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5â€". i++++++++++++ ++++++++« + About the HflllSB ++++++++++++++++4 ++++ PICKLES. Enameled Kettles should always be used in preference to brass or copper in making catsup and pickles. as the ver- digris produced by the vinegar on these metals is extremely poisonous. For some pickles Use cold vinegar. as m boiling most of the strength is lost by evaporation. Pickles should never be put in glazed jars. as salt and vinegar penetrate the glaze and produce a poison. Glass and stone jars are preferable to any other; a small piece of’alum in CRCI’IAJUI‘ will make the pickles firm and crisp. One labicspoonful of sugar to each quart of vinegar will be found a great improvement to all pickles. Damson and Cherry Picklesâ€"To five pounds of fruit put three pounds sugar. one quart vinegar. four tablesponfuls. or two ounces, cinnamon. one table spoonful cloves. as much mace. Put the. fruit in a jar. Boil the vinegar, sugar. and spices and pour them boiling hot. on the fruit. Tie the spices loosely in muslin before boiling. Ripe Peach Picklesâ€"Pare the peach- es and drop in vinegar that has been boiled. with one teacupful sugar to one quart vinegar, and twelve cloves. a tea spoonful of whole allspice. and three . large sticks of cinnamon. Always tie the spice in cheesecloth or muslin loosely before boiling. Spanish Picklesâ€"Use one peek green tomatoes-four onions thinly sliced. one cup salt, one-half ounce cloves, one-half ounce allspice berries. one-half ounce peppercorns, onehall cup mustard seed, one pound brown sugar. four green pep< pers finely chopped, cider vinegar. Sprinkle alternate layers of tomatoes and onions with salt and let stand over- night. In the morning drain and put in a preserving kettle, adding remaining ingredients. using enough vinegar to cover all. Heat gradually to boiling point and boil about thirty minutes. Jumbo Pickleâ€"Chop fine ahead of cabbage. sprinkle with salt; let it remain thus for 12 hours; then mix 1 onion fine- ly minced with the cabbage: drain through a colander; add a good quan- tity of pepper and celery seed. Put it in a jar and cover with vinegar. Ready for use in three days, Chow-Chow.â€"Use two quarts small green tomatoes. twelve small cucumbers. three red peppers. one cauliflower, two bunches celery, one pint small onions, two quarts string beans. one-fodrth pound mustard seed. two ounces tur- meric, one-half ounce allspice, one-half ounce pepper. one-half ounce cloves. salt. one gallon vinegar; cut the vege- tables in small pieces. cover with salt. let it stand twenty-four hours, and drain. Heat vinegar and spices to boiling point. add vegetables. and cook until soft. Jute «knew:- APPLE DESSERTS. Apple Charlotteâ€"Cut slices of wheat bread or rolls and having rubbed the bottom and sides of a basin with a bit of butter. line it with the sliced bread or rolls; put tart apples. cut. them small and nearly flll 'lhe pan, strewing bits of butter and sugar between the apples; grate a small nutmeg ever: make as many slices of bread or rolls as will cover it, over which put a plate and a weight to keep the bread close u on the apples; bake two hours in a quic ' even, then turn it out. Quarter of a pound of butter and half a pound of sugar to half a peek of tart apples. Rich Baked Apple Puddingâ€"Half pound the pulp of apples. half loaf sugar. six ounces of butter. the rind of one lemon. six eggs, puff paste. Peel and core and cut the apples as for sauce; put them into :i slewpan. with only just sufficient water to prevent them from hurtling. and let them slew imtil reduced to a pulp. Weigh the pulp, and to every half pound add sifted sugar, grat- ed lemon peel. and six well beaten eggs. Beat these in 'redienls well together, then melt the bu ter. stir it to the other ' things, put a border of puff paste round the dish, and bakefor. more than half an hour. The buffer should not be ad- ded until the puddingr is ready for the oven. Apple Sago Puddingâ€"One cup sago in a quart of tepid water. baked for one hour. six or eight apples, pared and cored. or quartered and steamed ton- der, and put in the pudding dish: “boil and stir the sage until clear. adding water to make it thin. and pour it over the apples; this is good hot with butter and sugar, or acid with cream and su- gar. Baked Apple Dumplings.â€"l\lake in the same way. using a soft dough; place in a shallow Dill]. bake in a hot oven, and serve with cream and sugar, or place in a pan which is four or live inches deep (do not have the dumplings touch each amass 7;"... at“ 3‘ . _ Mot er’s Ear - I WORD IN MOTHER'S BAR: WHEN , NURSING AN INFANT, AND IN TN- . MONTH. VHII' COM. .EFORE THAT 1 TIME, ‘ SCOTT'S EMULSION .UPPLIES rua avaA awn-mar" MD .- uoumsumsur so NECESSARY. FOR ‘ ms uaAL‘rH OF new MOTHER AND CHILD. Send for free sample. , '. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, : Toronto, Ontario. 502. and 31.00: Ill druggists. other): then pour in hot. water. just leav- ing top of dunij‘ilings uncovered. To a pan of four or five dumplings add one teacup and a half a teacup of butter; bake from half to throevquartcrs of an hour. If water cooks away too much add more. Serve dumplings on a plat- ter and the liquid in sauceboat for dress- ing. Fresh or canned peaches can be made the same way. CARE OF HONEY. The average housekeeper puts honey in the cellar for safe keeping, about the worst place possible. Honey readin at- tracts moisture. In the cellar extracted honey will become thin. and in time may Sulll‘. With (-omb honey the case is still worse. for the appearance as well as the quality is changed. Instead of keeping honey in a place moist and cool. keep it dry and warm, even hot. It will not hurt to be in a temperature of even 100 degrees. Where soil will keep dry is a good place for honey. Few places are better than the kitchen cup- board. Up in a hot gal-ret next to the roof is a good place. and if it. has had enough hot days there through the summer it will stand the freezing winter; for under ordinary circumstances. freez- ing cracks the combs. and hastens granulation or candying. ‘ If honey be kept for any length of time. especially during cold weather, it has a tendency to change from its ori- ginal beautiful liquid transparency to a while semi-solid granulated condition. called by bee-keepers. granulated or candied. According to a recent bulletin of the Ontario Department of Agricul- ture. it sometinfes becomes candied so solid that when in a barrel the head has to be taken off. and the honey re- moved by the spadeful. This candied condition is not to bi; taken as an evi- dence against its genuineness or purity. but the contrary; for the adulteraled honeys are less likely to candy than those that are pure. It is an easy matter to restore honey to its former condition. Simply keep it in hot water bath long enough, but not too hot. If heated above 160 degrees there is danger of spoiling the color and ruining the flavor. Honey contains the most delicate of all flavors. that of the flowers from which it is taken. A good way is to set the vessel contain- ing the honey inside another vessel con- taining hot water, not allowing the bot- tm of the one to rest directly on the bottom of the other, put ‘putting a bit of shingle or some ing of the kind be- tween. Let it stan on the stove. but do not let it boil. It may take half a day or longer to melt. the honey. If the honey is set directly on the reser- voir of a cook stove it will be all right in a few days. In time it will again granulate. ' HOUSEHOLD HINTS. To ascertain if coffee contains chicory place a spoonful of the ground coffee gently on the surface of a glass of cold water. The pure coffee will float for some time and scarcely color the water; the chicory, if any be present, rapidly ahsdrbs the water and sinks to the bot- tom, communicating a deep. reddish lint.- as it falls. Or a small spoonful of ground coffee may be placed in a small bottle'ot cold water and shaken for a moment; if the sample of coffee is pure it will rise to the surface and hardly tint the water, while if the coffee is adulterated with chicory. the latter will fall to the bottom and discolor the water as before. .\ similar coloring of the water will be produced. however, if the coffee is adulteratcd with burnt sugar. Graniteware can be soldered by adopt- ing the following method: Brush over the edges of the holes to be mended with shellacâ€"both inside and outsideâ€"and immediately apply the melted solder, which will adhere firmly. To Brighten up' a Carpetâ€"A carpet looks much cleaner and brighter if. just before sweeping. some salt is thrown upon it. or if, after it has been swept, it, is wiped over with a cloth or sponge wrung out of clean salt water. This quite removes the dusty look which so scon gathers upon carpets, and will brighten the colors. A cupful of coarse salt to a basin of water istthe [right proportion. To Clean Velvetâ€"Rub with a piece of the same material dipped in spirits of turpentine. turning the piece as it becomes soiled. Velvet. if it happens to get wet. should be shaken thorough- ly only. never rubbed with a cloth. BRITISH DIPLOMATIC VICTORY. Reforms in Persia are Ascribed to the Influence of Britain. I No student of international politics, writes a well~lnformcd correspondent, can fail to recognize in the sweeping re- forms which liave been established in Persia a great English diplomatic vic- tory. There are also signs that this vic- tory contains the inception of an Anglo- Russian agreement which will give Rus- sia the southern outlet in Western Asia she so ardently craves and pressingiy needs. While \\’illielinstrasse and German agents were trying to patch up a peace between Turkey and Persia over their frontier dispute which should win the eternal gratitude of the Shah, and the Ilaniburg-.»\merican Line was deciding to inaugurate a monthly service ..f steainsliips between German ports and the Persian Golf in order to take td- \anlage of the expected expression of gratitude. Downing Street gained the car of an important member of the Mushir family whose father happened to be Per- sian Minister at St. Pelersburg. .\lush.ir- cdâ€"Dowleh had evidently been overlooked by the German agents, who had rc- posed theirhopesin the seemingly con- genial behavior of Muzaffar-ed~diii him- self. The latter, however. showed signs of brain trouble about the middle of Julyâ€"at. any rate. he. denied himself to the minions from \V‘ilhclmslrosse. and Mushir-eil-Dowleh suddenly became an important man. He had two strings to his how. both of which he revealed to the invalid Shah. One was that he had information from his father to the ef. feet that the Russian Government would view as a friendly art any attempt on the part of Persia to pave the way to- word a mutual agreement of Russian and British interests in that country. The second string was the theory that a Britiin loan might be secured if only the English people could look upon Per- sia as a modern. trustworthy country which paid its debts. In order to make these slrings more effective Mushnude-howleh. while still retaining the portfolio of Foreign Af- fairs. was made Grand \‘izicr. As Gland \izier he has presented and carried through a programme of political and financial reforms which were so far be- yond the expectations of the Shah that only his desire to be accounted the fl‘lv'lld of Russia and his greed for English gold kept him from dismissing the enter- prising and reforming fllushir-ed-Dow- fl‘fl. Cable, dcspalches from Tohcran have announced the establishment ofa Nation- al Assembly in Persia. while in London private telegrams have advised that Persia is about to negoliate a loan with Great Britain with the approval and sup- port of Russia. In the present. circum- stances the tireless efforts of Whihelm- strasse to prevent Turkey and Persia from coming to blows and‘the enterprise of the llamburg-American Line in the Persian Gilli appear to be dwarfed into insignificance. .;____. A MOTHER‘S STORY. She Tells How Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills Saved [Ier Daughter. Anaemia is the doctors' name for bloodlessness. It is an ailment that affects almost every girl in her teens. Womanhood makes new demands up- on her blood supply that she cannot meet. Month after month her strength, her very life. are being drained away. No food and no care can do her any good. No common medicine can save her. .She needs new blood. New blood is the one thingâ€"the‘only thingâ€"that can make a healthy woman of her. Dr. Williams" Pink Pills actually make new blood. That is why they never fail to cure anaemia. That is how they save from an early grave scores cf young girls whose health and strength depend upon their blood supply. Mrs. Anson Clark, Arden. Ont.. sayszâ€"“Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills have been a great blessing in my family as two of my daughters have used them with marked success.' When my eldest daughter was‘about seventeen she began to fall in health. Her blood seemed to have turned to water. She was troubled with headaches and dizziness; the least exer- tion would cause her heart to palpitate violently and she could not walk up stairs without stopping to rest. She doctored for upwards of a year, and the doctor said she did not have as much blood in her body as an ordin- arily healthy person would have in one arm. The doctor‘s treatment did not do her a particle of good. She seemed slowly fading away. Then she became afflicted with salt rheum and her hands were almost raw. About this time a neighbor advised the use of Dr. Willi- ams’ Pink Pills and she began taking them. After using the pills for a few weeks we could see an improvement, her appetite began to improve and a trace of color came to her cheeks. She continued taking the pills until she had used thirteen boxes when she was as well and strong as ever, every trace of both the anaemia and salt rheum had disappeared and she has since enjoyed the best of health. Later on my young- est daughter, aged fifteen. began to lose her health, but thanks to our experi- ence with Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills we knew where to look for a cure and after using four boxes of pills she was all right again. I have also used the pills myself for nervous troubles with com- plete success." I Rich red blood is the ,secret of health â€"Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills is the sec- ret of rich red blood. They actually make rich red blood, that is why they cure anaemia, headaches and backaches, indigestion. nervous prestrallon. heart palpitation. neuralgia, rhemnatisni, scia- tica. St. Vitus Dance and the ailments that make the, lives of so many women and growing girls miserable. Sold by of; medicine dealers or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont. _+__.__ PERSONAL NOTES. Gossip About Some Prominent People on the World's Stage. The Czarina of Russia is fond of swim~ ming. and when staying at the St. Pet- crsburg Winter Palace indulges in the r._creation in a splendid bath of white marble. The Shah of Persia is supposed never to be off Persian soil. As a matter of fact he never though he does travel. To his boots there is a false sole; be tween the false and the real a portion of the holy earth of Persia is packed. He thus strictly obeys the law. A go id story is told of little Princess Mary of Wales. It was said that one [ET 1 . a: :- W“ PURE?!- ~ This is the paramount feature of : Free from dust, dirt and all foreign substances. Load Packets only. 400. 600 and can per lb. At all Grocers. HIGHEST AWARD ST. LOUIS. 190-5. is set the first loolh sued by her Royal charge. It bears the inscription, “.\ly tooth to my nurse. Alfonso XIII.” In makingr this presentation Ills Majesty followed a custom which has prevailed in the Spanish Royal family for con- turics. 'l‘he prettiest hand in the world be- longs lo Mdlle. Marie dc Castellanc. member of the famous French family of that name, and one of the reigning beau- ties of Paris. The countess. who gets her title through the dethroned Royal family. long ago dropyu-dthc familycrest and went upon the stage, where she is known by another name. Edward Grieg. the great Norwegian composer, when only six years old learnt the piano and the theory of music from his mother. At nine he composed some variations on a German melody. but he was told to stick to his lessons. As a boy he thought of being a painter, but at fifteen it was decided that he should go to Leipzig to study music thorough- ly. as he showed such a decided gift. Sir John Madden. Chief Justice and Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria, who is now enjoying the first holiday of his life in London, is a native of Cork who has spent fifty years in Melbourne. He was the first student of the Melbourne University, of which he is now Chan- cellor, to gain the degree of LL.D. As Dr. Madden he soon became a leader at. the Melbourne Bar. a brilliant advocate. M.P.. and Minister of Justice. He was also an accomplished athlete and ama- teur boxer. Marshal von Wrangel is one of the most autocratic officers of the German army. On one occasion he noticed that & yodng cavalry lieutenant was wear- ing a pair of spurs that were not of the regulation pattern. The Field-Marshal promptly gave him twenty-four hours’ arrest. The lieutenant, who belonged tr. the self-sufficient school of officers. look it upon him to point out that the Field-Marshal was wearing just such a pair of spurs, “Good. my son,” was the reply; “you can just do twentyâ€"four hours extra for my shortcomings.” The Earl of Egmont had a fairly ad- venturous career before he succeeded to .the family honors in 1897, for he served for twenty years before the must on vessels trading to the East. and has been, among other things. a member of the London Fire Brigade. He has no children by his marriage to a lady of South Carolina family. and his heir is his brother, who has. like himself. been 8 sailor. and has also served in the i\'a~ tal Mounted Police. (Iowdray Park, the , answer i two , clearly visible. row. so as to give me time to think?" “No: I prefer to take you on the spot. I might, as well do it now as at any other time. You have a wife and chil- dren?" “Yes; I think you ought to have some consideration for them. and let me off." “Well, thats a curious kind of argu- ment." said Gunn. "When I take you. your family will be perfectly protected. of course. and not otherwise." “lint why do you want to murder me? l__‘o “Murder you? Murder you? Who in thunder's talking about murdering you?" “Why, didn't you say " “I called [to get you to take out a life- tnsurance policy in our company,‘ and 1*" “Oh. you did did you?" said Brom- ley. suddenly becoming fierce. “Well, I ain’t a-going to do it, and I want you to skip out of this office. or I’ll brain you with the poker. Come. now. skip!" Then Mr. Cut n withdrew without is- suing a policy. .nd Bromley is still un- insured. ....__¢__~_ MYSTERY OF [THE SEA. Swedish Scientists Investigate Plienonr ena of Dead Water. One of the most curious marine phe~ nomena known to se’amen is that called by Norwegian sailors "dead water.” which. without any visible cause, makes a vessel lose her speed and refuse to her helm. The sailor‘s only definite knowledge of its origin; says " the Scotsman. is that it exists solely where there is a surface layer of fresh water resting upon the salt waters of the sea. Several explanations have been advanced by the captains of ships of the effect of dead water, the commonest of which is that the two water layers move in different directions. The true expla- nation. however, was reeently found by Swedish investigators. At least so it would seem from what follows. The experiment carried out was an ex~ ccedfngly pretty one. A large plateâ€" glass tank was first mounted on a wooden frame. The. tank was then filled to a certain depth with salt wa- ter. and a layer of fresh water was care- fully poured on to the surface. so that separate water layers were ob- tained... The salt water was blackened with liquid Chinese ink before the wa- ter layers were prepared, and in this way the different layers were made A boat model was then once magnificent family seat in Sussex, i towed along the rank, and a snhoueue was purchased by the sixth earl someJ sixty years ago. General Weyler" is the most popular soldier in the Spanish army. where his real ability and passion for efficienry are appreciated by officers and private alike. beauty. who. like himself. wa< a native of the Balearic Islands. lle invited his w .‘ “r t \‘eddinflcerunonv‘ 1mm” 0mm N O the “ r k ‘ ‘suddcnly slackened when the boat was at the conclusion of which he commit- ted the bride to the care of the abbess of a neighboring convent. There she remained until she had received an edu- cation befitting her new position in life. â€"-~â€"--â€"+ STiLL [ININSURED Experience of Mr. Bromlcy With a Life Insurance Man. A life-insurance agent named Gunn was in town the other day. and while there he heard that old Bromlcy had no insurance upon his life. so Gunn conâ€" cluded to drop in and see liim., 2ro1n~ lcv had no aiupminlance with Gunn. and when the latter entered the office he introduced himself by saying:â€" “.\lr. llromley. I've called to see if I could take your life." “\\'h-whâ€"wluil d'you say?" exclaimed Bromley, in some alarm.’ “I say that I‘ve come round to take your life. My name is Gunn. As soon as I heard you were unprotected, that you had nothing on your life. I thought I would just run in and settle the thing with you at once." ’l‘hen Broniley got up and went tothe other side of the table. and said to himself:# “By George. it“s a lunatic who has broken out of the asylum. lle'll kill me if I halloa or run. I must humor him.” Then Gunn. fumbling in his pocket after his mortality tables, followed Broniley around the room and said to him:â€" ' “You can choose your own plan. you know. It's immaterial to me. Some like one and some like another. It's a matter of taste. Which one do you pre- fer?" “I'd rulh- r not die at all." said Brom- nf hei- aunts. wishing to test her know- 1 10V. m admin iiiige when she was: beginningr to.taik fluently. pointed to her feet. and asked what she called them. “Yen I has shoes or. vey is feel." was the llllS\\'I:l'. “\‘cn \e_\' is hare vey is 'l‘ritiiles.‘ One of the proudest treasures of King Ailonso's nurse is a gold ring in which “But you've got to die. of course," said littnuz "that's a thing there's no Chi)an about All I can do is to make dezith easy for you: to make you feel happy as you go off. Now, which plan will you take?" “Couldn't you postpone it till toâ€"mor- When a lieutenantâ€"colonel in a} crack regiment General Weyler wooed] and won'a humble peasant girl of rare; , dead water. of the waves produced was obtained by placing a white screen at a short dis« lance behind the tank. The waves were also photographed by flashlight. and the, results showed conclusively that waves actually were set up at the boundary line between the two liquids. Further experiments were made to verify the sudden loss of speed due to The boat model was drawn- .icross the tank. and the towing string about half way across. In cases where the tank contained salt water only the boat stopped gradually. moving some, boat lengths after the towing string had been slackencd. When the tank contained a layer of fresh water resting on salt water. on the other hand. the boat slackened speed quite suddenly, and moved only a very short distance.- These experiments. carried out on a small scale, prove conclusively that the difficulties encountered within a dead- writer zone are. really due to the resis- lanre experienced by the vessel in gen- t‘i‘itllllj,’ invisible waves at the fresh water-salt wdter boundary; although in some particular cases the influence of under currents must also, doubtless, be. taken into acount. . -¢â€"â€"â€"-â€"- LOWEST Bll’t’l‘fl-RATf-i ON macono The lowest birth-rate in any first quar- ter of a year since civil registration was‘ established was rcrordcd during the first three months of the present yi-ur,. according to the quarterly return oft. marriagm, births. and deaths in England and Wales. The actual number of bulbs during this period was 237.396, in the proportion of 27.9 annually per 1,000 of, the population. In the ten preceding first quarters the mean rate was 29.2. While the birth-rate has fallen so heav- ilv, it is a remarkable fact that, owing to an even greater decline in the death- rule, the natural increase of population in England and Wales during the quzir- ter wnswumai. as compared with 96,. 758. 7.166. and 89.7w in the first quar- ters of 1903, 1904, end 1905 respectively. ,.___+._._.._ THE PESSIMIST. “It was a sad fate." “What was a. sad tater: “Young Brewster’s." | “What‘s happened to Brewster? “Married.” . V “naps.