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â€".v v Vvvvfim‘ V'VVVVWVVVV"'vvvivvvvvvvv‘v‘vw‘vv‘vva' -v--- -â€" condommeiosis-gag.“ , FOR as: HOME- e 3 9 Reel es for the Kitchen. 3 fly: one and Other Notes a for the Housekeeper. o ' Q loose-’Qoeoceeseooeeomi PASTRY HINTS . . ‘Although the making 'of good pas- try requires real skill, by closely aidâ€" hering to the following rules, even the novice can scarcely avoid suc- cess. Be sure that your flour is of good quality and perfectly dry. Whether butter, land, drippl-ngs, or 900009000059 the best quality and as cold as posâ€" Bible. Have all your utensils and hands freproachably clean. Make the pastry in as cool a place as you can. A light cellar, with a clean stone slab in it, instead of a. board is desirable. Sift the flour, not only to remove the lumps, but to get in the air which lightens pastry. It is often packed tightly in bags, and the air pressed out in consequence. If there is no sieve available, let the flour fall lightly from your fingers into the basin several times. Mix with ice water. Use a. knife to mix cooler than your hands. Add plenty of water when beginâ€" ning the mixture, but very sparingâ€" 1y at the end. The less flour used for the pin and board when rolling it out, the betâ€" ter; much makes it hard. ,Ilo not turn the pastry over. The side that lies against the board afâ€" with, being ter the first roll must remain there, ‘Stl‘mv hat- as the side that the pin passes over is the best looking, and has to be placed outward. ’i‘he richer the pastry, the hotter the oven must be. Lav a scrap of pastry in the oven. 11' it takes long to color, the oven is too cool. If it'i L‘IRCik'C'nS, the oven is too hot. When done, remove quickly from the oven or it gets hard and Chippy. Let all‘pastry cool gradually in a .carm place. If put at once into a .'.old pantry, the st am condenses in it instead of escaping, and causes it to become heavy. Small pastries are best cooled on a, sieve, or tilted against a‘ plate for the same reason. Pastry with baking powder in it -heuld be baked immediately; other kinds may with advantage be kept in a cool place hours or even days be- fore using. ‘ ' Handle the rolling pin lightly Do not use more pressure than is neces- sary to make the pastry get larger and thinner with each, roll. Short Crustâ€"Weigh out half lb. four, sprinkle on it half teaspoon salt and the same of baking powder. Pass through a sieve. Now take -} lb. bufmr, lard, drippings or clarified fat. iii the fat is hard, shred it â€"â€" that is, cut in thin flakes With a knife â€"â€" and add it to the flour. If the fat is soft, it is best to lay it on the top of the fl'Our and cut it up with a knife into quitesmall pieces. Now rub the shredded fat well into the flour with the tips of‘the fingers, until the whole looks like fine breadâ€" crumbs. Make a hollow in the midâ€" dle, pour in some ice Water, and‘mix it with two fingers or a knife till the whole is of a soft but not wet paste. If‘ by accident you make-it too moist, you must knead in lightly a little more flour. Knead the whole lightly together, and it is ready for rolling out. To do this properly, use a fairly light rolling pin, which should be the same thickness all along, not tapering at the ends. Sprinkle a little flour over the board, the pin and your hands, but never over the pastry itself. Place the pastry on the board, and roll out to the required thickness. Best Puff Paste. â€"â€" "irst flour a clean cloth, lay on it ;- l-b. good but»â€" ter, which you have made into a flat, oblong shape. Press it well to get out all the water. Put 1} lb. best flour (previously dried and sifted) with % teaspoon salt into a, basin. Mix to a still dough with ice water. This dough should be as nearly the same consistency of the butter as possible. When the butter is hard the dough must be firm and vice versa. Put the dough on a floured board, or better, a stone slab. Roll it out in a. long, oblong shape about a quarter of an inch thick. Next lay in the middle of it the pat of butter, over it fold one end of the pastry and then the other end, and pres;- the edges together. Hell it out again the some shape, only thinner, taking care that the butter does not break through. Fold it in there and press ihe edges. Put it away to cool on ice 15 minutes. Repeat this last rolling and folding till it has been rolled and folded seven times. Put it aWay to cool between each two rolls, and always keep the side of the pastry which has no edges to your right hand, for the same reaâ€" son. This pastry must be baked in a very hot. oven. , Suet or Boiled Crustâ€"Sift -} lb. flour with § teaspoon salt and 1} tea- spoon baking powder. Shred and chop 9,- lb. suct very finely, using a little flour to prevent it sticking toâ€" gether. Hix it with the flour, and refill enough cold water to make :1. rsâ€" ther a stiff paste. Roll it out to re- quired thickness. This crust is. gen- erally used for boiled puddings, but it may-01:13 be bakul. hLANG-FKG PI}; CUSHIOMS. [my mama-w are cuppa-ad to be met is used, be careful that it is of ounce-L: the I supplied" with pin cushions,‘ but .a hanging cushion in each of the other rooms is a great convenience. A cluster of three single dahlias, pink, deep rose and purple, is quite artistic for the sitting room. Make three little round cushions of orange plush for the centers two inches in diameter, and stuff-with hair. Cut strips of Satin, pink, deep rose or purple, two inches wide, and fold double. Press the fold flat, out the strips into two inch lengths and fold them in the shape of a. quzilled dahlia petal. ‘ Cut a disk of crinolin four inches in diameter. Sew on a circle of petals 'with their points just- over the edge of the crinolin. Insi-‘de these sew on another circle of petals slightly overlapping the first. The center cushion should just fit over the edge of the inner circle, sewing. Fasten it with blind stitches, suspend with narrow green ribbon, each dahlia on a different length, and tie with a full bow at the top. V For papa/s den buy two large clay Fill the bowls with plump silk cushions secured with a few drops of. glue. Paint a spray of flowers or appropriate initials, one on each pipe; cross the stems and tie with a bow of~ribbon the color of the cushions. ' ‘ A fish is suitable for the bathroom. Cut the body and head of salmon- colored silk. Cut tliefitnd and tail of crinolin and cover with gray silk, lightly" outlining their divisions with salmon embroidery silk. Insert in the seams of the body and sew together. Stuff and then close the mouth with burttoirhole stitch. Simulate the scales with pins, which should also outline the head and form the eyes. Suspend with ‘a loop of twin-e. A cornucopia is'pretty for the dining room, made of a discarded Dampen the hat and press flat. Cut out a, cornucopia. with. a. wide mouth and a long, lslenxder stem._ Dam-pen again, shape ‘to a. curved horn and press dry with ta warm iron. Sow up and trim with the fancy braid'from the hat brim. Make a, crimson silk cushion [to fill the mouth, with a frill of lace ‘falling over the edge. Tie a bunch of dried grasses ’and red berries near the middle of the stem. ' Susâ€" Ipenid sideways, wit-h crimson ribbon, lending in a, bow at the tip. A big red beet is just the thing for it'he- kitchen. Fold a square .of 1French flannel threeâ€"cornered; turn off about an inch slanting from the sharpness of the point, and round up the two sides, but have the top un- ah-aped. Stuff with sawdust, gathâ€" er up the slack of goods at the top, tie firmly and trim off the surplus“ {Fasten a cluster of artificial foliage over the puckers and finish With a green covered wire loop. .pipes. all up LINENS. Number all pillowcases to be worn on certain pillows, if you are unforâ€" tunate enough to have your pillows of different sizes. Do not buy quan~ ti-ties of bed linen. A little made up each year wears better than linen that lies unused on shelves. This is also true of table linen. Tnere should always be old linen enough that will never bear daily usage on hand to meet any emergencies. WOODEN STOOL. A small wooden stool, 18 inchcs high, costing 60 cents, is invaluable in the kitchen. It stands always in readiness. out of the way, under sink or table, where it can hold the pan with vegetables crisping in wa- ter; a cake, with icing to harden; or the bread board, with noodles dryâ€" ing. When desired to reach'articles on high shelves, cleaning Windowsor china closets, chandeliers, dusting and hanging pictures, it Will be found far safer and more convement than a small step ladder. +â€"-«â€"-â€"- â€" WINNING A TCHULIAN BRIDE. Among the Tchulian Tartars a cur- ious mode of “popping the question” exists. The Tchulian bachelor in search of a wife, having filled a brand new pipe with fragrant toâ€" bacco, stealthily enters the dwelling of the fair one upon whom he has bestowed his affections, deposits the pipe upon a conspicuous article of furniture, and retires on tip-toes to some convenient hiding place in the neighborhood, ‘local etiquette requirâ€" ing that he should execute this strategic movement apparently unâ€" detected by the damsel of his choice or any other member of her family. Presently he returns without further aflectation of secrecy and looks into the apartment in a casual sort of way. A single glance at the pipe he left behind him enables him to learn the fate of his prosposal. If it. has been smoked he goes forth an accepted and exultant bridegroom; if not, the offer of his hand and heart has been so irrevocably reâ€" jected as not to be. even worth a pipe of tobacco. a...â€" ”‘MUST KNOW LANGUAGES. Linguistic cabmen have just ap- pcarcd in the streets of Dresden. The police of the place where the china. comes from have issued a de- cree enacting that cabmen who speak foreign languages must indiâ€" cate on a leather armlet in color the particular tongues they have masteredâ€"English, French, Italian, Russian, and so on. One of the cabmen, a Hungarian, can scarcely find space on his umlct for the inâ€" scription of the numerous languages he profane: to speak, for there are eight of the: l NEWENGLISHLIUENSEAUT SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL FEA- TURES OF THE LAW. â€"â€"â€"â€" How the English Legislators Seek . to Control the Demon Rum. The annual licensing meeting shall be held within the first fourteen days of February and every adjourn- ment. within one month thereof. Where the husband is a habitual drunkard the wife shall be entitled to apply for an order under the Summary Jurisdiction Act of 1895. A justice shall not be disqualified to act for any purpose by reason only of being interested in arailway company which is a retailer of in- toxicating liquors. If a person is found drunk in any highway or other public place and appears to be incapable of taking care of himself, he may be appre~ bonded and dealt with according to law. The licensing justices are at libâ€" erty “in their free and unqualified discretion except as hereinafter pro- vided,” to either refuse or grant a license to such persons as they deem worthy. Where a license existed on the 25th day of_June, 1902, any application for renewal shall not be refused un- less the applicant has been guilty of misconduct in the management of his business. When any person is found in a state of drunkenness on the premises of a licensed person, the latter must prove that he and all persons in his employ took all reasonable steps to prevent such drunkenness. Where a person is applying for a new licenSe he shall not less than twentyâ€"one days before the annual licensing meeting, deposit with the clerk a plan of the premises in reâ€" spect to which the application is made. Any person found drunk in any public place~while having charge of a child under seven years of age may be apprehended, and is liable to a fine not exceeding forty shillings or imprisonment, with or without hard labor, not exceeding one month. ' Any person who shall attempt to procure any intoxicating liquor for any drunken person, or shall aid any such person in obtaining liquor, shall be liable to a fine not exceedâ€" ing forty shillings, or to imprisonâ€" ment, with or without hard labor, not exceeding one month. A fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, shall be levied on any soliciâ€" tor or other person being a clerk of licensing justices who shall by him- self, his partner or clerk, act in any application in respect of- a license, except in so far as relates to the preparation of notice, etc. A For the purpose of preventing re- peated applications, the licensing justices may, at the general annual meeting, make regulations determinâ€" ing the time which must elapse after the hearing of the application before another application may be made in respect of same premises. 1n the case of an application for a license, the person holding the liâ€" cense and the person who it is proâ€" posed shall become the holder of the license shall attend the sessions at which. the application is heard, and the agreement under which the li- ccnsc is to be transferred shall be produced. A person intending to apply for a. new license shall at least twenty- onc days before the date. of the meeting serve notice of the clerk, Setting forth his name and address, a description of the license desired and of the situation of the premises. This is-in addition to the regulaâ€" tions of the Licensing Acts of 1828- 86. A justice’s license shall be required in the case of every excise license under which intoxicating liquor may be sold by retail to be' consumed off the premises. This section does not apply to any license taken out by any spirit or wine dealer whose pre- mises are exclusively used for the sale of intoxicating liquors and min- eral waters or other non-intoxicat‘ ing drinks. When an offender is convicted, no~ tice of such conviction shall be sent to the police authorities, to the efâ€" fect that if the convicted person within three years attempts to pur- chase liquor he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty shillings for the first offence, and not exceedâ€" ing forty 'shillings for each subse- quent ; if the convucted be a license holder he‘shall be liable to a fine of twenty pounds for the first offence and forty pounds for each subseâ€" quent. Where the wife is an habitual drunkard the husband may apply to a Court of Summary Jurisdiction, and may be awarded any one of the following :â€"(a) A decree of judicial separation on the ground of cruelty; (b) the legal custody of any of the children of 1the marriage ; (c) proâ€" vision that applicant shall pay his wife a weekly sum not. exceeding two pounds, according to circum- stances; (d) wife may be comâ€" mitted to and detained in any re- treat. On the application for the renewâ€" al of any license, the licensing jusâ€" tices may directâ€"that within a time fixed by order such alterations as may be reasonably necessary to seâ€" cure the proper enmt‘vn of the busi- ness shall be made ; if such struc- tural alteration is compiled with, no further requisition shall be made within five years ; but if the licensed person makes default in complying with .the order he shall be liable to a. fine not exceeding twenty shillings for every day during which the de- fault continues. An occasional license shall not be granted except with the consent of a Petty Sessional Court and unless twenty-four ‘hours at least before applying for that consent the appli'~ cant has served on the superintend- ent of police for the district. notice of such intention with full particuâ€" lars as to name and address, place and occasion, and period for which license is to be in force. Where there is no sitting of 9. Petty Sessional Court within three days consent may be given by any two justices, "lotice of such consent to be sent to the superintendent of police. Any alteration in any licensed pre- mises for the sale by retail of in- toxicating liquors, to be consumed thereon, which gives increased facili- ties for drinking, conceals fr’oni ob- servation any part of the_ premises used for drinking, or which affects the communication between the part of the premises where intoxicating liquor is sold and any other part, shall not be made without the con- sent of the licensing justices, who may before giving their consent re- quire plans of the proposed altera- tions to be deposited with their clerk. And if any alterations are otherwise made, the license may be declared forfeited ordered to be ginal condition. or the premises restored to their ori- . â€"~â€"â€"-+â€"â€"â€"- Gill IMAGINATION KILL? PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE DISEASE. â€". Several Instances Where It Has Caused the Death of People. , It is a fact well known to memâ€" bers of the medical profession that imagination frequently plays an imâ€" portant part in the origin and cure of diseases. It is by no means a rare occurrence for the services of doctors to be requisritioned iby in dividuals who imagine themselves to be suffering from some disease, but who, when medically examined, are found to be in perfect physical health; their disease is purely fanciâ€" ful, and exists only in their imaginâ€" ation. To plainly inform such hypochonâ€" driacs of the actual state of their health would be worse than useless, and in order to effect a. cure, or more properly to rid them of their strange hallucinations, doctors usu- ally aliect to believe their story and resort to some clever ruse to attain the desired result. A French duchess had convinced herself that she had swallowed a frog, and that in consequence her health was quickly being destroyed. Eminent doctors were summoned and, on hearing the story, tried to reason her out of her strange deâ€" lus‘ion, but the lady remained ob- durate. Dr. Cabarus was at length Con- suited, and he adopted quite a dif- ferent course. Affecting to believe the story, he went through the for- mality of making a critical examinâ€" ation of his patient, and then grati- fied her by saying, “Undoubtedly, madam, the frog is there, but I will remove it.” He left the house and hurried to a shop, where he BOUGHT A GREEN FROG. Returning to his patient he adâ€" ministered an emetic, and when it operated took the opportunity of slipping the frog into the basin which had been provided for the ocâ€" casion. When the du-chess behold the animal she was satisfied that a cure had'been effected, but almost imme- diately she exclaimed, “Oh, doctor, it has left young ones behind!" Cabarus, however, was a man of ready resource, so taking up the frog he looked carefully at it for a moment, and then said, “Impossible, madam; the animal is a male," and with this assurance the lady was sat- isdiod, and at once, got rid of her deâ€" lusion. Some years ago an inquest was held in London on the body of a have poisoned herself. The usual examination of the contents of the poison could be found. The exam~ ination, however, revealed the preâ€" sence of a white powder which close- ly resembled an insect powder which was guaranteed by the manufactur- ers to be nonâ€"poisonous, and the vegetable from which it was obtainâ€" ed is not classed by chemists among the poisonous plants. With the view of determining whoâ€" thcr it was actually poisonous or not, experiments were made upon certain animals, which were not af- fected by it. No other satisfactory reason could be given to account for the death of the woman. and it was concluded that she had actually taken the Powder in the belief that it was poisonous, and that this im- agination alone CAUSED HER DEATH. A curious experiment was maxie by a physician on a French convict who had been sentenced to death. When the condemned man was handed over to the doctor he was at once strapâ€" told he was to be ble'd to death. A vessel containing water placed near his head. ._.â€"_â€"__â€"â€"__.â€"_..______._________._.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_____.â€"_â€"â€"â€"~ young woman who was supposed to pad to a table, blindfolded, and then conspicuous was quently the By means of 3, Red attracts the eye most readily, made along the. man's neck with a. needle, and at‘the same time the‘ water was turned on. Perfect silence was maintained, and in the course of a few minutes the man was found to be dead. A doctor was called to attend a girl sixteen years of age. He gave her a. double prescription; part was to be taken internally and part was for external use only. When ' the prescription was made up at the Chemist's the usual label bearing the word “Poison” was affixed to the bottle containing the lotion. The girl was permitted to take and ap- ply the medicines herself, and the precautions which she took to avoid making a mistake occasioned much amusement to her relations. By way of a. joke one of her friends resolved to transpose the labels im- mediately after the girl had taken the medicine. This having been done, her attention was directed to the bottles, and the girl at once im- agined she had poisoned herself. Within a short time she complained of .a burning sensation in the throat and stomach, and otherwise exhibited all the SYMPTOMS OF POISONING. The doctor was hastily called,‘ the usual remedies were applied, but without success, and it was only when the girl showed signs of com- plete collapse that the culprit con- fessed what he had done. The doctor at once poured out a large dose from the bottle labeled “Poison,” and, in the presence of the girl drank it. The effect upon the girl was magical; at once she began to revive, and in a few hours had completely recovered. Another case which has frequently been quoted by way of showing the danger of practical joking took place in one of our Universities. The porter had made himself very obâ€" noxious to the students, so they de- termined to be revenged upon him. Taking him into a room where they had previously arranged to hold a mock court, he was placed upon his trial and in' the end was sentenced to be decapitated. .. The condemned man was at once led to a corner of the room, where a block had been erected, and beside which stood a keen axe. The por- ter was blindfolded and compelled to place his head upon the block. Th: person appointed to carry out the execution then struck the man on the neck with a wet towel. To the hor- ror of the students they discovered, on again lifting;r their victim, that h: was quite dead.â€"London Titâ€"Bits. _..¢.__.._.-_ riiGHLY INDIGNANT. A beggar accosted a gentleman thl other ‘day and whined :-â€"â€" “I’m paralyzed in both me hands mister, and can’t work, for I can’t grasp anything with ’em. Could y01 spare me a trifle, mister 7" - “I'm deaf,” replied the gentleman “so you'd better. write down what you have to say. Here’s a pencil and a piece of paper." “Deaf, is he ?" thought the beg gar. “Then he didn’t hear aboul the paralysis." So he wrote down “I’ve got a wife and six children starvin' at home, mister. I’ve been out of work for six months an’ an: in a. clrefful state of destertushun." He handed the paper to the gem tleman, who said : "I thought you said you wen paralyzed in both hands and couldn't grasp anything ; and yet you can write l” “Didn’t yer say yer was deaf ?“ stammcred the beggar, who no“ really did feel paralyzed. "Yesâ€"just to find out if you were an imposter, which you are, as l suspected," replied the gentleman. “Well, of all the miserable old frauds, you are the biggest !" ex- claimed the beggar. “The idea of yer saying yer was deaf an' trying to impose on a poor feller.” And he shuffled off, sniffing the at: with righteous indignation. ~o SURE OF HIS PRISONER. A Hebrides policeman in charge of a prisoner in custody adopted the following ingenious method of keep- ing surveillance over him. Knowing that the man could not escape from the island, he let him out to fish ev- ery morning with injunctions to fish for his subsistence and collect en- ough wreckage to cook it. As a penalty for non-success the prisoner Stomach was made" bUt no traces of ‘was locked out for the night, which was punishment enough in those cold and stormy regions. THE STRENGTH OF ICE. Twoâ€"inch ice will sustain a man or properly spaced infantry; fourâ€"inch ice will carry a man on horseback, or cavalry, or light' guns; six-inch ice, heavy field guns, such as 80 pounders; eightâ€"inch ice, 3 battery of artillery, with carriages and horses, but not over 1,000 pounds per square foot on sledgcs; and tenâ€"inch ice susâ€" tains an army or an innumerable ‘multitude. On fifteenâ€"inch ice, a railway could be built. and two-foot thick ice will withstand the impact of a loaded railway carriage after a sixty-foot fall. ...._.._â€"_0 RED COLOR IN BATTLE. The number of soldiers slain in battle depends a great. deal on the color of their uniforms. 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