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HEALTH. TACT IN THE SICKâ€"R0031. A woman who was slowly recover- ing from" a. long illness dropped back on her pillow as a. visitor left the room, and said, with a weary sigh, "Oh, why doesn't somebody write an article of things not to do in a sick- room?" So this series of “don'ts‘ was written. Don’t sit between the invalid and the lightâ€"from window, gas, or lamp. To do‘so puts the face of the visitor in“. darkness and irritates all the nerves, especially those of the eyes and head. Don't sit inarockingâ€"ohair and rock. it makes many wellpeople nauseated to seeapersou swaying back and forth; to an invalid it is anguish in all'wuys. Never, in a well-meant desire to help, insist upon beating up or chang- ing pillOWs unless asked to do so. Pil- lows that look uncomfortable are very often placed exactly where an invalid wants them. Never change the light in a roomâ€"- that is, pull shades up or down. Never take flowers that have a strong odor into the room, but select those that have the last perfume and are the brighest to look at. Never speak of the changed looks of the patient. It is certainly, not pleas- ant, when one is weak and ill, to be told, "\Vell, you look just like;" or "How thin you have grown." T‘hese remarks were actually made. ‘Never sit in suchapositlon that an invalid will have to turn eye or head to look at you; it is most fatiguing for any one, and forasick person it isaserious drain upon the strength. Waiver speak of anything unpleasant in any way to an invalid; forl there are of necessity many idle hours inasick- room, and often many wakeful ones, and the mind dwells on all that has been said to the ears. So let it be bright and cheerful and amusing. Above all. never sit on the bed, or stay above fifteen minutes at the out- side, in the room. of any person just re- covering from an illness. Do not mention exciting subjects in conversation, even if not unpleasant. Never ask an invalid, "Shall Imake such and such albing for you to eat or to drink ?" Make it, and send it without asking. Half the battle is won with a delicate and capricious up- petite if it is given asurprise. Besides, if the invalid does not like it it can be let alone, and. it is difficult to {decline gracefully awellâ€"meant offer of some detected vland. But first, last, forever, and all the time, remember not to stay too long when making your call, People who are well and strong mean very kindly actions very often. and do agonizing once because they personally do not. know what it is to lbelill, anda bundle of nerves, each one having an end on the outside. It is for such Well people that this advice is written. HOW TO GET THIN. The glory of having discovered away of getting thin and of keeping in‘;good condition when one is deprived of a usual means of exercise must rest with the wiile of an English officer in In- dia. As sometimes happens after a long illness and its subsequent confine- ment this lady found herself when able to move about again, almost twice her normal size. She could not walk, nor was she able, through nervousness, either to ride or to enter into ‘out- door sports. One day she thought of the skipping-rope of her childhood. After a few weeks' practise she began to gain in health and to decrease in size. She makes a. daily record of six hundred skips. As she exercises sev-- eral times a day, her record repreâ€" sents the sun total of her day's \vork. Her custom has been widely followed. \Vomen accustomed to outdoor exercise, and made wretched by confinement in- doors or to a limited area. use the skipping-rope. l’i'uctised withprudencu, no other form of exercise, it is said, is equal to it. in its beneficial results. or accomplishes greater wonders in' reducing flesh. I ._-â€"â€"â€"-.â€"-â€"--â€"â€"â€"- SECRET HONEYMOON. The latest whim in society is "secret honeymoon." The groom ar- ranges with his best man how long he. may be absent, tells him the place he would like to go, gives him a sum of money, and leaves than rest. entirely t0' him. Neither he or the bride know where their honeymoon is to be sl‘entl until they are on the. steamer or truin~§ as the best man accompanies them lol the wharf or station. checks their lug-‘ gage, and hands the groom lb» tickets only at the last moment. When this“ is done the groom opens an envelope.. finds his route all laid out for bimnmdi is saved the annoyance of telegraphing l to hotels and arranging minor details. the- FAMOUS ENGLISH NURSE. Mrs. Florence Craven. an honorary ks WADY HALF out. she volunteered for ambulance work, and was placed in charge of a: v ._ =... _ - '. .. OLD " “I! L‘_"‘\§ WDONGOIA x 3/ ..______.._._.â€"â€"-,-â€"â€"v garâ€"Effie“, T N THE WAY TO KHARTOUM 'HAMED, it” t a:â€" "“‘ ’L,‘_ #:Ei‘iétn w - ' ‘ J 5 3"; . ___:,.___1Ea_ .- ‘ATBAR ks _, ‘4'” f 5& SAYS MOON CAUSED RAIN. “ IAT fever-station of the Tenth Army Corps 'Novel Theory Advanced by Dr. Lmnprecln. before Metz. She had charge also of! ‘Mlebeorologists are puzzling their the Empress Frederick’s Iazaretto for ' heads to find out why the rainfall this wounded soldiers at Homburg, MIS- i year is so heavy and thd weather con- Craven possesses a cross surmounted by i ditions so abnormal. The eminent sci- the royal crown of Prussia, the decorâ€" ' entist, Dr, Guido Lampl-wht, of Baut. ‘vfiAMANmH - b; m' \ K :; l c____ W l . é- Sheâ€"It, is said that some people act- unlly make a living by following the races. Heâ€"No; that’s a mistake. They make their living following the suck- ers who think they know something about horses. ' I suppose Sprig-gins anticipates alot of money from his scheme? \Vell, he’s ation being specially designed for herl by the Empress Frederick, then Crown I Princess. The Grand Duchess of Baden ; conferred another decoration-11 red , cross on a white background, sur-, mounted by the imperial eagle. Per- haps the most remarkable of the dis-i tinctions she has received is the Irong Cross, the order of merit presented by E \Villiem I. of Germany for distinguish- ; ed services in time of war. She further l received the war medal presented by| the first German Emperor, for ser-' vices in the war of 1870. l SOME FASCINATING \VOMEN. The Most Bewitchlng often Found Among l W'omen of 'l‘hirly or More Yours. 1 I History is full of accounts of thef fascinations of women who were no: longer young. Helen of Troy was over: forty when she perpetrated the most famous elopement on record, and as the siege of Troy lasted a decade, she could not have been very juvenile when the illfortune of Paris restore-d her to her husband. Strange as it. may 1 seem. the long-suffering spouse receiv- ed the fair Helen, so says report, with unquestionable love and gratitude. Pericles wedded the courtesan Aspas- , in. when she was thirty-six, and yet she ' afterwards for thirty years or more wielded an undiminished reputation for beauty. I z The beautiful and fascinating serpent l of old Nile, Cleopatra, in whose history every woman is interested, was over thirty when Antony fell under her spells, and which never lessened until her death, ten years afterwards. Livia was thirty-three when she won the} heart of Augustus. over whom she5 maintained her charm until the end. i Turning to more modern history,'attendantâ€"Becausel we make it out‘ofi (lit-Ion of its protective l where it is possible to verify dates more accurately, there is the extra- ordinary De Poic‘tiers, who was thirty- six when Henry IL, then Dulce of Or- leansâ€"at that time just half her age â€"became attached to and fascinated by her. She was held as the first lady and most beautiful woman at court up to the period of the monarch‘s death and the accession of Catharine de Mc- dici. Anne of Austria was thirty-eight when she was described as the hand- somele queen of Europe. and when Bucklngham' and Richelieu were her jealous admirers. Ninon, the most celebrated wit and beauty of her day, was the idol of three generations of the golden youth of France; and, behold. old ladies! take courage ye who still cling to youth and emulate its charms. Ninon was only seventy-Mu) “hen the Abbe deâ€" ' Berais fell in love with her. True, in the case of this lady a rare combination of culture, talents, and personal at- tractiveness endowed the possessor seemingly with the gift of eternal youth. . Blanca Capella was thirty-eighi when ‘ the Grand Duke Franciscan of Florence fell captive to her charms and made her his wife. though he was five years her junior. ; Louis XIV” wedded Mme; de Main- tenno when she was forty~three years of age. Catherine of Russia was thir-z iy-throc when she seized the Empire, of Russia and captivated the dashing' Orloss. Up to the time of her death? â€"sixty-seven--sbe seemed to have re-' taincd the same bewitching powers. fori the lamenlaiions were heartfelt urn-fl ong all those who had known her per-I sonully i Mlle. Mars. the French tragedienneq zen, Saxony, thinks he has discovered the reason. According to his investiga- tions, dryness and humidity have an extraordinary connection with the movements of the moon. From statistics of meteorological ob- servations made during a long period of years in Saxony and Prussia, 'Dlr. Lamprecht has obtained proof that an unusual amount of humidity makes its appearance whenever the perige of the moon occurs closer to the period of the full than that of the new moon, and that when the perigee occurs clos- er to the period of the 'new mooni dry- ness prevails on earth. On applying the above rules to the spring and summer of this year it is shown that the full moon occurredhon May 6, June 4‘ and July 3, while the time of the perigee was May 7, June _ 5 and July 3. Thus, according to the theory of Dr. Lamp-recht, the rain- ‘fall that occurred during the above three months shows no deviation from the great natural laws and is conse- quently not abnormal. M FLASHES OF FUN. gnuâ€"‘2 C lst Edtion ‘ 1 If you want to place a small boy in one spot where you will be sure to find him five minutes later, put him in the pantry. Sheâ€"Did you ever see a bird on a man’s hat? Heâ€"Yes, dear; there‘s one on my but now. \Vill you kindly get up? Examinerâ€"\Vhat part of speech is the word ” am ?” Smart Youthâ€"What, the "am’ what you eat, sir, or the ‘am’ what you is? ‘ ‘ Miss Vassarâ€"What is the reason this orangeade tastes so watery? Polite at- navai oranges, miss. A Gentle Hintâ€"Heâ€"It’s reported that we’re engaged. Sheâ€"“’ell. I‘m, not to blame for the fact that it is only a' report. Jonesâ€"For awhile John was clean out of his mind about. that girl. Smithâ€"â€" And now? Jonesâ€"Oh, now the girl is clean out of his mind. Soiled Spoone'r, sentimentallyâ€"Me poor old Inudder ain’t seen me face fer 20 years. an‘â€" Mrs. Flint, sarcas- ticallyâ€"\Vell, why don’t you wash it? \Vandering \Villyâ€"that did yer do wid (lat sickle yer hed last. winter? W'eary Buggiesâ€"~\Vhen dc warm wedâ€" der set in I swmpped it fer a snow-' shovel, “hat is a philosopher, Uncle Jim? A philosopher is :2 man who has notic- ed that the things people wurry about usually never come to pass. Heâ€"She looks so sweet. Sheâ€"indeed? I never thought of her as exhibiting any taste at nll. Even in her play on words woman is prone to bitterness. er of Terror Gulch had a mishap last night. The Barkeepâ€"Puncture? Bug- house Billâ€"Yep; right behind the left ear. \Vell, I‘m glad 0’ one thing. Our Jim seems to have good religious comp'ny.f How is that, mother? His last letter says he is comin' home in a converted yacht . Sheâ€"Oh, please don’t tease me to hardly make a sound. lieâ€"Yes. Iknow. That‘s why ithink this would be n' good time to have it over with. The Dearest Girlâ€"What makes you a mm 0! we order 0' m- Jnhn 13' l on]? “lain”! ‘he zenith "t her beauty ' old Inchelors say such horrid things? with the exception of Miss Nightw ingnle, the oldest trained nurse in Eng-‘ five. 'At that period the loveliness of ' She has her hands and arms especially was cele-l land. Outside of royalties. probably more decorations than any other woman in the empire. She spent r. many years in the hospitals of Bel» laud. Denmark. Germany and France. When the Franco-Prussian war broke! and power between forty and forty-: I brated throughout Europe NOT HIS LANDLADY. I: feel as if i could trust you. Q I wish you kept. our boarding Muse. Married men do not talk that way. The Savage Bachelorâ€"No, we only say what he married men think. Aluminaâ€"Johnny. see that you give Ethel the lion"s share of that orange. Johnnyâ€"Yes. ma. Ethelâ€"Momma, he hasn't given me any. Johnnyâ€"Well. that's all right. Lions (bn't eat oranges. trying to anticipate itl What do you 'mean? He’s trying to borrow money on the strength of what he hopes to make. \Ve are in danger, said one Spanish statesman of sinking into oblivion; of being almost forgotten by the rest of the world. Never] replied the other proudly. \Ve still have our debts. He is the silliest boy you ever. heard of. He writes me twice a day. How absolutely foolish, Nell, what does he do the rest of the day? He says he spends it in reading the letters Iwrite .him. ! W A FOOTSORE ARMY. American Soldiers Iiuvc Troubles \Vlill Their Feetâ€"A Mllllm‘y Problem. The Americans are already experi- fencing what has troubled every great garmy from earliest times, naely, that iboots are a great difficulty. This ten- Ider-footedness is no doubt connected with the growth of microâ€"organisms, the warmth and moisture of the foot making the soldier's boot an almost *iieal incubator, while the o gmic sub- stances contained in the perspiration {provide a constant supply of nutrient :medium for the development of bac- :teria. Much care and labour have been Iexpended in the investigation of the imicrobes which are connected with sore, and, incidentally, with perspir- ‘ing and offensive feet. There is much ireason to believe that the organisms “engaged are many and various. .But, lin any case, there can be no doubt ;that the hot, steamy foot is much more i|likely than the firm, but dry, foot to ibecome sore, partly from mechanical ’causes connected with the sodden con- covering of ‘epidermis, and partly from the fact ,that in such cases the skin, the stock- ings- and the boots themselves become so high y charged with micro-organ- :isms that the snightest abrasion quick- .ly becomes a sore. 5 That. "sweaty feel." have much to do with the general ,has observed these cases can deny. At the same time, there isno doubt that the condition is in 0: her Gillies coinci- dent. with the best of health, andthzit in other cases, after all constitutional ' measures have llild fair play, the of- fensive condition remains no‘wilh- etln ing th: impzowmcnt in th‘ health at large. .il becomes a local affair, requiring some local treatment, as we have indicated, and it should be noted that. although in civil life moi-t, off-naive and tender feet are not [)lO- '(luctive of the di~astrous consequences that may attend their prevalence ‘inr an army. they still are the cause of much phy:fil,(,'"ti distress. much mental ,inrery, and much incapacity for work, i l - of WW and that, unattractive th 11th the subject may room, the man who can relieve the condition will not only do, i SALT IN THE SEA. I Some curious statistics have l lately worked out. by a well known aci- 1 been =world. lie reckons that lsolid layer of suit. 1.030 feel high vPLANTS HATE ONE ANOTHER. Fancy two plants being so unfriend- ly that the mere neighborhood of out: is death to the other Yet that is lthe case with two well known English ; plants. They are the thistle and the rape. ties, which come up year after year and ruin the crow, all you have Iii do is to sow it with raw. Il'he thistle, will be absolutely annihilu'cri, l I 'entific man as to the. amount of suit, held in solution by‘ the cream-z of the - _ _ 90,001.),0004100 ‘37:?" f1”, '“f‘n‘ll';'“,”‘u __ . _. 000,000 tons of billt Pxist in. the “blur. 1“” "n l h "" '“ “' “"r'm" These figures of course, convoy no imâ€" ; N .(h Wt “ For H .rk‘ . , . I. , I ‘ . h th t I Sprcssion, but it would be enough to film“ qu-‘inb (If! 'n. "union in ’amg' m 5” marge o'mg L ‘1 canlcover all the land of the earth with ul ‘ ‘ - l‘ ' 1 if a field is infested with this-Eé . lulc lon'wer, [Wives of nicely roamed bread. Ill) n hull pin! (if (-ro-zun 0 W E\ Ihe Home mesm- 'l‘HE SCOURLVU liL‘Sli. In a pieces at little book by Adelina Knapp, called “Upland Pastures" we lilld something. said well. in regard to .in humble little plant. the equisetum or securing-rush of our waste places: "The little spring here gushes upvand then sweeps away along a stony bed overgrown with brakes and lures. On its marginnmid a tangle of wild black- berry, I-have come upon a forwt of scouring-rush. "It is a quaint growth. I love to put my face close to the earth and Eooking through the rushas' green stems, to fancy myself awee Brownie, wandering among a dense wilderness of pines. The development of minia- ture trees is an interesting process. First the ground is covered with slen- der brown fingers thrusting up through the soil. These grow rapidly, and in a few days spread out lhcir brief, verticillule branches to the lu‘cexe. as proudly as any great tree might do. Here is aihin finger just. pointing upward; yonder tower the :3an of the Lilipuliun forest. fully hull afoot high. 'Scouring wcezl,’ says the farmer. contemptuously, ‘they ain’t no“ good. Some call ’em horse-tuil.’ .In fact, the queer, witchy little things have a num'er of names: candle- I‘llSll. Scourlng-rush, horsetail, and. lilt‘ll‘ own proper appellation, equineâ€" tum. .I have gathered a number of the little trees and they lie side by Side in my palm while my mind tries to recall a~!e\v, of. the facts that go to mike up the plunl’s wonderful history. Our grandmothers used to strow their floors with it, that no careless tread might soil the snowy boards. 'lhey use-l it. as well, for scouring, hence its name. Those who seek cor- respondences between the natural and physrcal kingdoms find the rush an emblem of cleansing, and this is pre- cisely the office which, since earliest creation it has filled for the world. For our scouring rush was not nl~ ways the puny. insignificant thing we see it. It. belongs to the carbonifer- one age. It has nothing to do with .our_modern civilization. It had reach- ed its. highest. perfection and entered upon its downward career before mcn appeared on the earth. Its progeni- tors flouriShed wilh the giant ferns, the great, rank mosses, and all the rest .of the carbon-storing vegetation. A mighty tree was our little rush in those days, growing several hundred feet tall and spreading out its huge whorls of branches in every direction. So we find it to-dny, in the anthracite beds of the eastern slope. \Vhat hap- pened to it. that we should know it, liv- ln'j us this degenerate creature of the bog l?” DAINTY \VAYS or SERVING TO- LIA'l‘Ol'CS. Tomatoes are among the most health- ful vegetables grown, and should be freely used, as their acid acts in a. most salutary manner on both liver and kidneys. Variety in serving “ill prevent the appetite tiring of them, even though they find adaily place on the table. . Esoalloped Tomatoesâ€"In the bottom of abnking dish, place a thin layer of dry bread and cracker crumbs, the former 'prefcruble. Season with salt. pepper and bits of butter, add a layer of chopped ripe tomatoes seasoned wit )1 salt, pepper and a little sugar. Use more crumbs and tomatoes until the dish is full, having a layer of crumbs on top. Add enough boiling water to moisten the crumbs; cover and bake 40 minutes; remove the cover and bake until top is delicately browned, and health “0 one “'holsnrve from same dish as (,‘0(ll;wl in. Tomato Fritters: One pint of finely chopped and drained ripe lâ€"‘J cupful of sweet milk, teaspoonful of tomatoes, t: eggs, 1-2 baking powder, some amount. of salt; and flour as for pun coins. llczlt all together thoroughly, drop a spoonful in nplurc on a hot, wcll buttered griddle, fry brown, turn and brown on other side. Serve hot with syrup. ’ifllllilln Cl'()(|lll‘.!ll§.‘l.â€"-'l'0 a fiiwly choppcd inuriloco :uld spoonful of sundr and stir thoroughly until Sll'ffll' is. mvllcd, lln-n and 1. ml; fin.“ dry bread crumbs. ml! "’ whit-spoonful: of minc- ilnli [n-ppcr. - ml onion if likcd, :t ‘cu:llâ€"lm:|lI-li o-jrg pint of El laid“,â€" Bughouse Billâ€"The bicycle mail ridâ€"1 much good._but will gain much credit. f’f'nou {ll of the juicv. of ill" lum'llum} lo inoistv-n Hi that the nliylun- mug; llu- shrilmli into small imilh‘ ur flu! Niki-9;. li'ry bro in in ilUi MI, and: svl‘vc. villi- cr hot or cold. 'l‘um'nlo ii!::4ll.â€"-'l'o a pint of cboppml tonil'uvs and 2 lulllcnmunfuls of minc- cll onion, salt and mapper in taste hiui u heaping Unblo- {rc- quirnfly. Add a pint of finely chopped lroiliuur wnlcr; more seasoning if nl'l‘l'ssflr)’. "nu-r, sim- ln--r for i” ininulm lonuvr, ruld l-~'.' pin! :drj: brcld crumb-s. ("oak two minutes Lilli w-rvc but. ’l'hm'ltu 'l‘ll’ilii.*-('ililp a pin: of ripe tom-“ova, norm/1n will: Millww-mmr ill“! .1. mblrslw-nful of sugar, mid :iw'ry liulo- toiling water and may; ‘.‘0 min- [xiv-5. Slum-7h u luilYt-syuvnful of flour or very rich saw-:1 mask and Add this with clump of nut-pr In Ilso- 1/ mumps, stirran mn- sl'ln‘lv to pro-vent lumps. ('ntlif amm- and awry“ ":Iv pouring owl - *w.‘ N w...“