FOR HOME AND WOMEN !
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND MATRONS.
Bin and White Linen rrincrts reltl
coat Cure of the rent III Health
Often Canted by a Disregard of the
Comfort of the Feet.
In Retrospect.
If Iiovc'ii guitar strings never snapped,
If hearts would stay In tunc,
If roguish Cupid never napped,
If life were always June,
Wo o'en might now be fitting- up
A coiy home for two
How nectar-sweet were Fortune's cup
If Bummer dreams camo true.
If all wo pledged of lovo and trust,
Nor forfeited and lost,
Had still survived tho hoary dust
Of Autumn's early frost,
If seaside romance thrived In town
Thcre'd bo for mo and you
A Jewel bright In Memory's crown
If Bummer dreams came true.
If June-tide buds of hopo would blow
When drouth was In tho heart,
If In life's river's ebb and flow
Hearts drifted not apart,
If man wero loss a changeling race
Wo might wed thoso wo woo,
And turn to Fate a smiling face
It Bummer dreams camo true.
Hoy Fnrrell Grccno.
The Propor Care or tho Feet.
Somo women know by Instinct how
nearly tho nerves of their feet are re
lated to tho nerves of their hearts,
stomachs and brains, and Mme. Calvo
Is ono of them. When anxiety and
hard work press upon her she puts
oft slippers nnd stockings. Letting
her feet breatho is what she calls sit
ting a long hour wriggling her pink
toes delightedly In tho sun or running
up and down tho room to stretch tho
soles. After this she lies down and
has her maid gently chafo tho bottoms
of her feet till she drops Into a deep
sleep, whence she comes soothed and
vigorous for any amount of work. On
tho care of the feet and their connec
tion with health long chapters might
be written. As a drawback to physi
cal strength tho constriction of tho
foot is next to that of tho corset. How
few of us unstockinged can show a
handsome, well-dovcloped, uncramped
pedal extremity. Toe3 pressed togeth
er, Joints deformed, aching corns nnd
bunions, aro external oTldenccs of tho
tyranny of ridiculous fashions. Look
at. the gondola shaped, sharp pointed
shoe, that Is only second to tho Chinese
footgear which wo hold In contempt!
Nature revenges Itself for such ab
surdity. Following an obstructed cir
culation are headaches, cold feet, palpi
tations, functional disturbances and a
general letting down of the tone of the
system. Any physlciun will assert that,
with habitual cold feet, perfect health
Is Impossible. Let us correct In our
children" tho errors of( ignoranco
through which wo suffer. And what
harm, In the privacy of home, can
there be In tho patter of pretty little
bare feet? If thoro Is anything to be
thankful for, it is that, In social evo
lution, common sense is rapidly break
ing the chains of conventional foolish
ness. Wear tho softest slippers always
in the house. Go barefoot yourself,
even, If your family will allow It. To
wear a street shoo after you come in
nldo your front door Is to Imprison
your foot so much longer.and tho more
It is exposed to light and air the
healthier and moro comfortable It will
bo. Patent leathers aro ruinous to tho
feet. Especially when they aro built
with high heels and narrow toes. Tho
feet perspire, tho heel throws tho
weight on tho toes and the poor little
things, all huddled up In a bunch, aro
utterly miserable and mako you weak.
Soak your feet In cold water, not ice
cold, but coolish. Warm water draws
the blood into tho feet. You wish to
reduce the inflammation and fever by
driving it away. Tho chiropodists say
there is nothing like cold water for
sore, tired feet. Cold water, besides,
toughens tho skin rather than making
it softer. After you have brushed your
pedal extremities with a stiff flesh
bruBh, cosmollno then comes. Into play,
to bo well rubbed Into tho callouses
nnd joints. With this sort of treat
ment your feet are kept in such good
condition that they aro a positive joy,
nnd that, you know, Is worth living
for.
For a Thin Neelr.
A pretty way of treating the decol
letago of evening gowns, if tho wearer
bo too Blonder, Is to edge tho opening
at tho neck with a Vandyke laco, tho
points turning upward to tho throat;
tho extreme edge of tho points run
through tho neck to be Just seen
through tho Vandykes. Tho effect Is
original and generally becoming, says
tho Pittsburg Dispatch. A wide bertha
or shoulder flounco of rich laco is
replacing many of tho fussy chiffon
frills on tho better class of evening
bodices. Tea gowns, blouses and even
ing gowns are beautified by collars of
rlchjold- lace, mull or embroidered
crape.
Homo Language Training,
Every fairly educated woman Bhould
bo ablo to train her children In tho
correct uso of the mother tonguo. It
is merely a question of Inclination on
her part. Tho miserable excuse for
not making the effort is usually that
tho children "will learn all that after
awhile in school." I wish to make it
clear, writes Florence Hull Winter
burn in tho Woman's Homo Compan
ion, that thoy will never learn gram
mar so wol) In school and after six
years aB they can learn It at homo
beforo six. We need not mako tho
little child's Hfo a burden by descend
ing hawk-llko upon all his blrdllng
ventures In speech. It Is a natural
tendency in early childhood to mako
nil tho verbs regular, and to lnvont
adjectives. Tho three-year-old llttlo
one Instinctively says "roily" for slip
PRINCESS
Princess petticoat of white brocaded
tho bottom that fall over h broad
tho scallops are outlined with pale pink
narrow pink ribbon unlto the points.
pery, "fally" for unsafe, etc. Theso In
ventions ought to bo treated Indul
gently, for they will speedily bo out
grown. It Is moro Important to ex
tend tlclr vocabulnry by often using
new terms in their presence than to
clip their original variations. Not
only Bhould wo uso good English bo
fore our children, small and large, but
wo should lnsplro In them an ambi
tion to achieve excellence by dropping
now and then some general rule bo
slmplo that they can themselves ap
ply It. Grammar may In this way tako
root in their understanding without
tho uso of text books, and a saving
of time bo accomplished In tho spaco
devoted to school education.
Dine and White Llneo.
Mado with stitched bands of plain
white linen; yoke and underskirt of
blue dotted linen. Laco hat, with largo
bow of bluo dotted ribbon.
To Wash Lacer.
For washing white Jaco, prepare
somo soap lather and half fill a wide
mouthed bottle or Jar with It; placo
the lace In It, and shake well, holding
a clean cloth over tho mouth of the
Jar t& keep tho water from escaping.
As the water becomes dirty chango it
for fresh soapy water. When tho laco
Is clean rlnso In clear water, then dip
In a mixture of dissolved gum arable
and water in tho proportion of ono
teaspoonful to half a pint; squeeze
gently in tho hands; pin out on a
clean cloth, fastening tho plain part
of tho lace first, afterward tho points.
Bo careful to mako tho laco oven
while wet; then, when nearly dry,
Iron lightly on tho wrong sldo over
a thick Ironing blanket or sheet. Com
mon laco may bo washed In lukewarm
soap lather by squeezing with tho
hands, thon starched in thin hot water
starch. After starching roll it in a
PETTICOAT.
silk. It Is slashed Into points nround
flounce of white gauze. Tho edges of
silk roses appllcued. Flat lacings of
cloth, and when It Is nearly dry It may
be Ironed on tho wrong side with n
moderately hot Iron. In coloring
white or cream laces, If n deep yellow
Is desired, use yollow ochro or coffee.
It is best first to test tho shade on
a small plcca of muslin beforo putting
tho laco In. When using coffeo great
caro must bo taken to sco that no
grains aro allowed to get on tho lace,
as that would mako It spotted. It Is
a good plan to mix tho coloring mate
rial with tho starch to insure even col
oring and yet not tako tho stiffness
out. When black laco has lost Its
freshness wash It first In lukewarm
water and a llttlo melted soap. Then
prepare a deep blue water and mix
with It some gum arable. Tho usual
proportion Is ono tablespoonful of
gum arable to a pint of the water. Dip
the lace in this mixture, squeeze light
ly with tho hands, and then pin tho
lace out on a clean piece of muslin to
dry. When nearly dry iron on tho
wrong side. Another method Is to dip
tho lace In u mixture of milk and wa
ter, squeeze well, then iron with a
sheet of tlssuo paper over it. Black
veils can be freshened In tho same way
as black lace.
OUR COOKINQ SCHOOL.
"Jumballayj."
Wash one pound of rice and soak It
an hour; cut up a cold roast chicken,
or tho remnants of a turkey, and a
slico of ham, which fry in a table
spoonful of lard; stir in tho rlco nnd
add slowly whllo stirring In n pint of
hot water; cover your pot and set
where it can cook slowly.
Tho samo dish is mado with oysters
or shrimps.
Ilrolled Chickens.
Split a pair of chickens down ho
back; wipe tho Inside, ecason with
pepper and salt; preparo somo beaten
yolks of eggs and bread crumbs; dip
the outsldo of tho chickens in tho bat
ter; put them on n gridiron (nicely
wnshed) on a light bed of coals. Lay
the chickens on tho grldlorn with the
Insldo down, broiling them twenty
minutes; just beforo taking them from
the Are add bits of butter. Nono but
fine, plump chlckenB are worth broil
ing. Clam Chowder,
Put fifty to ono hundred small clams
In boiling water, When their shells
havo opened, take them out, throwing
tho hard parts away. Mako halt a
pint of gravy from thln-sllced salt
pork. To this liquid In tho pot add a
lay or of tho clams! then a layer of
biscuits soaked In milk or warm wa
ter; then another lnycr of clams and
another of soaked biscuits; then more
clams seasoned with pepper and mace.
Now put In threo or more onions sliced
and boiled; also boiled potatoes peeled
and cut very fine. Cover tho wholo
with a nice paste and bako It in an
Iron oven.
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS.
CURRENT NOTESOF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
An Invalid Berry Cart Novel Folding
ned New Ues for the Roentgen
Itityt The Speed of Cablo Mtttages
'Novel Life Frtserver.
New Cits for the Itoontgen Iteys.
Dr. Ncvlllo Wood records In tho Lon
don Lancet a case In which a consid
erable over-growth of hair on n wom
an's faco was removed by applying tho
Roentgen rays. Thoro wero '.on sittings
per week of ton minutes each, the facS
and neck being protected with a leaa
foll mask, except whore tho rays wore
Intended to net. After fourteen ex
posures, It was noticed that tho darker
hairs had lost somo of tholr luster, nnd
In n week's timo thero was an obvious
lessening In their number. Tho hnlrs
becamo brittle and pale In color, with
atrophic bulbs. Thoro was a slight red
dening of tho skin during this period.
After forty-five exposures, tho wholo
of n very thick downy and hairy
growth hnd disappeared, except nlno
hairs which remained at least n week
after the total removal of tho others.
They wero found, however, to bo read
ily separated at tho bulbs, being re
talned in position by a more Biiperfl
clal part of tho root-sheath. After
cessation of tho treatment, only a few
thick hairs had returned, and theso
wero removed with tho well known
process of destroying them by tho elec
tric needle. Dr. Wood is of tho opin
ion that tho treatment Is neither dis
figuring nor painful, and thinks that
about twenty will clear tho ground for
tho use of tho electric needle, and that
between thirty or forty exposures will
probably result In permanent baldness.
Tho rnys also promise to be of scrvlco
as a curatlvo'agent in tho treatment of
certain diseases of tho skin. It seems
certain that cases of lupus aro much
benefited, If not cured, by being treated
by periodic applications of tho X rays,
and tho hopo is also held out that ob
stlnato cases of eczema, rlngworm.etc,
will provo amonablo to tho samo treat
ment. At Copenhagen n number of
cases of lupus havo been successfully
treated by oxposuro to sunuhlnc, and
.as tho Roentgen rays hnvo . an effect
like sunshlno on tho skin, It is thought
that they may provo equally effica
cious. The Spend of Cablo Mettaget.
In. operating long cables very doll
cato Instruments are required, and the
currents arriving at the receiving end
nra very fccblo in comparison with
those employed in land line signaling.
Tho longer tho cablo, naturally, tho
feebler tho Impulses nrlvlng at the re
ceiving end. A short cable, a cablo
of under 1,000 miles being generally
considered a short cable, gives a speed
of Hlgnnllng amply sufficient for all
purposes, with a conductor weighing
about 100 pounds to tho mile, sur
rounded by an Insulating cnvelopo of
gutta-percha weighing about an eqiial
amount. Wherr wo como to a cablo
of about twlco this length It Is found
necessary In order to get a practically
unlimited speed, that Is, a speed as
high as tho most expert operator can
road It, to employ a coro of C50 pounds
of copper to tho mile, Insulated with
400 pounds of gutta-percha to tho mile.
Theso aro tho proportions of copper
nnd guttn-porcha In tho 1894 Anglo
American Atlantic cnblo, which Is con
sidered tho record Atlantic cablo for
speed of working and has been worked,
by automatic transmission, at tho rato
of somo forty-flvo words a minute.
Tho typo of cablo proposed for the
Vancouver-Fanning section of tho
British Pacific cable, as designed by
Lord Kelvin, Is to havo a coro of C32
pounds of copper nnd 3G8 pounds of
gutta-percha to tho rallo and Is cal
culated to glvo a speed of twelve words
per mlnuto over a length of 3.BC0
miles. It Is not considered safo to
adopt a much heavier coro than this
for tho reason that the weight of tho
complcto cablo with a coro that should
weigh moro than about half n ton to
the nautical mllo would bo ao great
that picking It up for repairs from a
depth of 3,000 fathoms would bo an ex
tremely difficult and hazardous opera
tlon. Scrlbner's.
Novel Folding lied.
Evcryono knows how closely that
old time, comfortablo chair, which is
I !
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colloquially spoken of as a "sleepy
hollow," comes to forming comfortablo
Bleeping quarters, but It was tho for
tllo Imagination of nn Inventor of New
York city that discovered that thoro
lurked In It all tho possibilities of tho
Ideal folding bed, In tho first placo,
such chairs aro usually heavily and
softly padded, bo that disposes of tho
most troublesome feature, uamely, the
stowage of tho mattress. Then they
aro nlways largo and roomy, and thai
gives great scopo for working out a
comfortablo and capacious single bed.
Next tho draperies aro usually heavy,
and very extensive, nnd tho upholstery
need not bo very elaborate, so thnt li
still another advantage such n chair
possesses for tho transformation con
templated. This can very easily bo
dono by arranging tho arm pieces on
hinges and brackets. Ono can be chang
ed to a convenient anglo for tho pillow
rest. Tho back is disposed of so as
to form a continuation of tho scat, and
thus mako tho framo of tho bed, while
tho other arm Is disposed of In uny
manner convenient.
An Inralld Drrry Cart,
A radical chango in tho character of
tho coach employed to tako baby out
for an airing has taken placo within
tho last few years, and tho groat con
venience of tho Dcrry cart has sug
gested tho possibility of constructing
n folding Invalid or infant's cart on
the samo principles. Tho illustration
shows how this Idea has been worked
out by nn Inventor of Hamburg, Ger
many. Thoro may bo two wheels In
front nnd two bnck, as shown, or tho
three-wheeled arrangement so popular
for tho up-to-date automobllo may bo
used. Tho support for tho patient is
formed of canvas, which cxtonds from
tho nxlo to tho cross bar of tho exten
sion pieces that aro used ns handles
for tho patient's attendant. A foot
rest Is provided with means for ad
justing ItH holght to nccommodato tho
length of limb of tho occupant. Tho
peculiar construction of tho frnmo and
tho canvas supportadapt It to fold up
into a very compact space, which Is
n great advantage compared with tho
ordinary Invalid's chair, which Is usu
ally so unwleldly that II cannot bo
stored in a living room 'Uh any con
venience. " i Novel Life Freserver.
An Improved or protectod breeches
buoy has been invented by Lieut. O.
H. McLellan, inspector of tho llfo-sav-ing
servico on tho Jersey const. Tho
favorite mothod of landing shipwreck
ed people when tho wreck lies near
enough to tho beach to cnablo tho surN
men to shoot a lino over tho vessol
from tho shoro Is tho uso of tho
breeches buoy, which is simply a big
cork life-preserver, fitted with a short
pair of canvas trousers or trunks. The
shipwrecked person puts on this pre
server nnd tho buoy Is hauled back and
forth from tho wreck by men on tho
beach by means of tackle. All objec
tions to this old buoy will bo ovcrcomo
by tho new and protected presorverj
designed by Lieut. McLellan, which
will soon bo Introduced all through tho
service. Surrounding tho breeches,
through which n person thruBts his
legs, Is a canvas bag. This affords an
extra protection against tho sea. Thoro
Is a valvo at tho bottom, through
which any water that cornea over tho
buoy Is automatically ejected. It is
said that women show much less hes
itancy in trusting themselves to tho
now-Btylo buoy thnn to tho old ono.
New York Mall and Express.
Three Htnrt In Ono,
Tho North Star has rccontly attract
ed much attention from tho fact that
In September, 1S99, Prof. W. W. Camp
bell of tho Lick Observatory, Mount
Hamilton, Cal announced that it la
really three stars, which appear ns one.
Even tho big- telescope, with Its glass
a yard across, at his obsorvatory, could
not tell that, au tho star is so far off;
although tho telescopo can show a
great deal of tho form and surface
markings of tho sun, moon and plan-;
ets, and help us to sco millions of
stars not vlslblo to tho unaided eye.'
Prof. Campbell attached to this tele
scopo an Instrument called tho spec
troscope, which analyzes tho light It
self, nnd tolls what It Is made of, and
whether tho star from which It comes
Is In motion or at rest, and whether
coming towards us or going away. Ho
found by careful sturdy thnt Polaris Is
really threo stars, though appearing
to our eyes as only ono, and that tho
threo are revolving nround ono nnoth
or, nnd thnt tho group Is approaching
tho earth at tho rato of about seven
miles a second.
An Electrical Itange Finder.
Tho British war ofllco has been test
ing a new clectrlcnl rango-flndor for
tho Inst two years. It was Invented by
un Australian, who says that It will
glvo tho rango nnd bonrlng of a llxod
or moving object, nnd at tho somo tlmo
will glvo Information to any numbor
of fortress guns uttached by wlro to
tho Instrument, thus equaling 100
guns, for Instance, to concentrato tholr
(Ire simultaneously on a slnglo ship.
Over 385,000 persons aro employed
! In English collieries.
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME GOOD JOKES, ORIQINAL,
AND SELECTED.
A Variety of Unlpt, Glbet and Ironies,
to Caute a Smile Flottain and
JeUam from the Tide of Humor
Witty Saying.
Correct.
A visitor nt a western school the
other day naked one of tho lower grade
classes this question: "What Is the
axis of tho earth?"
"An Imaginary lino passing from
ono polo to tho other, on which the
earth revolves," proudly answered a
pupil.
"Yes," said tho examiner, well
pleased, "nnd could you hang a bon
net on It?"
"Yes, Blr."
"Indeed I And what kind of a bon
net?" "An imnglnnry bonnet, sir."
Tho visitor naked 'lio moro ques
tions thnt day.
When the Clock Strikes It.
"Why do you nlwnyn start nnd turn
palo when tho clock strikes 11?"
"Thnt," oho replied, "was tho hour
at which my first husband proposed
to me. I remember It, because ho foil
upon his knees just ns tho clock be
gan to Btrlko, nnd ho had to wait un
til It waa through."
"O," tho second ono Bald, "and I
Btipposo you can't get" over tho olil
feeling you had then that he might
chango his mind before tho clock gavo
him a chanco to go ahead I"
Yet pcoplo say thoy seem to bo "sucti
a happy couple." Chicago Tlmca
Hernld. llrntnt Youth.
"He's tho most ungnllant young man
I over saw," exclaimed Mrs; Fattcn
orty. "I don't sco how you can say that.
Ho gavo you his seat In tho enr to
day," urged her husband.
"Yes," sho replied, "but when I
politely protested, ho cried: "Really,
I IhBlst. I hate to sco an old lady
standing.' "Philadelphia Press,
Merely nt n Precaution.
"Augustus, why do you drink that
strong liquor?"
"Through prudenco, Aunt Mlncrvn. I
supposo you noticed tho cherry on tho
bottom of my glass?"
"I bellovo bo."
"Well, I lovo' cherries, hut thoy do
not ngreo 'with mo. That Is why I
tako a little liquor as a safeguard."
Chicago News.
Fractional I'ralse.
"Do you kno.w, old fellow," talil
Polndextcr to Tronchnnt Pcnn, "that
last book of yours isn't half bad."
"I'm so glad to hear you feay so,"
replied tho delighted nuthor, "for you
nro n competent n-nd candid critic."
"No, lt'o not halt bad," Polndoxter
went on. "It is three-quarters nr
sovcn-elghths bad:" Pittsburg Chron
icle Wnr Hinder Agriculture.
"A war is n great hindrance to tho
development of a country," said ono
Iloor,
"Yes," answered tho other. "If this
promiscuous shooting continues It will
tako long, hard labor to get tho bul
lots cleared out of tho soil so that wo
can go ahead raising cropi" Wash
ington Star.
A Slmplo Deduction,
Btuper Hero's a nlco letter for n
man to receive! Tho scoundrel who
wroto It calls mo n blithering idiot!
Tccplo What's his name?
"Thnt's Just what I'd like to 11ml
out; but there's no signature."
"Don't you rocognlzo tho writing?
It must bo somebody who knowB you."
Llfo.
Crnelt
Mrs. Mouse "Oh, dear! I'vo had
such a start!"
Mr. Mouse "What's tho matter?"
Mrs. Mouse "I mot a great big hor
rid creaturo upstairs that Jumped on
a ehalr and waved her clothes at. mo
nnd screnmod bo it frightened mo al
most to death!" Now York Press.
In a Clerman Military School
"Bravery is tho chief virtue of a sol
dier. If a cannon ball blows your head
off, oven, you must bear this in mind,
and not lose your head!" Heltero
Welt.
I'otltlve Kvldeuce,
"Piglcy is very contrary, I under
stand." "Contrary? Why that follow has to
fast to get fat." Judgp,