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â€"- geeeeeeeceeeemeea e<€e@, m About the a. a ....Housc 2 i D»DDDB>DDBDBDSS5§))D§‘ SELECTED RECIPES. How to Can Corn and Tomatoes.â€" Scald, peel and slice tomatoes in the Proportion of twa-thirds tomatoes to onethird of corn. Put in a porcelain kettle, let boil for fifteen minutes. Cut the corn from the cob and cook twenty minutes, adding a little waâ€" ter and stirring often. When done mix the corn and tomatoes and Cook together five minutes more, letting them boil up once Take Ironl the gar and dry in the oven. This is1 ‘ ‘ ‘Tll‘ l stove and fill‘ cans already heated, Callll‘fl PoaCll PHSthmlfl “(3‘15 “ 01”“.‘7 . . i . p, . n. . 1., ,. scaling in the usua1 Way soa \inh oyer nigi in ( l 1 , To Can Fresh Beans â€"§‘.rinrr the 'and then suni'nering a short timo. . .. D beans, break in Several pieces, cook in boiling water fifteen minutes and can. Dried Beans for Winter Useâ€"Cut the long string beans lengthwise, tie into bundles and hang to a line in the attic or in some warm place. Wrap paper bags around the beans after the first few days. Large and rather old beans may be used for this purpose, and they are excellent when used for soups or vegetables. the kettle, add half teacup or more of granulated sugar. With a bright skimmer take the peaches from the ,water and drop into the kettle. When lthey bubble lift with the skimmer to échange the position and when boiling ,lhot fill cans and~seal. Lcavo five to eight minutes, open and fill ‘with fruit kept hot for the purpose ‘and seal. If the cans haven't been well tested. invert, and if dry in half an hour, all is well. White peaches do not retain shape. When soft, crush them, disâ€" ,solVe sugar to sweeten in the kettle boilng hot, stirring to prevail; ad- hering to the kettle. These can be put. into jugs and hermetically sealed with wax. They make nice pies and dumplings. very little water, sweeten to taste: spread on plates, sprinkle with su- Yellow or white red-stoned peaches the dried are delicions if pared, stoned, cavities filled with sugar and slowly in the OVell. CARE OI“ PAINTED FLOORS. If it is possible to have a hard- wood floor, one painted a dark red is my second choice for (lining room or chambers writes a correspondent. 1f taken care. of properly that is a very '1‘th should be soaked over night in‘satisfactory color. In the, first place, salt water before using. To Can Pumpkin and Squash pieces, after having peeled rind. Stew until tender, mash fine, and add no seasoning. ver pumpkin and seal tiglit.'Sqiiasli may be treated in the same way. To Can Peasâ€"Fill a quart full of peas and shake down well, until the can is quite full. Pour into the cans enough water to fill the can full, or even to over-flowing. Screw the cover as in the. case of the corn, and proceed in the same manner as corn. To Can Tomatoesâ€"Very ripe toma~ toes are best for this purpose. Put the number you wish to can in a basin of scalding water, and let stand a moment, when the skins may be easily removed. Then put them into a granite vessel without water, .and place over a moderate heat, and bring to a boil. After boiling ,slowu ly a half hour, put into cans while steaming hot, and seal tightly. Keep in a cool dark closet. To Can Courâ€"Cut the corn from ten or a, dozen large cobs for one quart can. Press the corn in the can with a small potato masher or any- thing that will press the corn. When the can is full_screw on the cover lightly. Then place the cans in a wash boiler, on the bottom of which you have first placed a cloth to preâ€" vent breaking. Lay then a. layer of cans and a layer of cloth alternate- ly. Now COVer the cans well with cold water, place the boiler over the fire, and boil three hours steadily. After this boiling, lift the boiler from the fire and let cool. Then take the cans and tighten the tops, and as they cool tighten until cold, then tighten again. Wrap each in brown paper and set away in a cool, dark place. See to it that the rubbers of the cans are soft and pliable. To make Tomato Figsâ€"Scam and skin pearâ€"shaped small sized toma- toes, and to eight pounds of tomaâ€" toes add three pounds of sugar. Cook without water until the vegetable clarifies, then take out and spread on dishes, and dry in the sun, sprinkling on a little syrup while drying. Pack in jars or boxes in layers with powdered sugar between the layers. They will keep in this way for a long time, that is, if the children are not too attentive to them. Fruit Cookiesâ€"Cream one cupful of butter with a cupful and a half of lightâ€"brown sugar, then beat in, one at a. time, four eggs; add one teaâ€" spoonful each of ground cinnamon, cloves and allspice, one teaspoonful of soda, one tea-cupful of chopped raisins, and flour enough to make as soft a dongh as can be rolled out. Cut out with a cake cutter and bake in a quick oven. WITH PEA CIIES. Peaches should be canned before fully ripe or soft. They pare easier, keep shape better and we think are fully as good flavor. lf from a tree ‘un‘llsually exposed to dust, do not wash but brush or wipe with a soft cloth. The least, fruit is manipulated the better it is to can. Pare as soon as may be after the fruit is gathered and drop at into cold water, not more than enough for two quart cans,- one better. Every minute it is under waâ€" ter some of the juice is extratced. I never can clingâ€"stones, but use them to pickle. Pare firm yellow peaches and drop into water as directed. Put hqu teacup hot water for each can into munâ€"M SCOTF’S EMULSION serve: as a bridge to carry the weakened and starved system along until it can find firm support in ordinary food. Send for free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists. Toronto, Ontario. 50c. and Shoo; all druggists. for Piesâ€"Cut up the pumpkin into small 0” the Have the jars hot, and fill them with hot OllCC ‘ is3 f iwas the bankrupt, and none of : ,ed the man with the white spot ‘ Ibis moustache, heaving a deep sigh. “hey don't eat so much." fill all Cracks with a combination of putty and plaster of paris. The folâ€" lowing is what I have used with exâ€" cellent results: One pint of common white lead paint such as is used for woodwork, and l pound of stirred well together; when ready plaster of paris and apply iinmed- iately. You will find that it will shrink somewhat, so that a second application 'is necessary to completeâ€" ly (ill the cracks. Thus far I have been unable to find a dark red paint ready mixed. I therefore get the darkest possible and at the same. time get a Small can of black, which I mix with it until I get the desired shade. After the floor has been painted and thor- oughly dried it is given two coats of shellac. A new coat of shellac each spring and fall will keep it'in good condition. Each week after the floor is washed go over it with a cloth wet with a mixture of kerosene and linseed oil, equal parts. For my din- ing room, which is constantly, l have as a back Saver a mob kept es- especially for that floor, and whenâ€" ever during the week it has a (lusty look which sweeping does not reâ€" move, I pour some of the oil mixture upon the mop and go over it lightly. It takes but a few minutes’ time and the floor is kept looking well. HAVE FUN AT HOME. Don’t be afraid of a, little fun at home. Don't shut your heuse lest the Sun should fade your carpets, and your hearts, lest a hearty laugh shake down some of the musty old cobwebs there! If you want to ruin your sons, let them think that all mirth and social enjoyment must be left on the threshold without they come home at night. When once a house is regarded as only a place to eat, drink and sleep in, the work is begun that ends in gambling- houses and reckless degradation. Young people must have fun and re- laxation somewhere; if they do not find it at their own hearthstones it will be sought at other and less pro- fitable places. Therefore, let the fire burn brightly at night and make the homestead delightful with all those little arts that parents so perfectly understand. Don’t repress the buoy- ant spirits of your children; half an hour's merriment round the lamp and fireside of home. blots out the re- membrance of many a care and anâ€" noyance during the day and the best safeguard they can take with them into the world is the influence of a bright littlo domestic sanctum. .___.¢____ THIRTEEN AT TABLE. “Ever sit down at a table where there were just thirteen?” asked the man in the shaggy ulster. “Once,” replied the man with the white spot in his moustache. “Well, you never observed that any bad hick followed it, did you?" "\\'liyâ€"liawâ€"-yes. Bad luck most of the thirteen." “Any of them die?" "Not that I know of. gheard of any of them dying." for Never l “Not enough victuals to go round?" (pieried the man with the lsnub nose. “Who's talking about [There wasn't any victuals.” l “I thought you said you sat down ‘to a table, where there were thirteen persons?” 1 “That's what I said. victualu? The. table . :was in a lawyer’s office. It was a rnn‘eling' of creditors. There were,‘ twelve of them. I was the other: man. There, was a long pause, and then the man with the baggy trousers in- (mired:â€" “In what way did the meeting prove unlucky, if I may ask?" “it was a bankruptcy meeting. I l l i . i t i ‘ I I 'eni an swerâ€" in ever got a cent out of me," -â€"A~â€"+ Firs: Ladyâ€""Since our cool: left .I've been doing the cooking myself, and I assure you it's far more ecw nomical." Second Ladyâ€"“I suppose I t lfllE END or air WORlD' their l Crush very ripe peaches, cook in as when. {mm Predicted by One Prophet lin a little water, add peaches, heat‘ putty , to 3 use it. add about oneâ€"half its bulk of, ldinary egg. twith certain writing announcing the :ogg was noised abroad, and, Sll‘illlfi'll A STUPID PROPHECY THAT FINDS BELIEVERS. That the Earth Will be Visited By Great Commotions. Thousands of people believe in an early end of the world. Thousands of people have been expecting the end of the world for years, and have been disapfminfed. One wellâ€"known prophet has been forfelling the end of the. world for thirty years or more. It is an awkward thing to let the lease of your business premâ€" iscs fall in anticipation (fill104nfl of the world, says London Answers. The latest date fixed by the proâ€" phet for the. last day of this age is either 'l‘hursday, May 2nd, 1925), or April 9th lfiIllâ€"he is still uncertain 'wliich. But between now and then twentyâ€"two kingdoms or states are to be reduced to the ten of Caesar's loriginal lloman Empire. lit-fore this continental transformation is coni- ‘plefed there are to be wars and earthquakes, troubles, coininotions, families, and pestilences. TREATS 1N STORE. In the later months of the end, the, earth is to be visited with plagues of noisome sores, the seaâ€"as well as the rivers and fountainsâ€"is to turn to blood, the sun is to scorch men for fifteen days, there is to be total darkness for three days, and then earthquakes are to shake down all iCllii‘S. At one time, comets used to be the grand terror. Even educated people. including astronmners, supposed that. ,the middle of the nineteenth century 1h" Q'l‘fmlcs‘l alarm was inanifesf'ed then appeared should crash the world to atoms. Men and women and chil- ‘dren came out of their houses and iwatched with white, drawn faces fhe course the comet view, and nothing the sky. In due ‘disappeared from happened. London has had several endâ€"ofâ€"theâ€" world panics. The famous Whiston ionce predicted that the world would come to an end on a certain 13th of October. The destruction of the finighty cin of London, it was said, was to mark the beginning of the end. The inhabitants were seized iwith terror. Blanched faces were at ‘every door. People thronged the fstreets terrorâ€"stricken. They rushed to Islington, to Hampstcad. and con- gregated in all the adjoining fields 'to watch and wait, fearing the worst ihoping for the best. Hour after hour they waited till the dawn of another day Then they felt. safe, and, tired and weary, wont home, leaving the world intact.” THE BELL THAT TOLD. On another occasion a panic was caused in London by two earthquake shocks. The first shock occurred on the 8th of February, and down went several big chimneys in Poplar and Limehouse. On the 8th of March another shock OCcurred, but was conâ€" fined mostly to the districts of Highâ€" gate and Ilampstead. The coincidence of the one shock following the other at an interval of a month exactly excited widespread comment. Then it was that a crazyâ€"headed soldier named Bell rushed through the streets proclaiming that the next earthquake, which would occur on the corresponding day of April, would destroy London as a preliminary to the end of the world. I People began to brood on the com- ing calamity. From brooding they frightened tliemSt-lvos into wild panic. Thousands made hasty prt~ parations for departing from London before the great catastrophe occurr- ed. Vast numbers crowded into the villages for miles round as,the day of doom crept nearer. Fugitives of all classes poured into Harrow, llighgate, Blackheafh, Islington,and Hampstcad, paying extortionute rates for lodgings. The area of the panic. quickly ex- tended. Rich people who had laughed began to tremble. Beginning" to tremble, they concerted nn-asures for their safety. Wafer seemed to offer greater protection than land. They rushed to the Thames, and crowded on the merchant ships there, waiting for Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's to crash down. The eventful (lay came. and passed, leav- .ing London in its normal state. Then there was a great rush home. llell subsequently died in a lunatic asy-, lum. Some years afterwards there was a l - . panic on a smaller scale at Leeds, in Yorkshire. hen laid This happened an it was it was an eg because a not an orâ€" g inscribed end of the world. The fame of that to relate, that hen commenced lay other eggs inscribed in a similar‘ way. to. A LYING LAY. The place of miracle was solin sieged b), crowds to examine the amazing products of; the hen. They came au'uy paiefuced, and distressiul, beiimiug that the; l.‘0- of people anxious: .end of all things was about to hupâ€"‘ i Dt‘li. Then it occurred to some, persons of inquiring, scientific mind that it‘ would be an excellent thing to ex- amine fhe eggs in a critical spirit.‘ This they did. only to discoVer that,‘ i the eggs had been \\ rifton on with corrosive ink, and brutally formal j il)£l(‘l{ info the lion's body. The pa...‘ ceased from that day. one, day a comet would buinp against the earth‘,‘ and either set lt' ‘ablaze or shatter it into space. hi all over Europe lest. the Conn-t which‘ ‘long, luminous tail sweeping through. 'ble, ‘ ed " remaining ak than any other tea on the continent. LACK, MIXED or GREEN. By all grocers. Highest Award St. Louis, [304. Geylon Tea Sold only In Lead Packets. A few years before the Great Fire. London was the scene of a panic even wilder than those which have been plreviosly described. The pro- phets on this occasion predicted the destruction of the city, not from Conn-ts or earthquakes, but from the overflow oi the river. ()n the first day of l<‘el,u‘uary, they said, the Thames would rise to such a great height that it would wash away iten thousand houses. One of the most extraordinary in- cirlonts in connection with this panic was that the Prior of St. Bartholoâ€" mew's closed the. priory, loaded sevâ€" eral boats with stocks of pi‘OVisions, and had them conveyed in waggons to a building be erected, regardless of cost, at liarrowâ€"onâ€"the-llill. Then he and all the monks, together with a number of expert rowers, departed to his we]l-provisioned ark, prepared for all emergencies. The day of the, predicted devastaâ€" 1tinn arrived. The river flowed on, juncariug and unconscious of the comâ€" imotion it was creating in its course. nu-w's still safe and sound, with the thousands on the heights wishing they had never left home. +â€" A IVIODERN MEDICINE. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills Cure D s, ease Through the Blood. Medicines of the oldâ€"fashioned kind will sometimes relieve the symptoms of disease, though they can never touch the disease itselfâ€"they never cure. Ordinary medicines leave b0- hind them indigestion, constipation, biliousness and headache; purgatives leave the patient feverish and weakâ€" ened. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, on the other hand, do direct good to the body, blood and nerves. They fill the veins with new, rich, red blood; they brace the nerves; they drive out disease by going right to the root of the trouble in the blood. They always do goodâ€"they cannot possibly do harm. Mrs. Geo. Honâ€" 103’. Boxgrove, Ont., says:â€"“It is with thanks that I tell you that Dr, Williams’ Pink Pills have cured not be cured. I suffered from an al- most constant fluttering of the heart, and sometimes severe pains. The least exertion would leave me breathless and tired out. My appeâ€" tite was poor, and my head ached nearly all the time. I had lost all ambition to do any work, and felt. very hopeless. deal of medicine (it, until I was advised to try llr. Williams' Pink Pills. These have made a. remarkable change in‘ my condition, and than I have done for years. ly give my experience in the that it will benefit others." I am feeling better I gladâ€" hope up strength as they (lid in Mrs. Ilenâ€" ley's case in just one wayâ€"they acâ€" tually make new blood. That is all they do, but they do it well. They don't act on the bowels, they don't bother with mere symptoms. They go right to the root of the trouble in the blood. Thai. is why these pills cure anaemia, headache, heart palpitation, indigestion, kidney trouâ€" rheuinatism, lui‘nbago, neural- gia, St. Vitus dance, paralysis, gen- eral Weakness and the special ailâ€" ments of growing girls and women. But you must. have the genuine with the full name llr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, on the wrapper around every box. Sold by medicine dealers or sent: by niail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.- 50 by writing The Dr. Williams" Medicine C0,, llrockville, Ont. COMPI'LSORY Bl.I7.'S. The Norwegian Parliament is elect- very differently from ours. it consists of I'll members. many of :whoin sit in the House under protest. . A ll Nonvugians over twentydive difions of residence, etc., meet in‘ the local parish church once in tiil‘cw years, and choose (lit‘ man out of c\'ei‘_v hundred i‘msviit to sclwt the nit-ii:j «-:'s of l’ai' ll!l:‘llt for the counâ€" ll‘j'. 'l'iie in“)! so si-lir‘vcrl are bound to serve, wheflnr they like the lr-nor :or not. liilllit‘!l ., fly l’az~li= tent: ‘ineets, onc‘fourth of the lip-inbuiS are clioSen to form the l‘ppl-r lltvus‘, the threeâ€"fourths cims‘iiluting the Lower llousc. 'l‘he l'i,~p. r lions!» may send back a Hill twice, but after the net-rd r.‘ flan both lloures vote it mun/In that case, - ‘l‘ilj.’ of fwo~thirds ms flic- llill. S 40c, 501:, 606. 'l‘hon darkness closed on the fateful lscme. with London still dry, with‘ the ten thousand houses left stand- ‘ing, with the Prior of St. Bal‘ll‘n>li)â€"‘ me after my doctor had said I could I I had taken a great‘ without any hcne-' Now Dr. Williams' Pink Pills build ' all 1 years of age, who satisfy certain con-, tisfactory infusion IN A CREVASSE . ‘The Terrible Experience of An Explorer. l There is no pitfall more to be dreaded by the mountainâ€"climber ,than a glacial crevasse, especially if ‘it is masked by snow. A plunge into :one is almost certain death. In the lSlllilni-g‘l‘ of 1897. a. party of English- imen exploring the Canadian Rockies set to climb Mount Gordon, a peak ‘more than ten thousand feet high, ‘which had never been scaled. On the Eway, near the summit, a crevasse. in- ‘terposed between their party and ,fheir goal. Over it lay a bridge of snow, and on this all crossed in except the last, Mr. Thomp- son. The bridge gave way with him, land he disappeared from view far "down in the icy mass, where he could llJO heard calling for help. Mr. Col- :lie, the geographer of the party, be- :ing the lightest of the number, was ‘sent down into the crack on a rope ito attempt a rescue, In this book, ,“Climbs and Explorations," he de- ‘scribes the experience. I put my foot into a loop of the rope, was pushed over the edge of 1 safety 1the abyss and swung in mid-air. I x‘was then lowered into the gaping 'hole. On the side the ice fell sheer, on the other it was rather undercut, but again bulged outward about eighteen feet below the surface, mak- ing the Crevasse at that point not ,much more than two feet wide. Then lit widened again and went into dim ,twilight. When I descended sixty feet, al‘ most the entire length of the rope, I became tightly wedged between the walls, absolutely incapable of moving 'my body. My feet were close to »Thompson’s, but his head was farth- er away and three feet. lower than his lheels. Being face downward and cov- ered with fallen snow, he could not see me. I shouted for another rope, and when it came down I managed to throw one end to Thompson's left hand, which swayed about till he caught the rope; but when it 'was jpulled it merely dragged out of his hand. Then with some difficulty, Iputting my hands above my head, I managed to tie a noose in the rope, and with it lassoed that ppor, patheâ€" tic arm,~ which was only part of Thompson that could be seen. Then came the tug of war. If he l‘cfusud to move I could do no more for him. Moreover, I was afraid that at any moment he might ffaint. If that had occurred I do not believe he could have been got out ‘at all, for the force of the fall had 'jammed him farther down than it ‘was possible to follow. Slowly the rope tightened as it Was pulled by those above. I could hear .my heart thumping in the ghastly stillness of the place, but at last Thompson began to shift and after :some time he was pulled into an upâ€" 'right position. To get a rope round his body was .of course hopeless. Partly by wrig- ;gling and pulling on my own rope ‘rI so shifted that by straining one arm over my head I could get my :two hands together, and then I tied the tightest jamming knot I could ;think of round his arm, just above ,the elbow._ A shout to the rest of 5tho party and Thompson went rapid- ly upward. dragged by one arm, till fhe disappeared round the ice-bulge forty feet above me. I was full of dread lest the rope slip and he come thundering down Eatop of me, but the rope held, and ‘he got safely out. I followed. hIost marvelously, no bones lied ,‘bcen broken in his fall. liis pack must have saved him. Perhaps it acted as a brake in the first narrows. ltllut he emphatically gave it as his opinion that, whatever scientific ex- :ploration might be necessary on the summit of the l-lockics, investigations made alone. sixty feet below the sur- face of the ice, in an inverted posi- tion, were cxtremly dangerous and unWoi‘tby of record. 4“.-. _ QUICK ADVICE. “Well. what's the trouble asked the gruff old physician chronic patient. now?" of the "Uh, doctor," whined tlze profes- sional inn-did, "I feel such an awful pain in my si’le c\wr_v time I raise ‘l.l\,' loud to my llf'i’i- ." , "lluh!" gri k-d the g. o. p. . . “lllv-il don't - _‘ any hard to voul‘ head! like collars, pita. " v a j A liltlr- boy t‘l:l‘l"tll1t0i)1i"‘0‘ nist's shop t“.l"l. uppr~orliinefi lhe count aslmd ii- ssiu 5y vein-:â€" “Please, kir, i'mf wai . to know ,if it is true f'..--.t there is such a. fliinu; as n. inln't‘» ll‘ll~3l,” “Yes, my l.:(l. there repli-«l the pun. “‘.\'r‘.l. father would like to be trust- n led with two lllllgri.