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.. TEE BLOOM ON THE PEACE. The complexion of young girls is very , often a source of trouble to them. and: continues to be so in spite of doctoral and dermatologists and medicaments of is all sorts. Perhaps when all things else ‘ have failed they will find the whole trouble done away with by a. judicious diet and course of living. In many places there are no doctors especi- ally skilled in relation to the skin, and. mothers content themselves with think- ing itwill come right in time. But they need not wait for time if they will follow a wise routine in matters of bath and diet . In the first place they should abolish the Gold bath entirely. undersmnding ’03:!“ and Compounds Lately in Commer- that it is only the very rugged who can endure it, and that very few take it to advantage anyway; and they should use only the lwarm and hot baths, and use them frequentlyâ€"the hot bath, a quick one taken at bed- time. with proper precautions about taking cold afterwards. \Vith this there should be not only exercise about the house in the way of familiar duties, although it is always in the same over- breathed air. but there should be rapid walking and hurrying out-of-doors, without any other fixed purpose than that of enjoyment. now and then a short run, if it may be taken without discomfort, and sometimes. properly protected, a. tussle with stainâ€"storm. but never exposure. when unveiled. to cold and sharp winds. And for the rest. diet is to be called. upon to work miracles. Pastry is to be abandoned; all sorts of rich cakes and desserts as well; sweetmeats, can- dies, oily nuts, the whole delicious bon- bon tribe. together with the homely aid-colonial doughnut, the rarebit, and cheese in any form. Fruit, too. will be taken with hesitation, and more generally cooked than uncooked; fritâ€" ters will be forsaken. potatoes will be replaced by bread, and the bread will be, as far as possible, of coarse grain rather than of fine flour. Neither tea' nor coffee will be drunk by our young aspirant for a good com- plexion, nor chocolate. be it said; she can have milk if it agrees with her, preferably skimmed milk and butter- milk. She will be surprised to find how soon she can dispense with much drinking at her meals, and. how re- freshing water alone will become. If she drank no water at all while eat- ing, and,i as much as she wished it couâ€" 1e of hours or so later, it would .be tter yet; but if {that is too much of a sacrifice, she would do well to try and limit herself to no more than a. dozen table-s oonfuls of liquid with each meal. 0 course it is unnecessary .to say that she takes no wine nor an thing of that sort. ,Vith this she should allow herself plenty. of good and well-cooked meat, and dishâ€"gravy when it is free from fat; not always a great deal of beef. but rather mlutton and poultry and _ me. Meat increases the muscular irmness and strength, and is suppos- ed to add more to the nervous orce than other diet; and often a. low conâ€" dition of the nerves has more to do with the skin trouble than anything else. Some of the most irritating, dis- figuring. and painful of skin troubles arise from depression of the nervous I stem. either from (worry or over- ain, or from mal-nutrition. It must, be understood then. that the diet isto be bountiful and generous, but that it is to be thoroughly diges- tible, and never greasy nor too rich. and that an eating between meals and before going-l to bed is to be given up. Any girl w 0 brings her habits down to these simple ways. and has regular and rolonged sleep. will soon have the psac y skin: that belongs to her years. unless she has some more deep-seated and ineradicable trouble than is com- mon. - For those who hate no trouble with their skins. of course such strictness of regime is not. requisite: but the bloom will be ke t a great while lon er which has not can interfered wit by inâ€" digestibile dainties and lazy habits. AMATEUR NURSING. Much of the comfort of an invalid depends upon the order of his sur- roundingâ€"whether medicine bottles stand grimly out of place upon the mantel-shelf, or pictures hand straight upon the wall and oven'more he will notice any want of daintiness and neatness in his nurse. She should be a paragon in this respect. as well as in her quiet movements Qnd tactful no- tice of her patient's needs without ask- ing questions. She must see for her- self that pillows require shaking, and know when the hot water bag should he applied to cold feet. without troub- ling their tired owner about the mat- ter. sndshe must be able, moreover, to administer medicinw and nourishment at appointed times and comfortably to him. A wise nurse seldom asks her charge "howheisfeeling to-day." and never discusses his symptoms andcon- ditions in his presence. since her aim is to keep his thoughts as far as possible from himself. in serious illness. where every change must be watched. it is customary to keep a written record of temperature. amount of nourishment and sleep taken. etc.. which report is quietly nibmitted to the physician in charge upon his recurring 'visits. There is nothing more annoying to only people. next to creaking shoes, than to have whispering carried on in their chamber during “111655.. {It is very suggestive to mystery in one's use, of something serious of which one must not be told-a suspicion any- thing but beneficial. All conversation must be in natural tones; so that the patient may bear ‘fhe wishes. and m ‘~___ to sub ject' must of course exclude anyâ€" thi exciting. . _ . W ile ventilation is important the temperature of a sick chamber must be kept even. and high enough to make weighty bed clothing unnecessar . A thermometer hung at the head 0 _ the bed, and out of the sight of the atient. should constantly register 68 agrees. or thereabouts in winter _time. - The air with which an invalid is to fill his lungs hour afterhour must be pure and: sweet since it is to become. a powerful ally in the battle with dis- ease. It is not enough to ventilate the room ‘thoroughly once al day. though that is important, but there should be a steady current of air passing through created erhnw by an. open fireplace and win ow lowered slightly at top. or opened a little both above and below when there is no chimney. M DANGER FROM NEW CHEMICALS. â€"- clal Use Placed l'uder llaslrlctlon. Several more or less dangerous arti- else of chemical manufacmzre are be- coming so largely employed for avar- iety of useful purposes n'ow that some restrictions as to their sails, conveyâ€" ance, and storage, are, in this inter- est of the public safety, imperative, says the London Lancet. Certain substances that were previously regarded aschem- ical curiosities, have ceased to be so. and are new important commercial commodities and made on a very large scale. Thousands of gallons of“1iquid" carbonic acid gas in steel oylindersuu- der high compression may now be seen every day being conveyed in carts from place to place, and similarly other gases are stored under pressure in "tubes," as, for example, oxygen, livâ€" dl‘ogeint nitrous oxide. and so on, all of which may expose the public to dan- ger. bricks of meiallic-sodium, again. kept under naphtha. of course, are‘evcry day carried from port to port as part of a. ship’s cargo, and very serious accidents have occasionally aris- en from the intermixture of various chemicals on boaind ship by the dam- aging effect of a rough passage . upon the pmikages. The trade in cylinders of compressed gases has already been placed under control. Still another chemical substance of comparatively recent discovery is now sopxtensiveâ€" iy used as w’haive given rise to the necessity of a Home Office order being issued. We refer to carbide of cal-- cium, which on simply becoming, moist gives off the exceedingly inflammable gas acetylene. Carbide of calcium is useful for a variety of purposes,__bi_1t chiefly because on simply placing1 it in possesses a. remarkable high illumin- a'ting power. . _ method of generating a gaseous illum- inant 'for optic lanterns, for _photo- graphic purposes, and for lighting priâ€" restrictien should be placed upon the which is now being manufactured 'on a large scale, and which simply in a moist atmosphere gives off an inflamâ€" ploeive mixture. Carbide of calcium is Lion of the Petroleum act, 1871. and, in] to keep car-hide of calcium except rol eum act. time to time the employment of gether with a memoitmdmn showmg to the nature safety. _____._._.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- RED DRESSES AND. THE GOBBLER. Edith and Amy Gregory. aged 8 and mour Gregory of Rowlandsv‘ille, N.Y., were seriously wounded the other day by a turkey gobbler. -The children were playing in the yard. each wearing a red dress when the turkey attacked the younger child, throwing her to the ed “to rescue her sister when the fowl attacked her also, throwing her down and inflicting several wounds upon the face and hands. Finally recovering her feet little Amy ran to a. neighbor's house to alarm her mother. \Vhen Mrs. Gregory that the turkey had severely ,wourvled Edith also. and she dispatched the as- sailant “ith a club. 'BALD SE’AL’ING YEAR. News from the east roast sealing fleet has been received at. John‘s, N.F., Out of sixteen Steamers fishing in the North Atlantic eleven have been heart! from, whose combined catches are only 21,000 seals. less than a load for one steamer. This is the Worst record for a hundred years. There is little like- liliood of the fishery being retrieved Including three laden steamers fishing in the Gulf later from total failure. of St. Lawrence, only 75,000 seals are now reported, and it is not reliable that this number will be dnu iled be- fore the dose of the season, whereas last year‘s total catch was 220,000, which was regarded as much below the average. \VASP AND FLY. 'When a wasp catches a fly it imme- diately bites off both wings, sometimes a leg or two. and occasionally the head. Mr. Harrington saw some of the wasps when laden with one fly catch anoth- er, without lettinghio the first, and then fly away wit 0th. There was a constant stream of was s carrying awn ‘ flies. probably to f the larvae in l eir nests, and returning again to the cows to catch more. In about 20 minutes Mr. Barr' on estimated that between 300 and 4 flies were caught on two cows lyi close to where he ptood. Perha this narrative of good deeds accomp i'shed will lead people to think more lenierdy of the vices of the wasp. . Miter it evolves pu‘re acetylene, which. The employment of this vate dwelling houses, has already been ‘ It is quite UbV'lOUB that some mable gas, which with air forms an en;â€" nioriv to be brought under. the 14th sec- after April 1, 1897.: it will be unlawâ€" in virtue of a iioelnise to be obtained. from the local authority under the Pet- Douibtilelss t‘hle recent ac- cidents that have been reported from acetylene in this {way have prompted the {Home Office to issue this order, .to- the character of the risks to beLgluardi- ed against, and giving suggestions as of the precautions like- ly to be most effectual for securing 5 years respectively, children of Sey- gu'ound. The older girl then attempt- ran into the yard she found TYOUNG FOLKS. \\\~ \ ‘\\\\‘\\ \NWM‘ HOlV BONE! How many bones in the human face! Fourteen when they are all in place. How many bones in the human head I Eight. my child, as I've often said. How many bones in the human ear? Three in each. and help to hear. How many bones in the human spine I Twentyâ€"six. like a climbing vine. How many bones in the human chest? Twenty-four ribs. and two of the rest. how many bones in the shoulder bind? l‘wo in eachâ€"one before and behind. How many bones in the human arm? in each one, two in each forearm. flow many bones in the human wrist? Light in each, if none are missed. How many bones in the palm of the hand? Five in each with many a band. How many bones in the fingers ten? Twnety-eight, and by joints they bend. How_many' bones in the human hip? One in each, like a dish they dip. How many bones in the human thigh? One in each. and deep they lie. How _many bones in the human knees ‘? One in each, the knee pan. please. blow many bones in the ankle strong? haven in each. but none are long. Elpw many bones in the ball of the foot? laws in each as the palms were put. wa many bones in the toes half a score? lTwenty-cight, and there are no more. And altogether. these many bones fix, And then count in the body two hun- dred and six And then we have the human mouth, 0f upper and under thirtyâ€"two teeth. And now and then have a bone. 1 should think. That was in a. joint, or to fill up a chunk. A sesamoid one. or a wormian. we call, And now we may rest, for we've told them all. JACK‘S LESSON. "50," said Dr. Dove. bringing his hand down on J aok Burnet’s shoulder. " so you’ve been frightening your mother ill! Don't you feel ashamed of yourself i" 7 "I’m very sorry. Doctor." said Jack. "but mothers are so scary. I wasn't hurt. If she’d stopped a minute and not fainted. she’d have seen me pick myself up. You see the brewer’s wa- gon turned the' corner just as the ex- pressman whacked at us fellows that were up behind. ;We jumped off, Baldâ€"I, “And if the brewer had not had strong arms, and the brewer's horses more sense than most boys. you’d have been a case for the coroner," said the Doctor.( " I wasn't hurt,” Jack said, laughing. "But mother happened to se it firom the window, and fainted. There was a pause; then Dr. Dove said: "Jack, would you like to ride out with me to-morrow‘d" “Oh, yes. thank you. Doctor," cried Jack. " Be ready when I call, then. at two." said Dr. Dove. : You may be sure Jack was ready for a ride behind that pretty brown horse. and it was delighth to him to go flyâ€" came to a large brick house. rections to the nurse. and passed on. At last he said to Jack: "You may brought a yOung friend to see you." way. " How do you do i" asked a weak little voice. "I'm well, thank you." said Jack, l'm sorrieyou are sick.” - ll . Tom. " l'm gouig to get well now,Doo- tor says; but I’ve had lots of pain. and I guess I nearly died. it's my own fault, though, I've made 11 my mind to tell all the boys I see. :85 I'd ed ma. I'd never been here at all. She told me never to hang on the ice wa- gon. but 1 did. and the trolley car ran into it. It's months ago, and I’ve had time to think about it." " You won’t do it again. will you, 'Domi'” asked the Doctor. ” No sir.” said Tom. The Doctor laid an orange on the quilt. Tom said, "Thank you," and Jack said. "I hope you'll be well soon." Then they walked on until they came to a bed where a boy was asleep. A big workman. in his Sunday clothes. was Just risintho go from a chair near Elie cat. The actor shook hands with m. '_' It makes a baby of me. Doctor," said the man._ “ Little Pat is our dar- lin'. and. barrin’ he wouldn‘t obey or- dbers. the best boy iver you saw. But the wife couldn't kape him from the edge of the roof. It's siven stories high. and over he wint one day. There's a bit of hope. isn't there!” " While there is life there is hope." said the doctor. The man nodded sad- ly and went home. ‘Is little Pat gomg to dial" Jack whi red. _ “ e may live for years, Jack." said the doctor. “ but he will never be able to stander evensltup, orevento feed himself. He will never be anything but a burden to his poor parents. But he ing along the street. and down the ave- nrue. They never stopped until they The doctor took Jack by the hand, and they went softly along the hall and up stairs to a long room, all full of little white beds. There was a child in each bed, and three nurses, with white caps and aprons. were walking about. At some beds the Doctor paused. gave dir- speak to this little fellow. Tom, Ihave Two great hollow eyes turned Jack's en sick 9. great while," said mind- knew better than his mother. you see. and was quite sure it was safe to play on the roof." Jack looked solemn. Slowly they walked through the ward.‘ Some of the children were playing) with toys or looking at pictures; ut others were crying or moaning in pain. In a cor- ner. a nurse was supporting a woman who had fainted. " It came on me sudden." she told the STRAN DING OF 600 WHALES. Yes: School or the (‘reatnrec Ashore In the Straits of Magellan. Toward the and of September annea- crmous school of a species of whale call- ed bbe Caaing whale ran ashore in Teal inlet. Teal inlet is a snail creek, one and onelmlf miles long, opening into gtflfg‘ogg? news that my boy had lPort wander, which in turn opens in- "To save his life." said the doctor. gently. . "I'm afraid life won‘t be much use to him now,” said the poor woman weeping. “Oh, the times I told him never to go into the old house they're tearin' down; but he took no heed of my words, and when the wall fiell. he wasI under it! If he had only obeyed me I, There was a cot. near the door. from which a cry of pain came. The doctor looked grave when he came from it. " That little boy's father told him neviâ€" or to touch his pistol." he said to Jack; " but he did. and shot himself. He is going to die." Jack turned red. He remembered an- other boy who had been told not to touch his father's pistol, and who had disobeyed. He was glad when the docâ€" tor turned away. Over the door through which they passed was writ- ten. " Children's Accident \Vard." Jack read it aloud. " That is what we call it, Jack,” said the doctor. "but I be- have it ought to be, ' Ward for boys who know better than their mothers.’ " Jack blushed again. He was very thoughtful as they drove home; and his mother has since told Dr. Dove that. he obeys her now. .A STORY OF QUEEN VICTORIA. Mr. A. T. Story vouches for the truth of the following incident of the Queen's childhood, which he narrates in the London Quiver. She was at the time but seven or eight years of age, and her heart was set on a certain doll which she had seen in a shop window. She had to wait, however, until she could save the price of six shillings, out of her pocket money. At last the day came and the coveted (1011* was paid for and received. The story proceeds as follows: "And now, with the precious treasure upon her arms, the little lady bade the shopkeeper good afternoon, and was about to step from the door, when a» poor, miserable-looking object of a man met her eye. He was standing but a couple of feet away, and seemed as though he were going to speak to her, attracted doubtless by the innocent kindness of her expressmn, and the ten- darness of her blue eyes. But, though his lips moved, no sound came from them. "He stood aside to let her passâ€"a mute, agonized appeal in his sunken cheeks and quivering c‘hin "Did you wish to speak to me?” asked the litt e lady, staying her steps. "Encouraged by her winning voice, the poor trampâ€"for such he wasâ€"said Ln trembling accents: " 'I am yerly hungry, i. would not ask for help if Were not ready to sink With him er.’ "He loo ed fannne from his eyes. "‘I am so sorry; I have no money, or, elseâ€"_-’ "His lips trembled forth a. humble ‘Thank you, lady.’ then he shuffled on his way. hunger inniersonate. "-‘JStayl‘ murmur the little owner of the new doll. There was a quiven in her childish voice and. a. moisture in her eyes as she spoke. ‘Wait a «nin- ute. please.’ "She ste ped back into the shop, ap- proached ' e lady behind the counter, and said: " “Oh, lease. do you mind taking the doll bee and keeping it for me fon a few days longer?’ “ ‘Certainly, I will,’ replied the shop- keeper; 'and you wish me to return you the money.’ " ‘Yes, if you please ' "This Was done, and the little lady, hurrying out of the shop. placed the whole 0 the money in the hands of the starving man. "He was like one bhunderstruck. Never had bountv rained upon him in such profusion before "The object of her bounty ed in a. low tone, though loud enough to reach her ear: " ‘If the Almtghty made you a queen, in would not be more than your lness deserves.’ “Then he hobbled away to satisfy his hunger.” ADA LEIGH'S GOOD \VORK. There are now in Paris three homes for Englishâ€"speaking girlsâ€"the Mother Home, at 77 Avenue \Vagram; Wash- ington Home, the home of the art stu- dents, and the Children’s Home at Neu- illyâ€"as the outcome of the work be- gun in that city years ago by Miss Ada Leigh, now Mm. Travers Lewis, wife of the Archbishop of Ontario. Miss Leigh. who had conducted a Bible class of over four hundred in Manchester. England, while she was a girl of sev- enteen, organized one of a similar char- acter among the Englishâ€"speaking girls in Paris, when she was herself study- ing there. From this developed the idea of a home for girl art students, which has grown to the three homes mentioned above. None of the ladies in charge of the homes receives a sal- ary, but there is never any lack of keep- ers, who seek out Englisli-srwnking wo- men in distress, and assist them. Over nine thousand girls of all classes, in- cluding students. governesses, and do- mestic servants, have received help at the Avenue Wagram home alone. The homes are not self-supporting. but are (aided by subscription-2 from those in- terested in the work. CONNUBIAL MYS/I‘ERIES. A man who is just married tells his wife everything. Yes! And after he gets better acquainted with her he doesn't tell her anything. AN DIPA'I'IENT GIRL. lieâ€"Do you think your father would offer me personal violence if lwere tonsk him for you? Sheâ€"No, but I think he uill, if you don’t pretty soon. murmur- to the South Atlantic byamry narrow opening. it was nrv good fortune writes George Hewlett, surgeon, of the royal navy, to see some hundreds of these whales on the beach at the time of my visit. One morning a. whirlwind ap- peared to be approaching overthewatcr in the bay of San Salvador, and soon this was made out to be. an enormous school of whales, so think that: they seemed to be jostling each other, noth- ing but fins and tails, and the water in foam all around. This was on: a flow- ing tide, and they came in the inlet itself, describing sort of oyclodial curves, until the inshore part of the squadron took on a kelp reef, and then a sudden panic seemed to seize them all and the unfortunate animals came up the inlet, full speed, with ,ihe sea. boil- ing in front of lilieliu and. a great wave coming after them, and they piled up in. hundreds on the beach. ‘ 'lihen, as there was a rising tide, they got off again but only do dharge the opposiie breach, and so on till the fall- ing tide and Loss of stnenguli... left them high and dry all around the dreary bay. . Very few, old or young, lived more than a quarter of an hiour after their Siranding. 'By awning, aft-er that tide- lliad ebbed there were only five whales afloat out of more tlboin 500 that had been afloat that. morning, and by the next morning only times were to be seen, and they swam around and around for awhile, and then, as if- disdainuig 00.1iVB When all their companions more dead, they made straight for” the beach and in a few moments uhey also had passed forever out of existence. Circumstances made it impossible to use the. blubber. Some of the bodies hmve been burned; they burn like a great oil. Blind. The spring tides for- tunately floated others up and down and dispersed them. One cannot lilch regretting that a shipload of the savi- ages from Terra (led Euicgo, over the way, could non have been let; loose at them. They, of course, would have" liv- ed beside the bodies and eaten their way steadily on till the banquet. wan finished. ~ A â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"-â€"‘ JAPANESE BATTLESHIPS. â€"â€"- Two of [be Blosl Fornildiiblc Vessrls in tho “'orld to Be Built. in England. Two of the most powerful war vessels in. the world is soon to be under con- struction in Great Britain for the Jap- anese. Government. . fNo vesselis now afloat or contemplated will have such displacements or formidable batteries. These ,two ships will cost nearly 84,- 000,000 each. and wild be dcliNered to Japan in about two and a half years. The biggest battleships of the British navy have 14,900 tons displacement, with acoal-carrying capacity of 900 tons. The new Japanese vessels will have a displaceman of 14,850 tons and a. coalâ€"carrying capacity of 700 tens. : These. vessels are to have wire-wound guns as their main battery instead of the jacketed guns. [l‘liey will be of 12-inch calibre, which the .Illrilisli claim are equal to American 13-inch built-up guns. Four of lllle wire guns will be in. the two turrets, fore and aft, heavily protected by eighteen inches of nickelâ€"- steel armor. in. the broadside batteries will be the ten 15-inch. quick-firing guns of 40 (-iiiibres, twenty 47 millimetre, two thrillâ€"pound llotcilikiss quickâ€"firing guns, and five torpedo dischargcrs, loui‘ be- ing below water and one aliovc, the inner through the stem. 'lllc. iiiiizzlas of the four heavier guns wul be at Least 25 feet above water, which Will enable the pieces to be in the two military masts to each. \"usscl, With fighting tops, and a second top to the masthead for search light and distant sigiia.ing purposes. _ These ships are the first of a plumber the Japanese Government 'wi.._l have built abroad. Two are now being con- structed in the United States. - WOULDN’T FORSWEAR FOREVER. â€"â€" This lliiullnluunn Wanted to 1.1m". Ills “’Iilulrmnil 0| Allegiance to Vlclorln. An Englishman who bail made up his mind to become an American citizen zip- plicd to Clark Charles Lyon in the County Clerk's office in Jersey City l’lm other day for his first papers. Lyon. banded him a blank form of 1b». de- cliarmiim of inlr-iiiion with a request in sign ll. “May 1 read it first l" asde the zip- piii'am. "(.‘eriain'y. sir." rr ilied Lynn. “Ilium he reached 1 w mri where the applicant is required In ornwvur alloyi- once to lbw Qum-ii of. Great liriiain_:iml Ireland forovvpr i'iw Englishman said: "i can’t sign that our» illir _\vnr.«l forever is struck out. If you striku ll out I Will sign it." "You don't have to sign it unless you want to.’ said Mr. Lyon: "but. if you don't sign ll just (15 it is you can- not become an AHlG‘TiCfln CHIZPn. "Then I don't want to be an. Amer- can citizen," rclnrted the Englishman, waiking out of the office and closing the door With a bang. -.._____..____.._â€"â€" THE EELFISH PASSENGER. 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