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. W"â€" #W....‘m .)__, r. l . minutes. - , . shrink. The addition of borax _ to the water in which any woollen goods are washed makes the Work ' caegeamaesascaoeoaoae m fie-ME .:~ ‘- Never rub â€"â€"â€"‘-- blanket, but the water. the last water Where a good breeze will strike it, and pull and stretch it in shape. Al- low it to remain until thoroughly dry, then fold smoothly and leave soap directly upon a melt it and put it in When it is taken from 099 8 Recipes for the Kitchen. 9 Hygiene and Other Notes a g for the flousekecper. a e a aeoerneeeeeeeaeéeeeseo CHOICE RE CIPES.- Honeycomb Gingerbread. â€"â€" Six ounces of butter, goiden syrup,‘ ten ounces, brown sugar ten ounces, half a pound of flour, ground ginger, quarter of an ounce. Rub the butter into the flour, warm the syrup, mix altogether, drop the mixture on to a buttered tin in small lumps, bake 0699mm when it will be ready for use. MAKING COFFEE. Black Coffeeâ€"Powdered coffee is preferred by many people for after-dinner beverage. Where a pot With a tin or Wire strainer is used, much of the fine powder goes through and the coffee is not always clear. in rather a slow oven, take off the . . tin and hank over a thick stick, A Seco.nd stra.mmg through fine when they will curl and g0 crisp. cloth 13 sometimes necessaiy. Use These are excellent. Pig's Foot Jellyâ€"Perhaps some of the housekeepers will like to try this recipe for pork jelly. Prepare the pig’s legs the same as stewing or pickling. Cook until the meat drops from the bone. Chop fine, seaâ€" son well with salt, ,pepper and herbs (or garlic if preferred). Re- move all grease from the liquor in which the meat was bpiled, and which should be boiled ’down to about 1 qt. Add to it the chopped meat. Mix Well and pour into molhs, basins, or deep small pans, and set away to cool. When cold, turn out on a platter and cut in slices. This is delicious for sandwiches. Walnut Cakeâ€"Mix carefully toge- ther six table’spoonfuls of finely sifted flour, five ounces creamed butâ€" ter, one tablespponful castor sugar, one tablespoonful of freshly ground almond meal, two tablespoonfuls of blanched and pounded Walnuts, and the .yolks of tw0 eggs, working it ‘all to a paste with a very little. water. Pour ‘the mixture into a "sandwich pan” or a round flour tin, and bake in a moderate oven till of a light golden brown. Meanâ€" while heat in a stewpvan halfâ€"aegill of cream, half-aâ€"gill of milk, the beaten yolks of three eggs, and about three tablespoonfuls of caster sugar ; let this thicken over the fire, being care:â€" iul not to let it boil, tlien stir in‘, off the fire, the whites of the eggs and four tablespoonfuls of chopped walnuts ; cover the cake smoothly coffee for through twice hr even three times. It should be served very hot, and after the last Water is poured through set the pot where it just come :to the boiling point, im- mediately before serving. and heat it- over an alcohol lamp, serving it from the kettle just as it boils. It is customary to offer cream and block sugar with afterâ€" dinner coffee, but those who_are con- versant with the physiological reaâ€" son for taking it without cream, and if their reason is stronger than their taste, Without sugar, also. Coffee for' Fairs â€"â€" A new or preâ€" sumably well cleaned common boiler usually has to be called into , re- quisition on such occasions, for not every community can command the steam apparatus which is often sent .out from large coffee houses or caterers. On account of the diffiâ€" culty- in straining such a large quantity, the ground coffee is usually placed in bags, not more than a pound in each, and put into the boiler with cold Water. Then, covâ€" ered closely, heated slowly and al- lowed to boil about 10 minutes. It should then be kept hot, but not boil, and dipped out into ltot pitch-â€" fifth this miXtm'er and place it in ounce, or one rounded tablespoon. Xhoavin t8 fet' QT ‘ for each half pint‘ cup of water, and De aceâ€"K1 t’ together vely one cup for each person, one can carefully one teaspoonful of cream of tartar into two ounces of flour, and sift well six ounces of fine castor sugar ; addna pinch of salt to the whites of six eggs, and whip these to a very stiff froth. working in lightly at the last the caster sugar, then the flour, and, lastly, the flavoring (vanilla, lemon, etc., to easily compute the amount required for any number of people. At this rate, one pound of coffee, or 32 half ounces, would make 32 half pint cups, or eight quarts, and would be sufficient for 'about 30 persons. 1 ELEVEN coon HINTS. 315%). _D0 11013 Stop beating _ 61199 When matting is soiled wash it in ie mixmg begins, and keep it all. a strong solution of salt, and Warm very light. Bake either In a paper water, and it will look like new.. lined or a bright, unbuttered cakeâ€" tin; one with a pipe ’in the centre is best. Bake twenty to thirty min- utes in a moderate ov-en. Be careful not to move or jar it whilst cooking; do not let it color much, and test it Well with a clean splinter before moving it. Leave it in the‘ pan for a few minutes after taking itfrom the oven, then loosen it at the sides and let it slide out of itself. It is, in fact, a peculiarly delicate form of sponge cake. Do not use a knife to it, or it will sod-den. Besides the thorough airing that beds and bedding should daily have, mattresses, bolsters and pillows should be beaten and shaken three times a week. The making of the bed should be the last duty in putting a room in rights. Pillows may be cleaned by putting them out upon the grass in a drenching rain. After being Well soaked they should be squeezed and hung in a shady place to dry. To restore an eiderdown quilt to its original fluffy lightness hang it out of doors in the sunshine for several hours. Old newspapers are an excellent protection against the cold, and serve in place 'of blankets, if put between the quilt and counterpane. A thin paste made of Whiting and cold tea is a splendid mixture with which to clean mirrors. Salt is excellent in removing dirt from marble-top furniture. A copper cent rubbed on the winâ€" dow pane will rid it of paint or plaster specks. ' Hot, sharp paint spots. HOW TO WASH BLANKETS. There is no bed covering that is so satisfactory as woollen blankets, and they have, to a great extent, taken the place of quilts and comâ€" forts. They are lighter, and can be cleaned as often as necessary, and the prices asked for them place them within reach of moderate purses. We have seen blankets that ecame harsh and fulled up after wailing a few times, while others were soft and fleecy until worn out. This was not caused by any difference in the quality of the articles, but because of the way in which they were Wash- ed, for there is nothing that is ruined so quickly by careless Washâ€" ing as a woollen blanket. Shake 'the blankets to remove the dust, and wash the greaSy or badly soiled spots in gasoline before put- ting them in the water. Have plenty of hot water ready, and wash one blanket at a time, for the quicker they are washed and dried, the betâ€" ter. Shave a bar of soap thin, put it in a pan or kettle, cover with water, and set it on the stove to melt. If you have a good washing machineâ€"preferably a boxed one with plenty of roomrâ€"you Will -find it a great help. Fill it half full of water that is almost boiling hot, add half a pound of powdered borax vinegar will remove __'_4â€"â€"â€"~â€"â€"â€"- WHAT PHYSICIANS SAY. The liquor from oysters, being salt and water simply, has no nu- tritive value. The end of cholera infantum waits upon the growth of the simple pracâ€" tice of sterilizing baby’s milk and bottle. To preVent pitting from smallpox it is only necessary to protect the patient from the blue and violet rays of light, which can be done by save throrugh red glass. In the ab- sence of these irritating rays of light â€" to which sunburn is due â€"' and half the melted soap. Stir t‘he deep disfiguring pustules do not vigorously until it forms a strong form. suds, put a blanket, in, stir it Red nose, as it often occurs as a local condition in women, can be ‘re- moved, says a French physician, by a bandage of gauze scaked in ben- zine and laid upon the nose without rubbing it. If the cloth be allowed to remain on the flesh for a. few minutes the redness will disappear, and after that the suspicious shine that succeeds the color will also dis- appear. about until Wet through, then close the machine and let it soak five Work the machine vigor- ously five or ten minutes, put on the wring-er, and press the blanket lengthwise through it. Empty and refill the machine with water pre- pared just as the first was, except that you will not need quite so much soap. When Washed in this, pass through the wringer into a tub containing clear hot Water, and rinse thoroughly. If one rince Wa- ter is not enough to remove every trace of soap us’e-a second, other-‘ szita‘in with an umbrella. This is wise they will feel sticky and '35} to be seen at Rea-ding, and repre- figl‘coflhle- Every water used Should sents Mr. G. Palmer, of biscuit fame be of the same teliipel‘l’u,ra”’§or sud_ standing bareâ€"headed, with .a silk den changes 1;,” make a blanket hat and umbrella in hand. SINGULAR STATUE; _ There is Only one statue in Great easy and keeps it in good condition. BEAUTIES OF_ NIKKO SWEPT hang upon the line The Place Was Famous for under a heavy weight a day or tWO, right to the Japan as from one to two tablespoons of fine 1 f , .. , 1. . ., each halfâ€"cup of boiling 3:11.813 Oéf Cglgpqgfies “9‘6 the military WMCF- Filter it in a regular blggm Buddhist and Shinto temples unâ€" or common POT" as most converge“? equalled in their embodiment of the If desn‘ed Stromgel‘: Pour the hq‘nd most exquisite features of Japanese W111 over and preserve Japan. . 01‘, if the shrines numbered tens of thousands cpffee is to be served at the table or every in the parlor, a pretty way is to been a pour the made coffee into -a kettle and Blemish visitors, ‘000 feet in height, the largest moun- ers as desired. By allowing oneâ€"half: , the gods crossed allowing no light to enter the room ’ and many of the more important muscles of the neck and the front of the chest. Exercise IIIâ€"To put flesh on the leg and calf especially, stand close to the side of a chair and alternateâ€" 1y~ place the toes of each foot on the chair, at the same time rising on the toes of the foot on the floor. a Greek come back here he would find his ‘so.ul-informed.rocks,’ and all that he thought divine or super- stitious, even to the very ‘impresâ€" sioms of Aphrodite.’ I feel as if I were nearer than I can be thromng books to the old world we try to rebuild by collation of facts and documents. ’ ’ SHRINES WERE RUIND. BY A DELUGE. â€"_ Cen- turies for -Its Natural Charm. A few years will restore all the Put all the energy you POSSibly can Th J ~ . natural beauty of this Arcadian into the movement, being sure “ to e apanese have a Proverb' spot. But it is scarcely possible bear down heavily on the toes of “Who has not seen Nikko has no pronounce the word ‘Kekko’ (beautiful).” Nikko, about ninety miles north of Tokio, is a fairyland of mountains and lakes, has for ages been renowned in all an example of perfect both feet. Keep the head and the that the place can ever again be what it has been either to the J apâ€" anese themselves, or to the foreign visitors who haVe been faScinated, not only by the vivid charm of the surroundings, but also by the mystic, hands at the sides, as in the correci standing position. Exercise IV.-â€"Besides aiding diges- tion, this exercise develops tht heart and lungs, squares the shoul- beauty â€"â€"â€"-â€"+â€"â€" ders and straightens the upper p ri It Was not, however, its natural _ 4 ,1 of the abdomen, the chest and " 1e charm alone that drew the Japanese middle of the back particularly. 4 m crowds to this enchanting plaCO- "' Assume the correct standing pos- Its historic and sacred associations â€"â€" , ition.‘ GraSp a, light chair in the were the great magnet. Here were HOW ONE MAY INCREASE hands and place it back of the head interred the bodies of the Shoguns as far as possible, while keeping the arms straight. Then bend the arms, letting the chair fall, and as you do so bend the body backward as much as possible. I ,, Hold the position for a. moment; then gradually assume the ori inal position. Inhale while bending ack and exhale while straightening the body. , Exercise V.â€"-The lean man aIWays longs for a pair of Wellâ€"developed arms. Besides putting meat and muscle on these members this exer- cise strengthens the upper part of the shoulders. Grasp a chair at a side, bringing it on a level with the shoulders and letting it lightly touch the breast. Push the chair out from the bid) with the arms as far as possible, taking care to keep it on a. level with the shoulders. Bring the c ail back to the chest and repeat m til tired. Endeavor to put more and more energy into the movement. To give forearms and wrists spe- cial aufientiofig simply tighten. the. grasp . _____+I__. LITTLE THOUGHTS . There is always a little Water lefi in the sponge. " Bad ruck gets the blame for a loi of poor judgment. Don’t cry oyer spilled milk -â€"- b1 glad it is not cream. , Great actions, like greatmen, ap- pear only at intervals. A pessimist is a man who is al- Ways looking for worms in chest- nuts. The touch of kindness that make: the whole world kin is seldom ap- plied. It is a great deal easier to be a good critic than to be even a passa- ble performer. “Truth is stranger-than fiction," with some persons should be ren- dered, "Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.” The man who is a fugitive from in justice must often run faster than would be necessary if mere justim were on his trial. I repeat that all power is a trust. and that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist. ‘ _____.+._____ GIANT TREES NEAR LONDON. There are still to be found, even within the sound of Bow Bells, some trees remarkable enough both for height and girth to deserve a visit. Ghlurchyards are good places to look for large trees besides the fun- eral yew. The ivy is not, strictly speaking, a tree, but it is hard to apply any other designation in the venerable plant whose foliage Old Chingfo‘nd Church. Its trunk has become veritable timber, and it can scarcely be younger than the fabric to which it clings. If we go fur- ther afield numerous instances may be recalled of giant trees â€"â€" gigan- tic, that is to say, for these tem- perate regions. It is to be feared that they are doomed to perish when they grow in the outskirts of large towns. ONE’S WEIGHT. of Physical Culture in Building Up Neglected Muscles. Ilere were the Effect architectural art. Here was the dwelling place of their four gods who promised ages‘ago to watch The proper physical culture m’bveâ€" monts will make a thin man gain Weight and take on flesh simply by developing neglected muscles. While some persons are naturally thin, the majority are thin because they have not given their bodies the proper _ grooming. This means not only developing the muscles by exercise, but taking good care of the digestion as well. One who suffers from improperly di- gested and assimilated food cannot be otherWise than thin, because on- ly by perfect digestion can sufficient nourishment for the upbuilding of flesh and muscles be obtained from food. . Therefore the man who is thin should be careful what he eats. He should see to it at all times that he doesn’t give his digestive organs too little work to do, by not supply- ing them with a sufficient variety .of food, or throw too much work on them by eating too great a quanâ€" tity. ’ Exercise promotes digestion and deep breathing, which in time piurify amid strengthen the blood. The play of the muscles throws the blood inâ€" to the far corners of the body, and the blood, because itâ€"has been proâ€" perly fed, distributes sustenance to all the flesh with which it comes in contact. w In this simple manner is the thin man made to take on flesh. Briefly, he loses his thinness by building up into wellâ€"developed muscles muscles that had been permitted to grow flabby and weak through NEGLECT AND DISUSE. Do not gather from this that to be healthy it is necessary to be fat. Fat is as much of a handicap as thinness and is as harmful to the welfare of the human system. It is as nececsary for a fat man to re- duce his body tothe correct pro- portions, as it is for the thin man to bring his up to them; and-in both cases this means ugood muscuâ€" lar development. Here are seine ex- ercises for thin people recommended by Prof. Anthony Barker. While exercising, the thin man should wear as little clothing as possible, and the various movements should be made slole and with frequent rests. In this way an exâ€" cess of perspiration, which would have a tendency to counteract the good effects of the exercises, is avloided. All the perspiration that can pos- sibly be generated by much clothing and rapid exercise is splendid for a fat man, but a thin man needs to p-ors'pire only the natural amount while exercising. In all the exer- cises let the thin man take particuâ€" lar care to breathe deeply and fully, for, unless the blood gets all the pure air that it wants, it will not develop the body to the fullest exâ€" tent. Exercise I. â€"- For putting flesh on the whole front of the body, strengthening the walls of the abdo- men and holding it in proper posâ€" ition, and materially aiding diges- tion, this exercise can hardly be ex- celled. Lie dlown flat on the abdomen on the floor, with a strong chair near the head. Place the hands on the side of the chair and, keeping them there, raise up and straighten out the body, supporting it on the hands and tips of the toes. Hold the position until weariness, then go back to the ORIG INAL POSITION. To vary this exercise lie down on the floor on the back, place the heels on a chair’s side and raise up and straighten the body, Supporting it on heels and the back of the head. This builds up the muscles of the back, straightens the spine, enâ€" The pilgrims to this place of holy year. Nikko also has long fav'orite resort of American But disaster has overtaken Nikko, ravagizng its beautiful avenues bor- dered by great trees, sweeping away its temples and its famous statues of Buddha, tearing down its lacquer- ed bridges, destroying over two hundred houses and leaving only desolation where enchanting beauty’ had reigned. I ~ Late last year there was an in- cossant downpour of rain on the slopes of Mount Nantaisan, over 8,â€" tain in that part of Japan, which guards the western entrance to the beautiful valley of Nikko. The rains saturated the deep soil to the rock skeleton of the mountain. Suddenâ€" ly a great landslide occurred on the steeper slope, acres of the soil with its heavy clothing of trees and vegeâ€" tation slipped swiftly down, leaving an enormous scar ON THE MOUNTAIN SIDE. At the foot of the mountain is a very beautiful lake whose waters discharge through a stream that courses along the Nikko valley. The landslide half filled this long narâ€" row lake. Its We ers suddenly raised to a height 0 twenty or thirty feet above their ordinary level, swept with tor- rential force down the valley, O‘Vel‘â€" spreading the banks on either side anld levelling all structures in their way. The ruin was complete. Many of the objects destroyed can never be replaced, for even if reconstruction might restore to Nikko its old beauâ€" ty the historic and religious interâ€" est attaching to many of the things thht were swept away can never be associated with anything that may take. their place. What, for example could replace the famous sacred bridge that for three centuries had spanned the stream at the place where one of it on a rainbow? In the days of the Shoguns none exâ€" cept those mighty rulers was permitâ€" ted to cross this bridge. It was too sacred for the feet of ordinary mortals to touch. Up to the day it was destroyed it was reserved solely for the Use of the Emperor himself and the imperial family. When Gen. Grant visited the spot the news was flashed all over Japan that he had declined an invitation from the. Emperor to cross on this sacred bridge. This tactful act won for him enduring honor among all the Japanese. They would have said nothing if he had accepted the invitation; but they respected and revered him in the highest degree because he intuitively honored the national feeling with regard to this bridge. It was a very remarkable strucâ€" ture, quite apart from its sacred associations. It was, supported by great stone uprights and cross pieces. The whole of it was cover- ed with dull vermilion lacquer, like the temples, which gave it a reâ€" markable appearance. The lacquer helped to preserve the wood and in the three centuries the bridge has needed repair only four or five times. JUST BELOW THIS BRIDGE was another for common mortals. No form of locomotion save pedes- trianism was to be seen in this place of temples and sacned statues. Noth- ing on wheels might approach it nor any beast of burden. One of the temples was called the Hall of the Three Buddhas from the three gilt images in it. Here, too, was a curious slender column of black bronze whose form was evi- &__-_â€"â€" QUITE A MISTAKE. While shopping a little While ago a lady absentâ€"mindedly walked awa: with another customer's umbrella. “Excuse me,” said the latter hurrying after her, you’ve got in; umbrella.’ ’ “Why, so I have, was the crest fallen reply. “I am really awfully dreadfully sorry. Accept my hum blest apologies.” ' The apologies were accepted ; bu’ this incident reminded lady No. 3 that she wished to purchase somu umbrellas for herself and daughters so a little while later she took he: seat in the train laden with three 0 these useful articles. Opposite he! sat the lady she had encounterec ,’ dently of Hindu origin. This colâ€" larges and fills out the shoulders earlier, umn was supposed tohave the pow- and 116-019 makes a scrawny face “I see,” remarked the latte] er of alverting misfortune. No other Plump and replaces "that tired sweetly, “that after all, vou haw 1313108 in Japan had SO much relig' 100k” With an CXtremely happy ex“ had a most successful mdrninm” ious interest for the population. pTeSSion- ¢ . D Exercise II.â€"â€"Gain the correct Pilgrimages to these shrines have for generations been the delight of the common people and particular- ly those of middle age or advanced years. They were met everywhere in Nikko in parties of a dozen or more under the leadership of some person of experience; and a capital time they seemed to make of it. Two groups of the templesgwere re- garded both by native connoisseurs and by foreign visitors as standing for what is undoubtedly the highâ€" put it, rise “easily to the‘briginal water mark of art in. J alum, position. Inhale while ascending All this beauty has now been laid and exhale while descending. ' waste. La Fargo in his “Letters of This movement speedin develops an Artist,” says of Nikko: “Could the shoulders, the sides of the chest, standing position. Grasp a light chair in the hands and hold it out at arm’s lengthen a level with the shoulders. » Gradually bend downward above the hips, anrl as you do so continuâ€" ally puslh the chair farther and far- ther out from the shoulders, taking care to keep the chair on a level with the shoulders. When the chair gets as near the floor as you can MEDICAL BUBBLES. Doctors ha’ve invented a new I‘o‘rn of bubble. 'Neura‘lgia, sciatica, anc lumbago are known to be affection: of the ends of the nerves which lie just under the skin of region._ It has been discovered thai by injecting air under the skin the ends of the nerves are lengthened air is pressed by the fingers and caused to move about until all parts are relieved. In dislocations, frac' tures, and bruises the same treat- ment has given relief. upper part of the body erect and tin the painful I and the'paidrelieved. The bubble of