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,♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦»»»♦»♦♦♦»♦â- Â»-♦•♦â- Â»â€¢ I About the House | I I I M M »»♦♦♦♦♦♦ MM M *» i <l SOME DAINTY DISHES. To Bake Cnkn in Hurry.â€" If you will ml h liiblespoonful of boiling water on your butter and supar when you pre tnkiug cake, you will find that it will ci<ain in a few minutes. Creamed Cnrr<jts.â€" Take a few small ccrrots, boil them in salted water until tender, drain, then add two ounces cf tullo.r. A tabl(»poonful of Hour, salt, popper, and a dn.sti of nutmeg, milk «ir cream; simmer a few minutes and 6crv<.' hot.' One H<.ur Bread.â€" Take three cups rf floui*. three t«'aspoons of baking powder, cne toasiKion of salt, one tcasixxin of sugar, sift together three limes; one and one-lialf cups of sweet milk; cut and fold with a knife and bake slowly iii a covered or double pan forly-rive iiii null's. .Stuffed Celery.â€" One bunch celery; Pne cream cImvso or one small soft cheese; ten drops onion juice; two or three pounds cream; salt, cayenne; sep- arate, wash, drain celery, and trim in'o Elx or eight inch lengths. With a sil- ver fork work the sweet cream into the cheese, season and stuff in'.o the hol- low of each celery stalk. .Serve cold. Delicate Turnip Dish.- Peel and sliee thin. Boil till nearly done. Drain â- watoi' off. flncc a layer of turnips in buttered dish, season, then a layer of cnimbs. Another layer of seasoned turnips, then a layer of crumbs. Mois- ten with a litJlc milk and bake in cov- ered dish. Ju.'it before serving remove cover and brown. Co<ik Celery IVcol.- A most wholesomi; vegetable, practically unkjiown to many, is celery root. Peeled, cut in <lice, Iwiled in unsalted water, and prepared like cauliflower, it is delici- ous, rjoiled whole, peeled, cut in thin •lices, and combined wilh cold sliced pclatoes, boiled with jackets on, it is a delightful r,".!ad. Whole Wheat Gems.â€" One cup whole wheat Hour, lhree-fourth.s cup equal parts milk and water, two small table- spoons siigur, three tabkvs.p<-ons melted Bhorlening, half teaspoon salt, and a heaping teaspoon baking powder. Mix 6ll dry ingredients, then add milkl, waj4'r, and shortening, and bake in hot even about twenty mijiiites. Makes SIX gems delicious enough for the epi- cure and economical tnough for the Blimincst purse. Beans with Tomatoes.â€" Ot one quart of navy bean.s. soak over night, then drain all the water off. Put in a kettle with fresh water and a pinch of bak- ing soja. Boil for a few minutes, then drain. Put water on again and boil about one-half hour; then put the whole conlenLs in a stone crock wilh 10 cenis worth of .salt fX)rk, one pint of canned tcmaloes, two- tablespoons of sugar. Put In the oven, cover until almost done, then take the cover off and brown. Bak<' three or four hours. Mow to Cook I^umpkin.â€" To cook pumpkin properly rwpjircs a islow, steady fire and long c^xi.ting to insure richness and Pavor. It i.s almost im- possible to co(jk it .slowly over a gii.s stove without burning. A better and simpler way is to bake it us you would squash. Cut the puTupkiJi in two, re- move seeds and tissues, and bake unlil the desired shade of color and drj-ness is reaclie*!. The flavor will be much belter than by the quicker method of boiling by gas. Rai-sed Biscuit.â€" Scald one and one- halt cups sweet milk, add a lablespoon- fut of sugar, when lukewarm add a half cake yeast ft'ompnund) dissolved 'n half cup of wurm wakr. A tablcsp<i<)ii- ful of lard and Hour to make a stiff dciigh, a lillle stiffer than for a milk biscuit. Knead for ulx)ut lifleen or twenty minutes. Set in a wann place to rise, allowing four or live hours; when light flotn- Iward, roll and cut as other biscuit; place In a greaseil pan, brush with butler, let rise a sec- ond time, prick with a fork, bake in a hot oven alxiut twenty minutes. Polalo (.kibbler.â€" Peel and slice one pint of swoel (xita'oes, place in a jxirce- iain lined slewp.'in, with two cups of Hght brown sugar, hDlf a cup of but- ler, and half a teafipoonful of cinna- mon, quarter of a teasp<wnful of cloves, and quarter of a nutmeg, and .sutllcient l)oiling water to cover nicely; boll unlil potatoes arc s-ifl, but not mushy; thick- ej. with a level lablespoonful of flour, stirred in cold water unlil smooth; take from the fire and put in a wineglass of sherry and a lablespoonful of brandy. Line a deep dish with the mixture, cover with a crust of the paste, and bake in a moderate oven until a light brown. VABIOU.S CAKE.S. Neal .Slices of Fruit Cake.- ThLs is fruit cake season, and one often linds it hard to cut it thin without it crum- bling. Heat your bread knife quite hot and you won't have any trouble. Nut K sses.â€" To while of one egg well beaten add ton teaspoonfuls of pulver- ized sugar, one lablespoonful of brandy (ot flavor with vanilla if preferred), a liltlc gi'ound cinnamon and cloves; then add a cupful of nuts chopped fine. Put lablespoonful of mixture on buttered paper on b-jttom side of pic pan and bake ten minutes in a moderate oven. This makes one dozen. Almond Torte.â€" Beat Ihe yolks of nine eggs with three-fourths of a pound of sugar, utilil light and cronmy; add one teaspoon of almond extnict, one-half cup of Hour, and small teaspoon of baking powder (sifted with the flour); now beat the whites of the nine eggs until stiff, and add three-fourths of a pound of grated almonds. Bake about forty minutes in a moderalo oven. Fig Cake.â€" Take one cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, omshalf cup o' cold water with a smalt lenspoon of soda di!«fllved in it. one and one-half cups of raisins, chopped a little, not fine; two teaspoons of cinnamon, two teaspoons of nutmeg, two eggs, one- half pound of figs, and a little more than two cups of (lour. Bake in two layers. Put a layer of figs in Ihe mid- dle of each layer of dough. Put lay- ers together with a Ig jelly or plain icing. This is as delicious as a fruit cake. Dale Cake. â€" Take one cup of baking molasses and one cup of brown sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of wine, three eggs, one pound of dales, <jnc half pound of raisins, a cup of English walnut meals, one teaspoon of nutmeg, one of cinnamon, one of cloves, a lea- sp<xin of soda dissolved in hot wafer, and about one quart of flour. Use flour according to size of cup. Chop your dates, nuls, and raisins. This makes a fine cake and will keep a long time if necessary. 6he*ft can be placed In Ihe wa.sh each week and be a pleasui-e to put on. Dry Curtains on Table.â€" Pull out din- ing room table the desired length. Put on padding, pull lightly around ends, and fasten wilh safely pinB. At the centre on one side of the table, .vifh four safety pins, pin a broad piece of muslin to the padding (part of an old sheet will do), pass muslin under -..e l( avos to Ihei oppoal)? sido of table!, and, drawing light, pin lo the padding on that side, making it linn. Pin on eurlains. Can put four on at a time, u.sing 4-ame pins. If curtains are toe Umg fold back and .sitarl another cur- tain as if it were not there. They .soon dry and are [x-rfecily slraighl and look like new, and edges are not worn, as on stretchers. BEST EVER WRITTEN PRESCr.lPTION WHICH ANYONE CAIN EASILY MIX AT HO.ME. Said to Overcome Kidney and Bladdei Aiflictions â€" Shake Simple Ingredi- enu Well in Bottle. Mix the foiiowing by shaking well in a bottle, and take in leaspoonful dooes •Iter* meals and at bedtime: I'"luid E.^lracl Dandelion, one-hall ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce; Ccmpound Syrup Sarsaparilla, thre« ounces. A prominent physician is the authority that these simple, harmless ingredients can be obtained at nominal cost from any druggist, even in lh« smaller lowns. The mixture is said to cleanse and strengthen the clogged and inactiva Kidneys, overcoming Backache, Bladdef weakness and Urinary trouble of all kinds, if taken before the stage oi Brighl's disease. Those who have tried this say it pos- itively overcomes pain in the back, clears Ihe urine of sedimen* and regu- lates urination, especially a>, night, cur- ing even the worst forms of bladder weakness. Every man or woman here who 'eels that the kidneys are not strong or act- ing in a healthy manner should mix this prescription at home and give it a Irial, ps it is said to do wonders for many persons. * CHILD MARRIAGES IN MEXICO. U.SEFUL HINTS. Use for Old Screening. â€" A half yard < f while nKistpiito bar folded and :bti.lched around, the edge makes a splendid dish rag that will not absorb the grease. Salt the Grease.â€" If a "sprinkling cf flour" over the greased pan faiU to prevent sticJting add a little salt to the grease before rubbing on pan. To Shell Corn.â€" Put a few ears of popcorn ill a cloth .-ack. then hold tht end tight, hit on the floor a few times, and your corn is shelled beautifully. This saves lab<jr and time. Help to Ironing Sheets. â€" When pass- ing the sheet through llw wringer be- gin at the selvetlge edge instead of the hern and ill will be found perfectly Silrjiglit aud smooth when ironed wilh- ou^ny effort. To Iron Quickly.â€" In ironing chil- dren's (livsses, pellicoats, or tucked wkes iron garment on wrong side. \ou will have no trouble wilh the lucks tiirniiig up and will iron in one-half the lime. To Bemove Grea-e E.nsily. â€" Hot grea.=e spilled on the kitehen floor or anywhere else neetl not cause live conslernalion that it usiuiUy does. Put ice (in the winler .snow will do) upon il ns rpiick- I;, as possible and il can be lifletl up wilh a knife. One light scrubbing will nmove all Ihe r<st and much energy and woi'ry will be saved. Save Olil C^rseLs.â€" Take your ironing slieel, turn wide hem on bolh sides, cut Ihree pair corset backs (eyelet slay.s), and sew on each .side, and lace instead of pinning sheet on, II can lx> done even heller wilh fr<)nt .slays if Ihey are not. broken, but a small outlay of ,^0 cents will purchase new ones and vour ^«9$^0<»«>4'«<>4»^^««^0«<»«4'M Girfr->od and Scoff's Emulsion arc linked together. The girl who take* Scott's Emut" sion has plenty of rich, red blood; she is plump, active and energetic The reason is that at a period when a girl's digestion is weak, Scott's Emulsion provides her with powerful nourishment in easily digested form. It is a food toat liuilds and keeps up a girl's strength. ALL ORUaCISTSi BOc. AND St -OO. Afcxican Women Over 30 Have Nol Much Chance ol Being Married. Not the least of the nimantic features of Ihe marriages of Mexico arc the cere- monies uniting children. The marriage o.' girls over 12 years of age and boys over 11 IS permitted, and most mai-ri- ags in .Mi'Kieo come in early life, says the Mexican Herald. There are about 170 to 180 marriages .n month in this capital, a ridiculous proporliion in view of the fact that the population by the census of lyoo was .').")0.000, audi is now probably nearer fOO.OOO. This small proporlion of legal jnairiages is due largely lo the expense attending a religou> ceremony, for Ihe ,peon is educated lo believe that Ihe le- gal marriage is not sacred without the church sei'VTce. Hence when he can- not have the chiu-ch service he does not bother to have the onin<il service, which is not expensive, performed. The general age for women lo marry ir Mexico is about 20. The slatisli-s for Ihe last two months show the fol- lowing figures oil the marryng of wo- m<>n : From 12 (o 20 years. 33; from 21 lo 30 years. 102; from 31 to 43 years. 34; from iO to 60 years. 5. No woman over BO was mariied dur- ing this period. As seen from these Itgureis, the nuiiiher of women who niarii<'il at from 21 to 30 years is great- 01- than any other. The age ol whicn most women marry in Mcxio.3 is from IP lo 24. 11 is to be ob.serveti that ^n Ihe higher classes Ihe gins marry gen- erally when over 20. and sonic of lliern nearly :10 and over 30, while in Ihe mid- dle class a great majority of tne wo- men niairy before they are 20 vears old. Among the lower cla.s.s. on Ihe con- Irai'y, the number of girls who niurry U^fore 20 is considerable, and pianv of ttiem many at l.i, l-i. nnd even 12 years. The most recent cast« of g.irl.s married al l.T and lO nre observed ornong Ihe middle class and lower cla.ss people. One <if these is Angela Carmona, who married at 15 years; another is a Span- ish girl. BfKsari.) Gonzalez, who liiar- ricd a I. 16. ami another Is that of Kdu- orda Gutierrez, who married al It. As l<i the men, Ihe age at which Ihey generally marry is also from 21 lo 30 yeais. The slalislies for Ihe kisl two months show that the number of men marric.l at different ages was as fol- kiws: From 11 lo 20 years, 5; from 21 lo .1(1 yea!-s. 00; from 31 to 15 years, 57; over 60 years, 1. ! It is .seen that tne proporlion of men I marrying befon* 30 years i.s strong, tl- lh<iugh it is not as heavy as that of Ihe women married under that age The proportion of women mariiftl un- der 30 years is 130 lo 20, while the si;me pro;wrlion among Ihe men is 05 lo 70. In Mexico a woman ahovc 30 Ls con- .s'dered as not having much chance of being married, and in Ihe middle class Ihe clNinees are not great beyond S5 years. COURT LIFE IN RUSSIA THE IMPERIAL KITCHENS NEED A. PL'RE FOOD LAW. A Russian Writer in .a Puris luurr.al Says Tliey are Unsanitary Beyond Belief. A writer who signs himself as S. B. G. has conlribuled to Ihe Bevue of Paris .some revelations of the nelher side of court life in Bussi;i. The Bevue says that the writer i.> a Ru.ssian prince and lielongs to Ihe suile of the Czar. He begins wilh a refeiMiice lo Ihe Czar'.^ attack of typhus fev<T in 1900 and Ihe wonder expressed throughoul Europe that a polenlale whose life was S(j carefully guarded should have con- tractwl the infrcaon. There would have been n>) wonrler. he says, if Ine secrets â- of Ihe imperial kitchens were known. Tlie.se are r naged with inexpressible j disorder and are unsanitary beyond be- ( lef. Their unhygienic condilion is <inly equalled by llieir dishonesty and exlra- vagance. The alleged prince writes Ihal Ccn. Tyrto, brother of a former Minister of .Marine, callcil in his doctor one day. He was feaifully ill. "Where have you been dining " asked the doctor. "I had luncheon with the Czar yester- day, and I came right home and went lo bed, I was so ill," was Ihe answer. The doctor Ireate,! him for ptomaine poisoning and pulled him Ihrcugh. THE CZAB'S TABLE ia financed on a scale of eno.nnoas ex- lravaj.ance. Each .Msh provided Is put down al len rubles, or about ,$5, and each single article of food counts as a dish, though it may be only a few olives or a bunch of celery. M great .slate dinners Ihe figuring is still high- er. For instance, if Ihere arc 500 covers sel and lobs'er patties are en the menu Ihe account put in will t-e for .500 lob- sters at four rubles apiece, th'nigh one lobsler easily sullices for four or live guests. Or if ducks from Bouen are provided 500 ducks are paid for at live rubles each, though each duck affords four portions. Withal the lobsters are apt to be of doubtful freshness and Ihe ducks do not come from Bouen. The champagne which is served on these great occa- sions, except perhaps at the imperial table, IS sure lo ma.?querade as the choieest brand in the imperial cellars, but the real quality is worse than su- spicious. There is a man in SI. Petersburg who is famous tor his dinners and his wine. As he Is not wealthy his friends wonder how he does it. One day Ihe writer SOLVED THE MYSTEBY. DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PIU.S CURE ANAEMIA Pale Faces, Dizzy Spells, Palpitat- ing Hflait, Headanhes and Short- ness of Breath are Spiptoms of Ansmla. WaU^ry blood is an open Invitation lo di.seaso to lake pos=e.s.stJn of your system. Watery blcod is responsible for nearly all the headaches and back- aches and .sideaches that alBicl woman- kind. Watery blood is lesponsibla for llie dull eyes, sallow cheelis and the lislless. draggcd-out feeling that is found in so many growing girls. Good blood means good health, and good blood actually coijies through the us« «•' Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Weak, ailing. desi3<mdenl women who use this medicine are made active and sirong; lislless, pale-faced girls are given nev,- heailii, rosy chceli.s, bright eyes and a new .sense of happiness and security. Mrs. E. S. .Nighlhigale, Che.'^ley, Out., .says;â€" ".My daughter was ill for a long lime with anaemia, and would ofleij tc confined lo b<>d for three or four days al ji lime, and we tared she was going into decline. \ lady friend advised Ihe use of Dr. Wil- liams' Pink I'ills, and I got half a dozen boxes. By the lime these were used there was u marked improvement, and I got a further supply for her. The change these pilis have wivnighl in her condilion i-s .so great that you would not think that nhc was the same girl. ' will always have a kindly feeling for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.'' You can get these pills from any medicine dealer or ly mail at 5flc a tox or six boxes fcr $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' .Medicine Co., Brockville, Onl. ^ A NEW .MOTIVI-: POWER. â- â€¢MolorilO" "Your hu.sband .says Ihal when he is nr.gry he always counlis len before he .speaks," .said one woman. "Yes." ans- wered Ihe other; "I wish he'd slop it. Since he got dyspepsia home seems no- Uuns but a class in ai-ithmctic." He wai .silting in a cafe wilh the din- ner giver when u servant in court livery popped his head in al u rear door and beckoned. The prince thought Ihe sig- nal was for him, bul Ihe dinner giver put in with a dry laugh. â- 'Never mind. Thai's my purveyor general. He has sometliing for me. We'll have good wine lo drink his Ma- jesty's health in to-night." They went out into a rear corridor, where they found the .servant had a big basket. It contained twenty bottles of the linest wines, which the dinner giver paid for at from 50 kopecks lo a ruble i\ bottle and then sent them to his house by a public porter. II was far from a unique case. A re- gular trallic in choice delicacies, in- cluding fruit, poultry and confection- ery, is conslanlly going on between the Czar's pantry and the back doors o' epicures of Ihe capital, some of whom are well able lo pay for llieir supplies at market prices but who have Hie in- giaine<i Bussian love of graft. The tableware is u's) taken out of the palace and sold by kitchen servants and wallers. In Ihe reign of .Mfxan- ;ier III. his arlist friend BogoUib<3ff, prowling about in search of curios, came on ii beautiful Sevres plate, em- blazoned wilh the imperial arms and monogram,! in t junk shop. He bought it f<ir a trifle and then the deoler said: "If you care for rubbish of that sort f can get you lo's of it.' "Do, by all means." said Bogoluboff. In a few wcvks he had accumulale<l several dozen .specimens of THE CIH.XA AND GI.ASSWABE. n ;. stolen from Tsarskoe-Se!o. One day he asked ihc Czar lo come and see Ills newest curios. The Czar was enraged when Ihe mat ter was exlained l<i him. There was considerable clearing out of servants, and Iho police grubljed Ihe old junk dealc!-. Then Alexander devised a plan lo prevent furlher looting. lie ordered that a calalopie of every article in the palace be prepared so that the imp<'rial properly could be checked up al intervals. In Bu.ssia lliere is always a way to carry oul a reform in appearance and beat il in ef. Ilecl. The palace oihciaLs selected a nice teamed old man lo make the ca talogue, on author named Gregorowilz, He is dead and Ihe Czar is dead and BiTgoluboff is dead, bul Ihe catatogue is still unlinished. Ono day Ihe writer saw a painling with the imperiiil .slainp of Ihc Hermi- tage Museum on il for sale for five rubles in a second hand furnilure store. H-' made .come dLscrcet inquiries ami flic guardini's of the museum fold him thai il was very hard lo keep the pic- tures. Grand diike.s and court ofllcial.s and Ministers had n habit of borrowing pifluses for the decoration of their hoiise.s for .special occaskins, and Ihey very seldom came back. Hudson Maxim Has .\dded lo His Inventions. Hudson Maxim, the inventor of .Maxi- I! lie and sm"keles,s powder, h;io applied h'V ie^\*•^^' pulenl for tliree new invcn- ln<nsâ€" a new loi-pedo that can travel las- l''r than a mile a uimuU' ; u .submarina Uupedo that can attain a speed of over sixty miles un hour ; and a new nioliva powerâ€" nioloriteâ€"lo pi^oiK-l tlie torp<-»lo and the lorpixio boat so ixiwcrfully that if necessary it will shoot Iheni rocket-lilia out of Ihe sea. The narrative of his triply-crowned achievement rcutiis like a classic i\j- iriunce of adventure, for Mr. .Maxim, starting out with iiio sole intention of designing a loipe<lo thai, would surpass ill speed Ihe slow-iiiovijig Whileliejid, found that he had invent-wl not only, what he sought, bul ulb<i a motive [xiwer so tremendous that il .should revolulion- ize submarine warfare, trnnsixise the d««pised lorpedo bout into the most dieuded lighting mon.sler of the .sen, and â€" laterâ€" may even be expected to send a tiansatlantic liner between New York end Southampton faster than the fastest liains move on Ihe land. A delicate blend of nilro-glyceiine. guncollon and one other drug, and the application of a new system of "jet pro- pulsion 'â€"the same principle on which automobiles are runâ€" is Ihe secret of it all The laming of nilro-glyccrine and gi.n- collon from high expU,sivos into Uac- lable means of boat propul.sion was not a simple mallei-. But .Mr. .Maxuu llnally. got il. He also found a way lo set this moliva jvf wer going in water, so that Ihe action, c' Ihe water tiinnMl the combus- tion of Uie blended explosives ini<ii \Kny- erful jets, projeeling Ihe vessel forward in leaps iiis the jeLs, thrust out back- ward. The big problem v.ith Mr. Maxim l>o- came how to lone tlieiii down so ttii-y \v-iiildn't shiver Ihe loipedo to utoiiis each lime he lei one loo^se. But finally 1-0 succeeded in regulating themâ€" llirusl them Ix'neath levers under p<;rfect con- trol, and when he gol to sending them out tKickvvard fr<irii Hi'' stern of a lialf- k.n torpedo he found thai they would .send the lorlxxlo hiulling through Iha water at any spet'd he eared to name, f'lr as far as len miles with perfect aim. A WOBD TO MOTHEB.>. Baby's Own T.ililels is the on'y medi- cine for children Ihal gives lie mothep Ihe guaranlee ..f a Govenniient analyst thai il is ab.-<cliilc;y free from opiates end poisonous so dhing -luff. Ihe Tab- lets cure all stoniacli and bowel Irou- I'les, dt^slroy woniis. break sp eolils and simple fe\ers, and bring Icelli through paiiilesi,ly. They give baby s< uiid iialiiral .sleep lcenu.se Ihey i-e- niove Ihe cause of "iv)s-iiicss and sleep- k:ssncs.>. Mrs. H:clph .liidd, Ilnven, Ont., says; "Baby's Own Tahlels have given me great saUsfacUoii I'olh for teelliing troubles and eoit-slipalion." Sold by al' medicine deolers or by mail al 25 (.enlji a box from The llr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockvillc, OnU MISNAMED. "Why do you call young Kallow 'f.holly V His llrsl name is Noah, said Towne." ^ "I know,- replie<l Bifiwnc. "hut lliaf<s .s. • inappropriale. Noah had sense ei.ough lo gel in out of Ihe rain." "What ore y.iii i-ryiug about, deor?" inqiiiretl a .•^ympothelic hushai'd. "Oh, lUyirge, Ihe mice have gnl into Ihe onn- I'-y and eaten up n fc<aiiliful ciislnro' pjo I mode my.seli ! " "There, Uiet-o, my dear! !â- )< n't o;y ovor a few lillle mice!" wa.-j tlie dou'DliuUy coinpliinentary rejo'ndcr.