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THE ANCIENT GREEKS. 
THEIE BELIEF CONCERNING THE 
SEAT OF LOVE AND PASSION. 
The Liver regarded as the Favored. Organ — 
How Could it be Sof Recent Facts 
partly Confirm this Belief . 
The ancient. Greeks thought the seat of 
love and passion was in the liver, and in great 
measure their opinion was not far astray. 
The lover whose liver is off, or the husband 
who is bilious, is uot half a man—bis sluggish 
liver has filled his blood with bile. 
Of all the mean contemptible counterfeits 
in the world, red blood full of bile is the 
worst, —the very worst! 
We have about 10 quarts of this fluid in 
the average size man. It is constantly under¬ 
going change and is manufactured from the 
food the we daily consume by a chemical 
process nature has. She selects only that por¬ 
tion which-, after digestion, is found to be 
proper, and takes it up by a tube called the 
thoracic duct, emptying it into the large vein 
near the left collar bone, from which it is at 
once carried to the kidneys to be strained of 
all the deleterious matter which was left 
by the towels. 
If the kidneys are in healthy condition the 
blood is in absolutely pure state, contains all 
the elements for repairing waste, returns at 
once to the heart and is thrown by that organ 
to every part of the living body to give up its 
nourishment aud take up all the worn-out 
material. 
Contrary to general belief the fiver is not a 
blood-purifying organ; its purpose is only 
for nutrition digestion aud it secretes daily 
many pounds of bile, some 1 icing used in di¬ 
gestion and nutrition, and the balance as a 
cathartic. 
Now, after being boused up all winter, with 
meat largely composing the diet for ttfc pur¬ 
pose of producing beat, the liver increases 
one-third of 'its supply of bile , aud in the 
spring, nature not having use for the excess, 
it is thrown into the blood, carried to the 
skin (for it must be got rid of in some way) 
and causes that condition known as “bilious 
when the person is dull, lethargic, restless, 
well to-day and half sick to-morrow; because 
the blood is loaded with this substance, which 
is just as foreign to it as so much dirt or cor 
ruption, ami poisons the entire body, making 
your blood impure. You know there is some¬ 
thing out of gear and the natural impulse is to 
take cathartics,—but drastic cathartics do 
not remove the cause—they make matters 
worse. 
You ask, why? Because, my friend, the 
liver is a sluggish, lethargic organ that cannot 
be relieved of any ailment except by medicine 
which acts upon it in a qu iet, steady manner, 
producing permanent effects, and assisting, 
not goading its normal action. The kidneys 
do the purifying, Always remember that! 
No other organ in the body can take their 
place in this respect, and they attend to over 
9,000 hogsheads of blood iu a year! Think of 
it and wonder that they are able to do so 
large an amount of work! 
A healthy kidney to purify, and a healthy 
liver, emptying its poison into the bowels and 
not into the blood, are the true and only 
givers of pure blood. 
The interior of the kidneys have few ner ves 
of sensation, and a stone can be, ami often is 
present without any indicatiou until it reaches 
the first outlet, which is supplied with nerves 
that soon sound the alarm. 
Do you see the moral of this? A healthy 
liver aud kiduey is all there is to this question 
of pure blood. Keep them iu order. Don’t 
wait until you find they are diseased, for then 
it may be too late. Do this and you are bou nd 
to have pure blood, Warner's safe cure has a 
direct action u|xm both the kidneys ami liver, 
and has become a recognized agent for its 
health-preserving aud blood-purifying proper¬ 
ties, aud as such is used by many physicians. A 
few bottles will positively prevent disease, 
and we are certain that disease of either organ 
is prevented by its use if taken in time. 
The spring approaches, and nature needs 
help. Take it aud .save sickness aud doctor’s 
bills. Don’t let any season go by without its 
use, or you may regret it forever. 
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land and In cheaply working the broad fields of a 
large farm into as fine a condition as a garden.” 
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HOUSEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA.—II. 
MARY WAGER-FISHER. 
Of course, oue of my first questions iu hir¬ 
ing our cottage was from where the water 
supply came, and what was its reputation. 
The landlady said it came from Lake Chabot 
(pronounced Shabo, being French). She 
didn’t think it was very good, but it was 
“healthy.” She never heard that it made 
anybody sick. However, our first terror was 
produced by the water. When it ran from 
the faucet connected with the hot water boil¬ 
er, the smell of it was nauseating! I begged 
Anaximander to draw off the water at the bot¬ 
tom through the faucet at the eud of the pipe by 
the fire, which, of course, man-fashion, he 
didn’t think would do any good; but I insisted 
that it would do no harm, and when drawn 
ofl’ there were gallons of foul muddy water. 
This cleansiug operation did some good, but 
the bad odor of the water still remained, and 
was so marked, that it was unpleasant to take 
a bath iu it. 
As it happened, there lived quite near us a 
very intelligent lady who had been a fellow- 
passenger on the upward Alaskau cruise, and 
who had begged us to come aud see her when 
we came to California, so 1 went to her for 
information concerning the Lake Chabot 
water, aud describing to her the smell of it as 
it came out of the hot water tank, she 
laughed aud relieved my mind by saying that 
it smelt the same in everybody’s house, and 
that it was even worse in Winter, after the 
rains had filled the lake, than it was at this 
time of low water. However, the water had 
never been regarded as unhealthful. but it 
should be filtered. Upon further investigation, 
it appeared that until within a few years Oak¬ 
land had been supplied with water from arte¬ 
sian wells, which accounts for the numerous 
windmills all through the city—a population 
of 45,000. But these wells not being altogeth¬ 
er satisfactory, arrangements had been made 
for bringing the water from this lake, which 
belonged to Monsieur Chabot, a wealthy resi¬ 
dent Frenchman—the same gentleman who 
has given a charming little observatory to the 
city. This lake water is properly stored 
water, the lake being tilled by the rains in 
Winter, aud this supply lasts during the Sum¬ 
mer. When by chance unfiltered water was 
put on to boil, a green scum usually collected 
on the surface, as if it had been dipped from a 
frog pond, and often aside from filtering it, I 
also boiled it for drinking. But although as¬ 
sured that the water was “healthy,” we never 
drank it with any enjoyment, and drank milk 
instead, and more coffee, tea and cocoa than 
ever before, as well as mineral spring water, 
which we bought. Anaximander often declared 
that he would give much for his “fill” from 
the well at home, which to his mind is the 
tost water in the world. 
Our milk was served by a dairyman, whose 
ranch was six miles out of town, and he 
charged at the rate of $4.50 a month, for 
two quarts per day. The milk was good and 
only occasionally showed sediment in the 
bottom,which unpleasant fact I rarely failed to 
report to the dairyman. Unless one lives on 
a farm and produces Ids own food, he is utterly 
at the mercy of other people, honest or dis¬ 
honest as they may be, and milk, which so 
readily absorbs the wicked influences of the 
world—conveying diphtheria, scarlet fever 
and kindred diseases—can one to too “cranky” 
and particular about it? 
While Out shopping, to provision our pantry, 
I noticed an attractive bakery, aud going 
iu, I asked a pleasant, bright-faced woman 
behind the counter what kinds of bread 
they made. She smiled and said “We 
make good bread,” aud then showed me their 
various kinds and styles of loaves. We select¬ 
ed what we desired—long French loaves, with 
a hard crust all over. These large loaves cost 
10 cents, but a more economical way, the 
woman said, would to to buy 15 tickets for $1 
—each ticket paying for oue loaf, so daily a 
little oldish Freuchman, with a large basket 
ou his arm would come with the excellent 
bread, wrapped in a brown paper. Some¬ 
times I would tell him not to come the follow¬ 
ing day, as we had bread enough to last over. 
But he usually came, saying it was no trouble, 
aud that sometimes company came to me, 
and the bread would not to enough! After the 
rain set in, he nearly always had some remark 
to make about the weather. “Toujours te 
mauvais temps, madame.'" In the afternoons 
I often saw him in a fresh suit of clothes, 
pushing a small cart about the streets in 
which he had French mustard to sell. 
Oltr supplies coat as follows: Scuttle coal, 
which in Seattle cost $4.50 a ton, cost here 
$9; anthracite coal from Pennsylvania sold 
for $lfi; wood costs about the same as coal. A 
dollar paid for 15 pounds of granulated sugar. 
Epp’s cocoa in tins cost 25 cents; coffee about 
the same as iu the East. Butter all prices; 
for rolls weighing rather less than two 
pounds, from 65 to 85 cents. California fresh 
eggs 50 cents a dozen; good Eastern eggs 
from Utah and elsewhere, 40 cents. Our 
landlady had abandoned her vegetable garden 
scheme as involving too much hard work, and 
her chicken ranche had become reduced to 
one lone hen, which roamed lonofully around 
in the Alfalfa in the adjoining lot. One 
would suppose that in a State which has so 
much of mild climate, where hens can get 
green food the year around, eggs and poultry 
would always to abundant aud cheap. The 
scarcity of eggs is undoubtedly owing to the 
“rush” with which so many people have gone 
into the chicken business, expecting to make a 
fortune at once, but failed, for scarcely an 
attempt has been made in the State to raise 
chickens in large numbers, that has not re¬ 
sulted in failure. They do not thrive 
in large colonies, but if every farmer 
kept a few, the profit would to sure and 
unfailing, aud the home demand would at 
least be filled. Porter-house steak cost 20 
cents the pound; sirloin aud from the round, 
15 cents to 18 cents. Mutton chops and leg of 
mutton to roast 12 , cents. Three beads of 
lettuce, never so nice as the Puget Souud let¬ 
tuce, five cents. A small bunch of celery the 
same; fresh tomatoes from three cents to five 
cents the pound, but it was very late iu the 
season for them. A ten pound sack of clack¬ 
ed wheat 35 cents; of Graham flour 35; of 
oat ’meal 50 cents; of corn 35 cents; 25 cents 
bought three pounds of l ice. Canned oysters, 
20 cents the can. Flash oysters—eastern oys¬ 
ters that have beeu fattened—here, from 40 to 
50 cents the dozen. Eastern oysters do well 
here after being planted, growing rapidly, 
but no one has yet succeeded iu propagating 
them iu California waters. The small native 
oysters cost 50 cents the hundred. Cheese 
from 30 to 25 cents; cranberries from all 
parts of the Union, from 10 to 30 cents the 
pint; Fresh raspberries from five to ten cents 
the small basket; strawberries 10 cents the 
quart, or 30 cents for a tox holding four 
quarts; Mexican limes five cents the dozen; 
California orauges were not yet ripe; quinces 
were abundant aud cheap; pears rather dear, 
and apples—I am at the bottom of my sheet 
and will hold forth concerning them next 
time. 
SUMMER GOWNS. 
E. L. TAPT-IN. 
Thrice blessed is the busy housewife w ho 
has her summer sewing “done up” before 
warm weather begins, for the extra household 
work peculiar to this season, together with 
the enervating heat, makes much sewing try- 
iug iu the extreme. It is not very difficult, to 
arrange matters for this desirable result; a 
little foresight and industry during March 
and April will wonderfully lighten the bur¬ 
den of summer work. As far as purchase of 
material is concerned, an inspection of the 
good New York shops shows abundant choice 
in material and price during these months, 
since the spring novelties were shown almost 
tofore holiday goods had left the counters. 
So we must decide what, we want and how to 
make it. Graceful simplicity is the cardinal 
rule of summer gowns, though this does uot 
always imply inexpensiveness. It is a rule 
with the writer never to make a washing 
gown with flounces or rattles when it can pos¬ 
sibly to avoided, as these trimmings add so 
much to the labor of washing and ironing. 
For excessively warm afternoons, when the 
bare labor of dressing seems almost too much 
to undertake, it is well to have a neglige robe 
after the style of the oft-derided Mother Hub¬ 
bard. The back may to: pleated, the front 
gathered aud tied iu at the waist-line from 
the side seams with a ribbou or sash of the 
same stuff ; at the back the fullness should to 
held in place by a tape at the waist, leaving 
the pleats to hang out full aud unconfined. A 
very nice material for such a robe is “crazy 
cloth,” a soft, cotton stuff with a crajie-like 
finish. It comes in cream, pale piuk and pale 
blue, is warranted to wash and costs from 13 
to 15 cents a yard. 
For ordinary afternoon wear, a simple 
nmsliu on very warm days, or seersucker 
when a trifle cooler, will he found most satis¬ 
factory. The crinkled seersuckers come in 
very handsome colors, aud have a much tot¬ 
ter look than the plain goods, though ouly 
costiug atout as much as the crazy cloth. If 
a combination of dark colors is chosen, such 
as uavy blue and red, navy blue and fawn, or 
seal brown and fawn, the gown may be worn 
a season without washing, only pressing it a 
little when it becomes tumbled. Iu this case, 
it may be made after the model of a stuff 
gown; but an every-day frock, likely soon 
to make au acquaintance with the wash-tub, 
must have uo troublesome drapings or flounces 
to vex the soul of the laundress. In the latter 
case, either for muslin or seersucker, the tost 
model is a peasant, suit, havinga plain, straight 
skirt, requiring three breadths of yard-wide 
goods; the bottom should he finished by a 
hem three-and-a-half inches deep, and two 
tucks each two inches deep, above the hem. 
A plaiu pleated waist should lie finished by a 
belt or sash, with a large bow in the bark; 
the ends of the sash may to tucked like the 
skirt. 
A frock of this style would require about 
12 yards of 27-Inch material; it is becoming to 
most figures and very easily Imiudricd. To 
my mind, this pleated waist is much prettier 
than the gathered spencer or yoke waist. The 
same style in gingham or cambric without 
the sash, does admirably for morning wear, 
and is much neater than the gabrielle wrap¬ 
per affected by so many women, for this latter 
garment is very apt to have a dragged ap¬ 
pearance after oue washing. It is advisable 
always to tack a muslin frill or tucker, as our 
grandmothers would say. into the nocks of 
our morning gowus—it removes the untidi¬ 
ness so often attendant, on a hurried toilet. 
There are many models for our more elaborate 
seersucker gown, though it is well to avoid 
one having very bouffant drapery which is 
apt to become crashed. Navy blue and red 
stripes, trimmed with colored embroidery, 
uavy-blue ground worked in red, would be 
handsome, and peculiarly becoming to a 
dark-haired woman. The skirt may have a 
very full hack composed of two triple box 
pleats, without other drapery; the front and 
side breaths may to finished at the bottom by 
a knife-pleating three inches deep. A full 
front drapery, looped high on the left side, 
while falling to the pleating on the right, 
should have a border of the embroidery, put 
on perfectly fin t.. A short 1 tasqiie, with square 
front aud two little labs, separated to the 
waist line at the back, should be finished with 
embroidery put on to simulate a vest, and cuffs 
of the same. A little bonnet or round hat of 
rough blue straw, trimmed with loops of blue 
ribbon and a bunch of poppies, or with red 
velvet, will make this a very jaunty walking 
costume. These crinkled seersuekers come in 
all the pretty light, shades; but the pale pinks 
aud blues, charming while new, lire apt to 
lose their color through exposure to the sun, 
though oddly enough, washing frequently re¬ 
stores the faded color. 
This season we are offered many new and 
charming washing fabrics, a very pretty nov¬ 
elty being Turkish crape, a crape-like mate¬ 
rial printed in colora of Oriental aspect, but 
the price—45 cents a yard—seems to me exces¬ 
sive. There are also some very pretty linen 
etamiues, or canvas. 
Of course every woman,save those in the sere 
and yellow leaf, must have a pretty white 
gown for her “Sunday best,” and we have a 
wide range of fabrics to choose from. We 
may safely say that a thick, entirely opaque, 
white washing gown is a mistake, therefore 
we should taboo piqud or Victoria lawn: the 
latter, by the way, looks as thick ns Lonsdale 
cambric when washed, Fine India linen, or¬ 
gandy or mull is charming, and washe-s ad¬ 
mirably. Most of the white gowns I have 
seen in the shops this season have skirls made 
after a design given for the seersucker suit, 
with a plainly fitting basque rather than a 
round waist. Swiss or nainsook embroidery 
is preferable to lace for trimming, as it 
washes better. Yoke waists are rather out of 
date, save on children's frocks. 
Another pretty white gown of fine mull may 
to entirely without drapery; the back very 
full pleated, and the front and side breadths 
covered wit h tui embroidered flounce reaching 
to the waist. A round waist with embroid¬ 
ered fichu is most, appropriate with this skirt. 
A hat or bonnet to accompany the white gown 
should to covered with the same mate-rial aud 
trimmed with a bit of lace and some white 
flowers. It is a very inexpensive head-gear, 
but harmonizes with the costume as nothing 
else would. 
KITCHEN HINTS. 
ANNIE L, JACK. 
Tapioca cream is a very good dish for des¬ 
sert, and is made by striking four table-spoon¬ 
fuls of tapioca in a cup of cold water for three 
or four hours. Then drain off the surplus 
water aud beat up with a quart of rich milk. 
gRtoreUatteoti* gull crttj&ion. 
If hen Baby wee aiek, we gave her Castorla, 
'When she wee a Child, she cried for Caatoria, 
When ahe became Miss, aho clang to Caatoria, 
When itie had Children, ahe gate them Caaturia, 
