MINCE MEAT.

How to Prepare This Popular and Delectable Compound.

Ten pounds of top of round steak, three pounds of suet, one quart of Porto Rico molasses, three pounds of brown sugar, two heaping teaspoons of ginger, two heaping teaspoons of mustard, one heaping teaspoon of black pepper, one tablespoon of cloves, one tablespoon of ground nutmeg or grate six large nutmegs. Never use allspice or mace or essence of any kind. One-half pound stick cinnamon put with one pint of vinegar and one cup of water, boil 15 minutes s^ady and strain; three lemons (large ones), the outside peeled very thin so as not to get any of the white. Chop fine with one-half candied lemon or orange and piece of citron just as large. It makes a sniall cupful. Two pounds of raw salt pork, chopped fine, after taking off the rind, three pounds of whole table raisins. Boil the meat un til tender, pick to pieces when cool and pick out all gristle. Chop fine, pick the suet to pieces, taking out all skin and fiber. Chop fine, mix with meat and salt to taste.

Use a three gallon jar to mix in, add molasses, sugar and spices, cinnamon, vinegar, citron, lemons, the inside pulp of the three. The salt pork should be chopped fine. Turn a cup of boiling water over the pork to separate It. The adding of this pork gives a fine flavor. Add raisins and if you like two pounds of currants. After all is mixed add twice as much apple as you have mix* ture, chopping fine, with peel on, tak' Ing out the cores. Save your pot of liquor from the meat and moisten the mince meat with it, mixing all togeth er with the hand, as that does It more thoroughly. Sweeten to taste, and If any more spice is needed add to it, but do not let one particular spice pre dominate. Never cook mince meat. It keeps perfectly in a cold place. Cook-* Sng kills the high flavor and gives a flat taste. This recipe will make enough for a small family for the win ter. With other kinds of pies It grows very rich.—Boston Globe.

How to Care For Cut Glass.

Out glass ware is both valuable and beautiful and should be carefully treat' ed when cleaned. It should, in the first place, be washed in warm water to which have been added a few drops of that Invaluable cleansing agent, am monia. Having thoroughly rinsed them, brush each piece separately with a soft brush dipped In whiting, and then, when the white powder is washed off, polish the glasses, which should drain for a minute or two, with tissue paper.

which puts on a splendid gloss.

How to Make Salt Cod Chowder.

Fry out the fat from one-fourth pound of bacon or salt pork cut into bits and into it saute two onions cut in rings until they are golden brown in color. Pick a pound of salt codfish into small pieces, rinse in Cftld water, drain, cover with cold water and set on the back of the range to heat, but not to boil. In about two hours add a scant quart of potatoes, pared and sliced, and a dash of pepper. To the onions and pork in the frying pan add a cup of boiling water, strain the contents over the potatoes and cook until they are tender. Then add one cup each of scalded cream and milk and salt and pepper to taste. Put six or eight crack ers, broken in halves, in a serving dish, pour in the chowder and serve.

How to Cook Frogs' Legs.

To cook frogs' legs, young and of medium size, clean them, wipe dry, dip In well seasoned beaten egg, roll in fine dry crumbs and fry in deep fat to a rich brown. Arrange them on a hot platter and garnish with parsley. Large legs may be treated exactly as young chickens—broiled, fried or stew ed—each manner giving a delicious re sult. Of course frogs' legs should be fresh to be got>d.

How to Clean Tapestry.

Tapestry and cretonne may be clean ed and revived by this process: Cut up some soap into shreds, allowing four ounces of soap to each quart of water, and boil to a jelly. Have ready two tubs of pretty hot water. Add to this enough boiled soap to make a good lather. Add two handfuls of bran to prevent the colors running. Wash quickly with little rubbing, first in one and then in the other tub, and then rinse out in either salt and water or .vinegar and water. Shake well to get rid of the bran and dry at once. Starch in a thin boiled starch, roll tightly In a clean cloth, mangle and iron with a moderately hot iron.

How to Prepare Rennet.

To prepare rennet take out the stom ach of a calf just killed and scour it with salt and water both inside and out. Let it drain and then sew up with two large haadfuls of salt in it and keep it in the wet salt. As it is requir ed soak a bit in fresh water.

How to Make Oyster Pie.

Prepare the crust and line the pie dish. Put a layer of oysters in the bottom of the dish, season with spiced pepper and a little salt and continue In this manner until the dish Is filled. ■To about one pint of jellied chicken stock add the liquor from the oysters, a blade of mace and a cupful of mush rooms peeled and broken into pieces and sauted in two tablespoonfuls of butter. Heat to the boiling point, skim and strain and season with' salt and pepper. Then pour into the pie, cover with the crust and bake about half an hour. Before serving add a cup of Stock or more to the pie.

How to Make Bean Boulettes.

Press two cupfuls of baked beans through a colander. Add one table spoonful each of molasses and yinegar and a saltspoonfnl of cayenne. Beat .well together, form into small balls, egg and bread crumb them and fry in deep, smoking hot fat.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

How to Practice Economy In Time, Money and Labor.

Among the small crosses that many housewives have to annoy them is a bathtub of uninviting appearance in a room that is spotlessly clean and neat otherwise. A little work and a small outlay of money will enable one to change its appearance wonderfully. Wash the tub inside and outside, then apply two coats of common paint of the color desired, allowing each coat plenty of time to dry, and follow this with two coats of enamel paint of the same color. You will have a tub that looks well and is easily kept clean.

A few sticks of solder that may be purchased at any drug store will of ten bo found very convenient about the# house. If the teapot, washbasin or dishpan begins to leak, it is a very easy matter to mend it at home, in stead of hiring some one to do it, and many a dime may be saved thereby.

Do not put feather beds and pillows in the sunshine to air, as the heat draws the oil out of the feathers and gives them a rancid smell. Choose a cool, shady place and a windy day to air pillows.

A liberal use of borax in cleaning the kitchen sink and drain pipes is rec ommended by the best physicians, for it effectually cleanses and purifies them.

A corner closet Is a very convenient arrangement in the kitchen, does not take up much room and is not expen sive. The shelves may be used for dishcloths, cloths for cleaning lamps, stove and shoe blacking and brushes, nails, hammer, coal oil can, lantern and otber articles that are very, neces sary, but unsightly.

A useful piece of furniture is made of a soap or cracker box, with the lid fastened on with hinges. This serves two purposes, for it is an ottoman and a receptacle for slippers and shoes. Fasten casters under the corners so it can be moved easily, pad the top with several thicknesses of old comfort or quilt and cover the top and sides with cretonne, denim or other suitable ma terials fastened in place with brass headed tacks. Line the box with cam bric—Christian Work.

How to Make Bread Raspings.

Put aside all the odd pieces of bread crust for a week. Then place in a tin in the oven overnight, leaving the door slightly open. In the morning they will be quite crisp and hard. Crush on a board with a rolling pin till very fine and preserve in a tin for use. These raspings will be found much better than fresh bread crumbs for frying.

How to Cream Beans.

Creamed beans are delicious. Soak one pint of beans overnight. The next morning boil until perfectly soft. Put through a sieve and add one teaspoon-

ful of salt and a saltspoonful of pep-

( per. Make a smooth cream sauce by putting a tablespoonful of butter in a saucepan and stirring in a tablespoon ful of flour. Add slowly a cupful of milk, and when sauce is thick stir Into

; the beans aud beat well. Pour into a :*baking dish, cover the top with fine i bread crumbs and bake brown.

How to Bake Cabbage.

More often than not cabbage is ruined by being cooked too much. Take a head of cabbage and cut as fine as though it were to be nsed for cold slaw. Put it into a pan and then fill the pan about two-thirds full of sweet milk Season well with pepper, salt and a little but ter. Put this into a second dish partly • filled with water and bake until tender.

How to Fry Brussels Sprouts.

Wash the sprouts well and remove every leaf that has turned yellow or faded. Put them on the fire in a sauce pan with plenty of hot, salted water, and cook rapidly. Strain and cool. Put in a stewpan two tablespoonfuls of butter, heat it and add the sprouts with a seasoning of salt, pepper and grated nutmeg, and fry them lightly, being careful to keep them whole, and powder them with chopped parsley. Serve in a hot dish.

How to Make Clam Chowder.

Twenty-five clams, one-half pound salt pork chopped fine, six potatoes sliced thin and four onions sliced thin. Put pork in kettle after cooking a short time and add potatoes, onions and juice of clams. Cook 2y 2 hours and then add clams. Fifteen minutes before serving add two quarts of milk.

How to Moke Liver Paste.

Take half a pound of liver, two ounces of ham, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, pounded mace, pep per, salt, essence of anchovy and an ounce of butter. Cook the liver and chop It finely; also the ham. Then pound together in a mortal*, add the pepper, salt, parsley (finely chopped), pounded mace, a little butter s and, lastly, the essence of anchovy. Mix and pound together thoroughly, press the mixture into a glass dish and cover With clarified butter.

How to Wash Colored Silk.

Dipping any colored silk In strong salt and water before it is washed will preserve its color and brightness and prevent the colors running.

How to Make Baked Stew.

Chop finely one onion, some sour mixed pickles and a tablespoonful of parsley. Measure these, add the same quantity of bread crumbs and sprinkle the savory mixture on the bottom of a buttered pie dish. On this place thin slices of cold meat and layers of mix ture until the dish is full and the ingre dients used up. Pour in a teacupf ul of stock, cover the dish with a short crust and bake until thoroughly cooked.

How to Save Earthenware.

If new earthenware be soaked for 24 hours in cold water before rising, it will be lesirliable to crack.

THE ASHBTTRTON GPAfimAT? .' FM!mY, APEIL 6, 1000

Printed and published by Hhney Willis o Pater Street, Ashburton, for the Proprla tors, at their Printing Office, Burnett Street, Ashburton, FRIDAY, April & 1900



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INTEREST IN LEASE IN PERPETUITY AT ALFORD FOREST. I HAVE for Sale the interest in a small' Grazing Kun of 321 acres, 3 roods, 20 perches ab Alford Forest. The run is securely fenced on three aides with seven wirea and on the other with six wires. The improvements have cost £150, but owing to the continued ill-health of the owner he in prepared to accept £100. Full ! particulars on application. F. FERRIMAN. — _______ DOBSON STREET, ABHBURTON. IHAVS been instructed to Sell Town Sections 373, 374, and 375, either singly or in one lot. The ground is of good quality and is r.n excellent site for building purposes. F. FERRIMAN. j ~~ FOB SALE] " HAVELOCK STRKKT, ASHBURTON IHAVR been instructed by Mr P Keller to sell hia very desirable Property, situated in Havelock Strceb, comprising; a well built brick house of nine rooms, wash house, coalhouse, and also a voty convenient stable, together with £ an acre of excellent land, wel{ laid ont in fruib trees. Within two minutes' walk of Railway and Post Office. Full particulars on application. F. FERRIMAN.



AT LAURISTON. HOUSE OF FOUR ROOMS AND OUTBUILDINGS, AND TWO AND A HALF ACRES OF LiND. T HAVE been Instructed by Mr William Buchan, who has leased a farm, to sell the above Property, eitnated close to the Railway and Pablie School. I A working man can always find em ployment in the District. Full particulars on application. RJFERRIMAN. AN"FiiI)^NOWJS— That our old~pre miaea will be closed on and aftei Satcrday, March 10. Castotners will find us in New Shop, Buri»ett Street.—Mitchell & TURNEB, ;



HAST f-I , ftf J O ]S" RS! STREET BICYCLES. BICYCLES —B ICY CLE B~ ■TTAVING BECEIVi'D ?,. SHIPMENT OF THE FAMOOSi " ARENA " CYCLES, I am prepared to offer these Machines at a very Low figure to secure quick Sale and Prompt Feturns. THESE Cycles are Well-Made, Upto-Date, Strong, Eiald, Light and Ea^y Ittmntner, and fitted with Morgan and Wrighb Tyres, and equal to any £20 in the market. These Bicycles are offered at the very Low Price of cSI6 CASH. TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED. TEIS is an opportunity to secure a weH-bnilt serviceable Machine afe Bed-Bock Fncea, I am prepared to indent those Cycler, Ladies' or Gentlemen's, a a lower price. TERMS ON APPLICATION. ORDER EARLY FOR NIXT SEASON. Agent for Milner and Fhompson's Organs and Pianos. ~" ~" (O) ■■ 1:1. M. JONES.



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SHEEP FEED IHaVPJ for S.ie 250 Acres of Sheap Fted. _ F FERRIMAN, WANTED Kaowu-That J. MoiSON has received a large supply of Summer Bctots and Shoes, suitable for the Holidays. They are all of the besb brands and makers, and never equalled in Ashburton, J,M. being the only practical and experienced Bootmaker in. the town, thua gives him superiority and facility to know besb what to geb. There tore the public have no need to wonder whore to go for reliable Boots aud Shoes. Discount for cash as usual. Pepairs done at once. Best Sole Leather uaed and work manship, at The Hall, East Btreet, A*h. arton- THE £HOW SEASON PRIZE "POULTRY. CkWING to the number of new houses f recently ercoted in the neighborhood of the Pelham Poultry Yards, rendering poultry keeping there inconvenient, the Proprietor is prepared to .sell cheap the whole stock, including Exhibition Birds, Prize Winners, Young Birds, Etc* For particulars apply the GUABWAN Office, or at the ' PELHAM POOLTBY YARDS PETER STREET, ASHBURTON. J. L. HIGGS, PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, SIGN WRITER, Etc. BUSINESS PEOPLE requiring Sign writing wonld find "ii : to thei* interest to consult J. L. HICfGS, sa ht does thfl work himself, therefore there U no second profit to pay, Hia ability is well known as foimeriy sfgnwrlter to Mr J. Wilson, with whom he t has severed all connection. ESTIMATES GIVEN FREE For all classes of painting and loose decorations. ARTIST'S MATERIALS, and la a osignain WALL PAPERS, in stock. tangrelT~stbeet. THE ' ■ ABIEL CONFECTIONERY FTpHE REFRESHMENT ROOMS for th« reception of Ladies are new completed. Fruit Salad, Ice Cream, Summer Driaki and all the latest Fruits In season'at th Misses Paces' New Shop, lately occ lpUd by Coomb BboSj East Street, next Craighe&d & Berry man. 1 99 LOOK UHEAP WINTER FIRING. NEW MOUNT SOMERS COAL. OUTPUT has Trebled daring the] la twelvemonths. IT IS USEJ EVERYWHERE. This Coal is the Besb and Cheapest Sheant *nd Houeehold Coal in the market. Used in the Woollen Factory and Cant* oury Flour Mills, GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRICES TO G. T. PARK, MOUNT 80 M RB. TO ALL MY OLD CLIENTS FARMERS, AND RESIDENT OF ASHBURTON COUNTY. ISEG to inform you that I have severed my oo»>neotion with the Canterbury Mill, which was under my management for over seven years, and have PURCHASED from Mr Edwin Thomas the WAKANUI ROLLER FLOUR MILLS. The Canterbury Mill, which is the property of the Bank of New Zealand Assets Board, is still trading under the name of Rollitb & Co., so to avoid confusion with correspondence, I would like to ask you to address all orders to THOMAS ROLLIT3H WAKANUI ROLLER FLOUR ! MILLS, ASHBURTON On and after October Ist, I shall be pleated 6o supply you with first-class ROLLER FLOUR, WHEAT MEAL, BRAN ft SHARPS, at lowest current ratea* FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF FARMERS DOING GRISTING, I have arranged to keep a supply of Flour Branj and Sharps at the Stores of the N.Z. Farmers' Association, West Street, where Farmers, Shareholders or non-Shareholdera can leave their .Wheat and get Flour, Bran, and Sharps in exchange. THOMASIOLLITT, waeandi roller flour-mills 9 265 ashburton. . £%§s^ Sound the JpC PRAISES PURE CEYLON OR BLENDED TEAS. CLARKE'S 841 PILLS warranted to cure Gravel, Fains in the back, ivnd all kindred complaints. Free from Mercury. Established upwards of 30 yean, [n boxes 4s6d each, of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors throughout the world. Proprietors, The Lincoln and Mid [and Counties D-ag Company, Ltaoeln Egland .