The National tribune., 1906-12-27
THE FAMILY.
By sEN0RA SARA.

coffee has to be boiled to get the
strength out of the crushed berry. Or
the contrary, boiling gives the liquid
a peculiar bitter taste that is foreign
to really good coffee Besides that, II
ruins the flavor. Drip coffee is sup
posed to be the very best coffee that
Is made, but even that is spoiled some
times by letting the liquid boil up over
the strainer, thus loosening the oil that
makes the coffee bitter. If you have
not a regular coffee strainer, make
three or four cheesecloth bags of a
size large enough to accommodate the
amount of coffee that you use. allow
ing for swelling of the grain and for a
drawstring to tie. Wash and boil the
bags after making, so that not a taste
of the cloth remains in them. Fill the
bag with the coffee, and have in a tea
kettle, boiling hot, exactly the amount
of water you want to use for your
coffee. Rinse the coffee pot out with
hot water. and put the bag I'm the pot
and pour over it the boiling water.
Place the pot on the back of the stove,
where IT will remain just below the
bub5!ing period for at least 10 min
utes. The result will give you clear.
strong coffee; You need not use a grain
more than for the old way-and it will
not hurt the weakest digestion. Neith-
er Is egg necessary. Empty the bag
as soon as the meal is over, as there
will be no more good in the coffee, and
wash the bag in hot water; shake free
of all the grounds and hang in the air
to dry. Have at least four such bags,
and keep them and the coffee Pot
scrupulously clean.
1t is a mistake to buy poor coal oil
for your lamps OF for the little stoves
There is at best but two or three cents
difference, and the comfort in the use
of the best oil is worth a deal more
than that. Then the best oil is safest
1t will not explode so easily. and it
gives a much better light, a decidedly
hotter blaze. than the second-class
stuff. All of il is more or less maj
odorous, but with care it need not
smell so very bad Lamps and stoves
should be carefully cleaned every day.
and the lips of the burner kept free
from burnt particles.
If you have a sick friend. one who
is shut in a greater part of the time
from the world, do try and make lie
pleasanter for her. 1t may be that
your time is precious and you cannot
visit, but you can send a blossom or
two, n rose or 2 few carnations box
of fresh Strawberries. a big orange, or
box Of nice candy, all things that
home folks viii probably get, if the
patient expresses desire for them.
yet it is so pleasant II be remembered
by. ones friends in that delicate way.
Maybe You have q horse and carriage
and your friend has none. 1t would De
q gracious thing to ask her to take 2
drive on fine days. and would cheer
her greatly. yet people who can tender
such little courtesies are neglectful of
them. tho they could widen their sphere
of usefulness a great deal if they
would, and at no cost to self.
A lot os missionary work could be
done in great lonely cities among the
young ladies' who earn mere pittance
to help needy ones at home, and who
live in little hall bed rooms. eating but
one good meal a day and living on
lunches the other two meals. They
know almost no one, and are depend
ent on strangers for any little atten-
tion. If they pet acquainted with the
wrong kind of people there is no one
to tell them till it is too late There
are plenty Of societies TO take them in !
and care for them when they havel
gone wrong. but it would he much more
Iii W HtlD lH'H1 III InelTt
hour of loneliness and need. Take these |
young ladies into your pew at church. |
Invite them to dinner informally Give
them occasional tickets to good lee |
lures, show them in delicate little ways
that you are interested in them, and
maybe the list of those who stray into
forbidden paths will shorten. 1t isl
worth the trial. anyhow.
The doctor came and examined her
pulse, her tongue. her respiration. the
color of her skin, the whites of herI
eyes, and heard her declare that she
had headaches all the time, and mol
end of INDIGESTION Then he wrote out
prescription. and. with the remark |
that it was a drastic dose. but shel
would be a well woman in week ifl
she took it. he went off. and when she |
opened the piece of paper he left in |
her hand she read: "Onions three times
n day, and between meals if you like"
She was pretty mad, but she took the
dose. and now she says that she be-
heves that onions viii cure any kind
of disease. even a love-sick swain i: he !
gets whiff of onion-scented breath |
in n kiss. It is true as gospel. how
ever, that onions are a great cure-all |
They stimulate the liver they help the |
circulation. and tiev do clear up thel
skin wonderfully. The girl who wants |
10 get rid OF her Sallow. muddy COM
p!exion can do so hv eating an onion |
sandwich every night just before re-
tiring. Two thin slices of bread, well
buttered. and finely chopped onion
sprinkied thick between, with a dress |
ing of salt and little pepper. is the |
very best way and while they make
one sleep well. they also go right toi
work on the thick, sluggish blood, and
clear II up.
IT isn't much wonder that men grow
tired Of their wives. when they so soon
forget to be pleasing objects to look |
at A woman in q draggled. soiled |
morning gown. her bangs stringing !
down over = not too clean face hcrI
slippers ripped and worn, but "easv,"
TO collar and corsetIess isn't an OBJ |
ject to please ANYBODY. not even her |
self, and she is unnecessarily ugly, for !
a little time would make her as whole |
some as ever she WIS in her paImies,
days. II is true that a woman who
has household ceres cannot always be |
dressed GD.'' but she can wear Il clean
dress. and aho can always have soap
and water and comb. When Won
hear q man who has been married for |
Is wears and more declaring that his
wife doesn't seem 10 get a day older
YOU can lust be sure that she is keep
ing herself we'll groomed. and well in
hand. and has never let her husband
forget the little courtesies of life which
go far TO keep the heart young Nol