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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1905-12-14, Page 7MORE THN A FHTING CHANGE _ Every Force in This World Works With the Man Who Seeks the Good Aii•1 when the servunt of the m•t.t of Gott leas risen early and gone forth behold 41(4 host encompassed the cite. both with horses and chariots. And his st•rvaut suid unto hint: "Alas, my mister, how shat( we ded" And he unswer.d: "Fear nut, for they that be with us aro more than they that be with thein."—I1. Kings, vi , 17.), 10. Who lin, not cried out, with that youth. alas! A11 things are against tine; eon aro many and friends there are none! The roads to pessimism are many; but surely this is the shortest ono, to get to think that life is but a conflict waged singly handed against great odds, a lon story of struggle, difficulties, pules, disappointments. temptations, fail- ures, wounds, ending only in death. Even though you escape that chron- ic Jaundiced view of life there are reasons of depression when it seems easy to got out of bed on the wrong side and to plow all day into stumps instead of to the good. clear ground. Ever we need the vision the seer of old gnve to the young man, to see the hills about us alive with our al- lies. otherwise it is easy to con- clude the fates fight against us. How slight is the evidence on bleb men baso their gloomy cote elusions! The pessimist always ar- gues from a single instance to r general law. 11 he strikes a poor peach on top he throws thu whole basket away—or sells them AS SOON AS IIE CAN, run, 1Yhlttit'r, and Browning. Life is not a Ione handed fight against unnumbered foes; it is not a losing light to any who will light it well. This is a right world and only ho who tights tho right feces unconquer- able fops. A man may meet rebuffs. battle's tides fury sweep back nn.1 forth, but in the end, as it has ever been in all the long story of loan's conflict with nature, so in the con rides' plight to civilization. lluubt- llict with every other foo he is less rho sewn plan will be followedbound to win. This is as true in the this, individual life of every lighter 05 Fyear. Few people have any conception of nature and history show it to be i1( the magnitude of the undertaking voluntarily assumed by these teen. One of the two was Charles H. Walker, third orate of the ship Orca. Between November 1, 1897, and some time in May. 1898, he travel- ed a distance eet.intatod at 3,200 miles, almost without rest, behind a dog sled, most of the time without human companion. For more than 2,500 miles he traveled over the (rore•n surface of the great rivers of the interior. Ho was practically 11'ITIIOU'I' Ft)OP I'Olt DAYS BRAVED THE ICY WASTE SEAMAN TRAVELED MORE THAN 3,000 MILES. Went Over Arctic Ice With a Teat. to Get Help for His Companions. Some 1, arless while titan is in all probability- preparing at this time to take one of the longest, loneliest and most tirduous journeys Integra - able, for the purpose of conveying to the oulsi4e world news of his companions on board the whalers icebound in the Arctic north or Bering Straits. When several whale ships were obliged to winter in the Arctic eightyears ago, and tho pro- spect of short rations disquieted the crews, two seamen, 'Pilton and Wal- ker, started out on different routes to carry the story of their come universal life. On our side there is the great world of the unseen. Little do we know of it, but still that little gives us confidence to believe it is people) with our allies. Our fairest hopes of good angels may bo delusions as to details, but they are essentially true. being born of eternal truth. ... THE GOSPEL OF (1001) HOPE declares there is Ono over all, the friend of all; greater is ho that Is with you than any against you: greater is he than your temptations, your adversaries, your diflicultiee. and your sorrows. '!'his was what. tho great teacher came to toll mei.. that God was on their side, stoking to help them, loving, caring, co-op- erating, leading thein into the lilo of victory over every enemy. 1.et a ratan face life in this confi- dence and he is invincible. Ho goes forth and an unseen army goes wits Ho insists on sitting square on the biro. He gains the seer's vision to cactus bunch when there is only ono see even tho plotting of the enemy on the whole bench -hold. llo thou and the forces that light against hint becotnos an authority on cactus. if all working for his good. I•'rom ho can spot. n few foes on the pori- many combats he gains strength for icon ho is blind to a regiment of the decisive struggle. All things friends close at hand. But the seers, our poets and teach- ers, have a wider vison; they setek the glory rather than the gloom anal they tel( us that every lean ['as more friends than Foos. This is the song of those who told us long ago of Providence, the one who backs n man up and fights on his lido and furnishes him i n the hour of need. This is the song of Loweli, Teany- at a time at several stages of his journey. Nothing but the necessity that the condition of the frozen whaling fleet ehuul(1 be reported led hint to attempt the trip; nothing but un iron constitution. unyielding 7081 and good fortune enable(' him to fight his wuy through constant peril to .safety. Itis owti nccuuna of his exploit ens substantially as fol- lows: "William 1)ryd'ii, supercargo of the Orca, anti man itu charge of the whaling company's finances at. Point Barrow, came to me on November work together for good. Ile serves 1st with the proposition of making the right, the truth, the things that the trip to San Francisco. Ile told are eternal; Ito lights for character. for manhood, and the good. and the eternal forces that rule the universe tight by Itis side. t[o beholds the hills full of the hosts of heaven; though ho has no time to enjoy tho vision he knows they aro there, his Point !tope for toy provision supply allies, his assurance of ultimate sic- for the trip trade little difference. tory. The question, would 1 go'? "Il was n hard matter to decide, Inc that the safety of the entire company depended on getting cer- tain information to the officials at that place. "Whether I went eastward to lerschel island or westward to 1Ii %.4 't"1+'1"ii'414 1.144 44—I'i'+p ' b crown and circular stnnlin • a brim. And still more unique is the fact that it is built of young Alderney skin. Light -brown velvet pipes the brier, which Is coneenled beneath folds of iieerty satin in white that terminate in n long, stiff, clerical bow at the front. Prince of Wales ostrich tips of downy whiteness trim the left side. -3-11-1-4-11-1-1-44+++ +++44 A fetching little model with clink THE !'Ulf 1IAT. trimmings suggests a lovely but for the girl who has a short straight 'he 111081, becoming headgear of tho neckpiece of squirrel of chinchilla son is the fur hat. The soft pelt left front last year. A three-inch ngling in its cosy Wai nittt with lightest of smnnter flowers and furbelows sots off a fair face as no other bit of millinery can, and when snow is here, surely It is time for tar! Foremost among the new creations in fur headgear is tho large lint cealtd beneath a large, square built entirely of some silky skin. buckle. A white ostrich feat her Not only is the genuine pelt used for roset fills in the space nt the centre this purpose, but in every modish of the fur stole. as well as the space eflecl8 imitation fur cloth is employ- under the bow at the back. But ed with bands and tails of real fur. with ugtially charring e•lTect white An ettretnely smart inatanco of tulle could be made to serve the the Letter style is a wide -brimmed same purpose. het with Inrgn flat crown covered A fashion which promises to I* 111h the silkiest grey beaver cloth. Graduated folds of white chiffon line the faring peaked brier and a band nt white fox coutplote,•s the tipper edge. liaised high on a bandeau at the hark, the hat is pitched well Dyer ,he fere, while a long while os- trich plume rising from the back of the c:own falls coquet ti4hly on the rutTur•• This particular style of hat. Is suited to evening ns well as day- time wear, but denands parr icularly iNt.riking features in the woman (whom it becomes. 111. 11 ern simple and youthful iv a som- breto shape, built enthrly of chht- [hill.. Pert elain blue velvet rib- bon to htancherl in loops around a tu11 bluer elute rose. The latter ado, ns the under side of the left brim. and emphasie.:s the inimitable dark and light markings of this elegant pelt. While velvet ribbon ((unwinds the crown and forms a large bow precisely at the centro of thi front. . tme other popular style of large bat. the mushroom shape, is em- ployed extensively as n fun model. Very choice among the offerings of an ttclueltu her ho'cse is a hal 11f chinchilla in the inverted saucer ehape with Inose sargue coat to 'nettle A bed of velvet geranium flee -yrs -not the rounding cluster of 1►l11ssn:us, but the indivldnal flowers --filly in the lop of the crown, and another bunch masses itself charm- ingly at the side of rho bandeau. An 'Alsntienn how of rose velvet ribbon with steel 't iekl a spreads it. the bark and harntotti/es with the steel - It rimmed rote eel vet ro':et8 Ott t he cont. 1n place of the geranieine, short feathers or fen titer roots are woman who loves r.'aI lace is a em(•loyed to cover the top of the fragile chnpenu in the wardrobe of neie.hruon fur lints nnil to till in the a young debutnnle. A wide hent deep curve of •h.' brim. brim iy built of genuine rose point rebel isluud, enol when th. a •:.rm t1'itlt brim abruptly tilted. a large lace with a slender, siont ing how cleared nude our say Ong .:her. N, et pale lire e felt virtually 'deem of the snu4e ince gracing the front the Pacific !4tu:1m Whaling l'unu(:aaey ,. ' -able •tree t of .t smell toque. A wide slightly to the left side. (len•rine had supplies. The worst stage of •' hat the trip wag ended. but It had been a terrihie strain. 1 wa: alinest ]fashion Hints. stole is laid on a boat -shaped tur- ban frams•, to form almost a point in front. Curving around to the back, one end pas.. s through a slit in the. other• both end, being wires to stand out perkily like a smart bots. Their everting point is con - but finally i said I would make the attempt. The eastern route to Herschel Island and then up the Mackenzie and down the Athabasca river secured to me the most. practi- cable route. After reaching Hersch- el island 1 could get enough. food, 1 thought, to last Inc until I should reach the first Hudson's itay Com- pany host, and front there o1 1 could follow the line of posts that stretched through the Northwest. '1'erritery. "'Pilton had gone west to Point Hope. but none of us knew how he had fared. 1 selected five dogs from the big pack at. Point Burrow. and, after notch work, found two Indians who wunld nccotit('ao,V Inc to the first Iluileen's ltuy Company's post. 'they w.•r.• young fellows, and good hunters. "No provisions could be spared front the Point liar ;tv hoard — the supply there was too limited in view of the many tnouths to feed and the many long mouths that tuust elapse before aid iron outside could be expected to arrive—so we decided to shoot our way through to Herschel island, tilt utiles away. If we saw game, and the Indiana: very popular with th' well-dressed succeeded iii shooting it. we would girl the remainder of the Beavon is get through.. 1t we did not—well, to have collars 011(1 cuffs of the outer Jacket or hefty coat, or fur, and n Targe polo turban of the sane pent.. Milt entirely of the fur, very little U cunning adorns the bet. a single brilliant buckle or button there would be two natives and ONE 1111TI'i. MAN MISSiNC. "Ne did take some bread and a 5111811 eptantity of canned goods along, but not nearly enough to last. serving. {►0rhnps, to clasp jetted or "Ott November 1st w.• started out spunglc.l c(uills directly in front, or along the coast line. it was anov- in cavalier stele at the side. Large tx•ntl►rork h':ttels will ale° be used in this way. For more dressv wear, spreading frozen bays that, indent the coast osprey, bird of parndise or other of ice many places to n depth of from the feathered tribe in white, will fiftt'r11 to twenty miles. perch jauntily on these all -fur tur- bans. On a 1'renchy creation #1f ing, and kept snowing nearly all the tint', we were on the coast. This made that stage unduly lone;. for we were unable to cut acrnss the deep moleskin. loops of hlu', tine,' rib - Had way of keeping the direction. bun filled in n helium space at. the Had we ventured out on the ice we wird(' back. A silvol huckl • pinned the and have lost our wry (4a bloc gull! just where the and m•nndered far out on the ocean end r twee •f Ili hal IlI!turned up and in to peck. IItu1 it be.•n clear weather' gi.•• a pointe.! tricorn !elect. Ihe•esy we coil(' hate crossed these reaches ninny Week hits in hrns(1tail shuts and tots saved several hundreds of variations of the tricorn stint**.and .dile.. are eel MI by stunning gilt bue:kle " 1'e i riLle gales swept down upon and gilt braids. us from the northeast, making tray - More claberale still ere the hats el doubly hard. It was extremely of tinged cloth and here farming n cold all the time, the thermometer for tail r, benLi anti seldom getting above 35 degrees be- backgroundbentie of fur. en'I r•etelertd extremely low. • dainty by (tntherings of Valenciennes "'the Indictee h d greatlick kill- ing deer. getting set en the first fif- teen days nut, but w ith three men and five hungry dogs to free more could hate been uite,l Busily We took out the bones tine kept all the lace. The example in gpit'stion slows a simple, circular shape covered with silver cloth, the (riven being concealed under prime,. ,. 1 ace. A wide band of sable bordered with meat. currying it in our sled until ecru lace encircles the sides u( the consumed. crown. and two eagle tails fail over" During the last three slays of the the hail nt the back. Silver tinsel dealt to Herschel We were prnclictll- tose8 nestling In velvet leiter trim ly without food. 11e pushed on the trent of the crown. blindly through the snow and cold, Not 80on to be forgotten by rho working the hungry dugs to the litnit. "Twenty-seven dnyr after 'eat rag Point Barrow we arrived on Her- ✓ , high crown, the height ls'ing while tiny ermine taint intertwine • ntuattel he rlbl..•n that rises at. with the lace bow. !testing n► the !. • top 1'laetered at the ei,1.' of centre of the bore is a tinsel orchid. • •.'.:reply up'urm.1 brim on the and snot her nestle.. at the back like enpes. Nntewor1b* ,- n • with tie;. h. ,n7e-green estrieh tips .eater amide, grachtat4 layer:, of pleated fvll eetheeitoe 1(4 t•:;.•• ., • • the the entire spa•.', while a shorter white Dille. .% v. hire ai(rr'• jute neck and ter., •;i(... •.i .ii•erc•nt t -um en fhe nppeo.fo !tide is tacked feet satteily et the heft side wiellh. In elle p..1 a.re,•'i,.:1-pleated le I. a head .•t enhle. t'umbinieg tvlL• with fur giv.•t tulle. the low.r tape reaching to the 1n the realm of the sease'tt's `ntert exquisitely dainty el'ects. 'Peelle 8huulder line. Printed crepe de chine w, .u••,, h#1trvrr, it where tut np• rel:. -4 of all sorts npar with forsenrs tl:cuthi echs re, with"tees lerah'le. Iterptrka'bly 1; .hrpte hats and pei.'rines. in fact. the fur neekpie,es un.l form draped bow II a toirtian with high congeshapeti rubel theut,elve,' look very muck at the hack of fur hate. worn out, and the Indians were in little better condition. "11e were well taker carr of there. and remained until le.cembrr lt;lh. 1)t' would have. started before. hut a sal•. essio I, of bll0t%Stel'liIS t►nd Wiaiards auule 1114 a41111 impracti- cable. "From Herschel Island I decided to go up the feel river to fort Mc- 1'herson, the nearest Hudson /ley CompunV's post. Traveling on the ricer was. of course, easier than along the coast lino. The timber kept off the fierce wind to a certain extent and lessened '1'111: 1'LG11C1 NO COI.1►. "The snow on the hard surface of the frozen river made excellent traveling. and Ivo covered tho dis- tance between posts -450 Miles — in sixteen days. 11'o had more grub at this stage than on the first relay, for at. Herschel I was olTered every- thing 1 needed. but on account of the distance we were compelled to depend somewhat on game short en route. "At Fort McPherson I sent back the Indians and started on alone. I had letters to the Hudson's Bay Company agents, and only took enough food to last me between posts. "Front Fort McPherson I went across country on the Hudson's Bay Company trail to old Vert Good Hope, on the Mackenzie river. The distance %vas 300 miles, and I cov- ered it in fourteen days. Provisions got rather short before Cood Hope was reached, but I olid not suffer much. •"1 -lie solitude of the long journey through the timber and up the snow covered Mackenzie was awful. I could cut down a few trees at night, build a lire tend go to sleep. Thank heaven, 1 could sleep! "There were many wild animals of various sorts, but I had no unpleas- ant experience with therm. The sight of a traveler passing through their stamping ground in the dead of winter was too unexpected a happening for them to snake any trouble. "Upon reaching Fort Good Ilopo I was received in royal fashion by the company's agent, who provided me with provisions sufficient to car- ry 1ne to the next statdon. Fort Nor- man, 200 miles farther up the river. 1 encountered had, very bad, wea- ther on that stretch, and it took ate nine days to snake it. "At tent Norman another supply of food was forthcoming. Tho next station was Fort Higley, 180 miles distant. It took 1110 eight days to reach that station. "From there to Fort Simpson was n similar distnnce, but having better weather 1 covereAlbit in seven clays. The last post on the Mackenzie was Fort Providence, 175 miles above Fort Simpson. I reached it in 0j days. "After a gond rest I said good-bye to my last Hudson Bay Aman in the Mackenzie river district and crossed to the Athabasca river. The Ilud- son's Bay Company's past at the mouth of the Huy river was the first one struck ON '1'11F ATHABASC:A. It was but 80 ladles from Fort Pro- vith nee. and 1 trade the distance in two days. "Then I pushed on to Forth Reso- lution, wiping out the 85 miles in two other days. Tho dogs were standing rho trip excellently and were getting a fair supply of food. "It took nearly five (lay's to reach Fort Smith, iln tulles nearer home. Then there ensue a long Jump of 300 miles to Fort 51eMurry, at the mouth of the ('I. arwtttrr river. I perform- ed that '0 :tire in six days—remark- ably quick time, everything consid- ered. This was tho last stopping place on the Athabasca, although T continue 1 down that stream a long distance. covering the 400 miles be- tween etween McM,irray and the company's post on Lae 1.n cliche in nine days. "1't•ont that point to Edmonton was the easiest part of the whole trip. 1 found posts and missions every few miles, and 1' nluehr the dis- tance, 175 miles, in six flays. At Edmonton I left my dog team and went on to Seattle as fust as I could. "'!'here were few incidents in tho trip, long as it was. It was simply hard work, lend lots of it. Follow- ing a sled drawn by flee husky clogs at the rate of from 30 to at Iniles per day is 00 snap. i would not un,lertakr another trip like that ono for a tontine. "I s;d'h'r.d n great dead for lack of food on my way up the Athabas- ca and the atackenzle. It was al- most impossible to carts a gh f 1 to sustain self and dogs on s of the lunger stager between pests. The ilttle game I killed helped out wnnderfelly. but I p 0.li'.1 o11 at tithes with an empty stomach rather than to tike time to hunt." 'flue men in peril were those to the west of ifersehel 'eland, bet fortu- nntely i,ieutenant .larvis's rescue party reached the scene and reliever( the sit tint ion before the refugees carne 11( netunl starvation. yr yr* yr I Strain the water from apple parities * 7700 r ah add two tlespuuuful:, of sugar 11( HOM t************ the juice. return to the sire. coo:. r ase for five minutes, add u few Chops of !.1101h and hull u teaspoonful of (;rated matinee;Cuu1 and pew et vend the apples. HINTS $ Felt Hula: LIFE. Corks can be made sound and air- tight by boiling. '1'1( clean enamel, rub with salt moistened with vinegar. Milk used ins+oud of muter stakes puddings anti pastry light. Yiuegatr p1/lc0d in boiling water protent8 peached eggs breaking. Lettuce leaves etrett'►t about the floor will attract and destroy beetles. Flour will put nut the flumes caused by the upsetting of a para- ffin lump. Black pepper put i4) around whoee Otero are ants Will 50011 make chem leave. When puking cakes, place a layer of salt under the Mould. This pie• vents burning. When chopping suet sprinkle wills a little ground rico. It will not thee brick to the knife. Salt sprinkled un any substance that is Leming on t► stove mill stop the smoke and smell A tablespoonful of glycerine; In hot tnilk or clrunt will at once relieve the most t'iulent altuck of coughing, In turning steak do not use a iork, as the holes which It makes in the meat causes the blood to run out. Salt us a tooth -powder is worth trying. It keeps the teeth brilliant- ly white and tho gums hard and rosy. When machining hard malerialt, such as serge or holland, nil the thread. This will prevent it con- stantly snapping. Grease spots 0n silk can be re- moved by splitting a visiting car.l ish onion and sprinkle it with salt and rubbing the shots with the soft 00 top of the onion place it cutlet of internal parts• mutton with the bone removed, or, (lean windows with a flannel dip• if more convenient, t wo or three chops pfd in paraflit, and palish wi(h 4 which have been denuded of most 4,t clean duster. it dnnpntts a line pol- their fut. Cover the mutton or the ish, and warns oft flies, chops with another layer of the Letson collee is delicious. nub each sliced onion, a little salt, just one side of a lump of sugar on the rind clove, and half a d07.en black pepp r SI•:1,EC'1'Fa) ltl:Clf'F '1•o Cure l)rits1 lieef.-1'.'r ever.• teenier pounds of bet•f, take it pelt of salt, u teaspuuriful of {,else i:c(1 baltp ire, aq+hurter of a p•luul of brown sugar; mix. 1►wide into w purls 41(1(1 rub the. beet we11 with onetlu•e• third of it for each of three days following. Jet lie in its own pickle for six days, then hung up to dry. Fresh pareley can never he improv- ed on for imparting u delicate flavor to all kind,, of savoury dishes, but i14 winter it is often difficult to pi.. - euro it. and the careful housewife never fails while parsley is plentifel to lay by a store for use later in the year. It 1. be freshly picked, and should be immersed fur a few mite ate:,' in boiling water, then strained and placed o1 a lurge dish in a uu,'l- eratoly cool oven. After it is quite dry it should be packed in air -tight Jars and tins, and put away in the store cupboard 'till the wirier. When required for flavoring, if it is soak - cd for a few seconds in tepid water it will freshen it considerably. As a seasoning for soups and stews. dei si parsley Is without a rival; while fine - 1y chopped it can be used for gar- nishing cold joints and poultry, fri- casseeS, and dried [Isle The green juice prmticd from fresh parsley is in- valuable as an innocuous coloring matter for savory sauces, soups, or Jellies. Irish Stew.—Ilegln by {netting a rump steak into a stew pan of good- ly size. Cover it with slices of Spun - corns. Barely cover this mixture with water, and let it stew gently fur about two hours. While the stew is cooking peel about six good sized potatoca and boil them in another pan for some ten minutes; drain them well, and, after you have re- moved every semblance of fat from the stew, place them on top of the last of onions, cover the entire mix - tire with a closely fitting lid and let it simmer for fully twenty minutes. By this time your stew will be ready for the table, and you neat servo it in a deep dish, the meat and onions in the centre, the potutces surrounding then. At the histmo- ment add two teaspoonfuls of catsup and a teaspoonful of !lour to the gravy, and. after it has come to a boil, pour it over the stew. "Trish Fried Chicken."—'Ib prepa•e this economical dish take some stale bread and cut it into pieces across the loaf, making each three-quarters of an inch thick about an inch and a half wide. Whelk you havo remove., all the crust dip the slices in a bat- ter of eggs and bread crumbs and fry them in hot lard. This is all that is to this formula, and it would be difficult to find a more delectable method of getting rid of stale broad. A delicious pudding that is s0 sim- ple of preparation that the most in- experienced amateur May es81V it without fear of failure is mode Ly laking half n coffee cup of brown hreud crumbs• which are left to steep for a few minutes in hail( a pint of boiling water. When cooling they aro beaten lightly with a fork. after which one well b'.tit, egg. halt a cupful of strained honey and a little nutmeg are added. This pudding may be baker( or steamed, but in n0 hour it is ready for the table. It is server) aflh light, foamy sauce. Soda Cakes—One pound of flour. one level teaupoonful of curbonate of soda, une'-querl.•r leve( teaspoonful of crentn of tartar, suflici.•nt butter- milk to alit. Pass the flour, sada and cream of tartar through a Sieve, or mix them thoroughly together Then unix quickly with the butter, milk to a suit dough, but not too moist. %fake into little cakes• and bake on a griddle. or else in the even. If butter milk i.4 not to 1n' obtained use 80111' 111ilk, 0r, 81 ill bet.• ter, sour water mud.• Ilam.: 'fake a littht ealt►tcal and put i• 111 rt jug of water, let it stand until next day till it little suln•; then use. This will be found to lot good cakes, and is an excellent substitute for buttered•': when it cannot le. had. 'This mixture nuns he baked in one cake, if liken. Instead of smell ones. Frosted .Apples --('ere and core ten large, pe•rfe't. npphw. ('over with inn Pint of water.; adtl the thin parings of rate lemon, three tablespoonfuls of suga1e and simmer until tender. 11. - trove with a skimmer. ('arefolty wash the apple peeing,' tut.( shunter for half an hour. In the meanwhile beat the white of one egg eith one tahlespuu,.ful of sugar. Coat the top of the epithet lightly with the meringue and phaco in a cool oven until dry. St in a (tool place. Ittllt --Gentlemen. abeg' a, 1., .,f ,er.t' •` nllern.'n before r we b K patient', hands and fret, l'11 get that t freer .••n' pocket Win ..n tet.! 1(117 e( 1,1► hod 1 th•. right -bawl of a lemon. and pour on the coffee 43 the ordinary way. Iutitut.ion frosted glass is made by dissolving in a little hot water as Much Epson salla as it will ahsorb. Paint the glass with the wale,- whilst waleiwhilst it is waren. GOWNS DONE IN "DIPS." Dyeing light colored cloth gowns In shades suitable fur autumn or winter wear has come to be an al • irust necessary part of many wom- en's fall sewing. since 'made over'• dresses aro undesirable for oven those alto are economical, because they bear the ineradicable marks of a Previous season, and since the styles change so radically every three or four Months, it they are not used during the following season they because hopelessly old-fashioned. The only ditfculte in securing prac- tically new robes by dyeing is in selectieg an up to date color that the material will take wits L look- ing dyed. I'Inin goods, of course, take a dif- ferent shade tmich tetter than a striped ..r dotted cloth, for the put• terns invariably show if closely in- spected, even ellen the color is good. A light blue, green, etc., can ho dyed a darker shade and look li':n new, and almost any shade can !n 11)8(10 'thick, though the degrees 1,f blackness will depend entirely upon the original color. So a woman m4.; have the material returned with brown tone, a red, or even a dark blue tint, though dark blue and deep green will usually make n very Balis• factory black. Mauve gowns show up beautifully in dark shade's, such as brown blurt•, claret, plum. maroon. sage, olive) green. and black bill light blue, yel- low, ere., should rover hu attempted. text l.t n tthite cloth, pato bluuw and all the tones of pink fr rose to salmon give excellent. results, b� cause they will take any shade. A gown of amber will show a desirable color 111 any shade but Itt1'en,er, pine or light blue. A Irro811 frock takes it gaud shuttle in olive, plum or claret. and Inc.,w maroon. and ollte greens. The put• 11 1,..1 in green; aro sufficient to mate ane women, puseeesing ({ours in these tones sure Of a r.l,n shade after dyeing. fur the take any but light, pale blue er yellow. The dark greens are more lintit.:l. for 1h.y can be changed only to navy blue, brown, 1,114)11 and claret. ('ream color, like white, ran be made env shade. Yellow 18 another tune that takers a large variety of culut:'.; Net it looks well done in anything but #1141 ruse, pink and light bleu POSES AS LONG -LOST ONE. An Italian Family Victims of i► Bold Deception. Signor i.nrico Itnblini, n merchant o1 San (!nsclane. bn 'Ieeeetaty, welt to Bessie on busin.e:s in 1 87 7 aril decided to settle in the ('ear's d.•n,in- tons. After the nesae.iiatiun of the 1:nt- peror Alexander 11. 111s tele/iv.•. re- ceived no news of him, and rcc..earse to the aulhoriliee elicited inertly the statement that, he held "disappeared". having been, it WAS though•, centime. mired in the ussonsinnt it.n of the Cinr. A month (Igo the members of Ms wealthy iktldini family were vieite4 by a men who repre•sent.sl himself to be Enrico Itetl•Iini. Nobody errttl4 reeognirl. him, but he gave such cir- rtn ettantial details concerning Fit ',lenlity that all suspicions of his k.'- ing an dmpn..eer vanished, net' he wits received with epee mine. Ile de- cided to 11111ke hl,' abode in Snul'n'i- cieno, and was 'warily welcomed by his fellow -citizen.'. To the serptise of everybody, the pseuds Fnrlco 'Santini Was the other day nrrested ns n clever swin.11ee named N'endramini, "wanted" by the polite. The members of the ltalditti iamily and other residents of San 1'a'ciauo streriteeidy uppo-r'i1 his arrest. ns he had won grtut powder - lie still refuses to say how he i,ecame acquainted with the details rn , I , , r r► in Enrico Ih I m4 awl t • o +d + li a t 1:1.111!. which eincered him mels a cordial welcome in $aa C.tw'iant).