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< lover a* a Soil In;; Crop. Experienced dairymen assert that an acre of clover on rich land will feed 45 cows for 15 days if cut and fed as a coiling crop. In this respect it is much more productive than rye, outs or some other grain crons that a~e cut green, and it is also superior to such as food. Corn for soiling is more productive than clover, but not so nutritious. liuip on th Manure Heap. In order to quickly decompose ma nure some farmers use lime in the heap, which soon reduces the heap, but with the liability of loss of ammo nia. If lime is used, and the heap kept damp with soapsuds or water, there will not be so great a loss of ammo nia as when the mass is dry and heats rapidly. It is not a good pian, how ever, to use lime In the heap at auy time. Panning Slieep on Small Areal. For many years it lias been known that by penning sheep on small areas the land will rapidly improve in fer tility. A case has been mentioned in which a Georgia farmer penned 50 sheep for 20 nights on an acre of land with the result that his yield of cotton was more than double the next year. The penning of sheep on small plots is a regular practice in England, the farmers in many cases depending upon sheep almost exclusively for improv ing their soils. Modern Mejit-tiiuking. The great heavy bullocks and thick sided porkers that were once such fa vorites are now not desirable. They have given place to the young, quickly grown animals. In order to avoid an excess of fat an animal must be con tinuously grown. If it is reduced to a mere shadow during the winter months and then the following allowed its freedom on the'rich range grass of the west it will lay on too much fat and not enough meat. Tal low is not what is wanted; it is meat that the present generation desires. The eastern feeders are fully aware of that fact, for they never allow an ani mal to stop growing from birth until it reaches the slaughter house. They will cultivate the taste of the meat eaters to such a degree that it will force those who cannot procure suffi cient feed to keep their animals in good flesh through the winter, to sell them at weaning time —P. P. Mallory, in New- England Homestead. Cold Storuje. There are many times that cold stor age has proved a failure by reason of the fruit stored having been too ripe before it was put in. Decay quickly follows perfect maturity with many sorts, especially in windfall or bruised fruits, and its progress can only be checked by absolute freezing, and when this, is done the decay follows the thawing so rapidly that the fruit is rotten almost as quickly as thawed out. When the fruit is not quite ripe the cold, even if not at a freezing tem perature. retards the ripening, which begins when the fruit is brought to a warmer atmosphere. This will explain some cases where fruit does not keep well in cold storage and is equally ap plicable to other products, as meats, poultry, eggs and butter. If they are too ripe, or decay has begun to set in, ice will not save them any more than salt would. That w-hich is in good con dition to keep for days in an ordiuary temperature may be kept for weeks or months where the temperature is but a little above freezing, and when taken out will keep as long afterward as it would have done before it was put in. Slimmer Flowering Bulb*. For summer flowering there is noth ing better than the old gladiolus in its countless new and improved colors. It thrives in any garden and is little troubled with insects; though grass hoppers sometimes find its gay colored petals a delectable food. The bulbs are easily eared for in winter, wrap ping in paper and placing in a frost proof closet being the only requisite. Some of the hardier sorts may be left in the ground from year to year, though bulbs thus treated will un doubtedly in time deteriorate in qual ity. They may be raised from seed, an infinite variety being thus obtained. While they generally bloom the sec ond summer, unless one values the pleasure of experimenting and the chance of securing some rare prizes more highly than their time, the pur chase of mature bulbs at present prices will be found more satisfactory. There is a great range in color and an endless variety of markings which render the opening of each spike a pleasant surprise. This season a prom inent firm advertises a snow white one among their novelties. While those nearly white are common all thus far produced have some slight flakes or tinges of color and a pure white variety will surely prove popu lar. They are fine cuttings, especially for cemetery decoration, where the tall spikes commencing to bloom at the base, continue daily to put forth new blossoms until the terminal bud is opened. The faded flowers close and are not unpleasantly obtrusive, even when not removed. This trait makes the flower admirable for cutting where daily supervision is impracticable. These plants, for a number of years Ik favorites amdng city gardeners, have ■ recently found their way to any w extent among rural homes. The foli os 6 handsome and the flowers much larger and of more brilliant colors | than those of other begonias. They remain in bloom for days, and the blossoms when they finally drop, are fresh as when first opened. It Is ti favorite i'or summer blooming in either perch or conservatory, while for bed ding it bids fair, if sheltered from the hot sun and w-inds, to rival the old ge ranium. The colors vary from white to yellow, pink, intense scarlet and I bright, crimson, and the flowers often measure from four to six inches across. Give light, rich soil in summer, and in winter pack in pots of dry earth and keep free from frost. How could a plant be more modest and obliging in i; demands? —Bessie L. Putnam, in Agricultural Epitomist. I Prtill/Gfl In lh; Sprint?. The season for the application of j fertilizers is at hand, and much de j pends upon the judgment of the farm er in selecting the kinds required. No farmer who is unacquainted with the requirements of crops or the nature of fertilizers should attempt to pur chase for himself without the advice of some experienced person or through consultation with some reliable dealer or manufacturer. Manufacturers who have reputations to sustain will gladly advise each and every farmer in regard to purchases, as it does not pay the manufacturer if the farmer buys some particular brand that is unsuitable for the crop to be grown. It Is possible that there are persons who will sell the farmer anything that he demands, whether adapted for the purpose de sired or not, if a sale can be made, but such-persons do not engage in a legitimate business, and injure their trade as well as create distrust of fer tilizers; but the manufacturers of fer tilizers have been placed under strict laws that protect the farmers, every purchaser having the privilege of for- ‘ warding samples to the state chemist for his examination. Dealers are usu ally w-ell know-n in their communities, and their trade depends upon the pat ronage of the farmers. At the present time the farmer is safe in buying fer tilizers of any reliable party, as he will receive just w-hat he orders; but the main point in the procurement of fer tilizers is that a large number of farmers do not know what they want for their land and crops, which is a difficulty that must be met by the man ufacturer as well as the farmer. The fact that the real substances de sired by farmers are not expressed or understood is a serious drawback. For instance, a farmer will order a ton of nitrate of soda. He really desires to purchase nitrogen, the soda possess ing little or no value for his purpose. As nitrate of soda contains about 16 percent of nitrogen, a ton of 2000 lbs. will contain 320 pounds of nitrogen. A ton of sulphate of potash will contain about 1000 pounds of pure potash. If the ingredients of the fertilizers are to be equal then one ton of sulphate of potash will balance a little more than three tons of nitrate of soda. In the use of these materials, however, there can be no fixed proportions for all kinds of crops, as some crops will take more potash than others, some prefer an abundance of nitrogen, and some will demand a greater supply of phos phoric acid. These “complications” and “formulas" are very puzzling to inexperienced farmers, and the manu facturer is compelled to make various brands in order to supply proper plant foods for the several crops. The farm er who simply orders “phosphate” or “guano” is at a disadvantage, as guano is but little used at the present day, while “phosphate” applies to only a single ingredient of a fertilizer, and It may be the very article which he does not so largely require. A great many farmers refuse to purchase fertilizers because they have heretofore used them with unsatisfactory results; but the cause of failure is usually due to the farmers not buying the proper kinds. The difference between “phosphate" and “superphosphate” is that the lat ter has been acidulated. That is, 100 pounds of bone or rock has been treat ed with about 100 pounds of sulphuric acid, which renders the phosporic acid soluble. It will be seen, there fore. that 100 pounds of superphos phate contains only about 50 pounds of sulphuric acid (chemically combined with the lime of the bone or rock), but the price of the acid is included, hence the purchaser receives only one-half of the phosphate. The sulphuric acid is of no value to the farmer, but it serves to make more valuable the phosphoric acid of the phosphate (bone or rock), the original phosphate being in an in soluble and inert condition. The un acidulated phosphate is of no use to the farmer as plant food until it has slowly given off its particles in 'be soil, which may require several yeai ;. Some farmers purchase the raw mate rials and mix them in the proportions required. Such work requires the use of acid and must be done in a man ner to have the ingredients intimately mixed. This cannot 'be done properly with a shovel and sand screen, as fre quently suggested by enthusiastic writ ers, for the reason that the materials are not always fine, some being lumpy, while the moisture of the atmosphere must also be considered. At the fac tories expensive and heavy machinery must be employed and mechanical mix ers work the substances together for hours. If such did not happen, the in gredients in the bags would not be uniform and the analyses would vary. In fact, with all the improved appli | ances used, it is very difficult to mix the quantities for two bags exactly alike. However, if farmers prefer to mix the raw materials they must de cide to use the best, employ experi ! enced laborers and be willing to de j vote much labor to the work. —Phlla- i aelphia Record. THE WEEKLY NEWS, CARTERSVILLE, GA. WHY IT’S “FLOWERY JAPAN,” Tho Peony, I.otn* aid f liwrry Are of Kuya! Kank. With such titles as "ten thousand times sprinkled with gold, and dis c-veiled hair in morning sleep,” fre-h in his memory, and coming from a land where tho arrangement of flowers is part of the education, it Rirr* be something of a shock t.o the ar.cse visiting this country to hear the prcsiac names wo bestow on our chrysanthemums and to find how resk lessly Americans arrange bouquets. He appreciates that as a nation we are much less fond of flowers than arc his people, and how little ihey mean to us in life beyond the pleas ing sensations produced by their In auty. In Japan the arrangement of them is pursued as an art, being profoundly studied by men cf rank, i philosophers and priests, besides | learned and literary men, ladies of j the aristocracy are allowed to prac- j tice the art as being likely to inspire j such estimable virtues as gentleness, selfdeniai, forgetfulness or care and spirituality. A lifetime is indeed not too long for the Japanese, either man or woman, to devote to an understand ing of the subtile meaning conveyed by flowers and the rigorous rules nec essary to observe in producing with J them the best artistic resuits. In Japan the peony, although ac knowledged to be the royal flower of China, is still the favorite of the up per classes. It is given on occasions of importance the position of honor on the dias in the principal recess, never is it placed in the centre of the room, nor on a shelf, and no other flower is allowed to come near its royal presence. Sometimes art dic tates that two black twigs shall be grouped behind it. the thought being to enhance by contrast its abundant life and beauty. The lotus flower also is conceded to have royal national rank and is called the King of Indian flowers. On festive days the Japan ese never use it, as they associate it entirely with the spirit of the dead. The royal flower of Japan, of course, is the cherry blossom. The idea of floral rank is one to which the Jap anese are very sensitive and the es tablished laws of precedence must he closely adhered to in th arrange ment of their flowers. To an Ameri can it seems perhaps inexplicable that they should have placed the pur ple wistaria high above the white, which they mostly exclude from their compositions. Irises stand very high in rank, but are regarded as difficult of arrange ment and therefore the most arbitrary rules have been evolved for their composition. With one large flower, but three leaves are allowed, with two flow-ers seven or 15 leaves are used, thize flowers are furnished with 11 leaves. So deftly are thoughts conveyed by the arrangement of flow-ers in Japan that often verbal messages are unnec essary. In November the coquette sends to her lover a leaf., or branch of maple. “Take it.” he translates, "her love has changed.” On farev.-ell occasions those called "returning flowers.” because they bloom twice a year, are used to subtly express the hope of a safe return. Before people that a"e ill. blossoms of a sturdy, vigorous growth are placed that health and strength may be suggested. Only very gay flowers are strewn in profusion when supplli eations are made for those in afflic tion. Prayers for rain are accom panied by large floral pieces so ar ranged as to point from right to left that the east wind bringing rain may be honored, and very naturally the reverse order typifying the west wind is employed when fair weather is de sired —Kansas City Star. lii'Connoitrins in Africa. Cattle —From the hilltop on which we stand the cattle look like a num ber of black dots on the veld, and might be mistaken for a party of horsemen if you are in a hurry: Therefore be careful to make quite certain before reporting. Watch them closely with your glasses for 10 min utes, or half an hour if necessary, and by their movements you will know them. In a herd of South African cattle there are usually several animals half black and half white, so if such can be detected you are not likely to mis take them for horses. Horses —A common sight, and one which has occasionally led to false reports, is a troop of mares and foals grazing on the veld, and if these should happen to be driven by a cou ple of mounted natives you may easily be mistaken by a casual glance It Is difficult at a great distance to discern whether the moving specks are mounted or not; so, before report ing a body of horsemen, watch them till you are '-atisfied that there are at any rate more than two mounted in the troop. If a t~oop of horses is seen gallop ing toward or away from a home stead or a dam. it is probable that they are loose horses going to or from water. Unbroken horses may often be distinguished by the length of their tails, though the Boers often ride horses with uncut tails. An English cavalry horse can usual ly be distinguished by his size com pared to the and the way in which he carries his head. A smau group of horses standing together near some brush may indi cate the presence of a scouting party, and should therefore bo carefully watched. If there is a white one among the number you can see if it is saddled, though a long way off. — Longman’s. Old maids evidently believe that where singleness is bliss ’tis folly to bf wives. CHILDREN'S COLUMN Tbr l’nortunal Mutton, Oh, Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow; Aud when the summer came its fleece Would melt and downward flow. Till on one sultry August day This lamb so pure and white, Alas, was melted quite away, And wholly lost to sight. —l’eter Newell, in Harper’s Magazine. A Curious Sport. The word “tobogganing” in most minds is indissolubly associated with blanket costumes and frosty w-eather; but in Peralta a state in th£ Straits Settlements, where blanket costumes are unknown and where the weather certainly isn’t frosty, there exists a sort of distant relation cf this sport which is probably not enjoyed in any other part of the world. There is a huge granite slope in the course of a mountain river, down which the water trickles about two inches deep, the main stream having carved out a bed by the side of the bowlder. This rock, the face of which has been rendered as smooth as glass by the constant flow of the water dur ing hundreds of years, the Malays— men, womep. and children —have turned into a toboggan slide. Climbing to the top of the rock, they sit in the shallow water, w-ith their feet straight out and a hand on each side for steering, and then slide down the 60 feet into a pool of water. This is a favorite sport on sunny morn ings, as many as 200 folk being so en gaged at a time, and sliding so quick ly one after another or forming rows of two. four, and even eight persons, that they tumble into the pool a con fused mass of screaming creatures. now “ rightiiij; Mite” round His Sword. General Hector Macdonald began life as a draper’s assistant, but find ing it too humdrum he went for a soldier. This was quite to his liking. He saw plenty of service, and be cause he was fond of a scrimmage they gave him his well-known nick- ! name. So good a soldier was he that j he was promoted from the ranks —a j rarer honor 20 years ago than it is j now—and as lieutenant he went J through the first Boer war. In the disastrous battle of Majuba he lost the clavmorc that had been presented to him by his brother officers. After the fight, Captain (afterwards Colonel) P. F. Robertson, of the 92nd Gordon Highlanders, had a talk at Newcastle, in the Transvaal, with Joubert, the fa-' mous Boer general, who died during the second Boer war. Robertson was curious to know why so many of the British officers were killed, and Jou bert told him the Dutch marksmen took aim specially at them. The rea son was that the officers were all rich men who could come and go as they pleased, whereas the “Tommies” were all poor, and had to serve their time and do their fighting, whether they wished to or not, for that was how they made a living. Moreover the Boer farmers had. Joubert said, no quarrel with private soldiers, and didn’t want to kill a single one of them. Then Robertson told Joubert about Hector Macdonald and his lost sword. “Ah,” said Joubert. “that brave man must have his sword again. I will search the Transvaal for it, and offer £5 reward for it.” Joubert did search, and found the sword in the possession of a farmer, who, on learn ing the story, parted with the clay more without reward. “Fighting Mac” had the pleasure of receiving his good claymore from the hands of General Joubert himself in the Dutch town of Newcastle. —Cassell’s Little Folks. A Knee. Fred was almost asleep. He had been traveling on the cars for nearly two days; and all of this second day they had been crossing the plains of Montana, where they had been very little to interest a boy of 10 outside the car windows. But, just as his head was beginning to droop in a sleepy nod, Cousin Ar thur took hold of his arm, and said: “Do you see that pony standing be side the car? That is a real cowboy’s pony.” Fred was awake in a moment, and he looked out of the window eagerly. The train had stopped at ?. station, but there were no buildings to be seen except the depot and one other small frame house. The pony was standing quite near the car. his head stretched out and the reins hanging down toward the ground. “When the cowboy throws the reins over the pony’s head,” said Cousin Aruthur, “the pony knows that he is to stand still, just as our horses stand still when they are tied.” “Why don’t the cowboys tie their ponies?” asked Fred, curiously. “What would they tie them to?” asked Cousin Arthur; and then Fred laughed at his own question, for as far as he could see in any direction there was not a bush or a post in sight, to say nothing of a tree or a fence. “The ponies understand." said Cous in Arthur, “and one that has been trained will not move when he is left that way.” Just then the whistle blew for the train to start; and. as it whistled, a cowboy, the owner of the pony, dashed out of the little frame building and jumped upon the pony’s back. He wore a broad felt hat. a bright red shirt, r. bandanna handherchief tied lonselv around h’s neck, and a pair of leather breeches with the hair left upon that part of the leather which formed the front of the legs. Around his waist was a cartridge-belt, with two big “six-shooters” fastened to it. Fred watched him with wide open eyes. When he jumped ro suddenly into tho saddle, the pony placed its four feet close together and began to “buck.” The motion that it made was like that of a rocking-horse, only it was net nearly so smooth. First its four fret struck the ground together, then its back feet; and as they went as fast as he could make them go right in the same spot, and as he kept his head and tail down as close to his feet as possible, it took a very good rider to keep in the saddle. Fred laughed heartily at the comical sight, and at the same time wondered how the cowboy could keep on. But he did. Presently he struck his spurs into the pony’s sides, and w-ith one great plunge he started off. The train had started, too; and for a mile the cow boy and his pony kept up with the train. Fred grew more and more excited as the race kept up; and. when at Inst the cowboy drew rein and the plucky little pony dropped behind, Fred got up and waved his cap. Then he dropped back into his seat, but you may be sure he was not sleepy for some time after that.—Julia D. Cowles, in the Youth's Companion. Ynutliful L!fc.avprf, In a paper in the St. Nicholas, on "Life-Savers, Old and Yov-ig.” Gustav Kobbe tells of the remarkable doings of half a dozen young boys and girls. Among those not connected with the Government service who have received medals for saving or aiding to save life are a number much younger than the average age of this student crew. One of the first girls thus honored was Edith Morgan of Hamlin,Michigan, who endeavored with her father and broth ers to row in a northerly gale and heavy sea to a vessel capsized three mile.s out. When the boat was forced back, Edith aided in clearing a track through the logs and driftwood for the surf-boat, which had meanwhile been summoned, and also helped launch the boat. On a previous occasion she had stood in snow- six hours helping the life-savers w-ork the whip-line of the beach apparatus. Edith Clarke, when 16 years old, and a pupil in a. convent, of Oakland. Cali fornia, plunged into Lake Chabot to rescue a companion who, in wading on the treacherous margin, had disap peared in 60 feet of water. Edith seized the unconscious girl, and keep ing her head above water with one arm, paddled with the other, and trod water until r. boat came to tho rescue. Marie D. Parsons of Fireplace, Long Island, New York, w r as only 10 years old when, seeing a man and a child swept off a pleasure-boat by the boom, and observing that the child clung to the man so that the latter could make no headway, she sprang into a small boat and reached the spot just in time to save these two lives. Maud King, when only 13 years old, saved three lives off Castle Pickney, the lighthouse depot in Charleston har bor. At the time there was a south west gale and a heavy sea. In a fu rious squall, which added impetus to the gale, a yawl containing three men and a boy w r as capsized. The boy managed to swim ashore; but the two men got only as far as the piles of the wharf. There they hung, too exhausted to climb up, while the third man, unable to swim, clung to the yawl. Maud, notwithstanding her mother's protests, prepared unaided, to launch a small boat in the boisterous sea. But she was joined by her aunt, Mrs. Mary Whiteley, and, together, this brave girl and her aunt rescued the imjieriled men. Frederick Kernochan, when only 10 years old, sprang into the Navesink river and rescued a woman. Henry F. Page of Schenevus, New York, is also one of the lads who at 10 years old have been honored with dfe-saving medals. Fully dressed, he plunged in to a miil pond and saved one of his playmates who had suddenly found himself in deep water. William B. Miller, 1?, years old, of Elkton, Maryland, showed he had a cool head as well as a brave heart by the rescue of his companion who had stepped from shallow water into a deep hole. When. William seized the drowning lad. the latter began to struggle, and it was a toss-up whether William’s life would be sacrificed o 1 not. But, with great adroitness, he, while swimming, lifted the struggling hoy to a tree-trunk which protruded into the river, and thus saved both his companion’s life and his own. When the “O. M. Bond” of Oswegc was stranded an eighth of a mile out from Rcndeau, Ontario, and the crew was hanging half perished, in the rig ging, Walter Claus, a lad who lived upon a farm not far away, made four trips out to the wreck through the rag ing sea in a small boat, and by his own exertions saved the entire crew. These young rescuers were inspired by the noble impulse to risk their lives for the lives of others. Their exploits awaken not only the gratitude of those whom they saved, hut the admiration of all to whom knowledge of their he roism may come. The age of chivalry has by no means gone by; for what can be more truly chivalrous than the deeds of these young heroes and her oines of our coast? MiKsouri Ken’s Kart Sprit A Missouri hen has laid an egg on which was etched. “Prepa’’' for the end is neer.” Evidently the society for the prevention of erueltv to ani mals showld investigate that Missouri canard that the spelling reform roso luiton had been adopted by the Na tional Educational association.— Louisville Courier-Journal. THE'-'- Colored Hnrlar*. Colored burlaps is a splendid ma terial for dining-room and hall por tieres where durability, inexpsnsivo ness, and dust-shedding qualities, as well as rich hues, a-c desirable. The deep full blue is very handsome and the deep old gold pleasant, and attrac tive to tho eye. The solid, single color is best where the wall paper is figured and the carpet also; but where the carpet is very subdued. Mat is. shows no vivid coloring and no pronounced pattern, some of the burlaps figured with sields and dragons is very har monious.—The Ladies’ World. Cloth for Tea-tahlp, A novel cover for the afternoon tea table is made of Jananese napkias. Four of the napkins, all alike, are joined together, side by side, to form a square, on a foundation of white cotton cloth. Around the edge is then sewn a fringe, also made of napkins of the same pattern. This fringe is mad* by folding each napkin once across the middle, and then slashing to with in an inch or two of the crease. The*- cuts are hardly more than a quarter of an inch apart, and enough is left uncut for the seam and to make ail firm below. The colors predominat ing in the cloth in mind were helio trope and green, and the effect w;i3 very dainty. The Kitchen-Garden. Whether the “garden” be a. two-acre plot or a city hack yard 20x30 feet, there are certain things that should be planted for the infinite comfort de rived through the summer from such provision. Herbs come first, that gar nishings and soup or sauce flavors may always be at hand. If besides the place fcr herbs there be space for a fair-sized garden, let preference be given to cucumbers, which are good only when freshly picked; tomatoes, and about three plantings, two weeks apart, of lettuce and radishes, which a ,- e wholesome only when fresh. If more space still be at command, give the next choice to green beans of the stringless va riety, and corn, both of which are so much better if freshly gathered; then peas, carrots (a most delicate vege table when small), beets and okra.— Ella Morris Kretschmar. in t h e Wom an's Home Companion. The Disposal of Kitchen Wastes. In a village where there is no ash man the disposal of kitchen wastes as well as ashes is always a vexed question. Kitchen refuse which a pig will not consume cannot be burned or cremated by the quantity in the coun try as it is in the city, where refuse is carefully separated, and what is of no other use is burned. It is injurious to burn moist waste in the kitchen range or furnace. It requires an extrava gant use of coal to do so, and it pro duces a very disagreeable odor. The odor of burning garbage is so intoler able that it it strictly nrohibited in villages where the houses are near together. In the country, where there is room, the best ’ ay of disposing of any waste, like bones, old woollens or any thing that shows by its odor when burning that it contains nitrogen, is to bury it in a deeD pit fo*- fertilizer. Almost anything but metal can be treated in this way, and if each time a consignment of waste is buried it is covered with twice as much wood ashes as there is waste anti garbage, and about five times a- much earth, it. gives no evidence of itself. It should be buried about a year, and when it is thoroughly rotted in this wav jt will make a good fertilizer. If there are not enough wood ashes about the premises, mix one part of quicklime and one part of common salsoda in every five parts of waste, and five times as much soil as there is waste. The amount of kitchen waste to bo disposed of in a family is not large if dry “litter” about the grounds is burned. The wastes treated as we have said will make an excellent fertilizer for the flower garden, and yields wonders of bloom and fragrance for very little trouble. Soil must be very liberally mixed with this comnost when it is dug up. for it is too rich for ordinary fertilization.—New York Tribune. 'M?'' R£C/P£S Salmon Loaf—Butter n bread pan; line it with warmed cooked rice sea soned with salt; fill the centre with cold cooked salmon, flaked; season with salt, pepper, lemon juice and grated nutmeg. Cover with rice and steam one hour. Serve with egg sauce. Fruit Cookies —One and a half cup fuls sugar and butter worked to a cream, add three eggs, half cupful mo lasses, one teaspoon?’’! soda dissolved in a little cold water, one cunful rai sins seeded and chopped, one cupful currants, one teaspoonful salt and all kinds of spices. Raisin Filling Cake —One cupful of sugar, one-third cupful of butter, one half cupful of milk, two eggs, reserv ing one white; two cupfuls of flour, two even teaspoonfuls of baking pow der, two-thirds cf a ounful of stoned and chopped raisins. Bake in layers. Put'together with a plain icing, which has one-half cupful of chopped rai sins stirred in.