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household hints.
Sand Tart.
Two pounds of flour, two pounds of
•ugar, one and a quarter pounds of but-
er, lour eggs, salt, roll thin, sprinkle
cinnamon and sugar on top and oake on
tin sheets.
Oatm.nl Breakfast Cake*.
Take one quart of Canada oatmeal,
wet with one quart of cold water, ana
pour it into a baking tin so that it will
stand half an inch deep. Shake down
level, and bake it in a hot oven lialf an
hour, or until it is crisp and brown on
the surface. Cut quickly into two-inch
squares and serve hot.
grated into tepid soft water (after hav
ing them washed and peeled), into which
a teaspoonful of ammonia has been put.
Wash the linen with this, and rinse them
incofl bluV tfeter.rf they wgl need no
starch, and should be dried and ironed
on tltt wrong side.Ah infuflon of hay
will keep the natural color in buff linens
and an infusion of bran will do the same
for brown linens and prints.
1IYGIESE FOR SMOKERS.
Paradise Pudding.
Three eggs, ene-fourth pound bread
crumbs, three apples, currants, juice of
half a lemon, nutmeg, salt. Mince the
apples, beat the eggs, and stir them into
the bread crumbs and other ingredients.
Rub the currants in flour before being
put in. Boil for an hour and a half. To
be eaten hot with sweet sauce.
Ereetslor Cake.
One cup of butter, one of brown sugar,
one of molasses, one of sweet milk, three
of flour, four eggs, one and one-half tea-
spoonful cream tartar and one of soda,
tw# pounds of raisins, chopped fine, ene
nutmeg. This will make two good-sized
loaves, which will keep moist from four
to six weeks when properly covered.
Orange Pudding.
Four sweet oranges peeled and picked
to pieces and put in a deep pudding dish,
with two cups of sugar. Put a quart
of milk, the yolks of three eggs, and
two dessert-spoonfuls of corn starch on
to boil. Take off, cool it, and pour it on
the oranges. Then beat the whites to a
stiff broth, put it over the .pudding and
place in the oven until it is a light brown
color.
Cor.OSKT. STARBOTTLE.
The stranger who entered was large
and somewhat inclined to a corpulency
that wat£H»WBver; restrained in expan
sion by - a Blue frock coat, tightly but
toned at the waist, which had the ap
parent effect of lilting his stomach into
the higher thoracic regions of moral
emotion—a confusion to which its owner
lent a certain intellectual assistance.
The colonel’s collar was very large, open,
and impressive; his black silk necker
chief loosely tied around his coat, occu
pying considerable space over his shirt-
front, and expanding through the upper
part of a gilt-buttoned white waistcoat,
lent itself to the general suggestion that
the colonel had burst his sepals and
would flower soon. Above this unfold
ing the colonel’s face, purple, aquiline
nosed, throttled-looking as to the mouth,
uptilted above his shoulders. The colo
nel entered with that tiptoeing celerity
of step affected by men who are con
scious of increasing corpulency. He
carried a cane hooked over his fore arm;
in one hand a large white handkerchief
and in the other a broad-brimmed hat.
He thrust the former gracefully in his
breast, laid the latter on the desk where
Mr. Dumphy was seated, and taking an
unoffered chair himself, coolly rested his
elbow on his cane in an attitude of easy
expectancy.—Scribner.
Cloth
Hasty Pudding.
Beat the yolks of two eggs, and stir
them into a quart of milk, with a pinch
of salt; set the milk over the fire, and
when it comes to a boil stir in dry flour,
rifting it through your fingers until you
have it as thick as mush, Btirring all the
time, and keep it boiling all the time.
When thick enough it is done. To be
eaten with butter and syrup, and can be
made during dinner.
Dandy Pudding.
One quart of milk, yolks of four eggs,
two tablespoonfuls flour mixed with a
little cold milk; when the milk begins to
boil, add the eggs, well beaten, and the
flour; Bweeten to taste; flavor with va
nilla or lemon; boil ten minutes; put
in dish, and when cold drop in islands
on top, the well-beaten whites of the
eggs; put in oven and brown; for me-
rangues put one tablcspoonful sugar to
one white of egg. Most delightful.
Fricassee of Onions.
Peel two or three dozen of the very
small, round, white onions; sprinkle
them with salt; let them remain for half
an hour, then roll them upon a cloth to
dry them slightly, and dredge with
flour; throw them into a stewpan in
which you have melted two. ounces of
fresh butter; toss them over a gentle fire
for five minutes; drain the fat from
of Glass.—In softness the
glass yarn almost approaches silk, and to
the touch it is like the finest wool or cot
ton. It possesses remarkable strength,
and not only remains unchanged in light
and warmth, but it is not altered by
moisture or acids. Spots may readily
be removed by washing, being non-in
flammable and incombustible; and hav
ing great brilliancy and beauty of colors,
it is especially suitable for dress fabrics
—such fabrics for this purpose being
much warmer, too, than those of cotton
or wool; at the same time, they are of
low specific gravity. The smooth
threads are woven in textile fabrics,
which are made into cushions, carpets,
table-cloths, shawls, neck-ties, cuffs, col
lars and a variety ofother garments, etc.
and they mny likewise be used for weav
ing the figures in brocaded silk or vel
vet. As a material for tapestry, for cov
ering furniture, for laces, embroidery,
hosiery, etc., it is believed that this glass
tissue will, at some future time, occupy
a prominent place.
The following are Dr. Berthand’s pre
cepts and advice to smokers: Never
smoke more than three or four pipes or
cigars a dayjand, if it is posable, liniit
yourself to two, It|is uneAdfeomtift
smoke off.an empty stomach orimmedi'
ately before or after a meal. Whatever
be the mode of smoking, direct contact
of the tobacco with the mucus bucallis
(mucous lining of the cheeks) and the
teeth must be avoided. Cigars should
be smoked in an amber, ivory or porce
lain mouthpiece.
To smoke, by relighting them, portions
of cigars that have been extinguished,
together with the system of blackened
and juicy pipes, constitutes the surest
way of being affected by nicotine. Every
smokdt would do well if he could rinse
his mouth after smoking. A fortiori is
the same precaution applicable to chew*
ere. For the same reason it would be
well to subject pipes and bowls in which
tobacco has been burned to frequent
washings, either with ether or with water
mixed with alcohol or vinegar.
It is difficult to choose between the
different ways of smoking. I give pre
ference to the cigarette, by reason of its
slight quantitative importance and the
paper, which interferes with the contact
of its contents with the buccal mucous
membrane. But to realize all the desid
erata, it would be necessary to have the
papelito made of flax thread, and to ab
stain from the practice which has be
come the ne plus ultra of its kind, re
tainiag the respiration at the back of the
mouth, so as to pour it out of the nostrils
afterward.
The premature habit of smoking is
certainly hurtful to childhood, and dur
ing the adolescent period of organic evo
lution. The economy cannot but suffer
at this period from the narcotic influence,
be it never so slight, and from the sali
vation which is inseparable from this
act. All persons cannot smoke with im
punity. There are pathological counter
indications or idiosyncrasies to this habit
that it would be imprudent and culpable
to infringe.
Diseases of the lungs, of the heart,
chronic affections of the mouth, nose,
eyes, throat, and stomach are the results
of the present incompatibilities. The
airing of apartments where smoking has
taken place should be well attended to.
To sleep in rooms where tobacco smoke
exists, slowly constitutes a grave infrac
tion on the elementary laws of hygiene.
fighters, they.would be invincible. The
southerners are impetuous and will fight \
quicker and fiercer; the northerners are i
slower, but they have more endurance
andflght steplijr. |p fighting qualities,
the south represents prance, and the
north England.’ Put the two together
and the world could not whip them.
I
Drawbacks of the Shah.—The
Shah of Persia has hitherto been un
lucky in applying European civilization
to his country. He was compelled to
cancel Baron Reuter's famous concession,
which would have given that enterpris
ing Londoner a most unlimited control
over the Persian finances and resources;
he has net been able to utilize the large
them,add a pint of rich milk, minced iquantities of postage, stamps ordered
lemon-peel, white pepper, salt, and but
ter.. Simmer for ten minutes and serve
in the sauce.
Washing •Flannels and Linens.
To whiten flannel, made yellow by
age, dissolve one and one-half pounds of
white soap in fifty pounds of soft water,
and also two-thirds of an ounce of spirits
of ammonia. Immerse the flannel, stir
well around for a short time, and wash
in pure water. When black or navy
bine linens are washed, soap should not
be used. Take instead two potatoes
during the visit to Paris, simply because
there are no postoffices in Persia, and we
now learn that a mint, with all the
necessary machinery for coining money,
and an elegant English carriage, in
tended for the ladiefe of the harem, which,
had been shipped to Bushire, and were I
thence to be transported by caravan to
Teheran, were at last accounts stuck fast
in a mountain pass about a hundred
miles from Bushire.
Mingling With Strangers.—The
effect of mingling with new people, who
have new methods of thought, is very
salutary. Always to see thj same peo
ple, do the same things, feel the same
way, produces a stagnant condition of
the mind and heart that is very distres
sing to behold. There are thousands of
invalids who might be greatly benefited
by getting away from home, to mingle
with strangers, and be touched with the
magnetism of the world as it courses its
accustomed rounds. And there are
mental invalids who need the same
change, to get their minds and hearts
enlarged, and let in a little more of the
great light of life. Outside influences
are very valuable to those who at home
have been well trained by healthful in
fluences in early youth, so that they can
avoid the snares and pitfalls into which
these of often blindly fall.
.. Mexico is a lazy country, but the
sight of a drove of Texas cattle will fill a
Mexican with the enterprise of a fruit-
tree peddler.
How THEY Fight.—Gen. Sherman in
a late interview said: So far as the
northern and southern people are con
cerned, they are rapidly assimilating,
and in a few years they will be one peo
ple in fact as well as in uame. Put the
southern and northern soldiers together
and you have the strongest element, in a
military sense, that could be gotten to
gether for any national purpose. As
Well Water in Cixira.—The state
geologist of Mew Jersey, in his recent re
port, calls attention to the habit still in
use in some of the older cities, of people W
drawing their supply of water from old *|r:
wells. In an analysis of the water com
ing from some nine wells in Princeton,
five of them were found to contain free
ammonia, albuminous matter, and chlo
rides in excess. In tracing the effects
of these waters, it was found in almost
all cases that dianhea and typhoidal
fevers accompanied their use. It m al
most impossible to be sure of the good
quality of any well which is surrounded
by houses, where drains and sinks empty
into the surrounding soil. It would be
well if not only the proprietors of large
country hotels of summer resorts would
look more closely to their sources of
water, but should eschew well water en
tirely. For the health of their guests, it
is better in all cases, where running
water does not exist, to seek their source
of water from cisterns, which are fed
from rain-fall on the roofs. Wherever
such rain water is used is may be safely
stated that there is an entire exemption
from the diabases which always attend
the use of water contaminated with pu
trefying organic matter.
“ KNOW THY OPPORTUNITY.”
The grim monster, Death, was stealthily
approaching. I could almost feel his hot,
fiery breath upon my forehead. My faithless
goddess, Hygeia, had utterly deserted me.
Only now arm then would Morpheus befriend
me, but on this auspicious day, he had
deigned to moisten my eyelids with heaven
ly ambrosia, and I slept. As I slept, behold,
I had a dream 1 I thought that I was roam-
i ing upon foreign soil whither my physician
had sent me to recover my health. I was in
a great metropolis—one of the grand marts
of the world. In one of my strolls I chanced
to meet a man who had in his hand a hand
somely-bound volume, entitled “The Peo
ple’s Common 8ense Medical Adviser,” and
who said he was an agent for the sale of the
book. The title was such a novel one that I
was impelled to give the work a casual no
tice. As I hastily glanced over its pages, I
observed that it contained treatises not com
monly found in medical works. Bat I had
too many times been hoaxed by appearances,
and I determined that I would have nothing
to do with it A voice within me, like a
faithful mentor, whispered, “ Know thy Op
portunity; in that book is thy salvation 1”
I began reasoning with myself. Although
doubtful and distrustful, yet I put forth my
hand to take the book, and,lo! the agent
was gone! I was miserable. In my agony I
awoke. Great drops of perspiration were
upon my brow. By my bedside was a friend
who had called during* my slumber to see me.
Said my friend, “ I have brought with me a
book, just published, which I thought might
interest you.” One glance at the work,
and I was assured that it was “ The People’s
Common Sense Medical Adviser,” by Dr. R.
V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y. Surely, this was
the veritable book which I had seen in
my dreams. My friend loaned me the work,
and every day, as my strength permitted, f
perused its pages. Although it contained
very interesting treatises on Biology,
Cerebral Physiology, Human Temperaments,
Nursing of the Sick, etc., yet being an inva
lid, I wasmost interested in the subject of
Diseases and Remedies. I believed that 1
had a liver affection, and yet more than one
medical attendant had pronounced my dis
ease Consumption, and that I won Id fall wich
thdnutumn leaves. In that book I found my
S oms perfectly portrayed. I was then
cut tnat I huu uoi deceived myself. I
reasoned thus: "Any man who can so truth
fully depict my feelings, and apparently un
derstand my constitutional tendencies, must
know just tchat my physical system demands.
I will trust my case with Dr. Pierce. I will
take his Golden Medical Discovery as recom
mended for my disease.” The result is, that
after having perseveringly followed his pre
scribed treatment, I once again enjoy the
blessings of health. Therefore, I would say
to the afflicted, “Know thy opportunity,”
and take Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis
covery. Qui8.
Pimples on the face, rough skin, chap
ped hands, laltrheum and ail cutaneous af
fections cured, the skin made soft ' and
smooth, -by the use of Juniper* li r Soap.
That made by Caswell, Howard & C«., Jtew
York, is the only kind that can be rehtd on,
as there are many imitationr made from •
common tar, which are wo. J.
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