Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 30, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 19 January 1889 — Page 6

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uM AND HOME.

OPEN DISSERTATION ON "HOW TO MANAGE MEN." I 1 ,rr-» 'i

Women as Bicyclists—Other Employments sad Enjoyments—A Few Words on the (Subject of Dress—Hints to Toons Motbera and to Housekeepers.

If a man is fond of flattery let him have it Hot by the volume, charming maiden 1 bat in crisp, dainty little versos. Hunt up poetry for his eyes, get something that will appropriately rhyme with his white hands, pick cat all the big gods and the little heroes of Troy and Rome whose limbs were not half so shapely and whose shoulders were bottle rfmppri compared with his. Laud his shapely to the skies, and he will continue to keep Ids hair well cut praise his shapely hands «nr» you solve, at one stroke, the problem of unkempt finger nail& Hunt up In the bright lexicon of youth (unabridged) words and synonyms to furnish variety to your enthusiasm. If ho has ambitions and deep laden schemes, listen to liini with the opening eyo of wonderment, and, fio matter what tho occasion is, never, never, permit your ltnow!jdge to exceed his.

Under tlio rose, sweet maiden fair! the nialo biped despises smart women, yet has no word of complaint against her who has talent enough to uppreciate his greatncra. Men like to bo Ifxjkcd up at, depended on and referred to. This the reason why a little woman marries threo times to the onfl wedding of the tall, heroic creature who commands the ruspoct, but seldom the lovo, of masculinity. To bo born a woman is to l)e born a martyr, but the husband who is worth a -wedding is worth keeping, and if a littlo artifice, a pleasant smile, forbearance, neatness, devotion and tact will not hold him, by all means exercise these qualities, and lot* Samson is in the toils. Men must be taken- as they are, not as they should be. Beliove it, they aro not half a bad lot under the refining influence of mutual interest and lovo, and ho is a wrotched specimen of huinanity who cannot bo counted on to shield a wifo from the buffets of the world, and bo an anchor for her when youth and beauty havo proved unfaithful

Poor chappie! Ho is weak, granted 1 but bo really can't help it, don't you know. He was inado so. Profer your request for pin money, etc., during tho period in which he

joys tho postprandial pipe I At this period he ia at pcaco with the world, and a babo in swaddling clothes might trifle with him. Tho idea of ruling a husband is all buncombo, and it can't bo done. You can coax most men, bribe some and govern a very few, but this vulgar trick of rubbing the fur the right way will land you in an easy winner every time. Try it, gentle women! when your time shall come, and theso words will not havo been written in vain, for you will have then learned that wo now teach, "How to tnaiingro tbo men."—Portland Oregonian.

Women on tho Wheel.

Bicycle riding is becoming quito popular among tho ladies of this city, and it will not bo strango or surprising toseo them on the road in great numbers next season. Two of the loading clubs, the Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania, have already opened their doors to tho gentler sex, and each has tho names of several young women on its roll of membership. Each club lias also sot apartone room in tho bouBe for tho use of tho lady members and their friends. It IS only recently that Philadelphia's fair daughters took to tho bicycle, and theroare uow at least half a hundred riders in tho city. Perhaps one-third of tho wholo numbor were taught to manage tho wheel at tho Park bicycle rink, at Belmont and Elm avenues. Qeorgo 8. Hart, who is ono of tho most accomplished wheelmen in tho country, is tho manager of tho rink, and ho has taken great pleasuro in teaching his young lady pupils how to handlo tho bicycle. '•Do young ladies havo much troublo in learning to rldo tho bicycle!" was tho question a reporter put to Mr. Hart tho other day. "No," was his prompt reply. "On the whole I think they learn much moro rapidly than do men. To bo sure, they aro somewhat timid at tho start, but with a littlo encouragement they soon get confldenco in themselves and handlo tho wheel with perfect ease. You BOO, with tho safety bicyclo they cannot got much of a fall, ovon if they should go out of thosaddlo. They only havo to tako their foot from tho pedal mul step to tho floor, a distance of about fivo or six laches, thereby saving themselves a fall." "How do they make out In mounting the machine!" "I find that is tho most difficult thing to teach them. In tho first placo lot mo remove a popular impression that tho ladies must sit astrido a wheel just as tho men do. That is not ho case at all. Tho ladies'bicycle, instead of having a straight bar running dowu from tho handlo post, has a shaped bar. This, you toe, permits a lady to step right into tho saddle, and there Is nothing to interfere with her skirts."—Philadelphia American.

Curious "Teething" Customs. "It would bo a mistake," says Jacob!, "to believe that wo ore moro mediaeval than other nations. Tho measures for relieving

the dangers from the cruel attacks by tho ambushing tooth upon tho unsophisticated baby, provo bettor than anything else how the maternal (and professional f) minds have boeu impressed by awo stricken faith down to the second half of tho Nineteenth century. According to IL IL Ploes, In different parts of Germany, Austria and Switzerland they resort to tho following measures: Tho tooth of a colt a twelvemonth oldf Is warn around tho neck at tho tlmo of tho increasing moon. Tho paw of a mole, bitten off, is sewed in (a bog) and worn round tho neck, the baby to bo licked by dogs. Tho head of a mouse is used as tho paw of a molot Every femalo visitor gives tho baby a hard boiled egg. Tho baby is carried to tho butcher, who touches tho gums with fresh calTs blood. Tho gums aro touched with tho tooth of a wolf or with tbo claw of a crab. Tlio baby i* supplied with threo morsels from tlio first meal in tho new residency) after tho wedding bread frwn tho wedding feast of a newly married couple in good repute a mass of lind sprouts cut at 12 o'clock on Good Friday. A bono found hy accident under tho straw mattress. Mother, when first going to church after confinement, kneels on right knee first A man coming to visit is silently given a coin, touches the gums of the baby three times, and—goes to the tavern." All theso customs in cultured Germany, in tho Nineteenth century! —The Hospital

Simplicity tn Dress.

Dress nn average woman in a close fitting serge or qv**' neutral tinted tweed give her a qpottastf collar and cuffs to match take away chau_. «nd gewgaws, and tell roe if she «rtr looked better, unkw indeed it were in a yrfnk cotton cambric, on a summer* morning, with arose at ber throat instead of a brooch.

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity—a costly simplicity if you will—bat let every dress be WS kiead,and let DO unnecessary or extrsoeeoa trifles be inttnodnoed into it And attar ghiuillrtty, or rather MaccoeeqaeDce of tt»

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freshness, that most desirable quality, which to a woman's clothes is much the samo as a fair healthy skin is to her face so that to say of a woman "She always looks so fresh" is to pay the highest of all compliments to herself and her milliner.

Take your complexion first Are yoa fair, with blue eyes? Then you can wear every A«HA

of blue, from azure down to violet but if you have gray, green or brown eyas, yon will only create a discordancy if yon suffer a morsel of blue near you. On the other hand, a perfcatly fair, green eyed woman adds weinlness and charm to her fairness when die arrays herself in all tho paler shades of green, and she reigns triumphant in tho knowledge that not even tho clearest skinned brune dares to emulate her.

For brunes, scarlet and amber, white and orange, though if there be the smallest tint of yellow in the skin, orange may be only ventured on at night. Some women who might come under the heading of blondes, stand vivid yellows and oranges well still there must bo a certain amount of color in the face, and a skin transparently fair. But up to tho age of 40, and frequently beyond it, the healthy, fresh looking woman is at her very liest in white, as often {oddly enough, judging by tho law of contrast) sho is at her worst in black.

Give her a white morning wrapper, or a cotton dress, or even a white muslin bib to her dark dress, and sho looks fairer and more rosy than in an unrelieved winter gown. Many a woman sitting up in her white bed, with only ono white cambric and -embroidery about her, will strike one as a sweetly pretty creature, who in dark clothes would never arrest our attention.—London Queen.

Spare the Baby.

Another thing that should bo avoided in all kinds of weather is the practico of holding tho baby too much. Not only docs the baby form tlio bad habit of wanting to be held all tho time, but the constant contact with bodies of other people is not good for it. The subtle forco callbd magnetism, vital current, etc., cannot be explained, but does exist, and the stronger will take it away from tho weaker. Wash and dress and feed the baby and put it upon a soft pallet on the floor and let it roll and kick and rest and grow fat and healthy and strong. When your friends come in tell them "hands off." Do not permit either kissing or fondling. Tho baby does not relish indiscriminate kissing and hugging any better than we do. Insist upon the baby having regular hours for sleeping, and as much as possible have it go to sleep without rocking.

Tho hardest work in tho world i3 taking care of a baby. There is no exception to this assertion. Only those who havo osporienced it can understand tbo long, weary days, tho wakeful nights, the drain upon tho physical, the nervous and mental strength, tho tax upon one's patience and amiability and cheerfulness. Only mothers can Icnow and appreciate tho labor of mothers. With a kind husband, a healthy baby and plenty of assistance it is arduous and unremitting toil. When any of these is wanting, by so much is the mother's task increased. Whcro one mother neglects or abuses her children there aro hundreds who, through their devotion and zeal, do more for their welfare than is really necessary. In tho rearing of children, as in every calling, wo need abovo all else the "saving grace of common sense." Who shall say whero tho lino must bo drawn between ministering us far as needful to their comfort and happiness and tho making of ourselves a needless sacrifice? When the heart is in the work wo never stop to ask this question.—Ida Harper in Fireman's Magazine,

Lay the Table Properly.

Bo suro you havo everything on at tho proper moment and in the proper placeespecially on Sunday, when it is often the only luxury of tho week. Havo the casters specldcss, with all tho bottles in, and every bottle filled with its appropriate condiment Let not a needed knifo or fork bo astray. Don't havo to jump up repeatedly after everybody is seated in order to supply some missing article. Some persons set a tablo thrico a day for fifty years (or nearly 55,000 times), and yet generally contrive to omit the mustard, or the pepper, or the salt, or a cup and saucer, or a knifo and spoon. Not only servants, but also experienced housekeepers, perpetually givo annoyance to themselves and others by inadvertencies of this kind, which ono would think ought to bo impossible with work that has had so much time to bccomo self adjusting. When tho family sit down, how comfortablo to havo everything on tho table which ought to boon it at that moment, and how uncomfortable is the reverse.—New York Journal

Woman's Politeness to Woman. Says a correspondent: "I was glad to see, fcho other day, a suggestion that under certain circumstances it may be the duty of a woman to yield her seat in a street car or a stage, especially to ono of her own sex whose need of a seat is greater. That not more than ono woman out of a hundred ever recognizes this duty is a fact too evident to need proof. But to my point, which is this: Many married women, when in a car or stage with their husbands, most strenuously object to their husbands yielding t&e'r seats to a lady who may bo standing. The ostensible ground of tho objection is tho plea that a husband in such a case should sit by and entertain his wife. But I havo generally noticed that theso samo women always denounco as 'no gentleman' other wives' husbands who, under similar circumstances, do not offer them a seat It is such mysterious puzzles as this in tho gentlo sex that havo kept me a lonely old bachelor all my life."—Herald of Health.

Royalty In Monro tog.

The dross worn by tho Cmpras Frederick, which is tho dross of a German widow. Is very picturesque, though simple and severe. The gown, which is a long plain ono, and covered entirely by crape, is only relieved by two long bands of whito lawn, which go dowu from tho nock of tbo gown in front to tho feet Tho widow's cap is black, and worn in a stiff point, which comes down low on the forehead, and to which is fastened along black veil, falling almost to the feet behind, •^he threo princesses wear tho samo deep veil and cap, without tho whito bonds which are tho distinctive widow's dress. Sinco the arrival of tho Empress Frederick at Windsor the mourning worn by the royal family and household is in accordance with Gorman customs, and whcro white crape caps have been worn hitherto by tome of tbo ladies, blackcaps are uow tbo fashion, the only person adhering to tbo English white cap being the queen. -London World.

An Innovation for Weddings.

The latest novelty at fashionable weddings is for the bridesmaids to carry satin shoes flikd with flowers, and the result is charmingly pretty. At ooe wedding the shoes were of eau de Nil satin and were filled with blush pink rosea At another there was a very effective combination of pink satin and maize colored mans, while the delicate structure depended from the bridemsid's arm by pink

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ribbons, liko a veritable miniature ywgbtg ganhn. At a third the shoes were pink satin, and tba flowers were golden brown i» from dark brown to pals yellow. In ceees these shoe booqastatake tbe place

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huge clusters of flowers carried in the band sometimes, however, by way of intensifying the novelty of the innovation, the bridesmaids are divided into two detachments, half carrying ffrrfna filled with flowers, and tho other half hmng supplied with bouquets of the regulation.pattcrn.—London Life.

A Sacrifice to Beauty.

A middle a^ed woman went to a prominent physician of San Diego not long ago and him to amputate her two great toes. Ho examined them, assured her that there was nothing wrong with them, and said that he wouldn't cut them off. She bogged him to, saying that if the? wero off sho could wear No. 2 shoes instead of No. 4s, as then. Her toes were her own. she said, to do what die pleased with, and she would give $300 to havo them off. The doctor refused and the woman went in quest of some ono with ftss conscience. A San Diego newspaper says that sho found some one to do the job successfully, for two weeks later she went to San Francisco wearing tho best pair of No. 2s that could be bought in San Diego.—New York Sun. ^.7' .« iv a W

The women of Corsica are devoted to their husbands, and willingly sacrifice overything to their flwmandn. A wife considers herself the complement of the man, not his equal. In tho house she keeps discreetly in the background. Says Tho London Queen:

At meal times wifo and daughters will not sit down with her guests, but hover about as attendants. Out of doors tho men go forth to work gun in hand, "while the women walk behind carrying tho heavy tools.

If the happy couple havo to climb a steep and stony path, and they happen to possess only one horse, it is the man who bestrides the wiry limbed beast, while tho wifo may consider herself lucky if she be permitted to catch hold of tho stirrup leather or the

horse's tad.

Taming a Man. •••i--. *.

A girl in "VV ashington married a very particular and exacting young man six months ago. Her girl friends predicted at the time that she would fail to satisfy him, and that consequently they would not live together six months. That period having elapsed and thero being no evident signs of any separation between the happy pair, tho girl friends felt called upon to visit tho young wife and nslf her how she had managed to please the mnn who had nover been known to be pleased before. Mustering all their impudence they called upon her in a body and asked her for ber sccret "What is the recipe!" they asked. "Wo may need it." "Well, I'll tell you," she replied, "if you'll never tell—feed tho brute." —".Vcchiagton Cor. Philadelphia Record.

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People complain of col.la, when in fact the troublo ij too much hor.t They don't get sick from being out in tho cold. What they need to guard against i. hot rooms. If I wero making a thermometer I would change tho marks ou it from fever, etc., to headache, vertigo and hcadaehc, pneumonia, etc. The points would then mean something, and as tho morcury advanced toward them people would reulizo without being told just what dangers tliey wero incurring. I am never so impressed with this as when in a sleeper, in very cold weather. I would then change tho pneumonia to Pullmonia.—Interview in Globe-Democrat

To Preserve Pianos.

A piano tuner who says that pianos frequently deteriorate because they are allowed to become too dry prescribes this remedy: "Keep a growing plant in the room, and so long as your plant thrives your piano ought to, or else there's something wrong with it Just try it, and see how much more water you will havo. to put in tho flower pot in tho room where your piano is than in any other room. Some people keep a huge vase or urn with a sopping wet sponge in it near or under the piano, and keep it moistened, just as a cigar dealer keeps his stock. They keep this up all tho tlmo tho fires aro on."—Chicago We erald.

Sliirt and Collar Polish.

Laundry polish for shirts, collars and cuffs, etc., is made In the following manner: Dissolve on a slow fire ono ounce of white wax and two ounces of spermaceti with one large tablespoonful of salt. Turn into a wet cup to cooL Mnko boiled starch as usual, cooking slowly for twenty minutes, and for every tablespoonful of dry starch used put in a lump of tho preparation tho size of a cherry. Uso no cold starch and do not sprinkle. When tho starched pieces are dried, lay them in a wet towel for two hours, and with a rough polishing iron bring out tho gloss.— Good Housekeeping.

Keep to tho Right.

A quaint lesson in economy was given by an English woman of wealth and position to nn American friend. It related to tho method of preserving a stair carpet, and to keep it in its entirety as long as possible. She and her husband had agreed, tho ono to keep always to the right in going up and down, and the other to walk only upon the left hand sido of tho carpet It was expected that the company would keep exclusively in the center of tho stairway, and that, as a result of the arrangement, tho stair carpet would grow old with equal rapidity.—Boston Budget 1

Employment for Unfortunates. Among tho women in the insane asylum on Black well's Island tho came desire for industry prevails, and between 1,000 and 1,200 aro always at work. They make bed ticks, pillow cases, sheets, spreads, towels, chemises, drawers, shirts, dresses, petticoats, aprons, night gowns, suspenders, caps, jumpers, wrappers, blankets, diapers, tablo cloths, shrouds, stockings, scrub brushes and door mats. Full returns havo not been made up for 18S8, but it is orohablo that these women havo turned out S5,000 different pieces.—New

York Star. _____

Black Hair or None.

Boarder (heatedly to landlady)—Madam, I havo just found ono of tho blackest of black hairs in my soupi This Ls outrageous!

Landlady (snappishly) —Oh, outrageous, is itf Well, if you think I'm going to hire a rod headed cook just to suit your taste you're it's black hair or none, for tbo proueat!—Cleveland Union.

Little Molly's Cute Letter.

Littlo Molly sat down to write a letter to her father, who had been absent three months, and is what die finally seat: "DKAH FATHXR—Wo aro al^gwell and happy. The baby has grown ever so much iwi has a great deal moro sense than ho used to have. Hoping tho same of yoa, I remain yoor daughter MOLLY." ri

Women as Inventors."

Tbo patentoffico has a list giving tho names of all women inventors to whom patents have been granted. Thay number over 2,000. The first patent ever issued to a woman was to Mary Kiss, for straw weaving with silk or thread. This was in 1800. Tho second was to Mary Brash, in 1815, for a corset.

Professor—The modem bog Is aboat a century old. I*dy Pupil—I doct believe it, for I stood cp in the elevated last evening and saw twenty, and not ooe of them was over 00 years oc age.

WHAT SHALL WE WEAR?

STYLES APPROVED BY FASHIONABLE WOMEN AT HOME AND ABROAD.

Suggestions for Pleasing Cost antes to Be Worn at Fancy Dress Balls Correct Copies of Dresses Worn in the Times of /fcfiTv

Lonls XV and Louis XVI. 1 Fancy dress balls are all the rage just now, and a few suggestions concerning costumes will therefore be opportune. At tho fancy balls in France and England costumes are to be seen representing all times and ages, rich, costly and full copied, especially those of the last century—Louis XV and I/)uis XVI.

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WO. 1—VTVA.NDCKRE LOUIS XV ARABIAN LADY. In tho first cut is represented a vivandiere of Louis XV's time. The jacket bodico and skirt in blue ladies' cloth is trimmed with gold braid and buttons. Tho waistcoat is of red satin. The hair is powdered and dressed with a knot of ribbon loops and cords fringed with gold. The usual tiny barrel opens at tho side. The felt hat is trimmed with ostrich feathers.

The remaining figure in the same cut suggests a moro novel dress, that of an Arabian lady. Following is a brief description: Skirt in Arabian gauze, striped with green, red and yellow. Tunic also in striped silk, bordered with gold. Scarf and low Figaro vest in gold satin. Bodice and sugar loaf cap in dark blue velvet. Spangled lace veil jeweled band round the cap necklet of gold and silver coins.

NO. 2—GRACE DARLING—DRUIDESS. In tho second cut is represented a costume for a favorite character at fancy dress ballsnamely, Grace Darling. It includes a sailor's jacket and skirt in white and red tennis flannel, loos© front, and tucked up drapery in white crepon cloth turned down collar and bands round the short sleeves to correspond, trimmed with bluo braid black cashmere tie cloth cap onclrcled with a ribbon, on which is inscribed tho name of a boat rope and life buoy at the side.

The other figure in cut No. 2 shows a correct dress for a Druidess. The long, flowing dress may be of whito China, crape, nun's veiling or Indian silk, and is confined at the waist with a girdle. This whito dress is draped over a gray satin skirt An oak leaf wreath ls on the head.

A successful costume is known as a "Starlight Night," and consists of a long dress and along veil, both of black tulle, studded with gold stars. Tho hair is worn flowing, and on the head rests a gold and diamond crescent. Another favorito is a historically correct costume, copied from portraits of "Good Queen Bess." Spanish gypsies aro popular characters. The costume includes a short skirt in red satin, adorned with a broad band of silk printed with gold cabalistic signs. Scarf of black moirosilk, striped with white satin and gold corded silk Low velvet bodice, bordered with black lace, and relieved with a fringe of sequins and gold galloon. Spangles round tho neck, head and on the arms. In the hair, tuft of gold and black ostrich tips.

Fur Lined Garments.

Fur linings aro now limited almost entirely to the useful circulars with squirrel lock linings, and to tho gay opera cloaks that are linoH with the whito crinkled fleece of tho Chineso mandarin lamb. The circulars, says Harper's Bazar, are of Ottoman silk or of black camel's hair, and are improved by having an inner front fastened from top to bottom, with armholes in the outer cloak thoy are trimmed down the fronts, over the armholes, and have a collar of fur, but are not trimmed at the foot, as that would add to their weight Opera cloaks are long Russian coats of fine twilled wool in tho new rosewood with white lamb skin lining and collar, or else they are more loosely shaped, with square or (lowing sleeves, and are made of pale gray velvet, with white mandarin collar npanning, or of plush lined and trimmed with Mitnnhiiu, or the cloak may be merely warmly wadded, and its only fur bo the rich sable used for its shawl collar and border. Short opera cloaks in the mantle shapes are made of gay red or blue striped velvets, matelasse, or plush, and trimmed with the long furs, black fox, bear, silver fox, badger, etc. doth garments that are trimmed with fur are ™Ha up in nearly all the designs ased for fur wraps thus short jackets are of blue or black diagonal cloth, fitted by a tailor, and trimmed with collar, caffs and vest, or with long front rows of plucked beaver fur or else a black camel's hair cloth jacket has a wide roll or binding of black Persian lamb skin all around it, tnnhinjr it suitable for a mourning wrap, while the long Russian coats are made of the softest diagonal cloths—blue, green, or rosewood in color—trimmed with a shawl collar and lengthwise rows of black marten, or some other for with long fleece.

Children's Millinery.

Children's millinery is even more picturesque than that of their elders. The flat empire bat is often supplemented by a ruche of ostrich feathers edging the inside of the brim, and cape of for with a pointed hood of red cloth peeping from the center, though In quite a different styte, are none the less becoming. Little faces always accord well with large hats, and they are often worn by the young folk. Bat felts with far trimmings are and with these bulrushes fornix! with beaver or otter are introduced in the front these

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The Home Span Linen Sheets of Oar Grandmothers. Fancy workers who happen to own old linen home spun sheets, such as are put away in forgotten trunks in many an old garret, may think themselves fortunate, says The Home Maker, for few modern materials are better subjects for needle work. If a sheet of this kind is in good order, it can be made into a beautiful quilt by making it very much smaller, as an ornamental bed cover is not designed to tuck in or hang very far over. The edge on each side may be fringed out and tied, or the edges may bo hemmed and a slightly gathered frill of torchon lace added. Far enough from the edge to come within the square delined by the mattress a brood pattern in large design is drawn and worked in outline stitch with heavy rope silk in one or at most two shades. In the middle of the quilt, outline with the same color a largo shield. Within this shield work a name or initials and darn all the plain part of tho shield with a contrasting shade of silk.

If a sheet is too far demoralized to use in this way, it may be torn into strips and each strip decorated with a running pattern in outline stitch. These strips nre hemmed and joined to alternate stripes of antique or torchon lace inserting, or tho inserting may bo knitted or crochetted, if time is net a paramount object

For bureau covers, toilet mats, chair scarfs and cushions, this old linen is admirable. At somo of the exchanges for woman's work, highly decorated curtains are shown of th« samo material, which hangs in beautiful folds.

Softening lVater for the Laundry. An authority on softening wator, making soap rind kindred matters says: For all washing and cleansing operations it is indisjxmsable, if good and economical results aro to be obtained, first to soften tho water before using soap of any kind. Softening water simply consists in removing the soluble lime salts with which all water (except pure rainwater) is moro or loss impregnated. If this is not done ,tho soluble lime forms nn insoluble lime soap from the decomposition of the soap used for washing. This substance is a greasy, sticky, oily compound, perfectly insoluble and more difficult to wash away afterwards by any treatment It is this that causes the yellow grayish deposit 011 the edges of collars and cuffs washed simply with hard water and soap, and the sticky, greasy deposit on wool when treated In similar manner and also on the sides and edges of all washing machines.

It is a most uneconomical proceeding to wash anything in water and soap alone without previously softening the water. Not a particle of soap can become available for washing purposos until all the added lime in the water has combined with tho amount of soap it requires to form tho insoluble lime soap. As compared with the pure 08 pfer cent, powdered caustio soda, such as the "Greonbank" brand, it roqulres twelve pounds of the very finest pure soap, or twenty to thirty pounds of ordinary soap, such as is usually sold to manufacturers, to do tho Rame work that can bo douo with one pound of this soda.

Beef Drippings for Cooking Purposes. Good beef dripping is better than lard for somo kinds of pastry and for frying purposos, though for the latter use it burns sooner than lard. Clarify It by pouring boiling water on it as it is taken from the dripping pan, letting it stand till cold and firm then taking out tho cake of fat and scraping off tho impurities from tho bottom tho rest will bo clean and sweet. Bacon fat can also bo used in the placo of lard, but mutton drippings will only auswer for frying purposes, and many cooks will not use them even for that on account of tho Quvor they import.

An Ingenious Device.

"What do you do with tho cork when you take it out of a full bottle of ink?" asks a correspondent of Rural New Yorker, who also suggests In reply tho following device:

CONVENIENT COCK HOLDER.

If you don't kntfw where to put tho cork stick a pin in the lower end and bend it Into a hook (soothe figure) then hang the cork on the bottle. Bend the hook so as not to intcrfero with u«"ng ink and you have it always handy.

Dainty Desserts of Apples.

Now that winter is well under way, our supply of fresh domestic fruits is exhausted, except the homely but always welcome apple but this is a tower of strength to the ingenious 000k, for it can be served in numberless attractivo and palatable forms. Here are ono or two:

Apple Cream.—Peel and core six large apples boll them in a littlo water, with two ounces of raisins and tho grated rind of a lemon, till quite soft when cold add a glass of sheiTy. Lay tho mixture in a pie dish, beat up the whites of three eggs with a little sugar to a stiff froth, spread it over the apples, and bake hi a slow oven.

Apple Custard. —Lay some stewed apples in a deep pio dish if not already sweetened, strew some sugar over them. Make a custard with four eggs, one pint of milk, and flavoring to taste, and, of course, a little sugar poor it over the apples, strew somo powdered cinnamon or nutmeg on the top, aad bako it An excellent dish tor children.

Apple Msringna—Put a teacupful of rice in a saucepan with one pint of sweetened milk and let it simmer till quite tender, tarn it into a basin, mix with it the beaten yolks of two eggs, return it to the sauocpan, and boil

up again once or twice tben pile it high in a glass dish when cool spread it all over with stewed applea Whip the whites of the two eggs to a stiff froth, mix with them a

two eggs to a swn iroio, mu UnuuU to all points small quantity of sugar, and lay this idac g^ST. WE8Ta»J NORTH WE8f ore, tbatpple*-

Eiesllopwl Sweet Potatoes.

An good way to cook sweet potatoes is to escallop them. Parboil the potatoes and slice them lengthwise. Isj in baking dish with a little sugar, natmeg and mall pieces of butter between each layer and •agar and nutmeg on the top layer. Poor a cap of overall and bake till a light brown crust forma.

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A Mllllonare in a Minute.

Instances are on record where toil in gold mines and diamond field, v-* by one turn of a spade, a single moment of the hand, nave been transfor ed from penniless laborers to mill! ares. But they were not so luckv a the consumptive who finds a meats restoration to health, who learns the dread disease from which he su is not incurable. Dr. Pierco's Golu Medical Discovery -will cure consuir. tion (which is lung scrofula), and not? ing else will. For all diseases of ttJ blood, such as blotches, pimples, eruJ tions, scrofulous sores and swellings, i| is unequaled. It is guaranteed to cure i»r all cases of diseases for which it is ret I onunended, or money paid for it will b| promptly refunded.

Some Foolish People

Allow a cough to run until it gets be yond the reach of medicine. Tbey of-l ten say, "Oh, it will wear away." but ivl most cases it wears them away. Coulq they be induced to try the successful medicine called Kemp's Balsam, which is sold on a positive guarantee to curej tbey would immediately seethe excellent effect after taking the first doso Price 5i)c and §1.00. Trial size free. A all druggists. alt-eow.

A Lady In South Carolina writes: My labor was shorter and less painfull than on two former occasions physicians] astonished: I can thank you for Mother'sj Friend. It is worth its weight in gold.,

Write The Brad field Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. Sold bv J. 12. Somes, (5th and Ohio. ISMw.

CONSUMPTION CUBED.

An old physician, retired from practico. having had placed In hie liunds by an East India missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for tlio speedy nnd permanent cure of onsumptlon, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and Lunp: Affections, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints after having tested Its wonderful curative powers in thousands of eases, has felt It hi^ duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve human suffering. I will send free of charge, to all who desire It, this recipe, In German, French or English, with full directions for preparing and using. Sent by mall by addressing with stamp, naming this paper. W. A. NO YES, 149 Power's Block, Rochester, N. Y. nov. 10-oow

Dyspepsia

Makes the lives of many people miserable, causing distress after eating, sour stomach, siclc-headache, heartburn, loss of appetite, a faint," all gone" feeling, bad taste, coated tongue, and Irregularity of

DIStrGSS the bowels. Dyspepsia does After not get well of Itself. It requires careful attention,

Eating

and a

remedy liko Hood's

Sarsaparllla, which acts gently, yet efficiently. It tones the stomach, regulates the digestion, creates a good ap- Slclc petite, banishes headache,

and refreshes the mind. "©HQSCM© I have been troubled with dyspepsia, had but littlo appetite, and what I did eat. 1 11 distressed me, or did me little good. After eating I

DUrn would have a faint or tired, all-gone feeling, as though I had not eaten anything. My troublo was aggravated by mybusiness, painting. Last Sour spring I took Hood's Barsaparllla, which did me an StOniflCll immense amount of good. It gavo moan appctito, and my food relished and satisfied the craving I had previously experienced." GEORGE A. PAOR, Watcrtowu, Mass.

Hood's Sarsaparllla

Sold by all drugglsta. gl six for ffS. Prepared only" by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecarlos, Lowell, Mass.

IOO Doses One Dollar

LADIES

Who Valua a Refined Compkxloiv MUST USE

POZZONI'S

MEDICATED

COMPLEXION POWDER.

It Impnrte a torllllnnt tri»n«t»areneT t« the •bin. Keaiovei »ll dUcolnrnllona, anil nmkea the «kln delicately 10ft nnd bmniirnl I» contain# no line, white lead or In three IMMII plnkorteih, whlir nnd brunette.

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111 Druggists and Fancy tiwd* Dealers Ererywfcere.

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