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sEASoNABLE HINrs-How TO PREPARE FOR WIN
TER-SIcK CHILDREN-soME GOOD RECIPES.

sEAsoNABLE HINrs-How TO PREPARE FOR WIN
TER-SICK CHuDREN-SoME GOOD RECIPES
BURNING UP THE AIR.-Two sperm candles or
one good lamp will render the air Of q room
about as Impure as the breath of one man, and
one gas-burner will consume as much oxygen
and give of as much carbonic acid as FIVE or six
men.
A HANDSOME AND rEr SIMPLE EAsILY-MApE
soFA-CUsHIoNcoyer is made Of one square of satin;
on this embroder spray Of flowers; it IN ay be
done with kensington stitch and crewels or
win the popular ribbon embroidery Finish
the edge with cord or with fringed silk.
QUICKLY MADE Dissatisfied and strip
one dozen oranges Of tender texture; put In a
glass dish of good height alternate LAYERS of the
orange and desiccated cocoanut shrinking
each layer lightly with sugar; finish the ton
with the white of an egg beaten to snow with a
| tablespoonful Of powdered sugar favored with
almond or vanilla.
PRETTY AND OLD CHAIRBACKs are made OF
squares Of linen and Of satin. This seems al
first strange combination, but the effect is ex.
cellent. Where the squares are Joined cover
| the seams with fancy stitches. The satin
squares may be left without ornamentation, and
all the work be put on the linen ones. Embroid.
cry, or painting, or etching are the fayorite
methods employed.
MILK AS FOOD-Milk is a food that should
not be taken in copious draughts like othe T
| fluids. which differ from it chemically Milk
should be slowly taken in mouthfuls at short
Intervals and thus it is rightly dealt with by
the gastric juice. If milk be taken after other
food, it Is almost sure to burden the stomach
and to cause prolonged indigestion. The better
the quality of the milk the more severe the dis
| comfort will be under these conditions.
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milk, two heaping tablespoonfus of Indian
meal, four of sugar, one of butter, three eggs,
one teaspoOnful Of salt. Boil the milk in the
double-boiler. Sprinkle the meal into it, STIR
ring all the while. Cook twelve minutes, stir
ring often. Beat together the eggs, salt, sugar
and half teaspOOnful Of ginger. Stir the but
ter into the meal and milk. Pour this gradu-
ally on the egg mixture. Bake slowly one
hour.
KEEPING GRAPEs.-In Europe a method OF
preserving grapes is now very generally fol-
lowed. The cluster is cut with piece Of the
cane still attached. and the lower end OF the
cane is inserted in the neck of bottle contain
ing water. Grapes thus treated are kept in q
perfect manner for a long time. The European
Journals have figured racks and other devices
for holding the bottles. in such manner that
they may sustain the weight of the fruit, and
also to allow the clusters to hang free, and
ORANGE FRITTERs.-Peel and slice three or
anges and lay them in powdered sugar; mix to
smooth batter four teaspoonfuls Of -four, q
saltspoonful Of salt, the yolk of raw egg, and
about gill of milk. When ready to use the
batter. add to it one teaspOOnful of Oive-oil OF
melted butter and the white of one egg beaten
to frOth; dip the slices Of orange into the bat
ter, lift them out fiat with fork and put them
into smoking hot fat; fry light brown, lay them
for moment on napkin or brown paper to alb
soro all fat. springle them with powdered sugar,
and serve hOt.-Juta COrs0n.
PAINTING OLCLOTHs.-The Country Gentle
man answers an inquiry how to paint over an
oilclOth, that little furniture varnish will re-
store its good looks, and il the corners are cut
OIL, and the whole is bound around with black,
brown or scarlet alpaca braid, it will be "amaist
as guide as new"
Now IS THE TINE TO PUT THE WINTER Bed
DING In order; the mattresses should all be
summed and thoroughly aired; if soiled, rip the
ticking of-this is not at all difficult to do: have
1t washed, and it should be starched little:
whle 1t Is undergoing this operation the hair.
or wool, or cotton which cOmposes the filling
can be aired by placing it carefully on q large
sheet and laying it where the sunlight can shine
on it; il it has been used for several wears. It
VIII cost but little, and will well repay the
expense, to have it picked and serted over
before being upholstered. Blankets ought
also to be thoroughly cieansed. Ii
to make them less burdensome and difficult to
handle you cut the long double ones in two,
overcast the ends with worsted or yarn of scar
let or blue to match the stripes in the blanket.
DO this with button-hOle stitch; it takes few
minutes only to do this, and it is heater than a
hem, and is really pretty addition to the blan-
ket. Very pretty comfOrters for children's beds
are made of the thin cotton cheese cloth.
tack them and bind them with bright coIors. ri
for use in the crib, an edge of worsted crochete
around it makes it look attractive. Crochet
two or three rows in shell-stitch, with scalop
to finish it. 1t is an excellent plan to put strip
OF white cotton cloth at each end of a common
comforter. 1t can be removed and washed with
much more ease than to wash the comforter
itself, and with much handling. even with per-
fectly clean hands. it is likely to become soiled.
Inc ends OF white spreads are improved by
being worked with white cotton i'm buttonhole
stitch. This is particularly the case where the
spread has been in use good while and the hem
Is worn and the edge frayed. All you need to
DO Is to trim of the threads so they will not
ravel and buttonhOle the edge.-N. Y. Post
SICK CHILDREN.-The vicssitudes necessarily
incident to an outdoor and primitive mode OF
life are never the first causes Of any disease,
though they may sometimes betray it's presence
Bronchitis, nowadays perhaps the most fire.
quent OF all infantile diseases makes no excep-
ton to this rule; a draft of cold air may reveal
the latent progress Of the disorder but its cause
is long confinement in vitiated and overheated
atmosphere. and its proper remedy ventilation
and mild, phlegm-lOosening (saccharne) diet.
warm smeet milk. sweet oatmeal pOrridge. or
honey water. Select an airy bedroom, and
do not be afraid to open the windows Among
the children of the Indian tribes who brave in
open tents the terrible winters Of the Hudson
Bay territory, bronchitis, Group and diphtheria
are wholly unknown; and what we call
taking cold' might often be more
correctly described as taking hot; glowing
stoves, and even open fires, in night-nursery.
greatly aggravate the pernicious effects Of an
impure atmosphere. The first paroxysm of
Group can be promptly relieved by very simple
remedies-fresh air, and q rapid forward-aId-
backward movement Of the arms, combined in
urgent cases with the application Of q flesh
brush (or piece of lanneD to the neck and the
syrup stop the cough by lethargizing the irrta-
bility and thus preventing the discharge of the
phlegm till its accumulation produces q second
and far more dangerous paroxysm. These
second attacks Of Group CATER the administra,
ton of pallatives) are generally the fatal ones.
When child is convalescing, let him beware of
stimulating food and overheated rooms Do
not give aperient medicines; costiveness, as an
after effect of peuritic affections will soon yield