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i ,4 ‘ -\-\.-_fi/ ‘ ______M . _\ ‘ M/‘V'-- About the House . HH+++H++++++++M WAka WEATHER PUDDINGS. Sago Jellyâ€"Two pounds of picked red currants, one pint cold water, one half~pound white sugar, 21 cupful of sago. Put the currants into the water and boil till soft, pass through a sieve; DUL the juice to boil again with the su- gar; when quite boiling add the sago, previously soaked in cold water; boil twenty minutes until transparent; put into a mould and when cold turn out. Serve with or without custard around I . Currant Spongeâ€"Cover oneâ€"half box of gelatine with cold water and let it soak one-half hour; pour over a Pl“L of boiling'water, add one-half pint if sugar, and stir over the fire for five minutes. Pour in one-half pint of red currant juice, strain into a tin pan. set on ice until the mixture begins to thicken, beat to a froth. add the well- beaten whites of four eggs, mix and pour into a mould to harden. Serve with whipped cream. Frozen Custard with Fruit. â€"Two pints milk, same of cream, six eggs. three teacups of sugar, one pint berries, or peaches cut up small. Let the milk nearly boil, beat the yolks of the eggs with the sugar and add the milk by de- grees. Whip the whites of the eggs' to a froth and add to the mixture; put all in a saucepan, stirring until it is a nice thick custard. When perfectly cold whisk“ in the cream and freeze. If the custard is allowed to freeze itself, stir in the fruit after the second beating. Strawberry TarLâ€"One pound sifted flour, yolks of two eggs, one gill ice- water, three-fourths pound fresh butter, .one tablespoonful sifted sugar, straw- berries. Rub the butter into the flour and sugar, add the yolks of eggs, and mix well with a knife. Then add just enough ice-water to make a paste that will roll out. It must be a firm paste, rather dry. Be careful that the flour is dry and the butter cold. Roll out the paste about one-third of an inch thick. line with it. a pie dish at least one inch deep with straight sides; trim the edges neatly, and bake the empty crust. in a quick oven for ten or twelve minutes. When the tart is to be served fill it neatly with strawberries, pour some of the syrup over and serve with a pitcher of cream. The strawberries should not be allowed to stand long in the crust or its crispness will be destroyed. The crust should be firm, brittle, and crisp, not flaky. Sunday Puddingâ€"One-quarter pound breadcrumbs, one half-pint milk. sugar- and flavoring to taste, two eggs, straw- berry jam. Boil the breadcrumbs in the milk, sweeten and flavor, and when the. bread is thick stir in the yolks of the eggs. Put the pudding into a buffered tart dish, bake slowly for threeâ€"quarters of an hour. Then spread over the top a layer of strawberry jam and on this the whites of the eggs beaten with a teaspoonful of sifted sugar, to a strong froth. Dip a knife in boiling water and with it smooth over the whites; put the pudding again into a moderate oven un~ til the top is a light golden brown. Serve immediately. . Malbrun Puddingâ€"Some thin slices of dry bread, fresh fruit, sugar, custard. Line a basin with the slices of bread. Boil some freSh, juicy fruit with sugar in the proportion of one-half pound to one pound of fruit. Pour into the lined basin, and cover with slices of bread. Put a saucer on top Winia heavy weight on it. Turn out next day and pour cus- tard round it. Sweet Macaroni.â€"One-quarter pound best macaroni, two quarts of water. a pinch of salt, one teacttpful milk, oneâ€" fourth pound white sugar, flavoring. Break up the macaroni into small lengths and boil in the water (adding the salt) until perfectly tender; drain away the water. add to the macaroni, in a stewpan, the milk and sugar. and keep shaking over the fire until the milk is absorbed. Add any flavoring and serve with or without stewed fruit. EXCELLENT EGGS. Like milk. contain in proper propor- tion all elements needed to support life. Being highly concentrated, however, they lack the bulk necessary to keep the excretory organs in perfect condi- tion. Serve with them, then, such food as bread, rice, cereals. but do not serve eggs in any way at the same meal with beef, mutton. or fowl. Pork. such as bacon, may in winter be served with eggs. While one pound of eggs is equal in nourishment to one pound of beef, the latter should be borne for a longer time, and would, in the end, be a much better food. The mineral matter of the egg is small in quantity but rich in quality, and the albumen is in a form most GUN TINUE Those who are gaining flesh and strength by regular treat- ment with Scott’s Emulsion t i f l I should continue the treatment | In hot weather: smaller dose | ndol to cool mllk with It will so are. m" l a c o a yproâ€" d to aurtng the heated | euoon. I MINING-m / econ & 30mm, f. easily digested. We must bear in iuind. however, that the egg albumen coagu- lates at a lower temperature than that in meat, which teaches us at once that to be easily digested egg must be lightly cooked. Eggs in Rollsâ€"Scoop out the crumbs from stale rolls. first cutting off an (l\‘i‘Il slice from the top. Toad or fry these shells, or rub freely with butter and set in a hot Oven until crisp and brown. Drop a fresh egg in each roll. adding a little. minced parsley, a talilcspoonful of cream, minced meals or vegetabhins. as may be at hand. Bake in a hot, oven until the eggs are set and replace iilt' cover of the roll. Stuffed Eggsâ€"Cut some hard boiled eggs in half, mince the _\T)II\'\' with a few olives and capers, some anchovies thoroughly washed, a few trutlle trimv mings, and a little tarragon. add some pepper, and fill each half egg with this mixture. Pour some melted butter over and warm in the, oven. Then place each half'egg with this mixture. Pour some melted butter over and warm in the oven. Then place each half on a sippof of bread fried in butter to a light yel~ low color and serve. Baked Eggs with Ham.â€"f\fake a cream 'sauce and add to it one cup of cooked ham finely chopped. Butter custard cups, break an egg in each and stand in a pan of hot water in the oven till the wigs are firm. Spread the minced ham on a platter or on slices of toast and turn the eggs on it. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and minced parsley. Spanish Eggsâ€"Cook together one cupful of stewed tomatoes, one bean of garlic finely minced, one chopped onion. and two sweet green peppers. seeded and chopped. Cook gently until reduced oneâ€"half. Spread on thin slices of toast and lay a fried or poached egg on each side. Swiss Eggsâ€"Rub a stoneware platter with butter, cover with thin slices of fresh Gruyere cheese (any cream cheese will answer), break fresh eggs on the cheese, sprinkle with grated nutmeg. pepper and salt; pour half a cupful of cream over the eggs, sprinkle with the cheese, grated, and bake for about fif- teen minutes in a hot oven. Serve on the same platter. Scrambled Eggs with Onionsâ€"Chop coarsely two slices of Spanish onion; put them into a saucepan with plenty of butter, and when they are thoroughly cooked without being brown. throw in four eggs beaten together with pepper and salt to taste; keep on stirring until the eggs are nearly set, and then serve on slices of toast. â€" HINTS FOR THE HOMELIFE. To take spots out of blue serge and generally refresh it, bathe with a sponge dipped in blue water, or use a brush instead of a sponge. Afterwards hang up the dress to dry. Choose eggs, for they differ greatly. not only in the inside, but on the out- side also. Choose dull ones as being the freshest. and brown ones as being the best flavored and having the largest yolks. Chairs which are covered in Ameri- can cloth should be rubbed over with beeswax and turpentine and thoroughly polished till dry. This process should quite remove the stickiness you com- plain of. To whiten linen, to every ten gallons of water which you are going to use for washing, add a large handful of pOWdercd borax. This will help to cleanse the clothes and at the same time will keep them beautifully clean. When painting to an exact line with- out smearing beyond il, use a small paint brush, and lay along the line in a sheet of tin. Having made the line in this way, the strip can then be painted with a wider brush and more paint. The dripping from roast meat, the skimmings from soups, and rendered down fat from meat trimmings. serve, the same purpose when properly clas- sified as lard or butter. Keep mutton dripping for basting mutton and for fry. ing fish and outlets. Cleaning I.ace.â€"~Very fine old lace lean be beautifully cleaned by being seen in a piece of clean linen and laid into oil all night. Next day boil gently for a quarter of an hour in soapy ava- ter and rinse thoroughly. Dip into starch (or gum) water, and pin out on a cloth to dry. A heliotrope satchel. is one of the best that is made, and imparts a most deli- cious scent to clothing. Make it thus: Mix together and pass through a coarse sieve half a pound of ground rose leaves, two ounces of powdered tonquin beans, half a grain of muSk, and two drops of essence of almonds. To scour boards, pipeclay and water mixed together until they form a thick paste, and spread over the part where there is a stain will take out the grease very soon. This is a foreign practice. and a very successful one. For simply making the boards a good color, and to 'keep them free from insects use the fol- lowing mixture: A quarter of a pound of lime, three-quarters of a pound of sand to half a pound of soft soap. Lay this on the boards and scrub thorough- lv. Wash off with clean tepid water, and make as dry as possmle. ____.._+.â€"â€"â€"-4 FIREI‘ROOF PEOPLE. Sir William (ii-nokes Tells of New Proof Against Flames. When we hear of cases of “fireâ€"walk- ing." instances, that is, of people walk- ing over or passing through five, bare- footed and uninjured, we wonder what a Scientific investigation would have to .sav to such things. No less an authority than Sir William ‘Crookes has given a graphic picture of a striking instance witnessed and test- ed by himself. Speaking of cases men- tioncd by Mr. Andrew Lang. and their comparison with the performances of a lmedium. D. D. Home. with fire. F'r Wil- liam gave the results of his personal ob- Sl‘l'VilllfIIIS. He said that, although he know of no chemical or other preparation which could possibly be applied lo the skin in such a way as to prevent the destruc- tive action of heat, hr nevertheless sow Home. in Hill tif’:l\\'lllf.i-l'<llllll of a lady friend. go up to the fire. rake it out with his hands and take up a lump of rodliot chart-out. about twice the size of 41'] egg. into his bund. upon which cerâ€" tainly no asbestos Was visible. The lint]le were sown coming out from be- tween his fingers. and he carried the charcoal round the room: our person present touched it and was burnt. Again. on the same, evening. he. saw Horne put a realâ€"hot coal on a fine cam- II'if‘ lianrlkorrtlnef. and corrv the hand- l»:cr«"hi~‘f about. Sir \Villiain took pos- somion of the handkoiu-hief and examin- cl it corcfulv in his lalir‘u'ntory. No trace of any chemical was found upon it, and the only inlury from its fiery ordeal was a small hole. The speaker wont. on to say that the closest analogy that could he found to the instances related by Mr, Ian;r was in the cam of iron pmltllcrs who stand terrific heat and he had been told that it took three generations to make a real- ly good puddlcr. In fact. it had been suggested that heredity had something to do with the faculty of "firmwalkingf’ but. this did not apply to Homes case. .__+__. ALMOST HOPELESS. The Condition of Thousands of Pale, Anaemic Girls. “Almost hopeless is the best way to describe the condition 1 was in about a year ago," says Miss Mamie Mannctt, of Athol, N. S. “My health had been gradually giving way until I reached a condition when I feared l was sinking info chronic invalidism. I was aswhitc as a sheet, my blood apparently having turned to water. I had no appetite, suf- fered from headaches and dizziness. the least exertion would leave me breaths less, and it. appeared that I was going into a decline. I had seen Dr. Wil- liams‘ Pink Pills highly recommended by the newspapers. and I decided to give them a trial. It was a fortunate, day for me when I came to this decis- ion. as the pills have not only restored my health. but have actually made me stronger than ever I was before. I now have a good appetite. a good color. and new energy. and I am satisfied that I owe all this to Dr. \Villiams’ Pink Pills. which I cheerfully recommend to other pole. feeble. ailing girls.” Dr. Williams" Pink Pills quickly cured Miss Mannctt. simply because they make the new. rich. red blood which enables the system to throw off disease, and brings robust health and cheerful- ness to pale anaemic sufferers. Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills cure bloodlessness just as surely as food cures hunger,mid the new blood which the pills make braces the nerves and tones and strengthens every organ and every part of the body. That is why these pills strike straight at the root of such com- mon diseases as headaches, sidcaches, and backaches, kidney trouble, indiges- tion. neuralgia. rheumatism, St. Vitus dance. paralysis, and the troubles from which women and growing girls suffer in silence. It has been proved in then- sands of cases that Dr. Williams" Pink Pills cure after doctors and all other medicines have failed. But you must get the genuine pills with the full name, “Dr. Williams” Pink Pills for Pale Peoâ€" ple.” on the wrapper around each box. All medicine dealers sell these pills or you can get them by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for .‘2.50 by address- ing The Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ontg .â€"-â€"â€"+â€"_._ SILVER BATHS. Al the Cznr‘s palace of Tzarskoe $010, the nurseries provided for the care of children consist of eleven rooms. one feature is described by Miss Egar, the children’s governess, as follows: “In the bathroom is a stationary bath of solid silver. used for the bigger children, There is a small silver bath for the use of whatever baby reigns. Each child‘s name is engraved upon it, so it forms a historical record. It was apparently bought for Nicholas 1., and bears his name and those of his family. We at- so find the names of Alexander II. and of Marie. afterward Duchess of Edin- burgh. The last name added was that of Alexis, the little baby who was born in August, 1904." STANLEY AND THE BANANA. Sir Henry Stanley was a firm believ- e.‘ in the banana. He went so far as to advise that its consumption would cure rheumatism, gout, and all liver af- fections. When lying at the point of death from gastritis a light gruel of banana flour mixed with milk was the only food he could retain and digest. The secret of the banana as a health and strengthâ€"pmducing food lies in its high percentage of proteids and the great number of its calories, respective- ly ‘20 and 301.71. It is a perfectly balâ€" anced ration if sliced for breakfast and served with milk and sugar. LIVING 0N CHEESE. The now treatment for bringing stout people tit slim. elegant. and comfortable proporliilns consists in the first place in eating alt manner of cheeses, to the ex. clusion of all other foods. save non- fattening biscuits. fruit, and a limited quantity of meat once a day. You may breakfast on cream cheese, lunch on Gorgonzola and Camembert, take Ched- dar sandwiches for tea, and a light supper of Stilton and Brie: but at din- ner you must have only a “c0upcon” of meat and nothing rich. Sometimes money talks, but more 01. ten it stops talk. {3 Lead Packets only. TOPICS 0F DIPLOMATS RAPI‘ROACIIMENT BET\VEEN BRIT- AIN AND RUSSIA. Germany’s Attempt to Play Off Englaml Against the Muscovite Empire. Three prime topics will occupy Euro- pcan Chancelleries this summer, which, in their development, seem calculated to make history. The Pan‘lslamic move- ment in Egypt, the rapproachmcnt be- tween Grcat Britain and Russia, and Germany‘s attempt to secure a British 01' a Russian understanding by pl'dymg o'f one country against the other. Seemingly minor events have been rapidly succcding one another in Egypt. revealing that the withdrawal of the Turkish troops from Tabah and the con- sent of the Sultan to negotiate the Sin- ai boundary line were merely surface matters, and that their passing left un- distributed a genuine cause for alarm in Egypt. In the last few years Pan- lslamism has been surreptitiously subâ€" stituted for the narrower and more ob- vious “Iationalism” of Egyptian opposr ‘non to British domination and the vul- nerability of the country has increased by the consolidation of the Turkish DOW‘ er in Syria and the construction of the Iledjaz Railway, which. although conâ€" venient for pilgrims can also well Serve strategic purposes. The other day the emissaries of the Sonussi sect attacked the British-Egyptian garrison at Talodi. in Kodofan, southwest of Khartoum,and murdered FORTY NATIVE SOLDIERS. This was described in an official report by the British Foreign Office as a dis- turbance which was “apparently pre- meditated and purely local." From Cairo comes the intelligence that iso- lated garrisons have been subjected to similar attacks, and that English and Egyptian officers on hunting or explor- ing expeditions have been ambushed and slain. There have also been mutin- ics among Egyptian troops. The Cairo informant declares that a wave of fanatâ€" icism, the force of which no one is aware of, will presently break upon Egypt, propagated by the Senussi. who believe that they have received divine authority fromâ€"somewhere. It is significant, in the light of the fin gal cable despatches which now-a-days emanate from Cairo, that the British troops sent to Egypt and the Sinai hin- terland to force the Turk from Tabah have not yet been withdrawn. Although the terms of the Anglo-Rus- sian understanding are still incomplete, there is liltlcdoubt that statesmen in St. Petersburg as well as in London are agreed that the present is the psycholo- gical moment for a rapprochement on grounds of expediency because it can- not be hoped that. if things are allowod tr. slide, the interests of Great Britain and Russia in Persia will long remain the only interests very seriously involv- ed there. On this point M. Robert de Caix intimates that he SPEAKS WITH AUTHORITY. in an article in Le Journal des Debats of Paris: “That an arrangement will be accept ed in principle no longer admits of any doubt. For more than a year the whole attitude of England has tended toward it. The British press which has enough political sense to change its tone now that the factors of the international situ- ation have themselves changed, no lon- ger treats Russia as it did before the Russo-Japanese war and during a great part of the conflict. Further, it is no secret that the King of England is bring- ing to bear on the rapprochement be- tween his country and Russia that firm- ness of purpose and political fact of which he has given constant proof since his accession." Germany possesses two enticing habits which she thinks should strongly ap- peal respectively to Russian and Brit- ish impressionability. If the revolution in Russia does not progress too far or rapidly, a word from the Financial Min- ister of Germany will be sufficient for Berlin bankers to advance large amounts to the tottering dynasty. The fact that German syndicates are buying Russian crown lands should not incidentally he lost sight of. As to the Ragdad Rail- way. its financiering is no longer held out to Great Britain: it is taken as a matter of course that (neat Britain de- sires the road built. and will place no political obstacles in Germany's way if only satisfactory agreement could be reached. This change of front was rec- ently marked in A.\' INSPIRED ARTICLE in the Grenzbote, a political weekly of Berlin: “Great Britain desires the Bagdad Railway to run into Koweit, a port on the Parisian Gulf, and she must, there- fore, in the comparatively near future, enter into negotiations with Germany. The question must be settled soon, for the termination of the line at. a seaport YOGREEN A Unequalled Purity â€" Strength â€"â€" Flavor 400. 500 and 60¢: per lb. HIGHEST AWARD ST. LOUIS, 19M. vsquadron of twenty-six battleships ,7 Strong Points 0? 1' At all Grocers. will ncessitate the construction of works, custom houses, etc. A German post- olfice must also to established at the end of the line.” Another pointer is to be found in the following paragraph in the same article: “Germany is now certainly entering an Asiatic Sphere of interest. but in a pure- ly ccnonomic. not. a political capacity. On the other hand. hocher. the line is‘ of political and military importance t Turkey. for which it will open up vas tracts, and for which. in case of war,. it will facilitate the mobilization of the troops stationed in Asia Minor. Inf other words, the construction of the Rag-i dad Railway signifies the strengthening, of the Mohammedan world, with whicht Great Britain ,has principally to reckon: In the, meantime communications are being exchanged beIWeen the British Admiralty and tho French Ministry of Marine to see in how far the French Navy may. according to the Anglo-C French entcnte. be represented in thef approaching visit of the British fleet to Cronstadt. And the, German Baltic, andi cruisers. under command of Grand Adâ€"t miral Von Koester. although uninvitedl to this ftlilrlrcss rehearsal of a drama. i-- off Frodcrickshavn. Denmark. and will, find itself "accidentally" in the vicinityi of the Anglo-Francmnussian demonstrav tion of good fellowship. ’ __._4__.___ PERSONAL POINTERS. Interesting Gossip About Some of the “’orld's Leading People. Prince Kropotkine, the famous Rus- sian ,exile, is a. first-rate carpenter. Tears ago. when he decided to make his permanent home in England. he took a cottage at Harrow, and made a great [portion of the furniture himself. imay save your baby’s life. From boyhood Dr. Nansen, the Polar explorer, accustomed himself to the use of snow-shoes, and 'would often go forty or fifty miles on them without taking any food with him. He had a great dislike to any outfit for his excur- Sions. The Duc d'Orleans has a splendid collection of sporting trophies, number" mg some 3.000 stuffed wild animals,‘ birds, and reptiles, together with cosâ€" fumes, arms, and curiosities gathered from all parts of the earth, and-a great} array of heads and horns from Central! and South Africa, representing the spoils of many a hunting expedition. , Jan Kubelik’s first ambition was not, to make a name as a musician, but as an explorer. Ileai-ing much of Dr. Liv- ingstone as a child. he was fired with 3.5 desire to emulate that great man, butt long before he was out of the knicker-z horker stage he showed such marvellous talents with the violin that a life of traâ€"~, vel was out of the question for him. l Lord \Volverton is one of Fortune’s prime favorites. Eighteen years ago he, was a poor man comparatively. with ani income of a few hundreds a year, which he spent pleasantly enough in travelq bug in remote regions and hunting bigl game. Unexpectedly his elder brotheri died unmarried at the early age of twenty~seven, and he succeeded to the. title and an income of £50,000 a year. ' The children of the Earl of Aberdeen have all be brought up to be useful. At- one time a furnished cottage was placed at the disposal of Lady Marjorie, the’ Viceroy‘s daughter, who was expected to keep it tidy, and even lay the fires and scrub the floors. The cottage stood in a. small garden which was cultivated by His Excellency’s sons, one of whose hobbies was the growing of fruit and vegetables. Queen Amelie of Portugal is the only Royal lady doctor in the. world, i.e., the only Queen who is a doctor by merit, for many Royal ladies have received the degree of doctor of one sort or another as a courtesy title. Queen Amelie, however, went through a thor‘ ough course. of medical training, and on more than one occasion, when walking in Lisbon, she has been able to rendeh medical aid in street accidents. â€"_+_._ SAVE THE BABIES. Mother, an investment of 25 cents now, Colic, diam rhoea and cholera infantum carry off thousands of little ones during the hot] Weather months. A box of Baby's Own Tablets cost but 25 cents and tnere is security and safety in this medicine. Give an occasional Tablet to the well child and you will keep it well. Give them to the child if trouble comes swift-‘ ly and see the ease and comfort this medicine brings. And you have th guarantee of a government analys that this medicine contains no poisonâ€" ous opiate. Mrs. R. Metlin. Halifax, N. sayszâ€"“Rahy’s Own Tablets m- a valuable medicine for stomach and bowel troubles.” Sold by all medicine, dealers or by mail at ‘25 cents a be from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Broclrvtlle, Ont. Keep the Tablets i the heuse. l