HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1895-6-7, Page 7FOR ADAM'S HELPMEET.
HOUSEIIOLD HINTS,
:lawful Information for Our Wives and
Daughtere--Worth a Carefut Meade
Ing.
Science of Pastry Making.
Good pastry is an essential requisite for
may dishes that do pot by any means
exclusively belong to higlholass cookery,
and it strongly resembles the little girl of
nursery lore, in that, ;vvhon it is good, it is
very, very good, but when it is bad it is
horrid.." Recipes are, no doubt, ex-
treinely useful, but there is a koauk of
working dough that will make or mar it,
independently of the most minute intrue-
tions, Again, although it is a good, plan to
earns out a recipe to the letter, it is also
obvious to anyone who has had any thing
to do with cookery that experience must
teach little differ:moos upon which the
operator most act at her own discretion.
At the same time certain apparent trifles
are not by any means to be put aside ; in
this branch of cookery, perhaps more
than in any other details not of ingre-
Wants but of outward circumstances, are of
the greatest importance in helping to bring
about a ocad result. First of all pastry
should b% prepareci in a cool place; in:win-
ter or in early spring, or at times when
the general temperature is decidedly low,
' it is not ianperative to be very careful, but
as soon as the thermomter rises, in nine
cases out of ten, failure is the result of too
great heat; the flour, too, should always be
absolutely, and the butter well pressed
and free from all the surplus moisture
which this ingredient often retains,
whether is be home made or not. To this
end it is advisable, especially in summer,
to wash the butter that is needed for the
preparation of the pastry in fresh water
overnight, to roll it tightly in a clean, dry
cloth, to beat it gently with a wooden
rollen'and to place it on a slab in a cool
larder till the time when it is to be used.
If this were always done in warm or
• muggy weather, the complaints about
fallure in pastry would be greatly dimin:
ished. Where lard is used, the important
point is to let it be absolutely fresh and to
work in 11 C001 room. Further, the knife
or cutter must be perfectly sharp, to avoid
jagged, untidy edges; and when the pastry
Is brushed over with egg or water, as the
case may be, care should be taken that
none is dropped on any other part of the
pastry than that on which it is needed as
a gloss; for experience distinctly tenches
that even such a little thing is detrimental
to the proper rising of the dough. These
few points, however tedious they may ap-
pear, sot out in so many words, need,
however, not become an additional burden
or worry to the operator. Ooce taken into
consideration they will easily be remem-
bered, and are certain to prove a help
rather than a hindrance. Lastly, the oven
should be kept well closed to insure a per-
fect, even heat, • otherwise the pastry will
fall in on. the side where the heat is not so
great and present an unsightly appear-
ance. It is not until the pastry is risen,
and, according to the use to which it is to
be put, has become consistent or firm, or
• has assumed a yellowish brown color, that
a sheet of paper should be spread over the
top, then the ventilator may be opened
to let out the moisture and completely dry
the contents. This, though the last, is by
no means the least point for serious con-
sideration. It follows from what has been
said' above that the less the oven is opened
or the temperature of the same is changed
the better the result will be. A good way
of proving the oven is this: Lay a sheet
of paper inside. If it turns yellow quickly,
e degree is attained for puff pastry and
tlhat which is made witii butter and with
yeast. Other kinds of dough, etc., suc-
ceed better when tho heat of the oven
colors the paper more slowly. It would be
of great advantage to pursue the plan
adopted abroad of molting down butter for
cooking purposes. Indeed, when people
live in the counry, or have a dairy, it
seems strange that they should find it pos-
sible to do without such commodity. On
the continent where, after all, the best
pastry is made, suoh a thing as dripping
for this special purpose is an -unknown
quality, and the only ingredient used in
the most economical receipts is, perhaps a
small qantity of lard mixed with the pre-
pared or preserved butter. After many
years of personal experience, tin:reds hard-
ly a point I would recommend more
strongly for the cotsideration of every
housewife interested in the improvement
of her culinary department.
Woman's Heavy Clothes.
There are more illnesses growing up into
giant maladies every day than the old-
time family physician ever dreamed of,
even in his varied and comprehensive ex-
perience. One of the new disease fads is
told about by a popular physician, who is
consulted only by the women at the haat
ton. "There is a new complaint that has
recently developed among women," said
he. "It begins with a tired, dragging
feeling and general lassitude. The pa-
tient feels disinclined for exercise, and
gradually loses her appetite and spirits,
while, as a natural result, really serious
troubles are apt to develop under such
favorable conditions. A patient of mine,
who is a prominent woman of the world,
came to me a few days ago nearly in tears
'Doctor,' she said, 'I am either growing
old or I am going io be ill. I feel tired
and exhausted all the time, and have no
spirits for anything, and yet there does
notiseein to be anything really the matter
with me." •
" I asked her a lot of questions about
herself, and could not see any cause for
the symptoms she described, and as I have
had several similar complaints Within the
week I felt quite dazzled. Suddenly an
idea struck me. 'Will you step on my
weighing tnachine?' I asked. 'I would
like to know your weight." Oh, dootor,'
she remonstrated. really have lost a
great deal, but with this skirt you could
not ,tell anything—it weighs at least ten
or teaelve pounds." Ab, that is exactly
Oat I wanted to get at,' I answered. 'Go
, home my dear madame, take off that
heavy skirt and heavy mantle, put on
0 light, sensible garments And walk several
miles a day—and I guarantee a
cure.'
So, you see, thus it goes, and, to add to
the terror of skirt Wearing,now comes the
necessary hair cloth which is the up-to-
date substitute for the garmett which wait
naeant to keep its Wearer continually re-
minded of his or her sins. The hair cloth
Skirt is a thing of beauty for about a min-
ute and a joy until its composite weaves
begin to stick hito letur sensitive flesh and
you realize what those religious monks of
old must have suffered in their zealous de-
vetion
Xerosene deltas bkass, but it should b.
aftertvard wiped with dry whiting,
CiaTestaLsi0,62 P.M ION 111 NUM
TO CATCH st, THIEF.
If any person had told me the day be-'
fore it happened that I Was Capable Of
stealing a valeable article from tho house
of a friend, I $11011.1d hate ealled that per-
son a story -teller.
It was, as I said before, about six
months after I had committed tho dark
deed when Lreceived a very troubled note
from my cousin, Deltic) Leslie, urging toe
to go to her at owe,.
As I had been kindly put in 1000 paten.
tis, or in loon fraternis, to Dello by hot
husband, during his enforced absence, sin
having no ethor male relative, there War
nothing for it but for me to go immediate-
ly.
So 1 went, and a pretty kettle of fish 3
!hand when I got there. It seems that
Mistress Dollie never very wise, had en-
gaged for herself a companion, as a kind
of solace for her /ausband's absence.'
This company, a Miss Lucy Finnan by
name, had decamped with Dollio's dia-
mond, bracelet and a host of other trifles.
At least, so my cousin declared, and Ihad
no reason to doubt lier word; for, after a
groat deal of trouble, I elicited tho follow-
ing facts:
That Dollie had never even taken the
trouble to verify her companion's refer-
ences; that she had thrown herself head-
long into a gushing friendship with her
new acquaintance, and that Miss Finnan
had,greatly staniired Mrs.Leslies' jewels—
which, needless to say, had never been
properly looked up.
next questioned the servants. From
them 1 gleaned a good bit of information.
"None of them could abide her;" "she
wasn't a real lady;" "For her part, she
never mold see what her mistress took
such fancy to her for, poking, prying
thing;'' this last from Dollies' own maid.
I returned to my cousin in the drawing -
room, and found that young lady pros-
trate with grief.
"Dollie I" I said severely, "you rouse
yourself; come now, give me an accurate
description of Miss Finnan ; and if you
have such a thing as a photograph of her,
let me have it, at will be invaluable to us
in tracing her down.
Lucy had presented her with a photo-
graph of herself, and, after some delay,
produced the aforesaid likeness. Armed
with this important aid to detection,
which I carefully placed between the leaves
of my pooket-book. I went straight riff
Scotland Yard, and there Sdetailed the
case. •
"Dark eyes," said the inspector, to
whom I had been describing the suspected
woman, "with fairish hair, tall, good fig-
ure, rather handsome, faisit indications of
moustache. Hon, think I know the party;
been under suspicion before."
"That is all the information you can
afford me, then," he said at last, looking
steadily aeross at me.
"AU with the exception of the photo-
graph," I ropiled, taking out my pocket-
book, and funilbing among its leaves for
the picture. It was growing quite dusk in
the little office, and I could scarcely see.
Well! about a month went by, and I had
heard 110 good news from Scotland Yard,
when one morning I was startled to re-
ceive a wire from them saying that the
bird was caught.
"Never had a neater case in my life,
sir," exclaimed tho delighted detective,
whom I interviewed about an hour after-
wards. "Really, the impudence of the
woinan was remarkable," he continued.
"Living in 0110 01! the best London squares
with a party she calls her aunt. About as
much my aunt as hers," he interpolated,
with a chuckle. "Ands now, sir," he add-
ed, "will you step this way and identify
her?"
"I can't identify her," I replied; "I
have never seen the woman in my life;
but I will bring my cousin, her late em-
ployer, hero. I suppose she can do all that
is necessary."
It was an ordinary prison cell, but look-
ed dark, gloomy, bare and cheerless
enough to be the real article.
We stood for a inoment or so, until our
eyes became more accustomed to the semi -
dusk. And then. Was I going mad or
dreaming? Was that Dollie who was cud-
dling her late companion; all the time
murmuring words of endearment?
Suddenly the prisoner raised her head,
and I saw not the lineaments of Miss Lucy
Finnan, as portrayed in that unlucky
photograph, but the face of the most rarely
beautiful girl I had ever seen in my life;
a face which seemed strangely famliar,
and yet one which I could have sworn I
had never beheld before.
"There is evidently s,orne mistake," he
answered in a confused way.
"This young lady is my sister-in-law,
Miss Leslie," hero broke in Dollie.
The detecive glanced at me with calm
contempt.
"Let me explain," he said, addressing
himself courteously to both ladies. "Pray
madam," he continued, "is not this your
photograph?"
Miss Leslie bent forward and looked
earnestly at the bit of cardboard. "It is,"
she answered quietly; "but may I ask
how it came into your possession?"
Before the man had time to reply recol-
lection returned to me; ray sin of six
months ago had found me out. The pretty
photo which I had deliberately stolen from
my friend's house was a likeness of Miss
Leslie, whom I had never seen.
I do not care to dwell upon the time that
followed.
It snakes me hot even now to think of
It, but ;sot quite so warm as did a certain
question which I propounded to a dainty
little maiden • about two months after-
ward.— know," she faltered,, mis-
chievously, "whether I could marry a
kleptomaniac!"
And then I stopped her with a kiss.
"When you took the trouble to steal my
likeness," pouted my beloved the next
day, "you might have had the grace to
Occasionally look at it."
And it was only when I gravely declar-
ed that tho mute evidence of my crime be-
came after a time unbearable to the that
the smiles returned to any darling's face.
"You:goose," she attested lightly; "it
Was simply because:7°111ml forgotten the
incident."
And I rather think she was right.
People Over tbm Sea.
Henry M. Stanley and his beautiful wife
reside quietly at Si. Moirtz, in Switzer-
land.
In the House of Commons several mem-
bers take notes in shorthand for their per-
sonal reference. Tim Healy is one of this
group.
Mr. Maneherjee ltferwanjeo Bhownugs
gree, a Parsee, will stand for Parliament
as a unionist. The first Indian admitted
to the house of commons, Dadlabbal
Naorojli, is a liberal.
Marshal Blaine's son has lately returned
form Mexico, where he tried in vain to ob-
tain the restitution of his mother's proper-
t3r, confiscated by the Mexican govern-
ment. The family Is now in abjeet pov-
°sty.
S'I'OlaKING Q ISLICKNOW.
The Most Famons of Sir Colln Camps
belos Camnatgns.
Sir Colin Campbell it was who stormed
leacknowsto 1857. The dream Of the oor-
poettle' Wife Is known wherever the Eng-
lish language is read or spoken, and for
this famous march Sir Colin Campbell
the son of a Glasgow carpenter, booasno
Lord Clyde, of Clydesdale.
Cassell's illustrated Family Paper, of
January 16, 1858 gives a true amount of
the remaraleble and romantic stosy
"Jessie's Dream" It will be read With
peculiar interest by the younger genera-
tions and we give it in full as follows the
account being related by one of the rescued
party, the lady of an officer at Lucknow,
and given in her own words:
"On every side death stared us In the
face; no human skill could avert it any
longer, We saw the moment approaeh
when we must bid farewell to earth, yet
without feeling that unutterable horror
which must have been experienced by the
unhappy vietilns at Cawnpore. We were
resolved rather to die than to yield, and
were.fully persuaded that in twenty-four
hours all would, be over. The engineers
had said so, and all knew the worst. We
women strove to encourage each other,and
to perform the light duties which had. beeo
assigned. to us such as conveying orders to
the batteries and supplying men with pro-
visions, especially cups of coffee, WhiCh WO
prepard day and night. I had gone out
to try and make myself useful, in company
with Jessie Brown, the wife of a corporal
in say husband's regiment. Poor Jessie
had been in a state of restless excitement
all through the siege, and had fallen away
visibly within the last few days. A eon-
stant fever consumed her, and her tnInd
wandered occasionally, especially that day,
when the recollections of home seemed
powerfully present to her. At last, over-
come with faitgue, she lay down on the
ground, wrapped up in her plaid. I sat
beside her, promising to awaken her wilco
as she said, 'her father should retorn from
the ploughing.' She fell at length into a
profund slumber, motionless and, appar-
ently breathless, her head resting on my
lap. I myself could no longer -resist the
inclination to sleep, in spite of the cons
tinual roar of the cannon. Suddenly I was
aroused by a wild unearthly scream olose
to my car; my companion stood upright
beside me, her arms raised, and her head
bent forward in the attitude of listening.
A. look of intense delight broke over her
countenance, she grasped my hand, drew
me towards her, and exclaimed—
" 'Dinna ye hear it2 dinna ye hear it?
Ay, I'm no clrearnins ; it's the slogan of
tho Highlanders! We're saved, we're saved!
Hark, the slogan.'
"Then, flinging herself on her knees,
she thanked God with passionate fervor.
I felt utterly bewildered; any English ears
heard only the roar of artillery, and I
thought my poor Jessie was still raving;
but she darted to the batteries, and Iheard
her cry, incessantly to the men—
" Courage ! courage! hark to the slogan
—to the itlaogregor, the grandest of them
a'. Here's help at last!'
"To described the effect of these words
on the soldiers would be impossible. For
a, moment they ceased firing, and every
soul listened with intense anxiety. Gradu-
ally, however, there arose a murmur of
bitter disappointment, and the wailing of
the women who had. flocked to the spot
broke out anew' as the colonel shook his
head. Our &till lowland. ears heard
nothing but the rattle of the musketry.
.A. few moinents more of this death -like
suspense, of this agonizing hope, and
Jessie, who had again sunk to the ground
sprang to her feet, and cried, in a voice so
clear and piercing that it was heard. along
the whole line--
" 'Listen to the pibroch. Will ye no' be-
lieve it noo? The slogan has Ceased indeed,
but the Campbells are corain' ! D'ye hear,
d' yd34..thathtear
moment we seemed indeed, to
hear the voice of God in the distance,whon
the pibrochof the Highlanders brought us
tidings of deliverance, for now there was
110 longer any doubt of the fact. That
shrill, penetrating, ceaseless sound, which
rose above all other sounds, could. come
neither from the advance of the enemy
nor from the work of the Sappers. No, it
was indeed the blast of the Scottish bag-
pipes, now shrill and harsh, as threaten-
ing vengeance on the foe, then in softer
tones seeming to promise succour to their
friends in need.
"Never surely was there such a scene as
that which followed. Not a heart in the
residence of Lucknow but bowed itself be-
fore God. All, by one simultaneous im-
pulse, fell upon their knees, and nothing
was heard but bursting sobs and murmur-
ed voice of prayer. Then all arose, Ancl
there rang out from a thousand lips a great
shout of joy, which resounded far and wide,
and lent new vigor to that blessed pibroch.
To otu. cheer of 'God save the Queen,' they
repaied by the well-known strain that
moves every Scot to tears, 'Should Auld
Acquaintance Be Forgot," eto.
"After that nothing else made an im-
pression on me. I scarcely remember
what followed. Jessie was presented to
the general on his entrance into the fort,
and at the officers' banpuet her health was
shook by all present, while the pipers
marched. round the table playing once
more the familiar air of 'Auld Lang
Syne.' "
Of Interest To Women.
Muzzles are used on refractory women
in the provincial penitentiary at Cologne.
At a recent ball in Paris, Mme. Casimir -
Perim: wore more pearls and diamonds than
any other woman present.
Mrs. Rachel" Cantor, who at 84 is stay-
ing at the Forest Home, in Philadelphia,
.is said to be the oldost living actress.
The Women's Higher Education Insti-
tute of Si. Perersborg has been presented
with the fine library of the deceased Duke
Ssaltikow, consisting of 4,070 volumes.
The widow of General Anderson, who
lives in Washington, treasures as a sacred
relic the famous flag which was on Fort
Sumter when the rebels attacked it.
in Siam the first Wife may be divorced,
bat cannot be sold. The other wives may
not only be divorced, but sold in open
market. The snon who buy them are also
sold.
JOSSiO, Queen VIctoriaa' Own riding
mare, is still a pet with her majesty, al-
threigh the riding days of the queen have
long been past. Jessie is 27 years old,but
she has not lost her beauty, and when her
royal mistress is at 'Windsor the black
mare with the white cross on her forehead
is trotted out for the queeos' inspection
every fine day. Another pet kept at Wind-
sor is the Egyptian donkey, Tewills,
brought trona Cairo and presented to the
queen by Lord Wolseley. It is much larger
than the ordinary English donkey and has
a white coat and aboormally long ears.
The queen oWns a number of donkeys on
her different estates and each one Rises in
eel/Many with a horse. The companion
are said to be almost alwaYs devoted
friends.
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NEM READING.
HE OLD AND YOUNG.
s att weii as Dally.Paoers Con -
to Naito tides Department of
0 aper of General Literest.
From. Tito Itam's Horn.
The more a 7111111 loves God the less it
hurts hint when be isn't treated right
Tbe devil has never been able to put a
man who was all for -God in a bard Place.
\Viten a man gets too great to do small
things he becomes: too small to be great.
The W. C. T. U. of Alabama is working
for the passage of a general prohibition
The devil's rope is arouncl the neck of
the man who thinks he can drink or let it
alone.
iThrtere are some communities in which
m
Soloon would not have been considered
sna
A stone thrown straight at the devil is
Prettitlye fittreto hit some politician square
in
The devil keeps many in homage bo -
cause b
ehle coaaliieluake arope of sand look like
an
In Groat Britain and Ireland the Catho-
lics are now a million and a half less than
they were fifty years ago.
A congress was held recently in Berlin,
Germany, to deliberate on the best archi-
tecture for church buildings.
Plans are developing for the holding of
a Pan-American °engross of religion and
3r
edeuc.ation in this country the coming sum-
uCanon Scott Robertson gives his twenty-
eighth annual summary of British con-
tributions to foreign missions giving a
total of £1,288,257.
The less religion people have, the better
satisfied they are with themselves; and
the more they have the better satisfied they
are with God.
Honorable Henry G. Davis formerly
United States senator from West Virginia,
offers to give 850,000 and a site to found
an industrial school for girls.
The Yankton reservation in South Da-
kota, will be opened for settlement next
March or April. The reservation contains
over 200,000 acres of land, about 125,000 of
which will be thrown open to settlement.
She Knew Hint.
"He will turn the tables on you if you.
are not careful" said a woinan to another
who was berating her husband.
"Turn nothing" she exclaimed; "he's
so lazy he wouldn't turn a table if it was
on rollers."
The Circus In Boston.
The Elephant—"I always get nervous
when the show strikes this town."
The Bengal Tiger—" Why?"
The Elephant—"I can't help feeling
that even the little children who come to
look at us know a deal more aboukusahan
we do ourselves."
Short Lived Gratitude.
"So Tom Jones was hung after all," re-
marked Colonel Maverick Brander.
"Yes, and. he was cheerful up to the last
moment. What do you think his last
words were?" replied Judge Peterby.
"I've no idea."
"He told the sheriff when he was fixing
the noose around his neck thatif he didn't
make a bungling job of it, he would be
grateful to him as long as he lived."
Comfortable Shower -Baths.
A certain doctor one day met a neighbor
and inquired:
"Well, Jaokson, how did your wife man-
age her new shower -bath?"
"Oh, she had very good luck. Mrs.
Smith told her how she managed her'n.
She made an oiled -silk hood with a big
cape to it that came down over her shoul-
ders."
"She was an idiot felher pains" said
the doctor, impatiently. "That's not the
way."
"So my wife thought."
"And your wife did nothing of the kind
I hope."
"Oh no, no. My wife, she used an um-
brella."
Birds Like To Travel.
Why do the birds flit southward each
autumn and return again with every
spring? No one knows, but science, in the
person of Professor Wang, the eminent
Austrian ornithologist, has just disclosed
that the usual flippant answer to this ques-
tion, "Because they like to trayel," is not
far out of the way, after all. In a lecture
that Professor Wang recently delivered at
Vienna he gave some extrethely interest-
ing details regarding the migrations of
birds, all of which migrations resemble
one another in two respects: They follow
tho most direct line southward, and are
made with almost incredible rapidity.
Numerous . observations have been made
at Heligoland which is the principal halt-
ing place of birds of passage from north-
ern countries, and in Egypt, which is the
winter home of many, and these observa-
tions have established some facts hitherto
unknown. The bluebirds traverse 400
nautical miles which separates Egypt
from Heligoland in a single night, which
Is at the rate of forty geographoial miles
per hour. The swallow's speed is over two
.and one-half miles per minute, or nearly
throe dines that of the fastest railway
teain. Even the younger birds, six or
eight weeks old, accompany the others on
their long journey. 'Professor Wang asks
himself what is the impulse which clauses
the birds, after the brooding and moulting
season is over, to quit our northern ohm.
ate. He does not think it is fear of cold—
for many species quite as,delleate as those
which migrate southward easily withstand
the rigors of the winter, but that they
have an irresIstible htimor for traveling.
This is his idea of the fact,but he can give
Iso explanation.
A Very Honest View.
The young snots whose salary 'wasn't
long enough by several lengths to reach
all the points he wanted it to, had been'
arassed that moaning by numerous per.
SOW with bills and bills andbills. About
noon, at which time he had lost count of
them, his landlady's husband appeared
with another for the past month's proven-
der.
"What's this?" he asked,displaying con.
siderable annoyance.
"Your board bill for the month."
"Well, I'll not pay it," he (=claimed,
throwing it on his desk. "Do all of you
people think 1 have no use for money ex-
oept to pay bills With?" and he invited
the 001101 10 get out.
Houeehold
Wet your stove bleeking with coffee In TO E PEOPLE I
TH
Stead of water.
An excellent Sot) outy be made with
the bones of a roast by adding a oriP of
boiled rice and. plenty of seasoning.
s 1 1:Phitilty oen°1 s d7dicuesrtS's albt4otvt Orr tthheernmf
and brown in a bot oven. They are deli-
cious with coffee and cheese.
Wino stains may be removed from linen
by rubbing it on both sides with yellow
soap, thou laying on think paste of starch
taolidthososfunt WE:tItidert,tir,Rtib in well and expose
Melted beeswax, turpentine and. sweet
oil, well mixed together, are excellent for
polishing furniture, stained floors and pic-
ture frames. It should be robbed ou with
a piece of soft cloth.
Buttermilk will bleach clothes. Soak
the soiled or discolored pieces for several
hours in the buttermilk, then wash, blue
and dry in the usual way, After boiling
the clothes will be whiter.
Turnips boiled like beets, with their
jackets on, are of better flavor and less
watery. A small bit of sugar added
while the vegetable is boiling, corrects the
bitterness often found in them.
To clean knives without soiling the
hands use a good-sized piese of oork,which
oars be manipulated on the knife, and in
a little while it wili give all the brightness
and cleanliness desired, •
Water alone can be used in cooking any
of the cereals, but they are found to be
much rider and finer flavored. if half
water and half milk is used. A great deal
of stirring makes them starchy, therefore
they should be invariably cooked in a
double boiler.
Do not spoil the effects of a nicely served
dinner by offering a weak, thick or cold
coffee. Last impressions should be good,
so, when you serve the coffee,let it be hot,
clear and of good strength, and leave
plenty of room in the cups to add cream
or milk its is desired, and see to it that the
latter is also hat
A Charming Romance.
' He could not explain her indifference.
Somtimes he thonght she was trying to
conceal the love she had for him, and
sometimes he thoughe she hadn't any.
" You are heartless," he said to her one
evening in the twilight shadows.
"Yes," she admitted trembling, "some
one has taken it away form me.'
• Upon this he rushed away and purohas-
ed a large and elegant engagement ring.
Tea of a Fine Flavor.
Some one asserted that the best cup of
tea she ever drank was made at Carlsbad,
and that the superior flavor was due to
the soft water used in making it. Where-
upon some one else produced as good tea
by adding a pbach of baking soda to the
water ordinarily used in order to soften it.
The experiment is one easily inade, though
fine tea water that has just reached the
boiling point, and an infusion of from
three to five minutes produces a result
that leaves little to be desired.
Fame in Papier Macho.
Hundreds of different papier mantle
heads are made for clothing figures, in-
cluding representations of generals, states-
men and men famous in one way or an-
other. For some of the heads there is a
regular and steady sale; for many others
the demand declines with the decline of the
fame or popularity of the person repre-
sented. A wholesale dealer in display fix-
tures said that take it the country through
and the year round the best selling figure
was one with a head of Washington, the
next best one with the head of the Kaiser
Wilhelm; not because he was the German
emperor, but because he made a fine fig-
ure,youngish, and one upon which clothes
suitable to any occasion,business or dress,
displayed to advantage.
Uses of Glycerine.
Here are a few of the many uses to
which glycerine may be applied: Equal
parts of bay rum and glycerine applied to
the face after shaving make a man rise up
and call the woman who provided it bless-
ed. Applied to the shoes, glycerine is a
great preservative of the leather and effec-
tually keeps out water and prevents wet
feet. A few drops of of glycerine put in
the fruit jars the last thing before sealing
them up help to keep the preserves from
molding on top. For flatulency there is
no better remedy than a teaspoonful of
glycerine after each meal. It will prevent
and cure chapped hands. Two or three
drops will often stop a baby's stomach
ache. It will allay the thirst of a fever
patient and soothe an irritable cough by
moistening the dryness of the throat.
Definition of a Lady.
A lady is a woman who is honorable,
truthful, relined; who regards the com-
fort of others first; who never forgets how
important little courtesies are to the hap-
piness of life; who is loyal to her friends,
and never betrays a trust; who scoans to
think a moan thought, or speak a mean
word, or perform a mean act; who rever-
ences age, paotects weakness, and. main-
tains her own womanly self-respect.
In European countries the title is gener-
ally confined to women. who belong to -the
nobility and gentry. in this country it
jostly belongs to every woman, young or
old, rich or poor, beautiful or plain, who
possesses the mudifiestions lithe nam-
ed, and the term should not be made
meaningless by indiscriminate or un-
thinking use.
. Linen's Uses.
The truth about linen is that it isn't the
ideal dressing for beds at all. It is cold
and slippery, and insures sensitive persons
to dream the dream of sleeping on an ice-
berg, which does well enough for an occa-
sional experience, like sea -sickness, but
which palls on too frequent repetition,
Besides that, it wrinkles and tumbles, in
spite of its heavier body, much more than
cotton does, giving a bed after one night's
use 0 most slovenly and uninviting ap-
pearance.
Nobody recommends limo for body
woo. It's firm texthre and hard surface
make it wholly nonelsorbent ; it allowe
tile body to become °billed byrefusing the
perspiration and so has boon known to
bring on serious illness. For outside wear
in summer, linen may be tolerated as
clothing, but nowhere else. Whore, how -
Over, it is at its lo 0E4 useful and best, le
In household uses. For table service, for
the toilet, and for minor ornamental de-
tails, it is simply invaluable; its smooth-
ness of texture, its brilliancy, which laund-
ering oven increases, its exquisite fresh-
ness, make it the oho fabric fit to drape
the dining -table and to nee in the toilet,
while its suitability for I:medic-work dec-
oration, snakes it admirable for all kinds
et fancy work. And hate Ibis rightfully
used; but to wear next to the skin and
sleep in—no.
VITX ORE Nature* /Hood Purl,
%ler and NerVe Cooks,
dilieovered by Proireesor Noesil Geologist, of Chi.
veg.°, 15 n alageette MinI
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Ina k ng life pleasurable and AV Ortit
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Dyspepsis, Rheumatism, Nervous Debility,
Sleeplessness, etc,
yrriE ORE sufficient to make one quart •
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iuTitabrocelo•ln fet.412e,t5001. price $1.00 earlpackage,
ies. Send stamp for
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A &Inas THT+.10 NOEL, Geologist, Toronto.
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