Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 13, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 15 September 1888 — Page 6

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WOMAN AND IIOME.

THE KITCHEN, ITS ARRANGEMENT, FURNITURE AND CONVENIENCES.

Danger of Dtaeatm from an CodctU Cellar. Elevation of Domestic Srvfco—Value of Health TFomao'i Plmncw Athletic

Girl*—Courte*Je»—Household Hint*. The kitchen Is usually the part of the boose that is most frequented by the majority of housewives: consequently, this room, cf all others, should be the Reason test. If the room Is well lighted dark shades on the windows would not be oat of place, bat if it Is inclined to be dark at all, as Is generally the case in the city, dark colored curtain? ought not be thought of. To be sure, whit® curtains are not advisable for this room, for with the steam and dust they would be in a abort time unfit to see, but there are many pretty light shades of curtains that will answer this purpose excellently. Alight slate makoe a very pretty shade for the kitchen windows, but the buff holland is as pretty «nH as serviceable as most women could wish. There are so many shades of these goods, and none so very dark, that almost any may be used for the kitchen with good effect. If the kitchen is a sunny room, which, if possible, it ought to be, dark shades are not economical, as they fade so easily that if in a strong sun for any length of time they present a very unsightly appearanceBuff shades also fade when exposed to the sun, yet the contrast is not as great as though tbey were dark, for in some of the buff abodes the difference in color, when faded, can only be seen on close inspection.

Light colored furniture is much to be preferred to dark in the kitchen. There is nothing can take the place of the white wood table for cooking purposes, and it requires only a little care to keep it looking nice. Washing the top with ammonia water each day, using some good soap once a week, will keep It as whito and clean as any one could desire. A kitchen table should have one drawer, at the least, and one leaf. The drawer Is generally used to hold many of the smaller cooking implements, such as knives, forks, spoons, etc. It is not a good plan to koep sharp knives in this drawer among the other things, as when the housewife is in a hurry she is in danger of hurting herself by carelessly grasping knives of this kind when they ore put in with other articles. If there are children in the family, this drawer shoQld contain neither knives, forks, or, in fact, any sharp article but tbeso should bo placed out of reach of the impatient little fingers.

This drawer is nice to keep clean dish towels, kitchen hand towels, work aprons, and many other things that will bo convenient for the housewife to have when wanted. If there are two drawers in a table one will be found to l«J of great service as a catch-all. In this can be put those numerous articles for which there seems to be no place, such as bits of string, wrapping paper, paper bags and many other articles that seem of no importance, but are sadly missed when wanted. If there is no second drawer a box or bag should be provided for the purpose, and it will be l^und one of the most convenient articles the room.

When a housewife is cramped for closet room, a small wooden box will be found excellent to hold rubbers, slippers, etc. Get an empty soap box, line with stout wrapping

'•PaPer» *nc* cover the outside in some pretty figured cretonne. Fasten tne top of the box

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Varnished light wood chairs should be wiped over once a week with weak ammonia water, and they may be kept looking nice for along time. It is a mistake to use soap on this kind of furniture, for it will certainly remove the varnish in a very short time. Too much ammonia will remove the gloss, therefore a teaspoonful to one-half pail of water is usually sufficient. Keep needles, thread,

ins and sharp scissors in some part of tho and it will save some stepa. Have two or three small knives for paring vegetable*, apples, etc., and tbey will bo found much easier to use than tho medium also, and do tho work better.—Boston Budget,

Dtphthorlu from an Unclean Cellar. "1 could uot understand why that entire family of seven children should be stricken with putrid diphtheria till I had occasion to go into thc.r collar," a friend said who had been summoned to help care for tho sick and dying children of a neighbor. •'Wo always thv.^ht the Wrights, with their trim, whitew. .«*l fences and outbuildings, their neatly kept dooryard and garden, the evident constant warfare against filth ami slatternliness in any form, the most intelligent and cleanly of families in oar community, ami I wondered what 'ble breeding placo for malignant diphLLuria could lark about that home, till I went into the cellar. When I opened the stairway door a horrible stench of decaying vegetables and tainted brino rushed up from tho unventilated, loathsome pit below, that they call cellar. The air was so heavy with mold and stagnant iminorities that the flame of the candle I carried flickered and lappetkover, as though a weight had been laid on it "Hardly"had I stepped from the bottom •tair, before my feet struck a slippery, slimy chute of rotten pr.' *kin, and 1 went down into the dreadful ti that sent out its pestilential whiff* from the very depths of its putri .' The candle still ba i,and after rising from this untxr ted tobogganing across the cellar bottom, 1 held the sickly flame high and low, scanning well that breeding nest of diphtberi. and other fearful germs, before cutting tho slices of Baited pork, for which I had been sent to bind upon the poo litUo, ewoli«vchoked throats upstairs. "Walls, green with mold and fund de*v and lying vegetables everywhere a ~th of re 1 oppke ootiivzjtbcir pungent Juices from the bloated tfavce of a doeen barrels a great bin of teama, tv^ thawed, potatoes, that to stir meant do* patent of gas, powerful enough to run an electric plant if odor Is pc r. r-J1- the a of pumpkins wet in iaa m, jw decaying bloat months before—had hoisted»»1 rolled apt:* the mushing, sliding spheres

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path way and making the slippery chute that ted unbalanced andr rfn*! in every ecr~Tr putrefying steels of taam^ and cabta sending out their penetrating, loathsome breaths. "Tho cellar woa as dark as a coal t**, tha Uttle throc-pono light under tho dk 4 room window, beiog buried unctar the winter hankie- 'hat law May still foe-r* uncovered. Tbe

a*! stagnant air. with dreadful odors and disease germ*, had no oath* of es the rr^ar aoir f^-iWifly Sh,.\*g ypos* (yawl •earn of the heavy timbered 4 into the bring and skewing room* awrmed, and by op the stairway whenever U»s

opening cellar door stirred a current upward." And still those parents wondered why their •even young children, whom tbey thought to cherish and protect from every harm, should be stricken with diphtheria, and called it one of the most mysterious of God's providences when they were called to lay two of their darlings under the sod.—Clarissa Potter in The Housewife.

Elevation of Domestic BerriceT It is a serious question with one forced to chooae between two necessary evils, as to which evil (all things considered) is the lesser —viz., the rendition of the kitchen drudge or that of :o city factory band. Undoubtedly the hired girl gets more food, better clothes, and healthier lodgings than the factory girl, but for such advantages she has to sacrifice her own home and her own independence, to put up oftentimes with the caprice of a sickly, petulant mistress, the demands of an overworked master, and the whims of ill bred children. And it is still an open question whether many men, if brought to choose between these two means of subsistence, would not select the life of the "city slave girl," with all its terrible

odds, in prefer

ence to that of the average pride of the kitchen. The very fact that the factory is overcrowded—which is the chief cause for universal starvation wages rather than the avarice of any particular firm—while the kitchen remains understocked is evidence that to many minds the life of the "city slave girl" is not the most unbearable.

Elevate domestic service from the level of mere drudgery to the proud and independent position of "skilled labor." The public demands it and will cheerfully pay for it. There is scarcely a family today which is paying, say, S3 per week for the presence in the kitchen of a mere slouch but which would willingly increase thoee wages $1 per week for the services of competent help. The saving in destruction of property and in the supply for the table would of themselves more than warrant the increased wage outlay. Our American tables are loaded with innumerable dishes to stimulate a waning appetite simply because no one dish is properly cooked. We are surfeiting ourselves with warmed up trash.

In a land where there's no end to variety in garden stuff, where a dish of cauliflower, of peas, or other vegetable (if scientifically cooked, as by the French), with good bread and butter and some refreshing drink, would suffice for a meal, it is intolerable that wo should be made dyspeptics and that the lives of our mothers and wives should be made miserable simply because we don't know how to live, or, knowing how, find it impossible to live as we would. If the average American wife were a lioness she could fill the bill for, generally speaking, she is an excellent housekeeper. But knowing just how things should be done, and lacking the physical strength to properly do them, is a combination Which is incessantly racking her body, mind and soul. This much for a present great public demand—to wit, the speedy evolution of the conventional hired girl into a reliable and competent housekeeper.—Chicago Times.

Health Ae an Inheritance.

Yes, wo all value health, and yet how We waste it! There is no way in which we do not disregard the rules that compass it. We read, for example, in the dark, and in bed, and in the cars, instead of waiting for light and quiet we sit all day at work when we should vary the day with exercise wo eat in a hurry, as if we feared each morsel was to be snatched from us, when we should eat slowly and invoke the powers of digestion we steal from slejn*the hours that belong to that benifpivmrCorer of tired nature we delight ur 'gustatoqr nerves over banquets which millstones could not grind to digestion, and we drink draughts which inflame the stomach and set tho brain on fire, and bring the body to naught And when all is done we go about, if we are still ablo to go about, complaining that there is no health in us, and we blame fate and tfee divine laws when we have ourselves to blame and our ancestors.

But the worst thing of all that we do is so to beggar our own stock and amount of health that we have none to give to our children, and we let them come into the world with impaired physical systems to begin with, and often let them run for luck in the care of those systems afterward. If we have no senso of the attention we should give our own health, if we neglect and injure our own bodies—those temples of the spirit that deserve religious care—wc have no right to take liberties With the bodies of others but the moment that the health of the children intrusted to our care is injured, either by neglect or by wrong indulgence or by want of wisdom, we are culpable for we not only rob those children of a birthright, but we rob also the whole race of which they and their descendants area part of that which is their portion, and which they have aright to expect, since health, in any normal state of society, should be as much tho inheritance of a child as its mother's life blood or ita father's name.—Harper's Bazar.

Woman and tier Ftoaaecs.

"Wo occasionally take the biggest kind of risks in the matrimonial market," said I "but I will confess that when it comes to •wheat markets we area little cautious, and it is well that wo are, for it is a thousand times worse for a woman to be beggarod than it is for a man to kso his fortune." "How do you make that out!" "Because," I answered, "a man Is like a cat that always falls upon its feet, and a woman is like a hydrocephalous infant—cure to tumble on its head. A man can, in ways peculiar to himself, get back his money by merely snapping his fingers in tho air. Ho can get a loan an hour after his bubble has burst that will fill up his basin with fresh sods, and alight whiff on tho samo old pipe will fill the air with larger and brighter globes of iridescent light than any that went before. But a woman can* raise a loan without sho mortgages her immortal soul to do it Ton needn't look shocked, I mean just what I say. A tan gets her money as Bbrry pickers get their fruit, by steady attention to work and no fooling. There is a vast difference between blowing bubbles and picking blackberries, let roe tell you, and a tipped over pail of fruit just on the edge of sundown doesn't stand for greater discouragement than doee the upsetting of a woman's patient and toilsome schemes for getting top t'rcii gh money to keep ber out of theOki Lau Home or tho poor boose w..' ber strength tad ber youth bav* vanished her ataC.tv to refill an omtanwd basket after suuuown is quite hopeless.^— "Ambler" in Chicago Journal.

Chall Babe Deteese Q««el«r Agree* *aol is being said just at present about atfeniaidens. Too may call them girl gladiators, if choose, or gladiatorial gH* It is ptr*U»ili to can a girl aaytt tbat is a flf she is anfce girl) exor ag *wwi girl graduate." That has

HirrlTit aboc? ten times too Having b» a hopsahoM word, it ft aft be and not dragged into print Vm may cm! a girt who practtaes ootdoor sports an Amaamian, If you prefix

It would be proper to say of ber be was *Mlvinelv tall and most divinely tf that uppesHe were sod

TERKE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MA Hi.

ban as having been used rather too formidably mnch. We believe in girls being athletic to a certain extent But as a rule, a girl who does all ber duty at home will have had enough exercise in making bed* 'and sweeping carpets, without swinging Indian dubs {mtting up dumb bells. Chores promote the charm of chubbinen, but we do not believe in Hebe's becoming Hercules. No woman is altogether esteemed whose muscles are so big that ber hnsband has to be afraid of ber. Enthusiastic soldiers may shout, "We will die for our king, Maria Theresa," but they prefer remembering, after all, that their king is a queen.—New York Journal*'

Women Who Enjoy Housework. Women generally enjoy housework it is "bred in the bono" with most of us, and it is only the protests and complaints of married women who have to beg for every cent they spend that make the rest of us look askance at it Once married even the most enthusiastic practitioner takes np household duties as naturally as a duck swims. I know one lady physician who made a bargain with her intended hnsband that she should not have any of the responsibilities of housekeeping. They would not board, but they secured a well trained servant and determined to trust everything to her. But—don't laugh—the lady broke the agreement herself. Mr. never blamed her for any hitch in the domestic machinery, but a dusty table or an overdone steak seamed to her to be living reproaches to ber management or lack of management

she now spends her vital force

lavishly in trying to do her duty in two exacting professions—and housekeeping, let me tell you, is not the least exacting of the two. 8he seems to enjoy it all, though—thinks she is getting the cream of life.—"W. H. W." in Detroit Freo Press.

The Small Courtesies of Life. The whole world is like the miller at Mansfield, "who cared for nobody—no, not he— because nobody cared for iiim.M And the whole world will serve you so, if you give them the same cause. Let every one, therefore, see that you do care for them, by showing them what Sterne so happily calls "the small, sweet courtesies of life," those courtesies in which there is no parade, whose voice is too still to tease, and which manifest themselves by tender and affectionate looks, and littlo kind acts of attention—giving others the preference in every little enjoyment at the table, in the field, walking, sitting or standing. This is the spirit that gives to your time of life, and to your sex, their sweetest charms. It constitutes the sum total of all the witchcraft of women.—"Advice to Girls."

The Crase of "Smocking."

Tho newest industrial "craze" is "smocking." Now "smocking" is a revival. Tears ago our grandmothers "smocked" or "honeycombed" their best bedspreads and towels. Now it is being used considerably for trimming dresses. It is very ornamental. The pattern is usually a diamond shaped design, and it is said, the knack once acquired, the work is easy and rapid. Curious it i3 how fashions reassert themselves in all branches. Tako a group of ladies chatting over their morning fancy work. The needle of one speeds over a band of smocking work another clicks a bewildering number of long steel needles, rounding the toe of a silk stocking, and another crochets a quaint coin purse, as did the dames a century ago.—Table just ai Talk..

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Training the Kara.

Erect ears, like pitcher handles, maybe taught better manners by banding the hail over the upper part and wearing a night cap to sleep in. Sometimes a band is worn day and night--arolMd the and ears for weeks to press the latter into place. The cartilage of the ear is susceptible of much training, and advantage is taken of this to mold the broad rim over a shell of metal covered with wax. The flap of the ear is shut between two such close fitting molds and held by a bandage around the head, the result being a curled shape, which much improves it Doctors profess to pare an offending ear into good shape, but the idea Is too much for common nerves.— Shirley Dare's Letter. yr 'f-

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The following is recommended as a cure for neural gio headache: Squeeze the juice of a lemon into a small cup of strong coffee. This will usually afford Immediate relief in neuralgic headache. Tea ordinarily increases neuralgic pain, and ought not to bo used by persons affected with it

The old fashioned theory still prevails that even brio-a-brac adds to tho apparent warmth of a room, and careful housewives store their wealth of china away on darkened shelves to reproduce it and renew their delight in its possession whera once the cool weather returns.

To cleanse porcelain saucepans fill them hntf full of hot water and put in tho water a tablespoonful of powdered borax and let it boiL If this does not remove all the stains scour well with a cloth rubbed with soap and borax.

For chapped lips use beeswax dissolved in a small quantity of sweet oil, by beating carefully. Apply the salvo two or three times a day, and avoid wetting the lips as much as possible.

To clean pie plates that have long been used for baking put them in a large kettle of cold water and throw on them a few hot ashes or cinders, and let them boil for an hour.

To revive aid silk: When silk has lost its gloss and becomes limpsy it may be restored by sponging with a solution of half aa ounce of gum tragacanth in a pint of hot water.

To protect children^ clothing from fire add one ounce of alum to the last water used in rinsing ctothea This renders them nninflammabia.

To tako ink oat of linen, dip the ink spot in pure melted tallow then wash out the tallow, and the Ink will como out with it This is unfailing.

Yoa can make cloth waterproof by varnishing it with linseed oil, coating with aoio* tfcm of robber in naphtha,

A true test of eggs is to drop them is water, and if tho large sod comes up tbey are notfrsrik _______

In warm weather put your egge In eold water some timo before yon are ready torn V-

If dlotlMB "are absolutely dry before they aro folded and laid away they will not mildew.

In n—tlnn meats do not salt before patting Into the oren, as salt extracts tha jotae.

Blood stains from fur can be removed by rubbing w«U wish dry plaster at perit.

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WHAT SHALL WE WEAR!

FASHIONS IN DRESS THAT HAVE FOUND FAVOR.

Toilettes Worn by Fashionable Hostessee and Their Fair Gaesta at Daaoee, Coocerts, Soirees and Other Popular Entertainments, '"I ~*v

The amount of ingenuity expended by on novelties in soiree toilettes is rivaled only by fashionable hostesses in search of novel entertainments at which to wear these same toilettes. In illustration of the latter may be mentioned a floral entertainment given recently to fifty guests, who dined at five tables beautifully decorated with flowers. Every guest was presented with a card on entering, specifying the table, with a posy of tbe flowers ornamenting it, so that that there was no confusion. At qhk» or two evening fetes the ladies'dresses, the style of furniture and gardens were patterned after the modes of the last century, at others the guests were dressed a la Watteau and Boucher even the wax candles in tbe various chandeliers showed a variety of color to harmonize with the remainder of tbe decorations.

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Anew way of wearing real flowers, which has a good effect, is to arrange taem in a long, graduated trail from throat to waist, and fix them to one side of a bodice, which has a full vest and trimming down the opposite side. This is a popular style at weddings (the bride and bridesmaids sometimes wearing them), and nt full dress entertainments by night and day. The fullest part is near the throat, and it tapers very much. Another way Is to attach a spray at the left side of the waist, just out of reach of the arm.

Numbered witfl striking toilettes suited (for evening or concerts is the one shown in the cut

The Princebs dress Is in stripedsllk in two shades of pink, and is bordered with a pinked out ruche of plain silk. The tunic, which Is draped en peplum from the left shoulder, is in black net spotted in gold. The oval shaped top has a narrow pinked out ruche to match the frilling round the edge of the skirt Tight sleeves to the elbow.

Many young girls are wearing light costumes made with large pleats and wide lashes, either moire, satin, faya. ir Surah, but no drapery or tournure. Tb« front and back of the bodice made with three or four pleats crossing over en cosur, and fastened in at the waistband or sash the sleeves flat and plain at the bottom, gathered or puffed out at the top, but not exaggerated.

Briar and Thorn Bonnets.

A novelty abroad oonsists of briar and thorn bats and bonnets, that simulate thorny brambles bearing clusters of blackberries, or rose at*™ bristling with thorns, so true to nature that one hesitates to handle them. The very' latest of these unique bonnets have real roseg and leaves, freshly culled and sprinkled with water, fixed in by large pins, just before wearing—the delusion of the whole thing being complete. A few of these semi-transparent hats have broad brims in front, round the right side and at the back, but cut away on the left side, the place being taken by a wreath of flowers or leaves.

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at the right side, but it Is bent up to the crown at the back In three places, each aperture having a flower put in corresponding with thoee at the side.

Visiting Costume.

Tho illustration given here shows a very pretty visiting costume, which lnoludes a stylish visite jacket with hat toeorregpond. The visite jacket tarns back in front, with revers terminating in a and is waistcoat in cream and gold cord. Tbe hat Is trimmed with loops of cream and gold ribbon and a quill feather. Tbe whole forms a very attractive garment, and will undoubtedly become very popular among tbe ladies during the iresent autumn. is tasteful and quiet, and will certainly add to tbe charms of the fair wearers who adopt it

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"The Dally Sponge Batik.

Many people miss a great sonrca of enjoyment and health In not taking a eponge bath daily in warm weather. For persons hi vigorous bqpith the proper time is immediately oei rising in the morning, bcMor weak and the aged the middle of tho foreis better. Only the very robust are by oold For most, cool, tepid or slightly warm water is better. Altar a day of beat and dart, and especially Iwrd work, rtswilhw— is Moored and reCrashing sleep promoted by a warm bath at bedtime,

Memory of events ie shown by a wide, £o& forehead in the

ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.

A Number of Pretty Idea* In Decorative Matters—Tested Recipe*. A rustic flower receptacle for tbe center of tbe table is very effective when covered with gold paper or silver foil (tho former put on with gum or glue) puckered on and veiled with maiden hair or creepers, with flowers above.

Cretonne table covers are popular, edged with a frill of the materiaL Several in a room may be quite different, and large pattarns, such as crimson, pink and tea roees together, big, deep red poppies, etc., are used. In a bedroom the little table covers are usually of the same material as the bed and toilet drapery.

One of the newest of pin cushions is made in the form of a long bolster to be hung against the wall with ribbons. A bottle shaped cushion is new. Small baskets are stuffed and fitted up for cushions. For tbe bedroom the favorite style is a square and low cushion, covered with fine embroidery and edged with a fulling of silk, with lace over it i-ki V.

In the decoration of walls very striking effects are obtained with lincrusta. It is not generally known that a moderate degree of heat renders this material pliable and easy to work. After beating it by a stove the designs may bo readily cut out with a penknife and ussxl for relief decoration. Charming effects me obtained by cutting out sprays of flowers™ ines, arabesques, geometrical patterns or whatever pleases most, and arranging them to suit the fancy on the wall or surface to be ornamented. To a plastered wall they are attached with paste. On wood small tacks may be used. These lincrusta designs come in various pretty colors, and, if liked, they can be painted over in any of the metallic .oolors—gold, bronze, silver,, copper, eta

To Keep Milk and Cream Sweet. According to an Euglish recipe when it is difficult iu hot weoi 'ier to keep milk from souring and spoiling the cream, it may be preserved perfectly sweet by scalding the new mlik very gently, without boiling. Cream already skimmed may bo kept twentyfour hours if scalded without sugar, and, by adding to it as much powdered lump sugar as will make it pretty sweet, will bo good for two days If kept in a cool place. Syrup of Cream may be preserved as above in the proportion of onoand a quarter pounds of sugar to a pint of perfectly fresh cream keep it in a cool place for two or three hours, then put it into one ouuco or two ounce bottles, and cork it dose. It will keep good for several weeks, and will be found very useful in traveling, etc.

Peaeh Cobbler.

Take one quart of flour, four tablespoonfuls of lard or butter, one half teaspoonful of salt, mix with sweet ai'.lk or water, as for biscuit roll thin and line a pudding dish. Mix three tablespoonfuls of flour with two of sugar and spriilkle over tho crust then put in layers three pints of peaches, sliced thin, and now and then a slice of crust. Sprinkle over them one coffee cup of sugar and wet the edges with a littlo flour and water mixed. Put on an upper crust., press the edges together and make two small openings in the top Bake half an hour inva quick oven and serve with cream.

A Beautiful Work Basket.

Though an article of household necessity, a work basket need not bear the stamp of utility alone. Work baskets are gotten up so handsomely and in such a variety of attractive styles that many of them are quite as decorative as they are useful To this clan belongs tbe pretty standing basket represented in the cut

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The framework is of bamboo, and tha gathered bag is of satin of either light or dark shade. Lace edges both top and bottom of the bag, as well as tbe lower portion of tha frame. The bows are of satin ribbon, and a large spray of artificial flowers at one corner furnishes further decoration. The whole makes a very light, dainty and convenient affair.

A profuse trimming of pieot ribbons on rush, bamboo or wicker is a feature of many baskets.

Patting Up Pears, Etc.

In putting up pears, quinces, citrons, cherries, eta, many housekeepers prefer to boil them until tender, as tbey will harden if put directly into a very rich syrup. When tender the fruit should be carefully transferred to a platter, and tbe water or syrup it was boiled in used, with the remainder of the Pigar and enough more water to maintain tbe proper proportion, to make tbe richer syrup When the syrup Is quite clear the fruit can be added and boiled slowly a shorter or longer time, according to the variety.

A Good Way to Cook Onions. Lovers of onions will find that by boiling them in two waters and draining them much of the objectionable odor will be removed add a little milk to tbe second water. Then put them In a stewpan and simmer for a few minutes in a sauce made as follows: Put batter the size of an egg Into a saucepan, and when it bubbles stir in scant half teacupful of flour and stir well till cooked add two teacupfuls of thin cream, some salt and pepper, W stir over the fire till smooth.

One Thing and Another.

A lemon cat in half and rubbed over tbe kitchen table will remove tbe grease. Cse only tbe best cider vinegar In making pickles, and beat them in a porcelain kettle.

Frozen lemonade: To 00a quart of rich add the whites of six eggs beaten stiff mix well and freesa

When gilt frames tho gilt will sometimes come off with fly specks. Tbe spots should bo touched with a little gold paint applied with a soft camel's hairbrush.

A bandy (traitors polish, highly praiesd By a 1 lekeeper, is a mixture of oUve cfl one part and vinegar two parte. Apply it to the furniture with a canton flannel cloth. Bab dry with another doth of the same materiaL

Scientific authority claims that It is a mJetake to clean brass with add, as ttaoonb** uomss doll after socfa treatment Sweei oil and putty powder, followed by aoap and water, to recommended as one of tbe tart of ooppM

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HOW SODA IS MADE.

NEARLY ALL OUR SUPPLY OBTAIF INDIRECTLY FROM SALT.

A Description of the Methods Emploj at the Pnrnaoe—Abating a Nnlsanc Profit In a Waste Product—Wa»hi

Soda—The Common Bicarbonate.

Strange as it may seem, abo»t-all of oul washing and baking soda is obtained indil roctly from our common tablo salt NotJ withstanding the fact that large quantitie:] of these compounds occur in many yarts the earth, it has been found more profitabil and more desirable to manufacture theini even ^though the process is along and com] plicated one, rather than to merely mine out: purify the materials. Among the morei portant localities where they are found nath I may be mentioned the soda lakes of Egy] I and Central Africa, the borders of the Cal pian and Black seas, in California, Mexic( and many parts of South America. Tt crude soda coming from tbe different plact^ goes under various names. aaTro Na, Natron Urao, &a

Another source of supply is the ashes of] R?a weeds and of plants growing on the coast.. The sea weeds aro collected by the inhabi-l tants, dried, burned and tha ashes treated] with water, lixiviated, as is technically^ termed. Tho water is then boiled down I concentrated, wuen the soda crystallizes out! Though the yield of sqda from a given quan^ tity of sea weed is very small, it. being said] that it takes twenty-four tons of dried weeds to make 50 to 100 pounds of soda, still the area groat many people engaged in tho busd ness at one time over 20,000 people ir| the Orkney islands alone followed it] for a livelihood. Of coarse, there are] a few other substances obtained, at the samel time which somewhat increase the income, but the soda is the main one. Tho soda from this source also has several names, among tho more common of which aro Barilla, SaH sola Soda and Varec.

In a specially constructed furnace wellj warmed oil of vitriol or sulphuric acid is! added in certain proportionate heated com-! mon salt. A violent action takes place ai&J immense quantities of an exceedingly suffc eating gas are given off! When tho reactionl has ceased tbe mixture is shoveled or rakod] into another part of the furnace, where it is heated to a much higher temperature. More of tho same gas is now given off and th»^ substance formed on tho mixing of the acid

and salt, chemically known as bisulphato of soda, is converted into the normal sulphat* of soda, or, as it is commonly called, Glau ber's salts. This is tho "salt cake" of tho fac tory bands. For a long time the gas giver off was a sourco of great trouble. It is very soluble in water forming murinbio acid, anil it is from this source that we obtain tho acid found in commerce. Now, at first tho gai was allowed to escape directly into tho atmosphere from the factory chimneys and unitin,. with tho watery vapor fell as a rain of muriatic acid, killing all vegetation within along distance, and even the fish in the neighboring streams. Thus many fertile parts of the country were converted into barren wastes.

This continued until a law was passed compelling the manufacturers to abate the nuisance, which was accomplished by passing the gas through "scrubbers." These are high towers filled with coke, over which water la kept constantly trickling. Tho water absorbs the gas and thus the difficulty is overcome. Tbe resulting liquid (crude muriatio acid) is largely used in making bleachingpowder, and is really about tbe only sourco of profit now to the soda manufacturers. Wo have here a very good illustration of tho fact that a substanoe which is regarded as waste product and thrown away often turns out to lie more valuable than tbe main substances ought to be obtained when Its composition has been determined and a usefonnd' for it How well do wo seo this same fact demonstrated in tho case of tho manufacture of common illuminating gas. A few years ago men were paid for carting away wasto material which today produces several tlmea the amount of profit that all theooke and' gas together pay.

But to go on with our procea tha "salt cake" is mixed with chalk or marble and: coal, tbe mixture is put into what is known, as a reverberatory furnace and fused. Tho sulphate of soda is converted into the carbonate of soda, and the chalk into tbeoxyiulphide of calcium. The m:xture of these twosubstances, whioh has a dark color due to thd presence of some undecompoeed coal, Is called"black ash," while tho process itself Is technically known as "batting." The "black ash" is then dissolved in water and allowedk I to stand so that some of the impurities and^' tbe coal can settle This solution after caroful decantation is evaporated to dryness and tbe resulting solid heated to redness. Soda ash or crude carbonate of soda is the result, and it Is from this substance that our washing and baking sodas ore directly made.

To obtain washing soda tbe soda ash is dissolved in hot water unttl tho water wiV. not dissolve any more and the solution allowed to stand until all the- solid impurities have settled to the bottom. The clear liquid is then carefully drawn off into very shallow iron pans bo that a largo surface may be exposed to tbe air and tbe evaporation of water go on moro rapidly. The refined carbonate of soda gradually crystallises, but forming large masses. These masses of crystals aro now collected, and after the adhering liquid has been drained from them tbey are packed in barrels and sent into commerce as washing soda. In this condition tbey conta^j over 00 per cent of water, hence when one buys ten pounds of washing soda be pays for six pounds of water and but four pounds of

To make baking so4a they dissolve the soda, ash in hot water and let it stand and settle, as in making washing soda, but It is farther purified by Altering it tbrougb layers of black sand and bono black. Tbe soda is then crystallised out and drained. After drain-^ ing it is ground Into a coarse powder aiid formed into cakes having holes running through them. These cakes are placed on perforated shelves in specially constructed air tight rooms, which have a capacity of about ten tons of soda. After tbo room has» been filled the door is closed and locked and carbonic add gas, formed by banting coal,. Is forced In by means of a blower. The soda remains in thiu atmosphere for from three weeks to a month, at the end of which timo it baa absorbed enough of tbe gas to cbaago It from tbe carbonate to the bicarbonate of. soda, which latter is our baking soda. Tb room is now opeaed and tbe cakes taken out Each cake is brotocn into halves and the fresh surfaces examined by an expert, who judges by their appearance to what grade the piece* beicog. The sorting over, the cakee are pot into a machine resembling a coffee miQ, where they are ground to a coarse powder. This powder ie conveyed to other mills, which grind it very fine. It is then packed in boxes and casks and sent into tbe market -Anti-Adulteration Journal.

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