The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-30

eieLl opens CUPBOARD OF long Shelves,
holding bodice frames or busts upon
which the waists of the gowns may be
Kept The ample space between the
Two entrances is fitted with hangers
set at different nights to accommodate
SKIRT gowns, petticoats, etc, of varying
lengths. The closet is lighted by cleo
trlclty and is well ventilated, though
no daylight penetrates it.
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The lettuce-leaf salad-sets in china
are imported this year in increased
beauty of design and finish Perfect
ly simulated heads of lettuce, some of
natural size and some of what might
be called heroic, are shown as salad
bowls, the plates being an excellent
counterfeit of a single lettuce leaf.
with the set are tiny mayonnaise bowls
OF similar color and pattern. The ware
is Italian and is beautifully thin with
a polished finish. Some individual
salad-plates are in lettuce-leaf design
little downy chicken standing on one
side of the plate.
1t should be remembered that in MAX
ing cream of spinach soup no water is
added to the spinach when it is put
on to be cooked. 1t should be washed
thoroughly and not drained before be-
ing put into the kettle. The water
that will adhere to the leaves is suffi
cient moisture for it's cooking, and
burning is prevented by putting it into
q double boiler. 1t should be cooked
until soft enough to rub through CO.
lander before it is added to the hot
milk that has been thickened with flour
and butter.
Investigating science has laid one
more burden upon the mother who
would put every safeguard around her
bottle-fed baby. Not only the meth
DDS but the manners of cow-keepers
must be studied, as it has been demon
strated, it seems, that unkind treat
ment of cows will produce poison in
their milk. They are said to be affect
ed not alone by kicks and blows, but
also by loud talk and profane abuse.
Truly life grows more complex every
hour
For simple article some recent i'm
portations of ash-receivers are worthy
of mention. They are excellent rep
reservations of the tobacco-leaf, a half
smoked cigar with a long ash in per-
feet facsimile being an additional dec
Grafton. The smokers stands that are
considered by some housekeepers as
proper parlor decorations, really be-
long in a smoking-room, never any
where else in the house. Where it is
necessary to keep a tobacco-jar and
ash-tray in the library or sitting-room
fn ha Of hc fa,,
be done unobtrusively.
Rural Telephones.
Geauga County, O., affords an ex-
cellent illustration of how easy and in
expensive it is for farmers to have
their own telephone system, if they
only go the right way to work in in
stalling it. Telephone wires are strung
throughout every one of the sixteen
townships in the county; and although
there are no cities in the district, and
the system is essentially a rural one,
it is possible for every citizen of the
county to communicate by telephone.
either directly or by messenger service,
with every other inhabitant of the
county, and by connection service with
other lines, with an infinite number of
of the leading organizations consists of
eight farmers, who reside in one town
ship. They formed a regular stock
company, and went about the erection
of poles and the stringing of wires as
if they were catering entirely for them
selves They soon found themselves
asked for service by many of the peo-
pie along the line, and their system
Ill, b<1 al
ing.
In one particular respect the organ
izers of this line showed great wisdom
Instead of making the mistake of many
companies, and putting up a cheap
line, they bought the best cedar poles
in the market, painted cross-arms. pro-
cured the finest quality of transmitters
and used the metallic circuit. This
gave such good service from the start
that their patrons were delighted, and
naturally the scheme received an i'm
petus which soon carried it to a sue
cess. The cost of erecting one%mile
of this system, all told, is $51.50 It
must be said however, that nearly all
the labor of this particular line was done
by the stockholders themselves. The
President took charge of the digging OF
the holes, the manager did the string
hands turned in and put up the poles
hands turned in and put up the poles,
and did the general work. The man
ager of the company is young farm
er, who is becoming quite clever in put
ting in instruments, making connec-
tons, and replenishing batteries when
they run down. The switchboard is in
the house of one of the stockholders,
and an attendant is paid for operating
it. The patrons are charged So per
year, payable in advance, or S1.25 per
month. The company makes all re-
pairs, and in addition to the local SER
vice gives a line to neighboring town,
to which the farmers for miles around
go to transact business.
/ The social influence of this service is
almost inestimable, relieving as it does
the great bugbear of farm life, lone
someness and monotony. The farmer
can hear all the latest bulletins, and
can obtain the weather forecasts every
hour. The amount of time he saves
in being able to talk to the nearest
town instead of going there himself
means not little economy in many
ways. The women, too, get lots OF
comfort and enjoyment out of the tele-
phone, arranging visits, comparing
family news, and indulging in social
gossip. In fact, it is said that the tel
ephone has frightened the whole COM
munity, and brought them up to a dis
tinctly higher plane of civilization
Los Angeles Times.
Choose rather to punish your appe-
tites than to be punished by them
Tyrious MaximS.