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HEALTH AND THI HOUSEHOLD.I
HEALTH AND THI HOUSEHOLD. THE HOME DOCTOR. Simple Antidote for Poison.-—It is sairl that raw eggs and milk are a sure remedy for poison of any kind taken into the stomach. For Burns.—A good remedy for burns is a strong solution of salts in water. It not only relieves pain, but helps to heal the wounds. The suffering caused by chilblains is often relieved by painting them with collodion, with equal parts of oil of turpentine and iclitliyol, applied with a capers-hair brush. For Piniptes—[f you Suffer from pimples eat liberally of watercress. There is no better blood purifier. Watercress is rich in iron, and so is very good for those who are inclined to be anaemic. To relieve a Sprain.—Wormwood boiled in vinegar and aPplied as hot as can be borne on a sprain or bruise is an invaluable remedy. i\ The affected member should afterwards be rolled 1 in flannel to retain the heat. A tonic for neuralgia is fifteen grains quinine, '1 one drachm muriate of iron, quarter drachm elixir of vifj-ol, in half a pint of water. You can buy the ingredients from any chemist, and make up the tonic for yourself. The dose is a 1;1 tablespoonful directly after meals three times a day. A home-made cough syrup that is highly re- commended calls for the juice of one lemon, half a stick of licorice, pounded fine, a tablespoon- ¡ ful of glycerine and a couple of ounces of good brandy; bottle and shake well. so as to thoroughly blend the ingredients. One or two i. teaspoonsful is the dose. Nervous Headache.—The ordinary nervous headache will be greatly relieved, and in manv cases entirely cured, by removing the waist of one's dress, knotting the hair high up on the head out of the way, and, while leaning over a. basin, placing a sponge soaked in water as hot as it can be borne on the back of the neck- He- Peat this many times, also applying the sponge behind the ears, and the strained muscles and nerves that have caused so much misery will be felt to relax and smooth themselves out deliciously, and very frequently the pain promptly vanishes in consequence. --+- AN EXCELLENT SHAMPOO TONIC FOR WHITE HAIR. Take a small bar of pure soap, cut in nne shavings, and add one quart of water and boil it down to a pint. Cool it, and add one pint of bay rum, thirty grains of bi-sulphate of quinine, and one tablespoonful of pure borax. Keep it in a glass jar, and use enough to make a good basin of suds when the shampoo is needed. Rinse the hair thoroughly after using th" mixture, and dry the scalp quickly, rub- bing it gently with the finger tips. FILLINGS FOE* FLOOR SEAMS. When there are cracks between the boards they can be filled up with putty, or whiting and linseed oil, mixed together, are good. Another method is to dissolve one pound of glue in two gallons of water, stining into it sufficient fine sawdust to make a thick paste, and then fill the cracks with it. Another good filling is shredded paper, soaked in water and boiled until it is a pulp. To every two gallons of pulp add one pound of glue, and let it dissolve in the mixture. This makes an excellent filling, as it hardens firmly. -+-- HOW TO WALK. When a girl walks she should be trained to hold" her shoulders well back and keep her arms close to her body. The chest will then be thrown out, not form an inward curve, and the head must be held up fearlessly. Somo women go through life with the head held a little forward, reminding one of nothing so much as an inquiring tortoise out on a voyage of discovery. The foot should be placed on the ground on the ball first, not the heel, or quite liat. The latter way robs one of all grace, and to put the heel first is too ungainly for words. 1 It is just as ugly to mince along on the toes; it looks as though the ground was ovef-heated und unfit to be trodden on. I COMPANIONSHIP. There is a wise old German saying that Only a God or a brute can dwell in solitude." Men and women need congenial companionship, both for the sake of health and happiness. Just as your lungs, after using up all the oxygen in a close room, need to be filled with fresh, out-of- door air, so your minds need contact with other minds to get new ideas. There is such a thing as mental as well as physical hunger. Herders 0;1 the cattle ranches of the West frequently be- come mad from the isolation they are forced to endure. Women on lonely farms and in small villages grow morbid and mildly insane, and people do not guess that the Cause is want of companionship. It is for this reason that a woman's work at home is always more trying than that of her husband, who goes to his office, sees new faces, and has the friction, that is pro- duced by meeting other people. Elven the farmer has more intercourse with his neigh- bour at market or at the village grocery, than his wife, who may not see anyone outside of her own family for weeks. It is a great mistake of young people to isolate themselves. Even if their tastes lead them to a quiet life, they should make it a point to cultivate a few agreeable friends. ■ <• CARE OF HAIR AND SCALP. The question of cleaning the hair and scalp is one of great importance. Women have an excellent method of washing the hair; this is made necessary by the fact that its length and thickness do not permit of a rough and un- systematic rubbing and scrubbing. On the other hand, boys and men think they have to have their scalps and hair scrubbed with soap jtnd water and then dried by violently rubbing with a rough towel, or submitted to a pre- paration, called a shampoo, which leaves the scalp in a tender and congested condition favourable for infection and sensitive atmos- pheric changes. The cleaning of the scalp should be very carefully and tenderly per- formed, using warm water with a mild soap, rubbing in gently and with the ends of the fingers, then rinsing with tepid water and dry- ing by gently pressing the hair and scalp with a very dry towel, continuing until thoroughlv dry: or still better, dry it by fanning.. This thorough cleaning need not be done oftener than once a week, and in the interim the hair needs only to be brushed with a soft brush without allowing the brush to scratch the scalp. Only blunt-toothed combs should be used to dress the hair, and no two persons should ever use the same comb. Much injury is done bv the use of lotions and dressings for the hair. The only lotion that need be used is pure water. When possible no hat should be worn. The oppor- tunities for leaving the hat off are many mora than one would think. --+-- COOKERY RECIPES. Italian Soup.—Ingredients: Four ounces each of turnips, carrots, and onions, two ounces of macaroni, one small beetroot, one ounce of pars- ley, one ounce of butter, one quart of water, and one pint of milk. Method: Slice the vege- tables (except the beetroot), boil them in the water, break the macaroni small and boil it in the milk. When the vegetables and macaroni are cooked, mix them, add the parsley and the beetroot previously boiled and cut small butter and seasoning. Heat up and serve. Stewed Calf's Foot.—This is a very good dish for an invalid. Take a scalded and prepared foot, joint it, and set in a pan with sufficient milk and water to cover it. Stew all slowly for four hours at the side of the fire. Add as season- ing a piece of lemon peel, an onion stuck with cloves, a little celery, and a blade of mace. When the meat is cooked till the bones may be slipped out, take it up, and set on. a hot plate, •strain and thicken the gravy, adding a littlo cream to it. pour over the meat. Garnish with chopped yolk of egg, and serve. Half Leg of Mutton Boiled in Paste.—Re- quired: Thick end of leg of mutton, veal force- ment. lib. of flour, pepper, salt, and onion. Procure a fillet from the leg of mutton, have it boned, fill the cavity with a veal forcemeat, and cut off any sharp angles or corners that may be likely to break through the paste. Make a paste of flour and water with a little baking- powder roll it out and wrap the mutton inside, being sure that the meat is completely covered, and no hole left whereby the juice of the meat could escape. Wet the edges of the paste where thpv lap over. Tie in a lar pudding cloth dipped into boiling water, and floured all over. Put into a pot of fast boiling water, cook fast for two or three minutes, and then set the pot where the contents will simmer steadIly. Cook about three hours, and send to table in the paste. Tiiis will be found a most delicious idish with plenty of rich juicy gravy. Braised Spanish Onions.—Peel some medium- size onions which should be all the same size, set them in warm salt and water for half an hour; boil them in salted water for one hour if large, or less according to size, as they must only be partially cooked; remove them from the water, drain them, and set them in a white fireproof dish with some butter; bake them for at least an hour, or until they are tender and j jbrown, basting them with the butter occa- sionally; send them to table in the dish they •rere baked in.
FUN. FAC : • A:: 3 FANCIES.
FUN. FAC • A:: 3 FANCIES. INTERESTING FACTS. Swedish school children, under the guidanct of their teachers, annually plant about 600,00(1 trees. To protect an invention all over the world it is necessary to take out 64 patents in as many dif- ferent countries, the estimated cost of which i; JE500. Mrs. Elizabeth Vanhart, a paralytic, 60 years old, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, was killed by a rat, which severed an artery in her foot as she sat helpless in a chair, causing her to bleed tc death. A remarkable building is to be erected at the I corner of Wall-st. and Broadway, New York. Its site measures only 29ft. by 39ft.. yet it will cost £HC,OCO. The building is to be of 18 storeys and 235ft, in height. At Portsmouth no fewer than 25 obsolete war- ships" have just been ordered for sale by auc- tion. One of these, the Durham, was built as far back as 1845: another, the drillship Briton, in 1850; and another, a cruiser, at Blackwall, in 1859 Having cut up a large conger which he had just caught for the purpose of bait for his lob. ster pots, a Port Isaac (Cornwall) fisherman seized the eel's head some 20 minutes afterwards to throw into the sea. To his surprise the jaws opened, and the fish's sharp teeth closed on his forefinger, badly lacerating it. The fisherman had to carry his arm in a sling for some time. ♦ WHAT HE'D DO. What would you do, Henry, if burglars got into the house?" asked a lady of her husband. "Do?" replied the good man. "Just what! they told me! I've never had my own way in this house yet!" MIGHT BE BORNE IN MIND. Judge: "Have you anything to say before the court passes sentence upon you ?" Prisoner: all I've to say is. I hope yer Honor'll consider the extreme youth of my lawyer, an' let me off easy." -+- HIS OVERSIGHT. The husband and father was looking over the paper hanger's bill. ".T ohn," exclaimed his wife, "you mustn't use such language before the children!" "You're right, he said. "Send the children out of the room." QUITE ABLE. A ploughman in Lanarkshire who was think- ing of marriage, was seen by the intended mother-in-law, who was anxious to find out about his means. He said he was able to keep a wife, adding as proof: "There's hardly a mornin' but a' leave some o' ma' parritch." -• A BUDDING ASTRONOMER. The teacher, after giving lessons on the moon and. stars, asked the children what became of the old moon when a new one appeared. One little boy, who seemed very eager to answer:— Please, sir, they chop them up into little bits and make stars of them." -+- FAITH IN INSTALMENTS. Bighed has profound faith in progress," re- marked Brown. "ITas he?'' said Robinson. "Yes; he feels certain that the world will be able to get along without him after he's gone, although he can't understand just how it is going to be done." » FROM THE BARRACK ROOM. During a weekly kir inspection in an infantry regiment, stationed at a large town, a mop had been accidentally left propped with the head uppermost, against a spare bed-cot. The cap- tain of the company, who was said to be very short-sighted, on entering the room, pointed to the head of the mop, and exclaimed, in a loud, sharp voice: "Colour-Sergeant, see that man gets his hair cut." The Colour-Sergeant, taking in the situation, remarked: "Very good, sir," and smartly calling out "Attention" to stop the laughter of the men, passed on to the next inspection, HOLDING HIS OWN. A short while ago, a young man and his sweet- heart were walking out together through the la neb and fields of Hendon. The young man was rather of a bashful i nature, and had been walking out with thus same young woman—his Angelina "—for a con- tiiderable time. On this particular night, however, he mus- tered up sufficient courage to ask her how she thought he was progressing with his courting. At the same time his arm stole around her waist, in the approved Hendonian fashion. Well, Jack," she said, quietly, "I think you're holding your own." THE POSTMAN. This is an unedited essay by a council school- boy on the postman:—" The postman has to be up erly in the morning to meet the males at the station. Then he takes them to the G.P.O. where they are soughted out. Then he ties up his streets in bungles, and goes quickly from door to door, because the passengers don't like to have their letters dclaid. On his way back, he collects the pillow boxes, and conveys them to the G.P.O. Inside the postmen they are stamping letters. The postman is a simple ser- vent because he works for the government and wears a uniform. He has a good time at Xmas. I should like to be a postman then. He gets plenty of Xmas boxes and can read all the pic- ture postcards." SOMETHING MISSING. In a certain police-court a man was charged with stealing a watch, but, by having a clever lawyer, managed to get discharged. The judge said: Prisoner, you are discharged." The prisoner stood still. The judge said: "Prisoner, you are dis- charged. You can go." The man stood still. The judge again said: Prisoner, you are discharged. You can go. Don't you understand?" "Yes," said the man; "but there's one thing I don't understand. Shall I give the man back his watch or keep it myself ? NATURAL TOOTH BRUSHES. Natives of Somaliland have the whitest and best teeth of any people in the world, and the reason is not far to seek. Whenever they are idle, they might be found rubbing their teeth with small pieces of wood. little twigs which are covered with a soft bark. and which ravels out into bristles. This practice prevents the teeth decaying, and, of course, keeps them in excellent condition. Just as one might pick a wild flower in this country, so the Somali native picks his tooth brush. They are never without their small twigs of wood..Tooth-brushes, rs we know them, are unknown in Somaliland. Their own methods are undoubtedly the healthiest, and certainly the cheapest, and it is a matter for wonder that we do not take a leaf out of their book in this respect. --+-- WHAT THEY DO. A diocesan inspector, examining a class of boys in a certain seaport town in Kent, received an answer not quite calculated to show the reli- gious knowledge of the boys. The portion of Scripture on which he was examining them bore upon salutations, which in Eastern coun- tries are exceedingly formal and lengthy. He tried, by a number of skilful questions, to draw from the boys the information he desired, but failed. Thinking to lead them from our com- mon everyday salutations, such as shaking hands, Good morning," How do you do ?" etc., to the ornate and excessively polite Eastern salutations, he asked the simple ques- tion, What do two friends in England do when they meet one another?" Light dawned, and much to the reverend gentleman's surprise, one boy answered, Go and have a drink, sir." --+-- IN THAT CASE. One day a very nervous, timid-looking womnn, accompanied by a robust farm hand, came on the platform of a little railway station at a re- mote country spot. For a short time she seemed to devote her attention to the time-table, but not finding there the satisfaction she sought she stepped up to the station master as he came out of his office. Will you please tell me if the three-fifteen has gone yet?" she asked, in apparent concern. Yes; about twenty minutes ago," he replied. Ind when will the four-thirty be along, do you think?" Why not for some time yet, of course." A-re there any expresses before then?" Not one." Any luggage trains P" No." Nothing at all ?" Nothing whatever." Are you quite sure ?" Certainly I am, or I wouldn't have said so." I Then," said the timid woman, turning to her feusband, "I think we'll cross the line, William."
THE CHILDREN'S CORNER.
THE CHILDREN'S CORNER. THE LITTLE MARKET GIRL. The world is white with the fast-falling snow, But little Phyllis to market must go. Whether the morning be wet or fine, Off she goes as the clock strikes nine. Eggs to sell and buyers to find, She cannot afford the bad weather to mind. Mother is ill, and Father is dead, She cannot afford to be staying in bed. At six o'clock she is up and dressed. My Phyllis, I know, will do her best. These are the words that Phyllis hears— Her father's last words to her listening ears. So Phyllis is always up with the lark, Though in winter days it is dark, so dark. And over the soft, untrodden snow Gladly to market you see her go. When evening comes and her eggs are sold, Her heart is light, though her feet are cola. No matter," she saYB, it is well worth, while, For I'm welcomed home with my Mother's smile." ———*—— o;;it.J' THE PELICAN. TTio pelican, the chief of swimming and fishing birds, has many peculiar motions. He is a strong flier, and, when alighting on the water to swim, brings his feet, which before, had been stretched out behind, in to a standing position, and, as it were, slides along the sur- face for several yards before settling to swim. In diving for fish he invariably performs a somersault under water for, descending, as he always does, diagonally, not perpendicularly, his head emerges looking in the direction oppo- site to that in which it was looking before. ABSENT THOUGH PRESENT. Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, formerly pro- fessor of medicine at Oxford, was a very absent- minded man, and of course made many amus- ing blunders. His students often saw him wipe down the blackboard with a clean handkerchief while he carefully put the chalky duster into his pocket. When he was allowed to carve at dinner he would help the guest and then go on with his dinner, having, however, quite for- gotten to help himself. Once his wife left him to show the guests to the drawing-room, and found him by-and-by helping them into their overcoats, saying good-night, and showing them the door. --+-- EAR RINGS. Rather an old riddle asks, When are a lady's ear rings in debt?" And the answer is, "When they're in her ears," with the word arrears in brackets. (They seem always to add these words in brackets so as to make sure you under- stand these deep mysteries). Does the dealer in these curious conundrums know how old the ring in any lady's ear is ? For it is a very ancient article of personal adornment. When Abra- ham's servant (Genesis xxiv.) made gifts to Rebekah on Isaac's behalf, among them was one ear-ring." This appeared to be a strange present, until it was found the word should have been translated, as in the Revised Version nose ring "—a still stranger present. I put the ring upon her face," said the servant (versa 47,). In chapter xxxv., verse iv. of the same book occurs, however, the first mention of ear- rings, and they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hands, and all their ear rings which were in their ears." ♦ AN ORANGE SECRET. If you look at the stem end of an orange, you will see the scar where it pulled away from the stem is like a wheel, spokes going out from the centre. If you will count the spaces between the spokes you will find that there are just as many of them as there will be sections in the orange when you open it; and so you can tell how many pieces" your orange has. Per- haps you think every orange has the same number, just as every apple has five cells which hold its seed; but you will find it not so. Why not ? Well, I do not know. But, perhaps, away back in the history of the orange, when it is a flower, or perhaps when it is only a bud, some- thing nay happen which hurts some >1' the cells or makes them outgrow the rest Then the number of cells is mixed; and r patter how big and plump and juicy the orange be- comes, it has no more sections than it had when it was a little green button, just begin- ning to be an orange. The next time you eat an orange, try to find out its secret before you open it. -L.h £ PRINCE'S PILGRIMAGE. There was once a Prince named Peregrine, who was always wanting something he hadn't got. He had had everything there was to have, even to the top brick off the chimney of the Royal Palace, which the King's own steeplejack had fetched with much difficulty. In spite of this Peiegrine, became more and more discontented, so that his father said he had better travel in far countries and see what he could find. "TleIl," cried the Prince, I will go to the Land-of-Heart's-Desire, and to no other coun- try," Then the learned men looked for it on the map, but in vain. Nor could all the." dis- tinguished explorers tell them where it was. You had better have a motor," said the King in despair, and go and find it yourself, but take plenty of money with YdU." So Prince Peregrine started out with a motor- car of the highest' speed and plenty of money from the Royal treasury, and a sword of the sharpest blade to find the Land-of-Heart's-Desire, singing, "We won't come home till morning." He drove so fast that he nearly ran over a her- mit by the wayside. I'll summon you for furious driving, shouted the Hermit. "What do you mean by it f" "I'm going to the Land-of-Heart's-Desire," cried the Prince. Can you show me the way ?" First of all you must jump out of the motor- car," said the Hermit, "for those who seek that land find it on their own feet, or not at all." ( What a horrid shame," cried the Prince. But he jumped out straight away, carrying the gold he had brought with him. But the way was long, the gold was heavy, and he could hardly crawl along under its weight. Presently they came to a steep hill. Crist your gold away if you want to climb it," said the Her- mit. Wealth wins not the way to the Land-of- Heart's-Desire." At this the Prince looked blue, for how could he pay his way if he had no money? He Kaid as much to the Hermit, who told him not to worry, as he knew what he was talking about. So on they went till they came to a great castle, where a beautiful Princess looked out of the window and asked them to come in and rest. Peregrine thought he should like to go in, but the Hermit frowned and cried, "Ho who loiters is lost. We have no time to rest by the way." So the poor tired Prince had to journey on., and as night fell they came to a forest, where a band of robbers came out from their cave and cried, "Hold, who goes there?" Then Peregrine drew his gleaming sword, and would have rushed on the brigands, but the Her- mit interfered, and said they were only peaceful pilgrims. "Pick no quarrels, and you will need no sword," he said. Then the Hermit cut], "1 a stout staff from the forest, and they passi on, never staying to rest. After many days weary travel they came to a humble cot, wh^re a beautiful pea- sant maiden with eyes as l lue as the sea, was kneading cakes at the door, and she prayed them to rest. And the maiden ?t before them the bread she had baked, and d row them water from the spring which flowed bivdde the cot. Other refreshment have* I none," she cried, but take my humble fare .such as it is." And it seemed to the Prince that he had never eaten anything so sweet as the dry bread, and the water tasted better than any wine he had ever drunk. Tell us if thou canst," said the Her- mit. the way to the Land- Heart's-Desire." Surely," answered the ilaiden, nay, I will guide you to it." Then she wrapped her cloak round her, and forth they fared, and suddenly it seemed to the Prince that the way was no more weary, and he and his new guide sped on so fust they had left the Hermit far behind before they knew it. On and on travelled the Prince and his guide, till at last they came to a groat sea, over whose waves the sun was setting in a glow of rose and gold, and flushing red the white sail of a little boat waiting by the shore. This is the way, Prince, to the Land-of- Heart's-Desire," cried the maiden. "Have you the courage to put forth upon the unknown sea and sail far on into the sunset yonder till we reach it in safety ?" Then Prince Peregrine looked out on the wide waters, and his heart misgave him, but then he looked at his companion, and something in her eyes bid him be of good courage, and he helped her into the boat, and stepped boldly in after her, and awav they sailed together to the Land- of-Heart's-Desire. But whether they have found it yet I cannot teU you. I
' BURGLAR AND BABY.
BURGLAR AND BABY. Not long ago an oldish man received shelter and food from the preacher, but he refused to do any work in return for the help which was given I ti him. "I have never done a day's work in my life, and I am not going to begin now," was his answer to every order, or sometimes it was an appeal. Why, what have you done for a living, then?" he asked. "I am a burglar," was his reply, and he relapsed into surly indiffer- ence, and sat in a corner of the workshop watch- ing the others at work. It was evidently impos- sible to allow 6uch a mutinous spirit to remain in the home with the other outcasts, for his evil example was sure to spread, so those who were responsible determined to eject him. However, Jin idea came into the mind of her who was called the Mother of the Home. and she snid: Before you turn him out let him come down into the kitchen, and I will see if I can per- suade him to clean the pots and pans." Her request was granted, and the moody burglar suade him to clean the pots and pans." Her request was granted, and the moody burglar went down into the kitchen. He refused to obey the Mother's orders, but while she was engaged in another part of the Home for a little while the burglar noticed a baby in a cradle by the fire, and when the Mother came back she found him nursing it in his lap, and talking to it in endearing terms, expressed in th9 strangest figures of speech, for he had lived some thirty years or more in prisons and his bedy was scored with lashee. The ,Mother smiled, for she knew that this noor little deserted baby had, by some mar veil on? process which even science cannot guess at, touched that single chord within the outcast's bosom. The next morning she asked him if he would clean the pots and pans. H No, I won't," he answered "I will nurse the baby." So once more he took the child in his arms, and another day passed quietly. The next morning, on en- tering the kitchen, he was surprised to nnd th1't the baby was not in its usual place. Whore is it?" he asked. "It has been taken away," re- plied the Mother. "What—out of the Home?" He spoke angrily, as though the child had been his own. "No." Well, then, I am going to fetch it." No," said the Mother. He stared at her. She met his gaze calmly, and said, If you want to have the baby you must work for it." "What do you want me to do?" he asked sul- lenly. "You must scrub the floor." He hesi- tated. trembled, and then seized a pail and brush and set to work It is said that never before had the Mother's kitchen floor looked so clean as when he had finished his task, and he was then allowed to nurse the baby once more. The baby, by tho way, was an outcast, too. This was the story as nearly as I can remember it. The burglar was conquered, and he is now leading a i honest and prosperous life in a British Colony—The Pall Mall Magazine," Newton-et., Holborn. W.C. NARROW AND LOB-SIDED EDUCATION. The tendency of the elective system as con- ducted at present is to confine the scientific boy to scientific subjects, the literary boy to literary subjects, and the administrative boy to adminis- trative subjects. The reeult of this is that our engineers or physicians go out into life with their imagination uncultivated, and their sense of values (except commercial values) undevel- oped; that our preachers and our barristers lack the training which should give them clear and precise apprehension of the ordinary facts of life; that our merchants have narrow ideals instead of broad ones, and care for science and literature only as thy can be subordinated to money-making. I believe the next generation will recognise that the engineer ought to have imagination just as much as anybody else; that it is the possession of this quality which makes him a first-rate engineer instead of a second- rate engineer; and that we can cultivate imagina- tion by bringing books and affairs before him in the right way. I believe that the next genera- tion will recognise that precision of thought is what distinguishes the first-rate speaker or artist from the second-rate speaker or artist; and that this precision can be attained if, in- stead of hurling facts of science or language or history at his impervious skull, we his eyes to the infinite possibilities of close thought and precise expression in all fields of knowledge. And we shall, I think, come more and more to find that the truly great merchant or statesman is not the man of a single narrow aim of money- getting or office-getting, but the one who has been taught to use science or language in such fashion that he ceases to regard them as mere instruments of his trade, to be hired and dis- carded at will, and has become insensibly per- meated by that breadth of spirit which leads him to make scientific truth his standard, and poetry or history the inspiration for his conduct. With the growth of modern methods of educa- tion there has been serious danger that parents and children would believe that public education was private rather than public in its purpose; that it was dominated by the principle of giving the pupil what he wanted, rather.than of enabll ing him to give the community what it wanted. But if we broaden the range of subjects taught, we can go back to the earlier ideal of education as a means of training for public service. If we select courses of study thoroughly adapted to the individual temperament and power, but designed to enlarge the mental horizon instead of narrowing it, we shall prepare the pupil for his lifework as well as the elective system did or better, but shall emphasize in his "mind the interests that lie outside of that life-work, and him feel that his professional service is not an end in itself or a means of selfish advancement, but part of a larger intellectual life and a means of service to the public — Harper's Monthly Magazine," 45, Albemarle- et., London, W. MONSOONS. "Into the physical cause? of the monsoons we need not here inquire," wrote the late Sir Edwin Arnold; the Hindoo peasant is contented by ascribing them to Indra, the God of the Sky. But what happens is this. During the month of May the lowlands and plains of India gradually dry up, till you would scarcely believe that the parched soil would ever yield another harvest. The leaves have fallen from all deciduous trees; the nullahs, or watercourses, are full of dried-up bushes and burning sands, dotted here and there with the footprints of wild animals painfully seeking for water. The rich, black soil of tho Deccan cracks with innumerable fissures, among which your horse may easily plunge and break his leg, and into which the grej and green lizards dive madly at your approach. Where any water has been preserved in well or tank, the trickle of it laces the land with ribands of green, and even the tiger gœs gingerly on his soft, pink pads over that now burning earth. Along the roof- ridge the black and grey crows sit with open beaks, and charitable shopkeepers fit up in front of thvrir stalls a bowl and bamboo pipe, wherefrom the thirsty low castes may drink, without pollut- ing by their lips the household vessels. As I open the newspaper my eye is caught by a tele- gram which comes from India. The Vice- roy cables to our Indian Secretary of State these words: f M.onSOOn has commenced on Bombay coast. There has been light rain in Deccan and Central Provinces; useful rain has fallen in Upper India.' Here is a message of supreme imperial moment for three hundred million human beings, as well as to those who govern them. They belong to each other as shadow does to light, or the glove to the hand, or the shoe to the foot. Many Americans may reasonably inquire why the Viceroy should make a State business out of a shower of rain. The answer to this is well worth giving. It must b3 first understood that India depends upon the Indian Ocean quite as closely as Egypt on her Nile. The yearly inundations of that river create the crops of the Egyptians, and there are also two meteorological events upon which the ques- tion of sufficient food for the Indian people always turns. These are the two monsoons. One of them, blowing from October to April, is all- important to the eastern side of the peninsula; the other and more valuable one feeds the wes- tern side and much of the great central table- land At each epoch when famine threatens, a vast machinery of despotic beneficence starts into action; in every menaced district public works on an immense scale are afoot; camps are pitched where day by day food is served out to scores of thousands of starving folk, and the Indian Chan- cellor of the Exchequer grits his official teeth and nerves himself with a splendid recklessness to fling his surplus to the winds and to spend countless lakhs to keep down the death-ratee and to carry India over the days of rice and mil- let. The impossible is frankly accepted as pos- sible, and Simla deliberately challenges the offended gods.—From an interesting articJe on "The Monsoon and the Indian Peasant," in the W indoor Magazine."
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"Can you give me no hope? At some future time, perhaps?" She: Well, come to me again in ten years, and if I should be still unmarried I'll—I'll think of it." Lady (entering shoe store)': I would like tc look at some No. 2's." New Boy (anxious to show his knowledge): "Yes'm; most everyone looks at No. 2's first." x*> DON'TS TOK THE NURSERY. Don't forget that children's clothing should be warm, but light. Don't neglect to air the children's bedclothes every day, taking them in about noon. Don't hang curtains around the cot. Children need plenty of air, especially when sleeping. Don't place the cot in a position where the light will fall on the child's eyes, nor in a draught. Don't forget to remove the child to a cot, with a hair mattress, when it is old enough tu leave the cradle. Don't make up the baby's bed on the floor. The air is most pernicious near the floor, and j punt in the middle of the room. Don't take young infants out in mail carts. They are very good for children over three, but younger ones need a bassinette or perambulator. Don't try to make a baby sit up till it does so of its own accord. It will do this without any showing or teaching when its spine is strong enough. Don't give children medicine that has been ordered for a grown-up. This is always danger- ous, as what has only a very mild effect upon the system of an adult is sufficient to upset a child for weeks afterwards. Don't give your children pickles, condiments, strong tea, or any kind of alcohol. Such things are very injurious to little ones. Don't, leave bottles of medicine, liniments disinfectants, or pills within reach of children. Childish curio- sity is a thing to be reckoned with, and even the fear of punishment will not deter them from sampling the contents of forbidden bottles and boxes. -+-- CAMOMILE TEA. Put an ounce of camomile flowers into a quart of boiling water; let it simmer for 15 minutes, then strain. From a wineglassful to a break- fast-cupful to be taken as a dose. When taken warm it acts as an emetic; when coid, as a tonic. » AN ANNOYANCE. An invalid is oftei annoyed by the weight of the bed-clothes upon the upturned feet. A simple means of pI eventing this is to stretch cords from the footboard of the bed to the side beams so as to make the bedclothes into a sort of tent, keeping the air from the patient, but not touching the feet. Tacks driven into the v oodwork will attach the cords at any desired point —~ + FOR BREAKING UP A COLD. Anything that will set the blood into active circulation is good for a cold. Bathe the feet in hot water and drink hot water or hot lemonade, on going to bed; take a salt water sponge bath and remain in a warm room; bathe the face in very hot water every five minutes for an hour or so; snuff hot salt water up the nose every hour or two. Four or five hours' exercise in the open air is often effective. Four or five grains of quinine taken at night will usually have a good effect. A vapour bath, followed by a cool sponge bath, is good. In bathing, one should be careful not to get chilled. ♦ WASHING FLUID. A great saving of labour is effected by adopt- ing the following: Take of sal. soda lib., stone- lime sib., water five quarts, boil a short time, stirring occasionally, then let it settle, and pour off tho clear fluid in a stone bottle and cork for use. Soak your clothes over-night in clear cold water; wring out and well soap the wrist-bands, collars, and dirty stained places: have your copper half filled with water, and when at scalding heat put in half-a-pint of the fluid, stir, and put in your clothes, and boil for balf-an-hour, then rub lightly through one suds only, rinse well in blue-water, and all is complete. ♦ HOW TO RENOVATE FURNITURE. To renovate pieces of furniture the old varnish must be removed. To do this pour boiling water, to which a little piece of washing soda has been added over the piece of furniture, and after it is dry wipe it with a piece of flannel which has been wet in either turpentine or naphtha. The next day it will have to be sand-papered. To take the dye evenly the whole surface should be wet just before the colour is applied with clear hot water. Most housekeepers prefer a white enamel to any coloured stain. When white is used the piece of furniture which you are reno- vating must be left perfectly dry." Give it two coats' of white varnish, then rub it down with sandpaper, and after this oil it with a soft silk cloth and rub until there is a high polish. ♦ RHEUMATISM. Formerly all painful affections of the muscles or joints were grouped together under one rheumatism; but now one after the other has been found to be a distinct disease, until, in scientific phraseology, although not yet popu- larly, the term rheumatism is coming to be restricted to acute rheumatism of the joints, or rheumatic fever. This disease is of uncer- tain nature, although it is generally belieVl,1 to be of bacterial origin. How the bacteria act is what has not been determined. Some inves- tigators think that they are carried by the blood to the affected joints; others believe that they are confined to the tonsils, and that the joint inflammation is' caused by the presence of the poisons elaborated by these bacteria and transported in the blood stream. Rheumatism seems to bear some relation to climate as it occurs most frequently in winter and' early spring, and exposure to damp cold seems, at least in the predisposed, to precipitate an attack. Men suffer more oft?n than women, probably in some degree because they are more exposed to the inclemencies of the weather. One attack seems to predispose to another, and not to confer immunity, as happens in typhoid fever and most infectious maladies. The disease usually begins with pain and stiffness in one of the joints, following a cold in the head or sore throat. In a day or two the joint swells, becomes red, and the pain grows agoni: ing. After lasting for a while in one or more joints, the inflammatory symptoms oft?n stop suddenly and go to another joint—and so they may play- back and forth through all the joints of the body, the disease persisting interminably. The membrane lining or covering of the heart may also be attacked. The treatment of rheu- matism is, of course, a matter for the doctors. The affected joint should be handled as little as possible; attempted massage; or even the slightest friction, may greatly increase the pain. The joint should be embedded in cotton and protected by a wire screen from the pressure of the bedclothes and everything else that may hurt it. ■■ ♦ COOKERY RECIPES. •Brown Gravy.—Ingredients: One ounce of butter, a dessert-spoonful of flour, boiling water and seasoning. Method: Melt the butter in a saucepan, stir into it the flour until the mixture browns. Add the seasoning, pour on boiling water until the proper thickness is ob- tained, boil a minute or two, and it will be ready. Chicken or Turkey Fritters.—Separate some cold cooked chicken or turkey from the bones and cut into pieces about half an inch thick and Is inches long. The pieces need not neces- sarily be perfect in shap?. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, dip into fritter batter, coating well on all sides, and fry in deep, hot fat until a golden brown. Drain or brown on soft paper to absorb the grease. When all are done, arrange on a folded napkin, garnish with pars- ley and serve. Austrian Soup.—Ingredients: Eight ounces of brown beans, one ounce of pearl barley, two large onions, three cloves, three whole pimentos, half a pound of carrots, and about six outer stalks of celery. Method: Soak the beans over- night, cut the carrots, celery and onions fine, and put all to boil in two quarts of water. Boil rOt four hours, then rub all through a sieve. Brown the onion first in about an ounce 01 butter; add chopped parsley and marjoram to taste and a little butter if liked, but it is not necessary. Orange Fritters.—Required: Three oranges, ilb. of flour, 1 tablespoonful of salad oil, 1 gill of tepid water, the white of an egg. Method: Peel the oranges, cut them into slices, remove the pips and all the white skin. Put the flour into a basin, pour in the oil, stir smoothly, and add the water gradually; beat the white of an fgg to a stiff froth, stir it in, and beat rll lightly together. Dip the slices of orange into the batter, and fry them in deep hot fat. Drllm them well on kitchen paper, and sprinkle w: a castor sugar. Cocoanut Pudding.—Method: Melt two s of butter, add two ounces of castor suga ai 1 boil for one minute. When cold, add two ( nc; of grated cocoanut, two ounces of shred c ron, the jui-e and grated rind of half a lemon, and two well-beaten eggs. Mix all these ingredients 1 well together, and bake in a greased pie-dish for about an hour. I
SOMETHING F0 it YOU KG FOLKS.
SOMETHING F0 it YOU KG FOLKS. THE GREEN-HAIRED DOLL. "Have you ever seen a doll with green hair?" isked grandpa. Molly looked up at him with very roiu:d. wiJe- DPOL lpyes. "Green hair! Why, no, grandpa! Have you' Bver seon one?" Yes. A dell with no body an* green hair." Mollie put down her beli ten doll, Amelia Gertrude, and, slipping from ter chair to the 9oor, she came and put !r littlo hand in irrand- pa'a arid said, coaxir.&y, iJo teii me all about it." Oh. I saw it to-dny in a window: and if you run and bring your hat and coat I ii take 1 you to see it too." Away ran Mollie; and in a few minutes she returned, breathless with excitement: for who ever heard of such a tiling as a doll with green hair atid no body Grandpa helped her to put on the hat and coat and warm gloves, and then his hat and coat and stick were found, and hand-in-hand the two started to walk down the street. Suddenly irrandpa stopped at a window, and said, There they are." 10 And there on a shtdf stood two heads without any body; larye heads, with laughing lips and smiiing eyes, but there was no green hair. '• Vv'l-1 v. grandpa, thf'S.(\ doils are bald." said Mollie. "as baid as--as-yuu," she suiaed in a disappointed tone. Grandpa iauuhod. They have sold the one with green hair, but I think we can crow some hair on tho doll's head more easily than on mine. \ve will go in and see." So toeethor they went in, and grandpa bought one of the heads. "Look! Look!" whispered There is a hole at the top- What is that for. "Ah! So there is. \V<41. we will buy a paper with instructions, and a little packet- of seed, and grow thA hair ourselves." laugnfd grandpa. And the doll's head and a tiny packet were done up m paper, and he paid for botn. This was all very mysterious to Mollie. "Whv. grandpa, who ever heard of hair seed? It will never crrow. will it?" "Wait and see, little one," was the answer. When they reached home grandpa poured Fome water in the hole and filled the head with it. Then he damped the bald head all over, and scattered some seed from his tiny packet; and then moistened the pla'p where the eye- brows should l>e, and sprinkled more seed. "Oh! What a funny looking doll! cried Mollie. "It is not much like green hair though." 4. rr "Have patience!" answorr-d srrandpa. 'Hair grows slowly I will attend to it." All that dav Mollie kept thinking of the doll; but after a time she forgot; and then one day grandpa called her. and there on the table stood the doll's head. with its laughing face. and from every tiny seed there was a little bright pee. blade of grass. Mollie laughed, and clapped her hands. "Oh, grandpa! The hair has grown, and the green eyebrows too, and the doll is laughing be- cause its hair is such a funny colour." And she wanted to ten all her little friends about it. and shew it to them. Whv. grandpa," she said, "if I sprinkle the seed on my head, will green hair "Oh, no," replied grandpa. "Only bald dolls need green grass to cover their heads. I.ittle girls like you have something mnch prettier. Be very glad you have all those veliow curls to cover yours-" A LETTER FROM CA TLAXD SCHOOL. My dear mamma, it's getting time. I sent you off a line. But first of all. I don't think much of this new school of' mine. The food is poor as poor can be-for lunch I had a sprat: A pretty dih, as one may say, to set before a cat! We never have a taste of cream, not even for a treat; You wouldn't like the mousie pie they give us here to eat. Our teachers pack us off to bed as soon as work is done, And so we never get a chance to have a bit of fun. There's one thing I must say of them, they teach us very well: I've learnt that two and two make five, and how to read and spell. Just notice how I write n:y name—I've got a lively pen. With love and Vs.-es, I remain, vours, K. I. T. E. N.' A NEW GAME. It was Saturday morning, and the twins stood hand in hand, looking sorrowfully out of the window. It's going to rain! with a sob said Sue. It's raining now! with a wail said Lon. Then together they said, Wb-t, shall we do?" Now big Brother Hugh was home from col- lege on a vacation, and when he ssw how dis- appointed his little sisters were at staying in for the rain he fal d. "Come here, girls! I've a brand new game for you. Here are some paper Ifid pencils. Who lives next door? "Mr. Brown." answered the girls, in unison. "You are right. What kind of a complexion br6 Mr. Brown? Is it brown?" "No," said Sue, "he is pale." He's very pale." said Lou. "TI.ten write on your papers Mr. Brown ir; very white. Now we'll sit round this table and put on our tliinking-caps. and in imae-innriou we'll go all round this town and pick out all the Eeople liat have colours for names, and we'll se« ow many come right." "Oh, I know how!" cried Sue. "The man that saws our wood is named Mr. White. I'll put it down. Mr. White is very dark." Oli." cried Lou. I know another man who is just as black, and his name is Snow Write it down this way," said Brother George, with a twinkle in his eye: Mr White is black as Snow." takine her naper from her. The girls squealed in unison, Oh, how funny You need not confine yourself to colours. There are other qualities quit" as amusing and quite as true. You both know Mr. Savage: there never was a, gentler. kincVr man. Now T am going to leave you In an hour ciime up to my room and shew me what you have written." The two girls had an exciting time In imagi- nation they travelled all over town, and visited every one they knew. Then they consulted the papers and the dictionary as reminders. Their mother saw them and wondered what made them so industrious. Best of all, thev were happy, and never once thought of the rain outside. At the end of the hour Sue produced and read the following paper This is a strange town, for most of the people in it are named wrong, but I am very glad that most of them are better than their names. The three nicest people I know are wrongly named. My dear teacher. Miss Stearn, is always gentle. My Sunday-school teacher, Miss h/).¡Ù1. is quiet, and Mr. Savage is the tamest man in town. I know a whole family of Bachelors, and they are all married. Mr. Beach lives in the woods, and Mr. Woods lives near the beach. Mr. Elder is about twenty years old, and Mr. Young ia seventy-five. Mr. Day works at night. Mr. Long is a short man. and Mr. Lowe is 6ft. tall. I have heard of Bartlett pears and Baldwin apples, but ai this town Mr. Bartlett grows apples and Mr. Baldwin pears. Mr. Carpenter is a mason, and Air. Mason is a carpenter. The Butlers and Carters and Millers and Potters don't do anything for a living, and the Kings have 1.> work like slaves. Mrs. Walker has r carriage, and Mrs. Ryder never has had a car- riage. but has to walk. If all these people had their names changed Tee shouldn't know them any better, for we know them now In spite of their names, because namoa do not coant. after ail." When Brother Hugh read that last sentence, he said: "Sue, you are quite a little philo 6opher, and you have quite a long list, too." It's true, any way," said Sue. Then Hugh smiled at the twelve-year-old girl in his superior wisdom of twenty years, and pro- needed to read Lou's paper: log j PRINTING of every description done with j with promptness and neatness at the Office of this Paper • ■ •
tfRAi:* DISASTER IN A Wi.
tfRAi:* DISASTER IN A Wi. SO KILLED: MANY INJURED. rEHRIBLE SCENE NEAR WASHINGTON A terrible Jisastel very simila? V several re- spects to that at Arbroath, took piaffe on Sunday evecing at Terra Colt* station, three nuisc from Washington, on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail. way: and it is estimated that fifty persons have been killed and nearly 100 illj "ed. The ill-fated train was a leef x from Frederick Citv, which runs only on Sunday for the con venkace of wsek-end tourists returning to Wash- ington. It was standing in the station preparing to si art, when a train made up of eight empty carriages ran into the rear. The weather was thick and rosi/y at the time. and it is stated that the encineer oi the empty train did not notice the red signal indicating that the block ahead was occupied. The wrecked train was composed of the engico a smokins: car. and two ordinary coacnes. All the vehicles were crowded, and many passengers being unable to find seats were standing in the gangways. Just behind the train was a coal truck. and into this the empty train dashed at the rate of sixty miles an hour, literally hurling it clean t!f01Eit the two coaches. The passen- gers were mowed down like hay. and of the fiftw odd persons in the rear coach only one escaped death or serious injury. Both sides of thfi /chicle were torn off, and both sides of the track 're littered with the wreckage. LINE STREWN WITH CORPSES. When the driver of the local train felt fla I rash he opened the throttle in the hope of being able to pull his train out of further danger, and the consequent jolting of the damaged carriages caused many bodies to drop on to the line, which va, strewn with corpses for a distance of a quarter of a mile. The people un the plat- form faTed no better than those ;.q the train. as an'D tf) escaped, the r being either killed or injured by being thrown under the train or struck by flying wreckage. The pawm- gers in the combination smoking and bagpge car escaped with a severe shaking. VI-hen the news of the accid' reached Washijw;ton a num- ber of people ■er> cut to Terra "otta and re- mained on the scene rmil a special train left for the city the de,-i-. and injured. The latter were ("OII")d to the different- hospitals. From the appea, f ^ce of the bodies it is believed Haat nearly aU me victims were killed outright. 3TATEMt:Trr BY AN EYE-WITNESS. Mr. Frank Bocn'iz, a journalist, -i-o was slightly injured, made fcfeft following statement: I was standing in the car next the smoker, talk- ing to my friends, when there was suddenly an awful crash. The next thing I knew was that I was roiling down the embankment. I found "at I was not badly hurt. Women and children were shrieking, and I coulù heur the groans of the dying. Children were running about, seek- "lg their parents, and mothers and fathers rush- ing hither and thither trying to find their chil- dren. The dead and injured strewed tne track fer a mile." A telegram from Washington states that ac- cording to the latest statements fifty persons were killed and about 100 injured. The disasstif is said to be due solely to the fog.
COLLISION NEAR COLCHESTE&
COLLISION NEAR COLCHESTE& PASSENGERS INJURED. ) collision by which several persons were in- jured occurred on Saturday night at Marks Tey, w station the miles to the south-west of Col- r. The train involved was that leaving jbiyerpool-street. London, at half-past five. At Mai*_s Tey. wnich is a junction for Sudbury, the train slipped the r^ar carriages as usual, but on teiitering the station che driver found the signals xyainst him, and brought the train to a stop. The slipped carriages, however, came on. and ran into the rear of thp standing train, with the result tllat. s.everal pasr^ngers were injured. A ii6dy Frost, of Little Clacton— was taken to the Essex and Colchester Hospital. Mrs, Froot was travelling with her little daughter in a corridor carriage. The child was unhurt. The guard, George Bonner, of Bury St. Edmunds, sustained a severe cut on the head. Other pas- sengers who were slihtJy injured included 1 compositor named Rankme. who waa travelling to visit friends at Colchester; a carpenter namc-d Arthur, of Colne. Essex: an a <Îe1,1"" named Minter, of Box ted. Colchester. I ccident appears to have been due if.. k, "ather. which prevented the signals from sleaily eeen. The engine-driver was unhu
THE CARUSO CASE.
THE CARUSO CASE. CONVICTION UPHELD. Recorder Goff has affirmed, says A New "1¡ft correspondent, the c0!1"tion of Signor Caruso on appeal from Magistrate Baker's decision fin- ing him lOdol. for annoying women in the t-en- tral Park monkey house. Signor Caruso's counsel announces that he will carry the appeal to higher Court. The Recorder decided that it wk not essential that Mrs. Hannah Graham, who made the original complaint, should appear in court to prosecute, adding: "The offence was not so much against the individual as against public order and decency." Discussing the weight of evidence and the cre- dibility of the witnesses, the Recorder said: Aft a matter of law. I cannot say that the magiv trate erred in judgment, and, as a matter of fact, I cannot substitute my judgment for his. He had the witnesses before him, arrd from their appear. tnce. behaviour, testimony, and their manner of giying it, he was best qualified to judge of their credibility."
FARMER'S HOSTILITY TO BIRDS
FARMER'S HOSTILITY TO BIRDS SOWING POISONED WHEAT. The unusual charge of sowing poisoned wheai in a field so as to destroy life has been preferred against Benjamin Bentlev Birkett, a BI:r'o farmer, at Retford. Police-constable Harpham stated that "on December 10th he asked defendant to account for the many dead birds lying about his field. Defendant replied that he had pu*- chased 2s. worth of crow poison at Doncaster, and in this steeped a quantity of wheat, which h' afterwards deposited on the field. Defendant added that he had done it to kill the larks, whiah had proved a serious nui&ance, and in conse- quence he had to resow. Witness told him it vtu iL very Beriouo matter, and he would have to re- port it He then went into the field, and r- ,ct-iv-d from the keeper seventy-four larks, wis, sparrows, two chaffinches, two starlings, 01W pigeon, and other dead birds, and a numbering altogether 159. David Harrison, engaged in assisting in vta preservation of game, stated that on Decemcx* 9th. whilst w;th the keeper, he picked up fortv dead larks and other birds in defendant's field, near Blyth Wood. Subsequently he picked up 172 dead birds. He was on duty watching the land, and keening came off the field. Mr S. Trotinan. analyst. of Nottingham. stated that he received a sample of grain and Several dead birds from the police. Upou -nalysis he found the grain to contain a large quantity of strychnine. The crops of the dew birds contained grain which had also been treated with strvchnine. For the defence. Mr. Clay said the charge was admitted. Defendant had been perfectly open. The damage he had suffered by the birds pick- ing up the seed had been so serious that he felt justified in doing something to stop it. He bought the poison for the express purpose of keeping the larks off his land. His son was en- gaged in tenting the land, and Major Willev and others had been warned of what had been done. Instructions were also given to keep the game off Mr. Williamson, who prosecuted, said that the warning was not given until after the seed had been sown, and any amount of damage might have been done to the game, which might have caused trouble if it bad got into the hands of the public. The Bench regarded the offence as very seri. ous. There was no guarantee that the gam*, could be kept off, and if a had got into th' hands of the public it have been 4wkward. 7Jefendant would be fined £ 2 and coco, unouofc
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