Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-16

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INCREASE OF DISEASE THROUGH HERED-
ITy.-A family that came specially under
my notice will illustrate the effect of the
psychic states of the parent upon the off
| spring. The father, a full blooded animal
OF man, had a NEST brutal temper. The
mother, delicate woman of nervous
temperament and submissive disposition,
used up her nervous energy keeping her
husband pleasant, or enduring his passion.
Besides his ungovernabie temper, the
| father had no vices; the mother came of a
| healthy but somewhat nervous family, who
were remarkably religious. There were
| five children, three OF whom were sons.
| The eldest inherited his fathers temper,
( was a libertine, and fond OF drink The
second son died of delirlum tremens and
the third, having squandered his strength
and fortune upon women and drink, shot
himself. The older daughter, pale and
slender woman of most sanity spirit, gave
birth to two children the first
till the age of puberty, and then
went into rapid consumption. The
younger daughter was during middle life
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her three children, after suffering from
chorea for years, lapsed into idiocy. OF
| the family of the Oldest son l can only
speak with certainty OF two. One of his
sons had epileptic fits, and one daughter
had anger fits quite like her venerable
! grandfather, when she would swear with q
volubility trooper might envy. These
explosions of temper usually ended in hys-
terical commissions. Curious to know
more, l inquired of gentleman, an old
acquaintance of the family, what sort of a
mother old Mr.. Blank had. sob, she was
nice old lady when l knew her, though
she had spells, and when she was younger,
I've heard them say her spells were
awful" was the reply. What kind of
spells % l asked. 81 don't know. When
l knew her, any thing that crossed her or
made her feel bad would set her going.
She seemed to faint, and would
go from one fit to another, till some
tunes it was hours afore she was her.
self. She said she felt as if she was chok-
ing, and the doctors gave her no end Of
'fata pills, but she always had spells till
she died." "Were you acquainted with
Mrs. Blanks family?'' l asked, still curl
GUS. "Oh, yes, knew them well, said
the old man with an air of marked respect.
"They were excellent people. The old
lady, Mrs. Blank 8 mother, was very religi-
Gus, and at camp. meetings was master
hand at having the power. Oh, she was
good, and the right sort" | do not say
that if these mothers had not yielded their
self. control, the one to Mysteries, the other
to religious enthusiasm, all the train Of
evils that appeared in the family have
described would not have happened, but
l am sure l keep within the limits of prob
ability if assert that determined self.con-
troll and self-government on their part
would have been markedly influential in
producing corresponding. nerve-strength
and self-control in their offspring. L Eliza
beth Cummings in Popular Science
Monthly.
To MAKE ZEPHYR LILIES. To make
tiger lily, take wire and bend it
into the shape of petal of lily; next,
thread a darning-needle with orange
colored zephyr at the bottom of the petal,
and then carry it up through the center
and fasten it at the point of the petal, max
ing it secure there next, weave zephyr
over the wire and under the center thread
and over the other side of the wire next,
weave it back under the wire, over the GEN.
ter thread, and under the other wire, and
so on until you get to the bottom of the
petal then thread needle with black silk
and dapple the petal every little way with
a small double cross-stitch of silk. Make
six of these petals to each lily, bend them
into proper shape, and for the stamens, or
center of lily, take very fine wire and
bend little hook in one end, into which
insert piece of red-ribbon zephyr a quar-
ter of an inch long twist the wire exact
ly around the center of this bit of zephyr,
then wind the wire with pale green silk or
split zephyr; prepare six of these
wires or stamens for each lily, letting
five of them protrude above the center.
of the lily one and half inches, and the
sixth, or center, stamen, two inches.
Now twist all the wires firmly together and
wrap them with green zephyr. Weave
white Japan lilies in the same way, dap.
ping them with crimson or rose. colored
silk. Weave pink lilies, dappling them
with red-brown silk, and in making the
stamens copy nature as nearly as you can.
You can also make pure white lilies like
candidun, longiforum, and even pond
lilies, weaving the petals in the same way
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preparing their centers and in putting
them together and bending into shape. A
bouquet all of lilies would be lovely. To
make tulip, weave it precisely like lily,
but the petals, instead of being long, must
be broad, like those Of the tulip, and will
require pretty strong wire. Tulips have
but four petals. Make stamens like those
for lilies, but not SO many of them. My
tulip has three stamens, made of green,
but if memory serves me right, some tulips
have black stamens, or partly black.
Green leaves are woven in the same way
the petals are.I[Mrs. Jane E. Wells.
THE SECRET OF BEAUTY.-The true
secret of beauty is health. Those who de-
sire to be beautiful should do all they can
to restore their health, if they have it
vet. No one can lay down specific rules
for other people in these matters. The
work one may do, the rest he must take,
his baths, diet and exercise, are matters
of individual consideration, but they must
be carefully thought of and never neglected.
As rule, when a person looks well he
feels well, and when he looks bad he feels
bad, as general thing. There are times
when one could guess, without looking in
the glass, that his eyes were dull and his
skin was notified. This is not case for
something in pretty bottle from the per-
tuners, or for the lotion the circulars
praise so highly. To have fresh COM
plexion and bright eyes, even to have
white hands and graceful figure, you
must be well. Health, and the happiness
that usually comes with it, are the true
secrets of beauty. Quarterly Review.
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peck of green tomatoes, twenty-five Gu
cumbers, fifteen large onions, two heads
cabbage, one pint small onions, one pint
scraped horse radish, half pound white
mustard seed, one cup ground pepper, one
ounce powdered cinnamon, two ounces
tumeric and one-fourth pint ground mus
tard. Slice tomatoes and large onions,
and cut the cabbage as for slaw 7; quarter
cucumbers and cut in pieces, sprinkle with
salt and let stand one day and night, drain
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