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g. i. ---.â€"oâ€"' an: ROLLS FOB BREAKFAST. minty hotbread androllsseemto be onentisl to breakfast. though perhaps they may not be good for the digestion. There are so many kinds of bread and ways of making them that one need not he at a loss to produce that variety which is both excellent and a delight. to the housewife. r Formisedrollstakehalfawpof finely mashed potatoes and heat into E: half a cup of lard or butter. 9. tea- spoonful of salt and the same quan- tity of sugar. Beat until light and add an pint of boiled milk. one cup of flour. md half a yeast cake dissolved h lukewarm water. Mix together and let the mixture stand over night. In the morning add flour enough to it be roll out. and form in long or round rolls and let them again rise; then bake h a brisk oven. Breakfast rolls may? be quickly made by the following rule: Sift one quart of flour with three teaspoonfuls of bulking powder. and rub into this a ublespoonful of butter and a saltspoon- ful of salt. Moisten with milk until just stiff enouth to roll out in sheets about a half inch in thickness. Cub the rolls out with a large round cutter, spread with butter. and fold over in half circles. Place them on buttered tins and bake in a quick oven. White muffins are made thus: Beat one egg very light and. add to it one tablespoonful of sugar. melt a piece of better the size of an egg and thorâ€" oughly stir into the egg mixture before adding one 0011) of milk and one and one-half cups of flour. into which one and one half teaspoonfuls of baking powder. hasbeen sifted. Bake in patty vans in a hot oven. Delicious raised muffins may be made by putting a pint of sifted flour into :1 large bowl and mixing into it half a cup of butter, one teaspoonful of sugan and a salt spoocn of salt. Dissolve half a yeast cake in a little lukewarm water and add ill: to the mixtulre with two eggs . well beaten; mix very thoroughly and add enough flour to make it into a. very soft batter. Cover and let it. stand. in a. warm placeover night. In the morning heat gem irons or tins and butter them. and with a spoon half fill them with the raised mixture, not stir- ring it more than is necessary. Let . . . _ ! them rise in the true about half anlhe was appointed to succeed him as hour before putting them in a hot oven to bake. To Make Rice Muffinsâ€"Pour one pint ad‘sweet milk over one cup of cold borled rice aindl let it stand over night, or for several hours at least. Then mix with it one tablespoonful of but- ter. warmed, one tablespoonful of salt. tWo eggs well beaten. and one pint of flour into which has been sifted one teaspoonful of baking powder. Bea together very thoroughly and add milk enough to make a thin batter. Bake an gem tins in a. quick oven. For H’omuny Muffinsâ€"Beat two cups of cold boiled hominy with one cup of milk ulntil it Is smooth; then stir in two tablespoonst of melted butter. one teaspoonful of salt and two of sugar. Beat three eggs light and add with two cups of milk and one heaping cup of flour“ and one and one-half tea- spoonfuls of baking powder. Have the muffin pans buttered and fill two- thirds full with the mixture. Bake in a hot oven. Apple gems are nice for breakfast} on a. crisp winter morning. Chop very fine four sour apples and stir into them one beaten egg. one-quarter of a cup of molasses and one and oneâ€"half cups each of yellow cornmeal and sifted flour Dimolve a teaspoonful of soda in warm.- wuter and addenough water to make I. thin batter. Bake in buttered gem‘ pans in a moderate oven. To make a delicious corn bread, stir to a cream half a qup of butter and three-quarters of a cup of sugar. Add to this three eggs beaten well. a pinch of salt. and one pint of sweet milk. Mix together two cups of flour and a: scant cup of into the flour three teas )oonfuls of baking powder and add it lo the first .nixture. Butter biscuit pans and fill them half full with the batter. Bake in a hot oven. tins and bake in a hot oven th nir- ters of an hour. To make a Sally on}: with yeast warm 5. pint of milk suffi- cnently to melt a less of butter as large as a. good s‘ egg. Beat three 9883 lightly and with a half cup _of sugar stxr them into the milk. D13- solve adyeast scake in lukewarm water and ad it with flour enough to make the better as stiff as pound cake. Place in hittered pans. Itwill befivehonrs More it is ready to bake. CLOTHING IN SUMLIER. Especial care is necessary during the warm weather to thoroughly air and dry all clothing after it is worn. Unless this precaution is taken they will smell disagreeably of perspiration. Never hang a waist away without first hang- ing it inside out over the back of a. chair placed near a window. This gen- erally prevents disagreeable odors. Af- ter removing the shoes open them wide as possible and set them near a window to air and. dry. Even a pair of gloves should be given the same treatment before being laid sway. Thin gauze underwear is easily rinsed up in luke- warm soapy water and then in clear water. Stockings, if treated the same way. and changed daily will keep the feet much more comfortable than if this is not done. Itis always best to hang ' one's clothes over chairs, and then they will be aired and in nice condition to don the next morning. ‘ SKETCH OF THE NEW GENERAL. Commander-lmcmef ofthe Brlllsh Army In lndln â€"- Sketch of Ills Life. General Sir Francis Grentell. who has just been gazetted as Commander-in- Ohief of the English army of occupaâ€" tiotn in India. is ‘one of the most fortur- lmate. as Well as popular, officers in the service of Queen: Victoria. The re.â€" lpidity of his rise may be gauged by I the fact that while still a major in his , regiment, the "King’s Royal Rifle iCorps." he commanded-im-chief a com- ,bitned army of British and Egyptian | troops in the field. allnl faot, he was a. mere regimental major at the time when he won the battle of Tostiâ€"a feat for which he was promoted to the grade I of major-general; received the Order of lthe Bath, the thanks of Parliament and. what was perhaps most to the i point, a. cheque of $100,000 from an old imaiden aunt, as a special token of her enthusiastic admiration. - On the retirement of General Sir IEvelyn \Vood. the first English Com- ' mander-im-thef of the Egyptian army igeneralissimo of the Khedive’s forces. .a. lucratiJve post, which. he held until iabout six years ago, wlhvetn he was ap- |poilnted to the headquarters staff in I England. I . T HE GENERAL PERSONALLY. Tall, broad-shouldered. mud the wor- ; thy scion of a family that is renowned l throughout Great Britain for the numerous athletic feats of its mem- ibars, he is popular in society. among - has comrades, with the rank and file, and particularly at court. In’ fact, he fins :1. man of whom every one has a i kindly word tosay, in which respect he is_the antithesis of. General Sir Herace Kitchener, the present generalissimo of the Egyptian army, whom he practi- zcally supersedes as commander-in- ‘chief of the joint Angloâ€"Egyptian exâ€" ipedition that is not about to advance 3 upon Berber, and upon! what was once i Khartoum. . , .- General Kitchener had been so suc- cessful in the operation against the l Dervish;ch last year that. it was generâ€" ':Llly believed that he. would be permit- ‘ ted to retain the} sulpreme command of : the final move on' the Mahdi. It was i felt, however, in England that Kitchen- ‘er possessed neither the seniority nor the capacity for so serious an under- !taking. involving the employment of ;an English army of some 12,000 men, :and so his former chief has been sent 1 out to take charge of the affair. HIS FAMJLY RELATION" General Grenfell, who is married to yellow bolted meal. Sift. a. very charming woman. a first cousin iof BLrs. Charles Stewart Parnell. beâ€" ;longs to one, of the leadin ifnmilics in the city of LOIM on, while ; for ccnlurirs has been identified with l the Bunk of England, either as governâ€" financial Excellent corn muffins are made (bust! or or director. Its present chief, a To a scant half cu.) of sugar add one-l brother of Sir Francis, is Puscoc Gren- tbil'd of ‘ A . creamed mix in it three beaten eggs 3 6WD Of butter. and “‘llf‘n': fell. whose country scat, 'l‘aplow Court. [is celebrated for its hospitalilu-s. and a half teߤP°°nflll “salt- and Qne Pm”; has recently l‘ccn leased by the British 0‘ milk: "1 “'hl‘h bin-l “90" (“9301leltlovcrnmc-nt for the use of the King me and one-fourth teaspoonfuls oil .-o-ia: put in; a sieve one cup of yellow ~ornmeal. one and twoâ€"Illirds cups of flour, and two and one-half teaspoon- s'uls of cream of tartar. and sift twice before mixing with- the other ingredi- ents; butter muffin tins. and fill them a. little more than half full, and bake in a moderate oven half an hour. An exvellent hot. sweet bread is callâ€" ed vaxmrt loaf. L‘remn together n. half cup each; of butter and su 7or and odd one and one-half pints o flour. with two teas )oonfuls of baking pow- der. Lest add the beaten whites of two eggs. Bake in a basin or cake tin in a moderate oven. A Swedish or coffee bread is usually made with raised dough. but it may be made as follows with excellent results: Put into one Pint of flour one and one- half teaspoon uls of baking powder.one tables mime of sugar. and a salt- sponn ul of salt: rub through a sieve. and mix with the dry ingredients a onerous tablespoonful of butter: mois- n with a ha. I pint of sweet milk. Roll the dough out one-third of an inch thick. Spread this sheet of dough with a tablespoonful of. soft butter. and sift over it one tablespoonful of round cin- namon mixed With two 0 owdered sugar. Roll up the dough an cut into slices one inch in thickness: place on buttered biscuit pan and bake in a t 01 for tmenty-five minutes. An od, Southern and always good sweet breed h Sally Cream four ounces of butter With one cup of . Addtothistbe. olhofl use .‘p and one cup at . Sift bro megs»an of baking _'der int? ,ine pint of flour and Id to it the whites three eggs Lenten L) :\ stiff froth. no mixture into buttered braid l of Slum. during his stay in England. _..____.__. CIVI'LIZING AFRICA. The following extract from the lim~ pirc. London. Eng. gives an idea. of the sarides that civilization is making in Africa, for there is nothing that will lighten up the dark continent more cf- fcciually than the iron horsc:â€"”’l‘hcre are three lines being hurried on in Al- rica under British control, which are destined pro‘z,-.:ibly to play the most im- portant. part in the opening up of the continent. and in the consolidation of British interests. One is the strategic line down the Nile Valley, the other is the cross line to I'ganda. and the third the extension from Cape Town to Buluwayo. The last has made the most progress and will bear the most speedy results. It will cross the Zam- )esi on some wonderful work of the engineers probably before the cross line reaches U nda. About sixty miles of the Ugan a line have been completed at an outlay of some #2400900. while from Cape Town there are 1.190 miles of railway already completed to Pala~ pye." THEY IDN'T. Eb. at the Hotel table.â€"l"ve often wondered how these waiters can re- member eo many orders at once. I know now. She, who had often wondered the same ileumâ€"Ob. do you. How can it -v rcnzcmlmr so much! ll ‘. triumphantly-They don't. NITURIL F000 FUR BABY. SOME TIMELY ADVICE BY A PRO- MINENT PHYSICIAN. WE! Many Babies are Sick â€" Advlce to the Holler Which may stave a Little Ono's Ute. Experience has shown that many sick babies are sick because they have been badly fed by parents who were ignorant of the fact that a baby's stomach is weak and. delicate. and cannot pomibly digest things which the father and mother can eat without causing any disturbance. Babies often suffer with diarrhoea and dysentery caused by eat- ing such food as saur kraut, onions. fried potatoes. cucumbers, cabbage and such things only the strong stomach of a working man or woman could di- gest. Even little babies with nursing bottles have been given "pop " and ginger ale by mothers who knew no better. In order tb teach mothers how to feed their babies in a way to keep them well and make them grow strong the Daily News, Chicago, has interest- ed a prominent physician of that city in the matter and has induced him to write out, some plain directions for baby feeding in the hope that many will profit by the reading, and apply the ” ounce of prevention." which is worth "many pounds of cure." More than half the children who died last year died from diseases which were preventable, and they would not have died if parents had obeyed certain well known laws of health which cannot be broken in vain. To be sure. a large number of children, die from diseases which they inherit from their parents. and such diseases are for the most part incurable. Others, again. die from ex- posure to cold and dampness. Children who are brought up in dark and damp basements, where the sunlight never enters, cannot be healthy. If there is a baby in the family it is all the more important to avoid the basement, with its foul air. absence of sunlight, and nearness to the sewers. ITS NIATURAL FOOD. Milk is the only proper and safe food for a baby under six months of age. This is the food which nature herself provides. The milk from the breast of a. healthy mother is perfect in all respects. If a mother is not strong and well, or if she does not have enough milk to satisfy her baby. then some substitute must be found. Usualâ€" 1y this is cow’s milk. But cows’ milk is different from human milk and canâ€" not be given to a young baby until it has been made thinner and more like mothers! milk, in a way that I shall presently describe. There are some mothers who ought not to nurse their babies even if they have plenty of milk. Women who have consumption, cancer scrofula, syphlis, or any chronic running sores. or who are subject to rheumatism, so that they are laid up with itâ€"such mothers should not nurse their babies, because their milk is not good, and their babies will sooner or later grow thin and weak from being poorly fed. A short and trifling sickness. such as~ a. mild fever, indigestion, neuralgia. eto., need not prevent nursing, bemuse such com- plaints do not change the milk. If a mother is well and strong, and has plenty of milk. it is her duty to nurse her baby, for there is no other food nor any other milk that will be quite as good as that from her own breast. This is {not a fad of the doctors, ‘but is provcn by statistics the world over. ADVICE TO THE MOTHER. The deaths among babies in the foundling homes and or man asylums is something frightful. l amother does not have enough milk for her baby the quaniity can often be. increased by suitably increasing her diet. She should drink freely of grucls. soups and cows’ milk. llccr. ale, and alcoholic stimu- lants cauno‘. be depended upon. They often diminish the milk instead of inâ€" creasing iL. Besides this. milk which is produced by such drinks. is not good and slrong. but watery and weak. Corn meal grucl, oatmeal, porridge, barley waterâ€"these are all useful and tend to make good milk. They are lasteful. sircnthening and cheap. All kinds of meat broths and vegetable soups, are good. In a word, the diet of anursmg woman who has not enough ’milk. should consist of the strongest kind of liquid food. _ The lllilk which has been in the breast for several hours is not as good as that which is freshly secreted. it is thin and watery. The stale milk should be drawn out with a breast pump before the baby is allowed to nurse. The new mnk which room in is always richest and best. A mother who has been very angry, or who has bad a. sud- den frighl. should not. nurse her baby until her breast has first been emptied of milk. '10 BE FED REGULARLY. \Vheiher a baby is breast-fed or bottle-fed. its fiedlng should be at re- gular hours. The stomach of a baby. like the stomach of a grown person, must have some rest. Many mothers make agreai mistake in our ' their children too often. During t e first month a baby should not be nursed oftener than every two hours. and after this time the intervals between nurs- sings should be increased. After six months of age the baby should not nurse oftener than every three or four hours duri the day and only once during the night. Thesame rule should hold good with babies brought up on the boztle. . The time for weaning must be gov- cruel somewlmt by circumstances, but as a rule awell child should “euned before the end of the first year. This is best for both mother and child. After a year the breastmilk becomes thin and watery. and the baby fails to be satisfied with it. It falls to grow. loses its colour. and is liable to have diarrhoea. Many cases of rickets and scurvy come from too long nursing. After the baby is weaned it should not be brought to the general table and. given all sorts of food. but should be 'given cows' milk with stale bread or ‘ weak and delicate it shouldhave some of the artificial foods which I am now about to describe. ARTIFICIAL FEEDING. It has already been said that the only natural food for a baby under six months' of age is that furnished by its mother's breast. All other foods are foreign, alien. artificial. Even oows' milk cannot take its place until water has been added. and sugar also. to make it as nearas possible like hu- man milk. Even then rt is not exactly like it. for the curd or cheesy part of cows' milk is coarser. and harder to di- gest, than that of human milk. and do what we will we can only make them similar; \Ve cannot make them identi- cal. There are several ways of making them as nearly alike as posstble. One way is to add, for a new-born baby, two to four parts water to one part oows' milk, and. then to each pin of this thinned milk. add a teaspoonful of white sugar. Mothers' milk has more sugar in it than cows' milk. Another and. a better way is to let the milk stand for six or eight hours. and then for the baby's food use only the up- per half. with the cream which has risen to the top while it has been standing. The lower half of the milk contains the heavy curd, which is too hearty for a young balléy, while the "top milk " is .just about. ow add more sugar to this. and it is very nearly like human milk. PREPARING THE MILK. _ For some babies even this top milk is too rich in cream. If so water must be added to it. sometimes as much as two parts water to one of milk. Just how much water is necessary to add for agiven baby can only be told by experiment. If the baby throws up the. milk in curdled masses or lumps. or if its stools are filled with white flecks. you may be sure the food is too strong. and more water must be added. - All milk for babies' use should be scalded or half boiled. It should be plac- ed on the stove as soon as received and taken off the fire as soon as the first bubbles begin to form. Boiling the milk alters i'Ls taste and makes it con- strpatmg, but half boiling does not hurt it at all but. purifies it and makes it more digestible. It will also keep sweet much longer than raw milk. After it has been heated through in the manner just described. some com- mon baking soda should be added to it. which prevents it from becoming sour. THE WONDERS OF A WATCH. # Something About lts Mechanism and In!- l‘crcnt I’m-ls. A jeweller who has a talent for adâ€" vertising, as well as a genius for me- chanics. has been reminding his pat- rons, Lately. that ‘ 'a watch is the smallest, most delicate machine that. was ever constructed of the same numâ€" ber of parts. About one hundred and seventy-five different pieces of material enter into its construction, and up- ward of twentyâ€"four hundred separate operations are comprised in its manu- facture. “Some of the facts connected with its performance are simply incredible, when considered in total. A blacksmith strikes several thousand blows on his anvil a day, and is right glad when Sunday comes around; but the roller jewel of a watch makes every day, and (Lay after day. 432,000 inlpacls against the fork, or 157,680,000 blows in a year without stop or rest, or 3,153,600,000 in the short space of twenty years. " These figures are beyond the grasp of our feeble intellecfs; but the marvel does not slop here. It has been esti- mated that the powor that moves the watch is equivalent to only four times the force used. in a flea's jump. conse- quenily it might be called a four flea- powe‘r. One horse-power would sufâ€" fice to run 270,000,000 watches. "Now the balanceâ€"wheel of a. watch is moved by this four flea-power one and forty-three one-hundredtbs inches with each vibration three thousand five hundred and fiftyâ€"cl lit and threeâ€" qulrtul‘s m‘ues continuous y in one year. " It. doesn't take a large can of oil to lubricate the machine on its thirty-five- hundrcd-mile ‘run.’ It requires one- icnih of a drop to oil the entire watch for a year's servicw. But it; has great need of that onc»tenth of a drop. “If you would preserve the time- keeping qualities of your watch, you should take it to a. competan watch- makcr once every eighteen months." ‘-â€"~â€"â€"â€"- A MARK Oi.“ PROGRESS. The new single arch bridge across the Niagara gorge. which is to carry a double ll‘fli'k railway, a track for trolley cars. a driveway and a walk for foot passengers, has been completed. tcsrod and found perfectâ€"as everybody expected it would be. A quarter of a century ago such a structure would have been a marvel. and columns would have been wriiien about it. as a grand triumph of engineering skill; but en- gineering skill is accustomed to such triumphs now. and splendid as the acâ€" hieveman is. it is looked upon as rath- er a commonplace affair. Nevertheless, it serves as a marker to show what rapid strides are beng made in the Brushes of engineering and in the me- chanic arts. ' HIS TROUBLE. The latest gold fever has already brought a new verb into existence. Two men were talking about another. when one of them asked: “'baf‘s the matter with him. anyway." He doesn't seem to be the same fel- low that br- was a month ago. Oh. mid [be other. (aver mific be fir-t me! that llnylx-rrk' gir? be has seemed to be mpiclcly lon'liked. . . -._. .._.-‘._ ,._.____..._..._.__.._., ..__ ‘ .â€" ‘ 1 k 0 . .\M“\\\\\\\\\\\~\\W‘ CARE OF 'IIEE HAIR. During warm weather the hair grows much more rapidly than in cold wes- ther,e.ndssesnhhairhess. life of its own, reaching a certain apportion- ed. length. and falls out to give plane to a new one so the new growth aris- ing more rigidly pushes out the old hairs with unusual frequenqy. and-the result is that when we comb our hair thembtwpears to bequitesfull. or as some people say, “My hair is com- ing out. in handsf v " and they amok-d- ingly grow very much alarmed. if, however. on carefully examining the hairs that have fallen they are found to be mostly long ones, there is really no reason for alarm; but: if there are a number of short haiman‘d point. hairsâ€"that is to say, those whinh have evidently not been out at the tip. then- the matter is serious. In oases of prolonged ill health. or after fevers the hair often comes off almmst outlaw ly, and it is then desirable to have it out quite short all over the head. and more especially on the crowln and round the letting, where hair is often left unduly long. The young hairs should also be carefully out. The effect of keeping the hair short appears to be to cause the hair bulbs to expend on the short hairs and on new. growth tbs nutrition which would otherwise be ex- pended in excem of length, and, more. over. light and air reach the scalp through the short hair much mom freely than through hair which is closely brushed. down and twisted W {The access of light and. air to the scalp is most desirable. and there can beho greater mistake than keeping the hair always tightly plaited up andpin~ nod close to the head. It is a very good plan to give the hair what is call- ed air (bath and evening; that 18 to say. to brush it lwell through, them take the ends of the .long hair in one hand and shake it thoroughly, so that the air penetrates to the scalp. The effect is most cooling and refresh~ ing. Friction to the scalp with the fin~ ger tips is also desirable, as it in- creases the circulation In the scalp and the Vigor of the hair bulbs. .’I‘o rub_ in grease is a mistake as a rule, as it clogs the pores of the skin and rather hinders than helps the growth of new hair. . [When the hauls very scrufy, how- ever. to use an Ointment is often very desirable, and one Which I have found most effective is the following: 10 grains hydrochlorate of quinine. 10 grains Itesorcin. 4 draolmls Lunoline. 2 _drachms vaseline. . Mix to an ointment and. rub it well into the sea. at night. In tuc- morn- mg 11'. may _wusu:ed off the scalp With the followmg lotion: l leaspoonful powdered borax. 1â€"2 teaspoonful common salt. 1 ounce spirits of rosemary. Mix rosewater to make 8 ounces. \v"i.cn a person‘s skin is thick and the scam) greasy. the growth of the hair may be quickly strengthened by the use of rosemary and vinegar. I’lwco aquantity oflrosemary taps in a pie- dlsn, cover wth Vinegar, place in the oven for Den minutes, and Loan allow. the decoctlon to cool, and strain for use. A little should be rubbud into the scalp daily. This is a very stimulat- ing lotion, but if applied to a person With a thin-Skill, or with any tendency to eczema, it would cause great irri- action; it has also a rather darken- ing effect on. the hair. , _ _In cases of eczema of the scam, the Ointment given above is most valu- able. ’I‘o strengthen-the growth in the case of dark hair the following may be used: 1 dracbm borax. 20Vgrains salicylic acid. 4 drachms tincture of canthurides 2 1â€"2 ounces bay rum. 2 1â€"2 ouncesrowwater. 5 ounces boiling water. The borax and acid should be dis- solved in the boiling water, and, alter it has cooled. the bay rum, cantliuridcs. and rosewater should be added. This should be gently rubbed into the scalp night and morning wth the fingers. EGGS IN SICKNESS. The value of egg allmmcu as Ivodin cert-Lin dise' "Iased conditions is pointed cm. by Dr. C. E. Boynton. When. lever is present and appetite is nil, he says. when we want an aseptic article of diet, the white of an egg. rww,scrves both as food and xm-Awine. 'l‘be way to give it is to drain. off the albumen. from an opening about half an limb in dialneher. at the snmll cud of the egg. the yolk remaining inside. the shell; add a little salt to this and dimot the uni- Lient to swallow it. lamest every hour or two. in Lyplm.d lower this mode of iccding nmtcrially helps us Ill carrying out an unlusupiu; plan of treatment. furthermore, the albumen to a certain extent nmy anleut.c the tonnes of the disease. I'aln-nls “lay at first rebel a! the idea. of eating a "raw," egg, but the quickness With which it gee: down without the yolk. proves it to be less disagreeable than they supposed and they are resuly to takers. - wuon' COMMONnSENSE BEAUTY (.2517 An authority on physical training for women gives the following direction: for securing the best results, which naturally must be modified by individ- ual characteristics and circumstanmdi “Sleep nine hours out of twenty-four bathe in cold water. exercise fix-emin- utos dail' with light dumbbells, drink a cup 0 hot liquid before breakfast, spend half an hour every day in out- door exercise. matâ€":0 the best of had bargains, and alway. keep your f. on per.’ I-. We...» , l «...._.._,...... M...â€" H_-.- -...,..._,-_. _ , _