was a (Inished por- ease. The litllc things simply wasleil away and died. Ttte rest uf the tribe ci'edll the mother with the possession Ol llie Evil Eye, and have put her .so completely in Coventry that her husband means to leke her away and leave .Swit- zerland. S<ime thirty-five years ago there was n terrible light between a small party of American troops and a large Ixidy of Apache Indians at a place in Arizo- na called Wounded Knee. Eventmilly the white men won tim haltle, and the few Indian survivors tied. After all was o\er an Indian squaw was found among the dead, and strapped on her back was A LIVING BABY GIRL. of Ihree months old. The child was taken care of and even- tually adopted by an otllcei' of the Lnil- ed States .\rmy. Slio was well educat- ed, and grew up tall and liandsoine. Bui there was one very peculiar thing about her. She had inherited her sav- age ancestors" superstitious terror <I shadows. Shadows, Ihe Indians believe, are Ihe ghosts of tlin.se who cast them. It was noliced, as site grew up, that she al- ways avoided the shad-Jws of ofhers. and never, if .she could hell) it, would pass between Ihe sim and anyone she was fond of. Her adopted father laugh- ed at her for Ihi.'? trait, and one day, te. cure her of her superstition, came close behind her as she was standing in Ihe sun. She sprang awny wilh a face of hor- ror. Next morning Ihe olTlcer â€" who was hy then a colonel â€" was found dead in his bed. An attack of apoplexy had kille«l him. The po<ir girl went nearly mad with grief, but eventually she got over it. Her nurse tried to sliow her how foolish was her superstition and one day deliberately sat down when the shadow of Iter charge lay across her. Rv a strange coincidenee next day Hie horse they were driving ran away and smashed thctn up. Tlie nurse was kill- ed on Ihe spot, THE GIRI, WAS UNHLtRT. .Some years pa-issed. the Indian girl went to school in a Kentucky convent, and there made great friends wilh the daugltter of a Loui.s\nHe lawyer. The white girl noliced that Ihe other would never let her shadow fall on her friend, and one day, for a joke, went and stood foe some moments close beluiid her, in tier shadow. , The Indian went nearly frantic when she found what had happened; l>ut some days passed, and all was well. Just a week later tlie convent buildings caught lire in Iho middle of the night. The lire burnt .so lleirely that the Sisters and pupils had barely time to escape with their lives. When all wcit? out and counted two were missing. Ihe In- dian girl and her friend. The fireiiien got a ladder up to their window, but it was loo lale. The hv<i girls were dead, not burnt, but suffocaled. From the iKisition of their Ijodies i' was plain that the Indian girl lind made a heroic effort to save her friend, and had lost her own life in doutg so. â€" Pearson's Weekly. WOMA.NS TRIALS. Can be Banished by llie Rich, Red Bloud Dr. Williuiiis' Pink Pills Arluiilly .Vluke. The health and happijiess of growifii girts and women of mature yeoi's <!e pcnd-s upon the blwd supply. Titer* ia a crisis in the life of every v.oiiiaii when there are distressing ne.tiiacliej and backaches; when life seems a bur- den and when some women seem li'rcat- ened wilh even the loss of their h"i.hii. II is at this period that Dr. William:? I'ink Pills prove u blessing lo women Every dose incrca.scs the riclntes.; ami the redness of the blood siippi/, ami this new blood strengtiiens the jrgans. enable;! Iheui to throw off disej>v' uim banishes liu> lieiidaches and 'tckiieiieJ and dizziness and secret pains th ir ivt\t made life a burden. There a •? then sands and IhotLsaiuls of grown:; g-rh and women in Canada who owe theit healtti and happuies^ to Dr. Williuiiis' Pink Pills, .Mi^s. James McDoiiiild of Sugar Camp. Out., is one of 'he-'!. She says: "I was badly run down, fell very weak and had no appetite. 1 siirtered fiviiii headaches and backaches and a f<»eling of weakness. I could scarcely drag myself about and fell that my con- dition was growing worse. I decidel to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and t.'el a dozen lioxes. but before they were nil used I had fully regaine<t my lieailh, and was able lo do my housework with- out Ihe least fatigue. Dr. Willia.Ti-' Pink Pills have been a gi-eat blessiig to me." You can gel Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Palo People from any medicine dea- If or by mail fmm The L>r. Williams' .Medicine Cxi.. Brockville. Cat., at SO cents a box or six Iwxes for $2.,")0. If you are weak or ailing give these pilis .T fair trialâ€" they wilt not disiyjiwin*. you. .MOTIIEBS FKEI. SAFE. Mothers who have used Baby's Own Tablets for their liltle ones sny they foci safe with Ihe Tablets at hand, for they are a never failing cure fm- all Ihe minor Ills of babyhood nnd cliildhond. Mrs. Urias Cressmau, New Haiiibtirg. Onl., says: "I liiivc ti.sed Baby's Own Tablets for stomach trouble and con- stipation with marked success. I al- ways feel that my litlle.flne is safe when I have a l>ix of the Tablets in Ihe h'luse." Baby's Own Tablets are sold itttder the giiarniitee of a Government analyst to contain neither opiates nor ether |)ois<itious drugs. They always do goodâ€" they cant po.ssibly do harm. For sale at drtiggisls or by mail at ;'3 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville. Ont. * CLTE MAN. well givnsed mudlii tins. Rake in a | bail of himself painted by the aid of a uuick oven for twenty niinnli Ham Canapes.â€" Take slices of brood half an inch thick and cut them into rounds with a bitscuit culler. Put a little butler in a frying pan and bniwii the rounds of bread on txilh sides. C:hop looking-glass. .Across the face was a smear of eiini.son paint. AM. DIED AT IHE AGE OF SE\ EN. A tritie of gipsies rount alxiul the C;;inl<jn of Reriie, in Switzt'rland. fVinong them is a woman wlioni the Cold CO iked ham fine and nib it through others will neither speak to nor. if they _ â€" â€" .^â€" p^a'i '"^'P ''• *o much as look at. .\itd ~ yet there is nothing unpleasant in her j appearance. Recently uiquiries were made, and the following curious slory came out. The w<iman had six children, four boys aiul two girls, and all of them l.ave died at the age of seven. Three died on their seventh birthday, the other three within three days of the an- niversary. Stranger still, each teW ill as every successive birlhdoy approached, from Ihe llrst onwards; but their mo- ther took no notice of their maladies until 1he folal seventh year approached. Then she devoted all her care to the lillie ones. She secured medical attend- ance, but all without avail. The doctors could in no case Ino* any apeclflo dis- The effect of Scott's Emutston on A?t i^ pale children is magicaL It make* them plump, rosy, active, happy. It contains Cod Liver Oil, Hjrpophosphites and Glycerine, to make fat, blood and bone, and so put together that it is easily digested by little folk. ALL DRUGQISTSi BOo. AND SI.OOw lie had finished his introduclory re- marks nnd wa,s about lo jiio|Mi.se. when h' discovered lliat his iiropusul would be Irealed with oiiitempl.. "Go on. Mr. .'^prigger, " she .said, impa- lieiilly, lapping her foot on the caipel as lie paiL-ityl in his ivmarUs. "I was about to say, .Miss Milder." he continued, "tliul I nm aware that the human heart, especially a woman's, is a delicate thing, and I eonie to-night to correct a wrong imprcssioit, w hicli you have tieen under for some time. I think. Ta be plain. Miss llilder â€" btvause 1 do iKil wish lo cause yuii future sufferingâ€" le' me state thai I liiive never cared enough for you lo ask you |o link your 1)1 with mine ; therefore I do not think I can return the love you U-ar me. Mj- attentions lo you have been ))i<impled purely ty a friendly feelingâ€" nolhing more. Rut I trust this will not mar our friendly relations,'' he said, taking his hat lo go, "for, remember you will ever hove in me a true friend. Be a.ssured I will always l)e u nephew lo you." .\nd she was so dumb with surprise I hat she didn't say good-bye to liiiii when he bowed himself out. HER IDEA CK IT. ".Ma," a-sked liltle Tommy, "when criminals are an-cstt'd, what does it mean when it says Un'y were 'placed in Ihe sweat-bo.x' ?" "Well," replied his mother, "I gue.ss most crlniinal.s ni-e luit very clean, and they need a Turkish bath." IT BROKE. "Fi-oddy, you shouldn't laugh out loud in tho sclioolroom," exclaimed the teacher. "1 dkln't mean lo do tl," apologized Freddy, "I was smiling when all of a sudden the smile busted.'' WHEN BLL"'.I1ER W \S IN PARIS. Old Soldier Wauled 1« Destroy Many Objects Dear lo Ihe Frriu-h llrarl. The peasant story, just brought to light, of Hmnboldt's successful inter- vention to save Uie Jardm des Planles front tlw wrath of Bluclier serves as a reminder, says tho London Evening, Standard, that the tougli old soldier needed many liumane advisers lo keep him fixjiit desttxiying abjects dear and important to the French. Wellington had often to intercede witti him. and lltat not invariably with im- mediate success. He rc."ialved to blow up Ihe bridge of .lena. Wellington pro- tested. "Rut tho French destroyed the pillar at Ro.-ebacU and so on." grumlil.ed Blutclier, "and the ICnglish burned Washington." Weliiigloii. seeing thai words were ineffective, plac^ English sentries on the brid;.'e, lielieving llial live, Prussians wo ild not make any allempt on the structure while llie.se nieii weiv ill position. But they did. Tliey ruined one of Ihe pillars and put ill a charge of- gunpowder itnd fired it. Ttte charge exploded in the wrong way. and damaged llie Priissiaii.s, leaving tlu» bridge aiiil the Englishman on lop in safely. This ha\ iitg failed. Rlucher si.uglU permi.sKi<iii to demolish the col- umn in the Plai;e \endoiiie. The Kinj o' Prussia arriveii only just in time tt prevent it. Wellington managed better when deal iiig direct with the French. Xn nliiuisi unexampled instance of liLs chivalrj WM.s forlliconiing in Ihe movemcnls pre- ceding llie battle of Ortliezâ€" Ihe onl> Imttlc in which he rc>ceived an injury. The French hud retreated over Ihe bndg« o' the Gave d\i Pau. and were preiiaiinj lo blow il sky high. The Duke iriili/.e« if this were dine it would cau-e greai injury to the pe<iple of Orthez. so lie .sett an ollicer to Stiiilt wilh a itiessagi\ .\ bailie w<nild doubtless take place oi tlio following day. he .said, and lie piii tni.sed thai if .><oult would spiire tin bridge the British army would not cms by it. Soldi liad [ell reluctanl lo coii .sent lo Ihe destruction, for lite bridg wa.s on Freticlt terrilory. and he williiiij ly took his rixal's wxird iuid left it inlaei Wellington kept his promi.se. He led hi men. under a heavy tire, across Ihe rivii by way of Ihe fords, and Ihe bridg siand.s lo this day. Some mea look as helpless as a lest ECZEMA AGAIN OVERCOMI ZA.'U-Rl'K CI RKS A CASE WIIICII KOI TWO YEARS HAD DEFIED EVERY RE.MEDV TRIED. .4 Farmer's Grnletiil Testimony. No ea^o fif eczema, skin disease, ri ulceration, should be despaired of unll Zam-Ruk has been applied. The ea.si of Mr. Francis Heiioit, of .'^1. Anne'' (Man.), is a powerful illiislralioii <> Ziim-Ruk's ellU'Qcy. He savs: "I suffere< fioin eczema for Iwo years, and lrie( n great number of remedies. None (i llient, however, .seeniivl lo do me aiii good. Tlie ailment was niostly in mi legs, and IkiIIi these were actually i-hm . f'-om Hie knees down. .\ small saiitpll box of Zam-Bitk was given to me, anj even so small a quantity as thiil did int a liltle good. I then obt.iine<l .i propel supply, nnd by the liiin' I had used a W\\ Ihixi's I was completely emvd." /.nm-Riik differs from ordinary sahei piid eitibrocations in containing no ani- mal oil or fat. It is conii>otiitded froii: riett. healing, herbal e.sseiici's, and it an ideal iiatutnl comliinalion of jmwei and purity. It is highly niiliseptic, ami instantly kills bneilli and di.sease germs, which .setlliitg on lo xvoinids and .skin di.senses set up fosleriiig. bkmd poi.soii. etc. For cuts, burns, bruises, nlcei-s, alxscesses, pimples, lioils.. skin erup- tions, scalp sore.s. spreading sores, children's .skin troubles, chaling sort>s, elc. X.ani-Buk is uncquollid. n als4 cures piles. All druggists and slorej a-, JOc. a box, or- Iroiii /.nmnuk Co., Toronto, tor price, G bo.xes lor $i.50.