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W ++++++++++++++++++++++ Alwut the House H+++++++++++++++++ WINTER VEGETABLES. Carrot Timbales Baked in Cupsâ€"Boil carefully in unsalted water until tender. t'lrute three good sized carrots; add to them 11qu a cupful of cream, four eggs beatn until light, a teaspoon of salt. and a dash of pepper. Fill into small custard cups, stand in a baking pan if boiling water, and bake in a moderate oven for thirty minutes. I’arsnips Boiledâ€"If parsnips are young and tender, scrape, and to Pl‘e' vent. discoloration, throw each at. once _ into cold water. When prepared put ' them into a sauce pan of boiling un- salted water and cook slowly until ten- der, usually about an hour and a quar- ter. Drain and put them into a heated dish. heads all one way. Put one table- spoonful of butter and one of flour into a saucepan; mix and add half a pint of boiling water, stir until boiling: take from the fire; add half a teaspoonful of salt, a quarter of a teaspoonful of pep- per, and stir in slowly another table- spoonlul of butter; add a tablespoonful of vinegar or lemon juice and pour over the parsnips, Garnish with squares of toasted bread and serve at once. Baked Parsnips.â€"Cut in halves and boil tender; drain and put in a baking dish, haste with melted butter, dust thickly with granulated sugar and bake in a moderate oven until a golden brown. Parsnip Cakesâ€"For this purpose they must be boiled tender, pressed through a colander. and to each four good-sized parsnips a well beaten egg and one tablespoonful of flour should be added; mix, form into small round cakes and saute in a little beef dripping. Lentil Curryâ€"Soak over night. in cold water one cup of lentils. Wash. cover with fresh water, and cook slowly for two hours. Drain, put two tablespoon- 'fuls of butter into a saucepan; when melted add two onions chopped fine; cook slowly until a golden brown; add a teaspoonful of curry powder, a dash g‘f cayenne. and half a pint of the water in which the lentils were boiled. Add lentils, cook slowly for twenty minutes; add a teaspoonful of salt, the juice of one lemon, and serve with well boiled rice. Boiled Beetsâ€"Old beets require great care in boiling. Four hours’ slow cook- ing will. as a rule, make them tender. If they are wiliel and tough, soak them in cold water over night. Next morning wash, put. them into boiling water, and cook slowly. When done remove the skin by rubbing with a towel; cut into thin slices, dish in a hot dish. dust with salt. and pepper, and pour over a little melted butter. Those left over may be put in vinegar and used as a garnish for potato or carrot salad. Â¥t++++++¥¥+ + ++++++ t + t _+ t CAKES. Crumb Cakeâ€"Rub half a cupful of but- ter or lard into a cupful of flour, to which has been added one cupful of sugar. a teaspoonful of cinnamon, one- fourth of a teaspoonful of grated nut- meg, and half a teaspoonful of salt. Set aside half a cupful of the mixture and add to the remainder one. cupful of flour, half a cupful of sour milk, a teaspoonful 0|” soda, one of cream of tartar, and one egg. If sour milk be usedâ€"sour milk is better than sweet milk for the pur- poseâ€"cream of tartar should be omitted, as the acid in the milk takes its place. Put. in a pan, place the half ciipfiil which has been set aside on the top, then lake. Drop Cakeâ€"Take four cupfuls of flour, half a cupfnl of cornstarch, one cupful of butter, and two cupfuls of sugar, and rub well together. Add a small cupful of milk, the grated rind of a lemon, or a wine glass of rose brandy, and two teaspoonfuls of saleratiis. Care must Le taken to put. the ingredients together in the order named. Drop into tins and bake immediately. Spice Layer Cakeâ€"One tablespoonfiil oi lard, one tablespoonful of butter, three-quarters of a cupful of powdered sugar. half a cupful of molasses. two eggs, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, half a teaspoonful of ginger, half a tea- spoonful of allspicg, half a tcaspoonful of cloves, one large cupful of flour. half a cupful of sour milk. and half a tea- spoonful of soda. Bake either in two layers or in gem pans. The quantity is sufficient for one dozen gems. THREE PIES. Custard Picâ€"Whip light the yolks if three eggs with four tablespoonfuls of sugar. Pour upon them two cupfiils if boiling milk. stirring this slowly. Fla- vor with a teaspoonful of vanilla. Line a pie plate with paste. brush the in- side. well willi the white of an egg, pour in the custard. and bake. Chocolate Piaâ€"One pint of milk, one cupful of sugar, yolks of two eggs, two tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate. Mix and bake. in an open crust. Make a meringue of the whites of the eggs and a tablespoonful of sugar and spread on the top of the pie to brown. Creamed Apple Sauce I‘ie.~â€"Bake your crusts and when you have separated them spread with well sweetened apple sauce beaten light: cover with whipped cream: lay on the upper crust and sprinkle powdered sugar on top. THINGS TO REMEMBER. Don't stand brooms on their broom end. but upside down in the corner. A pinch of soda stirred into milk that is to be boiled will keep it. from curd- ling. To keep this bright, wash well with strong hot soda and water; when dry, polish with a cloth and a little powder- ed whiting. To make silk that has been washed look like new put. a tcaspoonful of methylated spirits to a pint in a rins- ing \ia'cr and iron while damp. Ilcforc boiling milk rinse out the saucepan with a little hot water; it will prevent the milk sticking to the bot- tom ol the pan. A little soda put into the water in which dried beans are soaking will ex- ptditc the process wonderfully without losing the flavor of the beans. l’iirslcy may be kept fresh and a good color for several days it put into a cov- ered earthen jar in a Cool place it will last. much longer than if kept in water. To clean raisins and cnrrants roll in flour and then pick off all large stalks. If eurrants are washed they must be dried before being added to cakes. AVOID \VASTES. It is an old, yet trite saying that “A woman may throw out of the window with a spoon more than a man can bring in on a shovel.’ This of course does not apply in many cases, but it. is often as true as it is homely. A few of the many ways of wasting with '1 spoon are: Buying articles simply be- cause they are "bargains" and expecting them to come in handy some time; us- ing napkins for dish towels, towels for dish cloths and sheets for ironing tables; using silver forks and spoons in the kitchen; opening canned meats, pre- serves. do. then by forgetting them and bread and cake dry and mold and then throwing them away; cooking larger quantities of food than can be eaten by the family at- incal time; failing to cook plain diets and substituting diets that are expensive for the pocketbook and health. No, there are as grave respon- sibilities resting on the wife as on the husband in the home and the two must. practice the same spirit. of economy and pull together if they may hope for suc- cess. .â€" SOME USES FOR SASSAFRAS. The ten made from sassafras roots is an excellent blood .purih-er,-while that of the bark, not being so strong, is good for colds. The dried bark placed on pantry shelves will drive away ants. The dried roots used for smoking meat give it a nice flavor, and makes it fly proof. When putting-away dried fruits for use in winter, place a bunch of the bark in the top of the sack and flies or other insects will never trouble it. For bane-felon, blood-boil or any bad sore, a poultice made of the soft inside .bark of the root will cool. ease and lhcal quicker than anything ever known to be tried. An excellent salve for burns, etc.. can be made by boiling the green bark in fresh lard tilt of the usual thickness. and adding a few drops of peppermint oil. Just pure sassafras oil or a line- 'ment composed mostly of it is good for almost all aches or pains. A strong solution made from the roots is good for ivy poisoning. 3 IN ONE-mill. ZAMâ€"Bl'h’. Once. more lam-link. the great herbal balm. has been proved vastly superior to ordinary remedies, and has cured where other preparations had signally failed. Mr. J. C. Bates, of Biirk's Falls, re ports the case referred to. He says: “My three children were all broken out with sores ~on face, hands and feet. Their condition was pitiable, and al- though I tricd various ointments and salves they did not get at the root of the evil, and the sores contin- ued to spread. One do i saw a re- port in a local newspaper telling how beneficial Zam-Buk was for skin dis- eases, ulcers, etc. I got a supply of the balm and applied it to the children‘s sores. Almcst immediately they got re~ lief, and the sores began to heal. In one week Zamâ€"Buk overcamethctrouble, and to;day the children have. not a pini- ple or spot or mark of disease. on their skin. Zani-Buk is a splendid healer." Zuni-Buk is a. healing balm com- pounded from saps and essences of the finest known medicinal herbs. It has high antiseptic power, killing disâ€" ease gerins which settle on sprcs and eruptions, etc.. and which set up fester- ing. blood poison and suppuration. It cur-cs eczema. skin rashes. cuts. burns, bruises, abscesses, ulcers. acne, black- heads. ringworm, blood poison, etc; It heals cracked and chapped hands. cold sores, etc. As an embrocation it gncs speedy relief in cases of muscular rheu- matism, sciatica. etc. Rubbed on the chest in cases of colds. it relivves the, tightness and aching. All druggists and stores sell at 50c. a box. or may be ob- tained post free from the Zam-Buk Co., Toronto, upon receipt of price. (3 boxes for $2.50. Send one cent stamp for dainty trial box. PROFESSIONAL ADVICE ONLY. Doctorâ€"Madain, your husband must have absolute rest. Madamâ€"Well, doctor, he won‘t listen to me Doctor‘A very good beginning, ma- dziin, a very gold beginning. OB\'IOL?S. Squiie Pctivyâ€"“\\"al. I see yer nev- vy‘s back from college. D'ye thing he il‘arnt anything?" Mr. Sheilbarkâ€"“Not a7. fur as l kin ,sec. Why. the blame luniihead (lSl me ‘what I poured out my cnffcc in the sas- iser an blowed on it fur." they’are left to spoil; letting pieces if. OLD ROMAN HOUSES. [Icating Apparatus Discovered in a Ruin in Britain. An unusual type of Roman villa. has been unearthed on the site. of the ancient liOllltln encampment in Britain at (Zzienvent. The remains have been found to be in excellent state of preser- vation. A departure from the conven- tional practice of the Romans in the do- signs of their residences. as revealed by previous cxravations in that country, is the provision of extra rooms abutting on the four sides of the courtyard. In the basements two'coinplctcly perfect healing devices or liypocausts were found, together with the peculiar blue tiles utilized by the owners for conduc- ting the heat from the stove in the base- ment and radiating it through the upper rooms of the dwelling. In the basement some exquisite specimens of Roman paving were unearthed. ‘DISEASE MADE BONES SNAPâ€"llle GLASS Frank I... Wellington has died at his home in Trinity Avenue, New York.the victim of a disease which caused his bones to snap like glass. One. day while holding a strap in a street car his arm snapped off. A short time later a leg bone snipped. According to his physi- cian tli's terrible condition was brought about by taking medicine which con- tained a certain mineral poison. Ag in and again has it l-ccn demon- strat d that. mineral medicines are harmful. It is because Bileans, while so effective for all liver and digestive disorders, yet contain no trace of any mineral, but are, on the contrary, pure- ly herbal, that they have won the praise of medical men, trained nurses and scientists all the world over. Bileans differ from nearly every other liver medicine in containing no mercury, and from nearly every other stomach medicine in being free from bismuth. They are also free from alcohol. They are compounded from the finest known medicinal herbs and roots, and are thus the best faintly medicine that can be ob'aincd. They operate gently on the bowels, curing constipation and piles. They correct acidity of the stomach, stimulate the digestion. tone up the liver, and correct the secretion of bile. Their general action is at the same Time corrective and tonicâ€"correcting faulty secretion, toning up weak and debili- tated organs. They thus cure anaemia, green sickness, female ailments and irregulari‘ics, blood impurities, rheu- matism, nausea, headache, gas. pain in the chest and between the shoulders. constipation, piles, and all female ail- ments. All druggists and stores sell Bileans at. fifty cents a box, or post free from the Bilean Co., Toronto, on receipt of price. _, -. +â€" POISON AGENT 0F REVOLUTION Russia Finds It Useful in Bombs, But- lets and Letters. Aceustcmed as people in St. Peter"â€" burg are to new developments in revolu- tionary methods. no little consternation has been cinSed by the latest police disâ€" coveries regarding the manufacture of bombs. For a long time it has been rumored that the bombs thrown in St. Moscow must be poisoned, as fragments found have borne traces of some such treatment. Now. there is no doubt leftâ€"a woman's flat having just been searched by the clice with convincing results. A quan- tity of cylinders was found of such un- usual thickness that experls at once said they were intended to contain a strong poison. Further inquiries proved that. bombs of this cylindrical form are filled with compressed air, carbolic acid, or any other gas guaranteed to make the cylinder explode wt... tremendous force. This is the reason why one bomb will blow several people into fragments. Experts allirm that horses which have died without an incised wound on them. but with the skin cracked all over their bodies, have been the victims of the same diabolical instruments. it is fur- ther aflirincd that a man hit with even a small piece of such a bomb cannot live, however slight the wound may be. as acute blood poisoning immediately sets in. But it is not only bombs that are poi- I.elters are now treated in the A certain Moscow ollicial was at his club when a. messenger brought. a letter to his flat. His wife, who was inclined to jealousy, seeing the envelope was addressed in a woman's hand. opened it. She had scarcely be» gun to read it. when she fell down in a faint, dying some four hours after- wards. It. was found that thc notcpaper Contained some subtle poison. which. according to the letter, was meant for the ollirial. Public men now warn their wives to beware of inquisitivcness, lest the same fate overtake them which befeil the woman at Moscow. _ Quiet people, of whom there are still a few left in St. Petersliiirg. are asking themselves whether they live in the twentieth century, or in S'lillOdllthfOlli nightmare. where IlOl‘-tllL‘.l‘ bullets. let- ‘ers and bombs play llli' t'liscf port, and count their victims by the thousands. Pelersburg and at soned. same way. __..__â€"â€"4} ,..__...â€" '1‘lil.I-‘.I'IIO.\'E IX [‘Ot'lxii'l'. A pocket. telcphcve for p'tlice purp scs tinny. It is sail to be in d.i._‘ I \-ik in. where every poi'c.‘-iii.iii in till 3' ' ambiance. is the most novel thing in fete]- ii<e in vided with the Ill‘fC‘osii.‘ every street of importance V A call boxes. and a man to c..iiiii;iinic:i_t- with his station has only It pull out lbs pocket apparatus and adjust it to tilt wire in the box. are sprout LUCKIN DETECTIVE WORK _. EASY TO MAKE A MISTAKE TRACKING A CRIMINAL. IN How a Fleeing Cashier Was Foundâ€" Discovery of a Gang of Counterfeitcrs. All rrofessionnl criminals and most. police officers and detectives are super- stitious. They believe in lurk. It. is luck if the criminal gets away. and it is luck if he gets caught. ll‘ortunately for society. the luck usually is against the criminal and on the side of the law. One detective on the central staff was looking for a pickpockct recently, says the Chicago Tribune, and was in a fever of impatience to get hold of the man that afternoon because it. was feared hel would leave town. The pickpockct could not be found at any of-his usual haunts. I [to was known to be a baseball fan, and the detective. who was the only man on the force that knew the offender by sight. decided at once that he was at- tcnding the game. It happened. how- ever, that tlierc was a game that after- noon at both the. ball parks. It was a question of South Side or West Side. and the detective flipped a coin to see where. he should go. The Coin sent. the officer west. and his luck was with him. The pickpockct was located in the grand stand and followed and taken into cus- tody AS SOON AS THE GAME \VAS OVER. It is astonishingly easy to make a mis- take in tracking down a criminal, and it is no disparagement to the police that a blunder, sometimes on the part of the offender and sometimes on the part. of the oflicer, often cariics the hunter straight. to his quarry. A recent instance of this kind seems almost providential. ’l‘ho cashier of a grain company on La Salle Street had been plunging on his own account and was behind in his cash to the tune of several thousand dollars. llis employers complained to the bond- ing company, which stood responsible, and at. the same time the cashier got wind of the exposure and bought. a ticket for his home town in Wisconsin, and left on the afternoon train. A de- tective was after him within two hours. But; the detective, to while away the time on the train. engaged in a game of whist with a party of drummers, and be- fore he realized it was carried two towns past the station where he was supposed i) change cars. Cursing his luck, the sleuth left the train and found by in- quiries that he could not get back to [bet junction point for two hours. [to wandered around the village‘ streets and ran almost into the arms of the fugitive. who. by a cute trick. was waiting there for a. train to take himv westward. It is such things as this that cause detectives to BELIEVE IN LUCK. Some time ago an odd piece of luck enabled the city police to tip off a den of counterfeiters to the Government de- tectives. In a raid on a poker joint a young man who was known to the police was captured with the other players, and at the station it was de- cided to search him, just for luck. Several new half dollars were discovered in his pockets, and these were found to be. counterfeits of the Clevei'est kind. be- ing of good weight and ringing almost true. The man was detained and his room on Illinois Street was searched. A quart or more of the coins were found in the bottom of his trunk. but no dies or melting pots were discovered. It was clear that the poker player was “shoving the queer" for a den of miners. No- thing was said about his arrest, but a Government detective rented the room across the hall and shadowed every one who called to see the man while he was lying in the station. That night the plant of the counter- feiters was discovered in a basement near the north branch of the river, and the entire gang is serving time. A notorious French murderer was discovered by a lucky accident in a cafe at. Havre. A detective who was dining there happened to overhear a young man making inquiry of the cafe keeper as to the formalities necessary to secure pas- sage for America. On being told that first of all his papers must be in order,‘ inside of a trolley car walking against a bi difficulty of avoiding body so that it can ALL DRUGGISTS: tbibéidhdrd?dbérdbfiufidbtidbibihdrdb5.t.-:g the unity of Allah. Rapid changes of temperature are hard on the toughest constitution. The conductor passing from the heated of the platformâ€"the canvasser spending an hour or so in a heated building and then SCOft'J‘ Emakt’on strengthens the danger of cold from changes of temperature. It will help you to avoid taking cold. @ééééfifié鮢fi¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢ W he admitted that he had none. The de-' tcclivo took him in custody on that chance that he might. be a. criminal.l When he was searched documents were found connecting him with the Pauli»- murder, A BLOODY MYSTERY, which at that. time was creating an im- mense sensation all over France. It eventually transpired that. this youthâ€" he was but 1!) years oldâ€"had in the most Cold-blooded manner nnirdercd a family of eight people in order to secure their little hoard of money. The police had not. a single clcw until the acciden- tal discovery of the fact that this young man had in) passports. II was luckâ€"and bad luck for himâ€" that caused a west side woman to write a message to her criminal lover with a hard pencil on a soft pad of paper. The police had been watching her for a wet k in a vain effort. to discover his hid- ing place. They knew she was writing to him, but they never could intercept the niissivcs. Then one day a detective found the pad on which she had just written. The sharp pointed hard pencil had left. the address indented on the sheet below. A police ofliccr on the northwest side discovered the body of a murdered girl some years ago, because he was lucky enough to have a dog that insisted upon following him. The girl disappeared and the whole country had been searched for her. and not the slightest trace had been discovered. The grieving mother in- sisted that the young woman had been murdered. The police thought that she had run away. The oflicer who found the body was walking across the prairie, followed by his fox terrier, that. refused to be left at home. The dog. finding the body of the unfortunategzirl half buried beneath weeds and rub ish. barked so loudly that his master followed him to the spot. â€"-â€"-â€"â€"§-â€"-â€"â€" MOSLEM TABLE MANNERS. Examples V‘t'hich \Ve Might All Foliow at the Table. The rules set down by old Mosiem precepts as to how to behave religiously and appropriately at. meals are interest- ing, though whether they are devoutly complied with in times of festival is doubtful, says London Lancet. Here are some examples :â€"Wash your hands and mouth before eating. When eating never put one leg upon the other, nor put your elbows upon the table, as this i hinders good digestion. Never be a slave of your repast. and never touch any meal if you are not hungry. Be ever content with what you find before you, and never give yourself great pains in preparing choice dishes. Be always, if possible, at the table in company with friends, as the prophet never partook of his meals alone. Always begin and end your meal with thanksgiving to Allah. Always eat with your right hand and swallow, before and after food, a little salt. It shows good upbringing and is pleasing to Allah ever to put into the month only small morsels and never to make any observations upon the defec- tive qualities of dishes. Never cut bread with a knife, but. as the prophet did, break it. Never wipe your fingers with bread. Avoid blowing on a hot dish, but wait until it gets cool. Eat dates, apricots. and other similar fruit one by one, rei'nembering in eating them thus Avoid at the table drinking much water. Your meal finish‘ ed, use attentively the toothpick gather up the crumbs, and wash again your hands and mouth. Lastly, render thanks to Allah. ._._.._+._.__. DO BONES MAKE \\'EIGIIT. We often hear it said that. it is bont which makes weight. How very mis- taken this nolion is may be seen from the table of the actual weights of the various constituents of the body. In every hundred pounds‘ weight of a full- grown man we have the following figures :â€" lb. oz Muscles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 13 Fat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3 Bones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 14 Stomach, liver, heart, lungs, and other viscera 8 13 Skin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 15 Circulating blood, etc. . . . . . . . 6 8 Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 M 100 0 to the icy temperature ting windâ€"know the cold. better withstand the eeececeeeeeeeaeeooe 500. AND $1.00.