The record-union., 1897-12-25

Removing a splinter from a suffering
hand may not be nice and pleasant
subject, but home surgery may some
times give some one feeling OF heart-
felt joy. The sufferer who illustrates
the matter on this occasion was car
penter He was working at his trade
at an institution over which the Sis
terS Of the Roman Catholic Church pre-
sided. One day he broke off an ugly
splinter in his hand and could not get
it out. He went home at the close of
his days work feeling no annoyance
from the wound, but by the next morn
ing the hand was in a serious condition
and so painful that working was an
impossibility. On his way to the doc
TORS, the carpenter stopped TO tell the
Sisters why he must delay his work.
Let me see what l can do with your
hand before you so to the doctor" said
one of the Sisters. The man demurred
YES" said the Sister, with gentle in
sistence, 3'it Will do no harm. anyway"
She quickly filed within an inch or so
of the top a rather wide-mouthed bottle
with steaming hot water, and as she
held 1T, another Sister pressed the in
famed part of the injured hand gently
down over the opening. Such pecu-
liar sensation! 1t seemed to the man
that his whole hand was being drawn
with great force into the bottle. He
would have taken it away, but the Sis
ter was holding 1t gently but firmly.
Then there was a feeling of relief; it
seemed as if the inside of that hand had
become liquid and was pouring It's un-
pleasant contents into the bottle. That
was almost exactly what was happen
ing, and with the liquid went the Of
Tending splinter. The hand was bathed
and bandaged, and the carpenter con-
tinued his work without further in
convenience.
The offering in some of the high-class
shops OF beautiful sets of henlstitched
napery at very low prices would seem
10 indicate that the vogue Of such table
linen was passing. 1t is the wise hostess.
however, who viii ignore this sugges-
1ion and who will avaH herself OF the
golden opportunity. Hemstitched
napkins in the hands of the average
washerwoman come off much better
than those of the fringed variety, for.
unless one has a laundress trained in
getting up table linen, the fringed nap
kin is rarely satisfactorily ironed.
The drying Of clothes in frosty wealth
er is sometimes, in the case of delicate
fabrics, attended with tearing, because
of the quick stiffening in the very cold
air. A simple precaution which will
prevent any such trouble, is to dis
solve three or four handfuIs of coarse
salt in the last rinsing water, thus
making it, in fact, a weak brine. Arti-
cles so rinsed viii not suffer from or
stiffen with the cold.
A correspondent sends the following
recipe for Virginia caramel cake
which IS SO good, she confesses, that it
tempts her to dyspepsia The formula
DIS gwen precisely in the words of the
old Virginia cook, an extraordinary
mistress of her art, as she uttered them
TO the writer, and the three divisions
of chocolate" mentioned mean, 1t is ex-
plaine1. three-quarters of a pound.
The cake proper calls for two-thirds of
a pound of butter, one scant coffee cup
of milk. two cups of granulated sugar,
four eggs beaten very light, two scant
cups of well-sifted -four, two teaspoon
fuls Of baking powder. stirred in at the
last moment; bake in a quick oven in
three lays. Make the caramel of one
half cup of milk; butter the size of a
walnut, and three divisions of pound
of MaillardS chocolates: cook in a
double boiler, stirring often until a
bubble rises, but do not let it boil. Add
three tablespoonfuls Of vanilla extract
after you take 1t from the fire. Use as
fast as possible; it thickens as it cools
Spread the layers and cover the top
quickly. Use the same day.
ZwiebacI, which is often the most di-
gestlble food for children and dyspep-
tics may be made at home 1t is a
sort Of a German cake, and calls for a
half a pound Of sugar. five eggs and
one pound of flour. Knead this well
together until quite stiff, roll the
dough out fiat about three fingers wide,
brushing the mixture over with the
white Of an egg. place in a moderate
oven, and bake for half an hour, then
take IL out, and with a sharp knife
cut ii into thin pieces while hot, dust
st lightly with sugar. and place it again
in the oven until both sides are a light
brown color.
Slender cut glass pitchers, with silver
mounfings at the top and without COW
ers, are being sold for cream pitchers
They are. in fact, miniature lemonade
jugs. as far as their hight and slirnness
SO.
A florist advises that when palms
have been recently repotted they should
not be kept at once in a very warm
room They thrive better in a cooler
place for a few weeks. and II gradually
acciimated to increased heat, while
they do not need, according to the
same authority, SO much water when
freshly repotted. The care of what
are called drawing-roonn plants In our
gas-Hghted and superheated houses Is
at the best a serious one, and is not
always repaid by thrifty growths.
Leaking gas fixtures are one of the
most deadly influences that can be
brought to bear upon plants or flow
ers. When the gas is burning, some Of
the poison IS consumed, but its full