Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 August 1894 — Page 5

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, ACGUST 1, 1891-TWEIAT2 PAGES.

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TALKS WITH FAIOIEKS 0 THE TOi'ICi OK T11K TIM KS. Economy In Stork Halting The Utlllmlloa of Wimte Product le the Heut Mrlhod- V Collection of Firm ote Prut-tlt-at ueumtloim on the Mnklnsr of a China l ionet Valuable Hints to the Housekeeper A Budget of I'ructleul Iteelpea. The vitilizatlon of products that have no value in the market is receiving more attention at the present day than formerly, ami as there are a great many substances lost which possess value In pome form, their conversion into other products enables the farmer to both pave froim waste and to add to his receipts. "When the skim milk and whey from the creameries find their way back to the farm, and at a nominal cost, the prices obtained from the milk become greater because or the availability of these sub stances for feeding purposes. The milk from a dairy herd Is sold for its butter fat and then returned to the farm to be used in the production of pork. To fol low tha process further it may be stated that there is also a large quantity of manure resulting-, and other waste sub stances become useful by reason of the utilization of the one. On large farms, where cattle raising Is a specialty, hogs are kept to follow the cattle, in order to consume the refuse and avoid waste as much as possible. CtlllaiRK the AVnate. There are many avenues for loss, hut nature endeavors to teach economy by her methods. The mst barren soil will. in time, become capable of producing some kind of erop, as the slightest growth of herbage derives plant food from the atmosphere which is added to the soil, and which in turn permits of a larger growth the next season, lne wen known system of "fallowing" the soil is based upon that fact. The land is permitted to "rest," and in a few sea sons becomes suliicientiy renne to sup port a seamy crop. When the farmer promote the Increase of fertility, by the life of fertilizers, he takes advantage of nature's methods to sain substances from the free source of the air, ami brings his soil to a producing condition much sooner. When the land is eov ered with weeds it is an indication that nature is herself utilizing the plant food of the soil by growing crops that are Indigenous to the climate, and is allowing no waste of time. The farmer will pain fertility for his land if he plows the nitrogen-storing weeds under, as well as render a larger portion of the mineral matter of the soil soluble. I ha the Ilent Methods. There are by-products of the farms S3 well as of the factories, and many substances sold fr-m. the farms cost almost nothing because they are produced from these tiling which are unsalable. The object should be to use the best methods of economizing in the matter, If the refuse from creameries can be obtained the raising of swine becomes a necessity. If the location permits of easily obtaining th? grains of the breweries or glucose factories, then cattle will enable the farmer to put those substances to use. If they do not tlnd their way directly to the market they will increase the value of the manure. and eventually, in changed forms, seek ready purchasers at good prices. The value of the waste materials on the farms is nearly as great as that which is sold, but they appear in so many ways as to demand much latxr and care to utilize them, but the cost may be decreased if the proper methods of stock raising is practiced, by which everything Is rendered serviceable in some manner. Philadelphia Record. A VALlAfiLR RECEPTACLE. Fraction! Sn?retioim on the Mnklng of nn Ideal China Closet. It should be built between the dinlngrocm and tte kitchen, go that It can be entered unobserved when guests are at table. The shelves should not fce more than fourteen inches wide and about nineteen Inches apart. AYhere they are wider than this the tendency Is to pile too many dishes upon them, and they are apt to give way. There Is no reason why we ehould clina: to .tradition and cover these Shelves with White paper or muslin. Why should not corrugated rub'ber, such as has already found its way at the side of kitchen slnk-s, 'be introduced? There is a slight odr about the material, but china does not take it, and the chances of dishes slipping or breaking by falling upon the shelf would be decreased 50 per cent. A serviceable device for use when plates are st xd on end is to use a rope Instead of a cleat to hold them, and to fasten It at the corners and in the center by double-headed tacks driven down tightly into the shelves. Being slightly yielding', iiie plate is less apt to fall over from a .bidden jar or slight blow. Where possible glass should be tored by itself. In the most modern houses cabinets re built In the dining-room for this purpose. The narrow side shelves found in most china closets are best for glass' s. All drinking glasses should b arranged in groups, and far enough apart s- that there will be no confusion or mistake in bringing them out when ne--död. Wher.? plates an 1 saucers are piled one lipo: the other they should have rounds of fi it or Canton flannel placed retween Th'-.'n. There is an art, in cutting these rounds. s much so that one man in New Y rk ;:nl3 steady employment in supplying them. He is known to all the d-.il-rs, who recommend h'm to th ir customers. The rounds should never com above the h.J!ov of the plate. Hooks on which cups are hung should not be screwed on the edge of the second shelf, but well underneath it. They should he tested from time to time, lest by the settling of the house and of the (shelves they miht becrme loose. The second shelf should be about three in:-hes narrower than the one beneath it, to admit of large dishes being lifted out safely. The upper shelves, unless used for large dishe' miy be flush with the second. Harper s Bazar. Farm iile. A calf well started on milk, and fed Judiciously with grain and skim milk all summer, will be worth more at six months than one not so well fed will In twelve. Italian bees are said to be more energetic in resisting the attacks of the be moth than are the common black bees. As a rule, moth invasion means a weak, queenless colony and neglect. The arid regions of this country are eleven times the size of the British islands, and embrace eight states in part or In full and three territories, covering, It is estimated. 900,000.000 acres of land. The Holstein-Friesian association offers twenty-seven prizes, ranging from $24 up to J50. and aggregating JM9, for satisfactorily authenticated weekly butter records to be entered in the advanced register. A writer expresses the opinion that it Is often the case that the flavor in the milk which Is attributed to the eating of some kind of weed in the pastures Is really due to uncleanliness in some particular. The most successful dairymen are most careful as to the condition In which the young animals are to be kept Which are to be used in the dairy when they become old enough for being thus used, 6ys a Canadian dairyman. Sell you cows if you will not procure a. good tharmxirrvatar. a trustworthy test

er, and if you are not willing to school your Intelligence to the utmost within your power. There Is no prbflt in unscientific work in this progressive day. "While the raising of- the stock will enrich our soil and renew is productiveness, it will market the farm products better than to ship the feed away. While grain-growing is yearlyi becoming more unprofitable, our hope is in stock breeding. Keep the flies out of the stable. Close up the cracks and tack mosquito bar over the windows. This may cost you a little money and trouble, but it will save you many dollars' worth of horse flesh. The horses will pay for it by doing lots more hard work without fatigue. Do not count that man foolish who harrows his ten-acre field ten days before he sows his wheat. This fine, pulverization not only fits the soil for the best work, but it brings up the moisture in a dry time and gives a hardened bed underneath, which will just be the condition desired. Knsilage is. a healthy food for all farm animals. It has no bad influence on

milk or butter; it Is digestible, and the cows relish It; there is less loss In saving corn in the silo than curing in the field; the one has the more feeding value than tho other; It Is as good six months after making as when fresh. To fatten an old ow for the butcher begin as soon as she has calved, feed her as much grain as her old teeth will grind for digestion during the time she is In pasture. She will gain in milk and flesh, and will fatten quickly about the time the milk fails. Tldg will make her fat and lean, which the buyer likes. A young plant must have its proper food and drink, the same as a young animal. The fine, white roots are the feeding mouths. They suck and grow with good care; they starve and die with neglect. The more mellow the soil th? more available the food, and the better within "reach. Manure Is fertility; that Is, food. Opposites often follow each other. We used to plant our potatoes in ridges. In the West they now make ridges like those made for sweet potatoes, and plant the tubers in the valleys between. There are no sunburnt potatoes, and the cultivator but tumbles the weeds down hill into the ditches. The finer roots are not in the way of the plow. The quick growing kinds of turnips, sown late in th autumn, are very succulent, but they do not have the nutritive qualities which belong to the rutabaga family, or even the white turnips, if sown earlier. The most succulent turn pithy In winter, and are not palatable after January. There Is some risk in feeding turnips freely to breeding animals. Dairymen are suffering from the tuberculosis scare, and perhaps unduly. There is perhaps no more of it than of old, but we must consent that it is the best part of wisdom to wipe it out as far as possible. The only way is by slaughtering the infected cattle; but the stir over the question Is interfering sadly with the sale of milk in the dairies which supply the city. The dairy brings a revenue which is always cash and almost continuous. It helps maintain the fertility of the farm; its product, if good, has seldom to seek a buyer; it exhibits more vitality in times of depression than almost any other product that the farmer sells; but the average farmer studies improvement in all other lines before he takes an interest in the business of making butter. Yakima, Wash., If she has not already, proposes to attain and maintain the distinction of being the banner hop county of Washington. Last year the hop crop was in the neighlorhood of 10,000 bales. Conservative estimates place the crop of this year at upward of 20,000 bales. There are 2,fi00 acres of old hops and 1.200 acres are being planted this spring. No less than 10,0U pickers will be required to harvest the crop. J. S. Wilson. Badger, S. D., writes: "I have had eight years' experience with the Russian thistle, and can say that on my farm it has not caused as much damage as thje common bull thistle, also a native of this region. With due respect for the opinions of legislators, who are endeavoring to secure additional aid in suppressing the pest. I think that appropriations for that purpose are entirely unnecessary." Orange Judd Farmer. Following Is the formula used at the Vermont station for Bordeaux mixture: Five pounds copper sulphate, five pounds lime (must be fresh not air slacked), fifty gallons (one barrel) water. Dissolve the copper sulphate in a clean wooden or brass vessel, slack the lime in another vessel, then dilute with water to a thin whitewash and strain it into the copper Folutlon. Stir thoroughly and add water to make about fifty gallons (one barrel.) The discovery of phylloxera in a vineyard in the Bendigo district has created consternation in that and other parts of Australia. It Is a threatening menace to the vine-growing and winemaking Industries, which have attained much importance in many of the Australian colonies. This 13 not the first appearance of the pest in that region. More than fifteen years of efforts were required to eradicate it from the Geelong district. The early harvest apple Is very likely to overbear, but it is quite good for pies when not fully grown, provided enough sweetening is added to take off the surplus acidity. It is best to shake off some from all the trees at this time, even though there be no market for them, for those left to ripen will be greatly improved in size and flavor, besides making sure that the tree will per fect fruit buds for bearing the next season. Usually the early harvest tree, allowed to ripen all its fruit in years of abundance, bears nothing the following year. Hints to llonnekerpern. Put a little spermaceftl, lard or kero sene in the boiled starch and borax in the cold and your linen will be both stiff and glossy. Powdered charcoal, if laid thick on a burn, causes immediate abatement of the pain. A superficial burn can thus be healed in about an hour. A very pleasing table decoration that is easily carried out throughout the summer months is the addition of flowers to the finger bowls. Use double bowls. one large enough to hold the other, and fill the space between the two with very small blosscms. The effect of dipping the fingers into flower-encircled water is decidedly unique and agree able. In buying shoes It is well to rememler that the feet are one-third of an inch longer when the body Is standing than when seated, and the elongation is fur ther increased when walking, for the weight is then thrown entirely on one foot at each alternate step; so that in choosing one's boots it Is absolutely necessary that an allowance should be made fur this. The shortness may not be felt at once, but after a few weeks it it becomes very manifest, and, moreover, by forcing the great toe back It is apt to produce a bunion on the joint. To Clean a Mackintosh Plain warm water is very inefficient .for removing the mud stains. Dip the garment In cold, soft water; then, with a scrubbing brush and yellow soap, proceed to scrub it all over, having spread it flat on the table. When the dirt is removed dip the cloak in repeated waters to get rid of the suds, but do not wring it.- Hang up In the air or any airy room, to dry, but do not put It near the fire. Paint or grease spots must be removed by spirits of turpentine, but common soap will perform the rest. The dirtiest parts will require most scrubbing. In cleaning a mackintosh always avoid hot water. The Best Sponges In buying sponges, choose the dark-colored ones. They don't look so attractive, but nevertheless they are the finest sponges. They are "uncut" and "unbleached," and will give more service than the cleaner-looking ones, that are partly or wholly bleached. A good, partly bleached sponge can be had for 75 cents, but when you pick up a mall, dark-colored looking mass, about six or seven Inches, don t be shocked when the clerk says the price Is any where from J1.75 to $3. But he will add. In the most enthusiastic tone, "It's Just like velvet." And It Is. The bleached and cheaper sponges have been made I

by cutting one large sponge into several small ones, or by cutting off portions that were torn in taking the spongP3 It is late to suggest a way to keep furs and woolen clothing, but there may be some housekeepers who are relying on the shake-out-onoe-a-week plan who will be glad to avail themselves of an easier method. Take a clean barrel and line the interior with newspapers securely pasted on so 'that no crack or crevice remains. Look oer each garment carefully and be sure that no moth or moth eggs is in it: brush free from dust and sponge off all spots; then pack in the barrel. When full, cover the top with two or three thicknesses of newspaper pasted down at the sides. If care is taken ".hat the paper is well fitted the barrel is absolutely moth-proof. How to Brighten Gilt Frames Take sufficient flour of sulphur to give a golden tinge to about one and a half pints of water, and in this boil four or five bruised onions, or garlic, which will answer the same purpose. Strain off the liquid, and with it. when cold, wash, with a soft brush, the gilding which requires restoring, and when dry it will come out as bright as new work. They may also he brightened in the following manner: Beat up the whites of c??s with chloride of potash or soda, in the proportion of three ounces of eggs to one ounce of chloride of potash or sodi. Blow as much dust as possible frcm the frames, and paint them over v.'Hh a sofe brush dipped In the above mixture. They will immediately come out fresh and bright. Some Valuable Recipes. Currant Tarts Bake the pastry in the usual manner, filling with three parts of currants and ono part of raspberries, stewed together. Sweeten to taste. Currant Bread Pudding Make a common bread pudding thicker than usual end very sweet. Add a cupful of ripe currants, stir thoroughly and bake at once. Raspberry Shortcake This Is mad precisely in all respects like strawberry shortcake, except that a little less sugar will be required. -Sweet or whipped cream makes an excellent sauce. Currant Sauce Thicken currant juice slightly with flour and butter rubbed together and well-sweetened. In all uses nvide of currants and their juice a generous amount of sugar Is required. Teas a L'Anglaise Iloil the peas until tender, drain and put them into a saucepan, allowing an ounce of butter to a pint of peas. Set on the stove, stir gently till thoroughly hot, add a little chopped parsley and the yolk of one egg and serve. " Currant Pudding Into a cupful of sugar, creamed with half the quantity of butter, stir in order, two eggs, beaten light, a cupful of milk, twelve ounces of flour, two level teaspionsful of baking powder and a cupful of currants. Bake in patty pans. Velvet Cake One pound of flour, one pound of sugar, half a pound of butter, live eggs beaten separately, then poured together and beaten again: half a teaspoonful of soda, a tablespnonful of cream of tartar; flavor with vanilla, wineglass of wine or brandy. Raspberry Sauce Stir together a cupful of sugar and tablespoon ful of butter; when thoroughly mixed, add the juice of a small lemon, and finally a cupful of fresh raspberry juice (raspberry jam will answer, but it is not as good. Beat together perfectly and set in a cool place on ice is best. Cucumbers Cucumbers should be gathered while the dew is yet on them, and put immediately on the ice. An hour before dinner pare and slice them very thin and let them lay in salted ice water till dinner is ready, then drain them and put them into a glass dish, and sprinkle bits of ice over them. Serve them with a French dressing in a separate dish. To Bake a Ham with Spice and Wine Boil the ham to within three-quarters of an hour of dinner time. Take it out of the pot, skin it. trim it and put it in a dripping pan. Pour thickly over the top a small bowlful of brown sugar, half a tumblerful of Madeira wine and two tablespoonfuls each of allspice and cloves. Put Into the oven and bake half an hour, basting frequently with the essence that runs from It. Raspberry Blancmange Smooth four tablespoonfuls of cornstarch in an equal quantity of mi'.k, and add to it a quart of boiling fresh milk, to which as it thickens add four tablespoonfuls of sugar. When it is cooked stir in half a

capful of juice from fresh berries, slight- I ly sweetened. Turn Into ü imolJ. and serve with sweet cream. The juice from canned raspberries may 'be used, but is not as good as xhe fresh fruft. Currant Meringue Crush together a cupful of currants with an erual measure of sugar. Beit the yolks of two eggs, with a rounding teaspoon ful of flour, and stir this Into the currants, adding a little water, unless the fruit is quite Juicy. Tour the mixture into a deep pie plate and bake. When it is done, cover the top with a meringue made from the whites of the eggs beaten with, two tablespoonsful of sugar. Brown slightly in the oven and serve cold. Raspberry Pudding Into a cupful of sugar, with which a tablespnonful of butter has been cre'ame 1, stir the beaten yolks of two eggs. Then add a cupful and a half of milk, the whites of two eggs beaten till stiff, enough flour for a rather thick batter, into which a teaspoonful of baking powder lias been mingled. Then add a pint of fresh raspberries, mixing them in thoroughly, and bake in the ordinary manner. Serve with a berry or other liquid sauce. Fried Tomatoes Select firm but thoroughly ripe tomatoes for this purpose. Peel" them and lay them on the ice so they will he cold and firm when needed. Cut them in slices not less thin onehalf inch in thickness. Have a deep kettle of frying fat ready. Heat it until it rmokes in the center. Dip the slices in an egg which has leen .beaten up with two toaspoonfuls of water and a few drcps of onion juice. Sprinkle a little salt and pepper over the sliced tomatoes and dip them in fine sifted 'bread crumbs. Egg them again, arid put bread rrumb3 over them a second time. Put them on a wire fipoon and immerse Fhem in the hot fat for eight minutes. When they rise to the top of the fit turn them over, and in u moment or two more they will be done. They will be an even golden brown on both sides, delicious .to the taste, and a very ornamental dish when served, as. they should be, on a napkin, one slice overlapping one another in a circle and a garnish of green celery in he center. AVhere the Hloney I Found. Englishmen are the milch cows of the world. They are the great lenders' from whom all other nations borrow. For generations they have been rich and saving, until at last their annual accumulations have become greater than the annual openings for legitimate investment. So severe has the pressure become that latterly the money lender has been forcing his money into every kind of undertaking in all parts of the world, creating, by his own eagerness to lend, the corresponding desire to borrow. It is the weight of uninvested money which stimulates borrowing, not the cupidity of the impecunious. Borrowing has not produced lending, but lending borrowing. Interest has continued to fall because there are more lenders than borrowers. If Englishmen think, then, that any communities have dipped too deep into the English purse, they can easily apply the corrective by a little self-control. They should abstain from further lending. This may seem a heroic remedy, but it is the only remedy. The Contemporary Review. . Willing to Try It. Tramp "Please, mum, my partner found an old ice-cTeam freezer down in the gully." Housekeeper "I threw it away. It was no use." Tramp "Well, we've been examinln It, and If you'll lend us some cream, and some ice, and some sugar, and flavoring, and send your boy to turn it. I think we can make It do." N. Y. Weekly. Dr. Price's Cream Baklnz Powder World's Pair Highest Medal and Diploma. .

WOMAN AND HER HOME.

A FEW VALUABLE HUVTS FOR AVOMEX, SINGLE AMI MARIUED. Women's Ttnalneaa Slnitnre A Word About Mothers-ln-Lnw Servant Gtrl llahy'a Pillow A Qnlet KebufT ;vr Him m Good Dreakfait. A hint to the woman who values her good looks, but revels In lamp shades of all sort ami varieties: Banish heliotrope and beware of green unless you have a muddy skin. Rose pink Is very flattering und will take ten years off a woman's age much more skillfully and gently than all the hair dyes, face bleaches and beauty balms in existence. Now a word for the girl who wishes to make a good impression on a soon to be fiance: Don't run down the good looks of other girls and don't think it necessary to add 10 per cent, to the cost of any article in your wardrobe In order to impress the masculim? mind with the richness of your possessions. There have been instances of men being scared off at such tactics, realizing that their pocket-books and such prices did not gee. There is such a lot of things to suggest to the young married woman that to pick at random will be certain to hit some particular case anyhow. Therefore here goes, for, you know, no wife was ever perfect. Therefore .the hint cannot come amiss, no matter if it doesn't exactly fit the case like a tailormade frock on a '.'Venus de Milo:" Be Just as fussy about your appearance after marriage as Jbefore. Your husband admires a fluffy bang, but he will not appreciate curl papers." Look out for the first squall. Don't let it run into a tornado. Give your husband plenty of well-cooked food if you want him to enthuse over the new bureau cover and, whisper, don't show the cover to him until after dinner. How can we tell the young mother that her darling cherub is at times a mo?t awful bore? She. never considers her baby aught but a thing of beauty and a Joy forever, and consequently monopolizes all conversation with anecdotes of his cute ways, and whenever possible produces the one perfect specimen of babyhood and feels deeply offended if the entire community does not at -once bow down and worship and go into spasmodic raptures of baby talk, which, unless practiced hours beforehand, so frightens the infant that a perfect babel ensues, and the unhappy would-be but Ignorant adorer is set down as a horrid, unfeeling brute, who frightened mother's lovey dovey by his ugly bogy ways. Babies to be appreciated should be kept in the nursery as much as possible and not be foisted upon an unappreciative circle of acquaintances until they are old enough to enjoy a conversation not necessarily sprinkled with cooing utterances, of which "was a lovey zing" or "precious darling petsy wetsy" and other similar unintelligible sentences form a large part. Philadelphia Times. Women Business Slgrnatnres. Many of the largest banks are catering for feminine custom, and they probably find it to their advantage to make things pleasant for lady depositors, though the cisftiier does a deal of growling when outsite o-f his gilded cage. Said one such recently to the writer. "A woman never learns to sign her name lroperly, n matter how mach money she may have nor how much banking 'business she does. Every business man has what he calls his 'cash signature,' which he never varies, and with which he Indorses all checks. With women it's different. They all write the fashionable hand of the hour, and they ail write pretty much alike. Luckily just at present the swell hand is big and open and easily read. Mrs. John Jacob Asior writes In this way. and while her signature is one that could easily be copied, I have never heard of its being forged. Many society women put their crests on their checks just as they do on their carriage's. AVe like that, because one can identify the check then without bothering about the signature. "Mrs. Gould has not a plain handwriting. It is straggly and has lots of loops. Besides shcl is fond of signing herself simply 'Mrs. Oould,' which is better from a societj' tra-J from a business standpoint. Three women who write alike In the ultra English fashion are -Mrs. Ralnsford, wife of the rector of St. George's; Elizabeth Marbury and the Marquise Lanza. Maude Howe Elliott is another society woman who writes her aime all sorts of ways. Sometimes ie is M. H. Elliott, another time Mrs. Maude Elliott, and yet again sh will sign her husband's name, with the Mrs. prefixed. "Miss Anthony writes In a tremulous hand that serves excellently to identify her checks, and Marie Nevins Bull writes in a peculiar hand, as It her pen were falling to sleep. Mrs. Schuyler Van Itenssaeler is probably the only society woman with an individual signature. She calls herself M. G. Rensselaer in magazines and also on checks. Fashionable signatures change every seven years, and I am sure that if the big, open English should alter to the bill. thin, angular hand or the freaky, running hand at least a dozen cashiers would resign in a bunch." Boston iTume Journal. A Quiet Rebuff. About a year go, as editor of a woman's department in a leading magazine, I wrote the following lines: "There are many inquiries from ladies who are naturally stout or in need of temporary abdominal support who ask if there are corsets that will accomplish the desired purpose and yet not harm the wearer. There are women to whom corsets are an absolute necessity, and who cannot sit up if they do not feel the corset's pressure or at least the support of a corset waist. For such there has been manufactured an abdominal supporting corset with bands of ribbon inserted on each side of the front to prevent obesity from becoming too apparent. They cross the abdomen and fasten at one side. Straps support the weight from the shoulders, and side lacings allow this abdominal supporting corset to adopt itself to any increase of size." Imagine my surprise when this answer was pubiished to find below It the following note, added by the editor of the magazine: "Nature has given a very beautiful and useful corset, composed of a variety of natural bones. The flexible vertebrae in the backbone, the movable wall bones or ribs, and the sternum, or breast bone, afford all the support any man or woman requires. Nature has shown no favors as to sex, but bequeaths to each alike this skeleton corset. Therefore value it, protect it from injury and refrain from using any Instrument of torture. Corsets never improved nature, but are responsible for much of the misery, sickness and death that women suffer." I don't know whose Information was the most acceptable to my readers the editor's, in his quiet rebuff, or my own. Irish W'orld. Heroic Miss McLean. Miss Virginia McLean Illustrates the heroism of the trained nnrse of today. She distinguished herself In the college of trained nurses and left Bellevue hospital at the end of the term. In 1S92, with the highest honors the faculty could bestow. But she left It blind. In an operation at which ehe assisted, or while otherwise attending a little child in the ward where she loved to work. Miss McLean got a particle of virus in une of her eyes. To the Intense grief of the staff and of all who had known of the value of her work, the slgnt slowly withered away, and th.a vitality of the

remaining orb began soon to be affected. Specialists here and In Paris and London were consulted in vain.. Her own courage and devotion- to her calling did not falter In this hour of extremity. She prepared to transfer the seeni of her activity to the blind asylum. N. Y. Commercial. A Word Abont Mot hers-ln-Ln w. It seems a strange thing that as soon as a woman's child Is married her natural maternal instinct, according to the perverted notion of the world at large, is swallowed up in the new and grewsome trtle of "mother-in-law," and she is at once regarded a a feminine ogre whose delight is to quarrel with and nag the one who happens to le related legally to her. It is only the outcome of a great love that prompts many a woman to endeavor to mill go on managing for her son and daughter, even when they have assumed other ties, and if the new member of their household has any tact in nine times out of ten unpleasant controversy will be nlpp-d in the hud and little by little a perfect understanding be established until the "in-law" phrase will be forgotten in the sweeter, tenderer term, "mother." If a gigantic vote upon this subject could be taken, the result would be tremendously in favor of that muchmaligned individual whom funny paragraphers hve for long years selected as the subject of their coarse wit. In many homes the mother-in-law is the guardian angel, the peacemaker and much beloved guest. It is she who nurses children and grandchildren through long sieges of serious illness, unmindful whether she Is sitting up with her daughter or her daughter's husband, her son or her son's wife. To her they are her children, and what help ehe may bestow is given without stint or thought of fatigue. Sweet and gracious womanhood need not be perverted because of a new member in the family. A determination to bear and forbear, systematically adhered j:o, will keep all the 'in-laws" on friendly footing, whereas a prejudict that has beer, established by people who know not whereof they speak can., with little or no difficulty, be fanned into a feud, and much needless heartache will be the bitter consequence. Mothers-ln-law are mothers Just the same, and if their own are treated as they should be there need he no fear of dissensions with the newcomer into the family. Philadelphia Times. nnbj'n IMIlnn. One summer day, on lifting my baby from his cradle after a protracted nap, I found his little head wet with profuse perspiration. Moreover, his small pillow feathers, of course was so iked through This led to an investigation, for I felt that such heat boded ill to the sensitive brain. Looking into the matter, I discovered the following advice given by an eminent physician, long since deceased. He wrote: "The proximate if not the original cause of great mortality among American babies is some malady of the brain. When we suppose death to result from dysentery or cholera infantum, the Immediate cause is frequently affection of the brain supervening upn bowel disease. The heads of American babies are, for the most part, little furnaces. What mischief must then result from keeping them buried hour after hour in feather pillows! It makes me shiver to think of the deaths among these precious little ones where I dubt not that cool straw pillows would have saved them. Do not fall to keep their heads cool while sleeping." The material which I then deeniil hest for baby's pillow for straw seemed rather hard was deer's hair. One woman employed hair combings, whieh mikes a soft cushion. Paper clipped tine is recommended as well as pine needles. There are other ways, however, of injuring baby's brain ah, how much they must work ere they arrive at maturity! I' is claimed that t' e bra-n is imnr? heivily taxed the first live years of ex

istence than during the rem ilnder of life. On? btb.- who very nearly succumbed to brain disease was taught the catechism ere his second year. It sounded cunning to he.ir him lUp "Absoum" in reply to who was the father of the faithful, or "Ofs ife" when asked who was turned into a pillar of salt. Of course the family physician soon stopped this needlesss cramming, giving 1 upe ative orders that nothing should be taught the child. Detroit Free Press. Servant Girls. My impression Is that the freer growing air of the last half century the tendency toward human freedom, not only here, but in Europe which has infected and influenced the laboring class (very Justly, I think) will render it forever impossible hereafter to cbtain the thoroughly obsequious servant of all classes that our fathers and grandfathers knew. The house servants are doing our work now because they must. Hardly one of them, except the densely ignorant and stupid ones, expect to stay in service long. Marriage chiefly and something different from housework if marriage does not arrive are looked forward to as a means of escape. It is not that this service does not have some advantages, even to the servants, for it does. It secures a home at once. It is a place which even a woman who has lost wealth and is partly destitute might, under some circumstances (if hr business be a sort of vice housekeeper), lind practically better than teaching or snopwork or any of the so-called ' more respected subterfuges from loss of cacte. Yet loss of caste here though not like that of India is really a potent obstacle. Where there is no caste to lose, the house serving position, of course, is not felt. If it were not lor this, tltere a e hundreds and thousands of women if fine social origin who would be willing, too willing, to make a profession of head housekeeper, with personal work added, for the certainty of a comfortable home and sure support; but, as it is, they would rather starve and sew in a garret. The moral of the servant girl question Is that it is sJie, and not her employer, who regulafes most completely th attention. It is she who can. the otherwise perfect, afford to t-'ever the connection of employed and employer. She has her trials that are little noticed. She is not necessarily without many virtues. Those of her class? who lack them are in the (minority. Joel Bentun in Home and Country. Crossing the Legs. Women who sit with their legs crossed to sew or read or to hold the baby are warned that they are Inviting serious physical ailments. When a man crosses his legs, he places the ankle of one limb across the knee of the other and rests it lightly there. A woman, more modest and restricted in her movements, rests the entire weight of one limb on the upper part of the other, ana this pressure upon the sensitive nenes and cords, if indulged in tor continued lengths of time, as is often done by ladies who sew or emhroider, will produce disease. Sciatica, neuralgia and other serious troubles frequently result from this simple cause. The muscles and nerves in the upper portion of a woman's leg are extremely sensitive, and much of her whole physical structure can become deranged If they are overtaxed In the manner referred to. Medical .Vge. Ealogr on the Illue Grass Girl. Every few days some apology for manhood with more brass than brains jumps up with an essay on girls. This abominaable class of literature always begins with a sneer and ends with a kick. A distinct flavor of sourness permeates it. The genuine girl is absolutely unessayable. Nobody understands her. She doesn't understand herself. She is a. delightful bundle of contradictions. As wise as a serpent, she is as inoncent as any sucking dove. She is as modest as a violet and sweet as a barrel of molasses. She

is as rosy as a winter apple and as plump as an Indian summer partridge. She knows something about the piano and lots about making biscuit. She is tender with her sweetheart and sets the dog on the other fellow. She is an armful of delights, and blessed is the youth she takes into partnership in wearing oul the sofa. She is a daisy and a dumpling, and In all God's created creation there is nothing worthy to be named in the same breath with her. Them's our sentiments, and the man who differs with us has treason in his soul. Glasgow (Ky.) Times. Give Him i Good Breakfast. If there is one right a man has. It s to a good breakfast. Many men take nothing but oatmeal and a cup of coffee 5r a boiled egg for breakfast and then rush into town. Long before noon the breakfast has vanished. The man doesn't understand that it is food he needs, because men only eat at certain stated hours and wouldn't be heard of eating at 11 o'clock in the forenoon unless they could say It was breakfast. So this man goes into a neighboring cafe and takes a drink. Such a man's wife should sacrifice som? of her own comfort to see that her husband's breakfast is so tempting that he can't help miking a hearty meal that will last him until lunch time. It needn't be an elaborate breakfast, but choose the food very carefully. Select a steak that will be sweet and tender. See that It !s cooked Just to suit the man of the house, and then watch how he will eat it. Have the chops Just to suit him, and, if necessary, look after It yourself, because a man who starts out with a good breakfast is going to do a good day's work. He will be good natured at the office. His brain will work more quickly for the food, and he- may make some lucky deal on account of all. this that will mean several new frocks or an extra week's vacation for you. N. Y. Journal.

Keeping: Woodwork Clean. Of all the woodwork tha'. with the high varnish polish is th m.xt li;icult to keep looking well it it ? eary to n ar it "and so difficult to repair, writes James Thomson in the Ladies" Home Journal. When dnts and scratches d no-, go entirely through ihe polish, they mny sometimes be removed b ruWmr c r with linseed oil and lotten stone, Kfirg a small piece of lat felt to do :l.e rubbing. Care, however, should b - used so as not to rub too hard. Hard wood floors. If polished with shellac or varnish, may be first washed with soap and water and then thoroughly rubbed with a cloth wet with oil and turpentine or kerosen and water. This will make them look as well as when new. Floors finished by the waxen method of our ancestors may be revived by the usl of turpentine. Danger in Stock Ins:. Much danger lies In a stocking that is too tleht, that being as lad as a:i ill-fit-ing shoe, arresting development, making corns and causing ingrown nails, even a hole in the stocking sometimes doing that. A stocking should fit even mure carefully than the shoe, allowing every movement of the foot free play. It cannot be too smooth and fine in manufacture, and it should have as few seams as possible. Moreover, its color shoul 1 be considered, as thero are quite injurious dyes, causing bad eruptive troubles and even blood poisoning, especially in the shades of green. Thin Girl Ya Right. "Now. tell me. don't you think a pretty girl going to business is apt to be insulted?" a bright-faced" voting Stenographer v.-ai asked. Her reply was curt and contemptuous. "Yes by such questions as that." After which sh- turned to me and wearily inquired, '"If you wrote steadily on the subject for ten years, do you suppose you could convince people that business men occasionally do something hesides flirt with their female employes ?" X. Y. Advertiser. Dutch Doom. It is a good thing to have the entranc d-.-or to a house of what is known as the Dutch variety that is, in halves, so that the upper part may be swung back while the lower still remains shut. This imparts ventilation to the hall, which generally needs far more than it gets, gives a cheerful look to what is generally the gloomiest part of the house, and even turns the hallway Into a possible sittingroom. The I jut for the Wolves. Now this is the law of the Jungle, as old and aa true a3 the sky. And the wolf that Shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree trunk, the law runneth forward and back: For the strength of the pack, is the wrlf, and the r.rength of the wolf Is the pack. Wash dally from nose tip to .tail t'.p; drink deeply, but never too deep; And remember the night is for hunting and forget not the day is for sleep. The jackal may follow the tiger, but, cub, when thy whiskers are grown. Remember the wolf is a hunter go forth and get food of thy own. Keep peace with the lords of the Jungle, the tiger, the panther, the bear; And trouble not Hathl the Silent, and mock not the hoar in his lair. When pack meets with pack in the jungly and neither will go from the trad. Lie down till the leaders hive .Tken; it may be fair words shall prevail. When ye firht with a wolf of the pack ye must light him alone and afar. Lest others take prt in the quarrel and the jvack is diminished by war. The lair of the wolf is his refuge, and where he has digged. Is U plain. The council shall send him a message, and so he shall change it again. If ye kill before midnight be silent and wake not the woods with your bay. Lest ye frighten the deer from the crop and thy brothers go empty away. Ye may kill for yourselves, and your mates, and your cubs as they need and ye can; s But kill not for pleosure of killing, and seven times never kill riian. If y plunder his kill from a weaker, devour not all in thy pride. Pack-right is the ritht of the meanest; so leave him the head and the hide. The kill of the pack is the meat of the pack. Ye must eat where It lies; And no one may carry away of that meat to his lair, or he dies. Tha kill of the wolf Is the meat of the woif. He may do what he will. But, till he is given permission, the pack may not eat of that kill. Lair right if the right of the mother. From ail of her year she may claim One haunch of each kill for her litter, and none may deny her the same. Cub right is the right of the yearling. From ali of h!s pack he may c'.ntm Full Korge when the killer has eatfn; and none may refuse him the same. Cave r;pht is the ripht of the father, to hunt by himself for his own : lie is freed from all calls to the pack. He is judged by the council alone. Because of his age and his cunning, because of his gripe and his paw. In all that the law leaveth open the word of the head wolf is law. Now these are the laws of the Jungle, and many and mighty are they; But the head and the hoof of the law and the haunch and hump Is Obey! Rudyard Kipling in the Pall Mall Budget, , A Spoiled Public. 1 Boy 'Taper, sir?" Uptodate "Well. I don't know. Have you any paper that prints coupons you can take to the office next day and exchange for a fresh paper?" X. Y. Weekly. "All run down" from weakening effects of warm weather, you need a good tonic and blood purifier like Hood's Sarsaparlllo. Try it.

MUSLIN GOWNS.

They Are All Made Fall ml Are I.ar ihl- Trimmed. . Striped muslins, ginghams ard nnr sooks have appeared in wonderful rofu s:on this season. I'ink, blue laver.dei and black stripes of varying wllths 05 a white ground are seen everywhere! and a peculiar shade of sea green ha4 also lately been brought out which, 1 combination with white, looks refresx Ir.gly cool. Thin gowns are all mad very full and are lavisnly trimmed, evet if it be only withthe same goods. Klb bons and lace are mu :h employed, how ever, and as an expensive ariety uf lc4 4 Mrsi.TX c v. -; is not required a very 1 ;y i-wi may be produced at s'Uhr -t. 1m.-i fjr the mater! lis. Of ce.ur.-,. ;:: .. !r-Strieker's-bid is lar.:e wh -;!! ic c-'s hef work v.'il cr ill. it ;.- u a - T.'..äJ1 t .? everybody to htve ;it -,si a littl knowledre of dr-ssmakin -. enough to a' low of the ventur- of r.uiki.or thin sum in ep gowns at home. if ic.cre expen five goods are put i.'.t-. profession! hands. To pay $1" f . i- ti.e miking up f materials thai cost less then S seem scarcely a raonable . utbv when th purse is only moderately supplied. The home dressmaker wni iirid thnt skirt and sleeve patterns an- m.. re to M relied upon than crvage j ;iH--r;:s ;ules she has the latter cut sj.e. iny to measure. If she lias not r.l do-iht lv-r nbi'ity to adapt one selected from th" general cata'ofii". she mac mak? tlu- skirt and have a regular dressmaker cut and fit the bodice, which she herself can r.fu erward trim to match th" skirt. If it is intended that much dressmaking shall be done at home, the eaievt way is to go to a good tailor art have a pattern cut to treasure. This will give a ecrreel foundation upon whieh to cousrntet a variety jf gowns b.uh f.-r street and evening wear. It should be borne U mind that, next to a good pattern, a hot flat iron Is tha dressmaker's 1 ect aid to tie achievement of a workmanlike result. Seams, hem. facings and 1 uttonhob s should ba conscientiously jre?s-d us -:i as they are linished not allowed to wait until the garment Is all completed. Tli!. advice has more jcirt i"u!,i r. ftivn.-e ti heavy good. although muslins will locls the better f"r such mc.tmcr.t. A picture is plven if a prfn. muslin gown trimmed with applications of but-ter-cobred guipure. It hns a round skirt and full, round bodice eath'-red in at thi throat and wait. Th' puffed el'Mw' sieves, whieh ar fnlsned with a frill, are trimmed with two diiir mal trind of guipure, the crrs.i tr-s with two hoiizot.tal bands. JlTHc rilOLLET. i.of;i:viTv is o inn imr:isn. Men Lite .Uueh Longer Tlinn They l eil to, l'ttr t Ich Im rl y in America. A writer in the Washington Post call attention to the many instances of re markabie longevity whieh from year t year have h--en tfpinel. passing lj the hundreds of years ;is-ert 1 P hav been lived by the ante 3,lu i.in h'-ro ot Hebrew tradition, the aa pa r. nt :uimlr in which may mean something entirely different from what they wuulJ mean In our deeimal Koale of ml mr ( on. ar. l down through the irek uni sub?ejuent ages, whope- method cf counting w c not understand, v lind a continu record of persons arriving at nu advanced old age- These, from or,-.- poini of view, constitute a very smail minority, and yet from mother. f .rm a considerable and 'mpvrtaiu eb-ment. The number of deceased persons whr had attained an exceptional old age v.-e.i probably greater in the year !W than in any recent period. During the last three or four months of the y-a" tb general public became familiar throng : a perusal of the daily papers with tin remarkable obituaries cf those who had departed having lived to a great oil age. A month or so since wc read of life that had reached the extraordinary limit cf 13." years. We hc.ve sine. r-i I of the death of r woman at Hartford, Conn., Who was old enough ta give warning of the approach of the Uritish fleet in 1S12, and so saved ihe New Kngland coast from thrvaim'-d d ova -tat ion. And still later we have been apprised of th-l death at Terre Haute. Ind.. f a man yea's old, who attend 1 tue funeral of Washington, it hi-- rrv: vote f r Madison, and was a so'dcr in the wa Of ni2. From i.thr data it i apparent, that great b-n-evity has b n on tha increase for many y-ars. particularly la Arne u a. Iiut it may be remarke 1 thnt th" constitutions that carried these persons ujt to the centennial mark or beyond w r formed very many years bef .re Americans began living at th present rate, and that the best part of rrue-t of tresn old lives whs pass. 1 before the i! d'Tnt suicidal rush of the society and business worlds. To have a g'd chance fop longevity it Is almost unnecessary to say that an originally good constitution iof th first importance, though to this primary excellence can fuiiass in th art of living must be added. Th rc ret of long iife is one of which nature f-.lnne holds possession. A remarkable fact 1 that intellectual activity nd success have been no barriers to long life, llvfa deep philosophies studies have- proved a heip rather than a l indrar.ee to rrieri of literary pursuits. Voltaite. who at birth was put into a quart pot, (Hill never have attain-d his eiirl.ty-f..urtli year had he not followed Pie strict, sober, active life which he hose. ,ia -stone exercises the highest powers cf successful statesmanship it an age cf eighty-four years, after hiving undergone the constant turmoil .f polities! contest for considerably more than h If a century. Bismarck is practically an octogenarian. Von Moltke was Hearing ninety when he died. It seems that the review of thesa and numerous other instances would sufficiently establish th- theory that continuous intellectual activity i conducive to the perpetuation of good health and the prolongation of life. Mrs. rutnam, Forrist Jale, Mass., says : 'That Bearing Down Feeling and dizzy, faint, gasping attacks hit me as soon as I began to take Lylia K. rinlham'sXc'aUa Compound. I aiu like one raised from the dead. I was sick with womb troubles so long I thought I never could get welL'

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