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“ Now I lay me—say it darling;”
“ Lay me," lisped the tiny lips
01‘ my daughter kneeling, bend’ng

O’er her folded ﬁnger tips.

“ Down to sleep ”—“ to sleep,” she murmured;
And the curly head dropped low;

“ I pray the Lord,” I gently added,
“ You can say it all, I know.”

“ Pray the Lord ”—the words came faintly,
Fainter still—“my soul to keep;”

Then the tired head fairly nodded,
And the child was fast asleep.

But the dewy eyes half opened
When I clasped her to my breast,
And‘a dear voice soft' y whispered,
“ Mamma, God knows all the re st."
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THE QUESTION OF SUFFRAGE.

 

As J annette has very truly said, the
arguments on the subject of suffrage for
women are all in; there is nothing new to
say, and to most of us at least the discus-
sion is proﬁtless and wearisome. Yet a
certain interest attaches to the topic, be
cause of the progress the “reform ” has
met with within late years, and the
probability that a few decades more will
see the goal of the agitators reached and
the women of the country admitted to
suffrage. There is no good reason why
women should not vote as well as negroes
and the illiterate foreigners who seek our
shores. Her qualiﬁcations are inﬁnitely
superior to theirs; all intelligent men ac
knowledge this; most of them say they are
perfectly willing she should vote “if she-
wants to.” Like A. L. L, I ﬁnd more
men who are willing to grant the privilege
than women who are desirous of availing
themselves of it. For myself I do not.
nor ever have, questioned woman’s in-
tellectual or moral ﬁtness to exercise this
right, so dearly prized by the other sex
that they hesitate to extend it to women
and idiots, but I have, and do, question
the expediency. What is to be gained?
This is the question to be answered, and
circumstances demand a strong showing;
and so we have long diatribes on the
wonderful beneﬁts to accrue to woman'
kind in especial and to humanity in gen
eral, if once she can grasp this coveted
privilege.

The principal argument brought for-
ward is that admitting woman to the
rights of the ballot will alleviate her con-
dition as a worker in the world, make her
pay morejust and adequate, open new em-
ployments, give her new importance and
emoluments, and also permit her to share

with men the fat oﬂices under govern-
ment. That the mere bestowal of the
right to vote upon women would at all
aﬁ'eot those great forces of supply and de-
mand which govern the wages of the
workers, the world over, no one at all
conversant with the principles of political
economy can believe. That which
governs wages is in no way related to the
casting of ballots. Nor have Iever heard
the true principle that does govern prices
of labor more forcibly and simply stated
than in the following, whose author I
cannot name: “When two bosses are
running after one man, wages are high;
when two men are running after one
boss, wages are low.” That is all there
is of it. When we have a bountiful
harvest, wheat is low; when the crep fails,
wheat is high; the law holds with labor as
with everything else. When two women
stand ready to take the place of a sister
woman, at a reduction in wages if they
can only get the place, do you suppose
the fact that all three can vote will in
any degree whatever affect their em-
ployer’s action in getting the most labor
for the least possible sum? If the
franchise possessed peculiar powers of
this nature do you not believe the work

ingmen of this nation, who far outnumber

in votes the employers, would allevxate

their own condition through its magic?

If there are two men or two women seek-

ing work and only work enough for one,

what difference in the doing and the pay-

ing does the “privilege of the ballot”
make? '

As for opening up new employments to
women, I would be glad to have any one
point out a business in which a woman
is not at liberty to engage if she has the
inclination. She can practice law or
medicine, stand in the pulpit and on the
lecture platform, run a steamboat or an
engine, drive a cab, buy or sell stock,
manage a farm, take contracts and build
houses, and no one says "What doest
thou?” Indeed, it is often urged that
woman is taking the bread out of man’s
month by her usurpation of his employ-
ments; she has crowded him out of stores
and factories and ofﬁces, and because
“she is so plenty,” reduced wages to a
minimum. So far does this feeling ex-
tend in some places that married women
who have husbands to support them are
not considered eligible to positions as
teachers in public schools. Yet woman
has, after all, as good a right to earn her
livelihood as her brother.

 

the balderdash which slips so glibly from
the tongues of certain of our so-called
“ reformers ” about women’s being slaves,
down-trodden, oppressed, crushed to the
dust, by man. “ Man’s laws,” they tell us,
“are so cruel and unjust to woman that
she must make laws for herself.” Get a
lawyer to tell you the rights and privi—
leges woman enjoys in Michigan—I am
not able to say as to her status in other
States—and you will ﬁnd our laws gen-
erally just and generous to her. The in-
justice yet to be remedied lies in the fact
that the husband of the married woman
can collect her wages without her con-
sent, and in that further matter of intes-
tate law which has been discussed in
these columns recently. But, per contra,
she can compel him to support her, or
the law will annul the “tie that binds,”
and give her alimony; and we had re-
cently the spectacle of a man in jail for
refusal to pay such alimony, even though
he alleged his inability to do so. The
laws have not always been so just to
women, and the agitation of the subject
of “women’s rights,” has certainly been
productive of much good in calling at.
tention to the injustice and unfairness of
the old laws, and the framing of new; and
I believe our law-makers have but to see
the need of reform in the points named to
do full justice to women, suffrage or no
suﬁrage. The truth is man’s laws are
wisps of straw beside the unwritten laws
of society and life, which are bands of
iron, enslaving woman to petty prejudi-
ces and ignoble ambitions. The laws
which are “cruel” and which “ oppress”
and “crush ” are of woman’s own making
and quite unaffected by anybody’s fran
chise. A leading clergyman of this city
has truly said, “ Woman’s harshest judge
is her sister woman.” I have heard it
urged that the franchise is to level social
rank and make the poor woman the
equal of the rich one; but since neither
has the right now, both are as much on a
level as they would be afterward.

As for woman’s ability to “hold down
achair” in a government ofﬁce, no one
doubts it. Men admit it and give her
some small chairs, but, woman-like, she
will not be satisﬁed until she occupies the
more important positions. But if a term
of years in ofﬁce aﬁects woman as it does
mankind, I sincerely hope she will be al-
lowed no further encroachments in that
direction. The spectacle of women en-
gaged in the shameless scramble for of-
ﬁce would not be particularly edifying.

 

Nothing so thoroughly disgusts me as

    

In speaking on this subject with a prOm.


 

2 THE HOUSEHOLD.

inent lawyer of this city, just after a man
of brilliant promise had resigned a
lucrative practice to take ofﬁce under the
present administration he said: “It is a
great pity; aman seldom amounts to any-
thing after he has once held a govern-
ment ofﬁce. It seems impossible toreturn
to private life and depend on himSelf
again. He hangs on like a leach, and
gets to be a chronic ofﬁce seeker. He
suborns his talents to a treadmill round
of red tape and loses all ambition and
originality. It breaks up his business
and spoils him for any other life.” If
this be true, and the speaker is aman
who by his experience in life and politics
is qualiﬁed to judge, surely an ofﬁce,
with its uncertain tenure and benumbing
inﬂuences, is not the grand desideratum
we have been taught to consider it.

Moreover, most people, in considering

the expediency, not the right, of granting
suffrage to women, forget that the law
which admits the educated, intelligent
woman admits her illiterate, frivolous
and debased sisters also. We do not
realize that every ignorant man who votes
represents a constituency of ignorant
women, exactly as the intelligent voter
represents a family of reﬁned femininity.
We therefore seem to increase the bulk of
voters, already unwieldy and by its size
inviting to frauds, without in any way
augmenting its value as a civilizing agent,
or at ding to it an element of purity large
enough or powerful enough to exert an
appreciable inﬂuence.

I do not assume to offer any but crude
arguments on this subject, because it is
one in which Ihave felt little interest
heretofore. But in v ew of the advance-
ment of “the cause ” it claims a share of
our consideration. We ﬁnd men like
Senator Palmer and Judge Pitman throw-
ing the weight of their inﬂuence into the
scale in favor of universal suffrage, and
both

to franchise.
expediency. .
BEATRIX.

——————.

TEA. CHOCOLATE.

The tea shrub is a native of China and
Japan, and grows to the height of twenty
and thirty feet, but when cultivated is

pruned to six feet. The ﬂowers are large,
white and fragrant.
greenhouses and window gardens is per-
haps tte most familiar near relative of
the tea plant. Tea was in general use in
China in the ninth century, but was not
introduced into Europe until the seven-
teenth century. The importations of tea
into the United States for the year
ending June 30, 1884, were 67,665,910
pounds

It is three years after the seeds are
drop: ed before a full crop is realized. In
from seven to ten years the shrubs are
cut down, and shoots spring up which
continue to bear leaves. Une plant pro-
duces on an average three hundred and
ﬂ'ty pounds of dried leaves. These are
picked three times a year, in April, May,
June or July. The ﬁrst picking is the

its native country. It was long supposed
that black and green sorts of tea, and

these gentlemen have presented
able arguments to prove woman’s right
But I still question the

The camellia of our

others, were made from distinct varieties;

in fact a considerabl: amount of mystery

surrounded the culture and preparation

of tea within the past score of years.

Authorities now state that there is but

one species of plant yielding tea leaves.

The differences are natural, some being
due to climate, or condition of the soil,

while others are the result of the manipu—
lation of the leaves after they are gather-
ed. The leaves intended for green tea
are at . nce submitted to a high heat in
iron pans; the leaves forming black tea
undergo a fermentation before they are
dried; they are piled in heaps, when they
become ﬂaccid and turn dark; the leaves
are then rolled between the thumb and
ﬁnger, or on bamboo tables, until the
desired twist is obtained, they next pass
to the drying room and are heated in an
iron pan, again twisted, and afterward
dried over a slow ﬁre. Greenteais-often
artiﬁcally colored by using turmeric with
gypsum and Prussian blue, and an ad.
ditional ﬂavor is given by using ﬂowers of
the pekoe or chulan. Among the leading
varieties of black tea are Bohea, two sorts
of Congou; Souchong, Pekoe, Oolongs.
0f the green, the Gunpowder, the Im-
perial, Young Hyson, Old Hyson,
Twankay and Japan. The large tea
housesjn China save the tea leaves after
steeping, dry them and sell them for fresh
tea. Willow leaves are used to adulter‘
ate tea. The theine contained in tea acts
as a gentle excitant upon the nervous
system. Tea is the solace of old age.
Cibber, an English poet says: “Tea! thou
soft, thou sober, sage and venerable
liquid, thou female tongue running, smile
smoothing, heart opening, wink rippling
cordial, to whose glorious insipidity I
owe the happiest moment of my life, It t
me fall prostrate.”

teacups of water.

famous cooks says: “ There
a time in baking, frying or boiling, when
injured nature revolts and burns up, but
a thing may boil until not a vestige of its
original condition remains, and unless
the water evaporates it may go on boiling
for hours, without reminding one by

spoonfuls

The tea steeper must be clean and
bright, the water just boiled, allowingoue
teaspoonful of tea for a person, and two
Allow it to steep, not
boil. Rememoer always what one of our
comes

chocolate; rub
smooth in a little water, stir it slowly
into ﬁve cups of boiling water, let it boil
ﬁve minutes, then add two cups of milk;
let simmer a few minutes. then remove
from the ﬁre. Sweeten o ver the ﬁre or in

of grated

the cup. It should be a clear, nearly

pink color—not dark and muddy.
EVANGALINE.
BATTLE CREEK

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RETURN TRIP FROM NEW 0R-
DEANS.

 

We left New Orleans Wednesday even~~
ing, April 20, with about 80 passengers on
board, a goodly number of whom had
been with us on the down trip. After a
run of twenty miles a fog rose, and we
tied up to a tree for the night. On our .
return we stopped at many places and
saw many views which on the down trip
were passed in the night. One of the
towns was Natchez. The town “under
the hi1 ” is small and uninteresting; Nat-
chez “on the hill,” is a very pretty, lively
tow: , with many points of interest. Be-
fore leaving New Orleans we heard that
the Reuben S. Springer, another boat of
the line, had be‘ n sunk at the “Cutoff,"
above Natchez. It appears she was work-
ing her way along shore, when she was
caught by a powerful eddy, her bows
were driven on shore with great ftl'CO,
and, being heavily laden, the strain open-
ed seams in her hull so that the water
poured in faster than the pumps could
throw it out.‘ The captain, on backing off
and ﬁnding the injury, immediately made
the shore again, tied up, called the pas-
sengers and sent them on shore with their
effects. An effort was made to ease the
steamer by lightening her. A hundred
tons of freight were thrown over, but all
in vain. Provisions were taken on shore,
and some live stock on board was also
ltnded safely; but four hours after strik—
ing, the good boat lurched to one side and
went down. Soon after leaving Natchez
we came to the scene, but it was dark, we
could only see that some of the upper
works were visible. We took on board
the captain and clerk, some of the furni-
ture that was rescued, and lastly, a pig,
which had been raised on board and al-
lowed the freedom of the deck. He took
kindly to his new quarters, grunting his
pleasure at making new acquaintances,
and was quite as wary of the unguarded

smell or smoke that it is spoiled.”

known, all of which are tropical.

sweet almonds, arranged in rows.

cakes.

 

best tea, and this is largely consumed in

 

properly prepared.

The chocolate tree grows in South
America, Mexico and "the West Indies;
there are ﬁve hundred and twenty species
The
pods when green resemble cucumbers,
and when ripe (ontain from thirty to
one hundred seeds, about the size of
Dur-
ing the season of ripening the pods are
gathered every «'ay, laid in heaps, allowed
to ferment, when they are opened by
hand and the seeds spread in the sun to
dry; they are then roasted, the husk re-
moved. and they are reduced to a paste.
which is mixed with sugar and water into
Broma is a preparation of
chocolate, and is a delicious drinz it

deck edge as any biped on board.

A thief siipped On board while we were
lying at Natchez. He opened a stateroom
door, replied to the query “ What is
wanting,” “ Money, of course,” and de-
camped. A gentleman from another room
had gone forward to see the landing, the
thief slipped in there and secured some
booty. He was « iscovered and ﬁred at;
but escaped on shore.

At Vicksburg the river has formed bar!
which make it a perilous landing place. It
looks as if in the near future it would be-
come an inland town. It is a ﬁne city,
situated on high bluffs. its Court House,
standing on one of the highest, is particu-
larly noticeable.

Easter morning was bright, clear and

 

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THE HOUSEHOLD 3

 

by the Rev. Robert Campbell. The ser-
vice was beautifully appropriate, and
touched all hearts; text: “Commune
with your own hearts.”

About two o’clock we reached Gree nville
Miss. A large concourse of people was
seen on the banks, and as we came near
we made them out to be colored people
celebrating the ordinance of baptism by
immersion. Their shouts and songs pro-
claimed a r appy occasion. Six were put
under the water while we were in view in
passing. Colored people on board did not
seem particularly impressed by the ser-
vice. I overheard some of them asserting
that “they wouldn’t be ketched goin’ in
the water sich wedder,” and “ ministers
wasn‘t much ’count nohow.”

At Frear Point we took a coal barge in
tow. The usual way of coaling the boats
is to hitcha coal barge along side, and
start off; when the coal is transferred, the

, barge is let loose, with its hands, to drift
back to its port. It rained some through
the night, but no fog came.

We reached Memphis on the 7th. The
bluﬂs along the river here form a pleas-
ant contrast to the long stretches of sand
bars, covered with young cottonwood
The varying height of these mark the
number of seasons passed in the forma~
tion of the bars or Islands. The broken
banks in other places show where the ma—
terial used in their formation was obtain-
ed. A heavy storm during the night
caused us to tie up to the bank for several
hours.

On the 9th we passed Columbus, Ky.
Belmont, Mo., lies opposite, and is noted
as the scene of Grant’s ﬁrst battle. A
grain elevator hereis a Northern feature.
Better farm buildings are seen, not so
many “old log cabins in the lane.”

Pa-iucah, at the mouth of the Tennessee
River, is a nice, clean town, scattered over
a large area. The Tennessee is a wide
stream. After making a circuit it again
touches the Ohio, thus forming an island,
then saying “good bye for keeps,” it
turns away southward. Twelve miles
further on we pass the Cumberland River.
Bluffs alternate with alluvial bottom land,
and amid varied and charming scenery
we ﬂoat on in a kind of fairy dream, but
thoughts of home prevail, and “Sweet
Home ” is the popular song. We ﬁnd the
waters of the Ohio much higher than on
the down trip. Ran the island shute at
the mouth of the Wabash.

Henderson, Ky., is noted for its exten-
sive tobacco warehouses. A ﬁne iron
railroad bridge is in process of construc-
tion at this point, which will have a swing
over the channel. The approaches and
piers are now ﬁnished. Tobacco houses
on the Kentucky shore, and corn cribs on

the Indiana side, are the prominent
features of the landscape. Like houses,
barns, etc., when built on bottom land,
they are set up on stilts, to keep them
out of the way of the overﬂow, but are
constructed of fence rails in sections and
stories, covered with boards, then as the
corn is used, the crib is demolished, but
the material is left ready for future use.

The scenery along the Ohio above
Evansville is enchanting. High bluﬁs

hem us in on every side and the river, as
if bewildered, winds in and out, running
in successive turns to every point of the
compass, opening at every turn new views
of beauty. At times a rocky wall faces us,
anon a small plain lies at the foot of the
bluﬂs, showing a little hamlet with its
ﬁshing boats at the water's edge. At
Leavenworth we tried to make a landing.
but the current was strong. and the wind
being off shore when a line had been
made fast to the wharf boat and we at
tempted to pull up, it was the wharf
boat that started up stream. Those who
had jumped on shore had to come off in
skiffs. Oh we go, amid the grand and
beautiful scenery. Sometimes we glide
between bold bluﬁs that seem to have
been riven apartto permit the river’s pass-
age, then away they go, forming cones,
domes and pyramids, in the cistance;
anon, lying in undulating forms, as if Na
tnre had been paralyzed in some great
throe, and these had retained their shud
dering forms, monuments of her agony.
Then one will come with gabled point as
if rushing at the river, only to stand in
scowling beauty, an everlasting sentinel.
Deep ravines separate the bluﬁs, or form
bold crevasses, with points that gently
slope down to the smiling valleys, lying
securely shrined in their embrace. Some
rocky faces are so ﬁssured and worn by
warring elements that they seem to stand
colossal monuments to giant races gone
forever. Then in some huge gap there
will be seen great fragments of rock, as
Titans might have dropped them in ele~
phantine gambolsfacross the chasm. Again
the face of the cliffs is broken with cavern-
ous openings, which lead to mines or
quarries. Here and there are sunny slopes,
with verdure giving promise of coming
spring. One cliﬂ was faced with columns
that needed but little of fancy’s aid to
transform it into a mighty temple, with
facade supported by Corinthian pillars of
purest marble, a temple ﬁtted with its
surroundings for the worship of a race of
giants.

Passed Haunted Hollow, a rift in the
bluﬂs, with sides covered with trees, a
little stream trickling through its wild
recesses; a dark, dank place, ﬁt for deeds
of terror and ghostly haunts. “Painted
rocks” follow; here a perpendicular cliff.
300 feet high,is faced with rocks in regular
layers, colored as if painted by the hand
of an artist. Minerals mixed with the
I'OCK give the coloring. At a cross road
above Bradenburg we landed to put off a
party of ﬁatboatmen. Here a clear
stream gushed from the rocks; the ﬁrst
clear water we had seen since leaving
Cincinnati. Everybody was thirsty at the
sight, but there was no time to reach the
tantalizing object. Pinnacle Point is 400
feet high; the highest point on the river.
Saw a second spring of water gushing
from the rock, and at West Port, the
mouth of Salt River, saw a man planting
potatoes, evidently providing for the
politicians who have gone up that classic
stream. ‘
At Knob Bend is the grave of one Frank
McClary, who was President of the St.

 

Louis and Natchez Steamboat Line. He

died some years ago, and desired to be
buried high up the cliff near his home; to
be placed on his feet, facing the river, so
that he might “still watch the d—d
steamboat men.” His wish was gratiﬁed
but his body was some years afterward
moved to Cave City cemetery, Louisville.
His perch is still seen, however, as the
vault remains, and his descendants still
occupy his house.

We stopped at Vevay to land a newly-
married pair from California, en route
for avisit to the “ old home.” By the
way, I omitted mention of two pair of
Hymen’s trophiespassengers on the down
trip. A youthful pair hardly looked at
each other for fear of criticism, while a
widower of 60, With his bride of 50, were
devotion itself; duckies and dearies
abounded.

We reached Cincmnati on the evening
ofthe 12th, and on the morning of the
13th took the cars for home. Arrived
in Detroit at eight, and at nine were safe
home at “Ingleside,” happy, and with a
world of new ideas to arrange and assimi-
late. A. L. L.

Ganaxrrnnn.

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PLANTING SEEDS AND BULBS.

 

If every person who is about to plant
seeds or bulbs would consider the neces-
sary conditions requisite for successful
development of the germ, or new life of
the plant to be, there would be far less of
failure, and much less of censure for the
seedmen to hear. Heat, air and moisture
are the essentials, and if seed is buried
too deep it is denied air and necessary
heat, and if too near the surface
and only loosely covered. it has not
the requisite moisture. Instead of
sowing ﬁne seeds on a bed of loose,
freshly worked soil, the preper way
is to press the soil quite ﬁrm, andsift the
covering over and smooth that gently
down; this not only prevents loss, but
gives secure hold to the ﬁrst root, which
is not a feeder as many suppose, but a
stay for the plant until the ﬁne, nearly in-
visible rootlets form. The plant until
this time is nourished by the seed leaves;
this will show the importance of care in
transplanting, not to disturb the root
more than is unavoidable, especially of
tender varieties. The more we learn of
this subject the more we see the imports
ance of careful planting. Another point
15 to ascertain which of the annuals are
hardy and may be planted early, and
which should be held till later. There is
little gained by sowmg annuals until the
soil is warm. I have heard many com-
plaints already among acquaintances,
that “ seed don’t come up ” that had been
sowed so long, while it should still have
been in packets. It is not unusual for
people to buy a dozen or more varieties
and plant all at the same time. They
would patiently wait for the time for
the vegetables to show themselves, but
get impatient to see the ﬂowers start.
Seed properly planted and at the right
temperature of soil and air to germinate
quickly and kept growing thriftily, will

 

produce much better bloom than if sowed


 

THE HOUSEHOLD.

 

to lie dormant too long in cold earth, and
grow feebly ever after.

Dahlias should have rich, mellow soil
and be covered an inch or two above the
bud, if only budded. The stems Of bulbs
will grow but little until the roots are es—
tablished and feeders form. The large
tubers of dahlias have as little to do with
the growth Of the plant as with the potato;
and although I have never tried cutting
gladiolus in pieces with an eye to each, I
have been told by several correspondents
that the plan worked well, I will experi-
ment this season and report to the FARM-
ER readers and save them the risk and
trouble.

Hereafter, when orders are sent for
dahlia tubers they will be sent in what I
consider the right time to plant them.
Orders will be promptly acknowledged.
Iwill send four different colors for ﬁfty
cents; one for ﬁfteen cents. In small
orders there is occasionally a nickel sent,
and on receipt here an extra stamp to be
paid, so please send no nickels. All wish-
ing sage, lavender, summer savory, pars-
ley, etc., twenty varieties of the best
sorts of sweet herbs, can be supplied now.

Mixed seed ten cents, or six for 25 cents.

MRS. M. A. FULLER.
FENTON, Mich.

W

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

 

A WHISK broom is better than a cloth
to brush down the paper to the wall
when hanging it. Fasten the strip
lightly at the top, place in position at the
middle Of the strip, then brush both
ways.

 

ans are very apt to infest the sacred
shut up parlor, and “ raise the mischief ’
with the cherished carpet. A little air
and sunshine help keep them away. If
you suspect their presence, wring out a
cloth and lay it on the spots, pressing
with ahot iron; the steam will kill them.
The edges of carpets in dark corners and
under heavy furniture are most liable to
their depredations.

A WORN, dirty, faded ingrain carpet can
often be washed so as to look quite nice
and clean again. Rip it to pieces, take
each breadth separately into a pounding
barrel, turn on a good supply of warm
and weak soap-suds, give it a good
pounding, fold up so it can be run through
the wringer, and then rinse in a copious
supply of clean warm water. Use fresh
suds for each breadth. Hang on the line
to dry, pinning the edges of the carpet to
the line every half yard, that it may dry
straight.

SOME writers on household topics ad-
vocate painted or stained ﬂoors, and rugs
where necessary, as saving the house-
keeper much hard labor with a broom.
Which is hardest, to sweep a room, or
take the rugs out of doors and shake
them free of dust daily? The average
woman will declare the shaking to be the
most fatiguing. To pin rugs to the

clothesline and whi them with a stick is
more effectual an easier on the arms
than to try to shake them, especially if
they are heavy, as most rugs are.

 

 

A. H. J. wants to know what the gold
powder is mixed with when articles are to
be gilded. A “ size,” or liquid for the
purpose, comes with every package of
powder. -

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MERTIE's method of packing ham is
identical with that already given by Aunt
Nell, except that she melts and returns to
the jar the lard which adheres to the meat
taken out, thus keeping that unused still
under a coat of lard.

IN answer to the lady who wished to
know how to cook cracked wheat “ in the
best possible manner,” we commend
Helen Campbell’s method, which is to
cook it exactly as oatmeal is cooked, in a
double boiler. She puts a quart of water
in the inner boiler, adds a teaspoonful of
salt and one cup of cracked wheat, and
cooks for two hours, without stirring.
When done each grain should be distinct,
yet jelly-like.

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MR. THOMAS LINDLEY, of Marshall,
writes us that he has exterminated ants,
which had made hills as large as a half
bushel in his dooryard, by applying
kerosene to the hills. The ants became
discouraged and either died or sought
other quarters. He thinks he shall try it
in the house, if the little pests annoy him.
There is but one possible objection to
its use in the storeroom or pantry, and
that is the odor, which communicates so
readily to almost all articles of food. One
would as soon have the ants as eat food
ﬂavored with coal oil. We can join with
Mr. L. in recommending it for out-door
use.

ALICE R. asked some ﬂower-loving lady
to tell her why her scarlet lily does not
blossom. The question is hard to answer
since we know nothing of the manner of
treatment or the variety of plant. If the
scarlet lily is an amaryllis, as we suspect,
it may be because it has been kept grow-
ing. This fall in September withhold
water until the foliage has faded and the
bulb ripened, then put away in the pot it
has grown in, where it will neither mould
nor be eaten by mice, giving water
very sparingly, and next February
or March bring it up, give water, and as
the leaves appear plenty of light. In a
few weeks the ﬂower stem will appear.
It will stimulate it to activity to put the
pot it is in into a large one which may be
ﬁlled up with boiling water. As Alice
has two of these bulbs she can try this
plan on one, if she fears to experiment
with both. We incline to the opinion the
small bulbs or offsets should be removed
when the bulb goes into winter quarters.

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Contributed Recipes.

 

Masunn POTATOES .——Pare, wash and boil;
When done pour oﬁ the water, season with
salt, mash well, and add a little good cream;
then beat with a couple of forks until white
and light.

FRIED Formosa—Pare and slice in cold
water; put some lard or meat drippings into
your spider and then your potatoes; add salt

 

 

and pepper; cover closely, stirring occasion-
ally.

POTATO BALLS.—Take cold mashed potatoes,
add a beaten egg and a little ﬂour; make into
cakes and brown in butter.

STEWED Formosa—Slice, and add just
enough water to cook them; when tender stir
in a little butter and cream; season with pep-
per and salt; let them come to a boil, and
serve. .

POTATO SOUP.——Pare and slice a quart of
potatoes; put into two quarts of water; cook
until tender; then add a cup of cream and a
little butter; season with pepper and salt.
Some prefer an onion added. A few crackers
or bits of hard bread improve it. c. B. R.

VICKSBURG.

 

ICE CREAM Pin—Nearly one quart of milk;
four eggs, leaving out the whites of two; four
heaping tablespoonfuls of sugar; two of ﬂour.
Beat the eggs, ﬂour and sugar together, with
two teaspoonfuls extract of lemon; let the milk
get boiling hot; then stir in the beaten ingre-
dients, and stir till it is thick. Have the crust
already baked, putting it somewhat loosely on
the tins, so if it shrinks up it may still be deep
enough to hold the cream. Fill; then beat the
remaining whites to a stiff froth, with a spoon-
full of sugar, spread over the tOp, and return
to the oven to brown slightly. This makes two
round pies. AUNT NnLL.

PLAINWELL.

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IF your fruit pies borl over, roll up a
small tube of white paper and insert it in
the hole in the upper crust. The juice
will boil up in this, and not run over into
the oven.

 

 

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