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a light cupper during the warm months. 
But on a January night, with the thermom- 
eter at zero, and a long evening ahead, 
the case is quite different- Then something 
warm and hearty is craved. 
Created oysters arc quickly cooked and 
always make a tempting dish. Cream to- 
gether 1}< tablespoonfuls of flour and 1 of 
butter, and pour slowly over it a pint of 
rich creamy milk which has just come to a 
boil. Stir until perfectly smooth and con- 
tinue stirring while it boils two or three 
minutes. Then put in the oysters and cook 
five minutes longer: Add salt and pepper 
just before serving. 
Scalloped hash is made by chopping 
fine any kind of cold meat, buttering a 
pudding dish and putting in a layer of the 
seasoned meat, then one of potatoes sprink- 
led with salt and pepper and bits of butter. 
Pour over it a cup of soup stock and bake 
half an hour. 
Kippered herring are very different 
from the ordinary smoked or dried fish, and 
when delicately broiled and served on toast 
ire delicious. 
Family Portraits. 
Family portraits are at best valuable only 
as portraits not as pictures, and should not 
be hung in parlor or reception room for the 
critical inspection or careless ridicule of 
strangers. Faces that are full of interest and 
even beauty to the family are often indif- 
ferent to outsiders ; hence if the pictures of 
our dear ones are to decorate the walls, 
they should be in the living-rooms where we 
can ourselves enjoy them. 
Nothing could be much uglier than a wall 
covered with photographs of the different 
members of the family from grandfather to 
baby, all in oval f fames, suspended by heavy 
magenta cord. Fortunately 6uch walls are 
not so common as they were ten years ago, 
but they are not yet obsolete. A far prettier 
and at the same 
time less expensive 
arrangement for 
photographs is to 
cover a panel with 
dark wine- colored 
cloth or plush, on 
which the cards 
may be tastefully 
grouped and fast- 
ened with small 
tacks. The whole 
Fio. 1629. maybe framed and 
hung, as shown in fig. 1629. 
Abont Pictures. 
Whatever serves to draw the attention 
away from the picture itself is to be avoid- 
ed. The object of a frame is to enclose the 
picture and heighten its effectiveness by 
shutting out surrounding objects Hence it 
should not be so showy, rich or elaborate as 
to outdo the picture and concentrate atten- 
tion on itself. The majority of pictures are 
hung too high and too far out from the 
wall. In the old Pompeian houses, the 
painting was done directly upon the wall. 
There are many objections to that method 
and yet the more nearly we can make our 
pictures belong to the wall, tho more artis- 
tic will be the effect. Hence a fine incon- 
spicuous wire should be used for hanging 
rather than the large cord which cannot be 
ignored but emphasizes the fact that the 
picture is hung. — M. C. Rankin. 
New Year Resolutions. 
A good resolution for the hard-worked 
housewife to make for the New Year is that 
she will find time each day for a nap, cr a 
rest at least of fifteen minutes ; that she 
will take every other evening at least for 
reading or playing games with her chil- 
dren, and at least one afternoon in the week 
for a social visit, a ride, or a walk. These 
would not be impossible for the busiest wo 
man, who will carefully look into her 
methods and see if there are not superflui- 
ties she can cut off ; trimmed undercloth- 
ing that can be made plain, and thus save 
sewing and ironing; cakes and pics and 
preserves, for which plainer, wholesomer 
food can be substituted. Sheets may be 
folded and onlj the upper end sprinkled 
and irened, as the iron destroys the sweet 
smell of freshly washed linen. Tablecloths 
may be saved from soiling by mats braided 
of fine corn husks, or crocheted of coarse 
darning cotton, but each woman, who 
knows her own methods, can study best 
how to improve them. 
A Nourishing Jelly. 
Invalids usually rebel against any ap- 
proach to a steady diet of beef tea served in 
the same way each time, but when its fre- 
quent use is desirable it is well to vary it 
by serving as a cold jelly occasionally. 
Extract the juice from a pound of juicy 
round of beef by chopping fine and placing 
it in a tight bottle, in boiling water for two 
hours. Have soaking a fourth of a box of 
gelatine in water and cover it. Pour over 
this the hot beef extract, stirring till the 
gelatine is dissolved. Press all the juice 
out of the meat with a lemon squeezer. If 
wine is admissable, add two wine glasses of 
sherry wine, if not, substitute a very small 
amount of a favorite spice, and a little 
lemon juice. Strain the jelly through a 
close cloth into small cups to mould. It 
may be hardened quickly by packing in a 
bowl of salt and crushed ice. 
An Aromatic Pillow. 
In addition to the pillow with which 
every well regulated sofa should be sup- 
plied, ought to be other little head rests 
filled with balsam fir needles, or with dried 
rose or lavender leaves. These arc not only 
conducive to sleep, but fill that comer of 
the room with sweet odors, and call up 
soothing memories. The bag to contain 
these should be about ten by fifteen inches, 
made of soft unbleached muslin. Soft 
flowered china silk or pongee is most ap- 
priate to cover them with, and may be 
made into a long slip fringed at one end, 
and tied with ribbon. 
Seasonable Rectjrcc. 
These crullers are delicious. Into half 
a pint of water slice a piece cf butter the 
size of an egg, and bring it to a boil, then 
stir in quickly a heaping cup of flour, and 
keep stirring over the fire until it sticks to- 
gether in a ball and will roll arcund in the 
saucepan. Take it off, beat well, and leave 
standing in a warm place about half an hour. 
Then add four unbeaten eggs, beating the 
mixture well after each one, and after the 
last one is added beat hard for five minutes, 
cover and stand aside fer half an hour, then 
roll out thin, a very small portion at a time. 
Use as little flour as possible as it should be 
soft. Cut in round cakes with a hole in the 
middle, and bcil in hot lard, turning when 
the first side is brown. Have ready some 
pulverized sugar mixed with cinnamon, 
and roll them in after they are drained, but 
still hot. 
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Oysters for broiling should be fat: 
spread them cut and dry with a towel, sea- 
son on each side with salt and a little Cay- 
enne pepper. Have the gridiron hissing 
hot, and a warm dish with a piece of butter 
on it. Lay the oysters on the gridiron, and 
when browned on one side, turn and brown 
on the other, then serve immediately. 
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FOR A COUGH, boil one ounce of flax seed 
in a pint of water, strain and add a little 
honey, cue cunce of rock candy, and the 
juice cf three lemons; mix and boil well, 
then drink as hot as possible. 
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Baked ham: Select a small one, clean 
by scrubbing with a brush, in cold water, 
let it soak until the following day in 
cold water which should be changed sever- 
al times. Trim and scrape off all rusty 
parts and wipe dry with a cloth, then cover 
the parts not already covered by skin, with 
a thick paste made of flour and water. Lay 
the skin side dov/n in a baking pan and bake 
in a moderate oven nearly half an hour for 
each pound, basting frequently. When 
done peel off the crust and skin. Brush it 
over with beaten egg, then grate over this 
some bread crumbs, and place in a quick 
oven about ten minutes to brown. The 
shank bone may be ornamented with a frill 
of white paper. 
CATARRH, 
Catarrhal Deafness— Hat Fever. 
A New Home Treatment. 
Sufferers are not generally aware that these diseases 
are contagious, or that they are duo to the presence o? 
living parasites in the living membrane of the nose 
and eustachian tubes. Microscopic research, however, 
has proved this to bo a fact, and tho result of this dis- 
covery is that a simple remedy has been formulated 
whereby catarrh, catarrhal deafness and hay fever are 
permanently cured in from ono to three simple applica- 
tions made at home by the patient once in two weeks. 
N B.— This treatment is not a snuff or an ointment; 
both have been discarded by reputable physicians as 
injurious. A pamphlet explaining this new treatment 
is sent on receipt of ten cents by A. II. Dixon & Son, 
303 West King Street, Toronto, Canada .— Toronto 
Globe. 
Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should carefully 
read the above. 
