4885 
477 
too apparent. Their limbs and feet should be 
thickly clad with as few garments as may be, 
and their clothing or lack of it should not 
prevent them from taking the same out-door 
exercise as boys. These rules are not espe¬ 
cially for “people who have money,” but for 
every one of us. Hygienic measures cost less 
than colds or doctors 1 bills. A cold is almost 
invariably the result of carelessness or ignor¬ 
ance. ZENA CLAYBOURNK. 
CONDUCTED BY EMIT Y MAPLE. 
THE FIRST COMPANY DINNER. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
So Horace says you must give a company 
dinner and you shrink from the task, Eupbe- 
mia. Well, I do not wouder at you, for after 
one has been sitting at one’s own board four 
months alone with the lover who has been 
for that time a husband, with only an occa¬ 
sional lady guest to tea, it is a serious matter 
to give eveu a small diuuer and feel that it is 
successful But your rooms suggest comfort, 
and that i3 the very first essential. Your 
warm looking carpets and curtains, the good 
taste in your chairs, that look as if they were 
made to rest in and not for show, everything 
in outward appearance is in your favor, and 
your own hospitable manner and warmth of 
welcome must, do the rest. Money cannot 
purchase the “at home” feeling that pene¬ 
trates every liber of our being iu some houses, 
or the chill and formality that influence us 
at others. After this, you need a well set 
table, not so much in the richness of the silver 
and dishes as iu the taste with which they are 
displayed. Then you want the three C’s— 
Good company, good cooking and good carv¬ 
ing—and with your own servaut and an as¬ 
sistant, yon can impress your guests favor¬ 
ably I am sure. Issue your invitations two 
weeks beforehand, in the name of Horace and 
yourself. The answers will come at once, if 
the guests are well bred, aud then you can 
arrange your table so as to avoid confusion 
and the disarrangement of plans when the 
time comes. 
The hour is from seven to eight, Euphemia, 
and you must be dressed aud read}' to receive 
the guests at the earliest named hour. If the 
dinner is to be served. *Vl la Russe” it relieves 
the host of the arduous task of carving, as all 
this is done on the sideboard. But unless you 
have a butler or some oue accustomed to the 
work, and a stall of servants, It is best not to 
attempt this style. Iu setting the table, a 
white cloth of finest damask is spread over 
oueofgieen baize, or thick cloth or felt, to 
give softuess aud thickness. Some people use 
slips that are placed along each side of the 
table aud drawn off before dessert: but this is 
a mere matter of taste. Before each seat are a 
napkin and roll in any shape fancied, a 
knife, folk and spoon suitable for immediate 
use, and the pretty miniature cruet stands, 
containing also salt, are sometimes placed be¬ 
tween each two guests. A pretty center 
decoration may be a bit of bright scarlet with 
glass troughs for flowers on cither side, aud 
the floral decoretiou must bo feathery and 
light with flowers of the choicest sorts. If 
not plentiful, let them be at least graceful. 
All the decorations must also be low, so that 
any one can look at bis t ns <1 vis and see the 
beauties of the flowers that arc before them. 
The dessert can be plucad on the table, as it 
adds to the effectiveness, if of choice fruits or 
confections. 
It is the duty of Horace to tell each gentle¬ 
man what lady he is to take in to dinner aud 
introduce him to her, if necessary. When din 
uer is announced, he as host, will take out the 
lady who ought to have the precedence. He 
takes his seat at the bottom of the table aud 
places his lady at his right hand, she is always 
the first served by the waiters. You, my dear 
Euphemiu, sit at the top and place at your 
right hand the geutlemau who escorts you. 
I think the plan of placing curds on the table 
before each seat, with the name of the guest 
and a pretty decoration is very charming, 
and with your talent for painting these may 
be choice souvet irs of the dinner party. 
The plate of soup, first served, Is at once 
tasted, and no one waits for another. If oue 
does not care for it, alter the first few sips the 
menu enu be studied: but it is not fushiou- 
abh to ask your choice but to passoverythiug. 
Do ludies take oil' their gloves.' Certainly, 
before the soup. Wine? 1 suppose I ought to 
say something about it, but so many elegant 
ladies nowa-days give dinners without it, 
that it really is not necessary. After the 
heavy dishes, (anil they need only consist of 
three courses—soup, fish and roast) the table 
is cleared of everything but the decorations 
and the dessert. The crumbs are taken off, 
and to each guest is passed a dessert plate on 
which is a d’oyley, finger glass aud silver 
kuife aud fork. Some ladies put the fiuger- 
glasses on when the table is set. and in each 
floats a bit of scented geranium leaf. The 
servants hand around the principal dishes to 
each guest, and then retire. It is the poetry 
of the dinner and really enjoyed by those who 
are uot too epicurean. It does not require a 
great deal of preparation, any of the good, 
light, frothy dishes you can get in your cook¬ 
book, a few bonbons for the younger mem - 
bers of the party and plenty of fruit will 
satisfy the most fastidious. Wheu all seem 
satisfied and are merely playing with their 
nut-shells, you will know it i3 time to return 
to the drawing room. Try ami attract the 
attention of the lady whom Horace took in, 
and with a low bow, lead the way. The 
gentlemen will rise and one of them will gal¬ 
lantly open the door. It is really only a 
ceremony, for they will soon follow: but you 
have tbe advantage of a few moments’ change 
and can talk to each other as ladies often like 
to do, white the servant passes around coffee, 
and after the gentlemen come in many people 
have tea and biscuits handed around. By 
ten or eleven your guests will say good-bye 
and your dinner will be a success, if you use 
your own natural, pleasant inauner aud follow 
these simple instructions. You have some 
doubts about the bill-of-farei That is non¬ 
sense. Take what is in season; give me a 
pencil aud I’ll jot down what you can do just 
now, and then I must say good-bye. You 
can find all the methods in the cooking-books, 
so I’ll just give you the items. 
Soup—Mock turtle can be purchased can¬ 
ned, or oyster. Fish croquettes or fried oysters 
are easily prepared. Roast turkey aud fillet 
of beef or partridges: mashed potatoes, <> la 
neiije: celery, canned string beaus or peas; 
cocoa nut pudding; Bavarian cream; fruits, 
cheese. All the dessert can be purchased 
ready-made cheaper thau you can prepare it. 
and then tbe success depeuds on taste and 
pretty dessert dishes. 
A CAUSE ANdYhE REMEDY. 
Undoubtedly a main reason for the rest¬ 
lessness of boys on the farm, and their desire 
to become dwellers in the town, fa tbe finer, 
brighter, neater clothing worn on the streets, 
aud the warm, joyous, friendly manner which 
town dwellers generally are obliged to assume 
aud maintaiu. These are powerful attractions 
to young people vexed with the coarse and 
soiled attire and the plainness of speech, if uot 
absolute rudeness, that prevail iu the honest, 
uncompromising atmosphere of the farm. If 
these objections cannot be acceptably modified, 
and dissatisfaction increases, the best remedy 
is perhaps to place a youth, when about 14 for 
a few months in a town store, if a place can 
be found. The tedium of confinement will 
soon make the green, free country seem to 
a youth of that age infinitely preferable. I 
have known several permanent cures effected 
in this wav, the remedy being taken, or rather 
given, iu time to allow of return to the farm. 
w. 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
RAIL-ROAD YEAST FOR COLD WEATHER— 
EQUALLY GOOD AT ANY TIME. 
Put to soak two yeast cakes.or use a eup’of 
soft yeast. Stir together two tablespoonfuls 
of sugar, two of salt and three of flour. Put 
a small handful of hops into a pint of water, 
and when boiliug strain on to the sugar, salt 
an 1 flour. Stir so that the flour will not be in 
lumps and tbe hup water should be boiling so 
that the Hour will be scalded. Pare 12 medi 
um-sized potatoes and boil whole, passthrough 
the colander, add one quart of boiliug water, 
one of cold and tbe hop mixture. When cool, 
add the soaked yeast cakes or so It yeast und 
set iu a warm—not too hot—pla.’o to rise for 
24 hours. Stir occasionally. Thou turn iuto 
a one-gallou jar, cork and keep where it is 
cool. Use two teacupfufa for four loaves of 
bread. Start the sponge in the morning and 
in two or three hours you can mix hard, 
TO HUE VENT PIES BAKING OVER, 
Good pie apples, such ns Grefinings, do not 
require ativ water. Two or three tablespoon¬ 
fuls ure enough for poorer apples later in the 
seasou. Sweeten, season, and add a small 
deee of butter. Cut the under crust, n little 
arger thau the dish, lap It over the upper 
crust, pinch tight ami mark with a fork. 
MRS. B. JOHNSON. 
UNBOILED CANDY. 
Use the whites of two or more eggs and take 
of cold water an equal amount. Beat togeth¬ 
er thoroughly ami add powdered sugar, to 
make a thick paste, the same as for frosting 
cake. Drop on buttered papers, in shapes 
that please the eye, try round forms the size 
of a quarter of a dollar, flatten by placing the 
half meat of a nut—Brazil, hickory, or what¬ 
ever kind you please,—on the top of every 
drop. A variety 'cuu be made by using 
chocolate, cocoa nut, ot whatever you please. 
Place the candies in a cool room to dry. 
O. L. WIUTON, 
llontord'v Acid IMiosplinte. 
Yuliiiihlr Medicine. 
Dr. W. II. Farmiclkk, Toledo, O., says: “I 
have prescribed the ‘acid’ in a large variety 
of diseases, and have been amply satisfied t hat 
it is a valuable additiou to our list of medicin¬ 
al agents .”—Ad v. 
P&scettaiwousi ^Advertising. 
Ayer s Cherry Pectoral 
The danger of catching a sudden cold, which may develop Bronchitis, Pneu¬ 
monia, Diphtheria, or some other dangerous disease of the throat and lungs, has de¬ 
mon*! rated, agaiu and again, the importance of providing for just such emergencies 
nv always keeping on hand a bottle of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. 
Will Cure Bronchitis 
Sarah A. Sloan, Forest Grove, Oregon, 
writes: “A long time ago I had severe 
Bronchitis. As several of my brothers 
and sisters had died after being similarly 
affected, I became alarmed, and com¬ 
menced the use of Ayer’s Cherry rectoral. 
One bottle cured me. The trouble has 
never returned, and l believe that the 
Cherry Pectoral saved my life.” 
J. 31. Wharton, Jamestown, N. €., 
writes: “I have used Ayer’s Cherry 
Pectoral a long time in my family, and 
have yet to see its failure to cure Bron¬ 
chial troubles or Coughs of any kind.” 
Jus. Walden, Byhalia, Miss., writes: “I 
suffered eight years from Bronchitis, and 
was cured by the use of Ayer's Cherry 
Pectoral.” 
And Asthma. 
Mrs. Mary A. E. Johnson. Horutown, Pa., writes: “I am now (10 years old. 
I had good health, until afflicted with Asthma, a few years ago. This was accom¬ 
panied by a severe Cough. I suffered for over a year, until I took Ayer’s Cherry 
Pectoral, which relieved and cured me. I believe it a God-send.” 
AYER'S CHERRY PECTORAL, 
PREPARED BY 
1>R. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass., V. S. A. 
For sale by all Druggists. 
$mirtemenb and Machinery. 
THE RECORDS SHOW 
THAT THE BUTTER YIELD OF THE 
COOLEY CREAMERS 
ha* never been oonullod by any Creamery, Pan, or Separ¬ 
ator. They carried off the Premiums for the Greatest 
Per Pent, ot .Yield In the great dairy States of Iowa 
and Wisconsin. 
Over 31,000 in Daily Use!! 
Their combined product of butter and cheese reaches nearly ifi pounds to the 
hundred pounds of milk. They take the lend tn the l ream Gathering System. 
THE DAVIS SWING CHURN. 
Awarded SIX SILVER MEDALS In the last four yea recover all competi¬ 
tors. It operates the easiest. It chums more thoroughly and eonsequen flu brings 
more butter. It is rhecasiest to clean. The cover is always O" top, avoiaiitg nil 
leakage anti empty)na of cream on the floor. Also a full line of BUTTER 
WORKERS. BUTTER PRINTERS and ail supplies for Dntries and 
Factories. Von will regret it if you purchase any apparatus before sending for 
our Illustrated Circulars. 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE GO., Bellows Falls, Vt. 
THE SC ni AklCT ID !! hollow steclstanoaro 
new rLANtl Jn -horse hoe- 
As lately itnrodueed, has no coital In the world. Its excel lent 
work ill the field lias distanced that of alt competitors. !t is. 
in some sections, doing in one passage, the work ot four or 
five old-style Implements, and iu others superceding the cum¬ 
bersome and expensive twu-Uur*e tools The ** PLANET 
JR” HAND SEED-DRILLS AND WHEEL HOES 
ure the newest uml nest, lightest ..net strongest known. There 
are 7 distinct tools, each with special merits, no two alike or 
the same Price: all practical and labor-saving. Let no 
Farmer or Gardener fail ro «tu<)v up during the winter 
evenings unr I>**-'» t’ATAEOGI’E. which gives reduced 
prices, careful and exact engravings nf these different 
machines, und such description* a- \v ' eeuWe ltie reader iu 
Judge correctly of tln-lr merits. Thirty pages and Forty 
engravings. Free to all. Correspondence snlTciied. 
S I Al I rw ft rn MANUFACTURERS, 127 and 129 
. L. KLLLN & UU M CATHARINE ST.. PHILADELPHIA. PA. 
Send for 
Catalogue 
and 
Prices- 
BOOKWALTER ENGINES 
UPRIGHT AND HORIZONTAL, 
3 TO 10 HORSE POWER. 
OVER 3,000 IN SUCCESSFUL OPERATION. 
Illustrated Pnruphlet sent free. Address, 
JAMES LEFFEL & CO., Springfield, Ohio. 
Eastern Office: 110 Liberty St.. New York. 
ATLAS « E 
INDIANAPOLIS* IND.. U. S. A. 
_ M A NT FAC TT.KI 'RS OT 
STE&M ENBIH ES& 
Carry Engines and Boil -rsii 
lor immediate delivery. 
for 1 
Circular*. 
MOSELEY^s CABINET junior 
Creamery and Refrigerator 
Combined. 
Send 
tt«-The STANDARD Dairying Apparatus. 
Hava NO EQUAL on the market. Adapted to any 
dairy, large or miiuII. Fur families, factories, the 
f'/enn-oiitfleriiiv tya-... tor hotels, rostanrauts and 
hoarding schools. Used with or without ICE, 
The J l X It) it, having no reingerator. is lea* in price, 
though equal in all "taer respects to the U All I NET 
nt'le. which i» SUPERIOR to nil others made. 
THE STODDARD CHURN 
m nrPTI Made of white oak. without lloats or dashers. 
D t O I ! NINE si/.l * tor Dairy and Factory 
MORE’S PYRAMIDAL STRAIN 
leans milk perfectly, And does not boona&c milk tolls on 
of btfiiflflr Kutivr WurktrvBoir»,tVtuu.Uoir r»i**«*r> * K*Nur> 
MOSELEY & STODDARD MANF’G CO., Poultney. Vt. 
s ivx a. r.it T s 
CALF FEEDER. 
This artiota b appreciated 
•itnl approx«d by ml protfru-nlve L :ir 
BMN liul StOttk RiImvA 1'Im' ''I 
muck* lis ftXM wloivly® til K p-rjtt !", 
Natural fray, iIuKIuk .as well as wiim 
fad on its own m"th*r Circuit*'* 
Krrc SM VLI. X 1 IATTBI W 
2 1 MiU-L. t ltu«tD?L >lu** 
Auml* 
Wxn|<*d. 
Rx-I and most pro Utah?* LATE WHITE 
PEACH; trvo*. inotudiiiic fa’adln.; 
\ vri.11. a llllum’* Lurl.v Kim I, out* id The 
»uo>t n -ir.ifalo . arly Up pit*. Good i|vck V p- 
ple Troon vli»br:i**li»K mo-t popular kind-. 
Klrhiuoiid, M on tin nut 
otiiof .dun. o ohorrlo*. Lrtipoa, Mriivibur- 
rlc*. Knapltcrrlc*, 11 a*\> .uni older umriiiN. 
100,000 ‘ 2 -yoar-aid AnpurutfUH root*. I..»i u 
slock alnulv aud ornamental trees. Send for 
catalogue. S K Roger* a Sou, Ml. Hollv, >. J. 
Adufi'M 
CARDS 
I T-argo, New Chromoa, 
| with your name in fancy 
tvpe> and Agent's Sam¬ 
ple Book, 10 Cent a. 
J?iVCItS, 
6oo Cauiv £1.00, and a SOLID 
K01.u:i> COLO RING 
FBEK to render ot* club. 
CO. t 1> ORYTON* CONS. 
BIC berries 
method. Frt*t 
viuiotioix HALE BROS.. 
and ’o/v •*/’them can ba 
grown if v ,m follow our 
!* 4 ilescriVes all 
So. UUtftonbury. Conn. 
