Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 14, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 September 1888 — Page 6

WOMAN AND HOME

80ME PARTICULARS AS TO POISONS AND THEIR ANTIDOTES.

VtllbloK Engravings for Decorative Pm^ poses—H ow to Wash Blanket*—Eag

CfTpCt--The Jtftot&C? Tn»n««l^i..lw#p "Tf]y HoftnehoSd Bioti.

When ammonia water has been drank, •inegnr and water should be given freely and oa tbo Instant. This may be followed by copious acfd drinks—lemonade, orange Juice, etc. A generous dose of sweet oil will also be useful. Ice freely employed will awhat control the inflammation and -ni will be needed to subdue the pain.

Arnica is sometimes drank by mistake for something else. To empty tbo stomach thoroughly with on emetic, then follow with a generous dose of castor oil. If it can be borne, are the first important steps in treatment. Paregoric will subduo tbo join mid, if the headache persists, employ a hot foot both, pot a mustard paste to tbo back of the neck, and give oae*balf teaspoonful of tho bromide of potassium dissolved in water.

When children drink kerosene oil, or mothers administer too much of it to th*™ carelessly, tho oymptoras are great pallor of the face, blueneas of tho lips,drowsiness, feeble pulse, coldness of tho extremities and great prostration. Oivo mustard and water to empty tho stomach and if vomiting does not occur ct onco tho fingers should bo thurst Into tho throat Brandy and water is injected to restore heart action.

In arsenical poisoning, the first thing to do is to expel tho poison from the stomach, using mustard and water, assisted with large quantities of milk and raw eggs, milk and limo water, oil and limo water or flour and water. In tlo ncastimo send for tho only true antidote, hydra ted peroxide of iron, which should be administered moist and in large quantities after vomiting is induced. Finally, a generous dose of castor oil should bo given. Stimulants, Jct c.::d opium are used for their purposes. Many medicines oro prepared with a very ctrong alcohol, and children have been known to bo poisoned by an overdose of it For treatment, the child should bo held in tbo artrm and its head bo given a good douching uuder cold water from faucet or pump, until consciousness is restored. Then an emetic of mustard or ipecac should bo given, followed by aromatic spirit of ammonia.

Poisoning by opium or any of its preparations (morphine, laudanfcm, paregoric, etc.) ia remedied by fifteen grains of sulphato of sine in a littlo water. If this cannot bo obtained r.t onco, uso mustard and warm water, or salt and warm water, and after vomiting fjivo plenty of strong coffee, put a mustard piaster around the calf of each leg and if tho jr tieat is chilled and sinking give freely t,: epirits, and water. Dash cold water over tho faco and shoulders and walk tho person to keep him from going to sleop, for that means death when the drug is yet ac&ivo in tho stomach.

For treatment of poisoning byculphurio acid, oil of vitriol, muriatic acid, and similar lrunornl acids, give Instantly either magnesL, chalk, whiting, limo water, soda, saletratus mixed in water, or, what is better, in milk and water. If neither of theso substances is within oasy reach, knock a piece of plaster off tho wall, pound it and givo that in milk or water. Whatever solution is used give a wine glass full every two or three minutes. Warm water and mucilagi nous drinks, such as linseed tea, barley water, milk, gruels, etc., should bo given freely for some time after a sufficiency of tho antidote has boon taken. A common poisoning is by oxalic acid, which is taken by suicides and is also mistaken for epsom salts tbo latter, howover, oro bitter and tho acid is sour. The remedies arotho same as for oil of vitriol poisoning.—Good Housekeeping.

The Docorativo Uso of Pictured. Cheap looking contrivances for decoration ore always a mistake, generally a failure but there is a wide distinction to bo xnado between such, and thoso effects produced without much expense. A poor chromo or coarse engraving is always in bod taste, whito a good picture cut from a fine illustrated paper and suitably framed is artistic and satisfactory.

The art of reproducing and engraving bos now reached such a point that almost •very good weekly and magacino offers tho means of admirable wall decoration, or tho making of screens or stocking a portfolio. For the first mentioned an original and artistic method is tho following:

Select interesting and well engraved illustrations, If possible a series—for instance, Abbe "She Stoops to Conquer." Buy nnA have cut at a wholesale houso cardboards of a uniform ske, and on the center of each of these posto carefully threo or five of tho pictures (closely cut to tho margin), and frar.io them with a very narrow band of oak or cherry. Now arrange theso along ono or two sides of a room devoted to reading or •'lounging* purpoaes. If there are low book •helves, let them run along tho top, or tboy may be placed with picturesque Irregularity above tho chimney piece, a narrow high frame enclosing thrw or four such cuts at the side, and along narrow frame across tho center. Text applying to such a series might bo prettily bound in soft covers and hang by a ribbon cm tho wall, so that the pictures have an additional interest when studied as "illustrations.* Cbr© must be taken, however, not to mingle inharmonious decorations of otb".-kinds with such fixtures. Few but tho simplest wafer colors look well with than, but peacock feathers, dried grasses, great sprays cf hitter sweet and are effective against or back of the dainty works of art and self toned framework.

Another novel way of preserving first class illustrations from weekly papers is to cat them oat close to the edge and Unm paste them smoothly on an artist* stretcher, such as can be purchased for from forty emits to *1, the cheaper paper looking tho best, while the engraving or cut soon takes on a mellow tone very artistic in its effect*. The wooden framework of the stretchcr serves as a catch, so that theso wall decorations can bo easily hung an a nail without any hook.

A charmin- portfolio can be up by having a at «r of pieces of »vy but cheap card board cot in various siset. Two dollars will perchr em to you boay along time. },„.«« 1..jj mast—Im or Illustrated papers the best work of tho bat artists in black and white. Oat the pictures dose to tho margin, and paste them in tho center of a suitable sised piece of card board, while, wbea itsfaasan improvement, a bit of explanatory text with the tsaaar ~i tbs artist can go tho reverse side. Fort osto bold them interesting pictures should he medbns follows, tbo method befrt deed by a kdy who had ooilected a of chrrmin^ black mid white ilhatratiaas fat this fashion Cover a huts® place of board with silk or phsh—royal panda. u_.e grwsnvT old gold a suitable eater, certain s* .- de* of tew* also looking Next

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for a running string at the other. Join one side of the silk to the large covered card board, and the other to a full piece of silk which can be gathered in at the top with a silk running string, forming a bag portfolio, if wo may call it so, which by means of ribbons or cord t»—»i hang against: the wall very effectively. Harpar's Banr.

How to Wash Blankets,

Put a pint of household ammonia in the bottom of your tub, having had the Hi.ir.hrf* well beaten to remove all dinging dnst before you get the tabs oat Then lay the blanket lightly on over tln» nmmAnia »n^ pour upon it a sufficient quantity of warm water to cover the blanket entirely. Thai with a stick or the hand flop the blanket about in the solution, pressing all tho water that will come out of it against the side of tiie tub, without wringing as yoa remove it to the rinse water. You will bo to see the dissolved dirt coming out through the fibers, as

no washing cr rubbing with soap

suds will bring it out. Rinse in the same way, in the same moderately warm water (not boiling water), and by simply pushing the blankets about in the tub. Press through the wringer and hang out to dry in a windy place, not in the sun.

As the blanket hangs there drying a little water will collect in tho four corners, which it is rather an amusement to squeeze out to help tho drying process. If you do not care to put a second blanket in the first ammoniatcd water, which must be done promptly, as tbo ammonia evaporates quickly, divide quantity, taking half a pint for cach one of the two tubs, ana wash two blankets at once. Tbo evaporating ammonia, released by the warmth of the water, can only ptwipn through the blanket, which is laid over it in tho tub before the water is applied. Hence you get tho value of every drop of it ordinary cleaning with ammonia, for point, brasses, silver, etc., mix it with cold water first, and then add a 'little warm water to the paiL

A Word for tho Rag Carpet, Tho only thing that kills a rag carpet for popularity is its cheapness. If it cost $5 a yard it would boon tbo floor of every bondholder in the land. There is something about rag carpet that suggests home. It is not so cold and formal to the eye as the handsomely flowered Brussels that you seo in tho parlor. As soon as you put your foot on a rag carpet, you feel on good terms with the household and you naturally expect to hear kettle sing and seo somo friendly cat arch her back and rub socially against your shins. And tbo man that owns a rag carpet made of articles collected about tho house can sit right down with the carpet and talk to it It is full of pleasant reminiscences. Ho can soo in that carpet pieces of all the clothing be has worn in the last ten or twenty ycark. All his cast off wearing apparel is in tho carpet, except what is in tho crazy quilt Overcoats, suspenders, felt hats, neckties, gloves and overshoes glow beforo him in a red, whito and bluo sea that would set a statue peddler crazy with delight.—Good Housekeeping.

Tho Instinct of Mothers.

At present thcro are mothers who are not mothers. In tho true sense they havo never l»orno tho children they rear to maturity, Such aro not to blamo, they havo never learned what life means nor do they know themselves. Walking as in a dream fcheyj tako tho show of things for the reality, Unwinged butterflies, they flourish thoir feeble day and leavo no impress upon their starved progeny.

On tho other hand tho unwedded or they who have novcr known a mother's fruition, often stretch out tho arms of their spirits to tako in all tho sad, sick and weary that desolately walk tho earth. Tho mother instinct is then not narrov.od selfishly to ono family, but grows brood as tho heavens from which camo a lovo so wonderful It takes iu whoovcr needs "mothering" to shelter on tho great heart that waits not for tho human tie boforo accepting that of tho spirit Is not this truly tho highest and holiest motherhood to which woman can attain I—Hester M. Poolo in Good Housekeeping.

Hint to Anxious Mothers.

It is always permissible, I take It, to tell a dog story, and I heard the other day of a now uso for animalsof th r. kind. A friend of mino who lives i:i the suburbs has a small boy, not more than 5 years old, I believe, who has an inveterate habit of running away. Ho is a sturdy, stout legged little chap, of great courage and enterprise, but his father and mother havo beeu put to a good deal of onriety on his account Sometimes ho is found in tho next town, sometimes by tho railroad,-and again in a certain pasture where ho enjoys tho congenial society of several young colts, but it is always a matter of doubt where bo will bo discovered. Recently, however, the family have acquired mongrel little terrier, recommended for tho purpose, who hunts up Soamy with unerring accuracy. Wbenovor Sammy is miss-

ing, his mother shows his jacket to the dog *ra*a-

and tells him to f..:d the boy, whereupon the animal sets off v.ih. his nose to tho ground, the hired man or somebody else follows, and in due timo the young vagabond is brought to bay. Surely, there is a hint here for many anxious mothers.—Bostoa Post.

An Id col Euaeaalan

The most perfect homo I ever saw was a little house into the sweet incense of whose fires went no costly things. A thousand dollars served as a year's living for father, mother and three children. But tbo mother was the creator of a hoc^e her relations with tlw children were tho most beautiful I have overseen everyiumato of the house untarily looked into her faco for the keynote of the day, and it always rang dear. From the rose bod cr clover leaf, which, in spite of her hard wawork, sha always found time to put bei wir plates at breakfast, down to tho story *bo bad on hand to read in the ew ." ig, there was no interxoisnon of her influ__.a. She has always been and always will be my ideal of a mother, wife and homemaker. If to ber quick brain, loving heart and exquisite face had been added the apptiof wealth and enlargements of wide culture, hers would have been absolutely the

As it was, i» was the best I have —Hewn Hunt

T« Scald SUIk Propy.-ty.

It is recommended that tho milk sopply of cithe, at least in hot weather, bo saOdedas MMoasrc by the ecxwr srs, to prevent its To scald „lk pcojutily the following method isadvised: Take a thin twttf i-iwi h\l with sr.. imti- -k. £B nU aeau., «*P to the aui, It uncorked in a kettle of water, w: dd tbea be gradually brought to a Wisw steam has coc-rsioed to rrspe °?rfc

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that they are generally pleased wben they are asked to do something that is useful. "A baby," be adds, "that can scarcely toddle will carefully carry some little trifle in trusted to it to bo given to some other member of the family the child will go straight to the per* son indicated there is not the slightest chance that be will drop or forget the articles given to his keeping. He feels the responsibility of having something to do and will seriously acquit himself of his duty," In all this most persons who have watched be ways of the young will recognize a good deal of troth, and yet a too sensible baby might not improbably lack something of the charm that we associate with childhood.—Loudon News.

be appreciated, as it saves both time and labor: Choose a doll day, or at least a time when tho sun is not shining on the window, for when the sun shines on the window it causes it to be dry streaked, no matter how much it is rubbed. Take a pointer's brash and dust them inside and out, washing all tho woodwork inside beforo touching the glass. The latter must be washed simply in warm water diluted with ammonify—do not use soap. Use a small cloth with a pointed stick to get the dust out of the corners wipe dry with a soft piece of cotton cloth—do not use linen, as it makes the glass linty when dry. Polish with tissue paper or old newspaper. You will find this can bo done in half the time taken where soap is used, and the result will be brighter windows.—Commercial Reporter.

Get a Good Microscope.

There is nothing so valuable as a microscope in an intelligent family. It is an instrument that brings work and play together, and the young people are in the very heart of study while they feel that they are hnving a jolly frolic. It opens a world to them, as Columbus found anew world but they need not sail across an ocean to reach it The value of a microscope I find very great It involves something new at every moment Ten dollars will got an instrument of excellent power, that young folk can use for several years, beforo needing a higher power.— Mary E. Spencer in Globe-Democrat

Borax for the Laundry.

Tho washwomen of Holland and Belgium, so proverbially clean, and who got vp their linen so beautifully white, uso refined borax instead of soda, in tho proportion of ono large handful of borax powder to about ten gallons of boiling water. They savo in soap nearly half. For laces, cambrics and lawns, an extra quantity of powder is used, and for crinolines requiring to be made stiff, a strong solution is necessary. Borax, being a neutral salt, docs not. in the slightest degree injure the texture of the linen. Its cfTect is to soften the hardest water.—Boston Budget

Tho Art of Dressing.

A part of the art of dressing lies in the ability to appreciate tho effect of harmony and contrast in color. Flowers aro lovely in almost any place, but even they will frequently spoil a delicate complexion, a fact which cverj' woman is bound to recognize sooner or later. A polo woman should never wear bright red roses or flowers of gay and brilliant hues. On tbo othor hand, a robust woman, with a tendency to florid complexion, would look ridiculous with dainty and fragile blossoms.—Chicago News.

An old fashion revived is to cut the figures from various engravings and arrange them as the artist never dreamed of doing, upon a dark background. Human figures have the best effect They may be colored, but must be finished with shellac or some fine varnish. This is a good thing for an old time lamp stand that has grown shabby, or for old work boxes, or for screens, where larger figures can be used.

A use for the scissors, paste pot and brush is this: Preserve your old postage stamps. You can remove each without risk of tearing by floating it on a basin of clean water, envelope down. In ten minutes you can lift tbo stamp off. A number of these will ornament a box or a portfolio cover very curiously. When all are pasted on they must bo delicately varnished with shellac.

Stains of fruit on good tablo line® can bo removed without injury by using the following with care: Pour boiling water on chloride of lime, in the proportion of ono gallon to a quarter of a pound, bottle it, cork it well, and in using bo careful not to stir it Lay the stain in this for a moment, then apply whito vinegar and boil the table linen.

To dean decanters, take some soft brown or blotting paper, wet and soap it and roll it up in small pieces and put it into the decanter with somo warm water. Shako well and then rinse with clear cold water wipo the outside with a dry cloth and lot tho decanter

To insure paste from molding, put into it a proportion of alum and rosin. A few drops of any essential oil will preserve leather from mold, and a single clove put into a bottle of ink will havo the same effect upon it.

Chloride of fime spread on the soQ near plants will protect them from insects or vermin. Brushing over the stc of plants with a solution of the chloride will keep all insect plagues at a distance.

Coffeo pounded in a mortar and roasted on an iron plate, sugar burned on hot coals, and vinegar boiled with myrrh and sprinkled on the floor and furniture erf a sick room, are excellent deodorisers.

To make apple water, oat the apples in small pieces and pour over them boiling water. Strain in three hours and sweeten. This makes a refreshing drink for an invalid.

Ifar coffee stains try putting thick glycerine on the wrong side and washing it out with lukewarm water. For raspberry stains weak ammonia and water is the beat.

Everybody will be glad to know bow to make tho Marking that hardware dealers pot on stoves. It is sfetqV blade varnish dissolved in terpentine lau^ixad with any ordinary good stovo polish.

"n» best thing to clean tin wore is common soda rob on briskly with a damp cloth.

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NEW YORK AND PARIS FASHIONS THAT FIND GENERAL. FAVOR.

Ifovel Designs In French Iiqterie, WMch Is Much Warn by American "Women. Xew Styles In Klgbtsowns and Other

Dainty Garments.

Lingerie nowadays seems to have almost reached perfection, and represents a no small item in the cost of a trousseau.

One of the most charming points about nil the underwear is tho exquisite workmanship coupled with simplicity of design. Some of

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FIG. 1—THB PL.V8TUOV NIOHT GOWN. row embroidery and fine Torchon insertion sown together cream ribbons draw tho frilling together, which has the great advantage of pulling out quite flatly when washed tho collar has fairy Iiko tucks, and is edged with lace. One nightgown with a pointed vest of insertion alternating with a tuck of tho width, fastens on one side with ruffles of Valenciennes, tho same lace being exquisitely arranged at the wrist, and tied with different colored ribbons, which are run through tho lace. A yoke made of small box pleated tucks flowing out fully below the edge, brought in again with flno gatherings at the waist, and finishod off by bows of ribbon, had a very good effect

The night gown illustrated in the cut may be-made of lawn, cambric or French percale. It is trimmed in front with a graceful jabot of laco and tho plastron is framed with iusertion.

Chemises are made for tho most part simply gathered round the shoulders, with fine torchon or Valenciennes lace frills, and in all instances narrow pink, blue or cream ribbons are run in and tied low in front Some are made in an exceedingly good design for the evening bodice so much in fashion now a buttonhole is worked in front a little way (rem the top, which i3 tied down to it by a bow of ribbon, thus forming exactly tho required shape. Others are made for ball gown3 quite straight round, ^vith no sleevo or shoulder strap.

2—LOW NECKED COaSET COVER.

The low nocked corset cover, or petticoat bodioo as the French women term it, here illustrated, will bo found especially becoming to slender figures. It is made of cambric and trimmed with Valenciennes laoe and in sertion. Tho fullness is gathered in at the waist and the laoe is drawn in with ribbons.

Miniature Cases and Locketa. Solid silver frames for cabinet photographs have not yet ceased to charm by their novelty, and now come sterling silver miniature cases and lockets in unique Hacigna The miniature cases have open faces and are for the most part oval in form, though there are some square ones that simulate regular picture framaa. These cases are quite large in size, although designed to be worn on chatelaiuo, where era collected veritable curiosities nowadays. Tho backs of tho cases aro, as a rule, slightly rounding and elaborately wrought in repousse work. Somo of these copy the designs on old time affairs while others are modern in pattern. One seen was in arabesque pattern in vari-colored enarneL

Lockcts, which have for a long ttn*» been struggling to gain public recognition onoe more, are now to tho front and are worn by both sexes, ladies finding a plaoe for sometimes as a charm cm the queen and sometimes on tho chatekLae.

There is an infinite variety of patterns shown in lockets. There are all gold my. all silver ones, enameled ones and gem set ones. No special form is recognised as the only true ono for tbo locket, though obkmg and round shapes psevaiL There ore quite pretty little affairs shaped like a shell, an almond and a book.

A Pretty Fashion fer Weddliqgs. A pretty fashion has lately found its way into bridal entertainment*, and that is the sprinkling of bride and bridegroom with rose petals instead of rioa, which is not a pleasant prooa« for those so honored, or a safe one snnwtimes, where horses are oerned. The petals may be of all col„_ but whito for prd&eoo»—«nd they are gathered into little baskets or white satin bags, distributed at the last moment. The fashion of treeing designs on dinner tables, in and out of dishes, flower receptacles, etc., with flower petals is lso carried to a mostartistto atj tent The petab vtoold spond with flowers in the. FMdpopf I green barley Is tof the aMaafiots of the day. ~., se is beautiful, when put too tail ss 1 Uy, but in tolerably big sprays, withi,.^aof tb-. .q0e dumaBt IV —'4 and des^us pottogetber erfesbk*

stock tecreesed i.8 per cent compared to MS? and eainpami with 1881

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ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.

Bright, Tasteful Furnishing* and Curtains for a Spare Boom. A very effective pillow ease can be mads with strips of fine lineo joined with embroidery insertion an in to an inch and a half wide, the breadth cf the linen strips to vary according to taste. This can bo trimmed either with a frill of linen or lace. The pillow itself should be covered with plain colored sateen, to show through tho insertion. A spare bed is usually stripped when not in use, the sheets being aired and put on as the bed is required, the blankets neatly folded and laid on the mattress, but a colored chintz counterpane, with a frill of its own or coarse Torchon laoe trimming, has a very good effect and makes a room look cheerful

For half window curtains there is nothing more attractive than a soft muslin with a frill of the same passed on toe rod, miufa rather full and allowed to hang straight down, pushing them back or drawing them together, as desired.

Two pretty ways of arranging jshort muslin curtains are as follows: Divide the muslin (plain or figured) into three pieces, and edge tho center one with a small frill down each side, the others with a frill only on tho insida Horn them at the top, and pass tho brass or ribbon band through them tie tho center pieces together in tho middle with ribbon and bow loop back the sides also with ribbons and bows. The bottom of the blinds may bo either left loose (hemmed and frilled) or passed through another brass or ribbon band or, hem the muslin at tho top and frill it each side run the rod or band through the hem. Then gather tho bottom into a band of the muslin about one inch deep and six long, and fasten (fan shape) with tiny

tacks or drawing pius on to the center of tho I

window frame.

Removing Stains of Tarions Kinds. To removo fresh fruit stains from table linon, cover quickly with powdered starch, or pour boiling water from the tea kettle upon them.

Finely sifted wood ashes will remove medicine stains from silver spoons. Egg staihs on silver can bo taken off with fine salt and damp cloth.

On fabrics that will not bo injured by it soft soap will take out paint stains much better than benzine, chloroform and similar cleaners.

A weak solution of oxalic acid will remove bad mildow stains and iron rust from white goods ordinarily, mildew will come out if wet with sour milk and laid in the sun. Uso oxalic acid with care, as it is poisonous. Diluted hartshorn takes mildew from woolen goods.

Grass stains aro obstinate, but soft soap and balling soda will generally overcohie them. Wet tho stain, rub it freely with the soap and soda and let lie a short time beforo washing.

Wheel grooso oa wash dresses can be removed with soft Boap und water. If tho spot is pretty old, wet it first with kerosene oil.

Pickles.

A lump of alum added to the vinegar in which picklcs aro scalded renders them crisp and tender, and if covered with cabbage or grapo leaves, a fresh, preen color will bo imparted. Pickles will keep best by being bottled, sealed while hot, and set in a cool place. Bits of horseradish and a fow cloves, with a handful of sugar to each gallon of vinegar, assist in preserving its strength. Ginger is a wholesome spice for pickles cloves are tbo strongest, then allspice, cinnamon and mace. Mustard seed is considered by many cooks an improvement.

Baked Pears.

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Hard or inferior pears can often lie made very acceptable by baking them. Wash the pears, removing tho blosssom fill a shallow earthen pudding dish, pouring over them a little cold water—half a toacupful of water to a quart dish. Put in a moderate oven, and when they have baked about half an hour sprinkle a littlo sugar over the top. An hour is generally long enough to cook them. These are improved by having sweet crewo poured over them when served. They may be eaten warm or cold.

Claret Cup.

Catherine Owen's recipe for'claret cap is as follows: Claret cup with soda water is excellent made from California wine. Pour a bottle of claret into a pitcher, add a sliced orange, leaving out the first and last slioe, and a strip of cucumber peel as long as your finger sweeten with syrup add, if liked, a wine glass of Santa Crus rum set this in crushed ioe, and just before drinking strain and add tho contents of a siphon of soda water, stir and serve at once.

Silver and Gold Cakes.

For silver cako use one-half cup of batter, one cup of sugar, two cups of flour, one-half cup of milk and the whites of three eggs flavor with almond. Repeat this for gold cake, using tbo yelks of the eggs and flavor with vanilla.

Xlavablo Chair Cushions.

On very many styles of furniture, especially reed, rattan and polished wood, movable cushions are used, and these aro also in favor for on easy chair of almost any Hn/t, An attractivo form of movable cushion is tho ono represented in tbo cut

ccshzos rott tsx back or a chaib. Tbe bond in tbo center is terra cotta satin, embroidered with olive, terra cotta and breams colored split filoselle, and joined totho two caps of terra ootta plash, the seams being covered with rep ribbon of the same color. A similar ribbon is ussd for tbe handle and tho bows. This cushion is simple and easilv made, but baodsom*

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•hould it be left in the wrapping paper, but pot on aa moovered sarthan dish or platter, and then «etooic«h

PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE,

Treatment Suggested fbr that Troublesome Alfcction, an Ingrowing: Kail, Ingrowth of the nails is an exceedingly obstinate and troublesome affection, and especially annoying when it occurs at the side of tbo great toe. According to The Journal of Health there is not really any alteration in the nail, as the name wbuld Imply, but thosurrounding soft parts are first swelled and inflamed by constant pressure against tho nail from the use of tight shoes. If this state is permitted to continue, an ulcer is formed in which the edge of the nail is imbedded. Pain is the consequence, sufficiently sever© in somo instances to prevent walking. Treatment for this condition often demands tho skill of a physician. Tho sufferer might attempt a cure by tho ampler methods, and, if they fail, professional assistance should be sought The first ib joct is to remove the cause, then to lessen the irritation and reduce the swelling. After soaking in hot water the nail should bo thinned by scraping, and, if very painful, a flaxseed poultice will bring relief. After tho irritation has sufficiently subsided, soft cotton should be pressed between the flesh and tho nai!, and after that is done, it should bo saturated with tincture of iodine, and tho application repeated several days, after which tho tenderness will disappear. It may be necessary to lift the end of the nail, and this can bo dono by pressing cotton between it and tho too. This treatment is. usually effective, and is attended with aslittlo pain as any which can bo suggested.

Sweet Oil in Scarlet

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A physician tells of a simple and effectual treatment for scarlet fever. Itisthoappli-

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whole body of warm sweet oil,

well rubbed in. He says: "There is something curious in its immediate good effect Almost twenty years ago I had flvo patients in ono family sick with the anginose or throat variety of scarlet fever, and had them all brought into ono room for convenience sake, as well as seclusion. Five little heads returned my greeting every timo a visit was made, and all clamored loudly for tho oil bath. It was plentifully used, then a woolen nightgown put on, and nothing else done. No medicine was given, and but littlo food was needed to supplement absorbed oil. And in recovery there was an absence of usual complications, so that in my western town oil baths came to be generally used with excellent result."

Improving tho Kyobrows.

Faint or almost imperceptible eyebrows, aro a not uncommon drawback to an otherwise agreeable personal appearance. For this annoyanco an ingenious and fashionable tonsorial artist prescribes the following treatment to his customers, with tho nssuranco that in fow cases does it fail to effect tho desired improvement:

First, clip the lmirs to an equal length, and then gently but thoroughly rub tho skin with sweet oil. Of course one trial will not accomplish tho eud, but a fow will. Should the lmir of tho brows fall out or bo burned, uso a compound of five grains of sulphate of quinine and ono ounce of alcohol This will not only cause tho hair to grow, but will make it soft and glossy.

Ono Tiling and Another,

A small amount of the oil of cinnamon applied with a small straw, end of knittingneedle or small splints to bee stings is said to be a sure cure.

Hot water is bofcter than cold for bruises. It relieves pain quickly, and by preventing congestion often keeps off tho ugly black and bluo mark.

Hold your breath and contract your abdominal muscles is tho remedy for seasickness suggested by an English physidan, Dr. E. P. Thui-stan.

A human subject without collar bones is reported to havo been met w.th'in a St Louis dissecting room. This structure is that of most of tho vertebrates, such as lions, bears, etc.

Never wot tho hair if you have any tendency to deafness wear an oiled silk cap when bathing, and refrain from diving.

SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.

Why Reserve of Manner Is Inevltablo- in Kven the Kindliest of City Folk, The season of sum::icr boarding and) travel gives occasion to many complaints and criticisms against those who do not show cordiality enough to strangers. In considering this subject, with special reference to manners at watering places, Harper's Bazar gives tho following among reasons for this state of things:

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noticed that this complaint is

made to a largo extent by the country against the dty. Now it is inevitable that tbe kindliest people living in dties should fall into a greater reserve of manner toward strangers than that developed iu the country, where people know all about their neighbors In a city you cannot nod to everybody you moet on tbe street: there is not time for it You cannot even call on those who live in tho block with yoa You may be living in the next house to a professional gambler and have no means of ascertaining tbo fact. All these things produce in people from dties a habit of more guarded intercourse, which is certainly less pleasant than tbe kindlier country way, but is not easy to lay Again, U»o mere possession of anew acquaintance, as such, is a privilege to one who»habitually lives an isolated life, but is not a thing so eagerly desired by thou who live ina. crowd all tbo time, and have rather to acquire tbo habit of defending themselves, against number*. Indeed a great deal of what is called hospitality in thinly settled regions and new communities has no especial! unselfishness about it when neighbors and guests are few it is really tbo visitor whoconfers tbe favor. To give tbo pleasure of his company becomes in that case a phrase of some meaning.

But above ail it is to be remembered that, there ore always a great many people, numbering, perhaps, even tbo majority of summer visitors, who go to tbe country or theses shore for rest and quiet, not for excitement or novelty. Tbey are overworked all the rest of tbe year in our busy America,, and it Is only when away from bome that, tbey find the possibility of quiet It is hard to see why this pursuit of peaoeis not a thing in itself as innooeot as tbe search for gayety, and as much to be respected.

In conclusion, the authority qooted affirms that we aro coming to recognise tbe right of social self defense, aright which hardly has the vestige of recognition in a mining town, where a man thinks it reasonable to shoot you unleas you drink with him but which, when folly recognised, will also allow a summer boarder to select his own intimate*. This right can never justify rudeness, but it justify a 1* modest sed»

Correcting tfistafces in Othem. A slif immar or a mispronunciation inc*her .Id not be noticed in away to uk- •Sattic tooff' ti If referred to at all, it should be doae very ooortoooity and not in tbe bsaring ol ethers.