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Lemon Pie Without Lemonâ€"Line a pie tin with pie crust dough, prick the bottom Well with a. fork to keep it from blistering, and bake. The crust should be ready before beginn- ing to make the filling. For the fill- ing, boat the yolks of two eggs (sav- ing the whites for frosting), with thrrequarters cup sugar until smooth then stir in 8 tablespoons vinegar, and add 2 heaping tablespoons flour and stir until thoroughly mixed to- gether; add 1 cup boiling water, stir well, then set over the fire until it thickens. being careful to stir Well all the time to keep it from sticking to the bottom. Now set it away and let cool While you beat the whites of 2 eggs to a stiff froth; add quarter cup sugar and stir just enopgh to Graham Mushâ€"With all .the many Varieties of breakfast foods. new and 01:1, cooked and uncooked, we occa- sionally return to a dish of plain graham mushâ€"the bteakl’ast food of my childhood. To be really good the water, salted to taste. should be boiling hard before the flour is added. This must be sifted in slowly through the fingers and stirred constantly to prevent lumps. I! the mush cools peroeptibl during the making, wait a. momen until it boils again and boils hard or the mush will not be so good. The stillness of the mush may be varied to suit individual tastes. As it needs only to be cool-:- ed a few moments like “minute pudâ€" ding,” it is a. very satisfactory emer- gmmy dish. Half a teaspoonful three or four times a day in its bottle will bring the desired result. It seems to have a magical effect upon babies and children. SCOTT & BOWNE,’ Chemists. Toronto. Ont Grape Fruit Preservesâ€"When eaten, grape fruits are cut in halves, cross- wise. well sweetened “ith ganulaed sugar, and the I'lnds are then ready to be preserved. First, clean out every particle of the tough. inside skins. Then grate the i'inds edgewise on a, coarse potato grater. Soak over night. 11min ofl the water and boil until tender. Drain off the boil- ing water also and throw it away. Make the syrup 0! two cups of sugar to one of water and let it boil until [1: begins to thicken. Add the grated grape fruit rinds to the boiling syrup and boil steadily for 20 minutes. The flavor is delicious. It is economical and good and keeps indefinitely, Scnfl’s Emulsion If not, something must be wrong with its food. If the mother's milk doesn’t nourish it. she needs Scorr’s EMULSION. It supplies the elements of fat required for the baby. If baby is not nourished by its artificial food, then it requires Corn Gemsâ€"Coarse breads made from rolled oats, rolled wheat, whole wheat, and cornmeal are very neces- sary daily foods. They keep the lower bowel in hoalthy action. Peo- ple who use white bread constantly belong to the class of people found usually among dyspeptics, and that other olass hnvlng headaches almost daily. I! you use coarse 01‘ grunulnbâ€" ed cornmeal take one cupful 0? Corn- meal and hglt‘ a cupful of bread flour, using the same quantity as given or ordinary muffins. MISS THE BABY TfliEWlf‘? English Puddingâ€"Oneâ€"half cup of molasses, one cup of sugar. one-half cup of butter, two cups of flour! two cups of sour cream, one cup of seed- ed raislns. onehalf cup of entrants. oneqdm‘ter Cle of Citron, one large tcuspounful of soda. one small teaâ€" s‘poonful of claw-s, one small toa- spoonful of nutmeg, one-half tea.- spoonful of cinnamon. one and one- half teaspoonfuls of lemon. one tnblespoonful of vanilla, four eggs. Stir molasses, sugar, and cream to- gether with the (loda. Beat eggs to a light: froth and add the flour; last/- ly, melted butter. Stir briskly five minutes. Steam three hours. {$323333 About D))Irb))))b)§»)) SSSSQQ‘QQQM. House :emists, Toronto. On: the Fruit, Stains on Linenâ€"If applied at once. powdered starch will take out, many kinds of fruit stains on linen. It must be left on the stained part for a. few hours, so that all discolorationis absorbed by the starch. “Our society,’ said the prison vis- itor, "is anxious to help you. Is there anything you'd like us to "secure for you?" “Well,” replied the convict. "I would like to have permission to in- wn: a flying machine and use it." 'A good metal polish may be made as follows: Take half a pound of powdered rotteustone, one pound of soft soap, and one quart of soft, water; boil all together for half an hour. and then set in tins for sue. Apply with a flannel, and pulish with soft rags. Oil for clocks should he very pure, and can be made So in this manner: Put a. quarter of a pint, of lime water to a. pint of oil in a bottle, shake it well, and let stand for five days; then draw off the oil carefully for use. Borax water is useful for the toilet. Make it by dissolving as much borax as the boiling water will take up. Use a, tablespoonful of this solution in about one pint of boiling water for washing the hands at night. , __V_‘- ., . v. To keep sponges soft and white wash them in warm water with a. little tartaric acid in it, then rinse in plenty of cold water. Care must be taken not. to ppt too much tar- taric acid. or the sponges will be spoilt. For a, shampoo mixture make a froth of good toilet soap, and when lukewarm add to it the beaten yolk of an egg and a dessertspoonful of spirits of rosemary. When the hair s'pllts it should be cut by a good hairdresser and sing- cd. Have this treatment carried out at least once a, month, and the con- dition of the hair will soon improve. When windows are fiiflicult rub the cords with soft soap sashes will run smoothly. After smoking until a light brown is attained, wrap each piece of meat in brown paper and inclose in bags made of unbleached muslin. Tie or sew these securely, then dip the bags for two minutes into a thick lime or ochre wash, to which has been added 8. little salt and some liquid glue. The water used in making this wash should have been boiled. Instead of bagging the smoked meat, it may be packed solidly and deeply in clean, dry oats or chafi. Pack the cut meat as solidly as possible in a clean barrel. Place the larger pieces at the bottom. No piece should measure over 6x12 inch- es. Pour on the cooled pickle and completely cover the meat. Cover the barrel tightly and set away in a cool, dark, dry place. The meat may remain in the pickle until wanted for use. If to be smoked} remove from pickle after six weeks and drain for a day or two before smoking. To smoke use green hickory wood. Those who like a, flavor may add a few chips of sassafras or juniper berries. The smokehouse must be dark and air-tight, except the r‘himncy. This should be covered with wire mOSquito netting. The skippers which damage farm cured meat most often attack the meat in the smokejhouse. The parent of the skipper is a fly which iniests meat houses, but which may‘ be easily kept out by means of wire1 netting and well closed framing. l in To make a, good, mild and whole- some meat pickle take the following materials for each 100 pounds meat: Common salt 8 pounds, brown sugar 2 pounds, cream of tartar 2 ounces, water 4 gallons. First boil the wat- er for 15 minutes and then stir in the salt, sugar and cream of tartar. Keep hot until all dissolvedj Let the pickle (‘001 before using. The old method of pickling meat in a. strong snltpeter brine is still very generally used by farmers in putting up their annual supply. This method produces a strong flavored, rather dry and indigestible product. There is a popular impression that salt- peter in a very powerful preservative and that salted meat will not keep without it. In fact, saltpeter is not a preservative at all. It is a strong astringent, hardening the meat fibres, expelling the natural juices and doâ€" crezzsing the nutritious qualities of the meat. When taken into the huâ€" man body in quantity, it acts as a, powerful irritant to the mucus mem- branes of the stomach, bowels and kidneys. The use of saltpeter upon meat is unnecessary and undesirable. A much better and safer substitute is cream of tartar. Sweetheartsâ€"Make some nice puff paste, roll out quarter inch thick and cut out, with a heartâ€"shaped cookey cutter. Place in a. pan, sprinkle with fine granulated sugar and bake in a. quick oven. When done. the cakes will be of a, feathery lightncss, and of a. pale bronw color. Remove them from the pan. and when cold spread the underside of half the hearts with jellyor jam. Place a plain heart, on each (sandwich style), and press together. Chocolate or other icing may be used instead of the first num- ed filling. mix the sugar in well. To the lemon pie filling, which has been cooling, add 2 tablespoons lemon extract, stir well, then put into the piecrust. Spread the frosting on smoothly and set in the oven, on the top grate. until a, light brown. This filling makes one pie and is ivory good. Most people like it better than when made of the lemon, as it has a more pleas- ant flavor. HINTS FOR THE HOME PRESERVING MEAT. ONE REQUEST. to open and the I “Black Bill," the oldest resident. of 3 Fiji, has died at Levnka at the age [of eightyâ€"six. He was born a slave £011 a plantation in one of the Southâ€" lem States of America in 1817, but he ran away and got. on board a, ship shound for Bem'ick-on-Tweed, Where She called himself William Berwick, A lIBer‘ViCk whaling ship, on which he ;sailed for the South Pacific, was unwind on the Samoan Islands, rwhore "Flack Bill" married 8. Sam- !oan. He left Samoa fifty years ago Iand went to Fiji. where King- Cako- lbau gave him one of his daughters ‘in marriage on condition that he iactod as his interpreter and became lhis slave for seven years. ' Docto madam Don't experiment with other so-called tonics. Take Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills at once and see how quickly they will banish all spring ailments, and make you active and strong. Sold by all medicine dealers or sent by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 bv writing the Dr. Willviams’ Medicine 00., Brockville, Ont. Not exactly sickâ€"~but not feeling quite Well. That’s the spring feel- ing. The reasonâ€"close confinement indoors during the winter months, breathing the impure air of badly ventilated houses. olfices and workâ€" shops. The trouble may manifth itself in a, variable appetite, little pimples or eruptions of the skin, a feeling of wearincss, and perhaps an occasional headache. or a twinge of neuralgia or rheumatism. Perhaps you think the trouble will pass awayâ€"but it won’t unless you drive it out of the system by putting the blood right with a healthâ€"giving tonic. And there is only one absoâ€" lutely certain, bloodâ€"renewing, nerve- resloring tonicâ€"Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. Thousands of grateful people have testified that these pills are the best of all spring llltditlnis. 'l'hoy actually make new blood; they brace the nerves and strengthin every organ of the body. They make tired, depressed. ailing men, women and children bright, ac- tive and strong. Mrs. N. Ferguson, Ashtield, N.S., says: “For the bone.- Jlt it may be to others I take much‘ pleasure in saying that I have found ‘ wonderful benefit from the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. When I began taking them I was so badly run down that I could scarcely go about the house. I was also troubled with palpitation of the heart and weak spells, but the pills have fully reâ€" stored me and I am now enjoying better health than I ever expected to have again.” If you want to be healthy in spring don’t (lose yourself with purgativesâ€" they only weakenâ€"they can't cure. The Indoor Life of Winter. is Hard on the Health. Patientâ€"Isn't “hut. (It-Ct Doctorâ€"Isn't hung in the “It is the amount of water that passes into the soil," an expert says, “and not the amount. of rainfall, that makes a, region a garden or a desert." The economic importance of forests in regulating the flow of streams is beyond computation. They prevent. wind and water erosion, and thus allow the soil on hills and mountains to remain where it. has formed, a natural sponge at the source of the watercourses . This is by no means the only ad- vantage of the lines or trees which form so conspicuous a feature of many European landscapes. Orchards need protection against the gales that often accompany the summer storm. Gardens are more successful when thus surrounded. Domestic aniâ€" mals, more dependent than man on nature's moods, derive great benefit from any tempering of the extremes of heat and cold. The effect of the wind in increasing the evaporation of water surfaces has long been known. Recent experiments Show that it, is the same with the moisture of the land, and that Soil several hundred feet. away from a windbroak dries up half as fast again as that near byâ€"a difference not wholly accounted for by the greater shade. A lake in the woods will evaporate only half as fast as one in the open. It often happens on great plains, where the natural precipitation is hardly up to the needs of agriculture, that extra fresh evaporation, due ts prevalent high winds, still further accentuates the difficulty. In such conditions the “shelterbolt,” or wind- break, illustrates anew the maXim that "a. penny saved is a penny earned." The rapidity with which afresh, brisk wind will dry clothes on the line is familiar to every housewife. Almost intuitively one swings in the air anything from which one wishes to have a. trace of moisture removed, like a piece of writing when one has mislaid the blotting-paper. From the same principle it follows that where land tends to dry too rapidly, under the influence oi’ constant breezes, rows of trees planted as a windbreak may prove useful. It often happens on great plains, Importance of Forests Is Beyond Computation. nptoms S LA VE KING'S SONâ€"IN-LAW‘ SAVE THE MOISTURE. :\ MEDICAL GAG A SPRING NEED. for an t Sn id been telling you ()Ul’ docun middl tongue i Then, at the head of the Navy we _should have a Gcand Duke Alexis. iIIe has translated Captain Mahan's E“Soa PoWer” into Rutsian. but managed to forget. all its lessons. For he it is who has brought the Russian Navy to the condition of ludicrous inefficiency and unpreparâ€" edness of which the Japanni‘v have .s fullxY taken advantage. And, [judging by precoJc-nt. the danger Then there are the official posts. If We \v. "e Russianized for our sins into the ::-_coptance of Grand Dukes, we should not have been paying the late Duke of Cambridge $60,000 a year pension for his services as Com- mander-ianhief of the Army, but twentyâ€"five times that sum for less efficient service. We should have, say, such a man as the late Dukei ‘Constamlnc Nicolavitch‘. father of the present Grand Duke Constantine. His command of the Russian Army Iled to the hideous misImanngcment, [humiliation and defeats ab Plevrnsi,i iwh’ere the day and Russia were only: saved by his deposition and the ap- I‘poin-tment of brave old Tod-lotion, the hero of Sebastopol, who tonght like] a. soldier and an honest administra-l itor of a trust, and nn‘. like a Grandi 1 Duke. would not end {her HOW THEY G Not long ago a r miralâ€"gencral wam This estate formerly had] attached to it 800,000 slaves; but, even with" the amaxwipation of the serfs, it re- mains toâ€"Jd'ay an increasingiy valuâ€" able property, and yields a minimum of$10,000,000 a year, every penny of which goes into the pockets of the Grand Dukes and Grand Duchâ€" esses. no matter What their other sources of income. Had we an army of grand ducal re- latives nearly forty strongâ€"of the Sovereign, as has Russia, We should have to set aside for their mainâ€" tenance the whole of Scotland, and perhaps a. couple of million of our choicest acres in addition. Ever since the days of the Emperor Paul I. there has been devoted to Royal purposes an estate known as the Imperial Appanages, Wh‘ose reVenue provides the private income of those who are born Grand Dukes or Grand DUCIIOSSCS, children and grandchil- dren of the Tsar, but not. in direct line of succession to the crown. The Grand Duke Sergius, who was recently assassinated. drew $1,500,â€" 000 a year, and the others homing offices of high title are correspond- i11eg Well paid. This refers. of course, to their oIfiCial positions under the State, and is distinct from the huge private income set inalien- nbly aside for Russian Royal blood not in direct order of succession to the throne. Therefore, the total cost of the ruling house of the greatest Empire the world has ever seen is less than would suffice as official emolumenb for a couple of Russian Grand Dukes! The $7,500,000 with which the Tsar is credited is only the officially admitted total: nearer the actual ‘sum is the showing of a, French svem'i-olfi’icial publicationâ€"suppressed by the Russian Censorâ€"Which puts down his revenue from his country at 342,573,600 (1 year. WOULD WANT SCOTLAND. King Equrd's Civil List, for himâ€" self and Queen Alexandra, reached the modest total of $2,350,000 per annum; an additional $530,000 cov- ers the annuities of the whole Royal Familyâ€"$150,000 to the Prince and Princess of Wales, $125,000 to the Duke of Connaught, and lesser sums to others of the Royal circle. Officially, the Tsar receives 37.- 500,000 for his own use and enjoy- ment; but there are separate al- lowances for his brother, the Grand Duke Michael, and for his sisters, the Grand Duchess Xenia, wile of the Grand Duke Alexander Michailovitch. and the Grand Duchess Olga, 'Duch- ess of Oldemberg. Brothers. sisters, children. and grandchildren of the reigning Emperor are entitled to this grant so long as they stand in that relation to the head of the State. The Russian Royal Family is the mos-t numerous of any attaching to a contemporary reigning house whose members remain in their own counâ€" try. Also it is the most costly. reâ€" latively and absolutely. WHAT GRAND DUKES COST A LUXURY BRITAIN MANAGES TO DO WITHOUT. Relatives of the Tsar Take Im- mense Sums From the Russian People. Delightfully uengntruuy Refreshing Always PU re Black, Mixed or Green Tea. Sold only In load packets. By all Grocers Highest Award 8t. Louls l904. 800,000 SLAVES. LY GET MONEY. » a relative of the ad wanted money. am Ln-to Baby's Own Tablets are for child- we ren of all agesâ€"they are equally the good for the new-born babe or the a, well-grown child. They will prompt- om. 1y Cure colid, indigestion. constipa- but tion, teething troubles, diarrhoea. less and simple fever. The Tablets break; up colds, prevent croup, and promote healthy sleep. They are guaranteed not to contain a, particle of opiate or any of the poisons found in soâ€" called “soothing” medicines. Every mother who has used these Tablets “a speaks of them in the highest praise. I’ 5 Mrs. T. Timlick, Pittston, Ont., m y ‘ saySIâ€"“I have used Baby's Own Tab- ?p' lets with the most satisfactory reâ€" sults. I can recommend them to all mothers as a, remedy for teething and other troubles of childhood." You can get the Tablets from any medicine dealer, or by mail at. 25 cents a box by writing The Dr. Wil- lmms Medicine 00., Brockville, Ont. thankf Binl»: l] O Binksâ€"“You don't, seem to take to my little boy. He has some mighty fine points." ing, mintin'g, posts, telegraphs. and telephones; and Sums which romc from the liberated serfs and Crown peasants. And there are the out- going sums, war funds, and all the general public expemh’ture, not for- getting the $1,083,850 1:. year for the Tsar's stud. Into all these ac- counts the acquisitive fingers of the Grand Dukes find their Way, and do not come out u'm'ewarded. Such are some of the directions by which we in England should be afâ€" fected by the installation of Grand Dukes among our rulers. Happily. we have outgrown all such possibil- ity of this Worst of all corrupt oli- garchies. Feudalism died with us centuries ago. It was struck dead in France a hundred years back, and it looks as if the anniversary of that overthrow were going to be kept in Russia.â€"London Answurs. And there are State funds to jug- gle. There are $265,000,000 a year from State domains; $275,000,000 in year from such monopolies as min- There would be public molicys to handle. No department of public revenue escapes the grand ducal hands. It may be money for clothes and food and ammunition for the men who are laying down their lives at the front; it may be the creation of a memorial to the brave (lead, or a fund for the sustenance of the barely livingâ€"the grand ducal hand is impartially receptive. We should not expect our naval and military Grand Dukes to warn when War broke out. Only two of the Russians have doughâ€"Boris, who was sent back from the front for striking Kouropatkin when the latâ€" ter refused to have the youngster's dissolute retlnue in camp; and Cyril, who has come back from the seat of war to make love to a. divorced princess. No; no War for the Grand Dukes. There would be plenty to keep th'em occupied, even if they did not all. like the Admiralâ€"General Alexis, take to breaking the bank at Monte Carlo, and Winning $50,000 an hour. Ports. Russia. did eighteen months ago, and the Tsar thoughtfully gave the office to the Grand 'Duke Alex- ander Michailovitch, his most excel- lent brother-inâ€"law. There was not sufficient money available for his Im- perial Highness, so he blackguarded M. ‘de Witte for more. M. de Witte, who knows where the money goes. complained to the Tsar, and went so far as to resign, whereupon the Grand Duke apologizedâ€"and got his increase later. )wledge it. What is it?‘ Spin sâ€""He's Int 3, t We should want, say. a Minister of Mercantile Marine and Commercial Govemorships of military and civ- il districts, paid for with" prmccly generosity by those who toil not neither do they spin, Would be placed at the disposal of our Grand Dukes, and, supply of these failing, We should, still modelling our proced- ure up0n the Russian. create nthers. was promised a prodigious commisâ€" sion if a, battleship were ordered in a certain quarter. He gave the order them and then. The Grand Dukes of the Admiralty, when even- tually they came to hear of it, had to foot the bill to Save the face of the family, and the ship proved an excellent target for the Japs at Port Arth’ur. ALL EXPERT "JUGGLERS." VALUABLE T0 MOTHERS. 1118 GOOD POINT Ah! rThought hat there's one u' father :3] you 8 thin ‘honld b ack.