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Floatâ€"Four eggs; one teacup granu- lated sugar; one quart milk. Put. milk on stove and let come to boil. Bea! yolk of eggs and sugar together. add the scolded milk. Take off and 10! cool a lill-le. adding beaten last. Flavor. Banberry Tartsâ€"Two cups sugar. one pound of seeded raisins. two lemons, grated rind and juice; four large soda crackers, bolted tine. two eggs, and one cup of English curl-ants. Put. the rai- sins through a chopper and beat eggs well. Mix the raisins. currents, sugar. and eggs. Beat them well. adding onacker, lemon rind and juice. Do not cook this mixture. Make a rich putt paste; flake a large saucer or pie plate and cut. out the shape. Take a large tablespoontul of this mixture, put on one-half o! putt paste. turn over the other half. and press the edges around “ith a silver fork. Bake fifteen min- utes in aâ€" hot oven. Banana Pieâ€"Take two large bana- nas, peel and run through the colander; ‘ one level teaspoon salt, one saltspoon of mace, one teaspoon cinnamon. one beaten egg; mix well and add one cup ct boiling cream and one cup of boil- ing milk; beat until perfectly mixed and pour into a rich pie crust and bake; no top crust. Banana pie can be made af- ter any good pumpkin pie recipe, us- ing bananas instead of pumpkin; “Left Over" Dish.â€"lf creamed new potatoes. leIt over from dinner. are sliced or diced and put in a hot. smooth skillet. to brown, then turned with a cake turner and browned on the other side. one may serve a toothsome and attractive dish [or iuncheons or supper. Silver Spring Cakeâ€"One and one- halt cup sugar; one scant. halt cup but- ter. “Whites of six eggs; oneâ€"halt cup milk; two cups flour; one heaping tea- spoon baking powder. DO'not beat the whites of eggs. Independence akaâ€"Cream two tablo- spoonfuls of butter. one and one-hall cupfuls of sugar, the yolks of two eggs; am in quickly one cupful of warm water, two and one-half cupfuls of flour. Beat for five minutes. Add two level teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Bake m three layers. Put together with boiled frosting, coloring it with red fruit col- oring. Luncheon Dishâ€"Take oneâ€"fouth part pork and three-fourths parts veal and beef. Put through a meat chopper. Mix into it one egg: half a cup bread crumbs or crackers; season with salt and pep~ per to taste. Take two or three hard boiled eggs. remove shells, and seat- ter them whole through the meat loaf, when molding it into shape. Put the Ical in the roasting pan and cock as sin ordinary roast. Fly Pamelaâ€"Comm plain white paper superior to the px‘oduct whjcli comes in cans. Mock Ma-ple Syrupâ€"Hikory bark, boiled with confectioner's sugar and water, makes deliqiogs _mqp1e syrup. Tapioca. Puddingâ€"Soak one large cup of pearl tapioca in one pint of water over night. Use a quart. can of peach- es, or fresh fruit it you have it; put :1 layer of peaches in your pudding dish. then a luyer of the tapioca, sprinklmg gcnarously with sugar; continue filling your dish in this way till you have used all; bake slowly for lwo or three hours and serve with cream. Sleek and Mushrooms. Prepare mushmoms and place them in a spider with butter enough to 000k them. stir- I‘ng around a little when nearly done. Rake to each side of the skillet and lay in a thick, juicy sirloin steak. Do not season until it has been turned, then add sum, and pepper. Take up on a warm platter and place the mushmgms over and wound the steak, which will have the delicious flavor of mushrooms. Torch}; Disease takes no summer vacation. If you need flesh and strength use Scott‘s Emulsion summer as in winter! Whipped Cream-When cream seems 100 thin to be whipped place it in a txwl of cold water for a few minutes. then place in a bowl of hot waler [or a low minutes, and again in a bowl cl cold water. It will then whip like ma- gic. Meringues.â€"The whin of three eggs. beaten flor five minutes; add slowly one cup of granulated sugar. Drop the :mix- ture in little molds. the size of a. small 988'. on light brown paper, and put three peanuts broken in halves on [he trp of each meringue. Balm in slow oven until a delicate brown. These meringues will keep a, week in a. dry place. and are nice served with ice cream. RECIPES FOR THE HOME TABLE. “Sunday Tea" Eggs.â€"Take one-halt dozen eggs and boil twenty minutes. Remove and let. cool; peel and set in ice box. Saturday night, when ready to serve. drop in thick cream sauce [or ton minutes. Before placing on table sprinkle parsley over them. 3:++++++++.+++++++++++++ flhuui the House scor'r & aowuz, Chem .50; and ‘Iao; all drugg'm: MANY NEW IDEAS Send for tree samplt. ‘â€"Cream two table- one and one-half yolks of two eggs; cupful of warm white of is“, "Our crockery may be from Stone- Chinaville instead of Serves, but we dcn‘t worry over that. Which is to say that we don‘t worry the least little bit because. we're not in the procession, but on the conlrary we are glad we‘re not in it. “We don't have to put on a shining uniform and have it all just so. and SEOR the “I don't have to follow the fastidious and so I don't, have to worry myself for fear that I may be a little bit off in some detail. while my friends are putting me to shame by being absolutely correct. And I don't fret because Jones. being richer, has a bigger, finer, more luxux‘. i011st furnished house than mine. and So I am not a bit ashamed. as I might be if I pretended to wealth, when our friends came from Jones's house into mine. “When my house bums down I never am the least bit afraid that I won't get the. insurance, because I haven't- any house. Banks may burst, but no finan- cial cataclysm upsets me. My automo- bile nev‘cr blows up and leaves me stranded on the road; my steam yacht doesn't break down and keep me rolling in a seaway till a clumsy lug comes along to tow me in. "MY" valuable horses don't pick up rmils, my butler doesn’t, run away with Him silver. and finally I don't. ha‘ve'k)‘ regulate my life by Ihe lives of others. and I don't know but. what that last is lhe best thing of all. “As it is I don't have to worry for fear I'm going to lose my wealth, for I haven't any to lose. I don't have to fret and lie awake nights for fear the short crops will cut off railroad [reighls and depress stocks and reduce divi- dends, because I haven't any stocks. "e Finds This a Very Pleasant World lo Live in. Even “'ithoul Great “'callh. “I haven't much money," said Mr. Sauggintum, “but. thank Heaven, I have a cheerful disposition, and I don’t know but what I get more fun out of life than I would If I had to hire a man. steady, Io keep my coupon shears sharpened. Gossips Aloovc Curtainsâ€"Recesses in bed- ncoms may be utilized by tacking a thin strip of wood at wall. either side. Up- on this tack cretonne or harmonizing pattern, not sewing width together. This will avoid trouble in raistng curtain, always making it easy to reach any part of recess without lifting the whole curv lain. \\'hite Window Shadesâ€"These can be made at. home, cheaper, more durable, and kept cleaner than those bought ready made, out of Indian Head linen at 10 or 12% cents a yard. Buy the bare rollers if you have no old ones. lack the material on perfectly straight, hem one end, and insert the stick. You can take them down when they become soiled. About Rugsâ€"If a rug is inclined to curl at the corners the difficulty may be remedied with a thin piece of lead‘ such as is used at, the department stores. Make a small pocket, shaped at the corners, and insert the lead, which will weight the corners sullici- ently to keep them in place. Occasion- ally the whole side of a rug will curl up. -In this case a strip long enough to run the entire length should be put in. A simple and inexpensive shad-e tor the summer porch, or {or a window, may be made by using Japanese mat- ting. cut. in the required length, and round at each end with a piece of strong cotton goods. To poll the screen up. take two pieces oi heavy string or cord about three times as long as the matting; lack the end of each string about two inches above the shade and about a foot from the edge; let the string come down behind the matting and pp in‘front of it, and draw through an or- dinary matting tack placed just beside the first one. This simple device will keep the porch cool. and serve to dark‘ on any especially sunny window in the house. Good matting for this purpose may be bought .for 10 or 12 cents a yard. ‘ [her an be satisfied with, a part we play in it. the street and see Eossips have n! .150 to supply a]. 1 am lldn‘l To Drive Away Fliesâ€"Have you ever noticed the absence of flies them where you would expect to see them mnng- galeâ€"ihe soda fountain? The secret is that. the druggist scatters about a small quantity of the essence of sassafms. Try this and the flies will not bother you. which you fray place the patch then press the side. Rmnove a Glass Slopper.â€"~Place lhe stopper in lhe hinged part of a door. holding the bottle in one hand. closing the door till it grasps the slopper; then carefully turn the botlle. The cork is loosened easlly with no danger of break- lng. man's ue mom slipping up sew two cr- dmm‘y dress hooks on the lower edge about two inches each side of the mid- dle and they will hook under the low- u' edge of the collar. Fastening Sash Curtains.â€"If wire is used to fasten sash curtains. double back the end of the wire two or three Inches. and wire will run in smoothly. Plcture wire is excellent and cunla'ms will not sag. Tie Held in Placeâ€"To prevent a man's ue {pom sllpp‘mg up sew two cr- with tunpenune varnish, then oil. to kegp it from sticking. CHEERFUL MR. 1n ‘ not. a bit ashamed. as I might. pretended to wealth, when our came from Jones's house into : spectak don’t vw in it. 1 want to f find t orry no t them it all just so, and 1, and see only, just I. 110. We can stand e the whole proces- all, and really I'd than player. y because we're not :e in raismg curlnin, easy to reach any part lifting the whole cur- SA UGGINTI'M. adful u very 1 as I'm fix 1W ma- any whic with [ha Ho was taken back to the ship, the boat was hoisted in on deck, the yards were filled away and the ship kept. upon her course again as though nothing un- usual had taken place. Upon arrival at San Francisco the boy left the ship with tho rest of the crew. and I never heard from him or of him thereafter, but that ho never forgot the experience of that occasion it is fair to presume, The third occurrence about. to be re- luled happened in the Atlantic in the month of January, on the passage from Mobile to Liverpool upon the last voy- We rowed up to the spot, pulled him into our boat, still in fresh condition, and started back {or the ship. On the way I jokingly said to him, “You young lubbor, what were you overboard here [or 7" He answered meekly and serious- ly, as though he had committed a crime against the discipline of the ship, “I couldn't help it. sir." I did not think that he Could. although he had been mcre or less careless. boat were her 0 usual Sun 1 ‘was raised, the wheel was put down, the ship came to the wind and aback withâ€" out. starting tack or sheet and laid quiet. By that time the boy was a. mile to the windward. swimming and floating lightly on the water, as could be seen with the spygluss from the poop1 Upon the ship's inain hatch a light. boat was stowed bottom up. which in a few moments was lifted over the side and lowered to the water, into which two sailors and the writer descended {ind pulled away to the rescue. The boy had seen that the ship had hovo aback, was a good swimmer and kept up his courage. We could SCB'hllll when he and the boat nose upon waves, and We were able to make our way directly to the place where he was. ‘ A sailor lad was sent aloft to ride down the foreroyal slay in a boalswain chair and tar the stay, and when he had nearly completed his job he slipped fmm the chair overboard. The cry of “A MAN OVERBOARD" The second occurrence took place in the autumn of the_same year as the first, in the Pacific, on the passage from New York to San Francisco upon ano- ther ship of which I was chief officer. The ship was in the southeast trades, running down to the equator, with square yards, studding sails set alow and aloft, and making five or six knots. Ail hands were busy refitting ship and in tarring down the rigging, weather fine and ship steady. except a gradual rolling from side to side. a sailor had fallen overboard from the jib-boom and had been rescued in the manner here described. The sailor was nervous but uninjured; lh') captain gave him a glass of brandy; he went forward and changed his clothes and came back on deck and stood the rest of his watch. It was a close call and aimost a miraculous rescue. turn nich The noise and bustle on deck brought up the captain and the pasengers Irom the cabin to ascertain what it meant, and they were aslonished when told that The rest. of the watch was soon on hand. a. bowhne was slipped under the man's arms, he was pulled on deck and was saved. During that time the ship had kept on her course with no one at the wheel. it over the man’s head and shoulders just as the ship was passing him. He seized it with both hands and with his teeth and hem on for his life. At that instant I reached the scene, and w. geiher the helmsman and I pulled the sailor out of the water. There were four steps of a ladder to ascend in order to reach the poopdeck. and before I could ascend them and reach the tackles the man at the wheel. with the same thought, left his station, [look up the tackle [all and luckily threw Upon each quarlcr were kept wheel relieving tackles, and my thought was that if I could much one of those tackle falls before the ship sailed past the man I might throw it to him I sent one of the sailors out to loose the sail and stood just abnttltbe break of the torecastle watching him. He cast off the gasket. and was in tho act of mak- ing it, up. when by a heavy roll of the ship to starboard, the sail slipped from the boom, struck him and knocked him trom the tootrope‘ overboard ! I saw him fall, heard the cry of “Man overboard i" and ran as swiftly as possible aft tor the lattrail. Escapes from drowning at sea are not uncommon from the nature of a sea lit», but the circumstances attending them differ materially and therein lies the interest of each narrative. I will tell of three instances, writes R. (1’. I". Can- dage in the Boston Globe. The first oc- curred in the Atlantic, east of the Grand Banks, in the month of February. while on the passage from London to New York. The ship was running with Sfluane yards before an eastern gale, making 12 knots under double-reeled topsails. The sea was rough. the ship rolled heavily. and I, as officer of the deck that afternoon. ordered the jib to rollng Thrilling Incidents Showing the Dangers of :1 Lite on the Ocean “'ave. QUICK “'ORK THAT SAVED MEN FROM DRO‘VNING. NARROW ESCAPES AT SEA A VERY BAD CR an loosed and AND PERHAPS SAVE HIM. .iverpoo at sea Banks 8 0V and Cape gale was e north and We 3011 OSS-SEA to steady her from the port lack ' tous it mount north- :lcar ween V1101] The peculiar feature of our Canadian irrigation operations is that the sun fur- nishes the water. The supply is drawn from the main range of the Rocky Mountains. As the season advances. the snow melts higher and higher up the mountains, and thus a constant, un- failing supply of water is furnished to the rivers which fill the irrigation ditches during the spring and summer seasons, at the very time moisture is needed for the crops. Owing to the in- exhaustibin supply of water coming from the mountains it is unnecessary to build storage drains or reservoirs. The farmer on irrigated land is thus as- sured that in the very dryest season he will have all the water he cares to use, ,and as the ground is rich and the cli- mate favorable he has lie-anxiety about his crops. 1 irrigation is most favorable to inten-‘ sivo farming operationsâ€"getting the maximum of crops from the minimum of acreage. Although large irrigated farms. from a quarter section upwards, are now the order of the day. the ten- dency will doubtless be towards more limited holdings. As land becomes more valuable farmers will sell off part of their holdings at good profits and conilnc their efforts on a more '11- tensiiicd scale to smaller acreage. Such, at any rate, has been the history of ir- rigated farming in the United States. where there have sprung up closely set- tled and prosperous dairying, fruit-l growing and mixed farming communi- ties. Tiiese have become the natural Crntres for cheese. butter and condensed milk factories, hoot sugar factories an-l other kinder industries, which natur- ally locate where the pOpuIatic-n is densest and the productive capacity (;1 the land the greatest. WNW”. tion is possible it is profitable. The Eastern farmer “iertilizes” his land. The Western farmer “irrigates” his. It the Eastern farmer could irrigate he would need to fertilize much less. But irriga- tion is possible only in i1 comparatively few favored localitieJ. There are large irrigated tracts in California. Utah. \Vashington, Colorado and some other States. In Canada irrigation is success- fully practised in the. fertile valleys of British Columbia, and orer a large area in Southern Alberta. where we have the greatest irrigation proposition of modern times. The average mah never sludied the subject thinks that the need {.f irrigation is a misfortune. The fact Mrs. Tinnomonnay: “Your new sad. c-horse seems to be a lively nnimnl.’ rs. Parlinglon: “Yes; it is so spiri. us it always starts‘off in n dccanter.’ is. thai the country \Qh‘erféuizzrig‘afinrivs pcssiblc is fortunate. Whgyeygr irriga- .;AP‘ ‘ U. .._._:.,x While Wall Street has been busy watering stocks and breaking its clients, ll‘e West has been busy watering land and making farmers rich. Water is a mighty bad thing in stocks, and a mighty good thing in irrigation ditches, Teady to turn on and off at will. The average man who has never The total number of all known varic- tics of postage stamps issued by all the Governments of the world up to the .present time is 20,496. of which 6.153 are apportioned to the British-Empire, and 14,3rl3 to the rest of the world. Europe has issued 4.361. Asia 3.856. Africa 4,469, America. 4,688, the West Indies 1,637, and Oceania 1.485. These figures comprise only standard varieties of postage-stamps, and do not include postcards, leiter~cards, stamped envelopes, or wrappers. One of the pastimes very popular with the younger generation at the present day is that of stamp collecting; and in thousands of homes, after school hours, youngsters may be seen pasting the small slips of water-marked paper into albums with solemn care. This hobby is. at the same time. one which tends to promote a thoughtful turn of mind; and no doubt numbers at juvenile and other philatelic enthusi- asts will be interested in the following information on the world's postage stamps. Over 20,000 Varieties of Stamps Issued In the “'orld. Luckily the disaster happened after daylight. in the morning, and all hands set to work to clear away the wreckage. The jibboom. with a. tangled mass of rigging and sails. was under the lee bow with officers and crew trying to clear it when by a sudden lurch and pitch of the ship. the first mate was tossed over- board, 1 was near at hand with a part of the ioretopgallant clewline in my grasp. which was thrown to him; he caught it and was hauled in on deck and his life was saved. The water was icy cold and it was snowing at the time; he had on heavy clothing. and in all probahiiity he would have been drowned had not the rope held in my hand been thrown to him. He was much frightened. but not otherwise injured. and at Liverpool he left the ship and took passage homo by steamer. The [right he received, in my opinion. caused him to do so. In my sea experience I had seen men washed overboard and fall from aloft overboard to be drowned, tall irom aloft tn the deck to their death. but the three here mentioned were overboard and in great peril, and yet their lives were saved without injury to themselves in he remarkable manner narrated. 'l'IIE “'ONDEIIS 0F FARMING BY IRRIGATION. and headed well up to the sea, and pitched bows under. carrying away jib. boom. foretopgallant mast, started stem, sprung bowsprit and started bowchocks and (opgallant (orecastle deck. THE “'ORLD‘S STAMPS. acreage. Such, * history of ir- United Slates, up closely set- nu It was on heavy he would the rope to him. but; not crpool he i.. A. Cui‘z'iere. the popular stewardess cf the Jacques Cantier Club, Montreal, Que.. says: “For two yei'irs I was 11 con- stant sufferer from general dcbility. The least work futiguod me and some- times I could not work at all. I could not raise my hand above my head with- cut feeling pains in all my muscles. I “as very weak and sometimes became sr. dizzy that I would (all unless I could lean against. something for support. While in this condition I was advised to tiy Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I did so and by the time I had taken ten boxes I was in perfect health and am now able to look ufitcr all my duties without the least. fatigue. When I be- ;{an taking the Pills I was a great sui- tercrâ€"to-day I feel as it I never was ill â€"thnnks to Dr. Williams” Pink Pills." Dr. \Viliiams’ Pink Pills strike riulzt Can Best be Banished by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. In summer your blood gets thin and watery. You feel simply wretched â€" tired. worn out, dull, your nerves are irritable, your whole system is out cl gear. There is just, one medicine Can 'banish this summer feeling. Just. one medicine that will give you strength and vlm to endure the tug of even the hottest. daysâ€"Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. 'ihey have helped thousands. Perhaps your neighbors have already told you they have helped them. They‘re the medicine that. makes that pure, rich, red blood that everyone needs for good healthâ€"they never fail to do that. Mrs. European ladies come also, eager to see the strange ceremonies of other countries. Musicians play national airs behind thick curtains tilt the time comes for the wedding supper, when her (1 tends and rciaiives toast the bride and then depart, leaving her to don the tr‘harchaf again and look out on the world, through shuttered carriage (1‘ iatticcd windows, but never face to face with humanity at large. Then follows the strangest part of the proceeding. The doora of the house are thnown open. Any woman who wishes to may enter, and many avail them- selves of the privilege. A curious pro- cession passes before the bride. Turk- ish women of all classes, ‘old and young. rich and poor, come in to look at the girl who, tor the first and last time since her thirteenth year. is to be seen by strangers without the tchmrchaf. am The Dr. V "ockviile, 0m; FIRST SEES HER HUSBAND. As she passes on to her carriage, ser- vants hold up long strips of cloth so that casual pass-ers-by may not see her. At the bividegrcom's house servants agam screen her while she passes into the .hall. where he awaits her, and con- ducts her to a dais. on which is placed the bridal throne. Here she~sits ready to receive her friends and hear _their congratulations, having seen her hus- band for the first time. The friend recites a short passaga from the Koran, the Turkish Sacred Beak, and, while expressing her wishes for the bride's happiness, crowns her with the tiara. Then down the long corridor the bride goes to bid farewell to her father. sihly enter. in the long passages of the house lurk servants or governesses. in whom the owner of the house is able to repose the strictest confidence. liv- erything is done to prevent anyone in the outside world from seeing or hold- ing intercourse with the ladies of the household. When puyu‘ng a visit the Turkish wo- man is veiled from head to foot, the veil «over her face being double. and of- ten three-fold. lest inquisitive eyes should pierce it. She appears a mero silhoutte, a. black outline. She has “taken the tcharchat." \VHEN SHE TAKES TIIF. YEIL. It is at the age of thirteen that she retires into tth seclusion, and takes the veil that hides tier ovtu‘more from the outside world. She herself may see others afterwards. She may go out into the streeLs in a shuttered carriage, may even go on the water and travel, and so see the life of town and country. «t. she must; remain hidden, :1 black spec- tre among other black spectres. But. there is one day on w~'hich she emerges from that retirement. On her bridal day, when she is arrayed m the latest Parisian fashion, she oes from her father's house to meet: her us- band, without the tchare‘haf, for once. In her hair she fias twined long skeins of gold thread, orange blossom is sewn (n her dress, and a young wife chosen from among her friends has placed the diamond tiara on her brow. This is called “crowning the bride wit’h happi- ness,” for the friend is chosen on oc- ccunt of her supposed happiness in her count of marriage the In the land of the Sultan many strange customs are lo be found. but. perhaps none so astonishing lo Eng- lish minds as the manner of celebrat- ing the wedding day. As is well known. Turkish wom'kn live in the greatest possible privacy. Their houses are guarded by stalwart. men. lest anv llndmil‘nhlnc uhnnlll nnc- Strangers are Admitted to the Ceremon- ios â€" Alter Which Dons TURKISH WOMAN'S DAY REMOVES HER VEIL IN PUBLIC \VIIEN SHE “EDS. en SUMMER AILMENTS. Tcharchaf. 1 my duties When I be- a great sul- ever was in