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Di About the ....House CLAIMS OF THE KITCHEN. In building a house the average in- dividual is. much more concerned about the parlors, the reception ha“ and the dining-room than with the kitchen, which some one has called “the heart of the house." Some of us have recollections of the old-fashioned kitchen “at grandâ€" father's," that are more or less tinged with sentiment, but few want that. kind of a kitchen in their own houses. The oldâ€"fashioned kitchen was really the family livingâ€"room. It was dining-room except. on state occasions. washroom, cookroom, and the caller who ran in for a few min- utes' chat was familiarly made at home while the work went on uninâ€" terruptedly. The woman who got the meals traveled many extra miles in the course of the year because of the wide area required for all these domestic processes. She generally had “sitters” whom she had to dodge, and was wont to occasionally express her sentiments about having somebody eternally "under her feet." We don’t live in the kitchen as much as we used to. Even on the farm, the last stronghold of the kit- chen as a living room, there is a strong tendency to use the whole house and confine the kitchen to its legitimate purposes as a 'cook room. Women realize that a small, convenâ€" ient kitchen is an economizer of time, travel and strength. In a kitchen twelve feet square there is ample room for the neces- sary conveniences which the worker can reach with ease. The chief rea- son for a roomy kitchen~the neces- sity of getting away from a redâ€"hot stove in summer, has been done away with by the almost universal use of the gasoline stove, which throws out little heat, and is out of commission within five minutes after it is put out. The kitchen should be on a level with tho dining-room, its location should be carefully chosen. Not so near the diningâ€"room that its heat and odors enter that room, nor so near a bedroom that the building of fires or the pounding of steak arel disturbing. One of the important study of prevailing winds will often enable the builder to so place the windows that a ‘current of air will carry the odors of cooking out of the house instead of diffusing them through it. 'A kitchen should have opposite windows so arranged as to be easily lowered from the top for just this purpose Plenty of light is indispensable in the" kitchen. In addition to the windOWS, light is gained by making the walls light in color. Oil paint applied to the plaster on walls and ceiling is easily._cleaned, and is bet- ter than kalsomined or paperedl walls. Paper is easily loosened by steam, and if used should he the oiled paper in tile pattern, which not only looks well, but which, if' revarnislied after the first washing, can be cleaned several times. ' A wainscoting of Georgia. pine on the side Walls to a height of four or five feet is better than mopâ€"boards and plaster, especially where there are children. For the floor, there is nothing better than pine covered with linoleum. The hardwood floor is trying_to many women, because it is like walking on pavement, pro- ducing a jar on the spine which is tiring. The linoleum is elastic and does away with this jar. Though it is expensivo‘it is durable, wears well, looks well, and is easily clean- ed. The pattern of the genuine lin- oleum goes Clear through the fabric, and therefore does not wear off. The iron and zink sink has been eliminated from the up-toadate kitâ€" chen, and in its place stands the white enameled one, with an extenâ€" sion at one end, on which to place the dishes when rinsed and wiped. \Vith hot and cold water to be had at the turn of a faucet, or even from a reservoir on the stove within arm’s length, dishwashing is made easy. A zinc covered table or shelf is o. convenience the housekeeper will ap- preciate, especially if it is provided with drawers for spices, utensils, towels, etc. A marble slab for use in pastryâ€"making is something the cook seldom gets, but which she rec- kons as indispensable after she has once used it. The height of the stove, the sink and the. table should be adjusted to the height of the woman who is to work at them. Backachcs are bought on by working over a table or stove that is too low. A high stool on which the worker may sit at her table or sink and be raised high enough above either to work with case is a convenience worth more than the rocking-chair that newspapers Writers insist upon as essential to the cook's comfort. In cool weather a coolingâ€"box out- side a window will save many trips down cellar. This is only a box fit- ted into the lower sash 0d the out- side of a window, with a shelf or two in it if needed. The lower sash is raised to put things in. then low- ered. Holes in the back and coverâ€" ed. with mosquito not serve for venâ€" tilation, or the whole back of the box may be made of wire netting. Iron pots and kettles, copper tea- kettles, and other heavy and cum- bersome utensils should be replaced by granite and agate ware. There is no sense in lifting pounds, daily, where ounces would suflice. A drop shelf against the wall is handy. Hinged to the wall and furnished with a secure prop, it comes in play many times. If a woodbox is necessary have it fitted into the wall between kitchen and woodsbed, with hinged covers on each side so it can be filled from the outside. A lot of dirt and “tracking” is obviated. Somethingr often (almost universalâ€" ly) overlooked in the planning of a. house is to locate the bedrooms and their windows so as to take advan- tage of the prevailing winds in sumâ€" mer and thus get air and coolness. Bedrooms on the east side of a house are nearly always hot in sum- mer and cold in winter. Put the kitchen on the north or west side if you can; thus you have it cool in summer. Plan the porch so that it has a pretty outlook, gets the breeze, and is not overlooked by the street and the neighbors’ windows. DOMESTIC RECIPES. Two Saucesâ€"Custard sauceâ€"A half pint milk; one egg; one-quarter cup sugar. Set over fire and stir. till thick. Chocolate sauceâ€"Small cup sugar, three tablespoonfuls butter and five of flour; one pint of boiling water and half a. square of melted sweet chocolate. Cook till thick. Boullettes of Liver.â€"-Cut onehalf pound of liver into thin slices and boil gently for twenty minutes; drain and chop fine. Put a gill of milk in a double boiler; rub together one tablespoonful of butter and two of flour; stir into the milk and when a thick paste is formed add the liver. Cook in double boiler for at least ten minutes. Add one table- spoonful chopped parsley; one tea- spoonful salt; oneâ€"quarter teaspoonâ€" ful pepper; one toaspoonful onion juice._ When cold, form into balls, dip in egg and bread crumbs, and fry in hot fat. One Egg Cookiesâ€"One cup. each, of sour milk and shortening; one and one-half cups sugar; oneâ€"half cup water; one egg; one level tablespoon saleratus; two heaping teaspoonfuls baking powder sifted in with seine of the flour. Flavor with cinnamon or nutmeg and add a pinch of salt. Mix as soft as they can be rolled out. Lovely Layer Cakeâ€"An expert in cookery gives the following recipe, with careful directions as to mixing, which are as necessary to success as are the ingredients: Cream :1 quar- ter of a cup of butter, add gradual- Stone in indescribable Pans ladden An Exceptionally Severe Case in Which a . Helpless Su‘fi’erer Dr. Gbase’s Kid Gravel or stone in bladder is about the most painful ailment that ever afflicted mankind. It is éthe. result of deranged kidneys, the uric' I acid forming into hard substances, which lodge in the kidneys and blad- der. This horrible disease is preâ€" vented and cured by Dr. Chase’s Kidney-Liver Pills. Mr, Daniel Brown, English River. Ont., writes :~“For three years I] suffered from urinary troubles. par-v taking of the nature of stone in the ladder or graxcl, and the pain which I endured can scarcely he desâ€" cribed. I was unable to do any work, and frequently dischargedi blood. Though I spent hundreds of dollars in doctors’ bills I received, no relief, and at last dEcided that if would never be able to work again. ; "While in this condition I was :1d-l vised to try Dr. Chase's Kidneyâ€"7 Liver R‘ills, and though I had nol faith 3: them or in aiiythiyg else Il Was Restored by hey Liver Pile decided After using one box I felt a decided change for the better, and affcr tak- ing five boxes I feel like a new man. I am entirely out of pain, and have no more discharge of blood. I can honestly recommend Dr. Chase's Kidneyâ€"Liver I’ills to any fellow suf- ferer, and will cheerfully verify this[ statement to anyone writing me." Mr. W. Bowen, Postmaster and station agent at English River, Ont, writes :â€"“I have interviewed Mr. Daniel Brown of this place in regard to his long illness and cure, and hereby certify that the testiâ€" monial as given by him is correct." Dr, Chase‘s Kidneyâ€"Liver Pills, one pill a dose, 25 cents a box, at all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates 8: Co.. Toronto. To protect imitations the portrait and signaâ€" ture of Dr. A. W. Chase, the famous£ receipt book author, are cu box. c- x cc; to give them a fair iriul., lly one cup of sugar, then two well beaten eggs, half a. cup of milk, and one and two-thirds cups of flour sifted with two and a half teaspoons of baking powder. In cold weather soften the butler and warm the bowl before beginning to mix cake. Have the flour sifted and measured. butter the cake tins with a bristle brush. and sift over their greased surface a film of flour to keep the cake from sticking. Put the softenâ€" ed butter in the warm bowl and beat with the slitted spoon until it is creamy; this allows a perfect blendâ€" ing with the sugar, which should be added while you beat constantly. When the butter and sugar is white and creamy, sift in a few spoonfuls of flour, then add the eggs and beat energetically. Pour in the milk, sift the flour and baking powder. Put the batter immediately into the oiled tins, scraping every particle from the bowl with a palette knife and before setting the. cake in the oven level it slightly, making it somewhat higher at the sides than in tho centre. This makes a cake level, as it is always sure to rise a little higher in the center. Never scrape batter from the knife on the edge of the pan; if you do, the cake will not rise on that side. In fif- teen or twcnty minutes the cake should be perfectly baked. HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS. Nutmegs should be kept out of the reach of children. , They are. a dead- ly poison, as dangerous as carbolic acid or ammonia. Curiously, many children seem fond of them. A case is on record where an 8â€"yearâ€"old boy died in great agony after chewing two nutmegs. Children often have curiously ab- normal appetites, as witness the craving of the schoolgirl for chalk and slate pencils. Things that are deleterious should be rarefully kept out of their way. A child old enough to know better once etc so much camplior gum (“because it felt so funny in her teeth," she explain- ed) that she was made very ill and has ever since disliked the odor of campbor. Equal parts of ammonia and spir- its of turpentine will lake paint out of clothing no matter how dry and hard it may be. Saturate the spot several times and then wash out in soapsuds. Improve the first fine days by giv- ing the bedding 3. good airing on ‘the line. The sun purifies blankets and quilts, raising the pile on the first and enlivening the cotton in the latter. One of the “spring jobs” the house wife dreads is the frying and pack- ing down of the sausage and hams for summer consumption. To avoid having to treat the horns in this manner make covers of heavy cot- ton, sewing the hams into them tightly, and then whitewash the out- side. Hung in a cool cellar or a dry dark granary they are safe from flies. _.-___+_ KEEP LITTLE ONES WELL. ‘ â€"â€" Thel‘e ought not to be any sickly, fretful, sleepless childl‘enâ€"â€"-there would not be any ii mothers gave their little ones an occasional dose of Baby’s Own Tablets. The little ones are sickly and fretful and sleepless usually because of some stomach, bowel or teething trouble. These and the other minor ills of little ones are speedily relieved and promptly cured by Baby's ()wn Tab- lets, and the little one thrives and grows plump, sleeps well at night and lets the mother get her much needed rest as well. Mrs. R. M. Lalluc, Mountain, 0nt., soys:â€"-â€"“I can recommend Baby's Own Tablets to all mothers who have cross or de- licale children. I do not know how I could get along without them. Mother, isn’t it worth your while to give this medicine just one trial? If your medicine dealer does not keep 'the Tablets send 25 cents to The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont., and the Tablets will be sent by mail post paid. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"4"â€" ~_' SENTENCE SICRMONS. Selfishness is the heart of sin. The fussy are never effective. Obedience is better than oblation. Character is crystallized conduct, Revenge is sweetest when renounc- ed. Mercies multiply as we them. Only manufactured doubts are ad- vertiscd. Nothing spoils the life like for the spoils. ' Our victories depend on how we itake our defeats. living happiness is the only secret of getting it. There is no delight for those who rfurn back from duty. An unbridled tongue goes with an unburdencd brain. anflSlll‘O li\iug Sins of the imagination are more. lthan imaginary sins. 'A man's love for God may be measured by his life for men. You can hardly expect to get fire, "out of a cold storage religion. l A principle hung up on the wall ‘may be worse than none at all. The man who can smile at a small trouble will subdue a great one. The man who is looking for a .chance to be grateful is never withâ€" Iout one. With an uneducated, heart there can head. I It is (we thing to work up your :scri‘: nuts and another to work out W our salvation. f . . .‘ P . A?“ taxi-'4"- PLAN OF COW STALL. Two rows of cows in a barn 26ft. wide will confine them in rather close quarters but can be arranged so they can be comfortable and cnough space left for alloys. The co\vs should face, the centre for convenience in feeding. Have a 3 foot alley back of the cows, with a gutter from 12 to 15 inches wide and 6 inches deep. The floor upon which the cows stand should‘ be level giving ‘11} feet for standing room, about 2 feet for manger, making 11 feet for each cow and 22 feet for the, two, with a conâ€" tre feeding alley about 4 feet wide. The stalls should be 3; feet wide from centre to centre, which will leave about 3 feet and 4 inches in the clear, and will provide ten stalls on each side. The partitions between the cows should be about 4 feet high and may be made of boards or slates. The rear Posts may be omitted, as it is not readily needed. The first post, which may be a 2 x 4 scantling, is 4% feet from the gutter, the front post is set forward 3 feet .and slats nailed against it. The partition boards or slats should be fastened on- to upright slats and then hung on the rear post with hinges. Place slats in front so the cows cannot step forward and fasten a rope onto the rear end of the partition with a staple. The rope or chain ip the rear of the cows should be about 3/fect 6 inches long. with a hook on the end which can be hooked into a staple in the swinging partition on the other side. If the upper hinge on the parâ€" tition is a little lower, so that the partition Will sag a little, it will alâ€" ways swing into THE PROPER POSITION. When it is desired to let the cows out. unlock the rope or chain back of the cow, beginning at one end, let the first cow back out; give her time so she will be able to get out and not afraid to back in the gutter. The other cows will soon learn to push the swinging partition which will give them room to turn around. Each cow has a. separate box for a manger, about 2 feet 10 inches on. A. w. cusré GATARRH cuss is sent direct to the diseased parts by the Improved Blower. Heels the ulcers. clears the a]! passages, stops droppin s in the throat and rmananl y cures Catarrh and lay Fever. Blower free. All dgnlers, or Dr. A. W. ( has: Medium: Co.. Toronto and Buffalo '3' square. The top of the manger in front of the cow is only from 3 to 10 inches high, so her head will be in a natural position when lying down. The manger should be adjustable so that when she is standing with her hind feet near the gutter her nose will just reach the slats in front. which will prevent her from stopping forward and soiling the rear of the stall. Any adjustment of a stall which will prcvcnt cows from step- ping forward will keep them clean, and bv having the manger low, so that when lying down the head can be carried in a natural position, will afford comfort, which is an essential point in securing a large flow of milk. The slats in front of the cow will prevent her from getting the hay or other roughage under her fur-t. The stall is made narrow so that the cow cannot turn round, while the chain or rope is fastened from one partition to the other. Each cow should be taught to take lu-r own stall and the teaching should be douc with patience and great cal-e. It rc- quircs gentleness and tact to teach cows properly. but in the end one is amply rewarded for exercising these virtues. (,‘Alll‘l OT" DAIRY f‘UlVS In the housing and corn of dairy cows no country shows, 12-: u ruli- in general practice. any Jul‘tllfll‘; or conditions better than lliosv of this country. The average conditions elsewhere are bad enough. with oppoi~ tunities for very great improvement, but such improvement is living made as rapidly in this counfrji as any, where. Nowhere else is flu-m a bet- ter appreciation of the imporlzmcc and economy of abundant room, llight. air. dr_\ncss, comfort. and iClL‘Llllllill'EZS for cows. Hun hears much 'of the close relations lmtwncn the zdaii‘y cows-i and the familius of their 1owners in Holland and Swifyt-rland, connecting apartments, llll(l:".’ the Isome roof. etc; but the Stables which ;are seen in summer convvrtul into Iconservatorics and rooms for weaving.r land cheese Curing are the execptionul land Sh0“' places. liven thr- best, of jtliesc when visited in niidwiutv-r, with ‘ihe cattle in place, are often found idark. ill ventilated, closo. crowded, ‘mid insanitm‘y in many respects. alâ€" ithough frcquwntlv kept ClL‘Llll. The lconstruclion of cow stables generally gin the old world is of a substantial kind, but with little regard to light .and ventilation, convenience of ar- lrangenic-nt or case of cleaning. The ilabor necessary to keep them in deâ€" ;cent condition would be regarded as ‘impossible in this country. The row . ~ l . you against lie-\‘ci‘ be more than a half educated lhouses in ll3nmark a'a‘cl‘ugv the host {of all in liuropc, but flu-y are no .better in on}: respect the". ‘ logo of those of the dill 'districts of this coatti'x ;‘.!:Jl lllv' ; z-x llll’C 1“.“ llr. llillzams' is here for more regard for economy of labor management. Danish stables are generally kept clean. but at the cost of a vast amount of very cheap labor. In other countries. as well as Denmark, much attention is paid to cleaning the cow stables, but the corn 'clusiou has been forced upon us that this is done more from ,tlll apprecia- tion of the value of all manurinl mat- ter and the fixed habit of saving it than from any knowledge or inten- tion of cleanliness as of prime im- portance in dinning. This is especi- ally shown by the fact that the cows are milked in just about us careless and unclr'nlllv a manner in Great .llriâ€" tain and all over Europc us. it must unfortunately he conll-ssn'd, is the common practice in this country. The vcry general use of women as inilkers in all foreign dairy districts is a dc- cidcd advanlugc; they are, gentler and cleaner than men, and vastly better than the average farm laborer, who does all sorts of work duringr the day. ,. Much attention is being given, CSpeciâ€" ally in England, to perpetuate the custom of employing women instead of men for inilkcrs. and to omintain the efficiency of milkâ€"maids: the po- pular public milking contests at the dairy shows are useful and command- able. llhny parts of Europe have. the additionigl advantage of keeping the cows in the fields continuously the greater part of the year and milking them in the open air. This practice does much to insure clean milk and pure products. DAIRYING ON A SMALL SCALE. There are many farmers who Drac- lice general farming, keeping enough ZOWS to pay tlic grocery bill. who do not feel that their businrss in this line is large enough to “‘Ql'l'ulll, using the best modern applicances and conâ€" ducting the business along the lines laid down by the best (laii'yiug au-. thorities. Each man must. judge for himself as to whether it is advisable to put in a separator and to build a silo. It is probable that a Separator will pay for itself in a comparath’ely short time, even where but a few cows are kept. If not. add a few more to the herd and arrange to save all the buffer fat that is pro- duced. If cows are kept, they should have. the feed that will enable tlu-m to produce the most profit for the owner, and it is the gf‘lll'l‘ill experi- ence of practical duirying that the silo is an advantage in protflcing milk cheaply. But whether silo and separators are adopted or not. most farmers who keep cows could improve their methods of feeding and the. gen- eral conduct of the llllSllll‘SS. It would be wise for many to have their cows come fresh in the fall or early winter, rather than in spring as so many do. The price of butter is higher in the winter, and the [armâ€" or has less other work to dcniaud his time and attention, than during the summer months. Many farmers al- low their cows to go dry all winter, and While feeding them, rc'cuive no income from the herd. Of course, a cow givingr milk will require more feed and b-‘tfi-r cure, than one running dry, but she must be fed roughage anyway. mid grain which would be reguired to male: milk. would be paid for many lime: over by the butter she produced. To make a cow do her best i; ~."lll’..l:l‘ she should IJI‘ y'arnily lmusnrl illll not be allmvcrl to run our «lump cold. stormy \vl-nflri’. Silage i.x a great u(l\‘,‘_llltu;"(', bul if full bright swl-cf clover hay and corn llid‘h'.", bran or ground corn. sh» will do well especially if a I':-u' roots can be of (ch1 to the ration to incur, the for grecn fut-(l. If the rouglmg- l5 chiefly clover. a. greater amount of fatâ€"producing elements will I»! r.»- (luircd in tlir- grain, and 21. large amount of corn llll‘ul mu In proli;ul.- ly usud. if ti o rougiiugn is l.ll‘;1,'li_‘,' corn stalks. timothy hay :uul mt straw. the drain ration allu'lld in: composed largely of f'cctls rich in pi'w tciu. "will: ..___.L-A______ HEALTH IN SPRING. 'Nature Requires Assistance in Making New, Healthâ€"Giving Blood. ‘ Spring is the ,svslcm llL'-'Il>; for. 5' nix in ‘ll' .spriug' you must have lli'\‘.' hit-“.1 5‘s; li‘u‘i the ll'éx‘s must lime :u-xv filfl. Nuâ€" [ture demands it. Without u'". liloul iyou will fowl weary, weal. .‘lll'l inu- la‘uitl. 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