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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1920-7-15, Page 6"ta-at'afet Vacuvirn Cleaner or a Harrow? ' By rarurE rap= GATES. PART II, nab night after supper elm made up he mind te aoach the subject again just a soon as Ben finished his evening paper, The children had not yet been pet to bed and little Mae - 'gent was pleyieg seascinating game by herself, whieh consisted in pound- ing agebist the legs a a chair with lier father's pipe, Pieteoated from his reading by the noise, he lopked up. "Look here, ebicken," he cried, 'what hove yeti got there ?" • ' • • "Wenn) cleaner," she told him con- fidentially, 13en them back his head and laughe ed, "Well; if you raen't just like the rest of the women," he saki. She heard us -talking about them this • afternoen," Mary explained. "Mrs. Gibson Was surprised that I didn't have one." A line. came between Ben's bows. He was visibly annoyed. "Was she?" be commented coldly. He put his paper abruptly on the table and got up -and went out. In all her life Mary had neva felt so bruised and hurt and beaten. She took the children to bed and stayec upstaivs the yest of the evening. "We saw your -husband, and Mr. Gibe Very well. She would work until eon invited him to stay and have din - she broke down. And it was all very ner -with DS at the hotel and we'd take well, too., for Ben to enjoy his nice, hirn home in our car afterward, and clan house; he didn't know what guess what your husband said?" sweeping meant to a tired bock and Mary remembered the dinner and aching shoulders. And let him relish didn't dare to guess. Why couldn't his well -cooked meals; he had never people let her alone, she thought bit - cooked a meal in all his life. In the terly, days that followed she even a'little Mrs. Gibson continued: "Well, he resented his joy in his children. It said he couldn't stay. He said he was wasiat :fair she told herself, for him going home to a supper that was cook- ed, most amiably,. for another Piece of cornbread. ,:"I'd late a bit more of that wet sponge, dear," he told her. Mary hardened her heart, If she were not so pressed for time, she told herself, and Med, say, a vaeuum cleaner and some things like that to help out with the work, 'there wouldn't be any spoiled meals. Why; If Ben bad complained about the dinner it would have been ouite unjust. Not once did her purpose waver all afternoon. She drove resolutely to tow, leaving the babies on the way at Salley's. She left her horse at the livery' stable and went about her shop- ping. The vacuum cleaner she put off until last in jusf the some way that her little daughter Margaret left the king of her cake until last. She was finishing up he sboPPiag with the purchase of some socks for Janet, when a familia voice bailed her. "Well, hello, Mrs, Loomis!" She turned to see Mrs. Gibson With Flossie and the married Matilda, anti stiffenedinvoluntarily at the sight of them. "Well, I just bet you can't guess what I heard about you ten minutes ago," Mrs, Gibson chuckled to herself, to have oniy the enjoyment of them and for her to have all the work. After the first day of coolness be- tween them, it was evident that Ben regretted it all and was eager enough to get back to their old friendly foot- ing. But Mary met all his advances coldly. It will be time enough, she thought, when he has ordered the vacuum cleaner. And each day she was more nnhappy about it all. And it was her woman friends who macre things quite unbearable; she could not go to town or to church or even walk down the road to her fath- er's house without some one stopping her to inquire if the vacuum cleaner had come yet. She began to dread any of her friends, and even tivoided her own front yard, lest some one passing would stop and can out an. enquiey about it. One morning Mrs. Dillon stopped in because she was going over to Grand- ma Anderson's that afternoon and had promised to tell the old lady all about ed by the crack cook ot the comity. That's what your husband said." Mary's cheeks grew pink and tingl- ing. How could he be so loyal and dear as that when she had been so horrid 1 She hurried away to Lawson & Smith's -big hardware store, where she had intended getting the vacuum cleaner. "I want to buy a harrow," she told the salesman. No question about the kind I3en wanted. He had been saving and planning too long for her not to know that. The salesman promised to send it out in the morning. "Our wagon has to go in that direction anyhow," he told he. She drove home in a mist of rosy thoughts. "How can anyene be dear and loyal when be has had scorched beans and potatoes for dinner and cornbread that is heavy and soggy! Ancl -wasn't I a IN .CASE., . PARENT 'DROWNING DO THIS AND SAVE THE VicTIIVPS LIFE, Details of ,the Schcetfer Prone Pressure Method of Resuscitation. Resuscitation oe the iipparently drowned (or victims of are elearic shock) is so atop effective if prompt" ly attempted, that the eimpleet meth: od 'use is North noting, and at thie' season eapeeially the folliewing 'parr ticulare of it should be ea out and kept wherever bathing or beatibg ac- cidents lafly oecnr. e , The best inethoe isltnoWn as Clio elimsiffer prone pressure, methPe, Here are details of what tm de and tlo quickly in drowning cases • Aa soon as the vIctin4 15 opt oR the -water, rapidly feel With you j fine ger in his mouth and throet cui‘ re- move_any foreign body (tolcodealse teeth, etc.) le mouth is t eheeffajea, poy no more attention to ft until later. Do not stop to 1005e1] the patient's elothing, but immediately begin actual resuscitation. Every moment GE de- lay is serious. PrOCeSe as folliews: How to Place the Patient. (a) Lay the patient on his beily, one arm divectly extended overhead, the other bent ett. elbow and with face to ono side, resting on the hand or fare - Om, so that nose and moutbeare free for brdathing. (b) Kneel straddling the patient's bins with knees Suet below the pa- tient's hip bones or opening of pants poeketee, Place the palms of your hands on the small of the back, with fingers spread over the lowest rib, the little finger just touching the lowest rib, the thumb alongside of your fin- gers; tips of fingers lust out et your sight. (c) While counting one, two, and with arms helcl straight, swing for- ward slowly so that the weight of yTohtii.rs body is gradually, but not violently, brought to bear upon the patient. net should take from two to three seconds: (cI) While counting three; immedi- ately swing backward so as to remove the pressure. (e) While counting four, five—rat. (1) Repeat deliberately twelve to fifteen times a minute the swinging forward and backward—a complete respiration in four Gr five seconds. Time with your breathing. pig about the vacuum cleanerP she (g) As soon as the areificial respire - it, thought eemorsefully. "Why couldn't tion has been started, and -while it is Aecl while she was still there Mrs. I have been as patient and cheerful being continued, an assistant should about my share of the work as I3en loosen any tight clothing about the Gibson's car stopped in front of the patient's neck, chest or waist. Keep patient warm. house. She had brought Matilda, s said, to see Mary's vacuum cleaner. Mary repeated what he was so sick of saying: "It hasn't come "My ,goodnesst" Mrs. Gibson ex- -claimed, innocently enough, though to Mary it seemed pure malice. "Itmust be lost, I never heard of anything so slow." "If you ordered one in town," Mrs. Dillon volunteered, "you could have it out here that same day." "Well, ff were you," 'etre. Gibson it second was about Ins? she demanded of her- self. "And, besides, a harrow a lot more important than a vacuum clean- er, because you can sweep with a broom and you can't barrow with any- thing but a haerow." When 8110 stopped at Janey's to get her children she felt glad to have some one to evhom to tell her happy secret. "I bought a harrow;" she announced proudly as Janey lifted the little girls into the buggy. d w Janey's eyes openeide. "You got advised "I wouldn't stand a a harrow;" she gasped. "Whatever longer. I'd write :to them and tell in, the world ttee you talking about?" them that if they are going to be so "I bought a harrow this afternoon," elow they needn't send their old thing Mary eepeated proudly. "I bought it at all, that you can get one hare just at Lawson & Smith's. It cost $40." as good. You. come over and. see if "Where did you get the money?" you don't lake mine." And as she left she said, "I never it all my born days ever heard of any- thing so slow. You want to look into it, Mary." Mary said -she would, At that moment sbe made up ber mina what she would do, for her pride could brook no more inquiries. It's my butter and egg money. Janey's dimples appeared for an instant, and. then disappeared again. "Wbs: didn't you get a vacuum glean- er with your money?" "Because,", replied Mary firmly, "I preferred a -harrow." Mary found Ben waiting 1 or her in the front yard. He greeted her as When Mrs. Dillon too, had gone, e she went right upstairs and in her hot_ joyfully as if sh115(1 been away for , months. After he had put the horse tom bureau drawer, among the babies away he helped her to get the supper outgrown dresses and a lace shawl which had belonged to her mother, frr" the pantry shelves and put it on the table. And after supper lie found an old, worn, black purse. It went with her to Put the babies to bed. was her butter and egg money, and "Do you know what's going to hap - there wet foety dollars and seventy - pen to -morrow?" he asked as they five cents of at. She was saving the came downstairs together. . money for little white fur coats and caps for the children. There was enough of it for the vacuum cleaner and she'd delay 110 longer. "May I have the horse to go in town this afterfumh?" she asked Ben the next morning. • "Sure," he told her. "I have to go in town myself this afternoon, but I don't knove just when 311 be able to get off." He paused for Mary to say she'd wait and they could go together. She dicl not say it, so he went on. "You take the hone and don't wait for me. I can walk over to Dillon's Siding avid take the train iin." All right," said Mary, All that morning she was so busy nursing her grievance that she scarce- ly gave a thought to dinner. She was alum)ted; therefore, when she carrte down to theaCiteben to find that the beans arid potatoes were cooked dry and that the cornbread in the oven was heavy •and soggy. This Was worse tham having the drea cakes for the missionary circle fail, for never had ,she placed such a meal before her husband. But she Made no apologies for it, and Ben ate it eheerfelly enough, The only sign he gave that he was aware of its shortcomings was when he ask - Mary's first thought was that some- how he had found out about the bar - r011'. "What do you mem?" she demand- ed. "Why, to -morrow's your birthday, girl, did you think I had forgotten it?" "So," she challenged him tenderly, "that's why you hacl to go to town to -day, 'cause to -morrow's my birth- day!" - He smiled, "'cause to -morrow's your birthday." ' The next morning every time Mary tried to peepfurtively out the front door to see df Lawson & Smith's wagon was in sight it seemed to her that ten was there, too. And when it -did fin- ally appear there was Ben beside1181 watching R. He stood with hec in the doorway, his arm across her shoulder, and together they watched its ap- proach. As it turned into the yard she felt hisoartn tighten across her shoulder. "Ies bringing your new harvow," she told him softly. "Harrow nothing," be replied with a joyous leugh, "It's bringibg your new vacuum cleaner r have been getting for your birthday." (The End.) Are You Afraid to be Happy? A 'well-meaning, if rather dour, gentleman .03100 said to a mother whoin he saw playing happily with her children: "Don't set too much store on your children, eepecially don't snake idols of. them, foe fear they are taken from you as a, puniehmea," It was good to heal the spirited re. tort a the warm -heated little woman. Th a remembrince of it is aspiring to- day, "PM golf% to love ley childeen with all the love 1 am capable of whilst I bay° got them. If they ate term from Mea corteittly won't be itaputo lehmeati I shall be glad to reixembet how very daily I have loved thentl" Silo wits not :avoid to be happy. A poor 'follow Whose life had been 0110 10311) fight ageleet grinebig poverty was unexpectedly lalt o Impel witlea guftt I'MOVAd WM NOM 111111101 wont. 'The 1011013 01,111e Not, hoeVevee, was still epee him, He was afraid to spend, afraid to mese his face to the sunshine; he was afraid to be happy. The pathos of itt On the other hand, there are thocie who, with little or ,nothing to worrY about, just grizzle end grouse, till yott long to shake them—and shake them thoroughly—becense they are afraid even to be thought happy. Of. coursee for lets., of »a soeme thregi iirb voila; Vad jua inevitable, if one (aka time to think. 33n1 anion it all, there aro bite a ham Phiess if we will only allow oureelves to sem them. The 81111111105 Cameos, the merry laugh a a Mend, a bit of luck oboe bard tley, the restoration to health of a dear <me, the eager quee- tionings of 1110 children liaising out of their beautiful "wanderings," n lone with, or a letter from, a elndeed Cherieot Dena you tie amid to be hfippyl Keep On Doing lt. 2. Continue resuscitation (15 neces- sary four hours or longer) without in- terruption, until natural breathing is restored, or until a physician declares rigor mortis (stiffening of the body) bas set in. lf natural breathiug stops after being restored, use resuscitation again. 3. DO not give any liquid by mouth wail the patient is fully 00110010118. Place ammonia near the nose, deter- mining safe distance by first trying how near it may be held to your own. Assistant should hit patient's shoe heels about twenty (20) times with a stout stick, 4. Give the patient fresh 512', 101 keep him Wan% When 1)11110111 re- vives keep libp lying down and do not raise him. If doctor has not ar- rived, give patient one teaspoonful a aromatic spirits of ammonia in a small glass of water 11. 110 can swallow. 5, Carry on resuscitation at °toast possible point to the accident. Do not move patient until he is breathing normally without ossiatance. If ab- solutely necessery to move, he should be placed on a hara surface. such as a door or floor of conveyance. Do not stop or interrupt resuscitation for an instant. Send For Doctor. If alone with victim, do »ot neglect Immediate and continued resuscitation In order to call a doctor; itavt at once, the .first few manna are valuable.11 other persons are present, send one of them for a doctor without a mo- ment's clelay. • The prone pressure method of ar- tificial respiration described in rules is equally applieahle to resuscitation 'from electrical shoelc, as well as all cesee of suspended respiration clue to drowning, inhalation of ges, smoke or fumes or to othet causea. pg-g.and tbe worst is yet to come The Protection of Birds By Hoyes Lloyd,,Ornithologist, D orninion Parks Branch, Ottawa. • Bird protection is of recent develop- ment, seventy-five years practically covering its history. The aaturalists of the elos'e of the eighteenth century, and the beginning of -the nineteenth, studied and named many of the birds of the world. With this nomen•elatur- al work, and following it, interest in the eeonomia value of birds began to develop and, finally, the ornitholo- glitz, fanners, a»d foresters of Eur- ope began a movement which termen- ated in the first International Conven- tion for the Protection. of Birds, The Treaty of Paris, signed Maych. 19, 1902. In America the recognition of the value of birds to man incxeased as the knowledge of birds incressed. It was found by scientists that the birds con- attuted one of the most impel:tent natural checks on insect pests 'which harassed the farm.er and the fruit grower. Systematic studies of birds were made to determine the food of e-aeh and on tbese findings the habits of the birds were claseified as bene- ficial or otherwise. The res -tate of these studies are available to all and it may be cons'aered that the friends and foes among our hivds have been properly differentiated by this Werk. When cultivating the garden one must distinguish between the weeds and vegetables, and it is just as es- sential that birds which protect the erop be distinguished from those which -damage it. The law must re- cognize the difference between the two groups' of birds—beneficial and de- structive—and the people of Canada muse acquaint themselves with their frienels and enemies in the bird world. The greatest measure over tinder - taken en this contaient for the peo- tection of birds was put in face by the Migratory Thetis Convention Act, thus, if given suitable protection, they will provide a perpetual source of revenue. It is our duty, however, to make certain that we aye ilea -1g the interest, which is the natural increase., and not the capital, which is the spring flock Trigg:eating north, as game. The non -game birds ore not of im- portance from an economieel stand- point. These birds, however, add to the attractiveness of our natural Canadian wilds. The insectivorovs birds protected by the Treaty amply repay all efforts Made in their interest. Without cost. to us they labor unceasingly to de- stroy the pests of field, garden, and orchard. Although one of nature's most important checks to prevent the devouring of our forests, crops,•and gardens by insects they are seldom given the credit they deserve. Tbe bird population of gardens and orch- ards -near farm houses has generally been found to exceed that of any other locality. An effort should be made to protect these birds that find the neighborhood of man eo suitable to theta, and in some cases bird boxes an be provided to meet the needs of some species. Every garden could thus be made into a, bird sanctuary, and the enjoyment to be gained from it -as well as the advantages from an economic point of view would be well worth the effort. The Dominion Parks Beancli of the Departmeet of the Interior which ad- ministers the Migratory Birds Con- vention Act in Canada has done much for the protection of the beneficial and non -game birds. They have operated through pamphlets, circular letters, and the press. They maintain a full staff of migratory bird wardens who post notices concerning the law, and address the ,school children 'throughout their distr!ets. A maion picture film, prepared to acquaint the 1917, in Canaan, and the Migratory publee with the. -work of bird protee- Bird Treaty, 1918, in the 'United tion, is now being shown throughout States. Previous to the ratification Canada; later, through the auspices of of this treaty, aards needect as insect the Department of Trade and -"Cern- (18815031058 in the northern states and mace, it will be s1i0NVI1 aV011ad tbe Canaan \vat) being killed for sport world. The bird sanctuavy question in the eteatern states, whereas the i being dealt with, There are three Present spring restrictions and the sanctuaries 11015 in the Guff of St. peever sheeting possibilities in the Lawrence, and Point Pelee in ()ri- fe?", are new tteeasang the treaty and 0n103.cement. We need our game birds for other reams. They are needed as an in- centive to 011r Own people to visit ami live out a doors. They attract touriets from other Countries anel The) Sweetening Problepa is 't'iIiisoese; yd owiyi ostnteT ea,» ga s se ssbkosustp sevtsigiaTirels these daYs. Tile problem is a bother - sense 0110, especially in families with growing children, wheve Malin aniount of mere sweets is necessary for proper growth, 13u1 as vve all got ase-cl to substitutes during war time% it shouldn't be so hard for us to think up substitutes now. Either honey or maple syrup served at meals in limited portions Will satis- fy the craving for sweets, end help the family to forget they are not get- ting the celces and pastries they have been accustomed to having. This me- thod of "sweetening" the family, will also save the cook hours of baking, Then there are tbe sweet fruits: we can buy end serve ea•clesserts—figs, dates, raisins and bananas'. • White cake without flee granulated sugar 'is an impoesibility, but there are many dark cakes which can be made with molassee, syrup ov honey, and whicbl are really good. Ginger- bread, for instance; may be made with molasses, and bete is a recipe for the best you evel: ate, It may be baked in a loaf or in gem tins, and is light, fluffy end palatable: Fine Gingerbread,—One-third cup of butter, one cup of molasses, one cup boiling water, one egg, three cups of flour, one and one-half teaspoons of soda, one-half .teaspoon of salt, one teaspoon of einnamon, two teaspoons of ginger, a little grated orange peel. Good, but much different in texture and color are: Small Spice Cakes—To one cup of molasses add one :teaspoon of soda dissolved in one cup of boiling water tario. Heavy permit:es are provided by the Act for those \Nilo violate the federal bird law. The Government is taking full action to enforce ths. bird protection law and every one who is interested in preserving our resources in•wild bird life can be of as:vest:ince. • Useful End. Bones of the parish clogs of Con- stantinople, which WeVO ail exiled to the IsIand 01. Proti, are now being niede into buttons by Russian refu- gees to the same place. Freddy Knew Itector—"Freddy, do you know where little boyo go who fish on the Sabbath day?" Fready—"Yea, str; follow Inc and I'll show you the place." Fish as Ship 'Weis, SbOaln o veeeers 111111 be sharp at the bow ot blunt et tbe bow arid:411er') at the steame If this cannot be set- tled by the laws ot hycleomeebanic's, it 'would...seem that experience should before this have answered the cities- tione fee ehjre have, been made of manifold E01'111$ end to lit all leincls:of tbeoeies, reeeonahle and. unreasonable. An appeal Le the shape of varioes fish as tbe proper model to be folloWed is net uncommom Thle is the method folloWed by one outhority, who takes tile pike ne his ,pattern and IllArVela that we are building hults on suet: tiff- ferent lines. Another authority hohls that he is ell wrong. • Evers, one, this critic point's out, wbo has eeen a, pato hall itotleed tbae it has a large beittl, flattened borizontal- ly, and consequeetlY at right itugles to Its WI, Although Most other Ileis have heads thaj: are flatteted vertteallY, info the tall, nth% a Creatur5 of prey, the pike sbeeld„. sulenees other fishes in filteed: otherwiae ft woeld not be able to over- take them, To tate end, iihthro lute Opt 01.11V 131 5011 111315 taeM that is More elentler in Om retie 111 in froet (which is cm Indfspenealeto entglition for the 13111(1111115111 (11 higit epeeti), liet She lias also effected tide ineersion of the heed with reetpect to tire tell, which enettelsetee te Nurepiclity 01 twee:lee:ion, Let us remember that when a anal escapes through an orifice, a recangu- lar aperture, for example, theflow, evhich just after issuing is rectangular 131 eection, like the hole., twiets about so that a short distance from its cor- responding micleo at right angles to those of the hole. Reeiprocally, the pike may be re- garded in the light 01. 11110 twisted flow, for in 4noeting the water horizontally in front and leavieg it vertically be- hind ft allows the liquid bo tette the Mill111111113 path to close up behind its body and return to a Imeitien af re- po:es. It follows that the fish meets with less resietanee In its progresa, tot' this resietauce comes chiefly from the vacuum that would form behind it if the water'did not have time to re,, twine its place during the passage of the body through it. It should be noted, in passing, (hot all areatures that are called upon to move rapidly through a sum cues mach slenderer behind than beton, aml it ?should be added that forme that are too Blender in front are quite un- stilted for great speeds. That may eaellY be demonstrated. It ie, tberca fore, a puzzle io thie itelfliciritY that daeignera SO Often Persist in giving to veseels terms (33311 3130 more slondee In the how than 11.1 the stern, when the aontrary eliould be the Gage. Tommy Wears Red Again. Greet Britain has decided to adopt the ref uniforms of ether cleys for the army—or to eadopt them. The khaki was all right for service, and i.t NVill sail be used 111 tervice in time of WAY or while the troops are campaigning. But the ecarlet unifeem of ()Id will be the rule when the tccoop•s are not en- gaged with an enemy. The reason for going back to the red uniform is inkeeesting. It is done in order to get recruits. It has been found dna the war ended that the re- craitaig officers are unable to keep the ratiks fined. Ma do not go into the army as they once aid, and the khaki uniform is given as a reason It doesn't attract, It looks too much like real work, if you please, Besides, the women do not rave- over it•as they used .to rave over the gayly bedecked solaiers. Students of psychology --and in every branch of 1101111111 entleavoy they° are now students of peyehelogy—have even Great Britain the lint. It will cost millions of dollars to replace the khaki unit:rents with the scarlet ones, - but it will still be cheaper than it is AS present to keep up the enlistments. Bright rod will do the w.oric, they eloent, and so again WO 11511 to see the "thin red 14310 that eel:elite around the etieth,” as the 13ritis1l aerny uSed to be de -scribed.' The best way to get eengenial 010u - potion it to look op a job and then make up your mind that it suits you. He who eales to tollow two trails comes bane with an empty game bag. One way of eetilizing tho meaning of a million is to -think of what it means in Vim If we count back a 1113111011 days fecen 1020 we come to a date well before the founding of Rome, A million houre would take us back almost to the Battle ef Trafalgar, and a Million neinates have net yet elapsed sitiee the Arinietiee WAS eigned. 401 Of Boer gifted with one tettepoen ot gammon and one-balf teaspoon oi Moves, "Over tied Ceara" As Maidle followed ber taster up te the sewing room her small feet were falvly dancing 'with excitement, "0 Ellen, are you going to begin my nay dresses this Afternoon? Will you do the pink one first? Please do the pink one, Wren. YoU know I like that best," Ellen drew the cover from the pile of work cut out and ready for basting. Such a pile of -week! The pink ging. ham and the blue one, skirts for mid- , dies, Claire's green voile and blue silk and white SW/Se. Ellett fele as if she could get through things fairly wen 31. 11. were eot for the endless sewing piled before her, mountain high, twice a year. If she could only get it all done ani(out of the way just once! And Middle WAS dancing about as if 11 35050 the greatest treat in the world! "There'll be pieces, won't there, Ellen'and I may make Rosie May a dem? Oh, I do love new dresses!" "You wouldn't love them if you had to make them, over and over forever! Maidie, AL you don't let things alone, I won't touch the pink dress." Ellen did not mean to be sharp, but she was tired. Maidie leoked up, with her mouth quivering. ."Does God get tired, too, making flowers and things?" she asked. "I'm going to measure the length," Ellen replied sternly, "and then you're to go outdoors and play and not 00111S into the house lentil I'call you." lefaidie stood painfully still while aae„„e the length was being measured, Then two tablespoons of melted butter, one she went softly out of the room. There teaspoon of- cinnamon, one-half tea- spoon of cloves, mace and salt, and three cups of flour. Beat until stnooth and bake in gem tins in a moderate oven. There ne many recipes for cakes made with honey. These nearly all can for some sugar, but the amount is usually small. Honey Cake.—One-lial•f cup of but- ter, one-half cup of granulated sugar, one-half cup of strained honey, two eggs. Beat these until creamy yellow. Add two cups of flour'one roundinpowder,teaspoon of baking powder, one-eighth teaspoon of socla—honey always needs O little eoda—sifted together, and one teaspoon of caraway seed. Bake as a loaf cake. Honey Cakes.—Sift two cups of flour and stir into it a map of sour cream, two tablespoons. of strained honey and two of granulated sugar, a fourth teaspoon of cinnamon and a half teaspoon of ginger. Beat all thor- oughly and add an even teaspoon of socia dissolved in two tablespoons of hot water. Beat hare] again and drop in -gem tins. These are especially good eaten hot. Honey - Gingerbread. — Beat two tablespoons of strained honey into a half -cup of butter, first warming the butter slightly. Whip to a cream and than beat he a tablespoon each of powdered sugar and ginger. Have ready four eggs, yolks and whites beaten light separately, and add these alternately to other ingredients, Last of all, add three cups of flour sifted with a heaping teaspoonful of baking powder. Beat vigoeously for one min- ute, than pour into shallow pan or gein tins and bake one-half hour covered. Uncover and brown. • Have a steady heat, not too intense. Dutch Honey Cake.—To one pound of bread dough add one pound strain- ed honey, a quarter -cup of butter, half laimit ehould not be eaten at the enme a teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves mail with buttermilk. . and nutmeg. Work Ulm into the An appetizing and nutritious way to dough and acid the grated rind of a prepare bettermilk for table use is to lemon, a quarter pound of candiedmake buttermilk jelly. Boil one quart ginger and citron; both shredded, the of fresh buttermilk in a gran:te kettle, yolks , of four eggs beaten light, and stireing occasionally to avoid curdling the Whites of two, also beaten, a half in lumps. 'Mix in it enough rice flout teaspoon of soda, dissolved in a little (previously moistene(1) to make a soli .hot water, and one cup of flour. Make mueh. Beat in the yolk of an ege into a lonf, and bake covered for forty-! while hot, two tablespoonfuls of sugat five minutes. Then 111100505 01151 brown.' anal Pour into molde. Serve cold will: Cakes to which sauce or jam is I cram. Another variatibn is to flavoe ndded mey be lade and syrup substi- with lemon and add half a cupful of tutecl for the sugar called for. A choppesi almoatis instead of the egg. larger measere of syrup than the Buttermilk pie is aeferable to the sugar called for is needed, as can usual .custard. pie, beihg pleasantly ally a little more flour :Mould be syrup is not so sweet as eugar. Usue acid and more wholesome. It is pre- pared the same,substituting butter- milk for sweet milk and add:ng to each cupful a heaping teaspoonful ot cornstarch. One egg to each pie LI suffluetitr e:t Bniilk, too, is good for tat complexion of womankind, externally or intanally applied. On a hot day try a glass of half sweet cream and half buttermilk. It is wholesome and refreshing—both :food and drink fol summer time, —a. It's an awful bore when a man wif, insist on talking of his ailments whes you want to talk of yours. were tears in her eyes, but ehe tried beavely to wink them ba.cle. . Ellen, alone in the sewing room, was trying not to remember the small, grieved lace. She was doing all that she could do, taking cere of the fetn- ily. Flowers! If only she could Set some law going that would make new clothes every sprang and fall. She would not get tired then, It was the doing things over and over emilesely and never getting them done. Days arid nights and seedtimes and harvests did themselves. But how about people? How about people's selfishness and lazinese. and impatience? Did God never get tired of forgivang people over and over? Dicl He never get tired of giving them fresh clays and having them emit] them? Ellen's needle slipped front her fingers, and she sat very still in the bright little sewing room 'Suddenly she dropped her work and went to the window. In the yard below WAS a grave little figure sitting listlessly in the sw:ng. "Maidie," Ellen called, "you may come up now. I've found a lovely piece- • --- that you may use to make Rosie May a dress." Buttermilk .As a Summer Beverage. Buttermilk with its fat taken out and its milk, sugar, minerals and pro- tein left in, plus its wholesome aeiclity, is an ideal drink for bilious folks and all with intestinal and gastric troubles. For very aggravated cases of bil- iousness let the patierit put himself on a steady d:et of buttermilk and bread and cereal's for one week, and he will be surprised at the rault. Of course, care must be taken not to telte too much even of this plain food. added, Apple Sauce Cake.—One and one- half cups apple sauce, 0110 and one- half cups syrup, one-half cup butter, three and oac-half cups of flour sifted with three teaspoons of baking pow- der, oae-half teaspoon of cloves and nutmeg, anti one teaspoon of cinna- mon. A cup of raisins may be flatted. Blackbervy Jam Cake,— One-half cup of butter creained, two eggs well beaten, one .atid one-fourth cups of syrup, one cup of blackberry jam—or any jam, three tablespoons of butter- milk, one teaspoon of soda, two cups Are We Losing Our Senses? — We are accustomea to regard deaf- ness as an affliction happily exception. - al; btit nearly all old people ere deaf, at least to some extent, though the defect may tot be pronounced enough to excite their own notice or that or °fiavleveg D;yhosy "catches cold" occasion- ally; and It is coital that make people deaf, Ole folks are deaf much more commonly than yomiger folks because lievieg lived longer, they have hid more thee 111 Whiall 10 Caleh COldS. People whose lives are epent out of doors do not catch colds, which are germ infectione, lienee, deafnees is rere among savages. Defective vision 111005100, What we call "near -sight" is clue to a deformation (11 (110 eyebal1 by a mysleriotts divettee that eterts 113 early childhood, Nobody is bore near. d' 'provaleneare C0 of -eaelit has f4bleaeillujeitattributed to much mo or the oyes at 'the near point, for reading, 'writing .enct sewing. .A t011rlulty to 37 is certainly hereditary, Thom aro c3 3? acuities in tho way of necaptiog tine theory. One thing sure, however- % that nature never contemplated man as a civilized animal. Our sense of smell le far inferior to that a the savage; but even hie scent faculty. Is a poor thing compared with that of lower animals, A oat can get drunk on a smen. Watch pesey with tile catnip, An oclor that NVO perceive is the ef. feet of a gas--porhaps Ilboreted from a rase or possibly from a garbage cart --1131011 iniuule nerve emls which mo- Jeet above the althea() a the 1111150118 membrane that lines the nasal paee- ages. Tho nerves in qttestioti tele- graph It to the "olfactory bulb." which is a beech et brain atuff back of the upper nose'3 1110 bulb, however, is. only a relay statioe, whieh forwards the uews to the time centre of smell perceptien, et the have of' the 11a'8331. As people geew older thole or iHits loFes ILA amitoness, It 13 not nesrly 80 1513011 In a iniddle.a 1 pot, 5.133 tza (bad, thongli 3 11.1e• bo 311111,' educate) and move 1! 'h11111' ethee. Ono reesen ter a child' :wryer ' ef mellelee le thet ils ball tag • ie tale 111 1313(01' meth meet) inte:ae. ea •