dency of the day is in the direction of spec¬ 
ialties. Law and medicine have been split up 
into specialties and if a man would make a 
name for himself he must narrow his field of 
work and cultivate it to the highest point. 
GOLDEN GRAINS. 
Happiness consists not iu possessing much, 
but in being content with what we possess. He 
who wants hut little, always has cuough... . 
To feel with and for others—what a glori¬ 
ous widening out and enriching of one’s life 
that is? How it increases our joys because of 
the pleasure that we take iu the joys of others! 
How it renders selfish brooding over our 
own woes impossible because of the sympathy 
we must give to the sorrows of others! Not 
generosity only, not kind-heartedness only, 
nor courtesy, nor unselfishness, nor keen per¬ 
ception, nor quick understanding—it is all 
these, and more than these. 
The end of man is an action and not a 
thought, though it were the noblest. 
Mazzini says: “Seek not to isolate your¬ 
selves; imprison not your souls iu sterile con¬ 
templation, iu solitary prayer, in pretending to 
a grace which no faith not realized in works can 
enable you to deserve. You can only save your¬ 
self by saving others. God asks not what 
have you done for your soul? but: what have 
you done for the brother's soul I gave you? 
Think of these. Leave your owu to God aud 
His law. Labor uuweariedly for others’ 
good. Such is the holiest prayer.”. 
Lav by a good store of patience and be sure 
to put it where you can liud it. 
Domestic Ccorwiraj 
CONDUCTED BY MBS. AGNES E. M. CARMAN. 
The above illustration shows bow the lux¬ 
ury of a steam bath can be enjoyed by any 
person iu his own home at a small expense. I 
have had one in successful operation in my 
owu family for over a year. To those who 
believe iu keeping the body clean it will, I 
think, prove a boon. 
A is a round piece of wood about two feet iu 
diameter,and suspended from the ceiling of the 
second story. B is a large blanket tacked 
around A and l eaching to the floor. C shows 
the position of the bather. D is a piece of 
board 18 inches square, resting ou buttons 
E.E. (the ends being left open for the steam to 
come up) and placed over the opening iu the 
floor F. The stove pipe G, which sets over a 
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla 
When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla. 
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla, 
When she had Chlldrou, she gave them Castorla. 
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hole nearly as large as itself in the cover H, 
of wash-boiler I passes up through the opening 
in floor. To use it, build and maintain a “bak¬ 
ing Are,” put half a pail of water in the boiler, 
and place over the fire. Put up the pipe, 
which should reach entirely through the floor 
to prevent the steam from escaping. When 
the steam comes up in a cloud, step in, having 
previously placed a cloth by the openings at 
D, with which to regulate th» flow of steam. 
Steam will soon condense on you, but that is 
not perspiration. In 10 or 12, possibly 15, 
minutes the perspiration will start in earnest. 
If the steam becomes too oppressive put the 
uose out between the edges of the blanket. 
Rub yourself all over from head to foot, thor¬ 
oughly while In the steam. When the perspir¬ 
ation begins to trickle down the body step out 
and rinse down with plenty of cool water, and 
rub quickly until dry. The cold water and 
rubbiug are necessary to prevent taking cold. 
L. C. HOLMES. 
-♦ • •- 
It is poor economy to scrimp in fires and 
lights. _ _ 
MUSHROOMS. 
THE GENUINE ARTICLE AND TOADSTOOLS. A 
DISTINCTION WITH A DIFFERENCE. 
This most delightful aud delicate edible, 
which Marion Harlaiul calls a “contemptible 
and ill-smelling fungus,” is most plentiful at 
the East in September aud after the early fall 
rains. Iu San Francisco they may be had all 
the year, but, of course, are most abuml&llt 
after the rains set in. At such times they are 
sold at very reasonable prices, aud in the 
country may be bad for the picking. The 
wild variety are much superior to the culti¬ 
vated kinds, aud there is less danger of poison¬ 
ing from eating the former than is generally 
supposed. If you buy them from a reliable 
dealer you are not likely to purchase toad¬ 
stools; if you gather them yourself you will 
soon learn the difference between the true 
mushroom and its less virtuous kindred. The 
first are of a dirty white color on top, and 
pink or salmon underneath, when they first 
spring up; after 24 hours, whether gathered 
or not, the piuk turns to brown. The poison¬ 
ous kinds are of all colors, some of them very 
beautiful, but like many other beautiful 
things, very dangerous. Those of a dead 
white above aud below are especially to be 
avoided. The skiu cau also be easily peeled 
from the edges of a real mushroom, which is 
not the case with the false. If you are still in 
doubt, stir them while cooking with a silver 
spoon, aud if it turns black, you will be ou the 
safe side if you throw them away. 
Beefsteak aud mushrooms is a dish that few 
cau resist. To have ic at its best, lay a porter¬ 
house or sirloin steak an inch thick upon a 
hot frying-pau. Use no fat except such as is 
ou the steak, cook for three or four minutes, 
turn aud cook ou the other side. Season with 
salt and pepper after it is done, lay on a 
hot dish containing some bits of butter. 
Have ready a pint or more of mushrooms, 
according to the size of your steak, that have 
been peeled, washed and drained on a napkin; 
if they are large, slice them. Put a table 
spoonful of butter in the same pau in which 
the steak was cooked, lay iu the mushrooms, 
season with salt and pepper aud cook for five 
minutes. Pour them over the steak; put a 
little water in the pan, give one boil, and add 
it to the gravy that will have already formed 
in the dish. This dish is greatly inferior if 
made with canned mushrooms. 
Stewed mushrooms make a delicious little 
eutrfie at breakfast or dinuer. Place a quart 
of peeled mushrooms, stems and all, in a stew- 
pan with a very little cold water, and cook for 
fifteen minutes; mix a tablespoonful of flour 
with three of cream, and stir it into the boil¬ 
ing vegetable, add butter the size of au egg, 
aud salt to taste. 
Mushrooms of the larger size are nice for 
baking. Lay them, tops down, upon a baking 
dish; season with salt aud pepper aud place a 
bit of butter iu each inverted cup. Bake iu a 
hot oven for twenty minutes, basting several 
times with butter aud water. If they are at 
all dry, pour u little melted butter over them 
when going to the table, aud in auy case, 
squeeze a few drops of lemon juice over 
them. The larger sized ones may be broiled 
on an oyster gridiron. Score the tops, dip 
them in melted butter, season well and broil 
over a clear fire. About two minutes ou each 
side will suffice. Lay on a hot dish, aud pour 
a little melted butter aud lemon juice over 
them. 
Mushroom pates should never be indulged in 
unless made with the freshest of mushrooms. 
Choose the small button size, stew them iu as 
little water as will keep them from buruiug 
and add, for a pint, of the mushrooms, a half 
cupful of hot cream, aud thicken them by 
stirring one tablespoonful of flour in one of 
melted butter. Season to taste aud place iu 
ready-baked shells, freshly heated. Sprinkle 
a little finely chopped parsley over the top 
of each. 
A mushroom catsup, much superior to that 
ordinarily sold under the name, can be made 
as follows: Lay mushrooms and salt in alter¬ 
nate layers iu an earthen vessel, in the pro¬ 
portion of three ounces of salt to two quarts 
of mushrooms. After several -hours break 
them in small bits, and set in a cool place for 
three days, stirring them every morning. 
Then strain, and to every quart of juice allow 
half an ounce each of allspice and ginger, a 
teaspoonful of Cayenne, and half as much 
powdered mace. Put into a covered stone 
jar, set it in a pan of boiling water, and do 
not let it relax its boil for four hours. Empty 
it into a porcelain or granite kettle and boil 
slowly an hour longer. Let it stand for 
twelve hours in a cool place; pour carefully 
from the sediment and bottle in very small 
bottles, as it spoils quickly when exposed to 
the air. palmetto. 
KITCHEN TALKS. 
ANNIE L. .TACK. 
was Janet’s thought, “or if it is, the greater 
will grow from the less, but it is time that I, 
who have so loug received should in my turn be¬ 
gin to give and nelp to improve my social sur 
roundings if in ever so small a degree, instead 
of running from them.” Are there not n:any 
educated daughters who might enrich their 
own lives and the lives of all about them by 
an equally unselfish attempt to make the most 
and the best of the society in which they find 
themselves placed? Aud especially by giving 
loyal love to those of their owu bonu s, like 
Janet, allowing no pecking at peculiarities 
and deficiencies to fill their homes with pain¬ 
ful unrest. ALICE brown. 
The fruit of the barberry makes a pretty 
garnish for meats and adds to the attract¬ 
iveness of mixed pickles. 
We think plum and other boiled puddings 
are better if steamed instead of boiled in the 
water. The principle is the same and there is 
no danger of their becoming water-soaked. 
The Poultry Tender wonders if feeding on 
grapes is really bad for the hens: she does not 
get many eggs, and all the poultry have free 
access to the vineyard now that the crop is 
off. There are always unripe bunches left, 
and the chickens spy them out and eat them 
even after frost has made them quite taste¬ 
less. Some people say it is injurious to them, 
but we have never seen the question decided. 
Certain it is that eggs are a valuable article 
of food and well repay the uecessarv care 
given to the hens. They ought to be freely 
used at every farmer’s table, for they, like 
milk, contain all that is required to make a 
perfect food. An egg contains about as much 
nourishment as au ounce of meat, and an 
ounce of bread. The Spaniards have 360 ways 
of cooking them, but to make a good omelet, 
aud to boil, fry, scramble aud poach them to 
perfection might satisfy auy family. The 
“Epicure” looked delighted at the prospect ol 
au omelet for supper and then with his usual 
“Why don't you,” asked the reason we never 
made coffee with whipped egg and cream on it. 
The Amateur Cook said because good coffee 
like “good wine needs no bush" or egg to im¬ 
prove it. The white of an egg is very good 
for burns, and the skiu of au egg is a cure for 
a boil. It is also a cure for a bruise if at once 
applied. So as the shell and white are useful 
to settle coffee, there is no part of the egg 
without its use. Aud it is encouragement for 
those who keep poultry to know that there is 
always a ready market for such merchandise. 
So far it is profitable to give the chicks the 
very best of care and to study the subject with 
intelligence. The old Plymouth Rock rooster 
crowed loudly at the door, and as the children 
drove him away, the}' repeated.the old saying 
that “visitors were coming.” 
GLEANED FROM A STORY. 
A story iu the Overland Monthly, by 
Henrietta R. Eliot, entitled “Janet,” contains 
a beautiful description of a daughter's love 
for her mother. The mother hurl married a 
man whose ideal wife possessed a true heart, 
a pleasing exterior, aud youth with its large 
possibilities. Being a good little maiden, the 
daughter of a ranchman, and very pretty, 
her lover believed in the “large possibilities.” 
But wheu he had married her, he found that 
he had mistaken an empty mind for one cap¬ 
able of being filled. 
The husband died young leaving the mother 
to educate their daughter. This she did 
faithfully, aud after the school days iu the 
best Eastern schools were over, three years 
of careful study were spent iu Europe before 
the mother and daughter returned to the 
mining town where Janet, the daughter, was 
born. Janet shrank from the society of the 
town—flashy, material and essentially vulgar, 
aud for awhile so longed for the atmosphere 
of some Eastern city with its lectures, reading 
clubs, libraries aud concerts, that she was al¬ 
most reaily to urge a removal thither. 
Then she realized, without allowing the 
thought to fully shape itself, that where soci¬ 
ety is crystallized there would be uo circle 
congenial at once to her mother and herself. 
This was decisive, for to take the devoted 
mother, who lived but for her, into surround¬ 
ings that would constantly emphasize her de¬ 
ficiencies was a thing of which she was in¬ 
capable. 
At 19 she had been thrown into constant 
eompauionship with her mother. Before that 
she had nursed wild hopes that from constant 
association her mother’s mind aud tastes 
might grow like her own. But her hopes 
were now dead, and she had learned to take 
the fair gift of a mother's love as God gave it, 
aud to let it manifest itself withou that peeki ug 
surveillance with which the love would quick¬ 
ly have acquired n chronic attitude of semi¬ 
apology. For Janet's mother was as quick to 
feel a wound aimed at her heart as she was slow 
to take au idea aimed at her head. 
“It is not given to one person to do much” 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
RICE PUDDING. 
One pint of boiled rice, one quart of sweet 
milk, four eggs and a spoonful of butter. 
Beat the rice, butter, milk and yelks together, 
bake one-half hour. Beat the whites of the 
eggs for frosting, add a little lemon, put this 
ou the pudding and let it stand long enough 
in the oven to dry. 
COTTAGE PUDDING. 
Two cups of flour, one of sugar, two table¬ 
spoonfuls of butter, one teaeupful of milk, one 
teaspoonful of baking powder, one egg. Stir 
together as you would cake, bake and eat 
with vinegar sauce. 
GRAHAM PUDDING. 
Two-thirds of a cup of molasses, two-thirds 
of a cup of sweet milk, two tablespoonfuls of 
butter, oue teaspoonful of sugar, a little salt, 
two teacupfuls of Graham flour. Raisins if 
desired. Season with cloves, cinnamon and 
nutmeg. Steam one hour. 
APPLE JELLY. 
Pare and slice the apples. Take tw& quarts 
of water for one dozen large, tart apples, boil 
soft and strain through a flannel bag. Add to 
one pint of juice one pound of loaf sugar and 
the juice of one lemon. Boil 15 minutes, put¬ 
ting in the peel, aud strain again. 
LEMON JELLY. 
Rind and juice of one lemon, one cup of 
sugar, one tablespoonful of water, one egg, 
one teaspoonful of butter, one of flour and 
thoroughly scald together, aunt rachel. 
ttti.occUaufou.si !2Um‘tioin(b 
Clergymen 
Lawyers, Actors, and Singers, are often 
troubled with loss of voice, resulting 
from a slight cold, weakness of th* 
vocal organs, or inflammation of the 
throat, and in all such cases may be 
promptly relieved by the use of Ayer's 
Cherry Pectoral. 
I would not he without Ayer's Cherry 
Pectoral on any account. It is an inval¬ 
uable remedy in Bronchitis and Lung 
Complaints, and speedily relieves 
Hoarseness or Irritation of the Throat, 
caused by public speaking. — Rev. E. 
Betbune, Janesville, Tenn. 
I have been so much afflicted with 
Bronchitis that I should be unable to 
perform my clerical duties without the 
use of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.—A. G. 
Kirk, Pastor Baptist Ch., Hillsville, Pa. 
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, 
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. 
Bold by Druggists. Price @1 ; six bottles, 
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$1.20. Six. cans by express, prepaid, for $5. 
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