The National tribune., 1883-11-29

time that, in her anxiety to return TO her
classes, she went one morning TO school while
yet weak and pale from scarlet fever. That
night she returned, faint and sick; vomiting
set in, with swelling of the head and other
portions of the body. The lungs and throat
become involved, and from January to june
she was prisoner in the house, barely escaping
with her life and incurring an invaIidism that
Will follow her to the day of her death. And her
case was, in the first place, of n mild type soon
run. The mothers of our land VIII be instru-
mental in saving many precious life if they
will but remember that the secondary stage of
scarlet fever is more iusidious than the first,
since its symptoms are deceiving and may
lead to unintentional carelessnes5 and neglect
sEAsoNABLE RECIPES.
Christmas Mince Pes.-Take a beef's tongue and
heart; boil, chop iine and season with pepper and
salt. To one bowl ofnient add two bowls oil apples,
chopped with the skins on; one bowl OF egrrants,
one of Taisins and less than half bowl OF chopped
Suet, sWeeien with inoisisses ana Drown sugar,
thin with cider and add spices and little brandy,
| if You like, and chopped ctron. Put III jars and
cover with molasses. This will keep all winter.
| Quaker HiHce Pies.-Seyen bowls chopped apples
two of chopped raisins; of whole rasins; of
vinegar; two of molasses; three of sugar. one and
hall of boiled cider; two nutmegs salt and spices.
! Boil and pack in jars This will keep all winter,
and rs there is no meat required, they are more
| suited to delicate stomachs.
| Nep England Miace Pies-0ne bowl minced
meat two bowls chopped apples one pound rai-
| sins; pound currants. well washed; one and
one-half pounds sugar; thfee-quarters pound suet;
/ two teaspoonfuls salt one-haf spoonful pepper;
! one-half ounce cinnamon, cloves and allspce; one
nutmeg; one-half pound citron; pint brandy
one quart sweet cider; one cup molasseS
Sgaash, English Sisde-Cook your squash with
! the rind on; remove the rind and mash, simmer
! slowly one hour, until quite dry; add a little
salt place in vegetable dish and turn over drawn
butter. made as follows: Rub one tablespoonful of
| -four with one-quarter of pound of butter; when
well mixed place in a saucepan with a tablespoon
I'm M atp Snt in dish nf hGti1n
water shaking all the time until the mixture melts
and IS near boiling do not set on the Goals or di-
rectly the stove, the heat makes the butter
oil and spos it. This is nice dressing, unless it
| Is in the country where is plenty, which
should be heated and turned over hot instead.
! Better than stirring IL in and looks nicer.
Italian CreaTn.-One-half ounce gelatine {Coxe's
| is good; two teaspoonfus gum arabic. Place in a
| bowl and cover with cold water until dissolved
| Place quart of good thick cream in bowl,
sweeten. flavor, whip it rapidly, dipping the froth
/ into dish as fast it aecumuates. Strain the
Gclatne into this and chill. Delicious, substi
tute for ice cream.
Hfnter Succotash-This may be made by soaking
Shaker or dried corn over night in luke-wsrm
water. aud also Lima or butter beans Cook the
beans hour, turning off the water; also the
/ water in which the soaked. Put them in
kettle with half pound of pork, chopped in
| small bis. Use just enough water to cook them
and no more. Add cup OF cream or milk and a
piece of butter, with pepper and salt and lump of
| white sugar. Boil up and serve.
In reply to query of S. L. B., in THE TRIB-
UsE of the lst inst. as TO how to clean ducks,
Mrs. A. j. Culver, Menomonea, Wis, sends the
following: Ny way is to pick the dncks as
clean as possible; then, with narrow-bladed
| knife, scrape the skin, which will make it as
smooth and clean as could be desired"
WINTER FASHION NOVELTIES.
The old-fashioned deep cuffs and collars are
being revived the cuffs worn with close sleeves
coming down to the wrist.
- r. A. e.
made with cpaulet pelerines and fat. square
mufs, worn with street suits trimmed with the
same fur.
Half sashes or demi-helts are made of wide
velvet ribbon, or satin in two shades sewed
lengthwise. To be seWed in the side seams Of
the corsage, instead Of going all around the
waist and tied in q bow at one side.
Ceiarettes of real lace are again in vogue,
worn on high. plain, velvet basque, the lace
basted on following its own design.
Dull satin and heavy Ottoman silk of siivery
white are the fashionable materials for bridal
dresses.
Trains for evening dresses are very wide and
lOoped high at the waist, falling in straight
lines at the end. Five or SIX widths of brocade
velvet or four or FIVE Of satin are used for the
train alone.
\ striking style IS costume of which the
front and sides are white bFocade velvet and
the back black brocaded velvet.
The fashionable basque for suits is the pos
tilion. very short in front and forming square
in the back.
In wooden fabrics the tapestry is most de
sirable for young ladies who like good deal
of color and vet do not want to be too conspicu
Gus. These are best In dark blue dull red
brown or green grounds, with flower designs
showing the cross stitches of old tapestry. The
material forms the skirt, with which should bt
worn an oyerdress of cainel's hair or similar
cloth.
Dark blue and Titan red suits of twillec
stuff have position basque and plated skirt
5 with braided panels and most Of the drapery il
, the back. Tall, thin figures should however
, have some wrinkied drapery in front, while
D those which are stout may improve their ap
pearanee by curving the pleats in the skir
{ from the front towards the side.
I Frils of lace are worn with all dresses which
have the sleeves pretty short. 1t has the efIec
, ofmakihg the hand appear smaller and whiter
Our Weekly Experience Meeting.
STORY FOR SENATOR BECK TO PERUsE-!
NEIogABI.E KISS.
DESyKR, Colo. Nov. l5
! To the Editor SATIoyAL TRIBuNE:
C hope you will find room within your column
; for communication written by soldiers widow
J aud soldiers mother. wrote what oil brie
letter. dated October s. to our honOred sister Kat
j. Sherwood, not thinking 10 find it in THE Ma
D TIosAL TRIBUNE. but, 10 my surprise asked b.
S some Of the ladies' Of the Auxiliary if l had no
o written letter for that paper j said had writes
10 Airs. Sherwood, saying that wien heard from
: her would write communication for TH
= IEIBUEE, but when our esteemed sister Mrs Laten
: handed me the paper, 1 found my letter pub
lisled therein. j viii say, please receive man
e thanks for the same for sec sister, fraternay
= very prompt III having everything publishe
thai Is calculated to benefit the soldier his wido,
Y or heirs.
Well. you may call this n communication O
% what you think proper for viii say that after th
:, brains Of a soldiers widow and soldiers mothe
haye been churned again and again until they ar
- pretty much all chgrHed away through the hard
e ships Of life occsioned by loss of sleep, care am
anxiety, through the pro;raced illness of sons an
y helpless husband. the mind is weak well til
. body. u woasd take book to write the half
" nly experience since the rivers stained wit
tbe blood tilat shed to preserve that preeeS
20 boon Of civil aid religious liberty upon which ou
Ie present and eternal happiness depends. NJ
a. friendly readers, served faithfully as any sol
dier IN the late rebellion, except that did nt
a face the eDcmy with musset III hand And ye
now, after faithfully administering 10 the wants
OF my poor soldiers until death called them from cart
a 10 better life, paying out dollar after dollar sinc
~ 1863 on account OF those that wounded
= while my husband. who was Totally disabled RI
~ qdiriB personal aid for years before mis- death th
10 poor widow, whose health is impaired for lif
no IS allowed but 50 month. aud bounty, iu
l. because her husband having been severely SUI
:, struck, was discharged under two yearal
- consider It was an injury my husband receive
y just rs much az any wound inflicted by sh,
=. or shell, giving him the right To bount,
ut and ii the original Commissioner had done justit
mr. To my husband according to the proof furnishes
: he would have drawn the pension Justly due hil
&C only allowed ~ increase when his pension was s
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