Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-05-12

DECORATION OF RooMs.-Crude white is
in favor with housewives for ceilings-"it
looks so clean" That is just its fault 1t
looks 80 clean, even when it is not, that it
makes all else look dirty, even though it may
be clean. TO paint the fiat ceiling of mod
erate-sized room by hand is simply waste
of labor. 1t is on y at great personal In
convenience that one can look long at it,
whilst as matter Of fact no one cares to do
so. You see it occasionally, by accident, and
for moment and, that the casual glimpse
should not be shock to the eye, it is we'll to
tint it in accordance with the room, or even
cover it with simple diapered paper, which
will, to some extent, withdraw the attention
from the cracks that frequently dishgure the
ceilings of modern houses. What hand paint
ing we can afford may best be reserved for
the panels of the doors, window-shutters, and
the like, where it can be seen-the doors and
the other woodwork being painted in two or
three shades of color, fiat or vanished, &C.
cording as we prefer softness Of tone or dura.
bilty of surface. Perhaps it will be best in
this instance that the woodwork should fall
in with the tone of the dado but this is not
point on which any rule can be laid down.
The decorations Of the panels should be in
keeping with the wall paper patterns. 1t may
be much more pronounced than they, but
still it must not assert ITSELF One great point
If consideration in the decoration of a room
is the relation of the various patterns one to
another. 1t may often be we'll to sacrifice an
otherwise admirable design simply because
you can find nothing else to 60 with it. A
single pattern, once chosen, will often control
the whole scheme Of decoration.
How VoLTA1RE CURED THE DECAY OF
HIS SToMAcH.-In the memoirs of Count.
Segur" there is the following anecdote: "My
mother, the Countess de Segur, being asked by
Voltaire respecting her health, told him that
the most painful feeling she had arose from
the decay of her stomach, and the difficulty
of finding any kind of aliment that it could
bear. Voltaire, by way of consolation, assur-
ed her that he was once for nearly year in
the same state, and believed to be incurable,
but that, nevertheless, very simple remedy
had cured him. 1t consisted in trying no
other nourishment than yolks of eggs beaten
up with the flour of potatoes and water" }"
Though this circumstance took place as far
back as fifty years ago, and respected so ex-
traordinary person as Voltaire, it is aston
shing how little is known and how rarely the
remedy has been practiced. Its efficacy,
however, in cases of debility cannot be ques-
toned, and the following is the mode of pre-
pairing this valuable article of food as recon-
mended by Sir John Sinclair:
BEAT up an egg in bowl, and then add
six tablespoonful of cold water, mixing the
whole well together, then add two table.
spoonsful of cold water, mixing the whole
we'll together, then add two tablespoonful of
farina Of potatoes; let it be mixed thoroughly
with the liquor in the bowl. Then pour in
as much boiling water as will convert the
whole into jelly, and mix it we'll. 1t may
be taken alone or with the addition of a little
milk in case of stomach debility or consump-
tive disorders. The dish is light and easily
digested, extremely wholesome and nourishing.
Bread or biscuit may be taken with it as the
stomach gets stronger"