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JANUARY 5, 1906
All gases carry a vapor of water,
more or less, and thiB watery vapor
j? condensed as frost on the inside
of the pipe in cold weather, and may
build up enough to close the pipe,
when the gas ceasing to find exit, the
light will go out, .of course. But a
very few degrees of heat will re
convert the frost into vapor, and thus
leave the . before-temporarily-closed
pipe open again, permitting the gas
to flow. This is the reason why a
gas jet, "turned low," may cease to
burn and the gas De subsequently
found flowing through the burner. As
many of our readers, eyen in the
rural homes, now use gas for illumina
tion, it is well for them to heed this
fact.
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The Homeless
Belonging to this class we find
many who have all external evidences
of prosperity, and the pity of it is
they do not seem to realize how really
poor they are. The unhappy feature
of modern life, especially in city and
village, is that so few families ever
come to have a home in the true
sense; the' family may be there, and
the furniture, and even a sense of
seclusion and separation from others;
but the house, or fiat, or apartment
is but the place where the family are
staying for the time. When more
convenience, or more elegance can be
had for the same, or a little more,
money, the move is made, and a new
abode is fitted up with our knocked-
about family belongings more or less
uattereu, Droiten ana patcnea up oe
cause of roughness of transition.
The sacred associations of home the
feeling of permanency and absolute
possession, the comfort of the thought
that no other dare to trespass upon
the grounds without our permission
-is not this passing from us? If we
could but become a more home-owning
people, fostering our home-keeping
ideals, cultivating a pride of posses
sion and gathering about us fruit and
flower and vine, hoping at some time
to partake of the fruits thereof, there
would be a greater peace and satis
faction than any transient abiding
place can ever bring to us.
The Comtn
sjsri t't s?. ow i. mo
and whored il a""8 a"" ctabloS,
tent anfl ?I iiS oaesty. sweet W
cent ana freedom from the usunl in.
3T3S tlStmak,? llfe ,'
x sixty, the cottage has crown
temnfwirhafd Ule would bfS
tent with less ground, fewer chickens
and vegetables, and could got along
quite comfortably without the cow
At seventy, any place will do so
long as one is not disturbed and'has
reasonable assurance that he will not
oner.
The Thermometer
The principle of the thermometer
is exceedingly simphs a small glass
tube with a hollow bulb, and a capil
lary canal through, it containing mer
cury or alcohol, and a graduated scale
to mark the expansion or contraction
of the expanding sunstance. The
theory of it all is tnat most bodies
expand and contract with the changes
of temperature. Mercury and alcohol
are exceedinly sensitive to changes
of this character ana are hence good
registering mediums. The use of mer
cury, or quicksilver Is, however,
rather limited in Its range, as ex
cessive cold causes it to congeal, so
alcohol is used lor recording very
high or very low temperature. There
are three well-known varieties of
thermometers, distinguished by the
system of marking the degrees. In
the Fahrenheit thermometer the freez
ing point for water is marked at 32
degrees above zero, and zero is placed
at the point where the mercury stands
when bedded in a mixture of snow
and salt; the boiling point is 212 de
grees. In the Centigrade, the freez
ing point of water is made the zero,
the boiling point iq, fixed at 100 de
grees and the space between is di
vided into 100 spdees or degrees. In
Jne Reaumur thermometer, the freez
ing point of water is made zero, the
boning point 80 degrees. The Fahren
heit thermometer is. the one generally
used in ordinary' measurements of
neat and cold in the United States
and Great Britain. Ex.
An exchange ,says: "At fifty, a
wans tastes have toned down, and
nn ?ngs for a llttlG cottage in the
country, where all is quiet; where
UU(,S sing, and where there are
For Frosted Feet
i? 0f ?ur correspondents, living
in Minnesota, tells us of a tested
remedy for frosted feet and chilblains,
h '? .80 sImpIe ana according
to his statement, so effective, that I
X ,giV you hIs letter thanking
him, in the name or many sufferers,
for the kinriniso xkto o i.. i..-L
beginning to value sajt as a curative
agent. He says: "After helping
the wife do her washing, in the fore
noon, I went out and sawed a half
cord of wood for a neighbor woman,
with bare hands, the thermometer be
ing well down toward zero. When
I came in, all my fingers were like
Icicles, and by morning they were
black, up to the second joint. My
physician thoueht T mimf inoo ,,
but told me to wrap them in dry salt
and in a week we would know what
to do with them. In a couple of days
the black color was gone, and before
the week was out the Boreness was
gone, and they are all right. The
winter before, I had rrozen ray heels;
the itching was very troublesome as
the cold weather came on that winter
and the next, and they were inclined
to crack. I put a tablespoonful of
salt in the heel of each stocking,
and wore it so for a week or two,
with the result that the trouble was
cured. Last winter, I frosted a
finger and thumb so they were full
of pins and needles before bedtime.
I wrapped them in salt, and the next
day they were all right. A neighbor,
while in the woods of northern Minne
sota, froze hiB feet so badly that a
doctor wanted to take them off to
which he would not consent. Many
weeks after, he called on me; the
feet were sore and very much swollen.
I told him of the salt, which he used
with good results."
In case of frostbite, I would advise
our friends to try this brother's
remedy, and also, for the troublesome
heat and itching, or chilblain, which
is so often the result of frostbite.
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to" wX,0liner " -Wn
winIIL7rl!ntnl.OVOi,? nont AlWancc
SoQvS1 in ?t0 ft blg Ilr0n 'lml 0V01-
sleeves, o be worn about her work
condRion11 lhQm ,n the "e?a7i
condition she bo wo 1 like Whii
butchGr.8 lien, or gingham are po ,
ar materials for these accessor o
te?lal m?C8 a,Ul ,nftny ot,lor ma
terials may Berve for other dennrl.
wTlHcr ,Wrk- Th0 h poXt
an n,i UnUra moment addition,
Skirt nnLidGa J? t0 ,mvo a at
The P Sin- "V aJutablo ruffles.
r" s ,nust1 exaclIy match the
gown, and are buttoned on ns tho
them t??' aua " "" do"" of
at7lkWskirtn0t CSt m0r ih
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For the Home Seamstress
A pretty Eton suit for a young girl
may x be made of any suiting goods.
The skirt may be a seven-gored pat
tern, with plaits stitched down flat
to fit the hips closely; the Eton may
be made with a big collar, or a
collar may be simulated on the goods
with trimmings and imitation button
holes at tHe corners; it may have a
little vest that allows of trimmings
of various sorts, and it may be made
of velvet, embroidered silk or of
other suitable material. The sleeves
may be made in the popular three
quarter length, with mitten cuffs, or
of ordinary length, the bottom part
either cut close-fitting, or the full
ness stitched down in plaits from the
wrist upward.
The princess skirt is one of the
most popular styles or the season,
and is not only a novelty, but tends
to do away with the last vestage of
the blouse effect. The skirt may be
made of nine gores, nrranged to form
inverted plaits below the hips, and
is extended in corsage style to give
the princess suggestion, or it may
be cut off in regulation skirt fashion.
A pretty blouse to be worn with
this skirt is shirred to form a yoke,
and can he cut out at the neck in
decollette style, if desired. Over the
Discharged Colora
i l8 ialways best' befre dyeing
goods intended to be made over, to
discharge, as much or the old color
from the goods as possible, and for
ni C080. ne of tn ,)08t Meadi
mLi is mad0 hy dissolving a
quarter of a pound or chloride of lime
in one pint of water; m another pint,
dissolve a quarter of a pound of bi
carbonate of soda; mix the two
liquids, let stand until well settled,
drain, and strain carerully through
a cloth and keep in Jars. Wet the
goods to be bleached -thoroughly in
hot water, then take out, add a por
tion of your bleach to tho bath, re
turn the goods and work thoroughly
A01' Qniy minutes, adding more
pf the bleach If necessary (first tak
ing the goods from the water before
adding the bleach.) When all the
color possible seems out of tho goods,
rinse thoroughly through several
waters, to take out all the bleach.
Chloride of lime is sold by grocers
and drucxrifits! Mm rrn.0 .,i .,
ten cents per pound can. Bi-carbonate
of soda is baking soda.
After dyeing, if the goods "crock,"
too much dye has been used. This
may be remedied Dy washing the
dyed goods well in warm soap suds
after dyeing. The surplus color may
be removed by simply boiling the
goods In plain, clear water a few
iiimuLUB. i-ress ayeci goods on the
wrong side only. Corn meal and vin
egar, pumice stone, nne sand, or a lit
tle chloride of lime In water will take
stains from the hands when dyeing.
Odds and Ends
When gathering up tne old clothincr.
and overhauling the bedding, towels
.and table lineri, If you find any ar
ticle "just ready for the ragbag," don't
put it there. Carefully rip apart or
cut out all seams ana hems, and
wash all even the small pieces, and
Iron smoothly; roll or fold these
pieces up neatly and put them where
you can find them at any time, in
case of emergency of cuts, breaks
or bruises. They will prove invalu
able, for the- house-mother does not
know what a day or an hour may
bring forth.
If the little fingers (or big ones)
get mashed or bruisod, put them in
water as hot as can De borne, bath
ing the bruise for at least fifteen min
utes; afterwards keep wet with witch
hazel until the pain ceases.
One need not cover their windows
with lace In order to make Uiem
look nice. Cheap lace Is dear atany
price, and the lace that weai3 costs
more than the average woman can
afford to pay for It. There are many
pretty lawns, white, striped or small
figured, to be had at this time of
year for three to five cents a yard,
and these lawns will launder nicely.
Many of tho figured pieces will fade
out white when holloa, and, will last
several seasons. These goods are
usually of narrow width, but many
of them can be had a yard wide, and
and a half yardH (0r , nccordlhir
r. if ?u rl my , h0 Inwoiwoel by a
o no w uulX ,nC,,0H W,dfl tr,n,mod
or not with nomo nrotly odclm?
or a third width may To out in
ImlvjM longthwlio ana sot onto tho
whole width With a strip of jniorllon
the other sido of It aorving aa fi
from "? rtly U,!ng8 ,nfty b0 cv v"
vory fl-imgy gra(l0 of Uom08lI faI h
mIIb for threo to flvo cents a yard- It
s yard-wldo and washes Veil and
wonrBnn mB t,m0' Drftwn work I"
well on this open-mashed material,
and hem stitching 8 easily done on It.
Peach Delight
For "Poach Delight,- take a can of
nice poaches .and lay In a baking
dish, alternate layers of peach and
sugar, letting tho top layer bo of
sugar dotted with Duttor, and pour
the juice carefully aruunti tho peaches.
Mako a thin .pie crust and cover tho
dish leaving several silts as outlets
for tho stream; bake half an hour, and
In serving, turn tho crust underneath
covering with whipped cream. To bo
eaten cold.
HE GOT EVEN
J fool quite lost tonight. Forgot
to bring my now glasses. Who Ib
that ovor-dressed woman by tho
piano?"
"Eh? That's my wife."
"13eg pardon. And who Is tho
scrawny girl In blue standing by her?" '
"That's my daughter."
"Dy .love, how stupid! And toll me,
please, who is that gawky-looking fel
low with tho big ears who is standing
Just opposite to us?"
"That's your reflection In tho mir
ror, you idiot." Exchange.
MALARIA?? 7
Generally That is not the Trouble
Persons with a susceptibility to ma
larial influences should beware of cof
fee, which has a tendency to load up
the liver with bile.
A lady writes from Denver that sho
suffered for years from chills and
fever which at last she learned wore
mainly produced by the coffee sho
drank.
"I was also grievously afflicted with
headaches and indigestion," she says,
" which I becamo satisfied were like
wise largely due to the coffee I drank.
Six months ago I quit Its use alto
gether and began to drink Postum
Food Coffee, with the gratifying re
sult that my headaches have disap
peared, my digestion has been re
stored and I have not had a recur
rence of chills and fever for more
than three months. I have no doubt
that it was Postum that brought mo
this 'relief, for I have used no med
icine while this Improvement has
been going on." (It was really relief
from congestion of the liver caused
by coffee.)
"My daughter has been as great a
coffee drinker as I, and for years
was afflicted with terrible sick head
aches, which often lasted for a week
at a time. She is a brain worker and
excessive application together with
tho headaches becran to affect her
memory most seriously. She found
no help in medicines and the doctor
frankly advised her to quit coffee and
use Postum.
"For more than four months she
has not had a headache her mental
faculties have grown more active and
vigorous and her memory has been
restored. -
"No more tea, coffee or drugs for
us, so long -as we can get Possum."
Namo given by Postum Co.. flattie
Creek, Mich.
Th-pre's a reason. Read the little
book, "The Road to Weliyille" in pkgs.
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