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j the liquid boils put in the cooked straws
ado boil twenty Put
tenanee and of shelter were limited to
still living in Tientsin. I think]. have
are a nuisance, as one or the other is
the last res, there could b- no lag-
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picture of her. She is a modest,
quiet woman, thoroughly devoted to her
er edges. 00
Wa er-colors require a happy medium
the rest elle cased nothing. Night and
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minutes. the peel
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And Leonora did work. She washed
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the dishes, she learned to assist in the
residents of Tientsin.','
When President Angell was sent to i
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cooking, in the sweeping, tate mending,
China -with fufjl power as minister to
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the work of the farm—everythingrepresent
tLa United States in all dip-'
day she atud'Ied, and her discerning
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into jolly glasses and when it is cold
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of the hands and a strong, h
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body. But she did more. Nature had
in hand and made the way easy for !
had the design brought out in black.
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than the mere animas, strength that of
powers did the rest. Tihis story was
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cover.
could Hope to derive benefit concerning
certain matters in which his country
one for summer and one for
attention in the never4ceastng batt',e of
was interested.
cranberries, two cupfuls of sugar,
P gar, half
wits in this wp "A. Of brains she had
The latter-day history of this lady is I
mer. Bright calico makesstronger cov-
a plenty, though at that time no-
not so web$ known as is tlhe rest. The I
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roasted to the writer by a well known
MAKING BEDS.
housekeepers differ as to the size of pil-
In one of the 50,s—the purpose of this
club man a few weeks ago, and to Pre-
sident Angedl the former wrote for its
Bed making is an art, and one worthy
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I PICTURE FRAMES.
�. story wffid be amply fulfilled without
fall confirmation. Zlhis was his answer:
"Miss Leonora A. Howard graduated
°f attainment, at that. Comparatively
few women know how to correctly
I In these days it is important that the
specifying which—there was boon in a
from our medical school in 1876. She
make a bed. They think that so long
frame of a pasture should be as artis-
farm• house near Kingston, Ont, a girl,
It was a Plain, peat little home that
went out as a medical missionary to
Tientsin, Colina, which is the rpsidence
the covers look'smooth nothing else
tic in its way as the picture itself. Not
costly, perhaps; indeed, this frame
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1.shelltered We mite of humanity, its
of Li Hung Chang. Lady Li, as she was
generally called, the wife of Li Hung
is necessary. Cleanliness is of first im-
portance. No refinement
must
always be subordinate to the picture.
parepta and a number of brothers and
Chang, had been i4or some 1 for time and
woman of
would have anything but neat, clean
No effort in the way of framing will
sisters. Affluence had no abiding place
had failed to get relief from Chinese
phystoians. She canted in the services
bedding,
B. jet as sweet as pure air and
improve a bad picture, while a
P good one
there; of comfort there was a kind, but
oP Miss Howard, who resided fora tuna
water can make it. Every morning, tin-
may be all but ruined by an unsuitable
at times it was ceCd comfort; poverty
in her home. Her medical care
less the air extremely damp, the
setting'
had placed its stamp on the little place;
bre
brought relief to Lady Li, and she was
bedding should be exposed to wind and
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A writer advisee that etchings, pho-
the wild was ever at the door, and it
very gratePull. Slhe Uestowed many pre-
can a upon her, Li Hung Chang him-
sunlight, if po,sible, for at least an
togravures, and pictures in black and
white are best framed in
was only with an effort that at times
d
taxed his energies to the utmost that
self was so appreciative of her services
that when he found that she wished to
hour,
the
narrow moul-
I dings
g of the natural woods— cherry,
the fond husband and father kept the
establish a missionary hospital, he
course, we cannot all afford
ales,, but when buying bedding and
holly, or oak. Even plain pine, which
- snarliing yelp, staring eyes and gleam-
gave a cansideralke sum of money for
its endowment and secured liberal gifts
gtreated
springs the best is economical in the
often has a beautiful grain, if oiled or
withoakoa Piller, then
ing teeth on the outer side of the
threshold..
inese , .
fr Miss Howard did menthe honor to
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cud' Neat chain springs are the masted
and stain-
with light oak or maple, makes a
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l The parents of this little girl were
invite me to give tihc address at the
durable and also the cleanest. But bet-
very modest and pretty frame. An -
Hamed Howard and she was christened
°Pening of the hospital. An important
ter an old-fahioned one than none at
other pretty way to treat a pine frame
Leonora A. Needless to tell of the very
occasion was made. I,i Hung Chang
himself was present, sitting on the I
all. The hair mattress is expensive, but
there is like it for comfort.
is to rub burnt sienna or umber of Van -
dyke brown
cantly development of Leonora. Once!
she had reached the physical condition
platform. Several of the foreign con- i
suds were also there. Pt is probable
nothing
Whatever the mattress—husk or hair
into the outer edge for
half an inch shadin it lighter
the inner edge of the fraeLett this
that entitled her to share in the work
that the interest in western medical
science, which was awakened in him by
—it should be turned often, every day
to
dry, and oil with linseed -oil, which
ineidgntad to the farm and its home,
tbese events, was one of the influences
if possible, and from end end, as
this wear.
brings out the grain of the wood.
Large photographs from of-
her parents saw to it that she was giv-
which fed him to establish a medical'
school of his own for the instruction
ensures more even
Sheets and comforters should beam-
paintings
ten look well in a broad, flat frame
an it. They had to, for where so many
mouths were to be fed so many bodies
of Chinese military and naval officers.
]yIiss• Howard aft- ds married an
ply large, so the may Ile tucked snug -
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of this sort without a mat. while etch -
lugs are improved by a wide, warm
made y
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ly in several inches all around. If they
to be clothed, where the means of sus-
Enelislh missionary named Bing and is I
artist has a couple of studies in
oil framed in
tenanee and of shelter were limited to
still living in Tientsin. I think]. have
are a nuisance, as one or the other is
the last res, there could b- no lag-
g g-
picture of her. She is a modest,
quiet woman, thoroughly devoted to her
er edges. 00
Wa er-colors require a happy medium
gards„
profession, and to Ther missionary work,.'
small comforters are often the cause
of chil- !which
And Leonora did work. She washed
and is greatay respected by all foreign
f.
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the dishes, she learned to assist in the
residents of Tientsin.','
When President Angell was sent to i
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cooking, in the sweeping, tate mending,
China -with fufjl power as minister to
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the work of the farm—everythingrepresent
tLa United States in all dip-'
comforters are turned well under the '
that cows be accomplished by the use
Z,omatt c n ottations between the two
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of the hands and a strong, h
counties, this lady was one of the, first I
countries, persins sought by hum. Shea tcok him I
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body. But she did more. Nature had
in hand and made the way easy for !
had the design brought out in black.
endowed her with something better
him by introducting him to all the po- '
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than the mere animas, strength that of
litical and social circles in which he
will."
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itself commands little respect or even
could Hope to derive benefit concerning
certain matters in which his country
one for summer and one for
attention in the never4ceastng batt',e of
was interested.
cranberries, two cupfuls of sugar,
P gar, half
wits in this wp "A. Of brains she had
The latter-day history of this lady is I
mer. Bright calico makesstronger cov-
a plenty, though at that time no-
not so web$ known as is tlhe rest. The I
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body beneath that roof suspects¢ that
supposition is that she is happily living
with her husband in Tientsin, and that
housekeepers differ as to the size of pil-
she stood for a higher type of human-
she is the mother of a family. Cer-
pies.
ity than they had witways known. This
tain it is that if she is still]. alive her
1ows, and others cannot rest on low,
existence of brain power drove her to
wealth muss be considerable, for she
water, not salted. Never let them
books—to search for kmowfledge, for in
is regarded as one, of the best, if not the
best, authorities on medicine in the
and have four instead of two. In thab
way guests ma yy suit themselves. Pit-
lowslips should be made oblong and am-
formation as to the whys and where-
whole of that vast em ire.—R, D.
boiling water.
fores of that which is. For instruc-
Wagstaff in Detroit Free Press.
be well shaken every. day•
.If shams are used it ie a good idea
tion from others she had little time.
to make a pair of flat, lard pillows,
pieces, and stew a little broth.
When tender, add some rich cream, a
Tradition says that she did see the in -
little flour and butter, e.nou h to thick -
ge
the shams, if nothing better is pro-
Bide of the "little red school house" a
vided. They should be almost as large
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few times, just enough to whet her ap-
WOODEN LATHING DOOMED.
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petite for more. But she found the
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at home in the intermissions am-
A I:rou•irtg uc•untnd P•ront ticauU Au
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ons labors, to search the pages of vari-
A1.4,11114 -els for Iron or Steel Devices.
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ous volumes on various subjects that
One industry which is declining in the
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came into her hands in various ways,
United States is the manufacture of
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In the course of time she evinced a
wooden laths. It is not owing to any
simple the bedding, comfort is ,essen-
desire to study medicine. What put
general • decrease of building, nor to
cream boil up around the potatoes, add
the crotchet into her head puzzCed her I
business depression, but to the grow-
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father and mother, and they laughed I
ing demand from nearly all architects
pan; set in a moderate oven and bake
at what they thought was a mere vag-
for metallic lathing in the construction
housewife is always desirous of replen-
cry, a fleeting fancy that would pass ;
of the partitions of modern buildings. I
Cauliflowers Wash it well first in
away as does smoke from a burning I
Metallic lathing is used less with a
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pile. But Leonora was persistent in
view to making the buildings fire-
well salted. Boil until tender, and
au f enl:ti hte uncut on this
her demand or g
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o than o i t walls and
P t making he
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the greatest subject that comes under I
Partitions stronger and less likely to
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the consideration of mankind the world
crack, Ordinary wooden laths are nail -
off the rind, Cut the strips into pieces
over. Its importance in the affairs of
ed to the al uddings while still green
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mea she probably did not fully realize,
or wet from exposure to the weather,
throw them into a preserving kettle,
but her ballf-formed mind bad been
It would make no difference if they .
The destructiou of the oldest seats of
brought under the spell of its influ- I
ence. Its wonderfuDi y interesting de- i
were perfectly dry, for the mortar
of pumpkin. Cover the kettle and.
tails had charmed her. She had read
would quickly moisten them. Then
namely, that of the four cities of Sod -
something of them from books, but it
comes the drying out process. As the
each five pounds of fruit, and a few
issubject that can beappreciative-
y begun only with actual manifesta-
laths dry they twist i ad turn, crack -
dition, and for the critical geologist
•ons and in. the presence of others
ing the mortar and weakening the
w
trained by lifetime of devotion to the
wall, The wooden lath is doomed ex -
tragedy was caused by a sudden
profession, and this she did realize.
cept for the construction of the cheap -
perforated spoon carefully lift out the
One day she astounded her parents by
announcing that she intended entering
eat kind of buildings, The advantages
ing of the soil, a phenomenon which,
a school for medicine, if the school could
of any form of metal laths are so great
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be found that would admit her. Their
that architects have no difficulty in
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objections were strong in themselves,
persuading prospective builders to use
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I'olaite
but feeble as they encountered the res-
will of the girl-. She applied for
theme to the exclusion of wood.
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admission to the Royal College of Phys-
The evolution of the lath is rather
juice may be used in place of the lem-
felons and Surgeons, situated in Kings-
interesting. 1n the early days, just
not exist at all before this catastrophe,
op
ton, and an institution that, though it
after the log cabin era in this coun-
substitute for preserved ginger, and will
had not the hospital facilities and con -
Sequent advantages of actual practice
try, a plastered wall was looked up -
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furnished by other Canadian medical
(m asa luxury. Studdings were hewn
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colleges, yet was rooted for the fine
from hard wood, and the laths were
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reputation of its teachers, and for the
standing of many of its graduates
riven by hand from the straightest
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throughout the Dominion,
grained timber obtainable, and occa-
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Leonora's application was met vQith
sionally dressed with,the drawknife or
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a point blank refusal, She demanded
a -carom, and it was given her—the
spokeshave when too' thick for use.
,may
in accordance, too, with the writers of
Same that had been assigned in many
were fastened to the studding
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a parallel case, before hers—that young
with hand -made nails ,cortin g two or
edtconhi certain
otdfherfotur
men -and women coald not, consistent-
three shillings a and before the
Another delicious sweetmeat is pre-
fly with the laws governing the relations
of the sexes, sit in the one room and
.pound,
rough coat or mortar and hair was put
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look on while dead human bodies in
on, the lathed wall presented a rug-
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• various stages of disease were being
Bed appearance, having
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dissected and listen while certain sub-
seems to be the natural thing, as the
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jects, the mention of which in joint so-
STRAIGHT LINES
as having been thoroughly destroyed
ciety is prohibited by sill classes that
anywhere, and showing chinks vary -
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observe common' decency, were, being
discussed. This was the reason, but
ing from a mere crack up to fully an
, i
there was given another b the pub-
inch when a crooked lath came in
in ranulated sugar and squeeze over
lic -that the men were .jealous of the
juxtaposition to a moderately straight
valley not really a vision of pm•adiive.
encroachments of the lesser sex on a
profession that centuries of custom had
one. Then came the sawed laths, each
declared belonged to 'them and them
one ripped
Pped from the edge of an inch and
alone.
a quarter plank with a hand saw.
In her distress the girl thought of
Next came the laths, made one at a
time with circular saws, and then came
Dr. Donald Maclean, now a prominent
surgeon in Detroit, and at that time
the gang -saw machine, which made
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professor of surge -y in the medic•a; de-
partment of the University of Michi-
scores of laths at one cut. These laths
were cut from the lag with a shaving
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gan. Dr. Maclean was born within 100
miles of her own home had before that
knife and chopped into widths as
toothpicks and cigar lighters are.
e been referrer of aw er in the
time P surgery
the next innovation was a metal lath
of thin sheet -iron strips, ribbed
Kingston college, and was well known Kingston
to ala that part of Canada by reputa-
or having the edges turned over to give
tion. For disappointment she :ooked,
strength, Perforated sheet iron with
ragged punctures, in which the mortar
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but she was destined happuly to be dts-
appointed in her disappointment. The
would clinch, succeeded the strips; and
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doctor, without knowing anything of
wire netting lathing was introduced.
It was gemerally strengthened with
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young woman, but simply witb the
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intention of playing the Good Samari-
ribs o. coarser wire, and is still exten-
tan, consented to assist her into the
lively used, not only for partitions but
class at Asan Arbor College, blioh„ pro-
for concrete floors as well,
Within a few years scores of patents
vided she could satisfy him that she
had a measure of abEdty and that her I
have beer granted for metallic lath -
longing for medical learning was gen-
ing, and in almost every instance they
have been for making sheet steel plates
thine and enduring.
Joyfully she packed her little trunk
provided with slits of perforations to
with the few belongings that. could he
bold the mortar. Several varieties are
gathered togetber, and started for the ' I
town. Dr. Maclean was
designed to get more surface out of the
metal sheet than by mere perforating,
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Michigan not
favorably impressed by tier appearance,
and are kndwn as expanded metal lath-
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but an aiour or two of conversation wit h.
ing. One company has had almost a
monopoly of expanding metal in this
her convinced him that she was al
least worthy of a trial. So he. sec.ur-
inU the use of an ingenious ma -
g
ed for her admission to the class,
$er &but in tale com'ipany of bright,
po which it has patents here
chine upon
and abroad, The sales run up to con-
dol-
i ' weal] -dressed young men and women at
siderably more than one million
pars in the United States, it
first excited only ridicule. Tall, raw _
boned, aarliar, awkward, red-headed
a year
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is said. This lath is said fully to dou-
ble the width of the original plate
freeldied, dressed in fabric of cheap
f7i�u�s_�tl_ity, that sat none too well on her
from which it is cut. Recently another
by
W, ,stall out of touch with, met-
Iigul', and tout of etiquette,,whthis
ropolitari Yb
company has produced a machine
which even more expansion is gained
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young woman entered the, class, the ob-
an ingenious form of cutting and
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ect of attention, the butt of sarcasm,
,gut had that bright mind with
corrugating. All this is clear gain,
and the effort is being directed to get-
she stial
Iher, and not many months had elapsed
before her mates and her teachers were
ting the greatest stiffness with the
lightest metal, which means more gain
full aware of the fact She glued
to the makers.
made y
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ly in several inches all around. If they
cream, or soft bluish mat, A clever
are too small, they pull up, and if two
artist has a couple of studies in
oil framed in
people sleep in a bed small comforters
rough, unplaned pine
plank, heavily gilded and artistically
are a nuisance, as one or the other is
splashed with bronze toward the out -
"left out in the cold" unless he hangs
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er edges. 00
Wa er-colors require a happy medium
on to his share like grim death.
;
between the richness desirable for oil -
small comforters are often the cause
of chil- !which
paintings and the severe simplicity
an
serious colds, especially among
dren, who do not know enough to pull '
etching demands, Land-
sea pes look best in simple, narrow
the cover over them during the night. I
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ar a more
decorative frame, Pwhile iece wal portrfait takes
The sheets shou led be well tucked in at
a broad rich seting.
the foot, especially the lower one. It I
Another artist, with more taste than
is also necessary that the blankets and ,
money, has a delicious bit of water -
comforters are turned well under the '
color in a flat frame is
mattress at the foot, so they will not
pine on which
roughly etched spiky, thorny branches;
pull up. The upper sheet should al-
the frame was then oiled and the de -
ways be turned over the edge of the
sign painted in sepia. A silvered frame
comforters at the top about fiveorstx '
had the design brought out in black.
inches in order that the edges may be
some -suppersplit
if 1 s it that wood."
kept clean. If this is not carefully at-
"Yes," she answered promptly, "I
tended to they soon become soiled. It
will."
'That
is m-
agood idea to have two sets of com-
USEFUL RECIPES.
one for summer and one for
Cranberry Pie.—A quart of chopped
winter. The daintiest of comforters aro
made of cheesecloth, wih but one or
cranberries, two cupfuls of sugar,
P gar, half
two layers of cotton in them for sum-
a cupful
p ul of molasses, two even table -
mer. Bright calico makesstronger cov-
spoonfuls of corn starch dissolved in a
ers for heavier winter comforters, which '
little cold water, then add one and a
should be made thick and soft. Most
half cupfuls of boiling water, and one
housekeepers differ as to the size of pil-
drop of rose water. This makes four
lows, and make the kind which suits
pies.
them best. Some people, however, can-
not sleep on the high, well -stuffed pil-
Seasonable Ve etables.—The should
1ows, and others cannot rest on low,
always be put to cook in fresh boiling
soft ones, So in the guest chamber
water, not salted. Never let them
it is probably best to make low pillows,stand
stand after they are once done. If you
and have four instead of two. In thab
way guests ma yy suit themselves. Pit-
lowslips should be made oblong and am-
must let them stand, put instantly into
a colander, and stand it over a pot of
ply large. If small and tight they will
boiling water.
not wear near as long. Pillows should
Stewed Celery.—Clean thoroughly.
be well shaken every. day•
.If shams are used it ie a good idea
Throw away any green leaves, cut in
small in
to make a pair of flat, lard pillows,
pieces, and stew a little broth.
When tender, add some rich cream, a
not more than two inches thick and
stuffed with straw, on which to pin
little flour and butter, e.nou h to thick -
ge
the shams, if nothing better is pro-
en the cream, season with pepper and
salt, nutmeg if liked. P pp
vided. They should be almost as large
tion of the purchaser, in which relation -
as the shams, which will is this way
Sweet Potatoes.—Take good-sized po-
be kept smooth and in place always,
tatoes, wash clean and put in to boil
it never beingr to takethem
them
with skins on; but do not put salt to
apart when removing at
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If the spread is then drawn over
this water. They will take an hour to
smoothly without wrinkles or bulge and
cook. Drain off the water, and set in
a pan for a few minutes before the fire
the shams are well put up, the bed is
to dry well. Peel and send to table.
as neatly and comfortably made as
could be wished. There is nothing more
Creamed Potatoes.—Put a small fete
p
delicious when tired at night than a
of butter in a frying -pan, a little pars -
well -made, well -aired, soft bed, with
ley, chopped fine, salt, pepper, and half
downy pillows and warm covers, and
no matter how coarse the linen or how
cupful of cream, let it' come to a boil;
simple the bedding, comfort is ,essen-
cut cold boiled potatoes into small,
pieces, turn into the cream; let the
tial.
tial.
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cream boil up around the potatoes, add
to the city of Paris and was rechris-
another piece of butter and serve.
FOP EMPTY PRESERVE JARS.
Baked Beets.—Wash and put into a
As the unfilled preserve jars and
pan; set in a moderate oven and bake
jelly glasses accumulate, the provident
slowly; when soft, remove skin and
housewife is always desirous of replen-
dress to taste.
ishing her unoccupied storeroom shelf.
Cauliflowers Wash it well first in
If she wants something unusual the fol-
strongly salted water, to bring out all
lowing, but always new recipes may
dirt. and insects. 'Prim off all tough
outside leaves, put into boiling water
tempt her,
well salted. Boil until tender, and
To make a sweet preserve of pump- 1
serve with white sauce or cream.
kin, secure a pumpkin that is a dark
The primary conditions of long�vity
yellow in color, cut it into narrow
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strips, remove the soft part, and pare
tive organs, as well as the brain, should
off the rind, Cut the strips into pieces
ANCIE NT HISORY.
two or three inches long, weigh them
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and then rinse them in clear water and
Something,
ing, Absul ute De.rtraeuon of
throw them into a preserving kettle,
Sodom and uomorrah.
Add one pound of granulated sugar and
The destructiou of the oldest seats of
the juice of two lemons for each pound
civilization and culture in the Jordan
of pumpkin. Cover the kettle and.
Valley and the Dead Sea districts,
stand it in a cool place over night. In
namely, that of the four cities of Sod -
the morning add one pint of water for
om, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, is
each five pounds of fruit, and a few
one of the fixed facts of earliest tra-
good-sized pieces of scraped ginger root.
dition, and for the critical geologist
Place the kettle over the fire, where
the phenomenon presents no difficulty,
the contents will just simmer, until
as far as it can be traced at all. The
The
the pieces of pumpkin become -clear and
tragedy was caused by a sudden
can be pierced with a splint. With a
of the valley basin in the southern part
perforated spoon carefully lift out the
of the Dead Sea, resulting in the sink -
cooked pumpkin and put it into jars, fill-
ing of the soil, a phenomenon which,
ing each jar two-thirds full. Cook the
without any doubt, was in intimate con -
liquid until it is a thick syrup then
vection with a catastrophe in nature,
skim out the ginger root, and pour the
or an earthquake accompanied by
syrup into the parciy filled jars. Do
not cover the jars until the preserves
such a sinking of the soil along one or
are perfectly cold. The pumpkin may
more rents in the earth, whereby these
be cut into thin slices, diamonds, or
cities were destroyed or "overturned,"
any fancy shape desired, and orange
so that the Salt Sea now occupies their
juice may be used in place of the lem-
territory. The view that this sea did
ons.
Carrots may be preserved in such a
not exist at all before this catastrophe,
op
manner that they can be used as a
or that the Jordan before this period
substitute for preserved ginger, and will
flowed into the Mediterranean Sea,
be found an excellent imitatiop. Take
small, yellow carrots, scrape them and
contradicts throughout all geological
g g g
cut them into halves, and then in quar-
I
and natural science teachings concern-
ing the fm-mation this
ters. Put the pieces into a preserving
kettle, cover them with water, and put I
of whole region.
• • • • That the Pantapolis at one
them over the fire and parboil thm. I
time was situated in the southern part
Then turn them into a colander, and'.
of the Dead Sea, which is now carted
let them drain several hours. Weigh
proved aliso, among other
thlnha'
the drained carrots and return them
by the r
g Y p casabas location at
to the preserving kettle ; add to them ;
this pliace of Zoar, the place which es -
their weight in syrup of ginger. Cover'
caped destruction in the clays of Lot ;
the kettle and place it over a slow fire ;
in accordance, too, with the writers of
where the contents can just simmer for
antiquity and of the middle ages, in -
about three hours; then put the car-.
°audios the Arabian geographers. As
rots into jars and when they are cold
edtconhi certain
otdfherfotur
cover them. Do not use this preserve
until it has been made several weeks.
cerniii g ilerocat on
other cities, viz.: Sodom, Gomorrah,
Another delicious sweetmeat is pre-
Admah, and Zeboim, of which names
served orange peel. Select oranges with
only that o[ Sodom, in Djebol Usdum,
perfect skins, wipe them with a damp
is found reflected in any place in these
cloth, and weigh them Peel the fruit
Precincts. And even apart from Boo-
by taking the skin off in quarters,
logical and geographical reasons, this
and then cut it into straws, Cover the
seems to be the natural thing, as the
cut peel • with hot water and let it
book of Genesis represents these places
cook fifteen minutes. Drain off the
as having been thoroughly destroyed
water and again cover the peel with
without heaving any trace or remnant
fact these
hot water and boil until the straws
behind. The that now dis-
are tender. Meanwhile put into a pre-
tricts are a dreary waste, and by the
serving kettle the weight of the fruit
Arabian geographer Mukaddasi called
in ranulated sugar and squeeze over
a "hills," is no evidence that in earlier
times this was not different, and this
it the juice of the oranges. Put the
kettle over the back of the fire where
valley not really a vision of pm•adiive.
the sugar will slowly dissolve. When i
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WtiwT 1S GOING ON IN THF, FOUR
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OF THE GLOBE.
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Old and New World Events of Interest Chron-
POW DER
icled Briefly—Interesting Happenings of
Recent Data.
THE COOK'S BEST FRIEND
Bishop Ellicott, of Bristol and Glou-
44ARGES'lr SALE IN CANADA6
tester, who is 78 years of age, has tak-
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en up the bicycle.
STICKLER FOR FORM.
Baroness Hirsch has given $250,000
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to endow a home for Jewish consump-
tives in England.
Ilow tut 1'11eon►merelal Traveler Failed to
Eat ,t Meal.
Copenhagen is to have an elevated
"Madam," he said in accents of
railroad running along the shore from
sweetness, "I suppose you wii�l give me
the city to the woods at Charlotten-
land. The motive power will be eleo-
some -suppersplit
if 1 s it that wood."
tricity or compressed air.
"Yes," she answered promptly, "I
At Dolhain, on the Belgian frontier,
will."
'That
toward Germany, the whole population
would of course, make it a bus -
went to the railroad station recently
Lness transaction, and not an act of
to 'hoot the Count of Flanders, with
his son, Prince Albert.. ,nd his son -in-
charity."
f haven't anything to tray about
law, the Duke of Vendoa,a, because the
what you call it. If you split the wood
Count -had employed Germans on his
you can eat."
estate near by.
"But you recognize the fact that I
Sweden will send an expedition to
am purchasing this supper with my
Konig Karl's Land, east of Spitzber-
brawn and skill Z"
gen, next summer, collie" will also ex-
"I don't see any objection to express-
plore the other islands and the undis-
ing it in that manner, if it pleases you."
All right. If you will let me have
covered region between Spitzbergen
anything to eat you happen to have
and Franz Josef Land, Last year's rush
,handy i',a fulfill my part of the trans -
to Spitzbergen shows that the diffieul-
action in accordance with the usual me -
ties of such an expedition are little
thods of the mercantile world."
more than those of a summer cruise.
I "What I propose is that you shall,
An extraordinary story
Y of the teed-
split the wood and then come in and
sit down and heap yourself to all you
ulity of Russian peasants comes from
want." •
Slavyansk, in southern Russia, where
"I'm sorry, madam, but my early
a woman whose little ten -year-old girl
training Las made me business like. In
had sore a es consulted a witch loo -for
you know, 30 days is allowed
for payment. That is for the protec-
for and was told to apply gunpowder
PP y gunp.
tion of the purchaser, in which relation -
to the child's eyes and touch it off
with a match. She obeyed, blinding the
ship I stand in this transaction."
"If
child and injuring herself.
you mean that you'll come back
inside of a month and do the work, I
tell
Santa Barbs, one of the most famous
can right I have no -
Y g a you ht here that
high schools of Paris, founded in 1460
thing for You. -
"I'd like to split that wood right now
and the alma mater of Calvin and' of
and take my chances on getting the sup -
Loyola, has been bought by the Govern-'
per, but in the eyes of the world that
ment for 2,000,000 francs. It is becom-
would be an unwarranted procedure on
ing constantly more 'difficult for pri-
my part. If I were to go ahead and
turn that into stovewood for you, there
vate institutions to compete with the
wound be no way on earth of my put -
State establishments. Last ybar the
ting it -back- its origmad shape. And
Ecole Monge, from which religious in-
than I'd be ,completely at your mercy
struction was excluded, was turned over
so far as the fulfillment of a verbal
to the city of Paris and was rechris-
contract without witnesses is concern-
tened Lycee Carnot. This year it is
ed."
the turn of the Catholic college of
"You split the wood or go hungry,"
Sainte Barbe.
she responded.
G --many army officers are to have
"No, ma'am. I'd like to turn in and
make t]iat woodpile fairly dizzy, and
their pay raised. First Lieutenants
I don't want you to think I have the
will receive $420 a year instead of $315,
slightest suspicion of your honesty, but
Captains, $985 instead of $900, Majors
it wouldn't be business -like."
$1,500 instead of $1,350, and Colonels,
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$2,100 instead of $1,950. The - money
CONDITIONS OF LONGEVITY.
for the increase is obtained from the
The primary conditions of long�vity
saving the Government makes in re-
ducing the interest on the public debt
are that the heart, lungs and diges-
from 4 to 3 1-2 per cent. The change
tive organs, as well as the brain, should
is not all profit to the officers, as they
be large. If these organs are large, the
are compelled by the army regulations
their savings in Government
trunk will be long and thie limbs com-
fonin�vest
paratively short. The person will ap-
pear tall in sitting and short in stand -
A queer sect, the Mazarenes, turn-
ing. The hand will have a long and.
ed up in a London police court recently,
somewhat heavy palm and short fin -
owing to the refusal of their chief priest
gers. The brain will be deeply seated,
orifi
as shown by the ce of the ear be-
to pay a printer's bill. He called him-
ing low. The blue hazel or brown hazel
self Antipas pastor, Fidei Defensor,and
eye is a favorable indication. This nos -
said that be had been a clergyman of
trils being large, open and free indi-
the Reformed Episcopal Church in the
cates large lungs. A pinched and half -
United States. The bill in dispute was
closed nostril indicates small or weak '
for apamphlet containing a " State-
lungs'
ment of the Faith once delivered to the
saints in apposition to the Faiths of
!
Christendom," and on its last pagee had
ARGUMENT FOR LATE RISING.
an advertisement of the " Antepas Cy -1
An eminent medical authority asserts
cles, price 12 guineas." Antipas, F.D.,
I that getting up early tends to exhaust,
had to pay.
the physical power and to shorten life,
I while the so-called invigorating early,
Mme. Cotescu, wife of a Roumanian
court councillor at Bucharest, has
Hours are apt to produce lassitudes and
are positively dangerous to some consfl-
broughrt suit for 100,000 francs dam-
tutions.
ages, against a boarding -school mistress
of Boulogne sur Seine for the loss of
PorrOver Piny Years
two daughters. Mme. Cotescu had
Mao, wrN,Lnw's scloTniNn SYarp hue been used by
placed four daughters in a convent
'talions of mothers fnr their children whileteething.
If disturbed at night and broktn of yourrest bya sick
school, where one became converted
ehlld suff^ring and crying wi,h pain of Cutting Teeth
from the Greek orthodox faith to Ro-
send at once. and get a bottle of "Mrs. winslow's
Soothing Svrup"fnrGhildreu 7'netIli ug. Itwillrelieve
man Catholicism, and later fled from
the oonr lit le snfierariminedintely• Depond upon it,
her home to become a nun. To pre-
vent the conversion of the two younger
mothers. there is nn niistnke about it. It cures Dlar-
rhma, regulates the Storrmneh onrl 13 n Weln, e111'es `wind
girls the mother put them in the Boll-
Colin, noftcns the Gums, reduces Inflammation, and
gives tont and energy to the wiinle system, ' htrs
logne school, on the teacher's engag-
ing to keep them away from the nuns.
P•iuslew's 9nothing syrup" no chifdron teeC,Ing t
Oaa•ant to 1 he taste and is the, proscription of Doe o
The girls fled from school, however,
thenlde,0 and bust femme phcnii•iauaana nilrseetn
and ar, now believed to be nuns in
the t•niteil States. Trio( tmmy five eontsa bot.tf
some convent. The mother's suit for
damages is complicated by the fact that
Sold by all drugpiats thronghotrt the world. 13o euro
andaslcfor"Mns. WiNaLow' :I,nTntNGS'Yat,p,
her daughters have come of age and
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have intervened in the suit, through
A FEARFUL EXAMPLE.
their lawyer, with the assertion that
they acted of their own free will in
Ag reat peo ple go beyond their
means trying
ng to
what they did.
I make a show, declared
the sage philosopher.
That's right, assented Chumpley; I
blew in $10,000 trying to make a show
and it busted the third week out.
THE GOLDEN CUPID.
1
I love tbee dearly, O, my sweet—
This is no dictums rash:
TO CONSUMPTIVES.
The man who plunks gifts at thy feet
Tho undersigned having been restored to health
Mast have a pile of cash,
by simple means, safer suffering fnr anveral years
--
Mill a novore ling affection, and that dread dieease
Consumption, is anxinue to make knnwu to hie fellow
' LYNCHED,
sufferers she moans of enre. To those who destre it,
he will cheerfully -send (fine of Ma'
ugeI a copy of tha
Bronco Pete --Yes, ,Lady; I wuz wid
presorli•t.ion used, which they will find a 9urecure for
Comumptinn, Asthma, Catarrh, Brntsnehitis an
wyer son Wen he died. He looked jes'
all throat and I,nng Malatfies• $e hopes
all sufferers try
lake an ,angel, t00, Wen he wuz dylen'.
Mrs. Brown, weeping,—He did l
will hl" remedy, as it ie Invalu-
able. destr, the on, ill cost
.
Bronco Pet --Oh, yes; indeed, be did—
oluno
Ard rn rove a ,)I
them nothing, and may prove a 71paa1ng, w[II please
g, will
nddrene,
swingin' back an' forth in de air, ye
know, allmost ez if he had wings.
Rev, EDWARD A.:W11.90N,Brooklyn,Now.
York,
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