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Never use the first water that comes from an iron pump or from a hydrant; luring been there all night. it. is not healthful. Tea lam ere excellent to scatter mr “spots just prior to sweeping. In am they not only freshen the colâ€" Be sure to apply kerosene to unused moves. (or this keeps them from rust- If you don't want the bottom crust of fruit pies to be soggy, just glaze it with the white of an egg. A good thing is hot sunshine. for taking out scorch. Tin cleansed with paper shines better than when cleaned with flannel. Boil ham as quickly as possible. and only just enough to cook it through. out tho box and fill M with rich. black Garth to within 10 im-hrs of the top, having first, punched holes in the bot- tom. Then find an aid window sash with ill the lights. in place and perfect and lay it over the improvised hot- bed. So many women are passionately fond of flowers that they will be delighted to know that the home-made violet beds is one. of the simplest ways of [ratifying their taste. Almost any su- burban home has a small portion of around with a southern OXpOStll'o and a sheltered north side. Any florist will male. 3 violet bed (or from 50 to 75 cents. But the ingenious young wo- man can utilize a shallow wooden box or an old trunk with the side: out down. The box should ho buried in the ground. with the wooden sides stand- lng out of the earth about six! inches, 0nd higher at. the back than at the front. \Vhon the hole is dug put in one that is gained through dishonesty. It takes a good many pennies to make good dollar. and one mum. form bah- ta of frugality, industry and general good living it he wants to own very many of the good dollars. Economize wisely if you would be successful. Teach the children that wise econ- omy consists in saving. that greater good may he accomplished. A dollar does so much more than a pennyâ€"hut It takes the pennies to make the dollar. Teach them that a penny gained at the Gimme of health is too valuable. or They begrudge the cost of a news- paper and the time it takes to read it. They are completely blind to the fact that economy. to be 'wise, must, he prac- thcal ond intelligent. They do not re- alize that an inexpensvie asssitant could aid very materially in getting Kodure ready tor market. and that oy. by on attentive reading of the market reports. would know when to offer their produce for sale to realize the most. It is certainly poor economy to be in at the wrong time. or with poorly advised produce. The pastime of accumulating dollars incomes so fascinating to some. that they deny themselves almost the ab- solute necessities of life; they stint themselves in their pleasures; they work from morning until night‘ en- deavoring to get on without help. los- (my sight of the fact that while they are so busy saving pennies. they may tn reality be losing dollars, by not alâ€" lowing themselves time or opportunity to take advantage of the good that 00908 their way. I. misor. This is acondition of affairs is much to be avoided as extravagance. Bo wise, therefore, and do not go to We are some of the sterner vir- tue; however, and this is one of them, thet can be carrried to such an extent that all the sweetness of living is for- ‘mbn. and one sinks to the level of WISE ECONOMY. There can be no doubt in the minds at .11 thinking pooyle. that economy in a virtue, and one that we should in ”notice. If such a doubt has over 01881:“ as to the desirability of culti- vutlfl this virtua, surely the experi- M of the past few years has been Itch an to convince even the most skep- flcal. that a wise man will keep with- in his income. . About the House. THE S\VEE'l‘-S(‘l‘l."l‘ED VIOLET. 'HOI 'SEHOLD SUGGESTIONS. popular; are Hamburger Steakâ€"Can be made a imost enjoyable or an almost uneatahle dish. Have the. butcher put the meat, icuot from the round. twice through the ichopper. and with it some nice fatâ€"a iquarter of a pound for each pound of :the lean beef. Without this fat the fate-1k will he too solid. and also dry. :Season \xizh salt, pepper, 9. little nut- ,meg. ginger and sage. and make into :a hall. 1-‘ry one or two sliced or mine- Ied onions in a spider until light brown. .dra-w them to one side. and part in the fmeat. flattening it into a cake less Ethan an inch in thiekness. Fry, cover- :ed. until brown. then turn and brown on the other side. Now remove to a. platter. make. a good brown gravy, leaving in the onions. pour over the meat and serve. If there is much fat. in the spider after taking out the meat. :druin off all but a couple of tablespoon- lfuls before making the gravy. Follow- ;ing this recipe your steak will he tend- 'er and delicate. not a dense wad of lean beef-fiber. If the meat is chopped at home and you have no fat. use cold ihoiled potatoes, half and half. .â€"-.â€".â€"A. v ~ 0 in! lemon juice and last half cupful whipped cream. \eul cutletsâ€"For veal outlets take {the best end of a neck of veal and cut. AFTER. GAME. dalloa, old man, have any lurk shoot- ingl Were .flaey wild I Wollâ€"noâ€"not exactly. hat the far. as: who owned than wu Fatherâ€"You must live uithin your income, sir. Eonâ€"That's a1! right. governor. I was afraid you was going to ask me to live Without it. 5 Manhattan Sau1e~Place a. saucepan with teaspoonful butter and one fine ichopped small onion over the fire; stir land cook three minutes without brown- ‘ing; add half pint canned tomatoes, six icou rsely pounded peppers and one-quar- ter teaspoontul salt; boil ten minutes then rub the tomatoes through a sieve. P111 the yolks of four eggs in a small double boiler. add one heaping .tablespoonful butter and tour table- fspoonfuls of the strained tomato:1s: place the boiler own the the and stir btill thick; remove at once; continue the stirring {01 a ten minutes; add half teaspoontul paprika or a little cayenne epper, a sprinkle of salt, one teaspoon- . Ul lemon 1111mm and lam half mnnfnl it into cutlets of an equal thicknesa. trim them neatly. and lard the lean part with st rips of fat bacon; place the cutlets in a steWpan. and nearly cover them with some well flavored stock. add one-half glassful of sherry, cover the steWpan closely. and let sim- mer gently for one-half hour, and when tender drain the gravy from them, and place the cutlets between two flat dishes with a weight upon them until they are cold; strain the gravy, care- fully remove the fat, and boil quick- ly till it. is reduced; heat the outlets in the oven. dish them in a circle, pour the gravy over. and place mushrooms, turnip. French beans or endit'e puree in the center and serve. Tomatoes 3 la Julienneâ€"Peel, cut in halves and press out the seeds from six tomatoes, and then chap them fine,"I‘o each pint allow one pint of bread crumbs, :1 teasponnful of salt, a tea- spoonful of onion 'uice. a saltspounful of pepper and a. tai’flvespoonful of chop- ped parsley. Form into croquettes. dip in eggs, then in crumbs and fry. The mixture may he too soft to handle. In that case. simpiy add bread crumbs till the right comistency is obtained. an ounce of gelatlne in a pint of clear brown gravy and pour it. over the meat. It must stand for twelve hours to hard- en before cutting. It is a most appo- tizing dish, and a very nice way of 9“" paring cold meat for tea. Chicken Gelatineâ€"Slice cold roast chicken and lay in a mold with alter- nate layers of cold boiled tongue and occasional slices of hard- boiled egg, and season with celery- salt. Dissolve half "Scalloped" Potatoesâ€"Prepare in this proportion: Two cups of mashed pota- toes, two tablespoonnfuls of cream or milk, and one of melted butter; salt and pepper to taste. Stir the pota- toes butter and cream together, add- ing one raw egg. If the potatoes seem too moist..be1t in a femr fine bread crumbs. Bake in a hot men for ten minutes. taking (are to have the top a. rich brown. SOME GOOD RECIPES. Horseradish Sauceâ€"Soak a stick of horseradish. then grate. Mix two table- spoons with a teaspoon of salt. two tablespoons of tarragon vinegar and a saltsPoon of made mustard. Beat up the yolk of an egg in one gill of cream and stir into the sauce. The cream and 688 rob the horseradish of its excessive sharpness. To make fine shirt bosoms stiff. after having starched them in warm boiled starch. dry them, then starch them in some of the cold boiled starch and fold until ready for ironing. Should a wrinkle chance to make its appear- ance. take a small cloth saturated with the starch and rub the wrinkle out and iron again. Tax-snip fritters may be made by scraping and boiling three or more 9“" snipe until very tender; then, having mashed and seasoned them with salt. pper and butter, make a. riot of bat- e , add the parsndps, and ry a table- Spoonful at a time in boiling lard. “'hen the glass globes of the chen- delier have become smoked and grimy. soak them in hot water. to which a little aal soda has been added. Then put some ammonia into hot water. and scrub the inside of the globes briskly with a stiff brush, whereupon rinse thoroughly and wipe. OPS. also prevent ‘dust from rls- A REL] RF. the hat on the hack of the head. the coat unbuuoned, on the neck insuffi- ciently protected. In the course of a few hours they rack their minds to finvl out w by this. cold in the head. why this weakness and other ailments which are the sure forerunner of pneumonia, grip. or meningitis. Others will stand on street rorners until the muscles of the feet twitch and a chill runs up the lack from cold. Others will keep bundled all day in furs, woollen under-Clothes, heavy stockings, high shoes, and warm overshoes. with a pheric conditions, they will throw (won the coat. and put the cap in a normal Exmsure to cold in Alaska. especial- ly when men know what the result. will be. is due largely to carelessness. Men \\ ill hug a red-hot stove for hours and toast their shins to perfection and then venture into the icy wind with The sanitary rendition of Skagway is as had as it :‘ossihly could be, but meningitis is just. as prevalent and just as fatal in the mountain passes. “ here there is no end of fresh air and unrivalled scenery, as it is in the mud [lat called Skagway. no value. One drink of Alaska whis- kvy will make a man yearn for the return of his money: the second will cause him to tell all he knows to any one having time and patience to listen to him. and the third will cause him to arm himself “ith a tomahawk and go on a murderous hunt for his wife's relations. Another reason is that, the whiskey of commerce. (‘Onsidered as a stimulant. or as a medicine, is pure rot and is of As the ma 3'01"in of the north-bound peo' 1e vome from somth of the mm parallel. they do not have 11113 greu; difficulty in acquiringa cold after the steamer passes, the northeln point of Vaneouver island and pokes her nose into the waters of Queen Charlotte Sound. In Alaska lit; is not considered good form to “kill ’ :1 (old \3 1th Whis- k193. The main reasomis that “hiske3 in the northe1n iegions does Strong indeed is the constitution that escapes ills in' the northern regions at this season of the year. Few of the many thousands \\ ho have left Port- land. San Francisco, and Seattle for the north since the first of the year. can truthfully say that they arrived at. Skagway in perfect health. All com- plained of some ailment, cold in the head. stiffness of the limbs, sore throat backache, etc. The long steamer trip is not conducive to bodily comfort. Seasickness is anything but pleasant, and lack of exercise causes languor and failure of the excretory organs to do their. duty. Scrupulous attention to the functions of these organs, is an eaential in the treatment of cere- hro-spinal meningitis, but whether it avails as a precautionary measure is for doctors to say. Up to the latter part of January the winter, from the Arctic Ocean to the Mexican line. had been exceedingly mild. Since then the Alaska coast has been constantly swept by icy gales, which have been destructive alike to life and property. During this brief per- iod the Clara Nevada has been driven to her destruction, in the Lynn Canal. the Oregon has been blown ashore, oth- er vessels have had minor accidents. and many people have died at Skagway and Dyes. and on the mountain passes leading out of those towns to the Klon« dike gold fields. VERY TERRIBLE thing. and nothing on earth could in- duce me to attempt to do any busi- ness in the town. \Vhile it is probably not contagious. the conditions that. give it to 0110' person will give it to anoth- er just as well.” There is no doubt that the cold of the Alaska climate renders men eas- ier prey to the disease. “ The sanitary conditions in Skag- way ore very bad. There is no drain- age whatever, all slope. etc., being thrown on the ground. The water is very bad, as the creeks are full of dead horses by the hundreds. Then the cold weather compels the inhabitants to keep all the windows tightly closed, shutting out all ventilation and add- ing to the general had health. It is a. Physicians It Oman Says Cenbno-spmal Hell-sm- There a 1mm and MI}. A prominent physician of Portland. Oregon. who does not desire his name to be need, said, concerning spinal men- ingitis: “ The disease runs in epidemics and is due, mainly to bad sanitary con- ditions. It is an inflammation of the membranes of the spinal cord and of the brain. and is accompanied by ter- rible headaches and‘ pains in different Parts of the body. Young. healthy per- sons are more liable: to it than any oth- er class. and it attacks male and female alike. The disease is accompanied by a breaking out of purple blotches all over the body, and for this reason 18 sometimes called purpuric fever. There is no known cure for the disease, and nine out of ten people attacked die inside of twenty-four hours, and some- times in a third of. that time. If one does happen to recover. he is left deaf or blind, or afflicted in such a way that it would have been better it he had died. i I | l THE EPIDEMIU IN SKAGWAY INTENSE COLD RENDERS HEN LIABLE TO DISEASE. MORE HA RM THAN 600]). The teacher was teHing them ahoul the different seasons. He asked: Now, one of you boys tell me which is the proper time to gather fruit. When the dog’s chained up, rep?ied Johnnie. 1 have no hesitation in saying. take their pleasures ”ma'lTy." They are a nation of. extremes; it is the 'l'arlar blood that runs in their veins. \K'alx-h the fares in the elreets as you drive along. From the po‘ished nobleman to the miserable moujik they all wear a sullen, hopeless look, as if life and its lurdens were too heavy to hear. You would as little exiiect to hear one of them break into a hearty English laugh as to hear a Spaniard, let us say, give vent to a hearty English cheer. Yet, send one of these melaneholy gen- tlemen on a sleigh-ride at. full gallop, or start him whirling in the dance, or set him damn to supper with a merry There are two St. PetershurgS. h9- ttween the pleasures and amusements. iof whirh there is a great gulf fixed ‘â€"one is the St. Petersburg of sum- ;mer, another is the St. Petershurg of iwinter. The very nature of the peo- H’le seems to change with the seasons. [In summer they are a nation of the Open air, They drive through the green elm avenues of the sunny Neva § isiands: they throng the pleasant parks iand cluster round the handstands in zthe gardens; they dine with no other | roof than the darkening heavene; their Ivery theatrica! performances are out 'of doors. They yacht, they picnic, But ’uith October the scene is ehanged; the why is a po’ar region. Vent piains of a whiteness that dazzles and exhausts the eye stretch to the horizon. It, is an Eastern desert. with SNCHV FOR SAND. Between night and day the line may scarcely ie drawn. The ueople accom- modate themselves to their environ- ments like their own foxes thnt change the color of their mate with the sea- sons. The air is shunned as a deadly foe. Their homes are heated to u temuerature almost unbearable to a dwelt'er in the south. Yet it is a time of great gayetyâ€"a time of concerts and operas, of tells and receptions in~ numerahle. If folk venture forth. it. is to whirl madly along in sleighs muf- fled to the eyes in furs. The poor shud- der beneath their padded cotton cloaks. Is it surprising that they try to find warmth. oblivion. and even death in the fiery vodka, a syirit the moat. pois- onous in Eurore, absinthe perhaps ex- oepbed ? “Eng'ishmen,” so the proverb rum, “take,“zs-ir plea/sures sadly.” Russnans. A \VARNING G UN ‘Will thunder forth from the gloomy ,castle of Peter and Paul, and another and another in quicker succession as the danger grows ayace. The dwellers in cellars seek shelter in attics: the Police look to their boats; the sentries are relieved. Despite its natural dis- advantages, the fact remains that this is the capital of the great Russian na- tion-â€"a nation, which. at the present. time, holds the peace of EuroDe in its hands. Within its “all: a million hu~ man heings live, and, With some fre~ quenoy, die. It. has a ruler more au- tocratie, a court more gorgeous, aso- ciety more dissipated. a garrison more vast. and a populace more ignorant than any other city of civilization. Amusements these people will have,â€" each to his taste. A5 you stand in the gallery that. ”088 the vast golden dome of St.lsaa<:’s Cathedral, this capital with so strange an origin is spread like a map before you. As some water-logged hark it lies, wallowing in the midst of the ’streams of the many-channelled Neva. EThe black waters run almost level with th‘ granite embankments that hold the river-god in order; while a. great arm from the Baltic, stretching up to the lower city in a broad expanse of roll- ing waves, man: ever to threaten a terrible inundation. Fortunately. the‘ Baltic, like the Mediterranean. is ai tideless sea. But as it is, matters look 1 black enough when the river. swollen by heavy rains, roars foaming through the creaking wooden bridges. and a gale from the south raises the short Baltic swell to check the flow of the stream seaward. At such times. Some characteristics of the Bull:- (‘npunl and It.» Inhabitants. Of all the eccentric actions committed by Peter the Greatâ€"and they were not a fewâ€"the founding of St. Peters- lt‘urg deserves to rank among the [oreâ€" most. He wanted, he said, “a window looking out into Europe,” and with de- spotic inconsistency be fixed upon one. the panes of which are, to continue the simile, frosted half the year, and, therefore, useless for spectacuiar purâ€" poses. Stranger still, the site he se- lected for his building operations was nothing but a vast quagmire. position on the head. In 3 coupon- tively short time the wind is et the warm scalp and neck and quickly works its way inside the clothing co the chest and to the spine and the foundation for a period. of sickness is effectually laid. Men working on the mountain passes with, their outfits are as careless as people in the town. The lack of hospital facilities at Skagway gives the meningitis sufferer but little show for his life. ST. PETERSBURG AND ITS PEOPLE. THE RIGHT TIME Janitorâ€"“'ell, that I ran" I Only 3 week ggo l puHPtl :1 P tooth, and I twisted my wx'N w that the rain hasn’t 10!! 11 yet. may hurt me . Zitth. ”(1209â€"00 you ["11” “WNW pain? I Patientâ€"[8 the doctor in Janitorâ€"No, in! I re: rM What can I do for yuu? W'asn’t ”11! a Singu'u 1‘ I discharge! Why were \011 dimhllaoi last W000? asked lhv um h fl'P'i'Int {01‘ a Htuaflnn. _1 was dischargml fur gzu'N' WelLvyou see. good “twin": 1W“ 1 months Off my Senttfllf'l’. 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