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■ Only I ly Admiral.
■ The Queen of Greece holds a unique
■ jtion for on account of her great
■° & for the sea the late Emperor Al
tt'nder HI- of Russia matle her an ati "
M*!.. ! ,if the Russian fleet Instead of
■\dng her the customary regiment.
Ker majesty is the only lady admiral
the world.
H,ihi r rn shonld lie r l mijjht to !!> Tlirifly.
Ha savings bank account is a great
■■centive to thrift in children. If one
begun for the baby, even with a very
[■jaPsum. and added to through child
if;(l ynci youth with a certain propor
■on of the money that otherwise
Bould be snent carelessly and
■wughtlessly by the child, there will
a very respectable amount on the
Bedit side of the ledger when the rie-
Bositor is 18 years old - Tlle
0 f S elf-denial is not the least of
Ke substantial benefits that follow a
Vise economy of money.—Ladies'
Home Journal.
I >lr. 68bI(I t-ikes Anti-que*.
IK Mrs. Edwin Gould is as fond of
■ric-a-brae and antiques as her world
■med relative, the Count de Castel
■ae. She indicated her tastes in this
Vgard on the occasion of a recent
Bsit to New Orleans during the mardi
Bras festivities.
I New Orleans is the mecca for rich
Vuthcrncrs who are on the outlook
Kr old-time furniture. The French
■eople have many valuable articles
Hating back to the pre-Napoleon pe-
Hod, and with proper patience some
■re pieces can be got in the old creole
Horn.
■ It did not take long foT Mrs. Gould
H appreciate this opportunity, and she
Hent much of her time shopping.
■ These articles were ordered to be
Hipped to Jekyl island, on the coast
Hf Georgia, where Mrs. Edwin Gouid
Bts a cottage. The furnishings will
■it the Jekyl island atmosphere
■hifh hovers over the crumbling man
f the aristoc
flf Flattery from 1 lie Vf irror.
■Does your mirror do you justice?
may think not. Or perhaps you
■uld like it to flatter you just a Trt—
H If so. you can arrange it so the
Hss will reflect in a more complimen
■ry manner than usual. If you do,
■u only have to know the milliner’s
ld a st secret, and the thing is done.
■Did you ever notice the softest dra
wy of pure white hung about a mir
r? That is the trick. After your
nor of faultless glass is thoroughly
fished, frame it in pure white gauze,
th the material gathered in the cen
-1 at the top and falling wavelike on
her side. Then notice the effect.
e true tints of he complexion will
there—a little emphasized. The ev
asion of the countenance, the light
the eye. the color of the hair will be
cnrately reflected, all softened and
de more harmonious than your mir
-1 showed them before the gauze was
and. You may believe that that sub
bit of white material makes the
ss tell nearer the truth than it did [
hout it.—New Y'ork Herald.
Chinese Women.
< is strange, says Harper’s Weekly,
t in a country where the ties of
illy are so strong and where so
ch attention is given to the preser
ion of the family name, women
'uld be so looked down upon as
y are in China. The reason for
s. however, is to be found in the
tem of ancestral worship and the
riarchal gathering together of fam-
From the time of her bethrothal
hinese girl belongs to the family
ier Prospective husband, and often
511 her own family is poor or feels
•hie to afford keeping her until she
thes a marriagable age she is sent
w hile a mere child to her hus
■ds family to be raised by them.
w hen she stays at home she wor-
V s not the tablets of her own an-
B° rs ’ but those of her husband’s;
■she is useless to the family into
she is born, so far as the ob-
■ ance of the ancestral rites is con
■
■“'s is the reason why a Chinaman.
H. eiug asked the number of his
■ton, answers only with the num
his sons and never counts in
■ r s ' too. is the reason why,
■ e ’ Chinese girls are not educat
rl!J£e s he is to belong to another
■ “ e Parents do not bother about
II 1 li*t Women Pliyalclnns.
CV* ' ong P ri ded herself on
i. T, l ® flrst women physicians.
P okoff, Nadezhda Susloff and
I cf W ? re p ’ one ers, not ouly in their
I; ! lnes ' but also in opening up
Pen ~^ truet ‘°n to their country'-
ll ‘ be career of Nadezhda Sus
loct °- t -^ le earlies t and best worn-
L 01 s ' is Particularly interesting,
fa* !u rf ' froe( t with her par
[lipr f emanc *P a tion in 1861, she
l )p . )lot,l ers and sisters received
L Possible education at home
L m , ; for her parents were both
Lj r ,' In telligent, and her father
L p " oalt l after gaining his free-
Ponr' eryW^ere * in ussia and > n
lianJ nf ntal sc b°ols, Nadezhda was
jntly successful.
1 >'ar s there has been no man-
D,|V . C . c,,lj t as to the sympathy of
id ' c arul the medical world with
for ° borough medical instruc
ement'', ° rnen '_ Men started the
othp * n one P r^fess o r and
8e / ™ en undertook to establish
or instructing women in mid
wifery, two graded nurses being pro
vided. Mme. Dodssvenny, now Mm*
Shanvawsky, gave 50,000 r-bles for
higher medical courses, and the min
ister of war arranged to have them
opened in connection with the military
medical academy, i n 1872. They gave
full instruction, in contrast with the
initial experiment where the course
was partial because it was felt that
a woman should not be allowed to
deal with one vitality important
branch of practise unless she were
very thoroughly equipped. These
higher courses lasted for 10 vears, and
during that period had 959* students,
the majority coming from the “Privi
leged classes, that is to say, not
peasants. In 1877 2-1 students were
sent to the seat of war, during the
Russo-Turkish campaign, and did so
well that they received imperial per
mission to call themselves (after due
examination) "women physicians,”
and to wear a badge.—The Chautau
quan.
Hungry Women in Hospital*.
It is a curious thing that hospital
nurses should be ill fed, but they often
are, and in many institutions. This is
not intended for an accusation, but
merely an inquiry into a state of
things which many people who know
about the workings of hospitals, most
especially nurses in training, will
echo, asking. Why? Possibly the
reason that insufficient and unhy
gienic food is too often the rule may
be looked for in the fact that formerly
sisters looking for hardships were the
only ones who gave themselves over
to these tasks of mercy.
Fasting was part of the business of
women who nursed the sick in the oid
days, and possibly the notion uncon
sciously that fasting is a good thing
for women who bend over beds of
pain. Whittier expressed this notion
in the poem of the “Angels of Buena
Yista,” the “noble Mexican women”
went about on the field of battle after
the fight, “worn and faint and lacking
food.”
It is poetic, romantic, in the old
! fashioned way, but it is not a bit mod
ern, sustaining or comfortable. A
hungry woman as an angel of mercy is
not considered a scientific, or even a
practicable, adjunct of a modern bat
tlefield. When the Cuban war began
the surgeon-general of the army
warned the untrained horde of women,
moved by sentiment or emotion, who
wanted to go to Cuba as nurses to
stay away. Only Clara Barton’s mod
ern sort of angels of mercy who knew
enough to keep themselves nourished
on short but wholesome rations with
out making a fuss about it were al
lowed service, and these were in the
disciplinary service of the Red Cross.
System is the very open secret of the
success, of that organization; hospit
als in times of peace and in cities are
of course run on system also, but it is
a system that lacks organization on
the food question.
It is really queer that nurses in
training, of all people, should not be
fully and properly nourished, if for
no other reason than to give them ob
ject lessons in hygienics. To be hun
garf- all of the time that she finds
herself obliged to recruit her forces
by pieces of food left upon the pa
tients’ trays of extra-nourishing viands
is not good discipline, physical or men
tal, for the girls of today who are
studying in hospitals are of thd most
useful of the modern professions for
women.—New York Mail and Express.
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Most of the linen frocks have gored
skirts with shaped flounces.
There is a chemisette of tucked
white batiste.
Equestrienne and automobile gloves
come with deep, stiff gauntlets.
The newest foulards are those with
borders, and they are very charming.
There is a yellow linen frock which
is trimmed with narrow white silk
bands.
Some of the early models for linen
gowns show that there will be a pro
fusion of small pearl buttons used in
trimming.
A Dretty effect in foulard gowns is
given in an attractive silk with a
black lace trimmings. The result is
excellent. There is a bit of blue at
the neck to give a light touch to the
gow-n.
A beautiful tea gown of pink crepe
de chine is a mass of plaits from the
yoke or guimpe over which falls a
deep collar of embroidered silk to the
foot of the gown, where there is a
ruffle of graduated width in the silk
also embroidered.
Turquoise blue and green make a
more charming combination than would
be imagined. A shirred tulle hat of
the mushroom variety is raised off the
face by soft choux of white flambeau
silk, while the edge of the hat is out
lined with a WTeath of dainty green
leaves.
A most stylish tea gown is of dotted
black silk muslin, the dots half the
size of a penny and set at wide inter
vals. There is a bolero of black lace
with stock and a guimpe effect of
stripes tnade with insertions of lace.
The sleeves to this very stylish gown
reach to the wrist. The whole thing
is made over white silk.
In Paris they are making lace roses
But why? The exquisite silk and vel- '
vet flowers shown now are the nearest I
approach to the beauties of nature
that one could expect. Also in Paris
they are making hats with black vel
vet b’-irns and loose, puffy crowns of
colored tulle. Around the crown is a
velvet band, terminating in a good
sized bow r .
THE WEEKLY NEWS, CARTERSVILLE, GA.
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t'mler Green Kmujlis.
1 heard along the orchard.
. All iu the bright spring weather,
The pink and pretty people
A\ hispering dose together:
“We're drawing royal juices
From tin l happy earth's completeness.
Front the perfumed showers of summer
And the spicy south wind’s sweetness.
“We’re wizards of Ihe moonlight
Weaving charms with dewy plunder;
And we're chemists of the sunshine
I’hanging form and working wonder.
“Vi lieu all the leaves have reddened
With streaks and peaks and dapples,
Though folk may think us blossoms,
They’ll find we’re really apples!”
—Harriet Prescott Spotrord, in St.
Nicholas.
AVild Animals and Catnip.
A curious investigator and a few
sprigs of catnip led to an amusing
scene at the Zoo in Central Park, New
York City, recently.
The tigers and the puma scornfully
refused to notice the herb when it was
presented to them by the keeper; but
the lion, the lionesses, and the big
leopard were boisterous in their mani
festltations of pleasure.
The lion planted a foot upon it,
smelled it, licked it, sprawled upon it,
and tossed it about in ways unbecom
ing his kingly dignity. The leopard
picked it up in her huge paw, took
long and ecstatic sniffs, and rolled
over and over upon it in the exuber
ance of her delight. In her efforts to
apply it to the upper part of her head,
she performed acrobatic feats of an
astonishing kind.
From this experiment the investiga
tor was satisfied that love of catnip is
not confined to the domestic branch
of the eat family.
Tlie Mystery of Sound.
Sound is one of the simplest
things in the world, and yet to many
persons, young and old, it is one of
the most mysterious. Tell them, for
example, that the fall of a tree in a
forest makes no sound in itself, and
they smile incredulously; or, if they
believe you, they confess that they
cannot understand it. When you say
that the presence of some person or
some thing with ears is absolutely es
sential to the production of sound they
seem unable to grasp the idea, and
contend that the fall of the tree does
make, and cannot help making, a
noise, which is there, all the same,
whether there be anybody to hear it
or not.
But they are w r rong, of course, for
there is no sound except in the ear. In
the making of a sound there are three
essential conditions. Let us take this
illustration of the tree in the forest.
It falls and strikes the ground. That is
the first condition. Its striking the
ground sets the air around it into
violent agitation. That is the second
condition; but there is no sound yet,
only a series of vibrations through the
air, spreading out in every direction
from the fallen tree. These vibrations,
it must be remembered, are not sound.
They are only the factors that produce
it, and they cannot produce it until the
third condition is supplied, w-hich is
the tympanium, or drum, of some
body’s ear, against which they strike,
and thus makes a sound.
Sound, therefore, is nothing but the
striking of air vibrations against the
drum of the ear; it exists only in the
ear, and cannot exist out of it. The
conditions that produce it exist out
of the ear. but the ear is absolute
ly necessary to complete it.
A City in Which There Are No Horn*.
W hat American boy or girl ever
saw- a city that did not have more
horses in it than one would like to
count? Horses of all kinds and sizes,
from the pretty little Shetland pony,
the pride of his young owner’s heart,
up to the strong, heavy horses that
pull the great rumbling loaded down
wagons through the streets of the
busy city.
Why. there are so many horses no
one thinks anything about them. You
cannot walk down the street or even
look out of your window without see
ing some of them. But there is a city
in far-away Italy, across the wide At
lantic, where there is only one horse,
and this horse is considered such a
curiosity that it is kept in the public
gardens. People there visit the gar
dens to see this horse just as you, per
haps, visit the zoo in Lincoln Park to
see the lions and bears.
But how do the people in this city
get along without any horses? Well,
the city is Venice, and, as you no
doubt know, this city is a very won
derful one in some respects, for it is
built upon many small islands, and
its streets are the canals between the
islands. Water here takes the place
of streets of earth and stone, and boats
take the place of horses. How funny
it would seem to go to school in a gon
dola, as they call their boats tfierei
Venice seems like fairyland at night,
when the principal streets or canals
are lighted up and the dancing waters
reflect the many colored lights of the
pretty gondolas that dart over the
wafers. Some of the buildings are
tall and beautiful, and as you look at
them from a distance they seem to
rise right out of the water. If you ever
go to Venice be sure to call to see its
one and only horse, for that is a noted
personage there, and one not to be
slighted. And you may be allowed to
ride around on its back, as children in
New York City and Chicago ride on
Lhe backs of the elephants and camels
In the parks.—Chicago Record-Herald, j
The l ug Kel.
“Just one more story. Undo F:ank,'*
begged Beth, “something about when
you were in Alaska."
Uncle Frans deliberately took oat
his watch.
“I —I’m alraid it’s time somebodv I
know was in bed.” And he looked
mischievously into Beth’s dark blue
eve s. “And a bed, too, more elabor
ate than one I had mountain climb
ing.’' he added.
Beth knew by Uncle Frank’s twinkle
that ho was going to tell something
interesting, *f it ”-asn't a story.
“Was *t one that folded up against
the wall, like those they had when
grandpa was a boy?” asked Beth,
curiously.
“No, ’twas one I carried on my hack;
and it buttoned-up! ”
Beth looked incredulous at the Idea
of a “buttoned-up bed.”
“Yes,” continued Uncle Frank,
amused at Beth’s mysterious expres
sion. “'Twas made of skin, like a bag,
lined with very warm wool, with a
flap that contained an air-hole made
in it. This we could unbutton when
ever we wanted to go to bed. We had
to crawl in feet first. Then we would
button it up, and sleep like a dog till
morning. And I guess we looked more
like a log than anything else in our
queer, round beds.”
“My! I’d like to have one to sleep
in,” exclaimed Beth.
“Well, you'd need one if you were
on a snow-covered mountain, where
the wind blew a gale for hours at a
time. A tent would hardly stand such
a blast for a moment, but in our hag
beds one was safe and snug as you'll
be in 10 minutes. Good-night!”
And Beth ran upstairs to dream of
the queer little beds so often used on
the Alaska mountains.—The Christian
Register.
Furry with \Vinr*.
It was a troublesome question! No
wonder it proved too much for Puss
cat’s little mind to settle. Pusscat’s
mind was only about as big as your
little doubled-up fist! It was covered
over with pretty silky black fur, and
there were two big pointed ears prick
ing up on top.
This was the question. Why is it
good and clever to catch little furry
things with four legs, and naughty to
catch little feathery things with two
legs? If here were four feet, Pusscat
was patted anil praised and called a
nice kitty and a good mouser. Some
times they gave her milk to drink, for
a desert, after she had eaten up the
four-legged thing.
But, if there were only two legs, it
was all very different. She wasn’t al
lowed to eat it at all. They took it
away from her and hid it; and, if she
showed it to a certain person, she had
her ears boxed, too. Sometimes the
smallest person cried, and all the per
sons scolded and called her a bad
cruel cat to catch the poor little bird.
Now wliat was it that made such a
difference between the things with
two legs and the things with fouj-?
One kind—the furry kind—had lifT’le
round ears, to be sure; and to be sure
the other kind—the feathery kind —
had big wings. The furry one had a
nice long wriggly tail, while the feath
ery one’s tail was flat and stiff, and
not good to eat. But both the things
tasted very nice, and both were hard
to catch.
Pusscat thought upon these ques
tions a great deal, especially when
ever the persons boxed her ears; but
she never succeeded in understanding
it. Still, as the family always made
such a disagreeable fuss about it, she
learned to be very particular in her
proceedings.
Whenever she caught one of the
four-footed furry kind, she brought it
up on the veranda and was very proud
of it, curling her long tail and purring
and step-stepping with her forepaws.
But if it had but tw-o feet and was
feathery, she carried it under the
hedge, out of sight, and ate it up as
quickly as she could.
Somehow the family found out about
this practice of Pusscat. And one day,
when Pusscat came in at the gate with
a thing in her mouth, they all came
out on the veranda to watch her and
see what she would do this time. Puss
cat started up the path; but she trotted
slower and slower, and soon stopped
short. Then she turned and looked
toward the hedge, and after a moment
started to go that way, then stopped
again.
Then she laid the filing dovn on
the ground, and stood still and looked
at it. She w-as thinking. She wa3
wondeiing whether she had better
risk los:'rg the pleasure of showing
her prize or risk having the prize
taken aw-ay from her. It was the
worst puzzle Pusscat ever had had.
She started first, one way, then the
ether way, several times. At last she
came on tow ard the veranda, but very
slowly and all ready to run away like
a flash, should she iirrd she had made
a mistake. When she laid the thing
down on the top step, the family saw
just w-hat the trouble was; and how
they all laughed at poor Pusscat!
No wonder poor Pusscat was in a
puzzle! It w-as a furry thing, so it
must be right to catch it. But it had
wings, also, s probably it was naughty
to catch it. When she tried to setjje
the matter by counting is legs, she
found it hadn’t any legs at all!
It was a bat. And a bat has soft
fur like a mouse; but it also has wings.
The family laughed at-poor bewildered
Pusscat. And then the smallest per
son took her up and carried her around
to the kitchen and gave her a big
saucer of milk, because, she said, a
bat couldn’t be good to eat.
But Pusscat ate both the milk and
the bat.—Edith Frances Foster, in
Little Folks.
Hoiii'-tliing to He Thankful l or.
Bill —When a dog wags his tail, what
is it a sign of ?
Jill—Why. it's a sign that he's glad.
"Glad of what?" "Glad that he’s got a
tail to wag. —Yonkers Statesman.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
The conflict between sea and land
is going on all over the world. On
some coasts the si-a gains steadily, on
others the land. In still other regions
the issue is wavering or doubtful, but
the sea is easily victor on tne west
coast of France.
The whole of the west coast of
France suffers greatly from the fury
of the waves, which make continual
encroachments on the land In some
districts the shore recedes as much as
a yard ner year. At Annis, where
there is a more resisting limestone
formation, the recession is only a
foot a year. Even the frowning gran
ite cliffs o f Brittanv are gradually be
ing undermined by the breakers and
toppling into the sea.
Loss of fertilizer from rains cannot
l)e estimated. Tne water courses carry
millions of tons of plant foods to the
sea. The Nile alone pours over a 1000
tons into the Mediterranean every 24
hours. The annual loss from the
earth’s soil is greater than the entire
deposits of guano, even before they
were exhausted. Unless a large por
tion of the fertilizer is reclaimed from
the sea a time may come when the
world's average yield of crops will he
exceedingly low.
All snakes lay eggs. Some snakes
hatch out their eggs before depositing
them. Thus there is a distinction. The
egg layers are said to be oviparous,
the others viviparous. Viper, indeed,
is derived from that reptile’s supposed
habit of producing its young alive, but
no matter what the species, every
snake egg, as soon as formed, begins
to hatch. Thus it matters little as to
when or how they are extruded. Barr
ing accidents, there is very sure to be
a fine brood of young snakes at a
very early date. While the young
snakes are very small the mother
reptile guards them vigilantly. Upon
the approach of imminent danger she
opens her mouth and lets her young
run down her throat.
The United States coast and geode
tic survey has organized a special bu
reau charged with a magnetic survey
of the whole country, including
Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, and
Porto Rico. Some 500 stations have
been already occupied and the mag
netic elements —declination din and
intensity—have been determined.
Other special stations have been es
tablished t which these observations
will be repeated from time to time in
order to determine the secular varia
tions of the elements. Magnetic ob
servatories of a permanent character
will be established at Cheltenham,
Md„ Sitka and Honolulu. Anew edi
tion of tables and charts of magnetic
elements is in course of preparation,
and the whole field of a magnetic sur
vey will be covered within a reason
ably short period.
A scientific partv sent out by the
United States geological survey will
travel by dog sledge over Alaskan ice
bound for the Koyukuk river, 700
miles long and one of the two largest
northern tributaries of the Yukon.
Some miners in 1898 found pay dirt
up this river on the gold belt that
runs through Alaska. A large camp
is there now, and the miners are doing
well. Some distance below the mining
camp the Altenkakat tributary joins
the Koyukuk, and here a large supply
of provisions was cached last summer
for the use of the exploring party that
is just starting out on its journey.
This party is to travel from the mouth
of the Altenkakat to the shores of the
Arctic ocean. It is a virgin field for
explorers. The main purpose is to
look for new- gold fields, which, it is
believed, may exist in the unknown re
gion. The geology of the country will
also be studied and geographic fea
tures delineated. The results are like
ly to be very interesting and valuable.
An Automobile for Farmers.
A Coloroad man has invented an
automobile for the use of farmers,
and. it is said, it w-ill do the work of
several teams of horses, says Electri
city. The motive power for this ma
chine mav be either gasoline or elec
tricity. It is adapted to plowing,
cultivating, seed planting or harvest
ing. The engine or motor is on the
forward or drive wheels, which are
joined bv a long reach to the smaller
rear wheels, over which the seat of
the driver is placed. A large trans
verse bar, about six feet in length,
crosses the reach-bar at its centre.
To this transverse bar the plowing,
cultivating and other applances for
farm work may be attached.
Avery important feature of the in
vention is a mechanism that allows
the ooerator to apply the whole pow
er to any one of the wheels, thus
making it easy to get the wheels out
of any rut or hole in which they may
get stuck. The wheels may be oper
ated entirely independent of each
other and hv an ingenious steering de
vice the farm “auto” can be turned
within a very small compass.
Beinarknble Well lSoring.
A piece o f work in boring a well is
reported from ’England that has not
many parallels, if it is matched else
where at al l The place where it was
done is Gainsborough, hole was
begun nearly six years ago. Down to
321 feet is was lined with 36-inch pipe,
and then for 286 feet more with 30-inch
pipe. When the hole had reached a
depth of 721 feet tin April, 1897), an
accident happened. The boring tool,
weighing Nvo and a half tons and se
cured to a tcv and r half of cable, got
stuck. In tryi.vt to loosen 5* the rope
broke, and 500 feet of it sank down
over the tool, filling up fully 300 feet
of the well.
The self-made man never apologizes
for himself.
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A Pretty
Accordion-plaitcd muslin in any of
the delicate colors makes a pretty
lump shade, mount) 1 none cardboard
and tied around at the ten with a
satin ribbon. This is esp, ■ tally suit
able for the summer cottage.
'lhe t'nußHl Kilrnnm,
The housemaid can save her labors
in suddenly making read an apart
ment for the arriving guest by
this arrangement of the unused
bedroom: Take either spare sheets
or “furniture sheets” of cotton
denim, tlie old blue chock, and
spread them over the bed, cov
ering bolster and pillows; cover
the or toilet table the writ
ing table, lounge and bureau, what: vor
would be likely to catch the dust.
Then when the room is p*pared icr
the new gueri: the wraps arc removed
and shaken free of dust cut. the win
dow, ami the task of sweeping and
dusting is simplified.
'flio Emergency Cupb.mid.
In every house when there are
children there should be a remedy cup
board. 1 do not. mean tie ordinary
medicine chest, with innumerable bot
tles huddled together, but a well
stocked emergency chipboard, easy of
access, and containing simple reme
dies for the many aches ami pains of
childhood. No household is conducted
without an occasional accident and a
bruise; a burn or an ugly cut are all
of frequent occurrence when there are
children. If there is a place where
one can always find some soft medi
cated cotton, bandages of different
widths, absorbent gauze and a bottle,
of some antiseptic solution, it will
prevent the frantic nmr.ng about
when such articles are needed, and
save to the little sufferer many throbs
of pain. To be thoroughly satisfac
tory, the emergency oupboa and must ho
kept in perfect order and systematical
ly arranged. For instance, in •no
compartment keep the every day reme
dies for coughs and colds such as
quinine, listerine, for gargling, croup
kettle, atomizer and a compress and
flannel bandages.
The best treatment for a bruise is
to apply soft cloths wet with hot
water, and if the contusion is very
painful a little laudanum may be added
to the water. To extract a splinter
from a child’s hand, fill a wide-mouthed
bottle half full of very hot water and
place its mouth under the injured spot.
If a little pressure is used the steam
in a few moments will extract the
splinter. Before bandaging a cut,
wash it thoroughly with some anti
septic solution. When it is perfectly
clean bring the edges together and
hold the place with warm strips of
adhering nlaster. Leave a. space be
tween them for the escape of blood,
and apply a dressing of absorbent
gauze. When the wound is entirely
healed the plaster may be easily re
moved by moistening at first with al
cohol. The Stinging pain of a super
ficial burn may be instantly allayed,
by painting with flexible collodion,
white of egg or mucilage, if the skin
is broken apply a dressing of boracic
acid ointment or vaseline. —Trained
Motherhood.
La
ksc/pes
Kornlet in Tomato Cups—Cut a thin
slice from the stem end of six me
dium-sized tomatoes and remove the
seeds. Mix one cup of k< rnlet, one
cup of bread crumbs, one ftiaspoonfu!
of grated onion, one-half tea spoonful
salt and one-eighth teaspoonfal pepper.
Fill tomato cups with the mixture and
spread over each top a teaspoonfui of
soft butter. Put in a granite pan and
bake in a moderate oven ope honr.
Strawberry Ice Cream—Sprinkle one
cup sugar over one quart washed and
hulled berries, mash to a pulp and let
it stand till the sugar is dissolved.
Press through coarse cheesecloth un
til nothing remains but seeds. Add to
the juice from one to two pints of
thin cream which has been scalded
and cooled. . Add sugar tu make it
quite sweet. Then freeze it with one
part rock salt and three parts crushed
ice, turning the freezer until the
cream is smooth.
Peach Blanc Mange—Si rain off the
liquor from one can of pea< hes. Put
this juice in an agate nan over the
fire. Rub three level table spoonfuls of
corA starch in a littie cold water; add
it to the boiling juice, stirring for five
minutes. Cut the peaches into small
sections; add them to tot syrup. Pour
into a mould that has Peon wet in cold
water. Stand it in a coo) place till
stiffened. Remove from the mould
and serve with sweetened cream. If
the peach syrup is not sweet enough
add sugar when adding the corn
starch.
Raisin Cookies—One recipe calls for
a dough prepared from one cupful of
butter and two cupfuls of sugar,
creamed together, add the yolks of
three eggs beaten light before stirring
in two and one-half cupfuls of flour,
into which two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder have been sifted. Work in
lightly the whites cf thf eggs beaten
to a stiff froth, ami a reasppcnful of
nutmeg and cinnamon mixed. Add the
juice of a lemon with half the grated
peel, and half r cupful of eded ; ai
sins, chopped fne. Roil, cut into
cakes, and out a whole raisin on each
before baking.