A VEGETARIAN CAT

Ourtnbby isa non-flesheater. She has been brought up on Vegetarian diet. Ill nature is entirely absent for she has never been cross for a mouienl. She is very affection- ate, purring and rising, and otherwise showing her kind nature every day. She makes friends of all neighboring cats, seeming to enjoy companionship.

She has never caught a bird, but mice are often causht and carefully played with until lost. Although she has been known to eat them she has now apparently lost all desire for flesh food. She is playfui and enjoyn playing with toads and catching flies on the window pane.

Her diet is nnleavened brown bread, potatoes and milk. She refuses white bread of all kinds but appreciates un- leavened gems as a hygiest would. When one is shown to her she will try to get it and is happy when she has obtained a portion of it.

Her disposition is even and never treacherous as cats are wont to be. Her whole nature shows refinement. •Tlie ears are laige and forehe.id hipb. What would this world be if all fltsheaters were thus civilized ? — Contributed.

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Bad Teatper nrnd Meat RatlBS. PFf^'PP^ That meat eatins Is bad for the

temper la the conclusion of a writer STRAWBERRY SHORT Cakb.

in one of the medical Journals who Make a soft dough of i qt. of flour, 3 tablespoons of

has made a special study of the baking-powder, 4 tablespoons of butter, 3 tablespoons

subject In no country Is home of white sugar. Roll out and bake in three jelly cake

rendered so unhappy and lite made pa^S. Mash 3 qts. of berries and sweeten them well.

9o miserable by the lu temper of ^"^n the cakes are done, let the first and thirdones be

_. ,.,.„j . ,. . whole, split the middle one and put the hemes between

thc«. Who a';e obl^ to 11« to- ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ jj ^^ ^^ "^buttered. Dust white

sether as In England. In leas meat- ^^^^^^ ^^^^ jj ^^ ^^j^^ -^ j.j.,j ^^jj^^ ,^f^^ mashing the

eating France urbanity Is the rule berries reserve a dozen or more of the largest. Then be-

_, , „ „ » tween the layers cover with whipped cream, sweetened.

flt^Blc Benrascs Beat. . , ,, . ... ..■..- .- _ j

, ^ _. . ^ Also cover the top with a thick coating of cream, and

I have given up tea ^A coffee and ^^^ ^^^ ^^.^^ ^^ jj j^ Clusters, all kinds of meat. It was a very

difficult task to leave off tea and STRAWBERRY WATER,

coffee, but by persevemnce I have Brutse 2 pts. of fresh, r.pe strawberries with 6 ounces

... , . . ,. of loaf sugar, and the juice of 3 lemons ; add to this i pt.

.It last overcome my former habits ^^ ^,^ ^^^^. ^j^ thoroughly, and pass as much as ■

of ilvlng.-Mlss Crlssle Degon. 52 possible through a coarse cloth, but do not squeeze the

L*lth street. Fort Wayne, Ind. mixture. Then add another pt. of cold water and put in

For peraons accustomed to bot a cool place,

drinks, the caramel or hyKlenic STRAWBERRIES WITH Whipped Creau.

oottee of Battle Cieek. or Dr. Lovell-s ^ake i pt. of small, ripe strawberries : place in a jug and

-Kauphy," Is found serviceable, sprinkle with one tablespoon of powdered sugar and pour

Eiven bran coffee la preferable lo the the juice of one lemon over them. Shake well ; cover and

coffee berry, which senerally causes let stand for ten minutes. Whip ^ pt. of cream to a Stiff

headache. froth, turn on a hair sieve, so that the milk can drain off. Give the strawberries another shake, turn tliem in the

'•••• form of a pyramid on a ^lass dish, pour the juice over,

A bactertologlst baa recently dls- andcoverthem with the whipped ci^am. Serve at once,

covered that germs which produced VGGETABLe PlE

phosphorescence In decaylnB sub- Fora small pie: take three r.r four medium sized |>ota-

stances are capable of growtfa at a toes, an onion, and 1 or 2 hard boiled e^gs. Slice the

temperature sufflclently tow to (reeae potatoes and onions, season as desired, and boil in about

water. This explains the tact that a pint of water. When done line a deep pie plate with

mea* and other subatancea, althouEh cinst, put in the potatoes and ouion and slice the egg over.

kept In Ice cluunt>ers. aMinlre after If ^^ water has boiled away add more as plenty is re-

awhlle a disagreeable taate and odor. q«'»d. thicken thU water with flour, add a piece of butter

giving evidence that a form of de- »«d pour part of the gravy in the pie. Cover with a top

oomposltlon has been taking plac*. cnist andbake.-.\. W. E

aJthouffh different from the ordinary , , ^. Brown Bread.

p™ce«i of putrefaction. The preser- ' ""P *>' ^•'/'»" "V^'' , ' ''^ '^"'* ^^ ^^, "^,V ^ J^ °^

. . , . wheat flour, fi cup of molasses, 1 cup of milk, \'A cup

vaUon of food for any length of ^f ^^n, ^^ter, with one teaspoon of ^kIx dissolved in it.

time requires dryness aa weU as p„t on^ teaspoon of Salt with the flour, mix all together

coldness. In a damp atmoephere de- thoroughly and steam 3 or 4 hours. I steam mine in a

composlUon will occur in a freezing tin pudding mold, with a tight fitting cover, but a pail

temperature. — South Florida Home, will do A. W. E.

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Vmmt ■>« T«B*cr. BaK£D PEANPTS.

An«r eatlne m hearty meal of Peanots baked ill tbe same tnatmer as beans bat without

warm food I often feel stupid and the addition of oil are excellent. — Mrs. Le Favre. — We

^eepy. Bat afto' a IW>t Inndi have tried them and relished them as« change from beans.

of frnlt and tBvad or mnab I can Peannts shelled can be obtained in Philadelphia at lo cts a

Idleli Into the work wilb a (ood !*». in ten lb. bags.

wm and when tt li done can enjor POPCORN Baixh.

a cood TiMnp and iday-eiidl with the Mix with i cnp of r.iolasses, i cnp of sngar, and )i <nip

chOdran, and Snd I fed bo mneh of bntter. Put in a kettle over the fire, and boil until it

better for It. I mean to keep m and spins a delicate thread. Use good popcorn, rejecting all

B what can he done wHb ■

If by HvtDS on a HrvH diet '

nnpopped kemals. When the sjmp is cooked, pnt tht kettle on the back of the stove where the syrup will les- sen in heat but not become cool. Mix the popcorn care- ftilly with the symp, stiiring gently that the kernels roa>-

er. 1 tfian fed wdl paid for mj ^^j ^^ broken. As soon as it is cold enough to handle.

—'••- I naed to think I ahonld grease the hands and form into balls.— '-Table Talk."

^ -^^"^'^^T '^ VEGETABLE BUTTER.

JC about Miaa Btanicrd In your ..,,., ,_■ - ,

iMt lamw has stven »e heme and I ^« "»« "^ vegetable fat for cooking in preference to

^, ,j,,_ ,_. bntter and lard is rapidly increasing.

Mean ta tir and follow ho- enm- ^^ g ^ ^mat. Principal Philadelphia Cooking School. pie. I hope aD who read thla win editor of Household News, Phila., writes "I have beei< try and do th« mme. f or tt to mr ^gj^^ Diamond Bntter Oil exclnsively in my home and hcllrf WB Acnld an try to Bve as G<:hool for font months; find it much better than laid and near « pctfCet Ufe as poariblc^ and butter for cooking purposes, and I unhesitatingly recom- do O^ beat we can to help others to mend it to American housewives."

da BO.— Mtu, T. E. T^g^-m. in««-~i, Mrs. Ella I,uria Hoyle, Cooking Lecturer and Principal

ri»iisMi eoonty, CaL ^- O- Cooking School, writes from New Orleans: "1 in-

■t«iri»i». doise Diamond Batter Oil both for pnrity and economy.

In iiiswiiiw IS I of the marvelaiis and recommend it highly to all careful housekeepers and

Erawtb itf the laMn indostry In cooks."

a and the cbcapneas of the Mi's- E. W. A.. Haverhill, Mass., writes : "I like the DiaiHOttd Bntter Oil very much and I want aome more."

The manufacture of Cocoanut Bntter in America is also a great gain in this direction. A lady of our acquaintance who has tried both, says it is superior to that imported

■• Irom Germany. The Vegetarian Society of America sup-

a Ittzury. a»d the arKoment seemed pUg^ j,Qti, products and guarantee the pnrity of what they to tavor the affinnathre of ttie pro- snpply

»'^?^ ,_, ^ „ ^ ^ ECONOMICAL.

R to asserted l>y those who have _ rr^i-a >•. •.-..

siadtoil |I» mw'BitiMi ruiin ■ w li iililh Four os. ofGrafaam flour, made lotogems and a little

and hjKl—ki standpetnl that the no- fruit and about j{ oz. of cheese, sometimes, makes a men)

Iritlve power of laWna as asnpaied for me. I only use cbeese occasionally. My health is ez-

to maat Is aa fMtr to onfc cellent. The longer 1 practise V^eUrian diet the more

BaUi^ Ifte other dried fridt^. are j am j a love with it. I discard all stinmlus not having

KswdnefM^eHOalndeiMUs'^l^ drank a cnp of tea for 6o yeare. Coflee I never nsed.

y as ncecNaiy M pM^beauh ^^,^j. .^ ^^^ emmgh for me. I drink very little as I^

miytlcal cbem- eating fruit it is not uncommon to go a month without

- - -- . drinking and have passed three months without drinking

anything.— A. H. Prank, Bn&lo, N. Y.

Tkose who hare studied the que*- .. FRUIT AS MEDICINE."

Ikw «t latolns an food prtfcas to _ .. . , ■,-..... _ .

have soeaethlnc like 1<H> ncdpta Fruit IS not medicine, but It encoMTUgea natural proqcnc.

lor the preparstloa of the ratoin, es by which remedial processes ale brought about. High

and each of ttwae, it Is asserted, has authority gives the following as the curative eficcts of

.-, Yaioc, BSTB the San various kinds of frtiit; "laxatives: oranges, figs, tarn -

trronlele." Whether this urinds, prunes, mulberries, dates, nectarines, and plntus.

**"•*.'.'* " J"^ l"^ Astringents: pomgranates, cranberries, blackberries, dew-

uuns IS very certain, and that is • . l - _ ^ 'n < - n.

Ibat the world would be better off ^'^^^s- raspberries, quinces, pears and wild cherries. Di-

from the hygienic point of view It "i^tics : grapes, peaches, strarwbemes, whortleberries.

we were to eat more fmlt and less black currants and melon seeds. Refrigerants : gooseber-

■ sieot.— ChlcsKo E^renlns Post. ries, red and white currants, ptunpkinsand melons."

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BlMsnDi LoDBlpea. LINDEN OIL

EleagnuB longlpeB IB a valuable TsANaLATED From Voss Gazette by Rudolph Hecker. new fruK aa well m a m«Biilfl- oil for tlie table, made by si ientific process, of the seed cent ornamental shrub from Japan, of the Linden, Tilisi ; either llie European Linden, or the Perfectly hardy, free from disease Tilia Americana, (Basswood) also called the bee-trte, and Insect vermin of all kinds. Very l>eeau8e the boney bee greatly resorts to it in dne season. altractlve in bloom In May, after "^^^ seed is produced annually in largequantity with but which until late In the fall it Is rare if any, decrease and this raw material is notably rich clothed in lu>uHant green foliage, '"^ o'L -f percent. ranking below the Par:^ nut (Bertholetia ,...., excelsa), the eoeosnut (cocos nucifera palm) and the hazel - Bllvery underneath, and produclnB ^^^ . ^^^ ^,^^^^ ^j,^ ^^^^^^^_ linseed, the sunflower, evet. In profusion handsome bright red jj^^ ^il palm proper. The linden seed may be pressed, or berries, which make dellclouB sauce, crouud ; the oil being extracted by means of petroleum- This fruit haa been grown and high- ether, and then got by distillation. If properly procured ly prized in an amateur way for a this oil has the identical fine, clear hue, limpidity and number of years, but not until re- agreeable flavor of the best olive oil, devoid of aughtof cently has lis great value aa a. gar- bitterness &c. It does not get rancid, may be freely ex- den or market fruit been recognized. !»osed to the atmosphere, will not dry up. has no affinity We anticipate for this rare and forotygen. iherefore it is equally valuable for industrial , ., , ,. ■ ., purposes. A wintry temperature of 21 degrees Centigr

valuable new fruit an Immense de- ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ j^^ l^^^, ^^^ .institution. These features mand as soon as Its great merits ^^^^ already patent about a century ago, but untoward become known to the public cirx;um stances precluded action looking to elaboration.

Extract from William Falconer, m The present Status of chemistry adapted to commercial "Rural New Yorker:" "The shrub purposes admits successful process.

Eleagnus longlpes is one of my ape- The Tilia Americana produces no nuts, but small seeds clal favorites. I have grown It for lil^e the European Linden tree. The Basswood tree, be- yeara and the longer I know It the sides the seed, is a useful tree ; for timber, honey and belter I like It. It Is a native of medicinal purposes ; the dried blossoms being: an excellent Japan and belongs to the olive fam- sudoriflc, a nice beverage, lly of plants, and Is perfectly hardy.

As a garden shrub It grows to a A COMPLETE FRUIT GARDEN.

helKht of live feet or more: is bushy p^ -q^j pign for a fruit garden is given by an exchange . and broad and thrifty. Plants be- u {^ sixtv-dght feet wide one hundred and fiftv feet long, tl'''4Z\:^T:rtVTl^^Z -'^ staked off in row.s one hundt^ and fifty feet long and green above allvery beneath and seven feet apart, because then most of the work can be last In good' condition all aummer done with a horse and cultivator. The strawberry rows long, and are never diallgured by need only be three and one-half feet apart. A headland Insect vermin. The flowers are seven and a half feet wide is left at each end forturning. small, silvery yellow and borne in The first row is set three feet from the outside, and the great abundance and are In full others follow in order.

Th^°'?ruU°"s ofal five"e!g^^^^^^ First Ro^ : Fifty blackberries. Fort Ancient Briton, ten

Inch or more long, very fleshy and Snyder.— Second Row: Fifty black raspberries, twenty Juicy, bright red and drooping, on Nehenia, twenty Ohio, ten Older, Palmer or Progress. slender pedicels on the undor aide — Third Row: Fifty red raspberries: twentj-.five Marl- of the twigs, and borne In immense boro, fifVeen Cuthbert. ten Shaffer's Collossal. — Fourth profusion. It iB ripe about July 4 Row: Fifty currants: twentv-five Victoria and twenty-five to 10. We use the fruit for sauce r^^ Dutch.— Fifth Row: Whitecnrrants & gooseberries: Hcious Tuee "^ mak^^' tsnec'latry twenty-five white grape, fifteen Downing and ion Hou^h- fnr children: Indeed, 1 like it ao well *°"- — ■^'*t''' Seventh & Kighth Row.s : Three hundred that I have' planted It In our fruit strawberries: 200 pistillate and 100 Staniinate. — Ninth garden as a standard crop, aa one Row: .Seventeen ^lapes: Moore's Earlv, VVorden, Brigh- — Florida Southern ton, Concord i Delaware — Tenth Row: Hardy fruit trees.

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ALBERT H. SNYDER,

PftESroERT OF THE CHICAIEO VEGETARIAN SOCIETT.

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