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Lemon Layer Cakeâ€"Beat a level tablespoon of butter and one cup of sugar together, add one beaten egg, twoâ€"thirds cup of milk, two cups of flour sifted with three level tom spoons of baking powder. lluke in laynrs. Spread with a filling made Cream Pudding.â€"Mclt a. rounding teaspoon of butter in two cups of milk scalded in a double boiler, then stir in three rounding tablespoons of sugar. Add a. few grating-s of nut- meg and the yolks of three eggs well beaten. Bvat the whites of the eggs until stifi and stir into the pudding lightly. Butter a. shallow pudding dish and dredge one-quarter inch deep with cracker crumbs; pour in the custard, then sprinkle the. tbp with crumbs. Bake and serve cool. Pickled Grapesâ€"Fill a. jar alternate layers of grapes the just ripe and sugar, leaving grapes in bunches after freeing from any that are imperfect. the jar with cold vinegar and tightly. Earthenware and stoneWare pots and pans for cooking are greatly to be' recommended. They are easy to keep clean and slow to burn, and give no unpleasant flavor to anyâ€" thing cooked. Feathcnware jars may be stood on the stove or in the oven equally well, and the con- tents will not sulfur by remaining in them till cold. You can really manage very Well without scales if you follow this simâ€" ple plan. One ordinary teacup full of flour is four ounces, so that four teacupfuls make a pound. Sugar is heavier, so do not take a full cup of it to make four ounces. Shred- ded suet is so light that a teacupt‘ul is only two ounces. W'hen frying doughnuts have a, ketâ€" tle of boiling water on the stove, and us each doughnut is taken from the fat, plunge it for a second in the water, then drain. The doughâ€" nuts are said to be entirely free from greasy taste or feeling when so treated. ‘ New milk put into a stone jar, tied over tightly with greased paper, and placed in a moderate oven for sever- al hours, makes a. nourishing drink, which is nearly equal to cream. Eaten with stewed fruit or preserve this is excellunt. To keep flowers fresh mix a little Car’bonate of soda in the water in your vases and you will find that the flowers will keep fresh much longer. Again, it is a good plan to keep them in a. dark room when not required for use. Green or dried beans may Abe-used. The dried ones must, of course, be soaked before baking. Turpentine cleans tin or zinc and makes it beautifully bright. It is also useful for cleaning discolored white bath enamel. Take a soft cloth, dip it in a. little turpentine, apply to the stained parts, then pol- ish with a. duster. Lima and red kidney beans are very good baked with pork, as orâ€" dinary white beans are prepared. Hardwood floors should not be washed. It is better to take equal parts of turpentine and crude oil and rub the floor well with a Woolâ€" len cloth moistened with the mix- Rum. £1911: together a. little mutton fat " bees'Wax, and, when liquid, rub a. little of it over the edges of boot soles, where the stitches are. This will render your boots quite Water- proof. After using olive oil in place of butter to saute potatoes, small fish, tomatoes, ctc., few housekeepers will care to go back to the old fashion, Oil, oven the best, costs very little more than butter, and less of it is required in cooking. meils dried and pulled apart into down are said to make a. capiâ€" tal filling for Sofa pillows. This catâ€"tail down does not absorb dampâ€" ness, neither does it over grow mouldy. Apply glycerine to a scald directly the accident happens and cover it with strips of rag soaked in glycerâ€" ino. Ii glycerine is not at hand ap‘ 91$ salad oil in the same way. a toaspoonful of turpentine has been wall stirred. To set delicate colors soak them for ten minutes previous to Washing in a pull of tepid Water, in which a. flannel ‘h‘wn making a. bcofsteak pie rcâ€" move every paJ‘tiCIe' of fat, as it never hmkos well and makes the pie both greasy and indigestiblc. ‘i‘o clean mirrors remove the fly stains by rubbing with a. cloth dipâ€" ped in methylated spirit. Then pol- Inh with a. woolen cloth and powd- uvd blue. When marble is spotted scatter over some powdered borax where it in stained or soiled. and then wash tie marble with warm Water, using 91‘ in cooking too much salt. has bosn put into an article add the 9mm: amount, of brown sugar to counteract the efl‘cct. “acon fat imparts a delicious flu.- \'or to chicken if used for basting or flying. gmemeueeeeemeeg TRIED RECIPES USEFUL HINTS of grapes that are ill a. jar with the them Fill cover Catarrh make: a. man ridiculousâ€"it makes him an ofiensive nuisance and it. makes him dangerously sick. It is pretty sure to bring on consumption. pnaumonia. or at least. u. throat afleC- tion. You can not afford either. but you can afiord the cure for it. It is Dr. Agncw's Untarrhal Powder. It. re- lieves a. cold or cuturrh, or cures a headache in 10 minutes. Don‘t hawk and spit and disgust. your friends. but cure yourself by the use of this remedy. 8 Dr Agnw'c Ointment relieves eczema in n day,35¢ The taste for that which is pu literature is a taste which beget finement in every department of Why not give the less” favored” a taste of that love for literature also? ' I notice a High School announce- ment among the good features of its work, says:â€" A regular course in Supplementary Reading to encourage in pupils a love of literature and to beget a. habit of thoughtful reading. If all our Public School pupils were going to the High School to complete their education, then leave Supplementary Reading to the High Schools, but with a very small perâ€" centage of our pupils ever entering a High School should we not give the majority who stay at home at least a share in the benefit to be derived from a. course in reading outside of the short selections in our Public School reader. GatarWIâ€"iérm luxury It is required of the professional man of toâ€"day that he should have not only the technical knowledge per- taining to his profession, but a fair degree of culture as well. Is there any good reason why the mechanic or_ the farmer should have less. Where will he get it better than by reading, and where will he got a love for reading if he does not get it. in the Public School before his whole attention is taken up with his daily tasks. These men are not mere money-making machines, and the possession of cultivated lit- erary tastes would be a valued means of relaxation after the day's Work. To many of our teachers Working hard in the preparation of candi- dates for the various examinations. it may seem an injustice to expect them to add any heavier burden to an already heavy curriculum. Yet since education is to fit the child for true citizenship, should it not be some part of our duty as teachers to help and lead out on broader lines. The chief function of the school is to direct mental activity, and when I see the eagerness with which many pupils grasp at a story to read, ei- ther in book or paper, it seems to me that we ought to have some course in reading in our public schools that would give us a chance to direct the reading of our pupils, and if possible create in them not only a love for literature, but what is more important, a. love for good literature. DishWaShing is usually considered a disagreeable task although it would not be an easy matter to account for the aversion to it. It is not sloppy dirty work unless one is careless, and the hands need not be roughened by it. Scrape all the crumbs from the plates into a bowl and empty them into a. slop pail. Do not pile the dishes up indiscrimâ€" inately. but-put all the dishes of one kind together. There should be a clean dish cloth or mop and at least tWo dry towels. These may be of linen. Essay Read by Mr. R. J. McKes- sock, Selina, at the Durham County Teachers’ Associ- ation, Bowmanville. Orange Omeletâ€"Three eggs, 8 tabâ€" lespoonfuls of powdered sugar, 1 orange, using the grated rind and 3 tablespoonfuls of juice; beat the yolks of the eggs with the sugar to a cream; add the grated find and the orange juice, then fold in light- ly the beaten Whites of the eggs. Have a. clean SmOoth frying pan, put in a teaspoonful of butter, ru’b- bing it round the side as well as the bottom of the pain. When the butter bubbles turn in the omelet mixture and spread it evenly. Do not shake the pan. Cook until it. is a. delicate brown and seems cook“ ed through, but not hard. Fold the edges over a little and turn it on to a. flat dis-h. Sprinkle plentiful with powdered sugar. from the grated rind and juice of one lemon, one spoonful of water. oneâ€"half cup of sugar, one egg, and one rounding teaspoon of butter. Boil ten minutes, then Sphjild be.- tween the cakes. Indian Puddingâ€"Heat one pint of milk to the senlding point, then add seven slightly rounding tablespoons of corn meal and scald it. Add one pint of milk, and skimmed milk Will do as well as Whole milk, one-half ‘cup of molasses, oneâ€"half level tea.- spoon each of cinnamon and ginger and a. pinch of salt. Stir well and bake three hours. About, half an hour after the pudding begins to cook stir it from the bottom of the dish, then do not stir it again. Sometimes for u. change add a rounding tablespoon of chopped suet. OR A NEGESSITY WASH‘ING DISHES WHAT TO READ is purc in begets re- life, There are dangers in attractive litâ€" erature of the sentimental characâ€" ter, which leaves the mind in a. The promiscuous reading of books is to the mind what the mastication of all kinds 'of material is to the bodv. ‘ Catc- the true patriot feeling irlto our boys better than by letting them hear or read tales of our own great British and Canadian heroes. mighty river, adding a. little here and a. little there, all going to in- crease the one great whole. In geography how many facts would be more firmly impressed by stories of travel or exploration, and what. new life it would add to literâ€" ature after some time spent in read- ing something more substantial than the more scraps provided by some of our lessons. How can We_ incul- ‘ What an increased power of expres- 'sion on their answer papers, more extended reading would give. An examiner on cxtrance papers cannot help but notice the difliculty with which most children find words to express their ideas. Would not a. Carefully outlined course in Suppleâ€" mentary Reading, properly used, give an increased power of expression. which, on examination papers alone go far to repay the time spent, on it. It would be to our present school course what the side lines or branches are to the main line of railway, or the tributaries to the mighty river, adding a. little here and a. little there, all going to in- crease the one m‘eat whole, but“ .â€"ww u‘rrt' ‘class something with a little more in It is a well-known principle that no new idea may be implanted in the mind without some principle in the inner nature akin to that which is being taught. Children readily recognize that of which they have some knowledge. These powers of recognition are the basis of advanceâ€" ment, and it is our duty to multiply these as far as possible in the chilâ€" dren under our care. Life is too short to let the pupil have actual contact with all the difficulties to be overcome so we must let the child supply them through imagination. inspired by the reading of books suitable to his mental condition and advancement. Do not children com: ing from homes where they have ac- cess to good reading matter grasp with ease thoughts presented to them. while others of similar age and temperament who have not the same advantage acquire these princi- ples with difficulty? or course we must admit, a part of this may be due to heredity, for the possession of that literature indicates the in- tellectual tendencies of the parent: but at the same time, the ideas the child is gaining from that library proves exceedingly valuable in the vauiring of further knowledge. But the question then arises. are there any practical results to be derived from a course in Supplementary Reading that will repay us for the time necessarily taken from our other school work. The mere fact that the course. in Supplementary Reading will broaden the mind of the child ought amply to reward us for the time spent. For surely the increased intellectual power will to some extent lessen the difficulty with which the pupil grasps the unâ€" derlying principles in the other subâ€" Jects. As a first example take hisâ€" tory. Are the dry details of his- tory sufficient to establish a thirst after historical knowledge? ' I fear not. Our Public School history says little. much too little, to give, us inspiration. The historical novel is as necessary here as is the balâ€" lad, the song, or the military dis- play to the patriotism of the nation. Let us then supplement these dry facts where we can by giving to our it to inspire a love for history well as a love for country. Another subject in which the pupil would receive a great deal of benefit from a course in Supplementary Reading is in composition. Success in composition requires a large stock of ideas and a copious vocabulary. It is an old doctrine that we learn to do by doing. but in composition at least, this has its limitations. Before the boy can write he must have something to express, and.the best training for the average boy is not in always writing composition, but in doing a fair share of reading composition as well, that is in the reading of good literature. as make us great. Children strive to imitate the highest model of man ‘or woman they know. Any trait of character displayed by a favorite friend or teacher is quickly acquired, because it is human nature. to do the best they can, that is, to become like their ideals. To get the highest ideals they ought to read the best literature. Here poetry and fiction arc of foremost importance, as they are the representation of idealized characters. They stimulate the im- agination and arouse the mind to greater activity and stronger desires to attain the realization of their ideal. action, and thought. The boy who loves a. pure poem will not indulge in evil language. The boy who will sit down and enjoy a pure story, or who delights in ’I‘ennyson's or Long- fellow's poems and who stores his memory with them. is the one who will have the highest ideals in life. Human beings must think, and if children's minds are not filled with noble thoughts there is much room for baser ideas. And what of the child's ideals. We are told that the ideal is to be at- tained by selecting and assimilating into our whole the perfections of many individuals, excluding every- thing defective. It is our efl'ort- to become like our ideals that tends to make us great. Children strive to surfeited Condition, and unable to grapple with the problems that face the average youth of to-day. Books of travel, adventure an] exploration give life and reality to the dry de- tails of the past: while lives of exâ€" plorers, warriors, heroes. statesmen. historical characters and religious celebrities all leave lasting impres- sions for good and elevate and en- noble our ideals. The demands which the needs of children have made on the authors of the present age have brought forth an abundance of books for their special use. There are books on goo- graphy, history and nature study re- duced to suit the minds of children 0‘ any 1180- The journals and month- 1V magazines: Man a- min-Int condition and children com: they have ac- mattcr grasp Lady Constance Mackenzie is nothâ€" ing it not original, and she has just had built a. kind of light Norwegian cm‘i‘ole, in which she drives about in Ross-shire. In Soumliland Lady Constance's costume was unconvenâ€" tionally picturesque, for it consistedl lot a soldier's grey flannel Shirt, worn' open at the throat, and with sleeves rolled up, khaki trousers, and a bronohoâ€"buster's hat. She rode us- tride, and always at a cantor, and shot, too, remarkably straight. The Hon. Chailotlc Knollys (pro- nounced Knowles) who has been the: constant attendant of Queen Alexanâ€"v dru. for the last thirty years, is said! to be the only lady not related toi the Queen who calls her by her; Christian name, or rather its Gianni-I utive, “Alix” In return Her Majes- ty and the Princesses Louise, Maud, The late Emeritusâ€"Professor Bain, of Aberdeen University, like many notable men of humble origin, was not ashamed of proclaiming the fact. On one occasion he joculm'ly said to his students in the logic class, “Gentlemen, my wife may be connected with the Thames of (law- d-or; but I am descended from the tinkers of Braemar." A French astronomer, M. Joubert, head of the St. Jacques Observatory, has had all his children named after stars. He has a Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn, and 8. Venus. In complet- ing the family firmamcnt he has the good fortune to be presented by his wife with twinsnand has cluistened them Castor and Pollux. Mr. Andrew Carnegie gets at least 200 letters a day about libraries, and he answers them all. He is a great lover of the bagpipes, and every morning the inmates of Skibo are awakened from their slumbers by the merry music evoked by the castle piper, who is also on duty during dinner. King Oscar of Sweden, it is said, is a. speculator on a fairly large scale, and has made a large amount of money by dealing in stocks and by privately buying up out-of-theâ€"way slums in Stockholm on the chance that they would be wanted for street improvements in course of time. Notes About Prominent People on the World‘s Stage. Five hundred thousand dollars for twenty concerts is the sum Kubelik is to receive for his tour in Decem- ber in the land of the Czar. Last of all, in the line of reading. outside of textâ€"books, might I menâ€" tion the newspaper. The newspaper of to-day contributes much to the moulding of public opinion; might it not also be used to assist our puâ€" pils in preparing for the battles of life? Newspapers are practical, and that is one class of education much in demand at the present time. They are the product of men who come in contact with the world, and are full of interesting accounts of current events much relished by the pupils. For example, during the South Afri- can War how much of both history and geography might have been stored in the minds of the pupils by following the main events as they appeared from Week to week in our papers; and by looking back over its causes, how much past history could have been linked With the present. The boy who reads the papers will be able to tell you a good deal more about Russia and Japan, the boundary line of Alaska, or the gov- ernment of Canada. than is to be found in text books. , The question of how to deal "ithi Supplementary Reading in school Ii will not attempt to discuss. but leave it to those of you who have more. experience; but I doubt not, that if we get the Supplementary Reading we will find Ways and means or dealing with it with profit to our schools. “menu uar. “new are. DOORS on geo- graphy, history and nature study rec dl'iced to suit the minds of children of any age. The journals and month- ly magazines also might be used with very good results in school. They teem with history and bio- graphy. as well as facts concerning the inventions of the age. Our Cun- adian Magazine is a library in itself taking up everything from the plant and animal life of our Dominion to her wars and the heroes engaged in them. u: travel, adventure an] give life and reality to tails of the past; while plorers, warriors, heroes Aches and Pains PERSONAL POINTERS. I: the greatest remedy in the world for ail bodily £01- whig‘n an exfcrnal remedy may be used. Pricc,_25c and 50c. le ln'cs of exâ€" 85. statesmen, and religious asting irnpres- 0"ate and enâ€" exploration the dry do- lives of ex- statesmen Sir Harry Johnston. the defeated : Liberal candidate for Rochester, Eng- ,lland, even when far from civilization - always likes to be well dressed and well found in every way. Even in the wilds of Uganda he always had his meals at a. table with a. spot- lessly clean table cloth, Whereon reâ€" posed sih'cr and glass such as you might find in some Belgravian home. Sir Harry once had to raid a noted slave-raider named 'l‘niOse. He first gave him warning that when captur- ed he would be hanged, and when the fight was over and 'l‘mose Was a. captive he was led into the English- man's presence. “’l‘mose, you were foolish to fight," said the \‘lCtOl'. “You shall have a good dinner and the best bottle of champagne I have inow, and at seven toâ€"morrow mornâ€" ing you shall be hanged.” The hang- : ing was cariied out with punctuality, iand immediately Sir Harry sent the ifollo'uing laconic message to Lord iSalisbux‘y : “Advanced against Tmose defeated, captured, hanged him.â€" Johnston. No European ruler uses the tele graph so much as the Emperor 01 Russia. He has a secret code both for his private and his official mes sages, and expends $25.000,’u. year in this kind of correspondence. Thu Germ'zfn Emperor spends $15,000 a year in the same way, and he uses a. code which he has invented him- iself, and which he finds very useful whenever he desires to communicate with the Cabinet Ministers or other prominent officials. The telegraph ‘is not used to any extent either by the King of Italy, the Emperor of Austria, or the King of Greece; but, on the other hand, King Edward and Queen Alexandra use it constantly. King Edward signs his private desâ€" patches “Albert Edward" or “Ber- tie,” and the Queen, who always signs hers “Alexandra,” writes quite as many in German as in English. VSir Johnston, the defeated King Edward VII. has now two Emperors in his Army, and both are Fieldâ€"Marshals. One, the Emperor of Austria, received his commission only quite recently; but the other, ‘the German Emeror, has been a ,soldier for over um years, his baton ‘being a birthdu present from his 'Royal uncle on gunuary 27th, 1901, during hls sad sojourn in England ;at the time of Queen Victoria's death ‘In addition to being a. Field-Marshal in the Army, the Kalser is an Ad- ‘miral of the Fleet in the British Navy, an honorary post conferred on him by Queen Victoria. fourteen years ‘ago. Madame. Nordirn, the famous voca- list, relates with amusement that. her first fee. was pal-d to her not, for singing, but for consenting not to sing. .W'hen a, child the great singer had two older sisters, whose singing practice (for they also were voca- llists) was greatly disturbed by the effort of their little sister to join in their songs. In vain they appealed and protested; the little one had tal- ent and was not to be denied. In~ deed, it sometimes happened that she learned their songs before they did. At last resort was had to bribery, and the ambitious little vocalist re- ceived a money payment to securt her silence. has apartments in all thevnitlocos. Canon Horsley, of England, tells many quaint. stories of his exper- iences as a. prison chaplain. One of these relates how he took a reform- ed burglar out for a. drive in the country after an enforced seclusion in one of His Majesty's prisons. The burglar appeared to enjoy himself inunonsely, but when they passed a pretty house standing back from the road, and bearing evidence of the taste and Wealth of the owner, the burglar fairly gloated over it and, turning to tire Canon, exclaimed, “What a lovely little crib that woqu be to crack, sir, wouldn't, it ?" and Victoria always address Miss Knol ys as “Chmty.” She invari- ably travels with the Queen and has apartments in all the pulacos. Canon Horsley,‘ of England, tells Shifieh’5 Cansumption The Lung Tonic Coughing is the outward sign of inward disem Cure the disease witfi Prices 25c., 50c. and $l.00 and the cough will stop. Try it to-night. If it doesn’t benefit you we’ll give your money back. 'oromo, Cnn‘ s. C._WELLS & co‘ LeRoy, N.\'.