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THE PBIJV 0E3." SONG.

 

In paths of peace and virtue
Always the good remain; ,
And sorrow shall not stay with them,
Nor long access of pain;
At meeting or at parting
Joys to their bosom strike,
For good to good is friendly,
And virtue loves her like.
The great sun goes his journey
By the‘strong truth impelled;
By their pure lives and penances
ls earth itself upheld;
Of all which live or shall live
Upon its hills and ﬁelds,
Pure hearts are the protectors,
For virtue saves and shields.

Never are noble spirits
Poor while their like survive;
Without re quest these render,
Without return they give.
Never is lost or wasted
The goodness of the good;
Never against a mercy,
Agaii st a right it stood;
And seeing this, that virtue
Is always friend of all,
The virtuous and pure hearted
Men their " Protector ” call.
—Edwin T. Arnold.

 

AROUND TIRE HOUSE.

 

The winter’s clothing, the heavy coats,‘

‘ cloaks and woolen dresses which are now

out of season, should be put away before
housecleaning and before there is danger
of moths. A dry-goods hex, papered in—
side and out, having a tight cover, is a
safe and convenient receptacle. I have a
box long enough to take a dress or cloak
without folding, papered inside and
stained and varnished outside, on pur-
pose for winter clothing. I fold my

cloaks and dresses full length, wrap them '

in papers, spread a linen sheet in the box,
lay the garments in, fold the sheet over,
and secure it snugly with pins. Then I
nail on the cover, and my mind is free
from care for the summer, so far as moths
are concerned. I like to have these gar-
ments, as also woolen underwear, hosiery,
etc., in good order, ready for wear, when
it is put, away. Then if a “ cold snap ”
comes in the fall, I have not to mend an
article before I can wear it. If you have
uncolored furs, put them in tight boxes,
after giving them a good whipping to
take the dust and possible moths out of
them, put the covers on the boxes and
paste strips of brown paper over the
edges. No moth will molest them. 001-
ored furs, I am told by a gentleman em-
ployed in our largest fur store here, are
not troubled by moths, the dye being ob-
noxious to them. Woolen blankets, if- not

 

washed before putting away, should have
a good sunning, and be packed. in a pa
per- lined box or barrel, with strips of pa-
per pasted over the edges of the cover. If
there are no moths in the goods when
stored, and the box is carefully papered.
camphor, tobacco, snuff, pepper, etc., are
entirely superﬂuous.

[know of nothing more apt to disgust
one with earth and earthly things than to
lift to the lips a cup or glass which has
the indescribable odor imparted to it by a
dirty, sour dish-towel. It is a most effec-
tual de-appetizer, if the expression is al—
lowable. Some housekeepers have an
idea that almost anything is good enough
to wipe dishes on, no matter if it has al-
ready served its time in its legitimate
purpose. But it is a good deal more “re-
spectable,” and quite as economical to
have neat towels, and the small girls do
not dread the dish-washing and wiping
half so much. Have plenty of them, each
a yard long, and see that they are fre
quently renewed. Have a line or rack
back of the stove, or near it, on which to
hang them to dry; don’t ever be guilty of
hanging either dish-towel or dish-cloth
in a wad on a nail. Instead of using any
old rag for a dish-cloth, buy Turkish
toweling or heavy crash; hem three or
four of the size you like best, and put
them in the wash as regularly as you do
your towels. An eastern physician claims
to have traced a case of typhoid fever to
a rag used as a dish-cloth, which. was
never puriﬁed by soap and sunshine. Oc-
casionally it is well to use a little pearline
or washing soda in the water in which
such articles are washed; it sweetens and
puriﬁes them.

The terrible story which comes from
Jackson, of the lady whose death was
caused by the mistake of her nurse in
bathing her in a solution of corrosive
sublimate in alcohol, instead of pure al~
cohol, as ordered by the physician. should
teach us a lesson in carefulness. No
poison of any kind should under any cir-
cumstances be kept in a house without
being properly and conspicuously labeled,
and then it should not be left lying about,
but be placed somewhere out of the way,
and out of the reach of the children.
Little people do not understand the sig-
niﬁcance of the druggist’s skull and cross-
bones, nor can they always read a label.
Have a locked cupboard or box for all such
things, and for all medicines. Do not
trust a high shelf; children are ambitious
and aspiring. A hanging cabinet, with
lock and key, is the best for such pur—

 

poses. How often we note in the papers
the death of some child, caused by swal-
lowing medicine carelessly left in its
way. What remorse must ﬁll amother’s
heart when she reﬂects that her own
carelessness caused her baby’s untimely
death! Label everything correctly; that
there be no mistake like the one men-
tioned above. There were two bottles, both
labeled alcohol, one a deadly poison. The
neglect to mark the contents properly
cost a life. BEATRIX.

 

SEVERAL SMALL QUANTITIES.

 

I have noticed that one or two gentle—
men who have kindly contributed articles
to our HOUSEHOLD have intimated a doubt
as to the propriety of so doing, or as to the
reception they would be accorded. For
myself. I would give them a hearty wel—
come, and a request to them and others
to visit us often. I am no admirer of an
“ Adamless Eden,” and if our fathers and
brothers can feel sufﬁcient interest in our
little paper to talk matters over with us,
it will make it all the more interesting.

I am exceedingly sorry for sister Faith.
I fear in her intense desire to guard her
darlings from all sin and care, she will
ﬁnd so many “ lions in the ,way ” that
peace will ﬂy away aﬁrighted, and con—
tentment be a stranger to her home. Wil
she ﬁnally prohibit her daughters from
indulging in conversation with others,
lest they become gossips, and forbid their
receiving the company of gentlemen,
because some men are vile? Nay, food
might be forbidden, as gluttony is a sore
evil.

There are many good mothers in this
day of social fashion of indulgence in
games, who are able to inﬂuence their
sons and daughters to the extent of
keeping them strangers to the fascination
of euchre and other deadly sins, and there
are, also, many others who ﬂatter them-
selves that they have the same inﬂuence,
who would be shocked to know the re-
verse was the case, and that their loved
ones were practising the prohibited
pleasures, and the much more heinous of-
fense of concealing the truth, and, at
least, tacit lying, added to that of dis-
obedience.

The question of amusements is sur-
rounded by diﬂiculties, the most learned
and the most pious differing radically on
the latitude and degree to be accorded. I
have concluded that the only way out is
to agree to disagree, and let individual
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suaded in my own mind that a certain
way is best for me to follow, I am doing
myself great injustice to follow the op—

posite way, because some one else is
positive that only is right. '
Agitation is a good thing, as the seeker
after light may often ﬁnd arguments that
will shatter his theories. or throw light
on mistaken conclusions, but let us all,
while championing our own pet theor-
ies and convictions, allow to others
what we claim for ourselves, perfect lib-
erty of opinion and action; and be willing
to give a candid and unprejudiced hear-
ing to the reasons and arguments ad-
vanced by them in support of their creed.

I would say to E, L. N ye, that her case
is one of the few in my experience where
a woman ﬁlls an allotted part in life to a
rounded completeness, and sees the full
fruition of her hopes and labors garner-
ed. May the liberty that,’ comes of labors
completed prove a benediction and a
blessing. We hope to hear from her in
whatever sphere she may enter, and if
loneliness springs from work and care
laid aside, remember there are many
things waiting willing hands, and it may
be that wisdom and opportunity will
combine to advise the entering a new
sphere of equal usefulness.

A. L.L.

INGLEBIDE.
_—..._—.

KITCHEN CONVENIE NCES .

 

Unto woman is given, in the care of a
household, 3. double task that but few EFe
called upon to perform, namely, to both
plan and execute. The general plans a
battle or campaign, the privates execute
his orders. Our schools have a head in
the superintendent, who plans the‘jwork
and has a general supervision over all;

. the teachers, relieved of ttese cares, can
give their whole attention to the work
set before them. Generally any work
will be better and more quickly done
where one plans and superintends, and
another carries out the plans. No work
requires such a variety of tools, no work
has so many different disconnected and
yet intricately connected departments as
housekeeping. Can any one deﬁne house
or home-keeping, and be sure to enumer-
ate every possible thing it includes? To
keep house is not merely to cook, not
alone to sweep and dust, or patch and
darn. Whatever the work, the kitchen is
the shop in which the greater part of it is
performed.

To plan work to save time for rest, is
to save health and strength; to save steps
1s to save time. The kitchen, then, ought
to be constructed on this saving plan.
Some say put the kitchen on the front of
the house. and make of it the pleasantest
room. The only plausible reason that
can be advanced for making the kitchen
the front of the house, is that it would" be
more convenient for some people who in-
variably pass the front and side entrance
of a farm house to knock at the kitchen
door. My way would be not to adorn
the kitchen with plants, paintings, or
statuary, but to have things convenient,
and thus save steps, time, strength and
health

       

A large kitchen is not necessary or
best. The ﬂoor should be painted, oiled
or covered with oil cloth. The furniture
should consist of a comfortable chair,
(have a chair even if you do without a
stove,) a work-table, a small closed cup-
board near the stove, for holding iron
ware such as kettles and ﬂat~irons, a
wood-box full of wood and a sink. Just
back of or at the nearest possible point to
all parts of the stove, should hang hold-
ers, potato-masher and all those little
things used exclusively about the “OE;
it is so much easier than taking several
steps t3 the pantry or some other place
every time you need to use one. A kitch-
en should be well lighted and have
opposite doors or windows if you would
keep it cool in the summer, when most of
the work is done. A north and south
door make it pleasant, especially if'tliey
open upon porches. Both well and rain
water ought by some means to be brought
into the kitchen. The pantry is anogher
room that should be arranged for making
the work easy; it should have ﬂour chests
with several drawers, one each ,for table
linen, dish towels, knives and forks and
tablespoons; a safe for milk, a receptacle
for food, andaa enclosed cupboard for
dishes. Over the molding shelf should
be saleratus, baking powder, diﬁerent
kind of spices, each properly labeled, the
rolling-pin, egg—beater, &c.

Another convenience is a ﬁve-cent slate
with pencil attached, hung either in pan-
try or kitchen, to receive from time to
time a list of articles needed. If you get
out of sugar, write it down; it nearly out
of oil, write it down. Your ﬁrst oppor—
tunity to go to town you have only to
copy, and not stop to study whether it is
thread or soap you wanted. Has any
one found a convenient, safe place for the
oil can?

If Aunt Lucyis not goingto respond
to the call for that bill of fare, will not
Old School Teacher, Evangeline, or some
one give theirs? j JANNETTE.

——-——Q..——

. TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY. :-

There is a good deal of life’s hard logic,
“stubborn as fate.” in this thought: We
need to exercise care in watching the
grounds upon which we build our tex-
pectatiOns. Ever-building Hope rears
her fair castles in the distant some-
time, and to me they have a wide shining
and self-evident splendor, though weary
journeys thitherward often prove them
delusive ruins. Perhaps too much time
is spent in trying to rebuild the old,
when anew site should be selected. I
am not determined on that point, for it is
diﬂicult to estimate the value andigtrue
relation of the old and the new, to-day
and yesterday. In fact, the whole study
and wisdom of life lies in this question
of right relations; upon our judgments
and selections there, depend our useful-
ness and happiness.

There are men and women of to day
who can remember when to go on a
journey, to leave home for afew days,
was a great departure, a matter of great

 

deliberation and elaborate preparat1on.
To-dav people rush across continents

 

with little thought of distances; the
world is full of motion, and commotion.
Peoplehave grown larger, they feel in—
creased capacities. They require wider
culture, and desire to see the world
which is growing with them. We of to-
day breathe a larger, freer air, and it ex-
pands life proportionately.

During our wanderings in the South
full of sunshine, of song, and the beauty
of opened ﬂowers, we saw much of in-
terest in life and scenery, old houses, old
customs, and old maids. The old build—
ings Iviewed with interest, of the old
customs and superstitions I might
speak, but the old maids,—I can’t do
them justice.

The South will furnish a ﬁne ﬁeld for
the coming novelist who can appreciate
its humor and pathos, sketch its pictures-
que and grotesque phases of life, its mix-
tures of the old and recent, the curious
and superstitious in custom and re-
ligion. Northern enterprise is being felt
everywhere throughout the South. ’In
time the deserted plantations will be re-
claimed, which now in many portions lie
uncultivated. I “reckon” said enterprise
evinces a thrift and business tact sur-
prising to some of the citizens of the
South. As an instance, views are taken
of some of the old Spanish buildings in
the French quarter of New Orleans. and
sold readily, I suppose, because they are
“so ancient.” They are old, buthas
informed that their age was considerably
exaggerated by the artists. Is not exag-
geration a part of the industrial art?
However, there are many buildings and
whole squares on the French side of the
city, which is cut off from the American
side by Canal street running up from
the river, very old in appearance. Dark
faces, with turaaeed heads. peep from
doors and windows, old women and
nurses sit on the steps in the sunshine.
The colored population seem to enjoy
life. Occasionally among the numerous
processions and parades which pass on
all days of the week, is one of negroes,
and as their band plays the women and
youth come out and “jine the chorus,”
jumping and dancing in high glee, ex-
hibiting a great variety of costumes and
gestures. The negroes are well repre-
sented in churches, orthodox and
Catholic. Some of their services are
very intelligently conducted, while
others are very n01sy. We attended a
colored church soon after Moody’s visit
to New Orleans. 1 judged possibly a
part of their extreme enthusiasm was due
to-the spark dropped among the dusky
sinners by the “ big preacher.” Their
prayers were terriﬁc in volume, and the
sisters were fair competitors with the
“brethering;” but awakened souls are
earnest, and there was the germ of
genuineness, tokens of dawning bright-
ness in their untutored pleadings and
weird, wild chants, with'al a 'sincerity
goodtowitness. Every soul must have
its own communion, its own contact with
the Eternal.

The past is fraught with good to us.
To-day is the rich heritage of the
world’s yesterdays. Who could, who

 

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the teachings of the past? N 0, but bury
its dead body. In the soul of things is
life. The people of the South seem to
cling to the past, their memories are of a
grandeur which was rather than is to be.
Especially the landlords and ladies re-
member last year, with its numerous
visitors from abroad, and its rich harvest
of fees. New Orleans is poor, and it is a
question in the inquirer’s mind how its
people live, taking, the year altogether;
there seems an inﬁnite number of rooms
to rent, and visitors during the winter
were comparatively few. The land?
ladies will never cease to remind people
of what “ we had," and what “we did,”
for how much “ we rented this room”
during the palmy days of the Exposition.
The decrease in prices compelled some of
them to sell their furniture for their
own rent this spring. Hard and unsatis-
factory are many their lives, environ—
ments developing most undesirable
nqualities.

Strange, and most diﬁ'icult studies in
life, are the people we meet. Oh, the
mystery of the footsteps which come into
our lives! Their contemplation is some-
thing passing wonder in the soul. So
soon our yesterdays grow dim, and are
continually hurrying into the realm of the
past, with its treasury "of dreams and
idylls. But the inﬂuences of lives are
gathered up to live in the eternity of our
being. Lives we know, from which ﬂow
outafullness illuminating our own in
silence; others touch us to waken new
emotions ﬁlling life with eager pain of
longing; some inﬂuences heaven sends
like rest dropped into the ferment of
anxieties and uncertainties, fulﬁlling
large promises to the weary life.

There is something of worth and
sweetness, I had fancied, in every life.
But in New Orleans I tried to gather up
my fancies and ideals and to spare them
total desecration, store them away for
life in a more peaceful region. A woman
demolished my ideal sadly. A maid of
ﬁfty summers “sat down” upon my
cherished theories of the gentler sex, and
I am sadder, wiser grown. I acknowl-
edge her a mystery, inexplicable in her
ways. Imperative, selﬁsh, superstitious,
voluble.—she was a tower of Babel in
herself. Before her, I stood as one
amazed and confounded. Never did
speech so fail me to describe a thing sub-
lime or ludicrous. During all the days
of gathering experiences, never was so‘
great a problem of trying humanity
thrust into my life. The goad of the hour
is often severe, and there ran an under-
current of being through the dark vision
which touched my spirit with larger un-
derstanding. A life incomplete, unde-
veloped, narrow; a life unknown to love,
which is the clear shining certainty,
rendering triumphant the path of being.

In the midst of interesting and ambitious

excursions, one’s attention is likely to be
called to the inﬂuence of climate, which I

am of the opinion is irresistible. The

city and State are malaria], and fortunate

is he who does not feel those miserable
aches creep into his bones and penetrate
this sinews. They came, they found me

 

as though they saw, but that they con-
quered I do not admit. However, I lost
interest and admiration for the South
with its warm breezes, and wealth of
ﬂowers. its rich, beautiful foliage so de-
lightful to the eye. Old houses, old
customs, old maids, “had all lost their
sweetness to me.”

We woke one morning on the train to
ﬁnd the coach warm; ’twas not the sun,
but a ﬁre, and a ﬁre in the stove. I decid-
ed several months ago that our springs
were barbarous. It did seem that the
last of April should be warmer, but I al—
ways console myself by the borrowed re-
ﬂection, “The ﬂowers of civilization
bloom in the drifted snow.” We noted
the gradual un-development of the leaves
as we advanced from New Orleans to
Chicago, with its greatness and big en—
terprises. The greatest change was seen
after crossing the Ohio. Leaving Cairo,
which has lost much in wealth and popu—
lation within a few years, on account of
the encroachments of the great rivers on
either side, as we pass slowly out from
the excircling arms of the Mississippi and
Ohio, we ﬁnd the leaves young and
tender. The foliage of the North is so
frail and thin as cc mpared with the heavy,
rich Southern growth; which the seven-
months’ summer blesses with radiant
sunshine. Our orchards are the glory of
the spring-time North. I always squan-
der some time on a few spring lines when
they are in bloom. Not poetry. I am
so fortunate as to have made the dis—
covery, sad as it seems, that my poetry
was born without speech. Yet spring
wakes the prosaic to new life and new
song. Perhaps not new, but the revival
of the old. Fresh-gathered life and calm
thrills through the old. The past wakes
with its tide of feeling, its strength
growing on with to-day’s wonderings.
Great waves of memory sweep over the
soul, strong with life. Strange, is it. that
old memories should wed with young
life, and sadden the fresh, sweet hours?
Yet a beautiful peace gathers round these
days when the trees are white and pure
in blossoming fragrance, and we almost
plead for the tarrying of this time rich in

nature’s renewed promises.

S. M. G.
Rocxronn. I11.

——...—

TRAN SPOSED.

It was a complete revolution of the
wheel of circumstances that placed E. L.
Nye one hot day in the middle of April
in the heart of one of the prettiest little
cities in Michigan. A city of homes and
shade and schools and busy, happy.
healthy life, and prosperous business
ﬁrms, factories and local enterprises.
Little did she dream when she had such
a good time at the Northeastern fair
here last September that in a few short
months this would be her abiding place.
But thus it is. And hereI am, my friends,
surroundings in every sense the very
opposite of those in the midst of which
you have known me so long. But as I
am one who conforms to circumstances
without kicking either the beam or the
bucket, the work of dropping into the
new grooves is not as hard an 5r, mic-5*:

 

be. The clatter of hoofs and the rattle
of wheels on the pavement, the steady
tramp tramp, tramp on the sidewalks, the
ever changing, moving panorama of hur-
rying humanity that we hear and see
from morning till night each day, in
place of the slowly changing forests and
ﬁelds. The squawking of parrots, the
small talk of canaries, and the detestable
click and chitter of English sparrows for
the magniﬁcent singing of a thousand
free. feathered vocalists that know how
to make all the air quiver with delight
and all the earth rejoice and be glad;
Gardner’s band—and a ﬁne one it is too,
the “premium band ” of the State, I am
told—for the whippoorwill and those
other evening song birds of spring-time.
the toad and the bull-frog. Housekeep-
ing in a “ﬂat” 1:. e., on the second ﬂoor of
a buildingin abusiness block in the city’s
mart—for the length and breadth and
height and depth of a cheerful, commo-
dious farmhouse.

So you must see without further de-
monstration that the transposition is
complete. But then our home is very
cosy, and if when duty’s tasks are done,
we choose to recreate there is always an
entertainment, or something nice,
agreeable and instructive to resort to.
For instance, one evening we attended
the junior exhibition of the city High
School at the Opera House; Gardners’
orchestra discoursed eloquent music
chosen especially for the occasion,
The young masters and misses rendered
their orations, essays, and parts in
“Pyramus and Thisbe” with easy grace
and appreciation generally. One oration
on Manual Education won my especial ap-
probation. I am glad to see the boys and
girls taking up this idea and investigating
its nature, possibilities and demands for
themselves. By and bye they will
“ strike ”for it; and then good daddies,
come down with your dollars!

As a ﬁsh would naturally ﬂop into
water once in a while if trying to exist
on dry land, so I now, when opportunity
offers, enjoy the atmosphere of the
schools and of things connected with
them. The Flint Normal School is just
across the street from our house. I
spent one afternoon there and am going
to spend several more within its halls as
time rolls along.

One thing more I do enjoy here, and
that is a quiet saunter about the shady
residence streets of the city. The most
of the streets cross at right angles, with
rows of beautiful shade trees on either
side of each street. Ample grounds
tastefully ornamented and kept around
the houses, and good sidewalks, make
such a saunter as refreshing and enliven -
ing as a stroll in a country highway
could possibly think of being. And it
seems so odd to be able to go out for a
refreshing walk just after a shower with-
out the encumbrance of even so much as
an overshoe. '

Oh, by the way, I wish to say to my
sweeping sisters, wear gloves of course if
you need them. But as for me, my hands
never callous, chap nor get red, so I do

not need them. E. L. NYE.
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WRITING FOR THE PAPERS.

 

 

I do not think there ever was any one
more scared than I the ﬁrst time I
saw one of my own compositions in print.
0, dear, I thought, what will the people
who read it think; whatever made the
editor think it was good enough to print,
and how Iwish I had not sent it! But
there it was in black and white, and I
have tried ‘frequently since, with about
the same result and feelings.

But I set out to try to tell some one who
does not exactly know how to go about
it, the best way I know to write for the
paper, so that the communication will-
not get into the waste basket. And right
here let me state that I think that many
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both sides of the paper, or abbreviated,
or run the letters together so that the
manuscript cannot be read, while another
letter of less merit is printed just because
it can be read with ease. Write only on
one side of the paper; if it is note paper
spread the sheet open and write clear

‘ across. Number your pages; be careful
to punctuate clearly; and put the capitals
where they ought to be.

The subjects and language to use Ican
give no advice about; the topics come to
me at odd times, sometimes when my
hands are in the dough, or as early in the
spring, when I was frying and putting
the hams down in lard; but with me when
the idea comes, it must be written down,
or lost, and I suppose it is the same with
others.

I hope many will write for our little

than the writer, and there are inany far-
mers’ wives with good educations, much
experience in housework, and bright

only let their light shine.

Remember, to dot your i’s and cross
your t’s. My nom de plume I write at the
end of the article to be printed; my real
name I write on a slip of paper and put
it inside the envelope. I ﬁrst prepare a
rough draft of what I am going to write
on a bit of wrapping paper, or anything
I can lay my hands on, then I copy it off.

LEONE .
BIG BEAVER.

[Leone’s directions are approved by the
Editor with but one exception. Use com-
mercial note paper as the most convenient
size, but do not write across both pages.

- It is easier for the printers to “ follow
copy ” across the shorter lines of a single
page. Just here the HOUSEHOLD Editor
would say to those who are conscious of
having good ideas, and would like to ex-
press their opinions in the little paper,
but are deterred by fear of seeming awk
ward in composition, ‘never mind such
fears, but write, and trust the Editor to
make any emendations or corrections that
are needed. We care more for helpful
ideas than for elegant diction. One point
Leone omitted is to use italics and quota-
tion marks as sparingly as possible.
Those who read attentively do not need
italics to enable them to see where stress
should be placed. There is not an italic—
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Seeingin the Ilousmrromtt " - _ , ,
an inquiry for direct' for ma .~ ‘
soap. I send mine, w .dh have been
oughly tested: Six pounds sal soda; t ,
pounds stone lime; seven pounds cl .
grease; six gallons soft water. Put the

eel s'oda and lime in a large kettlﬁout ofi .

doors; pour on the water and , its”
good boil up once; let it“stand ot-night.‘
In the morning drain off the lye. a tub,

,‘ninse out the kettlé, and put back the lye,

adding the grease, which must be free
from bones and scraps, so as to have the
full amount. Then boil until it is about
as thick as strained honey. When boiled
enough pour into a tub, having the tub
wet; let it stand till next morning, and
cut out in good sized pieces, as it dries
down quite hard. This will be very white

and nice if the gre‘kle is clean. s. M.
GEass LAKE. \

 

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
DICKENS said once that he judged the
quality of housekeeping by the condition
of the casters on the table. We are not
sure but it is a good test. The careless,
thoughtless person is apt'to let the vine-

gar cruets get nearly empty and
full of sediment, the mustard
pot ‘ ‘ all stuck up, ” the little

wooden spoon encrusted with dried mus-
tard; while the catsup and sauce bottles
fairly take away your inclination to test
the contents by their “mussiness.” Due
attention should be paid to these things,
which are lesser tasks, to be sure, but
none the less indices of housekeeping
qualities.

 

Home in plastering may be ﬁlled up
with a little plaster of Paris mixed thick
with water and applied with a knife.
Hard-finished walls may be washed with
soap and water and wiped dry. Dust and
coal smoke are removed from papered
walls and ceilings by rubbing them with
a broom wrapped around with a soft
white cloth; the cloth should be be chang-
ed whenever it becomes much soiled.
Ammonia and water, or whiting and wa-
ter, are used to clean white paint, while
cold tea is employed on grained work,
the paint being wiped dry with a soft
ﬂannel cloth.

 

WE do not think a woman has any
business fooling round a stove trying to
take it down or put it up. It is a work
for the men to do, and though it may
cause them to indulge in swear words,
that is not half as bad as the consequence
of over-lifting to a fragile woman. But
there are some women who must attend
to such work, and we would remind them
that a board, wide enough to slip under
the stove between its “legs, and long
enough to hp handled ,easily, can he put
under the (cove, upon twp d ﬂicks

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Tiber} for rollers, and the stove put
‘ ’ -’ yn upon it with a lever as the legs are

C ‘ken out. Once on the board you can
roll it from one room to another by re-
placing the rollers as it rolls off them.

A LITTLE common soda, on a dampened
cloth, rubbed on cups and saucers, or
.teaspoons, will remove all the tea stains
, at give such a bro we 106k to dishes that
,, ve been used a little while, and it does

j spot cockle the enamel like sand,'and is
‘ .much easier and quicker done.

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. 'l‘l’o'r-long ago a reporter of one of our
{State exchanges mentioned having picked

up in the room in which a teachers’ ex-

amination had been conducted, a list of
the questions presented to the candidates.
The list was printed in the paper, and
the question asked how many of the solid

business men of the city, including

lawyers, doctors and others, could’ answer
these questions. I confess that in my

estimation they partook more of the

nature of conundrums than queries de-

signed as an index of ability, or test of

scholarship. Several were not stated

with that clearness we have a right to
expect from a Board of Examiners. The

idea of an examination is less, I have al-

ways supposed, for the purpose of giving
hard nuts to crack than to enable the.
examiner to arrive at a just estimate of
the intelligence. and acquirements, and
facility in expression of the examined.

The necessity of writing the answers is

in itself an excellent examination in
writing, spelling and diction. Usually,

the person who is clear and lucid on
paper is equally so at the blackboard or

chart before the school, though there are

exceptions to this rule. Life is far too

short to learn all that books can teach us,

or to pursue into its intricacies every
subject of which a general outline is now

required of us. BEA'rmx.

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Useful Recipes.

 

PICKLED Essa—Boil the eggs hard, remove
the shell and drOp them, whole, into hot spiced
vinegar.

SPICED BEER—This is an excellent relish
for a picnic: Remove all the bones from a
piece of meat weighing about four pounds.
Rub it well with cinnamon, allspiee, pepper
and celery salt. Roll tightly and tie. Boil in
water enough to cover, to which has been ad-
ded'one-third of an ounce each of. ginger,
clover, cinnamon, allspice and mace. When
cold, dust off the spice on the outside and
slice thin. .

 

ORANGE inhumane—Slice a, dozen 153g}
oranges very thin, removing the seeds. Use
the juice of two lemons, and add water enough
to make seven pints. Let the fruit stand over
night in an earthen dish. Next morning put
it ina preservin kettle, and boil ently till
the orange rin is tender; then st with it
seven pounds of granulated 3 er, and boil
gently, stirring occasionally, till t e rind looks
clear and a little of the juice, when cooled, has
a jell -like consistency. 0001 the marmalade
and t en transfer it to glass jars or jelly glasses.
On top of each lay a round of pa r cut to ﬁt
and dipped in brandy, and se the glasses
with paper brushed with white of egg . This
will eep indeﬁnitely and is very wholesome
and nutritious, especially for invalids and

 

children. Miss Corson’s recipe.

   

