Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 18, Number 29, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 January 1888 — Page 6

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WOMAN AND HOME.

VARIOUS WAYS IN WHICH PLAIN DISHES MAY BE DECORATED.

Dau.^liters of the AVeallhy—Family ,Sympatliy—i,:u!y and Servant—A "Woman's Invent lun—The Baby—Good Advice.

XHisi—Colds—Washing KiuUls—Items.

The various ways in which even the plainest dishes may ba made appetizing and handsome should bo known to all housekeepers, par! ieulariy at this season of the year, when festive occasions aro most frequent. It is easy to garnish dishes richly for a trifling outlay of turns and trouble, and the increased beauty of a table well repays the pains taken. In many koines tho appearance of the table can !e improved and stiffness avoided by the exercise of a little ingenuity, and what housekeeper is there who would not rather have a few simple dishes prettily served than a number carelessly prepared/ It is frequently the case that the dessert i.s generously decorated •while the meats and vegetables are served without, lie slightest attempt at ornamentation. Pickles of almost every variety aro useful for garnishing fish as well as cold meats. A piece of whitefLsh can bo trimmed •with a slice of lemon in tho center and sprinkled with the yolk of a hard boiled «gg that has been put through a hair sieve. The egg bo put on in geometrical lines •or in the form of a star, and tho dish bo bordered with capers or small chilies, or, if preferred, parsley.

Stewed whitellsh, with white sauce, should bo ornamented with gherkins cut in long, narrow strips aud capers laid in small ring3 over the centre. Many cooks cut the whites of eggs inu-j rings and lay them on fish in tho stereotyped fashion. They should bo separated from the yolks and cooked as follows: Grease nn ordinary jam pot, put in the whites, and sot the pot in a saucepan of boiling water cover and steam until set, •when any devices can be cut from them—leaves, stars, diamonds.

For fish calces, croquettes and other snacks, fried parsley is an ornament. It should bo very dry. Put it into a wiro basket and plunge it into smoking fat It will become crisp in a moment aud tho color will bo retained. 15read crumbs, colored pinlc and yellow, make pretty decorations for many dishes. Vegetable coloring is not nnwholosomo, and can be used in food decoration successfully. Jellies, breaa "umbs, aud even vegetables caix b» coloredoorders of dishes, aud they udd greatly to tho effectiveness oI many plain meats.

A handsomo dish of vegetables, either turnips, carrots, or potatoes, can bo mado with alternate layers of green peas aud capers laid over them in rows aud tho top crowned with trifling quantity of curront jelly. Chopped lieots, capers and parsley introduced into naiad make it bettor and improve its looks. For boiled fish lobster coral should bo added to tho sauce, and in lieu of this bread crumbs colored pink make au excellent substitute.

Potted meats can bo made to look showy and handsome if strips of tho hard whito of nn egg is laid on in a kind of trellis work. The meat can bo arranged in any shape and decorated to suit tho fancy with whites of ogg which have been previously prepared according to (ho directions above. Curlod butter, which is obtained by rubbing through a hair sieve and taking it up carefully, is a prett.J ornameut to cold sliced turkey or chicken. Tufts of parsley add to tho attractiveness .of this dish. Dark green olives may tako tho place of theparsloy if preferred.

Currant jelly laid on in round heaps decorate a dish of boiled rice, and if tho rice has been cooked with the addition of lomon juico to the wat-or, Hereby inoroasing its whiteness and causing the grains to separate well, it -will be very pretty, particularly if about tho edges of tho dish aro laid bits of watercress. Scallops .of ILsh or poultry aro improved by the addition of small portions of macaroni nnd tomatoes put along tho edges of tho dish and on top uf Lho scallops.—Now York Sun.

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The daughters of wealthy, luxurious parents enter into tha competitive struggle of lavishing thousands of dollars on balls and dinner parties, because they aro imbued with the idea that their position depends on thoir not showing themselves to bo outxlressed, "outentertaiued" or

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Verv probably she is pretty, highly educated, accomplished, bright, and attractive— delightful part nor for a dance or a lliriation, and verv likely a.n excellent wife for an extre-.tielv rich man. Hut. ask her to come «low?i from her i*»destal. to be the helpmate of a man of iudorat4» means, to cut herself lame ti-om the acquaintances that can only I* ke up while she is wealthy, to share iu his stniggles.

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their -lends. To marry and Jive in a boarding Imuse or in a cottage, far removed from the sacred precincts of fashion, is annihilation. No matter if it were to lo for only a few years, while the husband should bo makiug his fortune, such descent eotdd not bo contemplated. Tho societ young lady wants to Ix'gin her marriage life on the same scale that their parents are euding theirs. Declining to recognize any other possibility, she has never tfiKPn steps to learn anything nbouti domestic luti«*s, and is entirely ignorant of the way to make a dress or trim a bonnet. Sho employs the most expensive of trades jeople, probably spends double what an Kng-iNh nobleman's daughter would, and •wastes more on ice cream, candy, and flowers than the entire income of a working woman. If she goes to the theatre or opera, sho must have a carriage, a corsage bouquet, new gloves, ami a supper. None of her toilets must l.v seen too ofteu, and she must l,o re: istv*red in the summer at some expensive 1-f.ort, or go to Knropa Her jxirents pot nnd indulge her in every way. her bachelor friends adore her, and she receives almost as much worship as iui goddess iu the days of (linxH'c and Rome.

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she will most likely, politely but (irmly refu*\ !'. isdu'i -ult to foresee what the remi\lv for this state of affairs will be. It is IMNRO-EDENTTX!, NN\-V,\NO in Kuro}enn countries class prejudices have, as a rale, kept jx*o .!e in sr* Mere wealth seldom suCices to move .mily out of its original so\ and the gtrl n. content to marry and ivma.n in tL- eirci. winch they have Uk:h accusto:ne l, tr.ng to push them.-. H'cS Into lii —I iilcaI Time.

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careless hour, grow to bo women, and there, yoi have the society of the future, and. to a cef tain extent the society of today—families scattered by the hand of event, member froa member swept by the besom of chance, with no cohesive principle, no cohesive attachment in fact bringing up precisely thp stato of affairs that exists between my friend Saro and his brother.

I dou't believe in this everlasting talk about tho "good old days," for in the good old days we had no palace cars, no electric lights, no decent eating aud drinking facilities on railways, no telegraph communication, no elevated railroads, for all of which we are indebted to the good new times, when the brain of science directs the hand of capital for the convenience, the comfort and the humanizing of mankind but there was a something worth keeping in the good old times, or else this proud nation of ours would not bo supremo as sho is to-day, or else law would not, in tho court of last resort, be respected as it is to-day, or else the strained conditions that exist between capital on the one hand and labor on the other could not be restrained within tho present limits today, but chief among those good things of tho good old days was a family sentiment, which bound heart to heart, interest to interest, making brothers and sisters and father and mother an entity, a commonwealth.—Joo Howard in Boston Globe.

Mistress and Helper.

I admit that there are some empty headed, unchristian women who prefer to havo menials about them, and to whom tho words "my servants'' have a very ploasantand aristocratic sound but I am glad to say I believe they are in tho minority.

I have in mind a lady who had several servants who were ignorant, and content to bo so insolent, in many cases fond of low company, and who thought they had done a smart thing when they had in any way overreachod their misti-ess. Theso girls the lady treated as servants pure and simple. They ate and received their company in tho kitchen, and tbo words exchanged with them wero about their work, and nothing more.

But it happened that one fortunate day this lady secured as a helper an intelligent, well read, honest girl, who thought everything that was done should be well done and after that there was no servant—or what is generally meant by that term—in that house. Mistress and helpor discussed the latest magazino articles, or talked of Howells' or Mrs. Whitney's latest book while the baking and brewing went on, and if the mistress sometimes corrected the maid on a point of housework, tho maid returned the favor by correcting the mistress on a quotation from Shakespoaro, or recalled to her mind some name iu a novel by Scott or Thackeray. And when tho kitchen work was done, tho two sat together in tho parlor over books or sewing, or rodo or walked together. They mado calls and received callers together. In brief they wore companions and when, after a few years of this happy relationship, tho mistress died, tho girl who had been employed by her mourned for her as for a dear friend.—Lida A. Churchill in Demorest's Monthly.

Invention of a Charitable Woman.

The wife of Mr. E. Prentiss Bailey, of The Utica Observer, has inventive as well as philanthropic genius. Long an earnest worker in fields of charity, she found that in tho hospitals it was often necessary to employ extra nurses to move patients, and that the task was always a strain both upon tho sick and those in charge of them. She saw and contrived a way in which to help the sick to help thomselves and it is very simple and effective.

Two iron sockets are attached firmly to tho 6idos of a bedstead by screws, and into these aro fitted short poles, and between the poles is suspended a horizontal bar, also fitted into clamps, and adjustable to any height above tho head of tho patient lying on the bed. From this bar hang a pair of strong straps with grips, and these can bo moved from right to left at will. By grasping these straps tho sick man can utilize the strength of the arms to lift himself up, to change his position, to turn over and t^ allow the bedding to bo changed.

There aro a varioty of attachments to the invention, which extend its usefulness indefinitely. Ouo is a rest for the leg, in which a broken limb can bo placed while it is being dressed. It is only necessary to unscrew the sockets attached to tho bedstead and change their location, to utilize this. Another is a small table for medicines, a book, anything that a patient wants within immediate reach. Another is a curtain rod, likely to be especially serviceable iu hospital wards, to avoid a draft, to shut out tho light, or to afford a degree of privacy.

Mrs. Bailey's invention has been In uso for some time iu Faxton Hospital at Utica, whero it is found to bo tho greatest comfort and convenience in a largo number of cases. —Rochester Union.

Lady Ilollalrs' Advico to Girls. WHAT TO AVOID. A loud, weak, affected, winning, harsh or shrill tone of voieo.

Extravagances in conversation such phrases as "awfully this," "beastly that,"

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time ''"don't you know," "hate,"

for "dislike," etc. Sudden exclamations of annoyance,surprise and joy—often dangerously approaching to "fetnaie swearing"—as "bother!" "gracious!" "how jolly!"

Yawning when listening to any one. Talking ou family matters, even to bosom friends.

Attempting any vocal or instrumental piece of music that you cannot execute with ease.

Crossing your letters. Making a short, sharp nod with tho head, intended to do duty as a bow.

WHAT TO CULTIVATE.

An unafTectakl, low, distinct, silver toned voice. The art of pleasing those around you and scorning pleased with thein and all they may do for you.

The eliarm of making little sacrifices quito naturally, as if of no account to yourself. The habit of making allowances for tho opinions, feelings or prejudices of others.

An erect carriage—that is, a sound body. A good memory for faces and facts connected with them, thus avoiding giving offense thn ngt not recognising or bowing to people, or saying to them what had Iwst been left unsaid.

Tho art of listening without impatience to prosy talkers, and smiling to the twice told tale or jok,?.

Care of the IJaby.

Every baby, of course, needs to bo washed all over ia warm water once a day but this diurnal bath is positively hurtful unless it is accompanied by a good honest rubbing. Now rubbing is a thing very few persons understand, although it- is such an indispensai.ik part of tho daily toilet. To rub an infant projv.rlv m-juircs great tenderness and care. A such nibbing should be with a circular movement of the palm of tho hand, and should be rapid, but with very little pressure. Above all, the soles of tbo feet should be theroughly rubbed in this way, gently and quickly, for at least two minutes. This promotes circulation and sends the blool

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flowing through the tiny heart. -Injike manner the little £k?mds should not be chafed up and down or squeezed, but tho palms should be treated in the same circular way.

Mothers, as a rule, pay a great deal more attention to on infant's feet than to its hands. They would not think of leaving it without socks, even with its feet fastened up in a blanket but with the thermometer below zero thay will let it flourish two little red fists in thd cold morning ail*. Yet how wretched it is to have cold hands every one knows. Little children, in cold .weather^ should not only have their hands rubbed frequently, but they ought to sleep in knitted mittens as soon as it becomes difficult to keep their hands under the coverlid, and that is as soon as they are restless,—Jane E. Runtzliees in Demorest's Monthly. ISMISi

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Take hospitality, for instance. Does it consist in astonishing the invited, in overwhelming him with a sense of your own wealth, or felicity, or family, or cleverness even, in trying to absorb him in your concerns, your successes, your possessions, ins simply what interests you? However delightful all these may be, it is an offense to his individuality to insist that he shall admire at the point of the social bayonet. How do you treat the stranger? Do you adapt yourself and your surroundings to him, or insist that he shall adapt himself to you? How often does the stranger, the guest, sit ixi helpless agony in your circle (all of whom know each other) at table or in the drawing room, isolated and separate, because all the talk is local and jiersonal, about your little world, and the affairs of your clique, and your petty interests, in which he or she cannot possibly join? Ah! the Sioux Indians would not be so cruel as that to a guest. There is no more refined torture to a sensitive person than that? Is it only thoughtlessness? It is more than that. It is a want of sympathy of the heart, or it is a lack of intelligence and broad minded interest in affairs of the world and in other people. It is this trait—absorption in self—pervading society more or less that makes it so unsatisfactory to most people in it. Just a want of human interest people do not come in contact.— Harper's Bazar.

Dangers of Dust.

It is well known that dust is an absorbent and collector of odors, and that it gives them out under tho influence of both heat and moisture, and that, independent of these qualities, it is injurious in itself to even the most healthy lungs, being composed of minute particles resulting from the wear and tear of many fabrics, animal, vegetable and mineral. "Dusrt thus constituted," says the same writer, "cannot but be most dangerous company in a room, as, if allowed to remain, it becomes poisonous, and when it is disturbed and enters tho lungs has not only an irritating effect, but becoming moist, gives out its noxious odors within the body." It can be readily seen, then, how important are tho operations of sweeping and dusting, especially tho latter.—Tho Household!

Use of the Toothpick.

Strict cleanliness is the principal thing to be observed in the care of tho teeth. After eating, removo from the teeth all particles of food with a toothpick, but never, on any account, use a pin for this purpose, which is customary •with some. This practice indulged in frequently will injure the teeth far more than any one would suppose. Use the wooden toothpick, of which there'are two kinds, the sharp pointed and the flat pointed. The first is all very well if it does not split, leaving a small splinter between the teeth or under the gums, which is very disagreeable, if not actually painfuL For this reason the flat pointed one is the best. Rinse the mouth thoroughly with lukewarm water after eating, if it can bo conveniently done.—Boston Budget. ..

Host Washing: Fluids.

Some housekeepers use washing fluids, and if the ingredients are harmless they lighten tho labor, without destroying the fabric. The following aro among the best fluids:

To five quarts of water put one pound of salsoda, half a pound of unslaked lime and a small lump of borax. Boil whe?.». cold pour off and bottle. Use one teacupful for every boiler of clothes.

Another—One-half a bar of hard soap, one ounce* each of saltpetro and borax dissolved in four quarts of water when cold add five ounces of spirits of ammonia. Bottle and use as soap.

Another—Equal parts of turpentine and ammonia. Add to water.

For Tender Feet.

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A remedy for tender feet is cold water, about two quarts, two taplespoonfuls of ammonia, ono tablespoonful of bay rum. Sit with the feet immersed for ten minutes, gently throwing the water over the limbs upward to the knee. Then rub dry with a crash towol, and all the tired feeling is gone. This recipe is good for a sponge bath also.— Boston Budget.

For a cough, boil ono ounce of flaxseed in a pint of water, strain and add a little honey, ono ounco of rock candy, and the juico of three lemons mix and boil well. Drink as hot as possiblo.

Table linens should always be hemmed by hand. Not only do they look more dainty, but there is novor a streak of dirt under the edge after being laundered, as with machine sewing. ..

For chilblains tako ten pounds of oak bark, put it in a kettle and pour on it six quarts of water. Let it boil down to four quarts. Soak tho feet in it and it will effect a certain cure. ....

A decided improvement in the eating bib for children is made of a towel. It is better to have the towel white. Hollow out the neck before binding, and bind with white tape.

Charcoal is recommended as an absorber of gases in the milk room where foul gases are present. It should bo freshly powdered and kept there continually.

Fish is mado moro digestiblo and has its flavor brought out by a few drops of lemon juice squeezed over it.

Those who ara troubled with sleeplessness, should, if strong enough to do so, tako along walk in tho evening.

Kerosene will soften boots and shoes that have been hardened by water, and render them p'uablc as new.

Appb sauce Ia much improved by ho addition of a tablespoonful of butter, and requires less suggar.

Dyspeptics who use coflfc© will do well to tako it in small quantities, black and strong, without milk. ______

Tack a pieco of ticking inside your wardrobe door and keep your patterns there.

Bottles may be easily cieaned with hot water and fine cinders.

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Recent ^Novelties Introduced in Both.

Gold and Silver .Jewelry—A Long Cloak

that Affords Extra Warmth and Is Be•f" .coming to Stont figures.

The long dolman mantle, a front and back view of which is her© illustrated, is one of tlie popular models in long cloaks this season, and is especially becoming and desirable to ladies with stout figures, as well as elderly ladies who require*extra warm

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The model from which tho cut was made was an imported garment of black plush. It was wadded and quilted with satin of the same color. Rich passementerie and stripes of feather trimming, one of which*is. put round the upright collar to look like fringe, give the mantle a very elegant appearance. The boa trimming in front is made of a feather stripe five and a half inches wide, sewn together at the edges. The loose eleven inches long ends of the latter, like the pointed ends of the sleeves, are caught into cornets of passementerie seven and a quarter inches long, and finished with chenille fringe five and a half inches deep. Tlie under sleeve, which is joined to tho upper one inside, keeps the arms warm, while the lower loose parts of the dolman sleeves are turned under to givea pointed end, and this is caught into the passementerie cornet already mentioned. These pointed sleeves are decidedly pleasing, having the effect of making the wearer appear taller than she is.

Novelties In Jewelry.

In the novelties brought out is apparent tho tendency to the employment of combination of metals in the decoration of both gold and silver jowelry the continued use of fine enamels in all directions tho association of beautifully colored stones, whether precious or not the increased popularity of tho English brooch the acceptance of the silver deposit process in the decoration of various classes of articles, and tho association of oxidized silver and gold in 'personal ornaments

The very" newest thing in hair pins are oxidized silver ones, on the tops of which sometimes appear knobs of gold, sometimes alternate knots and cords of gold and silver, and sometimes the silver top is inlaid with lijjtle gold designs representing bugs, flowers drother objects.

This association of oxidized silver and gold is also introduced in new bracelets, the bracelet proper being of silver inlaid with gold, and mounted with a gold or silver coin as best suits the fancy of the buyer. Tt^ese bracelets, by the by, afford a pleasing manner in which to preserve antique coins or valued pocket pieces.

Some exceedingly pretty things aro out in both gold and silver filigree. Conspicuous among tho former are ear rings and brooch consisting of flat circles of gold filigree, set here and there with small but fine brilliants.

A decided novelty in silver jewelry is a cluster of flowers with their leaves, forming quite a largo spray, and designed as garniture for the coiffure or corsage, as ..may be desired.

Recent importations of Genoa filigree afford some entirely new patterns in siver jowelry. Tho conventional gondola, mandolin and tambourine now divide favor with modern designs popular in gold jewelry. The flower pins'in silver filigree aro very beautiful in effect, especially thoso that show centers of gold.

Birds' Plumage for Dress Garniture. The desiro for trimmings of bird plumage is growing in London, Paris and Berlin. In the latter city swansdown in all colors is being used instead of lace on ball dresses. Mrs. "Bonanza" Mackay has decided to possess a cloak mado from the breasts of tho birds of paradise. Tho breast is nearly heart shape, the upper portion being like tho finest plush of a deep seal brown color, while tho lower shades aro of a pink terra cotta. Tho cloak will require about 500 of these beautiful birds, and to secure them Mrs. Mackay has sent two skillful marksmen direct to New Guinea, who are now engaged in tho wholesale slaughter. Imitations of this costly mantle will bo hard to manufacture.

New Salts foi Boys.

Tho "Primer Halt," shown in the cut, is for boys from 2 to years of age.

POPULAR SUITS FOB BOYS.

This very convenient garment is made in one piece, the jacket and kilt being attached. It Is not only most attractive, but has the merit of being quickly put on, and is not easily disarranged.

The remaining figure in the cut represent! the "Thistle" suit, and is designed for boys from 4 to 12 years of age, or nrtil they become too large for knickerbockers. The jacket buttons close to the neck, and has a circular collar and narrow corded side seam pkdtings with a half belt in the back.

Tlie First Steam Bam.

The first ironclad steam rams used in warfare by tha United States were constructed upon tho Mississippi by James B. Eads, the civil enginjer.

ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.

Fashionable Table tineu—How to Carre a Pine, Fat Goose—Puro Candles. French table linen appears to be the most fashionable just now, though Scotch, Irish and German cloths are all found in the finest goods. Two favorite patterns are the Pompeiian and the pois Medina. The center of the first is filled in with large square blocks, and the border surrounding it is of triangles. The second is composed of medium sized balls and a border of larger balls, around which are twined myrtle leaves. Another much used pattern is tho Caprice, which has a perfectly plain center and is surrounded by large flowers. One of the most expensive patterns is the Hirondelles, This linen is beautifully marked. The border is a design of rocks out of which are -growing cattails, while in the ceuter are small swallows. Tho birds are exquisitely wrought. The feathers on their wings are so true to nature as to standbut in a fluffy mass. The cost of a set of these, including a tablecloth and a dozen napkins, reaches $100.

Almost all the cloths have large center pieces, lii sonio instances the linen is embroidered. A late craze is for cipher monograms, and much linen is embroidered in that way. French cloths differ from the other sorts in heing of much lighter texturo and more elaborate decoration. 4

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What to Do With Cold Plum Pudding. The remains of plum pudding are sometimes broiled in slices, sometimes converted into fritters. A more elegant way of serving them is the following suggested by Mrs. Henderson. Line a charlotte mold or basin with slices of cpld plum pudding cut to fit closely together. Fill tho inside with a sufficient quantity of gelatine pudding made as follows: Separate the whites and yelks of four eggs with the yelks make a boiled custard (with a pint of milk and sugar to taste) set a third of a box of gelatine to soak a few minutes in a little cold water,- then dissolve it with threequarters of a cupful of boiling water. When the custard has cooled, add tho gelatine water and the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth flavor with vanilla, stir all together and put it into the mold. It will settlo into three layers and is a. very pretty pudding.

., 1 New Year's Cako. *il" An excellent New Year's cake may bo made by tho following nut cake recipe of Miss Parloa: Ona cupful of sugar, half a cupful of butter, half a cupful of milk, two cupfuls of pastry flour, two eggs, ono coffee cupful of chopped raisins, one of chopped English walnuts, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, half a teaspoonful of soda. Beat the butter to a cream, add tho sugar, gradually, and, when light, the eggs well beaten, then the milk and the flour in which tho soda and cream of tartar (or a teaspoonful and a half of baking powder instead) have been thoroughly inixecb Mix quickly and add tho raisins and nuts. Bake in rather deep sheets in a modorrfce oven thirty-five minutes.

Carving tho Goose*

The goose may be considered tho popular and traditional fowl of the holiday season as the turkey is of Thanksgiving. Many people suppose that the two birds are carved in tho samo manner, but Good Housekeeping explains that tho gooso requires more strength and skill and a different method of carving, from any other fowl.

TO CARVE A GOOSE.

The approved plan is to place the gooso on tho platter with tho Head at tho left aad insert the fork firmly across the ridge of tho breast bone. Cut through tne flesh whore the wing joins the body, work tho point of tho knife into tho joint and with tho side of the knife press tho wing over from the body and cut until the joint separates. Then cut through the flesh and separato it from tho body. Cut between the log and the body, press tho leg over with tho side of tho ktiifo till you see the joint. Then cut through tho flesh closo to tho body. If tho bird bo old and tough you will have to feel with tho knifo for tho joint.

In carving the breast begin at tho wing and cut straight down through tho meat to tho bone the wholo length of the breast as indicated by the long lines of the cut. Cut down in thin parallel slices until you come to tho ridge of tho breast bone. Cut down botween the wishbone and tho breast to tho wing, then slip the knife under tho slices at the lower end of tho breast, and separate them from the bones. Lay them aside and cut in the samo manner on the other side of tho breast. Make several cuts at right angles with the breast bone through tho skin and stuffing between breast and tail, and removo tho stuffing.

With tho fork still in the breast bono tip tho bird over slightly and with tho point of the knife removo tho delicate portion in the hollow of the sido bono a little may bo shaved off tho lower edge of tho side bone. The little meat there may be on wishbone, shoulder blado and sido bono may be cut off without disjointing tho bones. So, as soon as the breast is carved, remove the fork, disjoint tho legs and wings and begin to serve.

Cako for Children.

A kneaded plum cake is much liked by children, and is included by many books in tho list of holiday good things. The ingredients aro two and one half caps of sugar, half a cup of butter, half a cup of sour milk, two spoonfuls of cream, a teaspoonful of saleratus, half a spoonful of cinnamon and of nutmeg, a cupful of chopped raisins, and about six cupfuls of flour, or sufficient to knead. Roll out an inch thick, cut into oblong pieces, and bake in a quick oven.

Home Made Candies.

Home candy making, though not confined to the holiday season, is generally carried on then with tho most vigor. Recipes for a few of tho most popular plain candies are therefore given:

Butter Taffy.—Two cups sugar, one cup water, two tablespoons of molasses, four tablespoons of vinegar, ono and a half tablespoons of butter. Boil twenty or thirty minutes and pour in buttered tins.

Vinegar Candy.—Three cups of sugar, half a cup of water, two-thirds cup of vinegar. Boil without stirring till brittle.

Lemon Drops.—Dissolve half a pound of pulverized sugar in lemon juico and boil to a thin synip. Drop on plates and harden in a warm place.

Ice Cream Candy.—Two cups sugar, half a cup of water. When boiling add a teaspoon of crcasa of tartar dissolved in a little water. Boil ten minutes without stirring, then add a small piece of butter and boil till it will harden in water, then flavor and pulL

Butter Scotch.—Three tabfespoor.3 of molasses, two tablespoons of..-sugar* two tablespoons of water, one tablespoon of butter, a little soda before taking froa* stove.

Nut Candy.—Five cups sugar, six tablespoons of water, four tablespooofuls vinegar, one tablespoonful butter. Boil without stirring till It crisps in cold water. Line buttered tins with nut meats and pour the candy over them. When nearly cold mark off into strips.

A Captain's Fortunate Diseovery.

Capt. Coleman, schr. Weymoth, plying:* between Atlantic City andN. i., baa" been troubled with a couch so that he was unable to sleep, and was induced to

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in the breast. His children were similarly affected and a single dose had tlie samo happy effect. Dr. King's New Dis-, covery is now the standard remedy in the Coleman household and on board the schooner. Free trial bottlo of this Standard Remedy at Gulick it C., wholesale, at Cook, Bell & Lowry's Drug Store. (4).

Renews Her Youth.

Mrs. PhCBbe Cheslcy, Peterson, Clay Co., Iowa, tells the following remarkable story, the truth of which is vouched for bv the residents of the town: "X am 73 years old, have been troubled with kidney complaint and lameness lor many years could not dress myself without help,. Now I am free from all pain and soreness, and am able to do all my own housework. I owo my thanks to Electric Bitters for having renewed my youth and removed completely all disease and pain. Try a bottle, only 50 cents, at Gulick & Co.,. wholesale, Cook, Belle & Lowry's Drug store.-

Hucklen's Arnica Salve.

The Best Solve In the world for Cuts, Bruises,. Sores. Ulcers, Salt Kheum, FOver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give pcrfect satisfaction, or money refunded. 25c. per box. For sale by Gulick & Co. wholesaleat Cook fe Ben. (tf.)

A- Consumption Surely Cured, To' the Editor Please inform your readers that I have a* positive remedy for the above named disease, lly its timely u-o thousands of hopeless casseshave been permanently cured. I shall be glatf to send two bottles of my remedy FRKE to any of your readers who havo consumption if they will send mo their Express andJ P. 0. address. Respectfully, T. A. SLOCUM, M. C. 181 Pearl St., New York.

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Whon tlicrols within your grasp an absolute? and specific cure in that wonderful sclontlflai preparation,

Dr. R. C. Flower's Liyer and, Stomach Sanative,

Read the following:— MRS. ELLEN D. FLANDKUS, 117 Gorham Ht., Lowell, Monh., writes::: "Your Liver Sanative has boon worth a dollar a drop to me. After nine long years of indescribable suffering, and treatment by physicians of various schools, without relief,. I commenced the use of your Sanative I am. to-day a living example of its merits,, ii nd wish that every member of tho great army of sufferers from liver and stomach troubles could bo mado familiar with tho fact that they can be cured."

The price of tho Livor Sanative is only 81 00 a bottle, and with each bottlo wo aivofree a bottlo of Dr. Flower's match less LiverPills. Our valuable formula book will be-' mailed you free, postpaid, on receipt of yourname and address on a postal card.

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1762 Washihgton si, Boston, Mass.

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Epps's Cocoa

BREAKFAST.

"By a thorough knowledge of tho natural! laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr.JEpps has provided our breakfa«fe tables with a delicately flavored beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by tho Judicious UBO of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there 3s a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and properly nourished frame."—[Civil ServiceGazette.

Made simply with boiling water or milk Sold only in half pound tins by grocers, labeled thus: JAMES EPFS ft CO..

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ELY'S CREAM BALM

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