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_____â€"_â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"~â€"-â€".-â€"â€" $WWW stock or hot. water mixed with a tea- l+ . . . , if +++ About the House ++++++++++++++t Lamb and Veal Ragout. â€" Cut some thin slices of bacon and lay them at the bottom of a. saucepan, cover with layers of cold roast lamb and veal. sliced onions and young cabbage leaveS. '01 seasoning of salt, pepper, and small pieces of butter being placed between each. Pour a cupful of strong stock over all. lay some slices of smoked sausage on the top, cover closely. and siiiimt‘r gently for two or three hours. SCWG with the slices of the sausage in the cen- tre and a border of fried potatoes. Strawberry Dumplingsâ€"Alix together a pint of flour. a half teaspoonful of salt. and one teaspoonful and a half. of baking powder, then rub in two heallmE' teaspoonfuls of butter. Mix to a soft dough with milk and roll out half an inch thick. Cut in rounds the stze of a saucer; on each lay six or eight berries. Draw the edges together and pinch firmly. Lay close together in a. greased pan and steam for twenty-live minutes- Stand in the oven for a moment to slightly dry the tops, then serve Willi a hard sauce into which has been beaten as many pulped berries as can be add- ed without curdling the mixture. 4 Brown Kidney Stewâ€"Wash and Wipe two good-sized beef kidneys, then from each lobe cut off the lighter outer part with a sharp knife. rejecting the central purplish core and white tubes. Wash the cut pieces again, place in a sauce- ‘pan, cover with cold water. and heat slowly to the steaming point. Drain. cover a second time with cold water. heat and drain as before; repeat a third time. While the kidney is thus gently cooking prepare a brown sauce by browning one tablespoonful of butter in a pan, adding a large tablespoonful of flour and browning again. Stir in gradually one scant cupful of beef stock or water. When smoothly thickened add salt and pepper to taste. ten drops of onion juice, ten drops of \Vorcester- shire and one tablespoonful of tomato catsup. Now add the drained kidneys, stand over hot water for ten minutes. add one tablespoonful of sherry, and serve. garnishing with toast points. Old-Time Beef Soupâ€"Select. four or .five pounds of lean beef~shoulder. cross rib, or under roundâ€"in one large square piece. and order with it a marrow bone. Wash meat and bone, place in a kettle, cover with five quarts of cold water. and let stand on the table for at least an hour. Five hours before the soup is to be served place on the tire. cover and heat slowly to the boiling point. boil hard for a moment. then draw back where it will simmer slowly but stead- ily. Scrape and thinly slice sufficient carrots to measure one pint, scrape and grate carrots to measure one cupful and a halfâ€"the deeper red they are the bet- ter. Trim, wash. and thinly slice six large leeks or chop white onions to mea- sure a half pint. ' Wash, cut into four- inch lengths. and tie together several stalks of celeryâ€"green tops will do. Wash and drain a half cupful of rice and out fine one tablespoonful of pars- ley. In two hours add to the kettle the sliced carrots, rice, and one tablespoon- ful of salt. An hour later add every- thing but. the parsley, which goes in five minutes before serving. Season when the last ingredients have been added. Stir frequently to prevent the rice stick- ing to the bottom of the kettle. This soup will bear reheating. and is. in fact. almost better on the second day than the first. Dumpling are frequently served with this soup. and, with a slice or two of the meat, this will form a hearty and nutritious luncheon. Mix together a pint of flour. one-half of a teaspoonful of salt. and one large teaspoonful of baking powder. Stir to a soft dough with sweet milk. roll out an inch thick and cut in small biscuits. Dip into a shallow wide kettle a portion of the. soup. pouring it through a strainer. and returning the rice and vegetables to the large kettle. Bring the clear soup to a sharp boil and drop in the dumplings. Cover and move the kettle to a point wheye it will keep boiling. but not too violently. Do not uncover for from fif- teen to twenty minutes. according to the size of the dumplings. Then skim them out to a hot serving dish and return the soup to the large kettle. Stuffed Peppers and Riceâ€"Cut off the stem end from the green peppers re move the inside. and put. them into a kettle of hot water. and gently simmer them for five minutes: drain thcm care- fully. turning the Opening down; pro- pare a mixture made of one cup of grated bread crumbs. one tablespoonhil of inclled butter. half a teaspoonful of salt. a teaspoonful of mushroom catsup. half a pint of cold boiled asparagus cut in small. even pieces. a tablespoonful of olive oil. and a teaspoonful of lemon juice. Mix thoroughly; fill the peppers; put them into a shall baking-dish; and cook for half an hour in a moderate oven. basting frequently with brown Disease takes no summer vacation. If you need flesh and strength use Scott’s Emulsion summer as in wintun Send for iron ample. soon“ & DOWNS, Chemists, Toronto. 5°C. and has; all dmggists. i spoonful of kitchen bouquet and as lllllt'll melted butter. Arrange around a mould of hot boiled rice. and garnish with large pitted olives. made hot in what is left of the stock. Crown Roast, of Lamb. â€"â€" The crown roast may have the centre filled with forcemeat. balls made from the trini- things of the meat. Chop fine. svason highly with salt and pepper. mix with an unbeaten egg. and roll into balls as large as a hickory-nut; saute quickly in butter in a hot frying-pan. and till the centre of the meat. Mint sauce or mint jelly should be served. with a brown gravy and the vegetables. The jelly is made by bruising a bunch of mint and adding it to an ordinary lemon jell, straining out the night before setting it in the mould. A liltlc green coloring will be needed to make it look as it should. HINTS FOR THE HOME. Knives will take a brilliant polish if rubbed in powdered charcoal and then wiped on a soft linen rag. When mixing starch the addition of a little turpentine will be found to produce a splendid gloss on the collars, cuffs and shirt-fronts. Loaf sugar should be pounded and added to boiling green vegetables and vegetable soups. A piece of sugar should not be forgotten when seasoning sauces and gravics. Patent leather boots should always be warmed before being worn in cold wea- ther. A little olive oil rubbed into pa- tent leather about once a week helps to preserve it and prevents cracking. The wrinkle for cooking onielcltcs is to remember that it. is better to use wa- ter instead of milk with the eggs. Whip the eggs till they are quite light and frothy. and sprinkle salt on a savory omelette when it is half cooked. In hemming table cloths a thread alâ€" ways has to be drawn in order to have the end even. This necessitates cutting off a little strip of the goods. Save this piece, for later on. when time demands a darn. the threads. by ravelling. of this strip will be just the thing to put the dam in with. _ln cutting breakfast bacon, lay the rind side down on the meat board. cut down to the rind as many slices as are needed, then cut it off in a block. Turn edgeways and cut off one end. then the other end, the inside, and last the rind. and you will have trimmed all the slices nearly as quickly as you could have trimmed one. Save washing and clusters by using old newspapers for cleaning. They are excellent for window-polishers,first-rate for securing tin-ware with, and are as good as a brush for polishing a stove. "the prudent woman will always keep a good pad of newspapers at. hand and use it for wiping up grease or water spilt on the gas or coal cookingâ€"stove. for it Will enable her to keep the stove clean with half the usual trouble. Things a Guest Apprcciutes.â€"Thcrc are several small courtesies that can be shown a guest which will always be gratefully received. A wash cloth among the towels on the rack is a welcome sight to the tired and dusty traveller, and a clothes tree at the foot of the bed is also found handy. In one home I know of the guest always finds on the table in his room a plate of cookies or crackers, with a pitcher of lemonade, ice-water or milk. To Dry a Wet Umbrella.â€"-The best way to dry an umbrella. and to pre- serve it. is to leave it spread on the floor in the hall. When there is not enough room to allow that. reverse the usual method, and stand the umbrella in the corner with the handle down. The rain drips quicker off the points. The ordinâ€" ary way collects all of the water at one place. where the cloth dries slowly and, therefore, rots the quicker. Never put several wet. umbrellas together in an umbrellastand. To preserve furs from moths there is nothing better than to frequently take them out and shake them in the open air. but as one is apt to forget to do this regularly, and carelssness is fatal, if. is well to use paraflin as a preservative. Take a drop or two of the oil into the hands. rub it on them, and then pass them over the fur. The paraffin will not injure the fur in the least. and its unpleasant odor will soon pass off in the air when winter wraps are again needed; but in the meantime it will quite prevent moths from carrying on their work of destruction. Another way to use paraffin is to sprinkle it on cloths, and to place these in the drawer or box in which fur is stored. The Care of Birds.-â€"â€" If you wish to keen your pet bird in good health and song the following advice will be worth remembering: Don't leave a bird III a room which is being swept; dust injures the voice. Don’t hang the bird in a window. Don‘t hang the bird in the sunshine except just after the bath. and only long enough to dry his plumage. Don't hang a droughts. or in a kitchen where there is steam or damp air. Don‘t give it figs, sugar, or sweets. Don‘t allow the bird to fly about the room if you want his best songs. Don‘t feed it with mustard or turnip seed instead of sweet. rape; they look like good rape, but are bitter, and as fit for a bird as sawdust is for vou. Don’t fail to change the water in the cup from which a bird drinks every day. and during hot weather several times a day. . .- “It fashion makes our bonnets any bigger." commented the fair young thing. “I don’t know what the. women will do.” “I know," ventured the wise youth. “What? Revolt against fash- ion?" “No. Wear the bonncts.” Mother (policeman's wife): “Willie. I‘ve been shouting for you this half. hour. How is it you are never here when you are wanted 2’" Son : “Well. mother. I suppose I take after father." bird where there are' â€"-â€" S\\'ICI£TIIE. TITS “GHOST.” f (Irvisils Lover. A Dead G!!! "or Praying The story of the return of the spirit of it dead sweetheart is told on the un- tlmrilv of the ltev. .\. (Itiuiiilu’-i‘s, of ii-ockciitiiirst. llanls. liligliind. in the Occult lleview. The vicar relates how a young man in grief at the death of his swim-thwart. frayed earnestly and constantly for a sign that. she lived beyond the grave. “the sequel was that while at, work in his office one (lay he loolied up and saw the dead girl on the other side of lb? irrom. She moved a little towards him and tried to speak. \\'hen he rushed towards her she vanished. After this occurrence he woke one night and found the girl standing ly his bedside. 'l'hrci- llllll‘S she laid llt‘f‘ right hand W‘l'oss hi-r mouth in a jc- culiur manner. Later he reinciiibci'cd that before the. body of his sweetheart was put. in the coflln he. had tried to kiss Ilt‘I‘. and a sister pulled his llt‘dll lack and laid her hand across his mouth. ___._§__â€"â€"â€" PALE. “EAR \VOMIZN. ..â€" (.ain New Health and Strength Through Dr. “'illiams’ Pink l’ills. Anaemia is just the doctor's name for l~loodlcssness. Dr. \V'illiains‘ I‘ink l’ills for l’ale l’eoplc actually make. Ilt'\\' lilOod. Can any euro be more direct or L‘t'l‘lillli? Blood is bound to t‘lll‘l‘IJIiiiiLI‘ hsxncss. Dr. \\illiiiiiis‘ l‘iiik l’ills cure. anaemia just its food t'lll‘t's liun« til-r. 'l‘hey cured Mrs. (Ileii'u (look. a young linghsh woman who recently came to this coinilry from l’oi'lsuioulh. lingland. and is at lrl't‘sl‘lll residing at. Prince‘s Lodge. ll:il|f:i\ t'.o., .\'. 8., She says: “I am an ci'itluisiuslic believer in the value of Dr. Williums‘ l’ink l’ills as a cure for anaemia. I had suffered from the trouble almost from child- hood, biit. a few years ago it developed into a severe type of the trouble. y skin was pale and waxy: my lips Sf‘i‘lll- Po bloodless, and my entire system was run down. I suffered from headaches. dizziness and weak spells. and my friends feared that I was going into a decline. I tried tonics and emulsions. tut without. benefit. Then a friend who had used Dr. \Villiams' Pink Pills for the some trouble advised me to try them. In a short time they began to bob) me and in a Couple of months I was quite well. the color having re- turned to my face. my appetite im- rroved and I had gained in weight. I can strongly recommend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to all anaemic girls and wo- men." The pale anaemic person needs only one thingâ€"new blood. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills do only one thing â€" they make new blood. They won't cure any disease that isn‘t originally caused by had blood. But when Dr. Wil- liams' l’i‘nk Pills replace bad blood with good blood they strike straight it the root and cause of all common dis- cases like anaemia. headaches and hock-aches. rheumatism, indigestion neu- ralgia. St. Vitus dance. kidney trouble and the secret troubles that every wo- If an knows but none of them like to talk about. even to their doctors. Dr. medicine dealers or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockvillc, Ont. â€"â€"â€"-$.- I’ERSONAL POINTERS. Interesting Gossip About Some Promi- nent People. The Duke of Connaught is one of the most experienced liorticulturists of the day. When at home at Bagshot House the Duke busies himself almost every day in his garden. He lays out the beds with his own hands. and has quite a remarkable knowledge of botany. There is at least one society leader who has not yielded to the prevalent craze for the guitar, and that is the Duchess of Roxburghe. Now, as here- tofore, it is the banjo which her Grace favors and plays really well. She sings “coon” songs delightfully. It is said that to her rendering of these simple ditties she owes her great popularity with the Princess of Wales, who is very fond of them. Lord Lcconfield, who has just cele- braled his thirtyâ€"fourth birthday, is a nephew of Lord Rosebery. He is un- married. and his mother often acts as hostess for him. Lord Leconfield, who served with distinction in the Boer War. owns about 100,000 acres of land, and has a rentâ€"roll of $t50.000 a year. His London home in Chesterfield Gardens is one of the finest mansions in the Metropolis, whilst. his country seat. I‘et- worth. is one of the show-places -f Sussex, and has been named “The House Beautiful." Sir Lawrence Almaâ€"Tadcma, the dis- tinguished painter. is a strong believer in the liickiness of numbers. Ilis lucky number is seventeen. His wife. he will tell you, was seventeen when he first met her; the number of the house to which he took her when they were married was seventeen; his present house bears the same number doubled; and the first spade was put to the work of rebuilding it on August 17th in 1886. It was on November 17th that he and his family first took up their residence there. Lord Rendel was by profession a barrister. and was for a time a partner in the firm of Lord Armstrong. being ‘raised to the peerage just twelve years ago. A talent for engineering rims in the family. as his father. Mr. James Rendel. was a. celebrated engineer. who built the harbors of Ilolyhead and Port- land. as well as the docks at Leith, whilst. his elder brother, Sir Alexander Rendcl. has been consulting engineer to the India OfIice for over thirty years. lord Rendel has no Sons. but four italiglibu's. 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She likes her servants to wear ordinary colored gowns. and expressed this desire when last Christmas she distributed. as usual. patterns from which the maids might choose the dress which was Her Majes- ty‘s gift. Lord Cadogan is known as one of the best landlords in London. When North Street, Chelsea. was remodelled a short time ago. Lord Cadogan was approached by a syndicate which asked him to sell the property to them. To which the earl replied :â€"“I will sell it. but I must. in- sist upon your granling new leases to everyone who is in that street, so that no one is turned out for five years. and so that they will all have ample notice." That made it difference of $250.0th to Lord Cadi'iganâ€"in other words, if he had sold it outright without a condition of that sort. he would have got $250,000 more than he did. The Sultan of Moror‘co is somewhat barbarous in his methods. in spite of his acquaintance with European civilization. Not long ago, the story runs, he visited his private menagcrie with a camera in order to photograph the animals. Ar- rived before the cage of a tiger. the young monarch suddenly deSlI‘Cd his Minister of \\‘ar to hold the beast by the car while he photographed it. Dreading his master's displeasure if he refused. the trembling Minister approached the cage and. thrusting his hand between the bars. grasped the animal by the car. With a fierce growl the tiger sprang to its feet. while the wretched Minister clung firmly to it, divided between rear of the tiger and dread of the Sultan. At that moment. to his inexprcssible re- lief. the camera clicked. and his ordeal was over. His courage did not go on. rewarded. The Sultan has distributed numerous copies of the photograph .13 an evidence of his skill as a photo. grapher and of the pluck of his War Minister. ____§____ Even the man who isn‘t square may be cornered. W VOICE FROM GRAVE. Robert LOuis Stevenson‘s About 'Frisco. It is almost startling. after reading the accounts of the San Francisco dis-I aster. to turn to the late Robert Louis Stevenson‘s essay on that city. After an extremely beautiful description of the place and its suburb. Oaklands. he goes on :-â€"â€"“Tlius. in the course of a generation only. this city and its su« burbs have arisen. Men are alive by the, score who have hunted all over the foundations in a dreary waste. But I wonder what enchantment of the Ara- bian Nights can have equalled this evocation of a roaring city. in a few years of a man's life. from the marshes and the blowing sand. Such swiftness: of increase. as with an overgrownr youth. suggests a corresponding swift~ ness of destruction. We are in early geological epochs. eliangeful and inse-. Cure. and we feel. as with a sculptor'st model. that the author may yet groxw weary of and shatter the rough sketch.“‘ Never, surely, have the musings of a; poetic genius been so suddenly and! startlingly verified. +â€"__ . CHILDHOOD AILMENTS. Most of the troubles that afflict lit-, tle ones may be traced to the stomach or bowels and if these are put right that child will get well and thrive well.‘ Baby's Own Tablets will cure all sto~ mach and bowel ailments. and all the other minor troubles of babyhood and childhood. And the mother has the. guarantee of a government analysti that this medicine contains no poised. cus opiate or harmful drug. Mrs. Wil-i hcrt McKenzie. Clielmsford. Ont. sayszi “My little girl was troubled with ohsti» rate constipation to such an extent that we did not think she would live.,‘ She cried almost constantly and was wasting away. I got a box of Baby’s (hm Tablets. and in three days found. a great improvement. I continued giv-. mg her the Tablets for nearly a month. and every trace of the trouble has i‘lisapj'iearcd. and she has since been a bright. healthy child and has grown nicely.” You can get the Tablets from any medicine dealer or by mail at 25 cents a box by writing The Dr. \Vil Prophecy t lliams' Medicine Co.. Brockvillc, Ont.