Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 17, Number 31, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 January 1887 — Page 6

WOMAN AND HOME

DISCOURTESY ONE OF THE MOST FATAL OF SOCIAL FAILINGS

A Timely Warning to the Gay—Airing Booms—Suffering Womeii~ll.lttie Children— Wonderful Instinct—Accidental

Playthings—Dress Reform—Paragraphs.

Of all social failings discourtesy is the most fatal and most common. Husbands •peak roughly to their wives, and wives "nag" their husbands brothers are rude sisters are tyrannical all oppose, contradict annoy ono another, and no one thinks it incumbent upon him or on her to keep that check on the temper and that padlock on the lips which would bo a matter of obligation if a stranger were present. Though there would be infinite distress—mourning and lamentation unspeakable—should ona of t.hn cross grained brood die, there is a general atmosphere of storm, threatened or broken loose, which makes living in such a home damaging to the character and distressful to the sensibilities.

Young wives and husbands cannot bo too strongly reminded of the probable shipwreck they will mako of their happiness if they yield to that ill temper which expresses itself in discoui-tcsy, want of compliance, unnecessary opposition, and above all that most disastrous amusement of "nagging" and creating a row. Hundreds of households have gono wrong for tho mere want of checking in time tho habit of annoying as a relief to the momentary feeling of irritation or discomfort. The wife who gets into tho way of contradicting, of "checking" her husband, of opposing 1dm in small things and standing out in largo ones—tho husband who is sneering, contemptuous, tyrannical, fault finding—perhaps neither sido knowing tho whole extent of its folly, but just giving way to it as more easy than to fight and conquer it—these young peoplo aro doing their best to dig the grave of their married pcace and some day poor, pale, fainting little love will full into it, stark and pluraeless, and will never rise to life again.

In tho beginning these little tiffs and discomforts aro made up with a kiss from him and a few tears from her to add cement to tho reconciliation. By time tho tiffs are more acrid and the reconciliation is less warm. By still further timo this never comes at all, and tilings get into that chronic state when thero is never an open broach and never a formal healing, but an over widening drift and a nover ending coldness. Then tho two lives jar and grind like rusty hinges —locks which misfit tho slots wheels whero tho axlo is stiff—or anything else which should work togothor in harmony and smoothness, but which for want of care to koop tho adjustment exact (perhaps for want of oil to tho jointa), creak and chafo and hang and do not fit, to the annoyance and moro of nil the bystandors.—Homo Journal.

A Timely and Needed Warning.

Now look mo straight in the eye, young gossamer head, while I tell you what I know. The girl who will indulge in flirtation with 'strange nun in public places, hovvover harmless and innocent it may appear, places herself in that man's estimation upon a levol with tho most abandoned of hor sex, and courts tho same vilo regard. Strong languago for a mild mannered Ambor to mako use of, but, I tell you, I boco: 10 a furious old grandmother tho moment I see a blessed young girl tip toeing hor thoughtless way upon this road that loads direct to death and destruction!

Tho boat that dances like a feather on tho tldo a fow miles abovo tho commencement of Niagara rapids, is just as much lost as when It enters tho swirling, swinging wrath of •waters, unless a strong hand keep it up stream and out of danger. A flirtation to-day is a ripplo merely, but tomorrow it will bo a breaker, and then a whirlpool, and after that comes hojxiless loss of character. Girls, I havo seen you gather up your roses from tho V&BOS at night aild, fold them away in damp paper to preserve their freshness for another day. I havo soon you pluck tho jowels, liko sun sparklos, from your ears and lay them in velvet caskets, which you looked with a silver koy for safekeeping. You do all this for flowers, which a thousand suns shall duplicate in fairness and perfume, and for jowels for which a handful of golden dollars can reimburse your loss but you aro infinitely careless with tho rose of sweet maidenliness, which oneo faded no summer shining can ever again woo back to freshness, and with tho unsullied poarl of reputation which all the wealth of kings can never buy lack again, once lost.

Oh, seo to it that you preserve tho bloom of that modesty and simplicity of girlhood, without which maiden is Hko an artificial bit of scentless lawn in a milliner's window, rather than tho "whito rose of all tho world," round which honey bos gather, and to i^hich tho knights errant of breezeland flock liko gallant chevaliers of old to the crusade of the most pure and holy cross. See to it that you lock up tho unsullied splendor of your jowel of reputation as carefully as you do your diamonds, and carry tho koy within your heart of hearts!—"Amber"' in Chicago Journal.

The Patient, Suffering Women.

Tho world knows little of these sacrifices and sufferings of women married to unkind husbands. Men have resources of torture •which are rarely exposed in our most sensational criminal trials. With tho wide latitude allowed thom they may systematically commit offenses against propriety and even decency without the condemnation of society. Tboy have the business centers, the clubs, and tho theatres to which they can resort bat according to those rules which society has prescribed as almost inexorable tho wife must remain at home. Thero is no escape for her. The limitations of her lot forbid diversion. Her troubles aro stifled in her bosom. She dare not utter even one loud cry of brokenhearted agony and despair.

And it must be admitted that, as a rule, these patient martyrs bear their fate right nobly. The tortures of jealousy, tho coolness, perhaps tho cruelty, the long and anxious watching for her lord who comes not, are borne with a meekness and long suffering which no one but a woman could endure. Yet they utter no murmur or complaint to the world. With something stronger and more loyal than the martial spirit of the general who buttons his coat to conceal the fatal shots these noble wives of ours are ever ready to deny our faults and hide the scare we leave. Like doves, the truest and gentlest of birds, they close their wings over their wounds, and it is only when the life blood is seen dripping from their phimago that the world learns something of their suffering.—New York Star.

Accidental Plaything*.

The very word toy implies something that ti intended to amuse. Very many of the most elaborate and costly toys only do this for a short time, as long as they are new, white some article that by accident the child 1st become pa—wed of is a daily source of pleasure.

As I write my little girl of 9 sits on the floor with a button book la bar hand trying to bottom and onbtttton her little boots, As is not playing, rather she la wot king I she is interested la what ihs Is doing, fcir

attention Is concentrated upon.it and she is happy. Wo do not give her the hammer and looking glass, but some equally queer articles. We let her have a Dover egg heater. "Suppose she should break it?" What if «*IA does? It costs much less than ordinary toys, and serves her vastly better. When she hart learned to put the end of it in a little dish and turn the wheel—"just as m.-imma. does"—die was happy, and her pleasure in her new plaything lasted for weeks. She would not hurt hta-self seriously with it, and finding that there was one way in which it acted and made a noise she did not throw it about and use it as a hammer, but used it properly, came to have a high regard, and I have no doubt a deep respect, for it. Another plaything is a clcan lamp burner with along piece of wick knotted at tho ends so that it cannot fall out, or with the ends sowed together tho child can turn the thumbscrew and mako the wick move, and thus find much pleasure.—Babyhood.

Airing Booms.

It is a great mistake that tho whole house, particularly sleeping rooms and the dining rooms, receives little ventilating and purifying the air, when it can bo dono with so little trouble and no expense. A pitcher of cold water placed on a table or buroau will absorb all the gases with which the room is filled from tho tho respiration of those eating or sleeping in the apartment. Very few realize how important such purification is for the health of tho family, or, indeed, understand or realize that there can bo any impurity in tho rooms, yet in a few hours a pitcher or pail of cold water—the colder the moro effectivo —will make tho air of the room pure, but tho water will bo entirely unfit for uso.

In bedrooms a pail or pitcher of water should bo always kept, and changed often if any one stays in the room during the day, certainly be put in fresh when the inmates retire. Such water should nover bo drunk, but either a covered pitcher or glass bottle with a stopper should bo used for drinking water, and always be kept closely covered. Impure water causes more sickness than even impure air, and for that reason, before using water from a pump or reservoir for drinking or cooking, one should pump or draw out enough to clear tho pipes before using it, particularly in the morning, after the water has been standing in the pipes all night. —Philadelphia Call.

How Little Children Suffer

Nobody knows how much littlo children sometimes suffer at the hands of the unprincipled persons to whom they are too often ignorantly intrusted. More than ono fatal attack of brain disease has been directly traced to a doso of opium given by an unscrupulous nurse to quiet a crying child many a child has caught its death from exposure to a hot sun or a cold wind in its perambulator while its carelcss nurso gossiped with lover or friend, or read dimo novels in tho public parks, and last but not least, many a nervous child has been injured for lifo by the nursery bugaboos with which it has been terrifled into submission and quiet not always by the nurse.

The mother who never bathes and dresses her baby,"who does not nurse it and who sleeps away from it in another room loses much of its sweotness, and both she and her child aro to bo pitied. "There is a medium in all things," and while no woman is callcd upon to mako a siavo of liorself to her child —indeed the doing so is a positive injury to both—still

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has no right to give tho sacred

charge over to hirelings, and consider her maternal duty discharged when slio pays their wages.—Mrs. M. P. Handy in Boston Globe.

A Woman's View of Women.

Tho best educated woman will best understand tho limits of her own powers tho girl who can really earn her own living in a manner suited to her sex will not desire work for which sho is unfit and tho woman who most thoroughly understands what tho term "politics" implies will bo tho last to aspire to a direct share in the government of the state, oven though she may think herself and her sisters not unworthy of a voico in tho choico of their rulers. "There is a great deal of human nature about," even in women, and you will never succeed in cutting thom all to ono pattern. Votes or no votes, Pcnelopo will embroider, Nausicaa entertain her guests, Andromache nurse her baby, Helen will flirt, Aspasia teach eloquence and guide statesmen to tho end of the chapter. And Cassandra? O, Cassandra will prophesy. Wo fear that she will be as littlo heeded as she was in tho days of yore, and wo hope that her forebodings will prove less truo than those which spoko tho doom of Troy.—Countess of Jersey in National Review.

A Child's Memory*

It is strange that peoplo reflect not more on how deeply storms, injuries, vilo or mean things sink into a child's memory. If this ba thought of it is plain thero is more loveliness when no forgiveness is needful than when it is granted nor shall you be able to heal by any entreaty or by any means such a lesion of spirit as you may make in an instant in a young creature. I have heard of a littlo girl who, taking tho dead hand of her brother, said: "This littlo hand never struck me." Surely a memory richer and fairer than if sho could recall a thousand repentances for blows! When this is not only negativo but positive, BO that one can say: "These eyes always beamed and showed a peace these hands always labored for me these feet were ready with service, and these ears had a merciful sense, full of attention which is sympathy"—this is a noon of memory to which recollections of rcpentance are but dim twilight, half dark.—Cor. GloboDomocrat. ...

A Wonderful Instinct.

It is a wonderful instinct that tells youth of age, and teaches tho child of 6 the weakness of tho grandfather of 90. The tenderness and caro that mere infants almost will display toward tho old man whose span of life is nearly done make ono of the most interesting and pleasant of studies. Children havo a very clear and shrewd conception of the difference between people of different ages. It does not como down perhaps to a year or two, bnt decades mako a difference. The child of 5 draws a decided distinction in many ways between the boy in his teens, the man of SO, the man of middle life and the gray haired grandfather, and part of the instinct which produces that develops the same distinction with regard to sex, and is even finer in application to women than to men. But it is curious how the child recognises the nooogeaarian, and makes a companion and an equal of him, occasionally showing a sense of superiority.—San Francisco Chronicle "Undertones."

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Teething Bahie*.

Between the fifth and seventh months, the two first lower teeth will make thtir appearance simultaneously. Prior to this wash baby's month oat regularly every day with cold water in which is dissolved a little powdered borax. Hie latter is unnecessary unless there soreness in the mouth. When baby begins partaking of solid food a small tooth brash i.h very soft bristles should ba used. As U»f» i* ao ituc!y done, there sure many who wiM critici«* the suggestion. A* the result of this predicts he or shs will poe» «BS two rows of sound whits tseth until the

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longer the first teeth are preserved the stronger and better the second set wQl be. After trmwls is tho time to clean the teeth, particularly after rapper or before going fed bed. If they are to be cleaned but once a day let it be before going to bed.—Mrs. Ellis Humms in Qood Housekeeping.,,,.

Sufficient Unto One's Self.

We should all become, as nearly as possi' ble, sufficient unto ourselves, but not in narrow sense.

But it is a duty we owe the world to bfr come such excellent companions, comrades for ourselves, that wo shall bo important factors in the lives of others. Ono that is "poor company" for himself is rarely of much account to his friends.

If life were divided into tenths we might say that it might matter one-tenth to the world, what we were in habit, thought and ability that it was nine times as much consequence what we were capable of being to our family, to ourselves. If it is well with us personally, with us in our family importance mid content, wo can afford to pay moderato attention to tho world's claim, though it cannot justly disturb one whose homo life is content.—Our Country Home.

What Next In Dress Reform?

Women have long been asking: "What next?" Tho reform in undergarments is well established, as any paper fashion catalogue will show and tho outside dress, while it may for a timo bo played with by society ladies, just as children change old toys for new, docs not meet the physical needs of working women, nor the aspirations of those who aro working for social purity and one standard of morals of men n.nri women. So it will bo a "signal failure" even if it succeeds. Mme. Mindeleff says: "It is perfect," but I must rspectfully deny that any dress which makes a curtain -for hiding the limbs is the "perfect" dress for women.—Celia B. Whitehead in Woman's Journal.

Duties of a Gueat.

While a guest make jTourself amenable in a certain degree to tho habits of your friend's household. Do not attempt to ride your hobbies or air your special isms on such occasions it is not in good taste. One should adjust their taste, sight, smell, etc., to the different conditions of tho homes sho visits. It is far from pleasant to feel that our guest has with the plummet lino of her superior wisdom, fathomed our shallows in domestic economy or family government, found a disagreeablo odor or discovered the "skeleton" in our closet.—Ladies' Homo Journal.

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Marriage and Divorce

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^mlhe Truest Homes.

The truest homes are often in houses not especially well kept, according to the ideas of the very fastidious, where tho comfort and happiness of the inmates rather than tho preservation of the furniture are first con-' sidered. They are n6t like the home where the father and sons wore obliged to always come in by the kitchen door, and lien had to take off their boots and walk in their stocking feet. That home is a thing of the past: tho sons did not stay any longer than they could help under that roof.—Atlanta Constitution.

IJ»WS.

There is a gradually xtending opinion that the marriage and divorce laws of the different states should bo mado uniform. In twenty-three of the thirty-eight states a prior undissolved marriage sets aside a newunion. In twenty insanity does tho same in seventeen non-age, and in thirteen fraud. These are grounds for declaring marriage null and void ab initio. Desertion as a ground for divorce varies in leugth and character in many states.—New York Bun. __________ Vr

A Healthy Skin. K*v .»

Very cold or warm baths when u."od to excess diminish tho elasticity of the skin and its power of resistance to external irritants. Dr. Auspetz, of Vienna, says a healthy skin is not necessarily beautiful and water is serviceable to it in only moderate amounts and in moderate temperatures. Tho same authority says that a sponge soaked in oil should bo applied to tho scalp and roots of the hair at night.—Atlanta Constitution.,

Cure for Biliousness.

For biliousness tho editor of The Boston Medical and Surgical. Journal says a plain diet of bread, milk, oatmeal, vegetables and fruit, with lean meat and fresh fish, is best. Exercise in tho open air. Tho victim of an acute attack will bo righted by (1) abstinence (2) porridge and mi"'.:: (3) toast, a little meat and fish and lipo fruit, thus coming to solid food gradually

Something to Be Considered.^ i,

Tho women of ancient Greece used to place the most beautiful statues in their sleeping apartments, and they reared a raco of men famous through all time for their matchless symmetry of face and figuro. Tho society ladies of the prcsont day keep constantly with them their pet pugs and terriers, and the result may be seen in a generation of dudes.—Lowell Citizen.

Domestic Economy in College.

Tho trustees of Purdue university, in Indiana, havo decided to establish a courso of domestic cconomy thero ia connection with tho regular course of study. If this means that tho young women o* tho university aro to be taught housekeeping, their fuluro husbands are to be congratulated.—New York Sun.

Training a Horning Glory.

There is but one flower more beautiful than the morning glory on tho outside of the bay window, and that is si morning glory trained up" on the inside of the window and in full bloom while the winter storms are raging and the thermometer indicates zero. It can be grown with very little trouble.

Hints to a Guest.

A truly polite guest will try to be equally agreeable to each member of the family, and by noticing some awkward or shy child may do "much toward developing her. Never allow an aged, infirm or otherwise unfortunate person to feel that yon are not inter* ested in him.—Ladies' Home Journal.

To Caro a Bad Breath.

A "baa breath may be cured as follows, no matter what the cause: Throe hours after breakfast a teaspoonfol of the following mixture: Chlorate of potash, two drams sweetened water, four ounces wash the month occasionally with the mixture and the breath will be as sweet as an infant's.

Tho Model Husband.

The model husband does not —m»j* be is a pattern man, that he is all wise, and that his word must be law, but recognize* the married state as a republic wherein each is entitled to an opinion and the expression of it, and where each will regard the wishes of the other.

Making ^Bttoaholw.

In Chicago are two or three women who earn a living by making buttonholes for other women who have neither the aor skill to do this branch of sewing. They charge 25 coats a damn, and can ear* frocn$l to $L50 a day.—Haw York Son.

WHAT. SHALL WE WEAR?

THE TASTEFUL ACCESSORIES THAT ADORN LADIES' GOWNS.

Turbans and Toques for Merry Skaters. New Styles In Hair Dressing, Including the Greek Knot and 8mall Braids, in

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Coils.

While the style of dressing, tho hair high still prevails to a considerable extent, many ladies are again wealing it coiled low at the nape of the neck.

FASHIONABLE HAIR DRESSING. In the cut given are represented two styles at present fashionable. One represents tho Greek knot, which is especially adapted for hair that is somewhat short and waving. The whole mass, arranged a little loose and wavy in front, is drawn through a square and ornamental pin, and twisted into a knot so that the curled ends of the hair fall down in the back. The othor stylo shows an old, old fashion, and one that can be traced to Germany. In this the back hair is formed into several small braids, which are coiled round and round and pinned low at tho back of the head, as seen in the cut, the front hair being arranged in close, short curls.

Lace Test and Chemisette,

The present season has been characterized by jaunty, open jacket waists, with vests or chemisettes worn underneath. The illustration gives two attractive styles, furnished by Harper's Bazar.

TO WEAR WITH OPEN DRESSES.

The black laco vest shown is trimmed with jet, and is designed to be worn undvr an open jacket waist of laco or silk. It is made of black trimming lace, fourteen inches deep. The lace is taken with the scallops, forming tho front and lower edges, and sewed up at an anglo to fit tho corner, with the superfluous material cut away. A band of jetted net, two inches wide, is set on as indicated in the diagram. Tho upper part is plaited at the nock and waist at the waist the plaits are tacked to a ribbon, which terminates in strings long enough to tie around the back. Tho top Is hollowed out an inch and a quarter deep, and attached to a stiff, standing collar, which is covered with folded lace, with tho scalloped odgo projecting at tho top.

Tho chemisette illustrated is of palo salmon pink veiling. Tho muslin back, which forms tho foundation, is covered with diagonal folds of tho veiling, stitched with light bluo silk, and a box plait of tho veiling ia set along the middle. The standing collar is covered with folds of tho samo veiling. A largo, antique coin brooch is at tho throat. i'i

Skating Head Dresnes.

Skating head dresses for young ladies include turbans and toques of sealskin, and black astrakhan, and seal plush, and velvet, with brims of sealskin, astrakhan, beaver and other suitable furs. The fur turbans follow tho accepted idea in the turbans of the season, in having the crown tailor and somewhat fuller than in past years, while the brim is wider. Sealskin is deemed sufficiently rich without trimmings, though some very liandsomo models have a tall velvet or ribbon bow in front or at the left of the front, in which are set several brown or red quill feathers embossed with steel or gold, or several wingi

A very handsome toque, intended for a skating ^oilet, is of black astrakhan fur, the brim turned up quite high on tho left sido, and in front a tall bow of dark red, picot edged, faille Francaise ribbon, supplemented by four black quill feathers embossed in a design of gold. Tall, stiff upright bows of folded bias velvet, of self color or of contrasting color, vary ribbon bows in the trimming of toques and turbans.

Fashions la Jewelry.

Rubies were never in greater demand nor commanded higher prices than now. Pearls, too, are finding an active market, especially perfect shaped ones and those showing well defined colors. Spinels in choice colors are H«rirtthl«, and it goes without the saying that beryls of rich color and fine luster are in de-

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-The little scarf and bonnet pins that have been so sedulously patronised by the ladies for

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past twelvemonth appear to be as fashionable as ever, and these employ in their decoration tiny diamonds, sapphires, rubies, moonstones and garnets.

Jeweled aigrettes are counted with winter novelties, and there is no end to the gold and •Over hairpins with jeweled tops.

Cluster finger rings and earrings are of frequent, occurrence sometimes the clusters are lirge and sometimes small occasionally there are, In finger rings, two small clusters, one on end of an ore lapping shank. Small g«»n« continue to be employed in both insect •mi flower pins, with and without colored

Bead Trimmings.

trimmings continue fashionable and

are shown in designs of great beauty and witty. Tbess trimmings comprise handsome embroideries and ornamentations for and vesting drees, mantles, st& Mack, brooseand other colored beads appear upon reception toilets, and indode a panel tor the skirt, a"*1 plastron and collar for the oorMK* Rfchly beaded nil is ssnpfcyedia tabBars lor er«oing taflrfa

ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.

Dp Stairs, Down 8tairs, in Kitchen and In the Lady's Parlor.

The annoyances and danger arising from the stoppages of waste pipes in the country houses are mauy, and the question how to get rid of the accumulations in the pipes is, therofore, an important ona Digging up and cleaning out is a costly remedy, as is also that of the plumber's force pump.

When the pipe is entirely stopped, empty it down to the trap, as far as practicable, by wiping out with a cloth. Next fill the pipo up with potash, crowding it with a stick. Then pour hot water upon it inasmallstream, stopping as soon as the pipo appears to be filled. As the potash dissolves and disappears add more water. At night a little heap of potash may be placed over the hole and water enough poured on so that a supply of strong lye will flow into the pipe during the night. If the pipe is partially obstructed a lump of crude potash should bo placed where water will drip slowly upon it and so reach tho pine. Pipes that have been stopped for months may be cleaned out by this method, though it sometimes calls for three or four pounds of potash.

It is a good plan to use potash from time to time in order to dissolve greasy deposits as they form and carry them forward to the cesspool or sewer. Potash is valuable for this purpose, because, in addition to its grease solving powers, it is exceedingly destructive to all animal and most vegetable matter.

The Family Bath Tub.'1

At least one bath tub ought to be in every house whero people live who wish to le cleanly and agreeable to their acquaintances. In tho hope of adding the luxury of a good bath tub to tho comfort of homes that are not supplied with a regular bath room, is hero given a sketch and description of a bath tub, from The Agriculturist.

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THB FAMILY BATH TUB.

Any ono familiar with tools can make one of pino or spruco which will bo perfectly tight, and last for years if kept painted. For real luxury, a person should be ablo to stretch himself nt full length in tho tub yet shorter tubs aro -cquont!y used, and aro thoroughly good, but less pleasant. Tho dimensions of tho tub hero figured are as follows: Inside length at top, 0 feot at bottom, lovel part, 8% foet width, 'J feet at top and bottom depth, 20 inchcs. Tho sides should be made of clear two inch pino plank, the bottom and ends of either f-pnico or pine, inch and a quarter or inch and a half tongued and grooved clear stuff, fitting snugly in grooves three-quarters of an in:'li deep in tho sido boards. All should bo (I ted licforo iiiing and thepiecosmarked thou tho groove:', should bo filled with thick paint, and end and bottom boards painted on tho cuds and edges, and tho whole nailed togolher. driving o:u pleco mu before nailing. Tho tii! is put togetbey bottom upward, t'vj pieces which will boat the top first and ih'j others in succession, being at fii^st tacked to be sure all aro right, and then strongly nailed. Rods for lifting it aro fixed at tho ends, which should extend two and a half inches beyond the grooves. -Sound inch roosof spruce, wedged tight at each end, are best. A spigot, or simplo holo and plug, for drawing oft" the water, is placed in tho square end. Tho, best placo to set a bath tub in most farmers' bouses is in somo out of tbo way lower floor room, not f,:r from tlio kitclieii or well, and from whi-.*h tho water can IKS removed by being drawn off by pipe through tho sido of tho house to the sink drain or out upon the grass plot.,

Jfl A Japanese Dish.

First cook to your taste some vegetable, such ns cauliflower, mushrooms or oven potatoes, and mix with it somo scrambled eggs. T-ike a nice fresh fish, get tho bones out and soak the llesh in salt and pepper for, say fifteen minutes then put tho mixture of tho eggs anil vegetables insido of tho fish and steam tho whole thing try it while warm with Worcestershire sauce. '/j 5 fir

I'ashlona in Overinantles.

What are termed ovormantlei aro especially favored. Theso nre mado sometimes in oak', cornel imes in mahogany and!sometimes in cherry, and partake in many respects of tho character of tho cabinets now popular. They usually havo a rather large plate glass mirror that extends across tho space covered by tho back, and may bo from eighteen to thirty inches high. The mirror is put in at the back after the brackets aud gallery work aro done, anil forms the back to the entire succession of shelves. ",

lied* and Bod Clothing.

Tho covering of abed ought to bo light its well 03 wnrm. Woolen blankets are far more r.ltluul than are heavy comforters which admit of Ho ventilation, but, instead, absorb and retain the exhalation from the body. D„ds and bed clothing should be aired frequently. Many housewives consider the airing of the sleeping room all sufficient, but this is a mistake. Not only should mattresses bo turned ond aired at least three times esch week, but pillows nnd bolsters ought to be beaten, shaken and exposed to the sun, every two or threo days. If beds and their furnishings are not carefully cared for the bedding soon comes to have a stuffy, disagreeable odor, and that odor means sleepless nights, for perfect rest is gained only in abed that is fresh and clean.

How tho Government Cleans Brass.

The government method prescribed for cleaning brass, and in use at all the United States arsenals, is

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world. The plan is to make a mixture of one part common nitric acid and one-half part sulphuric acid in a stone jar, having also a pail of fresh water and a box of sawdust The articles to bo treated aro dipped into the removed into the water and finally nibbed with sawdust This immediately changes them to a brilliant color. If the brass has become greasy, it is first dipped in a strong solution of potash and soda in warm water this cuts the grease so that the acid has free power to act.

Ornamental Tiles.

Ornamental tiles form a very essential feature of interior decoration used as floorings, and taking the place of hearthstones, the better class mantels, constituting relief friezes and serving for panels of sideboards and cabineta. Fine clays are usually used, tho colorings obtained being from metallic oxides. The forms ars molded, the day inserted in the mold, in which it is sobjected to powerful presmra.

Broiled Potatoes

Cut cold, boOed potatoes in slicss a third of an inch ftA* Dip them in melted batter and fine bread crtunfaa. Place in a doable braitar and broil ever a Are that Is no* too

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GOOD HEALTH.

Some Useful Hints Ahont How to Get and How to Keep It.

Give the invalid, whenever practicable, a room on the sunny side of the house, where ia always to be found the most health bestowing atmosphere. Let the room be of good size, and place tho bed in it so that the nurse can pass on three sides of it. A large screen will be found convenient, not only to break the currents of air from windows and doors, but to soften the glare of a bright sunlight. An open fireplace is an excellent ventilator, and a means of escape for impure air, and an open firo in winter will prove nearly, if not quite, as useful in rendering the air of the sick room wholesome as will the artificial purifiers of the chemist.

Do not turn the wick of a lamp low sparetho patient the annoyance of smelling the oil—a j'csult sure to follow the lowering of wick—by placing the lamp behind a screen. A sick room ought never to be swept or dusted in so vigorous a manner as to raise the least particle of dust. Pick shreds, crumbs and bits of litter, and wipooi the dust with a damp cloth.

When tho invalid is able to sit up in bed a tray like table, two or three feet long by fifteen inches wide, with legs six or seven inches long screwed to its corners, will be found convenient. It can bo placed across the lap and food held upon it without fatiguing the patient.

An Kleetrlc Hat for Neuralgia.

An English wig uker has invented an electric hat, which he claims is a perfect euro for nervous hoadaches nnd neuralgia. The apparatus consists of a small battery placed inside the lining of an ordinary siik lint, with the flat terminals outside the lining, so that when the hat is put on a current of electricity passos between tho terminals and diffuses itself all over the wearer's head.

Benefits of a Oood Laugh.

Perhaps there is not the remotest corner or little inlet of the minuto blood vessels of the body, says Tho Scientific American, that doea not feel some wavelet from the great, convulsion produced by hearty laughter shaking tho central man. The blood moves more lively probably ito chemical, electric or vital conditions am distinctly modified. It conveys a different impression to all the organs af the body, as it visits them on that particular mystic journey, when tho man is laughing, from what it does at other times. And thus it is that a good laugh lengthens a man's lifo convoying a distinct nnd additional stimulu" to tho vital forces. The timo may come when physicians, attending mora closely than they do now to the innumerablo subtlo influences which the soul exerts upon its tenement of clay, shall prescribe to the torpid patient, "so many peals of laughter to bo undorgono at such and such a time," just as they do that far moro objectionable prescription—a pill* or an electric or galvanic shock.

Physiological Clothing.

It is Dr. Lopez, of Philadelphia, who is reported as saying that a boy's jacket or overcoat should havo what are called breast, pockets tho opening should be high, and as far back as possible, parallel with and in the line of tho body, instead of low down and transverse, na usually found in tho ordinary jacket or overcoat. Tho trousers ought to have, according to the samo authority, what are termed hip pockets, and no others. It will then lie apparent that, while tho hands are in tho pockets, a bettor, if not a perfect position, will be assumed, and tho boy spared tho many admonitions to keep bis hands out of his pockets.

ETIQUETTE.

Manners and Social Triictlced li» Foil to Society.

Thero is one fashion pertaining to stationary which has never changed, nover will change which is always in good taste and represents to-day the most perfect of all stylos. Tho fashion referred to is good, plain, thick note paper, folded square, put into a square envelope anil sealed with sealing wax, which boars the imprint of one's initials, monogram or other device. On such paper and in such form are ambassadors' notes written on such paper and in such style /losfc tho Princess Louise write her notes.

The plan of having one's note paper marked with the address fs an achnirahlo ono,

effectually reminds the person who receives tho note where the answer should bo sent. It a'so given a stylish finish to the appearance of the sheet, is simple, unpretending and useful.

Tho purple and lilac inks affected by some aro not considered elegant by fashionable women. The plain black ink, which gives tho written diameters with great distinctness, is the preferred sort by our best note and letter writers.

Invitations to Receptions.

Invitations to day or evening receptions aro generally "at home" cards. A lady may use her own visiting cards for a 5 o'clock tea. For other entertainments—"music," "lawn tennis," "garden party" or "readings and recitals" may be engraved in ono corner or written in by the lady herself.

The question is often asked, "Should invitations be xent to people in mourning?" Etiquette answers yes. No owe would willingly intrude on a bouse in which has just occurred a death, but after one month's time, although an idle compliment, invitations are sent aa usual.

Hints for Those Who Keed Them.

Paper and envelopes are stamped in blackv with crest, coat of arms, initial or street address, while in deep mourning during half mourning, in French gray or silver and black illuminated.

Always keep step with the person you are walking with. When dining with others, endeavor to eat so as to finish the course at the same time with them.

In America a woman, if she be quietly dressed and deport herself with dignity, can go anywhere and do almost anything without fear of insult.

It has long been an accepted idea that & gentleman is well dressed when his attire in every particular is such as to attract no spedqj attention. In other words, a well dressed mmn is one whose costume is conspicuoua n*itw for over elegance nor ihabbiness.

Do not cut your bread at the table, but break it. Do not pare an apple, peach or pear for another without holding it with a fork.

One definition of manners—"A velvet slipper rather than a wooden shoe."

A Gentleman's Hat and Coat.

The question is often asked by novices ill society: "Shall a lady take a gentleman's hat and orereoat when be cailsr As high authority as Mrs. John Sherwood replies to this question: "Never. Let him take cars of

Christianity and chivalry, modern

MM! custom, man the servant of woman. The old form of salutation used by Sir Walter Raleigh and other courtier* WM always, 'Your ssrvant, madam,' and it is Ihe prettiest and most admirable way for •M toaddna* woman, ia tuy language*