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The Van Buren press., 1898-02-05
FOR The HOUSEWIFE.
A Few Hints Which May Prove of
Value.

While maple sugar is new, it will be
found that, grated, it serves as a most
delicious hard sauce for hot puddings.
1t is so soft and moist that the grating
process does not granulate it, as hap
pens later, and cake of the solid sugar
is quickly converted into a smooth, COM
pact sauce.
A cooking-school recipe is one for
an attractive dish ofapples. Four large,
tart apples should be cored and quar-
tered and steamed in a saucepan, with
not more than two tablespoonfuls of
water. Soak two tablespoonfu,s of
granulated gelatine in half a teacupful
of water When the apples are cooked
soft, take from the fire, add the gelatine,
half a cupful of sugar, and a little green
coloring TO make it about the color of
an ordinary green apple. When this
puree is thus stirred together il should
measure 4 pint and half. Otherwise
little water may be added 10 secure
this quantity. Flavor with the grated
rind of half lemon and little of the
Juice, turn into a mold and set on ihe
ice. 1t should be served very cold,
turned out on a glass platter, with
whipped cream put around the form,
and a few chopped pistachio nuts
strewn over the top. Ifthe flavor of the
pistachio nuts is not liked, chopped
blanched almonds may be substituted.
The wide use of ammonia to assist in
all household cleaning demands that
the maids of the household should be in
structed in the necessity of removing
lis traces from many surfaces upon
which it has been employed. Nothing
Is more injurious to paint and varnish
than ammonia, and if it is used to re-
move some especially stubborn spot,
the surface should be quickly wiped
over with a clean cloth wet in clear
water. For linoleum ammonia is equal
ly bad unless it is quickly rinsed. 1t is
this little knowledge of her cleaning
drugs which makes them so dangerous
in the hands of the average housemaid.
One who has used a cloth dipped in
crude oil to wipe over The surface Of a
stained floor, saw no reason why the
same could not be applied to the highly
polished surface of an old mahogany
table. The result, naturally. was dis
astrous to its finish, and recourse to the
services of a cabinet maker was nee
essary.-N. Y. Post.
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-05
CARE OF THE TEETH.
AR Important Factor i'm the Preser-
Vation of Health.


Most people have general idea that
it is wise to take care of the teeth, and
accordingly do so, as they suppose.
They rub brush hurriedly two or three
times over the front of the teeth be-
fore going to bed, or on getting up III
the morning, and think they have
cleaned their teeth.
The importance of sound and SER
viceable teeth as an aid to health can
not be overestimated, for upon their
good conditions depends the thorough
masticatien of the food, which is the
first, and not the least, requisite of good
digestion. Many person doses him
self with all sorts of remedies to aid
digestion, when the real cause of his
dyspepsia may be found in the poor
state of his teeth.
The proper time to brush the teeth
is after each meal and at bedtime. Be
fore this is done all particles of food
should EH removed from between the
teeth by means of a toothpiek, or, bet
ter dental floss. Then the should be
brushed thoroughly with a brush Of
medium stiffness dipped in tepid water.
Very hot and very cold water are equal
ly harmful.
The brush should be used with an
up and down movement, and not side
ways only, and the backs of the teeth
should be brushed even more carefully
than the fronts, for it is there that tar
tar tends to accumulate. Many think
that tartar is harmless, but this is an
erroneous belief, its accumulationis is one
of the principal causes of the loosening
of the teeth, and it's presence exposes
one constantly to the recurrence of
gumboils.
The use of some good dentifrice once
q day, or two or three times a week,
keeps the teeth white and better look
ing, but it is not absolutely necessary
when the toothbrush is used regularly
after each meal. Rinsing the mouth
after each brushing with some pleas
antly-flavored antiseptic solution helps
to avert decay of the teeth.
Finally, not the least important point
in the care of the teeth is a regular
semiannual visit to the dentist, that he
may examine the teeth and fill at once
any beginning cavity. In this way the
teeth may be preserved, accidents eX-
cepted, for long lifetime, and the
natural teeth, even when filled and re-
paired, are many times better from
every point of view than any artificial
ones.
Nearly as important as the preserva-
tion of the permanent teeth is that of
the millk-teeth in children, but this is
a subject that deserves to be consid-
cred in an article by itself.-Youth's
Companion.
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-05
FASHIONS FANCfES.
New Notes on the Correct Thing ts
Ladies' Costumes.

Ladies' Costumes.
The plated round waist and the fun
Russian blouse waist contest for favor
with the numberless chic little coat
basques, very short, very smart and
very much trimmed. Sometimes we see
the basque portion cut III one with the
waist, and sometimes added on. In
other instances the coat or basque ef-
feet is confined to the basque onlTWhile
the front is slightly pointed or quite
round. The back is in one seamless
piece, and is arranged in endless ways
below the belt line. Short jacket fronts
made by leading French coatmallers
open on full vests of any soft material
that gathers, plaits, tucks or can be ar
ranged in effective surplice folds in
side square or tiny rounded jackets Of
some heavy textile.
Evening toilets show stylish loops
and ends of ribbon on the shoulders,
the loops alone or mingled with airy
frills of plated silk muslin. The half
low bodice shows the still popular Wat
teau bow of medium-wide ribbon
placed between the shoulders at the
backs, the ends falling low on the dress
skirt OF ribbons alone are made very
charming girdles, bretelles, vests,
gimps, surplice waist front, jacket
fronts, panel pieces, fichus. pulfs for
slashed sleeves, blouses, collars, cuffs
and little mouchoir muffs or chatelaine.
Many of the demitrained dress skirts
are cut with nine cores; and at the back
some are boX-plaited and others fam
plated.
Huguenot caps are added to the tops
of many of the short, full, puffed sleeves
of evening bodices.
Peplums, which are added to Russian
blouses, jacket bodices, surplce waists
and similar garments, are shaped in va
rious ways. Some are crenelated, 9th
ers cut in oval tabs or sharp yandykes,
and also in circular form, with or with
out plaits at the back.
Little bolero, zouave or other small
jacket pieces are added to the fronts of
high or low-necked corsages cut In
Russo and made of airy textiles draped
loosely over fitted silk underwaists.
htsf liiilt olh1 lllNNto hlt iitldt va
riously of lace, velvet, jeweled passe-
menterie, satin, brocade or watered
silk, and the sleeve puffs and collar
If collar there be-match these pieces
in color and fabric.
German broadcloth in dark Russian
red, or the favorite blue shade of the
winter, is noted among elegant models
in redingotes and other enyeloping gar
ments of the season. Some of the very
expensive wraps are lined throughout
with fur, notably very beautiful blue
garment made in Huguenot fashion,
with odd, stylish sleeves, passemen-
terie girdie and lined with chinchilla.
Another handsome model is a cape of
blue German broadcloth, lined with
mink fur and trimmed with dark
brown silk cord ornaments. There is
also an immense revers collar of mink
around the neck. A third wrap, with
Russian blouse features, is made OF red
and black fancy cloth, lined with red
satin and trimmed with bands of black
fox fur, with very high Klondike col
lar and a capecollar of the fur cover
ing the shoulders.-N. Y. Post.
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-05
thE VOICES OF THE PAST.
From the vale of the past, thro' the mist o


From the vale of the past, thro the mist of
years,
Voices of the long ago
Come dreamily, soothingly to my ears,
As the sun OF my life sinks low.
In the whispering breeze, in the pattering
rain.
As l sit by the fireside glow
I hear in faint echoes the tones again
OF the friends / used to know.
When around the caves the storm wind
howls,
am, as Of yore, at school,
And hear with trembling the masters
grewls,
AS he glares from his three-legged stool
All in fancy. forsooth. when the south wind
sighs,
AS the evening shadows grow,
hear once more fair maiden's replies
In the twilight long ago.
And the merry brook. as 1t softly purls
Its song in the summer air,
Calls up from the past the boys and girls
At play in the meadows fair.
AS list to these low, sweet voices of yore,
What Joy awakes in my heart!
For their music delights and charms me far
more
Than the best musicians art.
"A. s, Brendle, In Good Housekeeping.
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-05
How Alaska Indians Track Bears.

William D. Otis, who has been all
over the world as one of the iehthyolo-
gists in the employ of the government,
has just returned from his second visit
from studying the fish in Alaskan
waters. He says: "Strips of whale
bone are folded into the shape of the
letter N enveloPed in hunks of fat,
and frozen that way. The fat thus pre-
pared is left in promising spots for
great white bears to deyour. Along
comes one of the monsters, gulps q
lump down whole, the gastric juices
melt the fat and eat away the strings
of tendon with which the whalebone is
bound; the whalebone springs out
straight across the animals stomach,
and presently it dies. Next day Mr.. Es-
kimo comes olong and gathers in a
bearsbin wol th several quarts IF whis-
llv."3portland Oregonian
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-05
THE DARNING OF CLOTH.
When 1t IL Properly Done Is Very
ERectuaI.

Very few needlewomen in this coun-
try look upon the act of darning as an
accomplishment of which they may be
proud. The old-fashioned darning stitch
was an exact one. 1t demanded the tax
ing up of about two threads, and skip
ping of four. Embroiderers use this
stitch to cover the ground of some of
their designs. 1t is very pretty and
effective kind of work.
Stocking-heels are frequently "run"
or darned in this way when they are
new, to make them wear longer. The
darning of cloth, however, is a little
more careful art than that of stockinet
II often happens that a valuable gown
is torn and can only be saved by an eX-
pert darn, which Is done so skillfully
that IL becomes invisible when pressed
When the cloth is heavy this is an easy
matter. because the needle can be care
fully run between the two surfaces of
the cloth. Silk thread is the strongest
material to darn cloth with. but some
times, when there win be no strain on
the work, rayelling of the cloth may
he used because they match better.
When inserting a patch be careful 10
match the grain of the patch with the
grain OF the cloth, and darn down the
edges of the tear with ravellings on
the patch. Press the work when done
on the wrong side.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-05
CORSlCAN WAYS.
How the Countrymen Settle Their
Family Feuds.

anliy feuus.
An enemy in Corsica has thousand
ingenious little ways by which he can
put spoke in a neighbor's wheel. Why,
mere accident" in telling tree may
close the road in front of your wagon
for hours and make all your early veg
etables late for the bi-weekly market
boat: or a mysterious hole in your new
fence may let a whole flock of sheep into
your young clover, or the well may be
suddenly "bewitched," with siclsly con-
sequences to man and beast. \ resolute
new proprietor might declare he would
"stand no nonsense; such accidents
should not occur twice to him. and so
forth. But surely prevention is thou
sand times better than cure in matters
less serious than feuds between country
neighbors!
Seventeen years ago a foreign propri-
etor took up some of the Gampo-di-loro
the best land near Ajaecio He en-
gagged Swiss farmer to come with
herds and a staff and supply him with
milk and butter. Cows milk is still
rare in the island. In those days you
might milk straight into the lactome-
ter, but that instrument would not
even register zero, though new milk
in the Swiss Alps would mark 28. Thus
ii will be seen how desirable would have
been a dairying revolution in Ajaceio.
But when everything was in train for
the arrival of the Swiss farmer, his fam
lily, laborers and cattle, certain Corsi-
can well-wishers of the foreign reform
er came to him and said: Put it to
yourself; would you feel happy if the
mans hay barns were burned, if his
house was pulled down about his ears,
If he lost his life2n And the well-wish-
ers were able to convince the foreigner
that there was real danger of such acts
of violence. lie eountermanded all his
arrangements, and in course of time
was thankful to get pretty good milk
from the farm of local magnate whose
property is now fairly well managed
-Gentleman's Magazine.
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-05
PROLIFIC LIFE OF ALASKA.
Plenty Of Wild Animals in the Arctic
Reservation.


Nowhere ON my travels so far have
I seen so much warm-blooded rejoicing
life as in this grand Arctic reservations
by so many regarded as desolate. Not
only are there whales in abundance
along the shores, and innumerable
seals, walruses and white bears, but
great herds of fat reindeer on the
tundras, and wild sheep, foxes, hares,
lcmmings, whistling marmots, and
birds. Perhaps more birds are born
here than in any other region of equal
extent on the continent. Not only do
strong-winged hawks, eagles and wa
ter-fowl, to whom the length of the
continent is only a pleasant excursion,
come up here every summer in great
numbers, but also many short-winged
warblers, thrushes and finches, to rear
their young in safety, reinforce the
plant bloom with their plumage, and
sweeten the wilderness with song, fly
ing all the way, some of them, from
Florida. Mexico and Central America.
In thus going so far north they are
only going home, for they were born
here, and only gosouth to spend the WIN
ter months as New Englanders go to
Florida. Sweet-voiced troubadours, they
sing in orange groves and vine-clad
magnolia woods in winter, in thickets
of dwarf birch and alder in summer,
and sing and chatter more or less all
the way back and forth, keeping the
whole country glad. Oftentimes in
New England just as the last snow
patches are melting, and the sap in the
naples begins to flow, the blessed
wanderers may be heard about or
chards and the edges of fields where
they have stopped to CLEAN scanty
meal, not tarrying long, knowing they
have far to 60 Tracing the footsteps
of spring, they arrive in their tundra
homes in June or July, and set out on
their return journeys in September, or
as soon as their families are able TO
fly well.-John Muir, in Atlantic.
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-05
a Mcxicnn's Curious idea of Business.

"While travelling in Mexico a few
years ago had funny experience with
a Mexican vender which goes to show
what little business ability the lower
classes have" said E. F. Guignon, of
st. Louis. 81 was en- route TO look at
some mines away up in the mountains.
At the station where we left the train
to take the stage | saw an old woman
selling some honey. She did not have
more than ten pounds of it altogether
and as it looked so good, | wanted to
buy it all to take along with us. Iasked
our interpreter to buy it. Much to my
surpise the old womdn would sell him
but two boxes, claiming that if she
sold it all to him she would have moths
ing to sell to other people, neither
would she have anything else to do dur
ing the remainder of the day."-Denver
Republican
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-05
snonge Ginrerhrcnd.

Melt piece of butter the size of n
hens egg; mix with n pint of molasses
a tablespoonful of ginger and quart
OF flour. Dissolve a heaping table
spoonful Of saleratus in half pint OF
milk; strain and mix it with the rest
OF the ingredients. Add sufficient -four
to make it roll out easily. roll half an
inch thick ard bake on fiat tins in a
quick oven If good Orleans molasses
Is used this cake viii be very light and
rpongy.-Good Housekeeping.
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-05
HE SANG EVERYTHING.
An Amusing Incident in Noted
Preachers Experience.


The following is related by Rev. DR..
Mcintyre, of Chicago; 81 cannot sing,
unfortunately, and so whenever | con-
Quoted revival services / used to take
along a friend of mine named Vincent,
a great, strapping fellow with a voice
like the north wind. He never had had
any musical training, but, oh, he could
sing. Whenever he sailed into a hymn
the cornfields would turn their ears to-
ward the church. In those days hymn
books We're scarce, and it was custom
ary for the minister to read two lines
of some familiar hymn, and the con-
gregation would then sing them, the
tune being generally known.
"On one occasion | read two lines
of long meter hymn, and Vincent led
the singing agnifcently. Then Inext
picked up the Bible and read my text;
is there no balm in Gilead? Is no ply
sician there?' | laid down the book,
but before I could begin preaching Vim
cents voice arose, loud and clear, and
the congregation followed him in sing
ing the text. Too much surprised TO
collect my scattered senses I leaned
over the pulpit and in a stage whisper
said to Vincent: THE words gave you
were the text, and not hymn at all.
This time Vincent had a monopoly of
the singing, for the congregation had
not caught the words; but hc never
stopped or wavered until he had sung
every word of my confidential remark
to him. I sank into my seat. For the
next five minutes I didn't dare open
my mouth for fear Vincent would sing
me down. paid him off that night after
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-05
non,d Grovvth of stockhoIm.

In 1868 Stockholm, Sweden, was con-
sidered a large city. 1t had then be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 inhabitants. \
hundred years later the number was
$4,000 and as late as 1910 it was only s4,-
600. In 1894 it had risen TO 26o.0oo-a
remarkable illustration Of the eNtraor-
dinarv growth Of cities in the last
decades Chicago Chronicle.
The Van Buren press., 1898-02-05
nate puddinr

One cupful Of sour milk, one cupful
OF sugar or molasses, one spoonful of
butter, a teaspoonful of soda, spices TO
suit the taste, one pound of dates with
stones removed; stir quite stifT with
graham -four and steam two hours.
Serve with cream and sugar-Boston
Globe
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
DATES FROM HISTORY.

The colony of Rhode Island was
founded in 1886.
The cucumber is one of the vegetables
named in early Bible history, though
some claim that melons were really
meant. AS to the melon, the date of its
first cultivation is lost in antiquity, but
Pliny records it's use, and, as he died in
A. d. 70, it probably is as old as the Gu
cumber.
In Germany Christmas trees have
been known ever since the introduction
of Christianity. Before that time the
dressing of a tree with candles and
presents was feature of the midwinter
Druidical festival, so that, in fact, the
Christmas tree dates back to an era be-
fore the dawn of written history.
Virginia, the first British settlement
in North America, was discovered by
John Cabot in 1897, and was taken pos
session of for Raleigh and named after
the virgin queen, Elizabeth, July 10,
1884. Vain attempts were made to set
tie it in 1855. Two expeditions were
formed by patent in 1906, and others in
1910. In 1926 it reverted to the crown,
and a more permanent colony was
established soon afterwards. George
Washington was delegate for Virginia
in the congress of 1774. Eastern Vir-
ginia seeded from the union April 25,
1861, but western Virginia declared for
the union February IS, and elected
governor February 20, 1861, and became
a state in 1868.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
THE EFFECT OF COLoRS.

Green needs sunlight to develop the
yellow in 1t and makes it seem cheerful.
Red brings out in room whatever
hint of green turks in the composition
of the other colors employed.
If olive or red brown is used in con-
Junction with mahogany furniture the
effect is very different from what it
would be if blue were used. Blue would
develop the tawny orange lurking in the
mahogany.
If ceiling is set high, leave it light,
that it may appear to recede. Deepen
ing the color used on the ceiling would
make it lower-an effect desirable #
the room is small and the ceiling very
high. Various tones of yellow are sub
stitutes for sunlight.
If bright, sunny room gets its light
from a space obtruded upon by russell
colored or yellow-painted houses, or
else looks out upon a stretch of green
grass, it should be decorated in a color
very different from the shade chosen if
the light comes from only an unbroken
expanse of sky.
The thermometer seems to fall six de-
grees when you walk into a blue room.
Yellow is an advancing color; there
fore, a room fitted up in yellow will
appear smaller than it is. On the other
hand, blue of a certain shade introduced
generously into a room will give IN
idea of space. Red makes no difference
in regard to size. Green makes very
little
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
\ RABBIT TRAP.

iecting one-fourth inch inside. The
door then slides down between the end
of the shorter upper board and the pro-
iecting edges of the lath, shown at L
in the upper part of illustration as seen
from above. To support the door a
piece of lath is nailed on each side of
the trap and notcked on the upper end.
\ simple cross, NJ, also of lath, supports
the door. 1t is tied to the door at one
end by string and to the trigger at the
other. The trigger is a small notched
stick shown at c which passes through
an inch hole in the top of the trap near
the back end. On the front edge of the
hole, D, piece of hoop iron is nailed
and the door is supported at any point
desired by hooking the notches in the
trigger on the hoop iron. The rabbit or
other pest, who i'll cold weather is al
ways hunting a warm hole, crawls into
the trap, and pushing against the trig-
ger causes the notch to slip off the iron
strip, the door falls and the pest is
Gagged. No bait is necessary, but a
piece of apple in the extreme back end
of the trap may be an additional in
ducement. The trap must be made of
old weather-beaten boards for the
strong odor of new pine will keep the
rabbit from going in.-Dr. Asa Bow
man, in Farm and Home.