Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 6, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 July 1888 — Page 6

WOMAN AND HOME.,

W8ASTR0US RESULTS OVERWORK AND LACK OP #4EP.

BiaU on Jelly Making—Tbe "Ideal" Hnibud—A Can*c of AvkwsrdaM—A father1* Mistake— Hint* Worth Heedtag—Numerous t*fal Xotes and Items.

When tbe day* are long and hot, when the nights are short and a person is not cool enough to sleep until late, there is nrocb danger that the housekeeper will not see to it fV she has enough sleep for tbe keeping up of her strength. It is, of coarse, much the wiser plan to get up early, and do the heavy part of the day's work in the cool time of the morning, even though one be so sleepy it minimi very hard to get to work. However, thk sleepiness soon wears off, and the work goes easily and well at that time of day.

The farmer and his men are at their work nearly us the housekeeper, and so are ready for the early hearty dinner, rhich must be prepared over the hot stove. After the dinner is eaten the men folks always give themselves a half hour or more of rest, but tbe women of the home must, or they think they must, immediately clear the table, and it is seldom much less hot in the dish water than over tbe stove. When the dinner work is done, if no extra housework calls, there is always the mending basket, or if nothing be pressing the average woman begins to sew carpet rags or piece a quilt.

We see much in the papers nowadays about the twit that insanity is very prevalent among women of farmers' homes. This is accounted for in many ways—"overwork," "monotonous existence," and occasionally some wise men say "too little sleep." If women who have to work for farm hands, if •women who carry heavy housework year in and year out, would deliberately make up their minds to take a midday nap, they would flnd in the long run that they could do more and better work, and come out of hard work with bettor nerve, than if they tried to work every minute of the day. The few minutes of daylight sleep wi 1 come back laden with manifold riches of strength. It is useless for a woman to say she cannot aleep in daytime. If any one will lie down quietly and close the eyes one-half hour per day, at the same time every day for two weeks, there will be no trouble about not being able to sleep in daytime. For many people the half hour per day is sufficient rest to help keep good «trength all day. The sleep at night will be all the better for it, because tbe nerves will not be so worn and tired as to make one restless.

No one can make a rule that will apply to every one as to tho proper amount of sleep necessary but one thing is sure—any woman hp.i better err 011 the side of too much sleep ttmn run any risk as to wearing out her nerves, which work on too little sleep is sure to do. Children, too, are sometimes abused by those who love them best by being obliged to get up to breakfast whether their sleep is "out" or not. They will wake up of their own accord when they have slept enough.

We women do too much work in many directions. We sew too much, we (some of us) Bcrub too much, and many a one cleans Tor hard hours at a time & very fetf minutes of care taking would have prevented tho necessity' for the cleaning. If —e would nake a nap in tho midst of tho day, and by forethought save the time from unnecessary work, we might live longer to do work.

One Trail, delicate woman, who has been nblo all her life to keep her home pleasant and her flvo children happy, thinks her success all due to tho fact that she sleeps twenty minutes every afternoon, her nerves are rested, her body and mind refreshed, and her strength renewed, so that she does not become overtired before night. Sho began the habit when she first began to keep house, and learned to always take tho time for it because it was economy in the end.

Wo hear much about woman's rights, but no woman lues all the rights that are accorded her unless she makes of herself physically the strong woman she has a right to be, then increases her mental strength to what it should and can become. When tho majority of women do this there will be no ruestioa as to the status she will havo in the lioiuc, tho neighborhood and the nation.— Mrs. Kedeio in Philadelphia Press.

Hints on Jelly Making.

Failures in jelly making are due to several causes: One, the fruit, which may have been too sweet and not freshly picked, or tho jelly may have been boiled just a little too long. The latter is tho most frequent cause o? failure. Some kind of fruit, and that very fresh and nicely prepared, jellies quickly, jwrhaps after ten minutes' boiling, and if boiled past this point will never again coagulate. Over boiling cause* the juice to lose its property of gelatinising, and produces a mucilaginous or gummy substance.

If ho fruit seems to yield a larger quantity juice than usual, an extra ounce or two of sugar should be used, as tbe given amount will not bo sufficient to absorb the natural •water in the fruit, and the jelly will not be gelatinous, and will remain a syrup, even after long continuous boiling. The second boiling seldom does any good. Tbe only safe way is to begin to try the jelly after five minutes'boiling. Put a teaspoonful into a saucer, place it on the ice for a moment to cool. If a jelly like film forms quickly over tbe top it is almost done five minutes nwro will finish it If this film is quite tough, it In dona.

The cookery of jelly Is difficult, and deserves more attention than it usually receives. The following recipe may be applied to all kinds of fruits:

Select currants that have been freshly picked and are not too ripe. If they are •aady, wash, but do not stem. Mash a small quantity at a time in a stone jar with a wooden potato masher squeew through a coarse bag and then drip again through a flanuel bag, without pressure, that the juice may be perfectly clear. Measure it and turn it into a porcelain lined kettle. Btand over a UHsk fire and boil rapidly for twenty minutes. Put the sugar, allowing one pound to every t' of juice, in earthen dishes, and then in oven to beat, add it to the juice after the twenty tniuu tea' boiling. rtir hastily the wr Isdi lved, not'lowrr. ftrii^.Jg quK*./ to a U..^, try to seen jdlk*. If it does wot, which Is very unusual, boU It ly for a minute or two longer, but be vw vanefal not to over boil. Dip tumblers in hot water, fill them with tbe boiling Jelly, and stand in a cool, ,! |0ace for twwuy-'-r hours. If not

Beiently jellied by 1 time, cover the tumblers with common window glass and Ktaml them in tho sun for a day or two until it tkws Jeily.—Mrs. 8, T. Borer.

The Hnwfeatwls Look For. w«rtwa do differ in regard to the Had «f men they want to marry. Indeed, there seem* l*» wry few who have mxeitdal la yetting the om fancy had painted for them. Xo doubt tlwy all tod their tnirnit made up to marry an ideal, but when their fates came .* ng the Meal was forgott and I* only re-

Ul as an idle tuner. VI some it may toe more scnou*. f%r instance, those who sOatidraed their idkals aud married rales* or

worthless creatures in the guise of. men. These unfortunates often recall the husbands they had in tbe mind's eye, or the worthjyoung men whom they had snubbed becauso they were poor. '*1 am an old maid," writes a correspondent, "or at least I am classed with this set. My years fully justify the younger public in giving me a back seat. "I had an ideal. 80 fully was I impressed with the idea that a tall, dark haired, handsome man would come to me that I would not allow myself to care for any ope of the many gentlemen who were anxious to become my suitors. Well, he came one day, and I was certain that be had been sent by my good angeL I loved bim at sight, and would have married him within a month. It was not long, however, until I found that he drank and gambled and did many other wrong things. Then I gathered all my strength and said no. He promised to reform for my sake, but again I said no. If be would not reform tor his own sake and from principle be would not reform permanently for me. He did these things because it was in him to do them. "I take no stock in these sentimental reformations. They seldom outlast the honeymoon. My ideal was not long in finding another angel, for whose sake he reformed. A year after their marriage she was the most miserable creature I ever knew. He died a gambler and she a sorrow stricken wife and mother. I would say to all young ladies: Have no ideals, but resolve to marry none but honest, industrious, sober, manly men. Study to make yourselves fitting companions for such men, and you will have no trouble in finding such. My ideal man haunts me still: yet when I see one that resembles bim I shudder and shut ray eyes. So great was my surprise, and so bitter my disappointment when my ideal vanished, that I never have bad the heart to think again of marriage."—Cor. Pittsburg Gazette.

A Source of Awkwardness.

I have seen women who would spread a newspaper on the table, place the dishes haphazard, put on the cans of salt and pepper which they used in tbe kitchen, and clap on the loaf of bread, with tbe kitchen knife beside it, for those to help themselves who wished. This, too, in families who made pretentions to education and refinement

The consequence, in such cases, is that the children dislike to mingle with those of their associates wbo are taught more elegant manners and customs, and when obliged to be in their company, or that of tboir elders, tbey are awkward, ill at ease, and altogether unhappy. In a family where neatness and taste are displayed in the ordinary course of everyday life, tbe members are thoroughly at ease in any society. Children who are early taught tbe correct use of knife, fork and spoon, the quietest mode of eating, the constant use of the napkin, and attention to tho minutest details of table etiquette, will become so habituated to these seemingly small things, that when they are called upon to entertain friends at lunch or dinner, they will do so with an easo and grace that will be perfectly natural, and excite the admiration of those whom they are desirous of pleasing. There would then be no necessity for the anxious and oft repeated query: "What shall 1 have for lunch to-morrow when Mr. and Mrs. Blank como home! How shall I set the table to make it look attractive?"—Emma 8. Marshall in Woman.

A Mistaken Father.

Many a father directs all bis affection and anxiety for his children into the ono channel of accumulating wealth, in tbe face of the fact that golden doors do not shut out death and sickness, nor do they shut in cheerfulness and contentment. Poverty is sorrow, but wealth Is not happiness. Moreover, in America fortunes aro made so rapidly and lost so unexpectedly that a man cannot be sure of a competency for even a few years, and none can be confidont of securing wealth to his children throughout the whole of their lives. But it is possible for every man of means to give his children an equivalent of wealth which no change of fortune can affect, and which shall guarantee to girl or boy a certain competency.

To educate a child so that she can, if necessary, bo self supporting, is the plain duty of every parent, rich or poor. A woman who can face tho world and feel herself equal to any fate that may befall her, is richer than if she possess, instead, a fortune in government bonds.—Frances Fisher Wood.

One Woman's Clever Neliemo. Ono New York woman has a clever scheme on which she ought to be able to secure a patent, or at any rate a copyright When sho makes fancy work or other adornment for her home, she makes two of each article. One the puts in her rooms and the other she lays away. "Then," sho snys, "I notico which particular thing each of my friends seems to admire the most, and at Christmas or birthdays or times like that I present the friend with the duplicate of tbe artic'o she has most admired Of course it isn't necessary for me to mention that I bad it made all the time and laid away waiting for some one to give it to, but I never tell any one that I made it especially for her. Almost every one has a different taste, so that it is rare that two persons admire the same thing, and my set of duplicates generally goes around pretty wall among my friends. —New York Sun.

Brief Slek Room Hints.

Don't light a sick room at night by means of a jet of gas burning low. Nothing impoverishes the air sooner. Use sperm candles, or tapers which burn in sperm oil Donl allow offensive matters to remain. In cases of emergency, when these cannot at once be removed, wring a heavy cloth—for instance, like Turkish toweling—out of cold water, use it as a cover, placing over this ordinary paper. Such means prevent the escape of odor and infection. Don't forget to have a few beans of coffee handy, for this serves as a deodoriser, if burnt upon coals or paper. Bits of charcoal placed around are useful in absorbing gases and other impurities.—Her* Id of Health.

For Ctsin Leotalaria*.

CHI of sassafras is a most thorough and pfeasant finisher of the bed bug. Applied twice a month, with a feather or small brush, to tbe crevices of a bed, it will keep them out, erai if the walls are infested. To a traveler it would be a great advantage to take a vial, so as to sprinkle it around over the sheet, that a quiet ml be obtain I, for t^^se, or any other pests, w" not abroach where it is.—Good Houseb ng.

lb Can Hkewgta.

To cure hiccoughs sit errand iaflste tHe lungs fully. Then, retail.n the tar bend forward slowly meets thafcneca. After slowl, i« ng a. nte tbs erect poaitica, slowly ex .Y.e Repeat this pawns* a second time, the wUi be found to bar- ?«*.••»» aa •--.Mot morcf that will «c ..le to farm their natural functions.—Boston

C' Id A «J 1 dr*-r« Si* ns' ©Mr.'- i-_*»bu-~Jlto i~.t in »r, 4 daft and lint will polf aadt l* on: ,.ara**- aai needlessly litter hal.««ty»aai

If your child is ill, look for other canses beforu putting it down to "teething." Frefcfulncss and restlessness may sometimes come front the teeth pressing against swollen gums but this, except in rare cases, does not cause positive sicknesa Carelessness in feeding, and a high degree of temperature, arc the active agents for ill at this time, not tbe iquch maligned littAe teeth. I _____— .«• 01,' 1

Mothers wbo do their own housework need to be very careful of overdoing, of getting overheated, of exposing the arms in winter when hanging out clothes. Never nurse your child when angry or esjxjcially nervous wait until you aro more quiet The crying for food will not do it as much harm as improper food. .. 3'

In a general way it may be said that whatever is fashionable is apt to be becoming or, in other words, what is unfashionable or unusual is odd, and therefore unbecoming. True, the fashions are like the planets in their orbits, mid sweep around to the same positions and appearances at stated seasons.

Cream for coffee maybe manufactured, and the forgery seldom detected, by beating tbe yelk of egg with one tablespoonful of cold water, heating tbe milk and pouring over the egg, stirring constantly, and still stirring when the boiling hot coffee is added.

Sprinkle camomile flowers in tbe beds and the fleas will leave To drive away fleas from dogs and cats, saturate a string with oil of pennyroyal and tie it around them. By repeating this application every twelve or fifteen days tbe fleas will leave.

During the summer months meat is not a necessity, and pork and corned beef should be left severely alone. Many persons eat these meats and drink ice water all day, then wonder "what makes them feel so queer."

To live after a certain style at the cost of expending that which should go for books, music, charities and the means of a generous culture, is to live vulgarly. It is not consonant with self respect it even shows a want of self respect

During the summer months we should not shut ourselves up in our houses "to escape the heat," but walk in the fresh air, except at noon, as much as possible.

See that all food is well cooked eatplenty of ripe fruit, but not to excess, and if you travel or visit where typhoid fever rages, drink coffee or tea only.

Have all tho rooms well ventilated, let in thd pure fresh air every day and you will be troubled no more with morning headaches and lassitude.

A cistern is purified by placing a sack of charcoal into tbe water if the latter gets very low and is no longer wholesome, boil it before using.

Nowhere does slovenliness so quickly tell of itself as in the shabby wrinkles and crumpled folds and drapery of a lady's wardrobe.

Blessed be tho band that prepares a pleasure for a child, for there is no saying when and where it may bloom forth.

It is well to suspend a small bag of sulphur in tho bird cajro to prevent insects from troubling tbe little singer.

Remember that good manners are thoughts filled with kindness and refinement and then translated into behavior.

Ants can be kept out of sugar barrels by drawing a white chalk mark around the top, near tbfe edge.

Do not ask another to do what you would not be glad to do under similar circumstances.

Never urge another to do anytnmg against his desire unless you see danger before him.

To cleanse a soured sponge, use lemon juice and lukewarm water.

Oil of lavender spriukled around a room will rid it of fleas.

Tubs and pails well rubbed with glycerine will not shrink.

Never feed a baby starchy food unless you desire to kill it

Low diet deranges tbe brain and nervous system.

Bernhardt'* Barrel of Oysters. Sarah Bernhardt was made a present of a barrel of Lynn Haven oysters some time ago by a New York man who has business connections at Norfolk. Va. The barrel sent to 8arnh was filled with educated oysters. The oysters were educated in this way: Each oyster was set upon end, in layers, in small tubs. Care was of course taken to pack the oysters with their mouths upward. Several small tubs were filled in this way, at intervals of several hours. They were then transferred to a barrel which bad a movable bead, and before they were placed on board the steamer Ouyandotte they were fed on salt water and oat meal, made of such consistency that it trickled slowly from one layer of oysters to another on its way to the bottom of the barrel.

Orders were given that the oysters should be fed in this way on alternate days until they readied their destination. The man wbo packed them promised that, if his directions were followed, the oysters would be alive and in good condition at tbe end of two weeka Tbe barrel, as it stood on the pier of the Old Dominion Steamship line at Nor* I folk, cost $13. It was brought to New York on the Ouyandotte, was at once transferred to a steamer of the French line, and by ber delivered at Marseilles. Thence it was shipped by rail to Paris, and when this barrel of as fine oysters as were ever produced at Lynn Haven readied its destination, every oyster was large, fat and alive, and as frisky in his subdued way as tbe Bernhardt herself.—-Tbe Argonaut

Tbe "Chambermaid Treatment." The queen of Sweden is undergoing peculiar treatment to restore ber nerves to a rr-mal condign. Her doctors have ordered to rise ear make her own bed and dust and sweep the room. Sbe has to take a walk iirthegarr-: before breakfast, work among tho flower fterwards and lead an active outdoor existence all day Ainady the «n :•.» been aaeflted

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WHAT SHALL WE WEARtj

FASHIONS THAT WILL PREVAIL DURING THE SUMMER SEASON.'-^

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Attractive Dresses for Little Girls' Wear During the Hot Summer Days—A French Frock Described, Also a Pretty English

Children of both sexes are, as a rule, very becomingly dressed nowadays. Not a few of the frocks designed for little girls are decidedly picturesque in effect, such, for instance, a* the ones depicted in the accompanying

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VIO. 1—FRENCH FROCK FOR GIRI.. 07 FOtHL In the first cut is shown a French dress for a little girl of three or four years of age. It is made of cream colored lawn, sprinkled with dots in two shades of pink. The baby bodice is bound with shaded pink silk, to harmonize with the braces, belt, loops and ends, which droop on the short skirt Large Tuscan hat, surrounded with a puffing in pink muslin, and an ostrich feather which droops in front over tbe brim.

Flo. 2—FULL BODICE FROCK.

In the second cut is represented a fall bodice and sleeves in biscuit colored nun's veiling, trimmed with a pointed yoke, composed of tucks and outlined with, lace plaiting. A similar trimming adorns tbe cuffs and collar, as well as the top of tbe skirt, which is finished off with lace flounce. Belt and shoulder knots in blue velvet or moire silk. This dress is suited to little girls from five years to nine years of age.

Bints to Amateur Dressmakers. Draperies become less bouffant and more nearly straight as the season advances. Tho Directoire styles find favor because they are so easily arranged, the wide, soft sash concealing many defects of fitting, and the long full skirt being so generally becoming. Double skirts, as they were formerly called, are again seen, and are merely two straight flounces covering tbe foundation skirt all around these are used for tall figures that need to be shortened "apparently, but the single skirt full and round is much used for thin summer fabrics, especially for wash dresses.

When drapery is considered essential, the amateur dressmaker is reminded that this draping must not be low down on the skirt, as that gives a most dowdy effect While fullness is mostly massed behind, the amateur must not fail to make aprons fuller at the top than U»y formerly were indeed many draperies are not sloped at the top, being made up of straight breadths Jd justed to suit the wearer's figure, with fullness here and scant there, as tbe modiste finds most

Lengthwise tucks are pretty in

the upper part of apron draperies, and shirrings done on cords in two clusters of only three or four cords in each are stylish tor the fullness on each side of the skirt—Harper's Bazar.

Materials Employed tar Underwear. Exclusive, fashionable women use French nainsooks, linen cambric and percales for underwear. There is less of imported cambric used than formerly, owing to tbe superiority of our own domestic cambrics. The Wamsutta, Lonsdale and especially the Berkeley mills all make cambrics which rival the best imported goods, and are-aotd at less than one-half. Modopolaine is a heavy quality of percale which sells at about twenty-five cents per yard, and is especially recommended as durable goods for underwear. Nearly all the shops now keep Hamburgs worked on modopolaine, for use on garments made of this material These embroideml bands are finished without dressing, and are far superior to all Hamburg, even French Hamburg, which has been considered tbe bast of alL Unfcrtunafc' tbey arc sold only in four and a half yard kdgthi in all widths, a length which, does not always cut to advantage. (MSSftif:

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Black Ik and black cotton hosiery are the ngalatS'-T. chow- for summer- A few eeloredsili »are worn with soede slippers fc ressy occsttkca. Blade Moo bm&Bry ist *'cfcotaeforgaural wear, and hi now dyed by ssveral processes which guarantee a fast without U» uss of any unwholesome jredients in tbs coloring

ALL GROUND THE HOUSE.,

New and Pretty Ideas About Framing Minors and Pictures at Home. Painted frames with designs extending over the mirror are less fashionable than formerly, according to Decorator and Furnisher, which gives new and pretty designs as follows:

The foundation should be of somo rather soft, fine grained wood holly is best of all, but cherry, or even bass wood, will answer. The wood should be very smooth and may then be coated with shellac, allowed to dry, sand papered and varnished again. It may then have a coat of spirit varnish, or, if a dark shade is desired, of the finest coach varnish. If not perfectly smooth when dry, saud papa* and varnish again.

Figures are made with fancy brass headed tacks of various sorts. In order to insure regularity the lines where the tacks are to be driven must be marked out with the greatest care. A pleasing variety will be produced by the use of buttons or heads of leather instead of tacks. These coma in all- sixes, shapes and ccdors. A beautiful design can be made byebonizing the wood and using tacks of gold and bronze.

A frame of wood covered with rich black velvet with silver tacks is a recent order by a German family for the portrait of the late emperor.

For Landseer engravings are advised frames of polished chestnut or oak, beaded on the inner side with manilla rope, to which a coat of gilt paint can be given if liked.

For flower pieces in colors, have frames of polished white wood, draped from corner to corner across the top with a scarf of bolting gauze, upon which you can paint or embroider a floral design to correspond in a measure with the picture, securing the scarf at each corner with a bow of ribbon or running it through gilt slides, the ends being fringed or bordered with Oriental or fine torchon lace. Piece lace of delicate character, edged with bordering lace, makes a tasteful drapery for picture frames, with finish of ribbon bows, especially for the docoration of young ladies' bedrooms.

Two Good Creams.

Most people like well made creams of any kind, but ofteu they leave much to be desired, being concocted of milk and a little flavoring. If cream alone is used they are delicious.

Strawberry cream is very easy to make. Pass about half a pot of strawberry jam or one pound of fresh strawberries through a sieve, whip up a pint of cream, add the strawberry juice, sweeten if necessary, dissolve one-half ounce of isinglass in a little milk, mix with it, stir well together, turn into a mold and lot it set In warm weather it will require ice.

Rice cream is particularly good. Boil a tablespoonful of rice in rather more than a half pint of milk until quite soft, turn it into a mortar and pound it so that uo whole grains are visible put it in a basin, whip half a pint of cream, sweeten and flavor with vanilla, add one-quarter of an ounce of isinglass dissolved in a teacup of milk, beat up with the rice and pour into a mold. Some whipped cream, slightly colored with cochineal and placed in tiny heaps round it when turned out of the mold, makes a pretty dish.

Succotash.

To make succotash in perfection requires tender corn, says a Yankee housewife but if not quite as tender as you would like, do not cut too close to tbo cob. Use a sharp knife. Lima beans should be used if possible, though sometimes string beans are used for the purpose. When this is tbe case string them and cut in small pieces. When Lima beans are used they should bo boilod some time first, as they require longer time to rook than corn. Boil till both aro quite tender, then cover closely and add a piece of butter, a teaspoouful of salt and some pepper. If cream is plenty a half pint added the last thing will improve it The quantity of corn should be twice that of beans.

The Carpet Beetle.

Or ordinary ways to kill the carpet beetle, imuing wet cloths over the affected part has i: ot with much favor among practical housewives. Place two or tbreo thicknesses of common toweling, wrung out of water just so it will not drip, on tho carpet and iron till dry. The iron must be very hot, as the object is to make steam enough to thoroughly penetrate the carpet and kill the moths. Woolen garments not in use aro best protected by tying up in paper bags or putting away in perfectly dose boxes. Every crevice, even that where the cover meets the box, must be pasted over with paper, as these small insects will enter the tiniest cracks.

Piano Back Decoration.

A handsome drapery or ornamented back is now quite tho thing for the piano, as this article is 110 longer nocessarily placed rigidly against the wall or across a corner, but may be set out in the room in such position as suits the owner's fancy or convenience. The drapery conceals the plain wood and adds to the elegant decoration of a room.

PIAXO BACK.

The looped up drapery represented in tbe cut is in art serge, Roman sheeting or plush, lined with twill silk in a contrasting color, and edged with a fluffy ball fringe, in either chenille or floss silk, recalling the two tints of the draiwry, and matching the thick cord. Panel slightly draped in bright colored sheeting or velvet adorned with wreath of applique embroidery, or lustra painting.

Trade Recipe for a Silver Cleaner. The following "silver cleaner" is said to be according to tbe formula of one of the beet silver manufacturing companies of the country: Dissolve one pound of Spanish whiting in water and let it settle then pour off the top so tbe grit will be freed. Let tho residoe settle «gai« and pour off the top, thus obtaining the pure whiting add one ounce of benut ed in as little water as necessary: a*ki isue-h&lf pint spirits of camphor and one pint aqua ammonia: put in a bottle and cork tightly. *r-

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To mention thr word larding is to con* cert *^3 average cwek. and its presence in a red, kills that recipe for most housewives. NewsTtr.-: landing greatly impro-.«tur-key*, dt sent, cutlets, birds, etc. Cut very firm ba fat with a sharp knife into strips of equal »?. Pot one end into the larding n**fle and draw through th- -".• and a little of the m«tt or fowl of the -r^ tn be larded, tbo of pi.rk in tb with the two expi--,- end* of equal length. v-

PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.

Why Some People Get XJttle Benefit flroa Summer Ontlng or Change of Air. Dr. A. J. Crespi, of England, gives some valuable advice to both physicians and patients about the profit to be got out of a change of air. To the latter he says that in order to be benefited one must not put one's worries in DUO'S handbag and carry them about Many persons who are "ordered" to the seashore or mountains go there grumbling under protest, and spend the precious days of would be recuperation in longing to get back to the duties that haunt them. This sort of a "change" is a mere farce, but often it is the only kind that is obtainable. People are too poor t» count the outing as a pleasure: it is an expense over which they fret till the last vestige of benefit is worn away. On this account, the physician must beware of flippant advice to try the seashore and mountains, when such a change may involve expenses which are hard to bear, and may lead only to heavier burdens thereafter. Unfortunately, the people who are overworked —the middle dasses—who, with the tastes and aspirations of tbe rich, have only very limited means at command, arfc the very ones who most need the change, and get it with the greatest difficulty. Before prescribing a change of air, it is well to estimate the labor involved in getting it—as to whether the effect of the tremendous effort necessary may not outweigh the results of the change.

In ordering change ofair, it is wise not tc promise too much. Do not pack people off to some distant dime, as some physicians do, because they do not know what to do with them. Ono ought to consider well before advising climatic changes in tho cose of a person presumably incurable. The excitement of a journey often hastens death in persona who are very low and, if death ensues, it is very sad and inconvenient to the friends, and very prejudicial to the physician's fame. At best a change of air ought only to be suggested coercion does no good.

Contagiousness of Consumption. It is now generally accepted that pulmonary consumption is a contagious disease, that it can be communicated from man to man,, and, according to Journal of Health, thia theory is to a very great extent displacing that of inheritance, or, at least, it is believed by many that the latter plays a much less important part than is generally supposed. Its supporters consider that children of consumptives, instead of being at birth tainted with the disease of their parents, acquire it while in immediate contact with them, in attendance during their illness, etc. Thus, if a child has a consumptive mother or father, the germs of that disease are communicated to it in the breath or from the matters coughed up and, consonant with this theory, unless the child of such parentsbe exposed to such poisonous influence, it is scarcely more likely to fall a victim to consumption than it would were it born of comparatively healthy parents. Years of patient investigation will, of course, be needed toperfect this theory, which certainly has now no inconsiderable support

Vanilla Poisoning.

It is asserted that poisoning by vanilla icecream lias been frequently reported in Europe, where vanilla is recognized as a dangerous toxic agent, its peculiar effect being known scientifically as vanillism. It is explained that in preparing tho vanilla beans for the market they are classified according to their sizo and quality, the latter depending upon an abundance of a substance which exudes from the pod and crystallizes upon the surface in the shape of white, frost liko needles. In order to secure these needles* the pods are covered with a protective coating of the oil of cashaw nut This oil is roost powerful irritant., simple contact with tbe skin causing vesicular erysipelatous and other cutaneous eruptions, and this, it ia thought, is tho cause of the poisoning that results from eating ice cream.

Useful Suggentlons.

Dr. Bernbeck recomirends tho application ot flexible collodion containing thirty-flv# grains to the fluid ounce of salicylic acid, for tbe cure of insect stings.

A foreign physician suggests that excursionists should substitute for the blue veil, usually worn as a protection from tbe sun, a red one. since blue affords the very least protection against the chemical rays of the sun.

To make a mustard plaster that will remain flexible and not dry out, molasses is used for mixing, Instead of water spread a fine cloth over the plaster, so that it may heal without blistering.

Tlicy Alt Got Married.

By one of those unexpected turns of fortune which occur in Albany as often as anywhere, a man who but half a dor-en years ago was a hod carrier lias becomo comparatively wealthy. This change of financial circumstances has had the usual effect upon the cx-hod carrier's wife, who enjoys decorating her adipose form with what she supposes to bo the latest styles. She has also, notwithstanding an titter disability to read, affected a flue literary taste, which she ostentatiously announces whenever possible. Calling upon a lady whom she has been trying to make herself acquainted with, she picked up a book from the table, and, innocent of any knowledge that It was a copy of the Bible, asked tho loan of it for a little time, a» "she had not the book in her library." The lady readily consented. After keeping It about a fortnight her visitor returned the volume with profuse thanks. ••How did you like it?" was asked. "Verywell. indeed but I knew how it would turn out before I was half through. Tbey got married after all."—-Albany JournaL

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