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HOUSEHOLD.‘ .MUSEHOLD HINTS. .Dry water-scam shoes carefully. then rub than Willi vaseline, sweet oil or kerosene, and the leather will be soft and pliable again. Banall brushes an; useful in clean- ing potatow and other vegetables be- fore paring them. Tooth brushes that have been dLIcardec‘. for toilet purposes, may be used. for cleaning lamp burnâ€" ers. silverware or alnything of that kind. \Vhisk broom will look better and last better for an occasional clean- ing. Dip them up and down in a. pail of clean, warm suds, then rinse in clear water, and hang them up to dry. » If you wish to stain your kitchen or dining room floor a dark brown, get one-fourth of an curiae of permangan- ate of .potalsh, add it to a) quart of water. and apply quickly to the dry floor. usiurg an old paint brush. Re- peat the process if not dark enough. When dry, oil with linseed oil or bees- wax and turpentine. This is one of the most durable colors known, and very cheap. - i If you have white garments that are mildewed, soak the places in butter- milk, and laly it on the grass in the sunshine to dry. If it is not removed at first, a second or third application will make it 'whitle again. t It often becomes necessary to reno- vate cashmere and. other goods before making it over, and. '11 Will tell you how I cleaned a black cashmere skirt that was needed to wear wrth shirt waists this summer. First, Il_took it all apart and. brushed every piece, to remove the tint and dust that had gathered along the seams on‘ the .wro side of the goods. Half a. tub- ful 0 soft water was. heated, and the goods washed in it, using all the ivory soap necessary to get it cleam .wa waters .would be needed if the goods 15 very dirty. After rinsing it was hung up until about half dry, rolled up tightly and allowed to remain half an hour, then ironed on the wron side. One who has Inever tried it won d be surprised to see how. new the goods look. Amy wloolen goods, such as baby 3 flannels, or dness materials may be washed in this way without fading or shrinking. : i. To remove tar from cotton clothing, rub the spots with Lard and let. it stand several hours. Then wash With hot - water and soap. - u l _ A kitchen tablle covered mrth zinc is great laborâ€"saver. It is easily‘clean- ed and is not injured by cutting meat or vegetables, but it W'lllll. last_a. life- time, and considering thalaibor it saves, the cost is an insignificant mat- ter. , . , . 0N FMG’E’I‘ENING CHILDREN. People who have the care of little children vary in opinion as to the best means of punishing them, for even the best of little people need correction at times. A. mother is, without doubt, the per- son to whom this duty belongs, and it is her paramount duty to see that it is never deputed to any one who will frighten the child. Nurses who are, properly enough forbidden to admins- ter corporal punishmnet. are very apt to fall back on some such methods if not carefully warned against then).l and due supervision exercised to see that these admonitions are not neglected. , It is true, perhaps, that the imagin- ary person who was supposed to be al- ways coming after naughty childrenâ€"- the bogeyman, in fact, of our own chil- dish daysâ€"is a being of the part. But he has many relations closely resemb- ~ling him. and on so important a mat- ter mothers ought to be ymtchful. If a child is constitutionally nervous, lit is‘ no use to think that it can be made different by force. Ar ument, too. in many cases. only intensi ies ter- rors which children often feel if left alone in the dark. and gives definite expression to fears which are purely imaginary. Many (people argue that a child who is afrai to be left alone. or to go into a darls room. ought to be made to do either of these things in order to find out that no harm will come to him. Now. children are sel- dom really afraid unless they have been made so. and it is a curious fact that the most timid child shrinks from dis- closing his fears to any one. In such a case. some one has certainly warned him that worse things will happen if he dares to disclose the reason of his alarm. Ver often it is the simplest thing which as been made to appear so terrible under certain conditions. â€"--q SOME GOOD RECIPES. Roast Beef Heart.â€" Yeah the heart well and out off the fat. at top, then let it lie in salt ulnd water while you prepare some veal stuffing. For the stuffing use two table-spoonfuls of breadcrumbs, one of chopped parsley, one of finely-minced east, at little lem- on rind. a pinch of pepper and salt, and enough milk to bind. Fill the holes of the heart tightly with the stuffing. and cover over with a. piece of greased piper. l‘ut about an ounce of dripping into an iron sinner-an, and when it is melted and thoroughly hot, put in the heart. Put on the lid. and let it re- main for about ten minutes, and. then lift the lid and turn the heart. Keep covered for other ten minutes and turn again and so on till it is browned allover. let simmer ently for three quarters of an hour, t n lift. it on to a hot dish. Pour awn the fat, put in a lotuspoonful of so t to brown, then pour in gradually half a pint of water and a spoonful of ketchup with {2er and ash. to taste. Stir till iling and. pour over the heart. This “'ny of Boilixg Peas should have a trial frmn all our readers. When the pods are fresh wash them well after the {era are removed, and boil closely got-cred for ten minutes Strain off the liusks, new“: the liquor to the sauces nan. and mo it boils. add the peas. “W m color is to let-them boil fast. Golf's Brain Patties are a decided delimcy. and will prove a" good per dish; Take some oalf's grains vahieh have then boiled‘vadd a- haEd~ boiled egg. abound small. 'Flavor with a little chopped parsley. a susâ€" picion of lemon peel, a small pinch of powdered mace, pepper and salt. Moist.- ern with cream or a. little white sauce. Make some puff paste, line half a dozen patty tins with it, and fill'Wlth the mixture; moisten the eggs with water, and cover with mate. Brush the pat- ties over with the yolk of an egg, and bake in a quick oven for ten or fifteen minutes. Time patties can be equally .well of cold chicken and a. lit.- tle chopped ham. . maneuvin res-M voUNu FOLKS- THE CLfBET DOOR. ' Itisthe usualthingtohave onear more closets for clothing opening into each bell-room. Often these are in inner walls. that .‘is, do not have a window opening out of doors, and are conse- quently dark. unventilated pockets. This is exceedingly objectionable for closets anywhere. and wpecially so far closets opening into a bedroom. 'An outer garment which has been worn (for several daysâ€"the frock of the wo- man, the coat and trouSers of the man. â€"-is taken off and hung up in this dark, unventilated box of zip-lace. The gar- ments are more or less impregnated. even with the most cleanly people, with effete matter which it is the function of the skin to remove from the body. These are of organic character and must decay. adding impurities to the atmosphere. Where such closets already exist care at least may be taken to thoroughly air all clothing before plac- ing it in the closet, and the closet door maybe left open while the bedroom is being sued and sunned, as it should be for several hours each morning. THE BRAKESMAN rs GOING. Automatic Brakes Put. Him 012' the Train but Saves llumaui Life. IA‘ few years agol fibers were considâ€" erably over a million brakesmen em- ployed on our railway lines, but toâ€"day the number has been reduced to less than lone-half, and it is only aquestion of time before the last of these oldâ€"time employee will entirely disappear from all of our railroad systems, says the Rhiladelphia .'I‘ime,s. ; This important change was brought about by the invention of automatic brakes which performed the service much quicker and better than the brakcslnan could ever hope to do. By means of this present invention the en- gineer can stop aheavy train of cars in half the time that a dozen: of brakes men, losing the old hand brakes, would require for the work. 4 WM CAUSED IT. The passing of the brakesrnan is not entirely due to the orders of the rail- road officials, but as much. tothe laws of the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion, which makes it mandatory for every railroad line to equip its cars with automatic and continuous brakes and couplers, and their locomotives with driving wheel brakes. Before the automatic brakes and couplers were introduced on the railroads the death [rate among passengers and em- ployee Mas much higher than to-day, and it is largely due to this improve- ment that the mortality has been steadily reduced. VVrth but few exceptions all of the 28,000 passenger cars and the 8,000 mail and baggage cars are equipped With .the automatic brakes and coup- lers, and about one-half the 1,200,000 freight cars. The latter have been slower to comply with the law than the :former, as there is less human life involved in accidents with them, but all the new freight cars have to be con- structed with the new brakes and couplers. The old-time couplers, where the brakesman has to stand. between the two cars that were to be joined together, .were a. constant menace to the life of the employes. and the death rate among them was high from this cause alone. In 1895 the number of em- ployes of the American railroad killed amounted to 2,700, and the injured to 82,000, a fair percentage of which met their death while coupling cars. In 1896 the death rate was brought down to 1,823, and the number of injured to 32,422, while the present year will probably show even a larger decrease. ITS GRATIFYING RESULTS. While .this decrease is partly the re- sult of greater efficiency among the railroad employes and to the imâ€" [movements in tlie'roudbeds, and to the lose of perfect signalling systems, the automatic brake is most directly responsible for the gratifying results. A ’train of cars equipped with the au- tomatic brakes ran-l3: comes into col- lision with other trains or obstacles on the track. The watchful engineer can see far enough aheadto bring his train to a standstill before colliding with anything that may be accidentally placedoqthe track. In rounding sharp curvms the modernsystem of signals reduces danger of co lision to a mini- mum, and on a straight track every- thing depends upon the alertness and promptness of the engineer. This is practically the greatest safe- guard ever invented for railroad use, and to it we are indebted for many blessings. It is driving the brakesman out of existence, but at the same time it. B saving the livm of thousands of passengers and railroad employes every year. .It is one of tlnse inventions which give such-adequate compensa- tion for summedmg hand labor that no one reacts its general adoptionâ€" not even t railroad employes whose work it is rapidly taking from them. NO’I‘ IX “'ELCOBIE TOPIC. Sheâ€"It was just three years ago to- m ht that you proposed. . eâ€"Now. what did you want to bring that up for. on the only night of the. week that I have away from business! rather strives to be afit companion for that superior beingâ€"manâ€"by striving to attain that true beauty. health. w .J R, HEALTH is BEAUTY. -' . q. lsistantg who would be of equal serial 'posiriiin, and treat her like a member l‘of‘ihe family. to do the funny things ith'at She could net or would not ask It is fortunate for the girl of toâ€"lthe girl in the kitchen to do. day that the standsni of beauty has changed since the datys of her grand- mothers and even those of her moth- er. The pale, languid beauty of half a. century ago would be looked upon in pity today. lA physician's care would be recommended for her. The modern girl would not thinkof eating and drinking poisons (in microsrorpio qauntities, be it understood) to talks the glow of health from her cheeks. She does not want to faint at the sight of a mouse nor call for smelling salts on the slightest pu'ovutations. 'I‘rue en- ough, women are in a certain sense, " the clinging vine.” to which they have been likened, but the woman of to- day does not wire to be a burdensome dependence on father or husband. She strength, and soundness of limb and muscleâ€"the ideal type of the 01d Greeks who fully realised the relation between beauty and a. healthy physique. Our girl of toâ€"day admires small feet and a beautiful figure as much as her mother or grandmother did, but she wisely refrains from wearing shoes that pinch. or tight clothing which would restrict perfect breathing and injure her body. Besides it has become a re- cognized fact that exercise is as ne- cessary to maintain her good health as ilt is her brother’s. For that reaâ€" son she swims and rides and indulges in out-door games with an abandon and freedom that would cause her prim an- cestors. were they here, to cry against the endangering of health. and like- wise morals. But as that cannot happen she may. safely keep on her way, gain- ing daily new beauty. new strength. better complexion, andâ€"better temper, which is not the least item. The human body is a very compli- cated structure. \Vith all its individual partsâ€"all for different purposes. and yet not capable of working independ- ently of each other, lll'. is a strange thing, with the useless attention he- stowed by some on their bodies, that there is not more disease and ill health than exists. Those who recognize that pure air and bathing are almost as es- ential to good health as the food eat- en, show it in their glowing cheeks and bright eyes. The blood is conâ€" stantly throwing off impurities through the pores of the skin. and if they are clogged up with foreign matter what becomes of the poisons which should escape? They are, of course, absorb- ed iinto the body again and cause (lis- ordcrs which are certainly preventable. Anyone who stops to think will cer- tainly understand that lack of frequent bathing is amenace to bodily health which is posrtively criminal. 'l‘he crea- tor has furnished water in plenty, and it was meant for use. If one has good health she is responsible for it; and if not blessed with a strong body, she should do everything to improve it. As far as pure air is concerned the people livmg in the country have (IO- cess to it at all times. if they will only avail themselves of the blessfng. “ Out-door exercise every day "should be the girls' motto, and nothing but sickness should prevent it. Those who have studied physiology know how the blood flows to the lungs, in a dark. imâ€" pure stream, and when it comes out it is a brilliant red full of life and powâ€" er. It is the oxygen breathed into the lungs that makes the change, and the porsonous carbonic acid gas which the blood has gathered on its journey through the system is exhaled. It is easily understood why pure, sweet air is an necessity. No one can live with- out an abundance of it, and remain in perfect health. _ The lungs must he fill- ed With pure air, taken in long breaths if theyhare to be kept strong and free from disease. "Plenty of pure air and out-door exercise " is always the physi- cian's adviw to the sufferer with weak, lungs and poor blood. . Another thing in the care of the body is proper food at proper times. Over- eating and undercating are equally bad. The girl whose home is in the country is not tempted as her city cou- sin to spend her money on candy and indigestrhle sweetmeats. A little of it at times, if pure, is not to be forbid- dein, but an excess of rich foods and concoctions. which were never meant. for man's stomach. will leave its lxid efefcts upon the system. Eating at all hours and at all times. is a bad prac- tice and the stomach will at some time rebel, in failing to do its work prop- erly, and indigestion will be the res suit. it is a hharactoristic of the hu- man mce to want what is not for the best, and where food is concerned, this trait is most conspicuous. \Vell-cook- ed, wholesome foodâ€"\y'ell-madebrimds. plenty of fruit and vegetables and not. so much greasy meals would do muoh hounrd general good health, if acces~ sible at all. As to workâ€"why. even the laziest wants it at times. \Vork hurts no one if the strength is not overmxcd. The hands and mind, must be kept. employ- ed. but never. unless absolutely com- pelled to. should a girl, or woman eith- er, for that matter. sacrifice her health to “work. Lifting heavy tubs, moving great pieces of furniture, and otherwise straining every nerve and muscle has been the cause of many a woman's broken health. There are many things which the men can do. and if there is one within call in such an emergency his aid should be summoned. He may not be extmmely pleased with the in- vitation. but he am do that work bet- ter than a woman. at any rate. A HOUSEKEEPER'S ASSISTANT. Many a girl has a special talent for or likes housework better than teach- ing or clerking; but when obliged to earn her living, does not engage in it on account of the social position of a hired girl. And many a woman with a large family would gladly pay an as- I.et me tell you of a position a friend of mine occupied before she was mar- ried. She had tried clerking and teach- ing, but. she did not like either very well. She heard of a position with a. minister's wife, who had a large family and could not at the same time take care of the family and do justice to her duties as minister’s wife. who want- ed a young girl to stay with her. help with the lighter housework there be- ing a strong girl in the kite en to do the hard work), with the children. on- tertain visitors (of which there were always many), when she was busy or absent, and do a thousand and one things that a grown up daughter would do. For this she received eight dollars per month, her board, washing, had a cozy room to herself, and was treated like a member of the family. She took charge of the mending. saw that the children were ready for school in the morning, put the finishing touches to the brealkfast table, and in many ways lightened Mrs. Smith's burdenu And she “us greatly missed in the household when she left it for one of her own. .T‘HE GROSS GIRL. There are some people who seem to have been born with a cross in their nature. and to some extent it is their misfortune rather than their fault. that they make disagreeable companions. Still, there is such a thing as grumb- ling becoming a habit, and there are some girls I have known who persist in making themselves disagreeable, and who seem to like to be always setting their frie-nds' teeth on edge. t The sour girl is the sort of whom it is said "she has risen off: her wrong side." She is always rising off her “wrong side" simply because she has no right side. She has got into the hab- it of always looking at the dark srde of things, and she shuts her heart against the sunlight of love. ll she harbors a kind thought. or does a good action she is almost ashamed of it, and when she laughs there is just atouch of bitterness in it, as if she would. rm- ther not have given way to such friv- olity. There is only one chance for the sour girl, and that is for her to meet 'a bright young fellow while she is still young and before her character is fully formed. Under the brightness of his laugh and the warmth of his love she may thaw her frozen soul and be- come a good, sweet, lowing woman. If the sour girl only kncw_it. she 15 her own worst enemy. It IS wonderful what one can do to throw off. gloom and chronic depression if one only tries. To do so, one must give up thinking too 'much of one's self and tryd'o take an interest in the happiness of others. To be sioulr is it) be selfish, and folio sel- fish is to lose all the best and highest gifts of life. ___-â€"â€"â€" l BOAT BUILT LIKE A FISH. Narrow and bot-p and Turtle-Backed and Nnmclcss. A craft built very much upon the lines of a mackerel, was hauled out of :t shed of the Morgan Iron \Vorks at the fool". of East Niinth street. New York, on Thursday afternoon and ink- en! toward the East River preparatory to launching. The designer of the bout is Capt. Carl li‘livndt. He would tell nothing about her, but it is understood that he belicvcsishe is going to eclipse every marine speed. record and that he designed her to do that. Fifty to sixty miles an hour is said to be the speed which she is expected to make. She is apparently not nearly sc-wide as she is deep. She is (37 fret long over all and her water line length will ap- parcntly be about". her full length. Iii-r displacement will be small, for she 11p- peors to be not more than five foot thick at the widest, and six feet deep im the middle! of the keel. She is cut away forward one-third of her length. and her keel illoO slopes up aft a foot on more. Hal" moulded body does not reach. aft of HM stern post. but there is an overhung: of six feet or more aft of. this. like. the main part of a fish's tail. and the runider' post comes down through this looking the rudder form the llkt‘llus's of the lower pzirt of a fish's tziil. The rudder post and the screw shaft, aft of. the screw, join in u hear- ing. Almost the whole of the moulded form of the) boat seems designed to go under water. and her sharp nose Will probably project above. in calm “cathâ€" cr not; more. than a foot. From her nose. aft her deck is a turâ€" tle wick, almost; as sharp lll Sl'Ctll)“ as the body of the boat). and ju~t beyond the: (-ii«l_of the cutaway port.- whnrc :i fluf'm’ll {ll}. would lm on 51 sh. is a pilot house which resembles in side Sf‘l‘lllln just such a fin. From there the turâ€" tle lino" slopes Hit and ends at nothing (it the boat's tail. The vessel's hull is plunked with wood and part ly ('oppm‘cd up by the jivutcr line. The turtle bark and the pilot. house are of light Wtod. and are canvas yovered. 'ilio \vliolo: vessel seems dcsxgncd to go. as much under water as over it, and pilot house and turtle lnic‘k close up tightly and are provided with bullscyes and other small windows. . . The screw is said to contmn the sec- ret of Capt. Flindt's ho is. It was cov- ered with canvas. on 'l iursday, and all that could he told about it by its ap- pearance was that it has two blades. and these are set at a very tit-rite angle to the line of the screw. Her hers..- power. ‘the character of henengme‘~ and boilers. or win-flier she is to be driven by steam, gasoline. at Keely mo- tor. or moonshine are all untold, zil- thougli workmen said she was to be propelled by a gasoline engine. ll0\\' SHOCKING. (‘hnllyâ€"Yias. old chap. filly stared “JP. :n the lac-e. A lgyâ€"lluw verwy wude l death actu- Biblc tor the New It has come at last, as it was ‘oomd to comeâ€"the financipated \Vomnn'l Bible. Since women took to higher ed.» cation. and rights. and doctors' de- grees. an attack upon that old. store. house to which prejudiced man hasn- ferred them for some of the most formidable arguments to justify the domination of his sex was somoduyim evitable. The wonder is it has been de- laycdso long. Naturally the onslaught comes from America. but some learned English ladies have been got to co- operate with the advanced American sisterhood. in the revision of the text of the Bible in women's interests. with running comments from the women's point of view: and the first result. is the production of Part I. of “The Wo- man's Bible," London. Phoenix Press. dealing with the Pentateui-h. It is six years since the idea was first mooted.- Whnt just reason for complaint Emancipatod Woman has against the Bible as now placed in her hands is told in burning words in an introduc- tionzâ€"“The Bible tear-hes that woman brought sin and death into the world. that she precipitated the fall of the race. that she was arraigned before the judgment seat of Heavenâ€"tried, cou< demned. and sentenced. Marriage for her was to be acondiltion of bondage; maternity a period of suffering and anguish; and in silence and subjection she was to play the role of adcpendcnt on man’s boulnty for all her material wants, and for all information she might desire on vital questions of the hour she was commanded to ask her husband at home. Here is the Bible poaition of woman, briefly summed up." Thus says Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stan-4 ton. president of the \Vonien's Revis- ion Committee. All that is now to be altered, for the secret is out. The red- son why the Bible thus degrades the position of woman is that it has been compiled by men. translated by men. and revised by men. "They have never invited a woman to join one of their revising commit- tees, nor tried to mitigate the sentence pronounced on her by changing one count of the indictment served on her iln Paradise." The trail of the serpent is over every page; and it is not in the Christin/n Holy \Vrit alone. The NH volt goes deeper. "All religions Ide- grade her, and so long as woman no- cepts the position that they assign her. her emancipation is impossible." "\Ve have," says Mrs. Stanton. "many wo- men abundantly endowed with the capabilities to understand and revise what men have thus far written;" and. this task the committee of ladies. oil whom twenty-two are named in this first part, undertakes. able state of male ignorance their nuance may not carry much weight on this Side of the Allmntic; but the in- cllulc one or two Hebrew and ironic scholars and. others expert in Bibical history. live is n H‘ebrcw corruption. Liter- ally translated, the name is Life, the eternal mother. To strengthen the argument. the ancient spelling of In tho lamentâ€" wonmnâ€""wonib-m:in"â€"-is brought out. 'l‘hisand much more toshow that. man and woman started cqunl, until man, monopolizing history to himself. thrush her behind. A blmnisli on the work is that the ardent desire of these militant ladies to rehabilitate the woman. of lhe Bible is accompanied by a set dolor- mxnatirm to make much of tho short-n. comungs of the men. Adam, Abraham. Laban and .lzu-oib all got scant justice meted. out to them. Exodus )I‘OVIIIGS tho \Vomcn's Revision Committee with less material. Complaint is plaintively nlzllll“ that, after the passage of the Red Son. where the men express their gratitude in among of nineteen verses, Miriam “Till the worm-n :iro porniitlud. only two. Vault is also found that the mole compilcrs or translators of the look will not reckon womon :is souls; they are more properties, toledcspoilâ€" 0d of :ill llu-ii‘ jmvi-ls ol‘silvcr and gold, their rich humour. .lll4l velvets and silks. (is they were at the biddin of Moses at the building of the 'l‘aicrâ€" Hill'lfl. lTnforl'irnzitiely. the issue of "The “'omrin’s Bible” has not got so far as the publication of the revised test. This. when completed, is to be consid- erwl and approved l.v the whole rom- mittcc: The London Chronicle says: “The \Voman's Bible," of which l’nrt f. has just; burn issued on this side of the Atlantic, issnre tooxcim :in ('normoufl amount of controversy. it is, us our readers are perhaps aware, a revisivm of these texts and chapters of the tibia directly referring to women. and. those also. to quote the preface, nuulc promin- of "in which women are out by exclusion." "The Woman's Ilible'“ is of Anmril'an origin. Some two-und-twvnty ludivs. under the loud- crsliip of the veteran Mrs. Elizabeth (.‘udy Stanton, have «Ii-vulcd llwm- solves to the task. 'l‘lius fur the so- callcd "litmks of Blows" have :ilom- lict-n dealt with. and HM: story of this fall, as well as thi- fruiltiies of Hit! putriurrlis, are [routed with unwar- xng ll'lllll. 1-1.1le chapter is lulu-n i-cp- Ilf'llA‘lY, flue various allusions to wo- Hm!) examined and commented on, am! the rovininn signed with thi‘. initials of the persons responsible. Those, in the presi-nt volume. include, besides Mrs. Stanton. Lillin Devon-aux Blake, the Rev. l‘bt-be llannfnrd. Clara Bewin Coley, Ellen liottellc Dietrich, Ursula Goats-fold, Mrs. Louisa Southworth and Frances Ellen Burr. TROUBLE. "'l‘rmildel” repeated the hostess, in smoking of it afterward; you don't know what trouble is until you try to give mph «1 function. You lienwake nights to make up the list of those “ll/1111 you won‘t invite. and even then lbs-rm will be painful omissions. It I! w provoking to please somebody yo.- really wanted to hurt. ....â€". WWâ€" m.......-.. ._...._,.._ ,, , _ [I .W---..-.. 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