Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 18, Number 34, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 11 February 1888 — Page 6

WOMAN AND HOME.

VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS FOf* PAftLOR, KITCHEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

JL Presiding &en*e of Order—Cliuge* of Clothing Children'* Meal* Ponrlng .•Out Tea—Family Discipline—Yentllatlon—Dress in France—Odd* and lCnds.

No disorderly person can ever be truly economical. Ho may work hard and spend little, but economy demands the best results that can be obtained from any given source, and these can only be through orderly and systematic arrangements. The man who has acquired orderly habits will so manage his time that it shall be fruitful. He will neither jldly procrastinate nor hurriedly scramble through bis work he will neither put off today's duty till to-morrow nor force to-mor-row's into today. Ho will provide for leisure as well as for action, for recreation as well as for labor. He will respect the time of others as well as his own, neither breaking engagements nor forcing people to spend time with him against their will. 80 in the matter of neatness, which is only one form of order, he will recognize its intrinsic fitness. That which is kept in its own place and preserved for its own uses lasts longer and is of far more value than that which has no settled abiding place. In «very manufactory or other large working institution the economy of this kind of order is fully recognized, and it is equally valuable in its proportion wherever any labor is carVied on. In the home it has even a deeper ^significance. Here also it is the foundationof economy, but it is likewise the foundation of beauty and delight. No home that is disorderly can ever be attractive. It may be costly and luxurious, but it can never charm the eye or gladden the heart.

A presiding sense of order which provides for the needs of eye and ear, which secures harmony of arrangement and consistency of detail, which ministers to that restfulness of spirit which toil and care so greatly need, is a necessary element in the good home keeper. On that she may build whatever decoration and ornament the can command, sure that «ach will fit into its appropriate place and fill its appropriate function, while without ft they would but add to the general confuv •ion.—Philadelphia Ledger. J}

Importance of Changes of Clothing. A woman writes to the editor: "I think it cannot bo too strongly impressed upon the public mind that it is of the first importance where the linen and underclothing which comes in contact with the body is washed. Can it be good for any one, especially an invalid, to wear clothes that have been washed and dried without coming in contact with the deodorizing effects of wind and sunf In hundreds of laundries the linen is dried in close, stove heated rooms, and Instead of being returned to its possessor cleansed from all Impurities, as well as from actual, visible dirt, it absorbs during its absence a still further amount, and becomes a source of disease little expected by many. Those who are unable from ill health to inhale the fresh air and derive benefit from the warm, life giving rays of the sun should be most particular in ascertaining that all clothes when washed are hung out of doors that the air may blow through them. "Dwellers in cities will find it will add greatly to thoir comfort and health to send all linen away to the country to be washed, and in these days of easy transit it will be very little trouble to do so. Let any one smell linen that has been dried over givon grass in the sun and fresh air, and then smell that which has been dried in a close, ill ventilated house, and he will be at onoe convinced of the necessity there is for consideration of the subject. People who suffer from any affection of the skin will derive mach benefit from wearing plenty of clean linen, often renewed, that has been charged during tho cleaning process with the fresh air that Is so necessary to perfect health. If linen has a gray or yellow tinge, and does not smell sweet and fresh, do not wear it The proper cleansing and deodorizing of linen are as important as tho ablution of our bodies or the proper construction of the drains of our bouses."—Irish Times.

Car* of a Child.

The child should from the first be accustomed to absolute regularity in regard to his moals but although this is essential, it is a Tory great mistake to apply the same rule to other matters—dressing, for instance. I have known many otherwise judicious mothers, with a mania for regularity, insist upon the baby's bathing hour with as much energy as uoon its evening meal, and allow of its being wakensd to be washed This is a vrry serious mistake. An infant's sleep should never bo broken in upon. Even when the nursing hour arrives, it is exceedingly Injudicious to arouse the baby for the sakeof punctuality but so easily are habits formed, that if the child is nursed at regular intervals, from the beginning, it will naturally str about tho right time, and can be gently lifted up and nursed without arousing it entirely.

Washing and dressing are quite different affairs. It is really better to let tho fci&at remain unwashed than to waken it because tho time for tho bath has come. It Is necessary to insist upon this fact, becanse calm is tho keynote of training the baby. Fussy nurses and mothers, over anxious and fidgety, never havo those sonsy, good tempered, smiling babies whom we all lovo to see. The little ones in the over exact nur•nry aro nervous, peevish, irritable as unsatisfactory as thosa on whose training no ht whatever is expended—Janet E. Ru..,Uees in Dcmonest** Monthly.

Care of Pot Plants.

Pot* should bo dean, as the roots like to dng to the sides of the pot, and impurity nay thus be eo&ily absorbed. Pieces of broken pots, or "crocks,"' may be placed in the bottom of the pot, where they facilitate drainage by keeping the outlet always open, Bane meal or ground bone is an era atfertiliser, as it is perfectly odorless ammonia Is also much used, in the proportion of ten dropsot rmmonia to a quart of water. It is irall CiUcnit to learn just wtosn to water one'g pi .». They should not be regularly S water**'.. but only when they need it, and then &sa*Mv Uy.

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knocking with tho knack1 t:*-i pot will produce a ringing sound if wet, a dull, heavy sound. Unf *». ipoC# preferable, as they abeorb unn^j^sary wteraad keep tho plant from being too wet, Of course saucers are essential. If rain water is not eeees^Hts tha»—*i desirable to^sose mow nouri''!I -^py water may I-' warmed in the sun and softened by a Itl soda. K-i wa*" colder fiw room irb-atfc® plant- taad. L01 4 the soil ebSut plants asuststhe water to penetrate into the A i'vtw better at night by being aco --k f..... A, M.,. Turner in Good Houseke* .*.

How Preaeh W«»*b Drees Well. Like every other fine art, drew requires tassacrifiesof timeand attention, and these

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than an English woman her life is lea* complicated, less hampered with the looking after of servants, ordering of meals, writing of letters, eta The middle class Parisian woman lives in a flat waited on by cms of two servants. She seldom dresses before dejeuner at 12 o'clock, and devotes the morning hours to going over her afternoon toilet, seeing that every button, hook and frill is in its right place. Very little dressmaking is done at home ladies' maids are a luxury unknown in a middle class French household.

Mr Raskin's recommendation to women •that can afford it, to get their dresses made by a good dressmaker, with utmost attainable precision and perfection," is indorsed by all French women, who believe it to be the best economy. Their wardrobe numbers half the amount of dresses of English women of the same social standing, but they are generally made by a first class coutori ere. The anomaly is never seen in French households, as I have seen in many an English one, of girls employed in adding another to an already large stock of gowns, while gloves and stopkings in daily use are unmended and un-H/LT-npri—London Queen.

Car« of the Complexion.

The bath is and has always been considered one of the most potent means for keeping the skin in a proper condition and thereby promoting beauty. It is very pleasant to bathe in hot water in winter, but it renders the skin too liable to roughness afterward when exposed to the cold on the other hand, it is equally pleasant to wash with cold water in summer, but cold renders the skin more liable to tan and freckle when afterward exposed to the sun so that tepid water, though not so agreeable, is preferable in its results for all seasons of the year. The water used, too, must be selected with care. If it be hard or have other defects, these should be corrected, as by the addition of borax for hard water, etc. Pure water, of certain kinds, will often ruin the appearar.ro of delicate skins, and so each must study the nature of her own to see what is the best treatment for it. Moist skins require alkaline or drying substances, and a few drops of aromatic vinegar, eau de cologne, lavender water or Hungary water will often produce vary desirable results whereas dry skins are improved by the use of creamy substances, milks or oils. Indeed, many skins are kept soft and beautiful by a wash composed of distilled water and fragrant oils and gums. The general rule of milk for cold, rough wee ther and vinegar, wine or spirit for warm is perhaps a good one.—Jean Kincaid in Boston Globe. q*

Some Simple Remedies.

For a sore throat cut slices of fat, boneless bacon, peppered thickly, and tie around the throat with a flannel cloth. When stung by a bee or wasp, make a paste of common Mirth and water, put on the place at once and cover with a cloth. For a cold on the chest a flannel rag rung out in boiling water and sprinkled with turpentine, laid on the cheat, gives the greatest relief. When a felon first begins to make its appearance, take a lemon, cut off one end, put the finger in, and the longer it is kept there the better. For a cough boil one ounoe of flaxseed in a pint of water, strain and add a little honey, one ounce of rock candy and the juice of three lemons mix and boil well. Drink as hot as possible. Often after cooking a meal a person will feel tired and have no appetite. For this beat a raw egg until light, stir in a little milk and sugar and season with nutmeg. Drink half an hour before eating. For a burn or scald make a paste of common baking soda and water, apply at once and cover with a linen cloth. When the skin is broken apply the white of an egg with a feather this gives instant relief, as it keeps the air from the flesh. At the first signs of a runround take a cup of wood ashes, put in a pan with a quart of cold water, put the pan on the stove, put your finger in the pan, keep it there until the water begins to boil, or as long as it can be borne. Repeat once or twite if necessary.—New Orleans Picayune.

Family Government.

With so many examples on the one hand, which warn parents against overindulgence, and on the other encourage them in using all needed discipline, it, is strange that they do not see and learn to avoid all disputes and discussions with reference to family government in the presence of their children. They not only lose the respect of those who should naturally look to them for help and guidance, but, still worse, they do incalculable injury to those whom they should love and protect, when, forgetting their children's best interests, and their solemn duty, they dispute and recriminate whenever a case of discipline is unavoidable, and dare to do so where their children and servants can hear and see the whole shameful wrangle. It will not take many specimens of divided counsels to complete the mischief begun by the first example. Children are quick observers, and arrive at singularly correct conclusions. They soon learn which parent is the most ready to conceal thoir faults and overlook their shortcomings, and soon learn to turn to that one for help to escape punishment, or to securo the gratification of a whim which the other has forbidden. And it is very sad to see how quickly they learn to care little for either parent, and that love which is only given whoa their own demands are satisfied is purely selfish, and of little value.—Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher.

The Way to Ponr Tea.

There is more to bo learned about pouring tea and coffee than most pooplo aro willing to believe. If those decoctions are made at the table, which i3 by far tho best way, they require experience, judgment and exactness if they are brought on the table ready made, it still requires judgment so to apportion them that they shall prove sufficient in quantity for the family, and that the elder members shall have the stronger cups. Often persons pour out tea, who, not being at all aware that the first cup is the weakest, and that the tea grows stronger as you proceed, bestow the poorest cup upon the greatest stranger, and give the strongest to a very young member of the family, who would bo better without any. Where several cups of equal strength are wanted you should pour a little into each, and then go back, inverting thaorderas yuu fiH them so, and the strength will be apportioned property. Ttus is so wall understood itf £ngiand, that an experienced pourer of tea waits till all the cups of the company aro returned to her before she fills any the second time, and all may share alike. —Good Housekeeping

V«*tUaUaic the Bedroom.

Ventilation is a splendid provision of nature for human good. Tbecirculatiaoof air is wisely adapted to eater any crevice. There is an cneknt riddle, "Round tho house, and round the house, {tedfi In every crack." This Is the mission of the wind, and if we open the chamber windows we shall be amply repaid ly the fresh, exhilarating air that is waiting to replace the foul, stagnant breath of the gathering night watches. Tbis every* body kBovt But, ptasa, dont carry bed making peat the sunset Every one knows that the dew falls before old Sol has thought of retiring to hl goldan piOow. One hoar and a half is quite cuflktett fore thorough airing of a deeping room. Anios breessia-

TERM 'HlUTE SATURDAY EVENING 'MAIL^—

vfted through open windows in the morning hour secures all the health that is necessary in line and the exercise that follows the proper adjustment of our dwellings guarantees the blessing of good digestion, and gratifies the love for that harmony which should pervade evary home.—Herald of Health.

-Not In Good Taste.

Nothing is in worse taste at a ball or a party than for a lady to make it difficult for a man to leave her. I have one woman in my mind, so bright and entertaining a person that to chat with her for a few moments would redeem any evening from dullness. Rha has always something to say, and she says it uncommonly well but she has a fault that is fatal to her complete social success she gets hold of the brightest man in the room and keeps him talking to her, will he nil! he, for the most of the evening. I have seen a man stand in a corner with this vivacious and clever little lady directly in front of him, as if on guard, so that only, by artfully dodging could he get round her and away. I have seen such a victim look wistfully from out his nook after some pretty, foolish, thorny rosebud, who would have only talked nonsense to him in place of the high discourse on pre-Raphaelite art or positive philosophy, or the last new volume of verse with which his clever companion was regaling —Pittsburg Bulletin.

The Art of Dressing.

The art of dress is the first step in the art of panting. By the way in which a woman wears colors we can see whether she has the feeling of a colorist. Not everybody has it. For instance, pink and blue are the fashionall the women wear them well, those who put blue bows on arose colored dress have an ordinary look precisely, on the other hand, those who wear pink roses on a blue dress have a distingue look. Why is that? Nature has given us this lesson in harmony. It is the roses that stand out against the sky. Whence the principle: a little pink on a great deal of blue. The observing eye, the colorist, feels this without knowing why. He also knows that green harmonizes with all shades, because all flowers have green leaves. Finally, green and blue—that is to say, the pure colors—do not go together. Observe nature. Bhe will give you few blue flowers, and their leaves are never of a free green.—The Art Amateur.

Drawing the Hair.

Somebody ought to start a school which would teach women how to dress their hair becomingly, and at the same time give them some knowledge of their own faces. In spite of the constant iteration in the newspapers of the fact that the little curly Psyche knot in the middle of the back of the head is only becoming to classic or purely Grecian features, it is to be seen accompanying all brands of faces, Tes, even snub noses are associated with it. Result, unspeakable hideousness. Fair young women who ore contemplating this style of hair arrangement should get them a hand glass and look well to their features. If their noses are straight and long enough to be Grecian, then go ahead If not, they had better get themselves to a nunnery than to build a Psyche knot on their heads.—New York Press "Every Day Talk."

.J Pastry as Wholesome as Toast. People will eat hot buttered toast, and give it to children and invalids, who will tell you that they aro quite careful about diet, and never think of touching pastry. The difference between the two articles is as follows: Pastry is flour and water baked after butter has been rubbed into it Buttered toast is flour and water baked first, and then rubbed thoroughly with butter. The difference Between pastry and well buttered toast is apparently the differenoe between the proverbial "tweedledum and tweedledee." I only mention toast as one instance of the articles of diet which people consider comparatively simple and indulge in freely.—Boston Transcript.

Teaoh Boys to UseTheuu

A very important word to say is about boys and wash cloths. Get them together. It will amply repay you. Toach boys to use them thoroughly, rinse and hang tjbem up properly, and you havo made quite astride in your refinement teachings. It is a "home-y" thing to do, and will carry with it more than appears upon the surface. Again I can say I have tried it and kno* whereof I speak. Of course, if you teach your boys this, you will not leave your girls without the lesson. —Juniata Stafford in Good Housekeeping.

Poultices of Indian Meal.

It is not generally known that poultices made of Indian meal are quite suitable for application in internal inflammations, such as pneumonia, pleurisy, inflammation of tho bowels, etc. It is used in the form of hot mush, prepared just as if it were to be eaten. If ono part of mustard is added to four parts of tho poultice will excite a moderate irritation of the skin, but can bo kept on for hours without blistering.

In the minor affairs of life if would serve an equally good purpose if it wore written over our doors: "All things ore possible to him that is patient." Nine-tenths of the friction daily experienced in domestic affairs, tho counting room and shop might easily be avoided by exercising patience. It is wonderful how far the patience displayed by one of a number of individuals goes in oiling the machinery of every day life.

Success in society is like 'electricity it m»Vna itself fdt, yet it is unseen and indescribable. We see some apparently stupid people who have the art Of success, or see some very brilliant ones who have it not but the successful person takes care not to be too familiar, bov to ask too much, and to receive the favors and the introductions modestly.

There are vendettas and hatreds in our society which are as hitter as any that once tore the Italian republics to pieces, but it is the recognised law of good society that those should not be remembered at a dinner party. One should converse with his intimate enemy at a dinner as if they were bosom friends.

To make paper stick to whitewashed walls make a siring of common glue and water of tbe consistency of linseed oil, and apply with fansbtotheMll, taking care to go over every part, and especially top and bottom. Apply the paper in the ordinary way.

Keq the piano and organ closed when not in use. Not only dirt, but moisture, has an unfavorable effect 03 them, and should always be carefuiiy guarded against

Provide a good sponge aad crash towels far rubbing in the bath room, sto a little corn meal in a disk, as many paraSn* meal to soap when washing the hands.

Place a handful of pebbles or small rods in tbe bottom of your trail vases and they will not be easgy upset

WlMtt the griddle perstatontly waatim, firaah lerd will often act as a remedy.

Never allow stals sick room.

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WHAT SHALL WE WEAR?

N£W YORK FASHIONS IN TOBOGGAN SUITS FOR ALL AGES.

Styles in Kvening Cloaks, Including an Imported Opera Visit®—New and Pl«a» Ins Dresses for Young Girls and Misses to Wear Indoors.

The indoor toilets for young girls, shown in the accompanying illustration, are both new pleasing. The plaited stripes on the bodice, which close diagonally, can either be cut in one with the material or mad** separately and gathered into the seams on tho shoulders. The nock band, sleeve cuffs and bows are of black ribbon velvet, the toilet itself being of blue cashmere.

INDOOR TOILETS rOB MISSK8. The standing figure in the cut shows a costume with jacket bodice. The fronts of the bodice are made of strawberry colored cashmere lined with white cashmere and turned back to show a blouse chemisette of the same material Both are ornamented with rows of pointed stitching in strawberry colored silk. A sash of silk or cashmere hides the join of the skirt and chemisette this is contained under the basques of the bodice and falls at tbe back in a large bow.

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A Stylish Opera Wrap.

A variety of materials maybe employed for the opera visite, illustrated in the cut, but plush "mains the favorite fabric for evening cloaks, and is to be bad in all the new pale and dark shades, in apricot, Nile green, gold brown and peach colors also in the dull red of Cordova leather and the ruby red which is so becoming. Crystal beading and light furs trim tho lighter cloaks, while black passementerie and block fur is placed in lengthwise rows on the red wraps. The linings are rich brocaded, striped or shot silks wedded with down and very lightly quilted in par-

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nTlftl bias rows an inch apart Tho brocaded velvets that are now sold so cheaply make bflprigQinw evening cloaks in the pale rose, blue and copper red shades bordered with feather trimming. The ends of our model are divided and terminate with fur tassels, the fur being arranged as along boa.

Toboggan Suits.

Fancy blankets with wida borders are used for toboggan coats and suits. Tho dark colored blankets are preferred—blue, red or gray—with plain centers or with large bolls of contrasting color matching that of tbe border there are, however, pale blue and pink blankets, and some ladies prefer the plain white blanket with bright rod or blue border. These blankets are made up in one piece or two piece suits. The first is a long straight coat covering the wearer from head to foot, and completed by a gay sash and the peaked hood peculiar to tobogganers' attire. This coat is shaped very much like tho long cloaks now fashionable for ladies the straight fronts without darts are double breasted, and the back is adjusted to the figure, with fulness added to the middle forms just bolsw the waist lino.

These coats are also suitable for sleighing robes and for winter journeys or for sea voyages. A blue coat has a red striped border, a pink coat has white stripes, a red coat has black stripes, and gray coats have either red or blue borders. The two piece suits havo a jacket and skirt made with tho border of the blanket as a trimming, with a pointed hood and gay sash. Tbe skirt may be long enough to reach the ankles, and is plainly gathered to the belt tho genuine toboggan skirt is, however, much shorter, like a kilt, and is worn with full drawers, and gaiters and leggings of leather or cloth.

Such suite are made for girls from 4 years old upward, and are of the brightest colored blanket*. Toboggan caps knitted double have a pointed crown finished with a tassel to foil on one side. Gentlemen and boys have dark blanket suits made with a half-long ooetand knee breeches, and with these tbey wear heavy ribbed stockings and toboggan moccasins. A peaked bood or cap and a tas•»i«ri sash of gay cashmere complete the costume.—Harper's Bazar.

Echoes From the World of Fashion. The ulster and tbe long visite are popular shapes for outer garments, which are made of all classes of material.

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figures largely in fash km annals this apart froro the formulation of outer garments. Vests girdles, epaulettes, pla» trona, cuffs, etc., of fur embellish cloth and velvet costumes.

Velvet edged ribbon fs a novelty the middle of the ribbon is of Ottoman repped silk, the velvet forming a roll like a cord on eech edge.

On favitstioa csixb tho initials R. 8. V. P. have been superseded by tbe plain English, "An answer i* desired."

Ifciry lamps, plaued in tbeeahter of a large dhbof dowers, is a table ornamentation now en the firr—itw of a fashionable dinner party. t^ i»« inclining to a degree of stoutness peering the comfortable period, prefer mantle garments of welfkin to tbe closely fitting qwdmans which so actually oatline f^efigure.

ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.

Dainty Things In Glass end Silver—Woolens Well Washed. Since oranges have become an almost indispensable portion of the modern breakfast of well to do people, there have been special dishes provided for holding this luscious fruit Decorator and Furnisher describes these and other new and fashionable articles of table ware. Orange bowls are of cut glass in silver frames. They are either round, oval or in square shapes, varying in size from ten to twelve inches in diameter. They are exceedingly pretty and by their convenience area decided ornament to the table. They are cut in divers attractive and unique patterns, the style known as the "hob nail" cut being preferred, as it most nearly resembles the genuine cut glass, which often costs twenty times as much, but which is so like, that onlythose familiar with both distinguish between them at a little distance.

A breakfast caster is a convenient addition although not indispensable, as many families prefer individual pepper and salt dishes at each plate and have but little occasion for other condiments. Breakfast casters are usually made with four bottles, for vinegar, oil, pepper and mustard. They aro in square or round shapes, the square table or standard being the most in favor. The bottles are either plain or fancy cut, or in decorated glass. The crystal has heretofore been preferred, but of late there is a tendency toward tinted glass, which seems to be coming more aud more into favor. W ^3.7^

.. An Article of Many Uses. What on earth our grandmothers and mothers ever did without kerosene oil is a wonder, says a thrifty housewife. Hardly a day passes that this article is not in requisition for soma purpose. It is used in washing, clear starching, loosening screws and bolts, cleaning furniture, polishing windows then medicinally for sore throats, externally, and for croup both externally and internally. But the best use that I have known it to come into was to take the rust from a stove that had stood through the summer and gathered a thick coating of red rust Sand and elbow grease were applied most vigorously, but the rust held its own. when a bright idea suggested itself and was acted upon with perfect success. A cloth was dipped in kerosene oil and rubbed over the rust After a thorough rubbing the stove was blacked, and one could never have thought but it was a span new base burner. Not a particle of rust remained to tell the story. To what use this articlo will hereafter be called we cannot tell, but really a family could hardly get along in these times without it

How the Japanese Cook Ri Bice would be a more popular dish than it is, if people understood how to cook it properly. Usually it is served in a soggy mass as different from the well cooked article as a water soaked potato is to a dry, mealy one. The Japaneso method of cooking rice, as reported by an observant traveler, is to pour just enough cold water on to prevent tho rice from sticking to tho pot, which has a tight fitting cover and is set over a monerato fire. The rice is steamed, rather than boiled, until done, then the cover of the pot is taken off, the surplus steam andv moisture allowed to escape, and the rice turns out amass of snowy white kernels, each separate from the other.

A Toothsome Pudding.

The accumulation of stale bits in the bread and cake boxes may form tho basis of very toothsome puddings, of which Harper's Bazar gives the following example: "Half a pound of bread crumbs, half a pound of cake crumbs, one pound of beef suet, two pounds of figs and two eggs. Pour over the crumbs enough milk to soften them, and make a stiff paste, cut the figs into small pieces, chop the suet, and add both and the eggs, well beaten, to the paste, mix thoroughly, tie in a pudding cloth and boil three hours.

Hot Egg Salad.

Chop one tablespoonful of pickle, mix it with an equal quantity of the grated rind and juice of a lemon, a saltspoonful of salt, a dash of cayenne pepper and three tablespoonsful of salad oil. Heat in a frying pan one tablespoonful of oil, break throo eggs into it and stir them over the flro two or three times, in order to slightly mix tho whites and yolks let them cook three minutes, then pour thorn on a salad dish and serve with the dressing of pickle, etc., poured over them.

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Frozen House Plants.

On cold nights placo several thicknesses of newspaper between tho window and plants that are in it WJicn plants have been frost bitten tho thawing out should always bo gradual. Ono of tho best things to do is to sprinkle tbe foliage with cold water, and put the plants in a i-oom whfere tho temporaturo is allowed to rise slowly to suitable degree. Plants whilo in a frozen condition should bo very carefully handled.

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One pint of milk, two beaten eggs, two tablespoons of melted butter, two tablespoons of sugar, two teaspoons of cream tartar, one teaspoon of soda, flour enough to make a batter that will drop from tho spoon.

Applo Rnow.

To tho whites of two well beaten eggs take a pint of strained apple, sweeten and flavor with a little rose water and a teaspoonful of lemon juice. Beat the apple into the egg a spoonful at a time, when all will be as light as beaten white of egg. Use a Dover egg beater. Eat cold with cream. 'fK*

Pictnre Frame of Wood

Quite tasteful and novel in the wry of a frame suitable for a small picture, is tbe one hero represented. Four pieces of fir, or other wood, nine and one-half and seven and onehalf inches long, crossed over as shown in tbe cut, and fastened with small nails, furnish tbe foundation.

WOOD xouic Picttraa nun Storing varnished with gold is twisted over the rods. Small sprigs arranged of acorns, catkins, fir apples and beech nuts, eech put on a wire stalk which is bound with a small stripe of brown silk paper, aro twisted on with wire at tbe corners of the frame. The frame is set op with a plees of fir four inches long attached to a cross kdgs nailed on at tbesidaa

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THE YAMENI RUNNERS.

ADVENTURES OF BICYCLIST STEVENS IN THE CHINESE EMPIRE.

Saved from a How'Lng City Mob by the Services of the Yemeni Runner*—Novel Distinguishing Marks—An Explanation. :.

Trip Through Ta-ho.

Taken all in all my tour through China was about the toughest bit of experience on the whole journey around the world on a bicycle. Nothing is more certain than that I should have perished at the hands of some howling city mob in *9 interior except for the good services of the yaxneni runners, under whoso protection I traveled during the. last two weeks I was in the country.

The yameni runners of China correspond to the saptiehs of Turkey and the sowars of Persia, Afghanistan and other central Asia* countries. Attached to the governmeut of every city or district are a certain number of these yameni runners. Their duty is to carry dispatches, convey prisoners, protect property, act as escort and otherwise obey orders in the service of the mandarins.

TWO WHITE "BULI/8 EYES."

The yameni runners wear the ordinary Chinese garments with the exception of the coat, which is embellished with sundry distinguishing appendages. The most prominent of these, and by which the yameni runner may readily be distinguished from other peopleas far as can be seen, are two big white "bull's eyes," one on his back and the other in front These round whito patches are about eighteen inches in diameter and are marked with big red characters which indicate tho district the wearer belongs to.

The real object of these largo disks of white is to form a fitting ground work for the conspicuous display of the characters. The European residents of tho treaty ports, however, facetiously call them "bull's eyes," and account for their adoption as follows:

A Chiuese soldier can never, under any., circumstances, hit the bull's eye of a target Observing this, and in their egotism believ-i ing that what the celestial warriors couldnt do the soldiers of no other country could, the authorities conceived the idea of attach- *,/ ing bull's eyes, front and rear, to the yameni runners, so that, in case of war, if the soldiers fired at them, tfiey would be sure to miss their mark.

Whatever tho explanation, a squad of yameni runners drawn up in line present to tbe foreigner a very grotesque and amusing spectacle. Looking at them front or rear they present tho appearance of a row of human targets, with big, white bull's eyes in the center. At tho back the long dangling* cue severs the white disk in half with a blacki streak.

AN ESCORT OF RUNNERS. .^

Tho first time I was favored with an escort of yameni runners was at the city of Ta-ho, a place of some importance in the province*

Besides this elaborate article ho rejoiced''' in the possession of both hat and shoes. As' soon as we got well away from the walls of Ta-ho, however, he pulled off these latter articles, and giving them to his comrade to carry, trotted along behind me in his bare feet—-Golden Days.

"We Point with Pride."

of Kiang-tsi. The mandarin at Ta-ho sent, an escort of two with me to guide me to the, next city, a day's march distant This city was Kin-ngan-foo, and in its narrow,. crowded streets, by hurrying me along the'"' nearest way to tho yamen, or official quarter,,' the two yameni runners rescued me from am infuriated mob, bent on tbe diabolical pur—, V' pose of burning me alive.

As I wheeled slowly through the gate of the high brick wall that surrounded the city'-» of Ta-ho, trotting along ahoad of me was at slim young yameni runner, with a short bam-Mv boo spear. He was bareheaded, barefooted, rand barelegged. In tho poverty of his apparol and the all around contempt of personal appearance and cleanliness ono could, A plainly read the total absence of individually ambition.

In striking CotttffiSt to him mil the dandified individual who brought up the rear," about ten paces behind tho bicycle. He like-*(I, wise was a yameni runner, but of superior*..,, rank. Instead of a bamboo spear with ar rusty head, he carried an oil paper parasol, a bright red articlo, ornamented with bluo characters and gold gilt Chinese ladies— golden lilies with tiny feet

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