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We’ll read that book. we'll sing that song,
{impotent .011. when the-days. are long—
When thoughts are free, and voices clear:
Bone happy time within the year:—

lf'he days troop by with noiseless tread.
The song unsung, the book unread.

We‘ll see that friend. and, make him feel

The weight of friendship, true as steel;

Some ﬂower of sympathy bestow;

But time sweeps on with steady flow,

Until with quick. reproachfnl tear,

We lay our ﬂowers upon his bier.

And still we walk the desert. sands,

And still with triﬂes ﬁll our hands,

While ever just beyond our reach,

A fairer purpose shows to each.

The deeds we have not done, but willed,

Remain to haunt us—unfulﬂlled.

——-——-—.—.—.————

FIJOWERS FOR THE FARM.
The annual shower of seedmen’s cata

logues has fallen with unusual profusion

upon the editorialtable. It is seductive

reading, this literature of fruits and ﬂow-

 

. are of imposing size and brilliant hues.

It tends to increase the “spring fever,”
that longing for dalliance with the great
mother of us all. which comes with the
swelling of ' resinous buds and the burst
it'go'f chifsalids: Audit all” seems so easy
—on paper! The neat packages of seeds
the nurseryman furnishes us, seem cap-
able of inﬁnite possibilities: there are no
suggestions of the drouth that scorchcs
no: the worm that dieth not about them.
We have only, of course, to “enrich and
prepare the ground thoroughly,” plant,
and “cultivate,” to be rewarded with just
such beautiful blossoms and luscious fruits
as are here represented by the artist.
“ He can do little who can’t do that! " so
we make our plans for spring.

With spring bulbs, perennials and an
anal: we may have a constant succession
of bloom from the time the ﬁrst crocus
gets its yellow head from under the snow-
drifts, till a “black frost " nips the ver-
bena, still keeping a brave heart through
to chilly nights. Hvacinths, narci ? “i
and tulips wait upon each other till "'
sins perfumed by lilac and almond tree,
and all the perennials fall into line. No
well regulated family should be without
the border of perennials, whether annuals
wooed them or not. Living on from
year to year, they endure neglect with
Minism, and reward a little time and
trouble with abundance of bloom. There
is no prettier ornament for a lawn in
June than a «dump of old-fashioned
red pmnies, set in the vivid green of
he“, springing grass. The fragrant

iwhite lily, and its pretty sister with ' takes care and patience to raise them

i

.delabra of larkspur, nectar cups of

Canterbury bell, the tawny yellow and
purple iris, the ﬂegzsr de It's of France, are
all fair to see, all worth cultivation.
Pinks and pansies will need care in re
newing. Clumps of sweet William and
perennial phlox need sub-dividing occas.
ionally. I was pleased last summer, when
visiting A. L. L. ’s pleasant home, to ﬁnd the
old fashioned grass pink, with its pretty,
abundant and fragrant ﬂowers, bordering
the path; pleased, because it is one of the
sweetest and most unassuming of ﬂowers,
and because it was one of the ﬁrst I knew
when a child.

The annuals, yet in the seed leaf while
perennials are making the most of spring
rains and sunshine,must be depended upon
in July and August. To select a half dozen
or a dozen sorts, from A to Z. is a per-
plexing matter; there are so many we know
and admire, so many recommended and
pictured which we would like to know
better. But it is safest and best, and far
less disappointing, to choose a few of the
“ironclads” rather than the tender, half
hardy sorts,.that must be coddled to get
into bloom before early frosts. Of course
we must have asters for autumn bloom,
they are a valuable ﬂower both in the gar-

long, and we could not spare the pretty,
white, sweet Alyssum. The Amaranth
family, especially the new Sunrise Ama-
ranthus, give plants that are very effec-
tive in’clumps against adark backgrou nd:
they have a rich color which contrasts
well with the tropical looking foliage of
the Castor bean, yet they should not be
plante 1 side by side. The balsam, double

den and in bouquets, because they last so 2

‘ Creole complexion, the branching can- i from the seed, which germinates slowly,
but they well reward the effort. Sow the
columbine, purple spikes of foxglove and i seed in the house this month, and don't

despair if you do not see a leaf in two
weeks.

The annuals mentioned above will cost
perhaps $1.25. Ido not knowofau invest-
ment calculated to afford greater pleasure
to every member of the family. The“head
centre” who poohs and pshaws over the
“ useless expense" will yet pause by the
ﬂower bed to feast his eyes on the bios-
soms, and unbend sufﬁciently to “shy a
stick " at matter out of place, in shape of
a stray hen. The children—ah, how
eagerly they will watch the unfolding
petals, and what stores of information on
how plants grow that intelligent, thought-
ful, educated mother can impart, without
the little learners even dreaming they are
being taught lessons quite as valuable as
those of text-books. But the arguments
in favor of beautifying the home and its
surroundings have been so oﬂen repeated,
and the question is so obviously one-
sided, that it is sufficient to remind those
who love ﬂowers that “ the hounds of
spring are on winter's traces,” and that it.
is high time to lay plans and send for
those fascinating little packets.

._______._._“
“’HERE is THE LINE r

The limit of woman’s sphere, where is
it located? It is purely imaginary, a trick
of legendary legerdemain, and located in
the nondescript land of Nowhere! Luckily
the legerdemain is not, and never has
been in the legend. but in the obtuse in-
terpretation, applied to it by barbarous
brains from the beginning. But brains
do not handle electricity with such fami-

 

 

camellia ﬂowered, makes a ﬁne plant in
the garden and will aid greatly in making
up ﬂoral designs of any nature. Candy-
tuft we want of course, myosotis for sen-
timent, and mignonette for sweetness.
Phlox, petunia, portulacca, peas, poppies
and pansies, are asextette of PS that will
make a garden a delight; the single scarlet,
satiny blossom, the poppy of European
corn ﬁelds, is more popular than the large
pmony ﬂowered sorts. Detroit belles add
to their full dress toilettes a corsage bou~
quet of brilliant nasturtiums. slighting
for the bizarre blooms, the choicest of
greenhouse treasures. Verbenas are one
of the most showy and constant of our
bedding plants, and if not attacked by
their special enemy, the "black rust,"

 

 

will keep the garden gay for months. It

liar freedom in this nineteenth century
and remain barbarous. It is a curious
study to trace the rapidity of their reach
toward ripeness. and to note how one
clear, level brain after another guides its
strong, resolute, steady and humane
hands in the work of breaking down and
clearing away the stubborn old barriers
of prejudice and custom, until it seems as
though the most bigoted must begin to
feel the glow of the light let. in. It is at
least amusing to see their bewilderment
when its rays strike suddenly and sharp
upon their mental vision, and to listen to
their sharp denunciations or plaintive cry
“ Where is the line?” which when
elicited by some new license to women,
carries with it all the pathos of a dirge
for a lost cause: the wailers always seem»


 

  

INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE

 

8 THE. HOUSEHOLD.

 

gpiarian.

What to Do with Weak Colonies in
the Spring.

J. E. Pond, of Massachusetts, says in
the American Bee Journal:

“We have been advised in days past to
unite all weak colonies; this advice,which
is good for fall management. is of no value
in the spring, unless it should happen that
queenless colonies are found. when, of
course, union is strength. My experience
teaches me that weak colonies united will
live no longer than the same colonies
would have done if they had been kept
separate; the reason being that the bées
are all old and can live but a short time
after having borne the hardships of win-
ter conﬁnement. It is hardly possible to
imagine that all colonies will be alike
weak, if such should be the case, I should
hardly know what to advise, for the bee—
keeper who ﬁnds his apiary in such a state
would hardly be able to strengthen up
colonies successfully.

 

 

 

“The object of an apiarist should be, ,
not to obtain the greatest possible yield }
from a single colony, but to equalize the l
whole ariary so that he may obtain a large l
and an average gain from each colony.
To this end he should in early spring
equalize his colonies in strength as nearly
as possible, and this can best be done by
taking frames of brood from those that
are strong enough to bear the loss, and
giving them to the weaker colonies. If he
has, as he should have. average queens in
all his hives, he will be able by careful
management and judicious feeding to
stimulate, to bring all h1s colonies up to
prime condition, and to havealargc force
of foragers ready to take advantage of the
ﬁrst ﬂow of honey that is secreted by the
early ﬂowers. Many, however, are not
careful enough in this matter of stimu—
lative feeding. We begin without refer-
ence to the strength of the colony to feed
diluted syrups, and also spread the brood,
the consequence being that a cold frosty
night drives the bees into a cluster, the
brood is exposed, chilled and dies, and
the colony is either ruined completely or
so injured that it becomes valueless for
the whole season.

“ In this Whole matter of strengthening
and equalizing colonies, there is an op-
portunity for exercise of the greatest care
and judgment, and to know how to do it
just right every time, can only be learned
by experience. Many are apt to make the
mistake of strengthening colonies too
early. By so doing they lose a large
amount of stores in feeding useless con—
sumers. We want a large force of forag-
ers when there is honey to be gathered,
and at no other time.

“If any queenless colonies are found,
when it is too early to raise queens with
any prosprct of their mating in time to
be of any use, they must be united with
some colony that has a good queen; this,
I have found, can best be done by moving
the hives close together, giving both col-
onies a little smoke, and when the bees

 

are ﬁlled with honey removing the frames,

bees and all, from the queenless hive, and
alternating them with the frames in the
other hive. This united colony should be
closely watched, and if any ﬁghting takes
place, another blast of smoke should be
given them. If the union is made in this
manner on a chilly day, no trouble need
be anticipated, and no pains need be
taken in regard to the queen. I have
united many colonies in this manner with-
out caging the queen, and ﬁnd she is not
troubled at all, and that the bees unite
peaceably, and are friendly at once.”

W

 

Extracted Honey.

A very large part of the honey crop is
now taken in the form of extracted honey.
Comb-honey is good and beautiful,
but it has the disadvantage of the wax,
which is indigestible, and which nobody
cares to eat. In the extracted honey we
have no wax, it is honey in its purest
form. Many people associate extracted
honey with strained honey; they suppose
that all honey out of the comb is strained ,
honey, but this is great injustice to ex-
tractedhoney. In getting strained honey
all the combs from a hive, combs contain
ing capped‘brood, and growing larvze and
pollen and honey, are mixed up together
and then the liquid squeezed out. In this
way there is obtained some honey, but 3
there is also obtained the juice of the
growing larvae of the young bees and of
pollen, so that the honey has a rank
ﬂavor, a dark color, and associations by E
no means appetizing. But extracted '
honey is as different from this strained l
honey as it is possible to be. In getting
extracted honey we get no pollen, no
juices of bees or larvze. We get simply
the pure honey, without any admixture
whatever. He, who on a cold winter
morning has never had pure. candied,
white clover honey to spread on his hot
cakes, has lived in vain! Life has lacked .
for him one of its chiefest charms! ,

 

 

The Best Bee Veil.

James Heddon says: “I consider a
black bobbinet veil the best fa'ce protector
we have. The meshes are round, and the
shape and color is best ﬁtted to clear
vision. To make one requires a yard of
goods, twenty inches wide. When sewed
up the veil will be twenty inches long,
three feet in circumference, and one foot
in diameter. The usual way of attaching
this veil to the hat has been to have a cord
“ run" into the edge of one end and
drawn up to the size of the crown of the
hat. When drawn over, the veil comes
out over rim and down over the face and
inside the coat, vest or shirt collar. I
have found that a much better way is to
procure a new white chip hat (about ﬁf-
teen to twenty cents is the price), and
sew one end of the veil to the rim. This
can be done whether the rim is just one
foot in diameter or larger; for, if larger,
it can be sewed to the rim a short distance
back from its edge. The wide rim hat ,
gives better shade. When so used, your l
hat and veil are always to be found at ,
once, and the veil is practically about six I
inches longer than when used in the ﬁrst
way mentioned.

 

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Wail nwi that book, we'll sing that song.
Hartwheni Oh. when the days are long”
When thoughts are fn-c. and mail-pa. elour:
Some happy time within the year:—

"3‘tw daya troop by with noiseless tread.

Wm song unsung, the book unread.

We'll see that friend. and make him feel

The weight of frleudahip, true an rte-cl;

mmt- ﬂower of sympathy bestow:

Rot Lime sweepa on with steady ﬂow,

than with quick. reproachful tear.

We lay our ﬂow-rs upon his bier.

Amd still we walk thedeeen sands.

ﬁnd still with triﬂea ﬁll our hands.

While ever just beyond our reach.

A fairer purpoao shows to each.

The deeds we have not done, but willed.

Remain to haunt nut—unfulfilled.
_____._._.__._.

FLO“'ERS FOR THE FARM.

The annual shower of secdmen’s cata
logic-rs has fallen with unusual profusion
upon the editorialtable. It is seductive
reading, this literature of fruits and ﬂow-
are of imposing size and brilliant hues.
it tends to increase the “spring fever.”

that longing for dalliance with the great , . _ _
j less disappointing. to chooae a few of the -

mother of us all, which comes with the
smiling of resinous buds and the burst.
mg of chrysalids. And it all seems so easy
—on paper! The neat packages of seeds
the nurseryman furnishes us, seem cap.
aide of inﬁnite possibilities; there are no
nuggestions of the drouth that scorchcs
not the worm that dieth not about them.
We have only, of course, to “enrich and
prepare the ground thoroughly," plant,
and “cultivate,” to be rewarded with just
such beautiful blossoms and luscious fruits
as are here represented by the artist.
" He can do little who can't do that! " so
we make our plans for spring.

With spring bulbs, perennials and an
hauls we may have a constant succession
of bloom from the time the ﬁrst crocus
gets its yellow head from under the snow-
dtrifts. till a “black frost ” nips the ver‘
btma. still keeping a brave heart through

the chilly nights. Hyacinths. narcissusi
Mid tulips wait upon each other till the i

air is perfumed by lilac and almond tree,
and all the perennials fall into line. No
Well regulated family should be without
she border of perennials, whether annuals
moceal them or not. Living on from
year to year, they endure neglect with
micism. and reward a little time and
trouble with abundance of bloom. There
is. no prettier ornament for a lawn in
Jeane than a clump of old-fashioned

red pmonies, set in the vivid green of.

newly springing grass. The fragrant

white lily, and its pretty sister with
ICreole Complexion, the branching: can
'delabra of larkspur, nectar cups of
. co-lumbine, purple spikes of foxglove and
, Canterbury hell, the tawny yellow and
purple iris. the/few- «le 11:8 of France. are

Tall fair to See, all worth cultivation“

- l’inks and pansies will need care in rc~
; newing. (llumps~ of sweet William and
,1 perennial phlox need sub-dividing occas_

visiting A. L. 1135 pleasant hometotind the
old fashioned grass pink, with its pretty,
abundant and fragrant tlowers, bordering
the. path: pleased. be ‘ause it is one of the
sweetest and most unassumingr of ﬂowers,
and because it was one of the ﬁrst I knew
when a child.

The annuals, yet in the seed leaf while

rains and sunshine,must be depended upon
in July and August. To select a half dozen
or a dozen sorts, from A to Z. is a per-
plexingmatter; there are so many we know
and admire, so many recommended and
pictured which we would like to know
better. But it is safest: and best. and far

“ ironclads" rather than the tender, half

into bloom before Aarly frosts. Hf course

long, and we could not spare the. pretty,
white, swoet Alyssum. The Amaranth
family. especially the. new Sunrise Ania.
ranthus, give plants that are very cil‘ec-

they have a rich color which contrasts
well with the tropical looking,r foliage of
the Castor bean, yet they should not be
plante 1 side by side. The balsam. double
camellia ﬂowered. makes a ﬁne plant in
the garden and will aid greatly in making
up ﬂoral designs of any nature. (‘andy~
tuft we want of course, myosotis {or sen—
} timent, and mignonettc for sweetness.
Phlox, petunia, portulacca, peas. poppies
and pansies. are asextettcot‘ P‘s that will
make a garden a delight; the single scarletv
satiny blossom. the poppy of European
corn ﬁelds, is more popular than the large
pamny ﬂowered sorts. Detroitbellcs add
to their full dress. toilettcs a corsagc bou-
quet of brilliant nasturtiums. Sllg‘llllng

greenhouse treasures. Verbcnas are one

ionally. I was pleased last summer, when ,

perennials are making the most of springr E

hardy sorts, that must be coddled to get i

we must have asters for autumn bloom. .
they are a valuable tlowcr both in the gar- »
den and in bouquets, because they last so '

tive in clumps against adark background: ‘

of the most showy and constant of our ‘

.bedding plants. and if not attacked by elicited by some new license m wmn-n,
their special enemy. the black rust. )mrﬁps with it all u“. pathos of” ‘iE'I‘LtO
i Will keep the garden gay for months. it I

takes care and patience to raise them
from the seed, which gcrniinau-s slowly.
but they Well reward the effort. Sow the
seed in the house this month. and Alon't.
despair if you do not see a leaf in two
weeks.

The annuala lllt‘lllilillt‘tl ahoyc- will coat
perhaps $1.25. ldo not know ot'an invest
_ ment calculated to afford greater pieasure
t0 evcrymcn’iher of the family. The" head
centre" who poohs and [MilitWS over the
“ useless expense" will yet pausi- "Any the
; tlchr bed to feast his eyes on the him
i soms, and unbend sutlicicntly in “-‘ihy a
stick " at. matter out of place. in shape of
a stray hen. The t'llll(ll't‘ll—?th, how
. eagerly they will watch the unfolding
‘ petals, and what stores of information on
how plants grow that intelligent, thought»
ful. educatwi mother can impart, without
the little learners th’L‘ll dreamingr they are
i being taught lcssom quite as valuable as
those of text-hookx lot the arguments
in favor of beautifyingr the home and its
surroundings have been so often repeated.
and the question is so obviously one-
sided, that it it «titlicicnt it) remind those
who love tlowvrc that “ the bound: of
spring are on winter's ”arms," and that it
is high timi- to lay plans and wed for
those fascinating little packets.

..... _._._.-.___.
“'HERE IS THE LINE ’.’

The limit of woman's sphere. W’X'H't‘ i5
: it located? It is purely imaginary, a trick
of legendary legerdmnain. and localwi in
the nondescript land of Non lien-i l.=tr~..<ily
the legerdemain is not, mil nwvr haa
. been in the legend. but in the obtrw in-

terpretation, applied to it by barbamus
. brains from the beginning. But ”trains
: do not handle electricity nith «unit f'atntiv
. liar freedom in thi~ nineteenth century
rand remain barbarous. ii is a curious
study to trace the rapidity of their mach
toward ripeneaa. and to not: how one
clear, level brain after another with-s its

”an

; strong, resolute. steady and humane
. hands in the work of breaking; down and

2‘ clearing away the stubborn old barriers
, ofprejudicc and t’llnltilll, until it seems M
1 though lllt' most bigoted must begin to

feel the. glow of the light let in. it i;- at
least amusing to see their bewilderment.

3 when its rays strike suddenly and durp
for the bizarre blooms. the choicest of'

upon their mental vision. and to Iiw‘en to
their sharp denunciations or plaintive (‘ry'

“Where is the line?" which when

for a lost cause; the waiicrq alwan 7+:qu

 


 

:2 THE HOUSEHOLD.

 

ing to be impressed with the fear that
woman in the role of the animated rib in
petticoats, is going to play out. This
fear, good souls, is borrowed trouble.
She will never do it. The great body
corporate of femininity prefers to pass
through this vale of tears as a rib. Only
that and nothing more.

So although the powers that be have
granted, in due and legal form, a cap-
tain’s license to Mary M. Miller, and she
therefore is thereby thenceforth the seat
of goverment on board a Mississippi
steamer, instead of being a similar seat in
a Dakota dugout, it does not follow that
'all the women in the romantic and ad-
'venturous west are'going to rise up and
cry ‘for steamboats and captain’s com—
-missions; nor that all the old maids in the
cultured and classic east are going to for
sake their cats and crotchet to chase
whales and hunt for the north pole. No,
never! American infantry will continue
to hold the home fort, while the peace-
ful pleasures of the “chimney corner”
will lose none of their charms for women
because of Mary’s new deal, notwith-
standing the dubious tone 1n which
croakers pronounce it “ dangerous.” But
there is a queer conundrum connected
with it. ’Tis this:

No one ever said or will say “Queen
Victoria unsexes herself in being the
ruler of a large fraction of the earth’s in-
habitants,” but a host are swift to ex-
olaim “Mary Miller unsexes herself in
being the ruler of one little steamboat.”
Therefore I ask of those who state it
thus, “Where is the line?”

E. L. NYE.
Min-axons, ch 9, '84.
THE INAGE QUESTION.

 

“C,” in her letter in a late issue of the
Household, has opened a subject of con-
siderable interest to farmers’ families. It
is not in cities alone that typhoid fever
and diphtheria are the results of imper-
feet drainage; or none at all. The sani-
tary part of the drainage problem is hard-
er to manage in town than in country,
notwithstanding our sewerage system
with all its drains and “traps ” to prevent
the escape of that essence of death, sewer
gas. When a system of sewerage is in

' good order and working perfectly, it is an ‘

excellent thing; when it is defective it
breeds pestilence and death. Detroit’s
sewerage is uniformly good, yet only re—
cently one large sewer discharging into
the river was found to be clogged for a
long distance back, and though the mat-
ter was “whitewashed ” by that conven-
ient method which proves a thing, though
bad, is not as bad as it might be, we are
fully aware that such a condition is not
conducive to health, and should be rem-
edied‘at once. I have been in houses here
where every upstairs apartment seemed

permeated with a peculiar odor, not pow- I

erful, but suﬁciently pronounced to be
unpleasant, and which there is every
reason to suppose came from a fault in
the trap in the water~closet, which per-

mitted ever so slight a portion of the

deadly gas to escape. None of the regular
inmates of the house seemed to observe

 

it, yet I noted that nearly every one com-
plained of lassitude and headache, and
that several, who removed, bettered by
the change. I mention this to show that
when tow'n residents do suffer from this
cause, they usually take it on the homeos-
pathic plan, small doses of very strong
medicine.

In the country, where every man must
devise his own drainage plan, but is re-
sponsible only for his own refuse, a good
many practice the plan “C” mentions,
using the back door as a point of vantage.
In summer, the washing suds, dishwater,
and the like, can be well utilized by
throwing it at the roots of young trees or
shrubs, or watering the garden, but it is
a back-breaking business to get it thus
safely disposed of, and work no woman
ought to do. The best home-made, cheap
drain I ever saw in use conveyed the wa-
ter from the kitchen sink, and a square
opening in the ﬂoor, like a box set 1n be-
ow its level, into which water from tubs,
etc., was to be turned, through an open
V—shaped trough which carried it well
from the house, and being open, was not
liable to be clogged. But the house stood
on a high foundation wall, and there was
suﬁicient fall to carry off the surplus rap-
idly. From the point at which the drain
discharged, it spread in all directions, but
care was taken not to allow a basin for
stagnant water to be formed by the wear-
ing away of the earth. Chloride of lime
was frequently used, especially in the
spring of the year, or after long continued
rains. But this scheme would probably
not be practicable in winter, and I am
free to confess that as regards drainage
at that season, “I give it up." I have not
a suggestion to offer, unless that if the
“back door ” plan is adopted, disinfec-
tants be freely and frequently used in th
spring. '

One thing is sure, wherever the slops
from the house are thrown, stagnant wa-
ter should not be allowed to stand; and
the earth, which does its best as a sponge
to absorb our ﬁlth, should be occasionally
watered with a solution of copperas, or
sprinkled with chloride of lime. Nor
should the same spot be used year after
year, till the ground is saturated; try a
fresh place. Farmers are too apt to
neglect the use of disinfectants, but a bad
smell is something to be got rid of as
quickly as possible.

And since every well drains a larger or
smaller area, according to the nature of
the soil, it is imperatioely necessary that
the drain be not allowed to discharge near
it, nor the slops be thrown on the ground
about it, unless we would transform the
contents of the well into unwholesome
and fever bringing ﬂuid. although it may
retain its color and sparkle, and be odor-
less. The well and the drain must not be
neighbors.

There are always a few people in a
community who are careless about bury-
ing the carcasses of dead animals. Some-
times this negligence—which rather de-
serves the name of criminal carelessness,
—leads directly to death. An instance of
this came under my own observation a
number of years ago. A farmer had a

 

 

number of sheep die during the win-
ter and spring. He left them unburied,
to poison the air—I had almost said for
miles. July brought such an epidemic of
typhoid fever in the neighborhood as had
never been known before. For a mile
and a half to the east, there was hardly a
family which escaped the scourge of sick-
ness; out of three homes nearest to this
breeding-ground of pestilence, four. per-
sons died, others narrowly escaped. It
passed for a “ mysterious dispensation of
Providence,” till some one crossed this
farmer’s ﬁeld, and discovered the fearful
truth that from these unburied animals
the western wind had passed, death laden.
There is more than one who will read this
who can testify to these facts. -Every
animal that dies on avfarm, from a rat or
a chicken to a horse, should 'be given de-
cent burial, without delay. ' ‘

“ C’s ” plan of cremating refuse is a good
one; one which city housekeepers mueh
affect. It is in fact, in town, the only
way of disposing of much refuse that
would clog the drains, which the law for-
bids tossing into the alley, or which
would draw a crowd of snarling cats
and dogs.

Calcined bones, pounded up, are excel-
lent for the chickens. If sandwiched be-
tween layers of unleached wood ashes,
they are reduced to a ﬁrst class fertilizer,
worth from $35 to $40 per ton. Many
farmers prefer to buy their bone-meal,
and pave the back yard with the bones.

There is no better way of disposing of
broken dishes, dilapidated tin-ware, old
oyster cans, and such “ bric-a-brac,” than
through the kindly oblivion of a pit,
dug moderately deep, and so covered
with rails that the children cannot fall in,
while the rubbish is entirely out of sight.
It is a good place for that most useless of
all things, aworn outhoop-skirt. Edward
Everett Hale traced the downfall of the
Southern Confederacy to the indestructi—
bility of a hoop-skirt. I have often
mournfully felt there might have been a
good deal of truth to the romance. I can
throw a pair of old boots into. the alley
with a clear conscience, sure that in less
than an hour some garbage collector will
consider himself a lucky individual, but I
feel emboldened to offer a tea-chest chro-
mo to any one who will advise me as to
the ultimate destination of cast-oﬁ crino-
line. Baum.

 

A WORD T0 MOTHERS.

 

The winter schools are fast clos-
ing; and the children will soon be
home all the time. In fancy I hear
some mothers say: “Dear me, what
in I do with them; I will be glad
enough when school commences again."
Kind," loving mothers they are, too, but
they do not ’ stop to think of the ever-
varying round of excitement at school. It
has been the aim of the teacher to keep
the little mind active, and the brain busy
with some new object of interest every
day. This the child misses, and in conse-
quence is often ill-tempered and annoying.
The mothers should now take up the
work. I do not mean the booksh give

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interested in something. Work czin be
made a pleasure instead of a task if only
the right effort is made. Do not say to
the little girl of ten or twelve years,
“Now, my lady, school is out and you
will have to sew carpet rags,” but rather
let her help you with the general work;
and when that is done sit down with her
and you will see how much more” easily
the task will be accomplished.

Mothers, too, can tell such splendid
stories, which will serve to keep the chil-
dren quiet for awhile, besides giving
them something to think about. In short,
try to keep them as bright and active as
they now are; until you trust them to us
again, the coming summer, and you will
be well repaid for the trouble.

“ Ah! what would the world be to us,
If the children were no more?

We should dread the desert behind us,
Worse than the dark before."

BONNIE DOON.
Bunny, March 5th.

.04...—

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

 

 

ty of spirit in apractical housekeep-
erfime who prides herself on never being
caught napping, to take down silver ware
she seldom uses, and which she put away
shining, and ﬁnd it tarnished and unﬁt
for use until subjected to a vigorous rub—
bing up. The blackening is due to a thin
coating of sulphide of silver, formed by
the action of sulphurous vapors in the at—
mosphere, and will be worse where coal
is consumed and coal gas escapes into the
air. Enough is present in the air to tarn-
ish silver under ordinary conditions, un-
less in constant use. A good many de—
vices have been tried to remedy this, but
none effectually till some one suggested a
varnish of collodion, which isa solution
of gun cotton in a mixture of ether and
alcohol. It is quite colorless, and will
protect the metal for a long time. Be sure
that the entire surface is well covered.
Some think that the blackening of silver
by the atmosphere is proof that it is not
good ware, but solid sterling silver is
equally affected with plated ware.

$does not tend to a comfortable equa-

 

LAMBREQUINS for mantle pieces are
“out of fashion,” and mantle scarfs are
all the rage. This is 'simply, as its name
indicates, a long scarf the width of the
mantle, with moderately long ends which
are much ornamented and ﬁnished with
fringe. And if you are fortunate enough
to have a mantle or “clock shelf ” in your
sitting-room, you can make it a very
pretty feature of the decorations by get—
ting a piece of the dark ruby red “velvet
paper” used by paper—hangers, the lﬁﬁgth
of the mantle, and fastening it against
the wall above it, outlining it by a narrow
gilt moulding, such as can be bought at
any picture store for a few cents per foot.
It makes alovely background for cabinet
frames, a holly or whitewood easel, or
the children’s Christmas cards. Even the
plaster-of—Paris Clytie, which the Italian
vendor sells for whatever you will give
him, catches beauty and a tinge of rose
against this dark, rich background; and
it makes a bright spot in the room which
also gives it character. Then, with the

mantle scarf to drape the shelf, “what is
there left to live for?”

 

MARY WAGER—FISHER, in the Rural
New Yorker, says: “I have never been
able to see the economy in buying muslin
by the yard and over-sewing two strips
together for a sheet, over regular full—
width sheeting. The former rip and wear
out in the middle; the latter wear out in
the middle and do not rip. When worn,
tear through the middle and sew the out—
side edges together on the sewing-ma-
chine, if you have one; or if there’s a girl
to have practice in sewing give it to her
to overhand; the raw edges are quickly
turned under and run. When the middle
is badly worn, tear out a strip, the sheet

 

will then be wide enough for a single
j bed, or two sheets can be made into one
large one.” The double—width sheeting
is more satisfactory than the other for
iuse on the wide beds now used, being
i wide enough to tuck down over the mat—
i tress, and stay in place.

 

SCRAPS .

 

THE women of Eﬂingham County, 111.,
have formed an association for the pur-
pose of developing and advancing the in-
dustrial interests of their sex by establish-
ing a women’s department at their county
fair. They elected the customary ofﬁcers,
and a committee consisting of one woman
from each township in the county. The
members of the committee are expected
to work up an interest in the women’s de-
partment of the fair in their respective
townships, distribute premium lists, and
induce exhibitors to come forward. It
strikes me as a good scheme. In looking
over our women’s department at State or
county fairs, one is led to wonder whether
all a woman’s genius runs to crazy quilts
and tidies, or whether she does not
sometimes manufacture articles better
worth looking at. Certainly the usual
range of exhibits is extremely limited,
fancy work and meager displays of bread
and butter. If some enterprising lady
would but start a similar project in this
State perhaps theannual fairs would be
less a “reunion ” so far as inspecting the
“same old quilts” from season to season,
is concerned. Somebody please try it,
and see whether Michigan women cannot
interest and surprise us by a varied and
creditable exhibit.

 

ONE of those bitter cold mornings of
the last of February, when the thermom-
eter stood at ten degrees below zero, with
no prospect of a rise, I entered a down-
ward bound street car. ' My ois—a—m’s was
a miss of about seventeen whose bundle
of books proclaimed her a “ High School
gir .” I noticed her particularly because
she looked so very cold and uncomfor-
table. Lips and cheeks were purple with
the cold, and she sat “ all scrouched up,”
as if to economise and make the most of
whatever vital heat yet remained in her
shivering frame. It was no particular
wonder she was cold. Her only wrap
for that bitter day, as cold as the coldest
of the season, was a shoulder cape of

 

beaver fur! Her arms from just above ‘

' the other.

the elbow were only protected by'her
cashmere dress-sleeves, kid gloves covered
her hands, which she held in a scrap of
satin and fur about big enough for one
and called by courtesy a muﬁ, and she
just shook with cold. The price of that
beaver cape would have bought a neat
and warm cloth coat, which would have
been some protection to her person on
such a day, but the cape is the more
“stylish ” of the two, and evidently
“ style” ruled. But to look pinched and
purple is not to look beautiful, and the
plainer dressed girl at her side, in beaver
coat and worsted mittens, with cheeks
rosy in the frosty air, was a gOUd deal
more comfortable to look at than the
fashionably dressed miss. And I want to
say to all the girls, dress yourselves
warmly in cold weather. Our severe
weather demands warm woolen under-
wear and thick, heavy outside wrappings.
Have these, whether you have anything
else or not. Don’t, for the sake of a
showy dress oragay bonnet, omit the
one and buy a cheap, thin garment for
There is no beauty in purple
lips and cheeks, the fairest and prettiest
complexion loses all its loveliness when
the life blood is chilled with cold. If
you want to be pretty on a cold day. keep
warmly clad.
.___._._.____

LITTLE GIRLS’ DRESSES.

 

Harper’s Ba-za'r, which is standard
authority on fashions, says:

“Very simple styles are preferred for
the dresses of little girls, especially for
those of wash goods, such as gingham,
chambery, or white nainsook. Colored
ginghams in small checks, narrow stripes,
or plain grounds are made in guimpe
dresses for girls from two to six or seven
years of age. These are straight and full,
usually of two breadths, and are simply
ﬁnished with a hem and three or four nar-
row tucks around the bottOm when used
for every-day Wear; but for white Iihirv
seek or lawn dresses there may be ruffles-
of embroidery, growing smaller toward
the top. The blue or pink plain cottons-
may be made low across the neck, with
merely a shirred frill of the same stand’
ing erect, and there may be hemmed
strings on the back and front to tie as
shoulder straps over a white tucked mus-
lin yoke and sleeves, or a regular guimpe
waist and sleeves of muslin may be worn
beneath. The high puffed sleeve of the
colored stuff that gives the effect of a
square neck is also worn with a White
guimpe waist. Colored guimpes in con-
trasting colors are used again, and are
most often regular yokes, to Which the
little dress is permanently sewed; a pink
guimpe in a dark maroon chambery dress
a Turkey red guimpe in a blue dress, or:
an ecru guimpe in one of brown, blue, or
red, is among those most often seen, but
the preference is given to the white
guimpe with a dress of any color. Tuckg
1n clusters or in even lengthwise ro
open Hamburg-work in star patte
1n stripes, or else adeep piece 0
loped muslin w1th the scallops forming-

ws, or
rns or
f scal-

 

the. lower edges, may be used for these
white guimpes. The shortwaisted peas~

 


 

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'V

INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE

 

THE HOUSEHOL

 

ingto be impressed with the fear that
woman in the role of the animated rib in
peticoats, is going to play out. This
fear, good souls, is borrowed trouble.
She will never do it. The great body
corporate of femininity prefers to pass
through this vale of tears as a rib. Only
that and nothing more.

So although the powers that be have
granted. in due and legal form, a cap-
tain‘s license to Mary )1. Miller, and she
therefore is thereby thenceforth the seat
of goverment on board a Mississippi
steamer. instead of being a similar seat in
a Dakota dugout, it does not follow that
all the w omen in the romantic and ad—
venturous west are going to rise up and
cry ‘for steamboats and captain's com- .
missions; nor that all the old maids in the
cultured and classic cast are going to for-
sake their cats and crotchet to chase1
whales and hunt for the north pole. No,
never! American infantry will continue 5
to hold the home fort, while the peace- 3
ful pleasures of the “chimney corner”
will lose none of their charms for women
because of Mary‘s new deal, notwith-
standing the dubious tone in which
croakers pronounce it dangerous." But i
there is a queer conundrum connected
with it. ’Tis this: i

No he ever said or will say “Queen ;
Victoria unsexes herself in being the.
ruler of a large fraction of the earth’s in- l
habitants,” but a host are swift to ex-
claim “Mary Miller unsexes herself int
being the ruler of one little steamboat."
Therefore I ask of those who state it
thus, “Where is the line?"

Marsnons,-March 9, S4.

 

.NYE.

III

THE BRA NAGE QUESTION.

 

C,” in her letter in a late issue of the
Household, has opened a subject of con- ‘
siderable interest to farmers' families. It
is not in cities alone that typhoid fever
and diphtheria are the results of imper-
fectdrainage: or none at all. The sani-
tary part of the drainage problem is hard-
er to manage in town than in country,
notwithstanding our sewerage system
with all its drains and “ traps " to prevent
the escape of that essence of death, sewer
gas. \Vhen a system of sewerage is in 5
good order and working perfectly, it is an
excellent thing; when it is defective it
breeds pestilence and death. Detroit’s
sewerage is uniformly good, yet only re—
cently one large sewer discharging into
the river was found to be clogged for a
long distance back, and though the mat—
ter was “whitewashed” by that conven~
ient method which proves a thing, though
bad, is not as bad as it might be, we are
fully aware that such a condition is not
conducive to health, and should be rem-
edied at once. I have been in houses here
where every upstairs apartment seemed
permeated with a peculiar odor, not pow-
erful, but sufﬁciently pronounced to be
unpleasant, and which there is every
reason to suppose came from a fault in
the trap in the water-closet, which per-
mitted ever so slight a portion of the
deadly gas to escape. None of the regular
inmates of the house seemed to observe

 

; idly.

l
it, yet I noted that nearly every one com. l
plained of lassitude and headache. andi
that several, who removed, bettered by ‘:
the change. I mention this to show that.
when town residents do suffer from this
cause, they usually take it. on the homem-
pathic plan, small doses of very strong
medicine.

In the country. where every man must
devise his own drainage plan, but is re-
Sponsible only for his own refuse, a good
many practice the plan “C" mentions,
using the back door as a point of vantage.
In summer, the washing suds, dishwater,
and the like, can be well utilized by
throwing it at the roots of young trees or
shrubs, or watering the garden, but it is
a back-breaking business to get it thus
safely disposed of. and work no woman
ought [0 do. The besthome-madc, cheap
drain I ever saw in use conveyed the wa-

 

opening in the floor. like a box set inhe—
ow its level, into which water from tubs, i
etc.. was to be turned, through an open l
V—shaped trough which carried it well
from the house, and being open, was not
liable to be, clogged. But the house stood
on a high foundation wall, and there was
suﬂicient fall to carry off the surplus rap—
From the point at which the drain
discharged, it spread in all directions, but ‘
care was taken not to allow a basin for
stagnant water to be formed by the wear—
ing away of the earth. Chloride of lime
was frequently used, especially in the
spring of the year, or after long continued
rains. But this scheme would probably
not be practicable in winter, and I am
free to confess that as regards drainage
at that season, “I give it up.” I have not
a suggestion to offer, unless that if the
“back door” plan is adopted, disinfec-
tants be freely and frequently used in the
spring.

One thing is sure, wherever the slops
from the house are thrown, stagnant wa-
ter should not be allowed to stand; and
the earth, which does its best as a sponge
to absorb our ﬁlth, should be occasionally
watered with a solution of copperas, or
sprinkled with chloride of lime. Nor
should the same spot be used year after
year, till the ground is saturated; try a
fresh place. Farmers are too apt to
neglect the use of disinfectants, but a bad
smell is something to be got rid of as
quickly as possible.

And since every well drains a larger or
smaller area, according to the nature of
the soil, it is imperatively necessary that
the drain be not allowed to discharge near
it, nor the slops be thrown on the ground
about it, unless we would transform the
contents of the well into unwholcsome
and fever bringing fluid, although it may
retain its color and sparkle, and be odor-
less. The well and the drain must not be
neighbors.

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: ter from the kitchen sink, and a square I
l

I

There are always a few people in a
community who are careless about bury-
ing the carcasses of dead animals. Some-
times this negligence—which rather de-
serves the name of criminal carelessness,
-—leads directly to death. An instance of
this came under my own observation a

 

number of years ago. A farmer had a

number of sheep die during the win-
ter and spring. lle left them unburied,
to poison the air—I had almost said for
miles. July brought such an epidemic of
typhoid fever in the neighborhood as had
never been known before. For a mile
and a half to the east, there was hardly a
family which escaped the scourge of sick
ness; out of three homes nearest to this
breeding—ground of pestilence, four .per—
sons died, others narrowly escaped. It
passed for a “mysterious dispensation of
Providence," till seine one crossed this
farmer’s field, and discovered the fearful
truth that from these unburied animals
the western windhadpassed, death laden.
There is more than one who will read this
who can testify to these facts. Every
animal that dies on a farm, from a rat or
a chicken to a horse, should be given de-
cent burial, without delay.

“ (J‘s " plan of cremating refuse is agood
one: one which city housekeepers much
affect. It is in fact, in town, the only
way of disposing of much refuse that
would clog the drains, which the law for-
bids tossing into the alley, or which
would draw a crowd of snarling cats
and dogs.

Calcined bones, pounded up, are excel-
lent for the chickens. If sandwiched be-
tween layers of unleached wood ashes,
they are reduced to a first class fertilizer,
worth from $35 to $40 per ton. Many
farmers prefer to buy their bone-meal,
and pave the back yard with the bones.

There is no better way of disposing of
broken dishes, dilapidated tin-ware, old
oyster cans, and such “ bric-a-brac,” than
through the kindly oblivion of a pit,
dug moderately deep, and so covered
with rails that the children cannot fall in,
while the rubbish is entirely out of sight.
It is a good place for that most useless of
all things, aworn out hoop-skirt. Edward
Everett Hale traced the downfall of the
Southern Confederacy to the indestructi—
bility of a hoop-skirt. I have often
mournfully felt there might have been a
good deal of truth to the romance. I can
throw a pair of old boots into the alley
with a clear conscience, sure that in less
than an hour some garbage collector will
consider himself a lucky individual, but I
feel emboldened to offer a tea-chest chro-
mo to any one who will advise me as to
the ultimate destination of cast-off erino-
line. BEATRIX.

 

A WORD TO MOTHERS.

 

The winter schools are fast clos-
ing; and the children will soon be
home all the time. In fancy I hear
some mothers say: “Dear me, what
will I do with them; I will be glad
enough when school commences again."
Kind, loving mothers they are, too, but
they do not stop to think of the ever-
varying round of excitement at school. It
has been the aim of the teacher to keep
the little mind active, and the brain busy
with some new object of interest every
day. This the child misses, and in conse—
quence is often ill-tempered and annoying.
The mothers should now take up the
work. I do not mean the books,_ give
them a rest, but try to keep the children


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interested in something. Work can be
made a pleasure instead of a task if only
the right effort is made. Do not say to I
the little girl of ten or twelve y ‘ars, ;
“Now, my lady. school is out and you;
will have to sew carpet rags." but rather i
let her help you with the general work:
and when that is done sit down with her
and you will see how much more easily
the task will be accomplished.

Mothers, too, can tell such splendid
stories, which will serve to keep the chil- .
dren quiet for awhile, besides giving t
them something to think about. In short.
try to keep them as bright and active as
they now are; until you trust them to us
again, the coming summer, and you will .
be well repaid for the trouble.

" Ah! what would the world be to us,
I! the. children Were no more?

We should dread the desert behind its,
Worse than the. dark before."

BONNIE norm.

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HADLEY, March 5th.
4—030——

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

It does not tend to a comfortable equa-
nimity of spirit in apraetieal housekeep-
er, one who prides herself on never being
caught napping, to take down silver ware
she seldom uses, and which she put away i
shining, and ﬁnd it tarnished and unﬁt ‘

for use until subjected to a vigorous rub- '
bing up. The blackening is due to a thin
coating of sulphide of silver. formed by
the action of sulpliurous vapors in the at— ‘
mosphcre, and will be worse where coal
is consumed and coal gas escapes into the .
air. Enough is present in the air to tarn- 5
ish silver under ordinary conditions, un—
less in constant use. A good many de—
vices have been tried to remedy this, but
none effectually till some one suggested a
varnish of collodion, which is a solution
of gun cotton in a mixture of ether and
alcohol. It is quite colorless, and will
protect the metal. for a long time. Be sure
that the entire surface is well covered.
Some think that the blackening of silver '
by the atmosphere is proof that it is not
good ware, but solid sterling silver is
equally affected with plated ware.

LAMBREQL'INS for mantle pieces are
”out of fashion," and mantle scarfs are
all the rage. This is 'simply, as its name
indicates, a long scarf the width of the
mantle, with moderately long ends which
are much ornamented and ﬁnished with i
fringe. And if you are fortunate enough
to have a mantle or “clock shelf ” in your
sitting-room, you can make it a very .
pretty feature of the decorations by get—
ting a piece of the dark ruby red “velvet
paper” used by paper—hangers, the length
of the mantle, and fastening it against
the wall above it, outliningit by a narrow
gilt moulding, such as can be bought at
any picture store for a few cents per foot.
It makes a lovely background for cabinet :

frames, a holly or whitewood easel, or:
the children’s Christmas cards. Even the 3
plaster-of—Paris (L‘lytie, which the Italian
vendor sells for whatever you will give
him, catches beauty and a tinge of rose
against this dark, rich background; and
it makes a bright spot in the room which
also gives it character. Then, with the

, strikes me as a good scheme.

sometimes manufacture
.worth looking at.

mantle scarf to drape the shelf, “what is
there left to live for?"

 

MARY VVAUER—Flslllﬂlt, in the Rural
New Yorker, says: "Iliave never been
able to see the economy in buying muslin
by the yard and over-sewing two strips
together for a sheet, over regular full—
Width sheeting. The former rip and wear
out in the middle; the latter wear out in
the middle and do not rip. When worn,
tear through the middle and sew the out—
side edges together on the sewing-ina-
chine, if you have one; or if there's a girl
to have practice in sewing give it to her
to overhand; the raw edges are quickly
turned under and run. When the middle
is badly worn, tear out a strip, the sheet
will then be wide enough fora single
bed, or tWo sheets can be made into one
large one." The double-width sheeting
is more satisfactory than the other for

use 0111110 wide beds 110W “50d, ”in?! i Have thcsc, whether you have anything

.elsc or not.

wide enough to tuck down over the mat»
tress, and stay in place.
-—-- --—-r—-—.¢.¢~~--——-..-~ ..

SCRAPS .

THE women of Eﬂingham County. 111.,
have formed an association for the pur—
pose ofdcvcloping and advancing the in—

; ing a women’s department at their county
, fair. They elected the customary ofﬁcers. 2

the elbow were only protected by her
cashmere dress—sleeves, kid gloves covered
her hands, which she held in a scrap of
satin and fur about big enough for mu
and called by courtesy amuil'. and she
just shook with cold. The price of that
beaver cape would have bought a neat
and warm cloth coat, which would have
been some protection to her person on
such a day, but the cape is the lIlOl‘t‘
“stylish " of the. two, and evidently
“ style " ruled. But to look pinched and
purple is notto look beautiful. and the
plainer dressed girl at her side, in bcavm
coat and worsted mittens. with checks
rosy in the frosty air, was a good dcai
more comfortable to look at than the
fashionably dressed miss. And I want to
say to all the girls, dress yourselves
warmly in cold weather. Our SCVCI‘Q‘
weather demands warm woolen under

} wear and thick. heavy outside wrappings.

Don’t. for the sake of a

showy dress or a gay bonnet. omit the

‘ the other.

one and buy a cheap. thin garment for
There is no beauty in purple

. lips and checks, the fairest and prettiest
’ complexion loses all its loveliness when

dustrial interests of their scxby establish- ‘

and acommittce consisting of one woman '

. from each township in the county. The
3 members of the committee are expected ;;

‘ partment of the fair in their respective i

townships, distribute premium lists, and
induce exhibitors to come forward. It

In looking
over our women's department at State or

= to work up an interest in the women’s dc- 1

the life blood is chilled with cold. 11
you want to be pretty on :i cold :lzzy. keep
warmly clad.

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lil’l‘TL E G [RLS’ DR PISS ES _.

Harper's Bumr. which is
authority on fashions, says:

“Very simple styles are preferred for
the dresses of little girls. especially for
thOSc of wash goods, such as gingham.
clizimbcry, or white nainsook. (.‘olored
gingliains in small checks, narrow stripes.

4 a ndard

.or plain grounds are made in guimpc

county fairs, one islcd to wonderwhether ;,
all a woman's genius runs to crazy quilts ,

and tidies, or whether she does not

Certainly the usual

range of exhibits is extremely limited,
; fancy work and meager displays of bread

and butter. If some enterprising lady
would but start a similar project in this

I State perhaps the annual fairs would be
. less a “ reunion " so far as inspecting the

“same old quilts " from season to season,
is concerned. Somebody please try it,
and see Whether Michigan women cannot
interest and surprise us by a varied and
creditable exhibit.

0x12 of those bitter cold mornings of
the last of February, when the thermom—

eter stood at ten degrees below zero, with :

no prosi:ect of a rise, I entered a down
ward bound street car. My rise-Dis was

articles better. ,
. row tucks around the bottom when usctjt

the cold, and she sat all scrouchcd up." 1

as ifto economiSe and make the most of

whatever vital heat yet remained in her ; in clusters or in even lcn“'[hwi<c
. ‘ ‘ a ..

, open llamburgwork in

shivering frame. It was no particular
wonder she was cold. Her only wrap
for that bitter day, as cold as the coldest
of the season. was a shoulder cape of I
beaver fur.’ lIcr arms from just above

trasting colors are used ag~
1 most often regular yokes, to
a miss of about seventeen whose bundle ‘
i of books proclaimed her a “High School
. girl.” I noticed her particularly because
; she looked so very cold and llllCOlnfOI“

. little dress is permanently sew
: guiinpe in a dark ii

_ an ecru guinipt in one of brOWn.
‘ table. Lips and checks wcrcpurplc with :

dresses for girls from tWo to six or seven
years of age. These are straight and full.
usually of two breadths. and are simply
ﬁnished with a hem and three or four nor-
for every—day Wear; but for white riftin-
sook or lawn dresses there may be ruffles
of embroidery, growing smaller toward
the top. The blue or pink plain cottons
may be made low across the neck. with
merely a shirred hill of the same stand-
ing erect, and there may be hemmed
strings on the back and. front to tie as
shoulder straps over a white tucked mus-
linIyoke and sleeves, or a regular gtiimpe
waist and sleeves of muslin may be worn
beneath. The high puffed sleeve of the
colored stuff that gives the effect of a
square neck is also worn with a White
guimpe waist. Colored guimpcs in con-

ain, and are
which the
ed; a pink
iaroon charnbcry dress
a Turkey rcd guiinpe in I

I

a blue dress, or
blue, or
I . seen, but
. is given to the white
guimpc with a dress of any color. Tricks

red, is among those most often
the preference

rows, or
star patterns or
or else a deep piece of seal—
lopcd muslin with the scallops
the lower edges
white guiinpcs.

in stripes.

forming
, may be used for these

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4. THE HOUSEHOLD.

 

ant dresses are made with similar
guimpes for tall girls who are too large
to look well in a dress ﬂowing loosely
from the shoulders; the belt inserted in
the full waist of these dresses must be of
the white embroidery used for the guimpe.
The large blocks and plaids of very gay
Scotch ginghams are employed for these
larger girls, but are so showy that most
methers prefer the simpler small designs.
The new shoulder capes of white
embroidery are merely deep collars cut
smooth and square behind, with a high
rounded gore set in over each shoulder,
and covered with two or three ruﬁles of
muslin. These are the newest shapes for
embroidered muslin collars, also, for
children to wear over their outside coats,
and may be bought separately in the
shops.

" Box-pleated slips all in one piece will
be made up for both boys and girls.
These have three wide box-pleats the
whole length of the front and the back.
but the pleats are sewed only so far as the
waist line, and are merely ﬂattened by
the iron below this. While colored dresses
are made in this way, it is a design used
more in white muslin and piques. When
made of white nainsook, some Valen-
ciennes insertions or embroidery or the
French feather stitching above tucks may
be placed in rows around the skirt near
the bottom.

“ Sailor dresses will have a box pleated
skirt of the plaid stuff,with a sailor blouse
waist of a plain color, trimmed with a
sailor collar and cuffs of the plaid: such
dresses of navy blue with red bars are
very pretty. Jersey wool waists will also
be made again for plaid or plain wool
skirts, but must fasten behind instead of
in front, and are buttoned instead of be-
ing laced. They have astanding collar
that curves in front; asash drapery of
bias wool like the skirt passes around the
hips, and has knotted loops behind. Sep-
arate Jersey jackets will be worn by
larger girls over a box-pleated or kilt~
pleated skirt.

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THANKS TO E. S. B.

 

Vomxrs. March 10th, 1884.
To t-hl' Household Editor.

I wish to return thanks to E. S. B., of
Brighton, for the excellent and never—
failing receipt for making bread. It is
worth more each week than the subscrip—
tion price for the FARMER for one year.
My neighbors have tried it with equal
success. »We like the Household Depart—
ment very much, and think publishing it
in its present form an improvement.

Yours truly,

SUSAN GA RD.
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DEATH TO THE FLY.

 

I think probably the ﬂy which annoys
Mellesenda's house-plants is the Green Fly,
a little fellow with gauzy wings and
greenish body, which renders him almost
invisible when on the plants. To rid the
plants of the ﬂies, set them in a tub, put
some tobacco in a tin dish and set it on
ﬁre, put it in the tub with the plants,
cover the tub with a blanket and let the
smoke circulate over and among the

 

 

plants. Shake each one thoroughly be- i
fore taking out. Sometimes the smokei
only stupeties some of the ﬂies and they i
revive afterwards. Usually about thei
second fumigation will rid the plants of ;
fectually. i

Vick recommends sticking the heads of !
brimstone matches into soil ﬁlled withi
white worms. Two or three are suﬂicient 4
to a pot. L. C. i

Darnorr, Mich. ‘

 

 

NATURAL TALENT IN HOUSE-
KEEPING.

Being much interested in the House-
hold, especially the articles written
about health, I would like to ask Beatrix
to please favor us with the name of some
good medical work, such as she spoke of
in an article written not long ago.

In regard to the housekeeping question,
do you not think it depends much on the
person "whether or no” it takes a life
time to learn to keep house? It is not
natural for all of us to be good house-
keepers, any more than it is for all men
to be good farmers, but happy are they
who can adapt themselves to any work,
if they cannot choose their own life-work.
Wishing success to our new Household
and thanking you for all past favors,I

will give space for better articles.
Mus. A. n. n.
HADLEY, March 8th.

 

Contributed Recipes.

 

Miss Muir BURTGHAELI., of this city, kindly
furnishes us the following recipes for brown
bread and “Johnny cake,” both of which we
know to be excellent:

BOSTON BROWN Bruno—Two cups of corn-
meal; one cup of rye or graham ﬂour; one cup
wheat ﬂour: two-thirds of a cup of molasses:
one and a half pints of milk, either sweet or-
sour: one and a half teaspoonfuls of soda:
bake two and a half hours.

CORN BREAD.—-H81f a cup of brown sugar;
lump of butter the size of an egg; two eggs;
one pint of sour milk: small teaspoonful soda;
a little salt; one cup of wheat ﬂour, and corn-
meal euough to make a stiff batter.

 

Mas. MARY E. SMITH, of Eaton Rapids,
contributes the following:

COFFEE CAKE—One cup of boiling coffee;
one cup of sugar; one cup of syrup; one cup of
butter; one pint of raisins; two eggs; one tea-
spoonful cinnamon; one teaSpoonful of soda;
one teaspoonful nutmeg: one teaspoonful
cream tartar.

JELLY CAKE—One cup sugar; three eggs;
four tablespooufuls of sweet milk; three table-
spoonfuls of butter; one teaspoonful of soda;
two teaspoonfuls of cream tartar.

[Our correspondent has omitted the quan-
tity of ﬂour to be used in the above recipes.
An experienced cook of course will beable to
“ use her judgment ” as to the proper amount,
but for the beneﬁt of the novice, the directions
for preparing any article of food should include
the exact proportions of every ingredient.—
Housnnom) En]

 

 

From B. Frank Swan, Boston.

“ I have been troubled with asthma
for twelve years, and have employed skillful
physicians of Boston, also two of the leading
physicians of Augusta, without effect. I have

 

felt nothing of this trouble since taking Adam-
son’s Botanic Cough Balsam."

.. SINGER ”

SEWING MACHINE

AND Till

Michigan Farmer
ONE YEAR

for Eighteen Dollars.

This cut is a fee simile of the Machine. Send
orders to J ouxs'roxn & Ginnoxs. Detroit.

ARM a HAMMER BRAND
TO FARMERS:

It is important that the Soda or
Saleratus they use should be
white and pure, in common with
tailoaimilar substances used for

In making bread with yeast
it is well to use about half a
teaspoonful of the “ Arm and
Hammer ” Brand Soda or Saleratus at the
same time, and thus make the bread rise better
and prevent it becoming sour by correcting the
natural acidity of the yeast.

DAIRYMEN and FARMERS

should use only the "Arm and Emma ”
brand for cleaning and keeping milk pans sweet
and clean.

To insure Domini/51' only the " Arm and Ham‘-
uier ” brand Soda or b’aleratw buy if. in room)
on nanrurouun PACKAGES whirl: bear o
and trade mark, as inferior goods are '
substituted for die “ Arm and En ‘ r”
brand when bought in bulk. - '

JAM It’s

 

 

 

 

  

THE BEST THING KJVOWN

FOB

In Hard or Soft, Hot or Cold Water.

SAVES LABOR, TIME and SOAP AHAZ~
INGLY, and gives universal satisfaoﬂm. Na
family, rich or poor, should be Without it.
801d by all Grocers. BEWARE of imitationﬂ
well designed to mislead. PEARLINE is the
ONLY SAFE labor-saving compound, and 51.
ways bears the above symbol, and name of
JAMES PYLE. NEW YORK.

 

   
  

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Davis & Rankin,

successm 1‘0
Davie 1' Fairtamb,
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Breamerytnnlies.

2‘ to 28 Milwaukee Av.
Chicago, III.

THE DAVIS SWING CHURN.
no Moot Popular Churn on the Market.

Because it makes the
most butter. Because
no other Churn works
so easy. Because i:
makes behest grained
butter. Because it is
the easiest cleaned. It
has no ﬂoats or paddles
inside. Alsothe Ears
ka Butter Work~
er, the Nubia But-
ter Printer. and a
mu line of Butter
Makin Utensils for

 

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Advice to the Novice in the Poultry E
Business.

A correspondent of the Germantown
Tueyraph gives the following good ad
vice:

"Begin with one sort, no matter what
that sort is, so long as that sort suits the
fancy; breed them in their purity. take
good care of both old and young. and
you will be likely, at the end of the first
year, to know enough about raising
poultry to advantage. When you are
posted try a second variety if you choose,
and when you are thoroughly interested
you Will be content with a single variety
to look after. The great error with the
majority is they attempt at the outset to
do too much, thus they pay too dear for
the experience.

“Again; the question of numbers is an
important one and depends largely upon
the amount of space that can be devoted
to their accommodations. N ever have
more than from forty to ﬁfty at the most
under one roof, and better less than
thirty in one building unless it be a large 1
one; they cannot live and remain healthy i
when crowded together in great numbers. E
the eﬁiuvia from their bodies generates
disease, lice and fevers. Upon limited
.premises, a dozen or twenty may be
kept comfortably, but the day you crowd
ﬁfty to one hundred fowls or chicks into
one house you will ﬁnd that they will be-
gin to fall off in laying, the birds will get
sick, vermin will congregate in myriads
about their roosts. in their nests and upon

 

 

 

their bodies—then farewell to your
poultry keeping for proﬁts. Too many 1
in one house, don’t attempt it. You will =

lose your time, your money. your fowls
and your patience. This is true. They
must be kept in small lots, on any place
on the farm, big or little, and separated
from any other community. .

“We would urge all to get good pure
bred stock. Begin with one sort at ﬁrst,
feed and water regular and judiciously,
house them warm in winter, cool in sum-
mer, keep them free from vermin, and E
there will be but little trouble In realizing
a handsome proﬁt from a few birds.”

._——o—.-o————o

Spring Chickens.

Those who desire to have early chick-
ens must now begin to make prepara-
tions. An early layer becomes an early
brooder, and nests should be provided
and a warm, quiet place prepared at once,
to accommodate the ﬁrst hen which de-
sires to set. It is an excellent plan to
have movable nest boxes which may be
placed on the ﬂoor of the chicken‘house
for the hens to lay in. These nest boxes
should be very shallow or made to open
at the side, so that the hen can go in and
out without breaking the eggs. A very
convenient nest box is made of strips of
half-inch stuff, two inches wide, nailed to
one~inch square posts at the corners,
open at one side, with one strip at the-
bottom to keep the nest in. The box is 16

 

 

ends.

corner where it is warm and comfort-

. they are old they will be handled without

: sun so as to get the warmth.

 

inches long and 12 inches square at the

  

The open lathed sides and ends
make the nest airy and cool. These nests E

' E
can be “at m the house' and When a hen E are the largest and best of all ducks to market

broods, the box with the hen in it can be 1
removed to the barn and put in a quiet E

able. The box can be covered with a bag
and the hen kept in the dark, being let E
out for feed and water every morning and' 1
put back again in an hour if she does not
go on voluntarily. In rearing early
chickens it is a very great advantage to
have quiet. docile hens, which will feed
from the hand and submit to be handled.
This kind of training is so useful in the
management of poultry that every
poultry-keeper should make a special
point of it and familiarize the young
chicks to these attentions. so that when

E mlS—2t

and Alpenas

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any trouble.

When the chicks are. hatched they E
should be taken from the nest as theyE
emerge from the eggs, and be put into a
box or basket and kept near the .kitchen
ﬁre; a small incubator, warmed by a tin
box ﬁlled with hot water, might be kept
in the barn for this purpose. The lives
of the weaker chicks, which might be
crushed and die in the nest, will thus be
saved, and if the eggs are good and the

hen has brooded well every chick in the
A young chick '
needs only warmth for the ﬁrst day or E

brood will be saved.

two. and will begin to eat after 25. hours‘
and we have saved every chick hatched

If one desires early chickens the neces-
sary care and attention to preserve them
must be given. It pays well. As soon as
the chicks are strong enough and all are

out, the hen may beput in a roomy coop '_
; covered with a sack and exposed to the

Upon cold,
windy, and cloudy days the coop may be
covered with a sack for protection.

dry and clean for the chicks. They should
be fed four or five times a day with some
crushed wheat. coarse oat-meal, or corn-
meal.
ped meat added will be excellent food.
011 ﬁne days the chicks may run out.
Clean water should be prov1ded in a shal
low tin dish which cannot be upset. —— V
I. limes.

—___...+..___..

NEVER place the perches in the hen

; house one above another, or one higher

than another. Fowls usually keep going
up until they reach the highest perch. If
there should not be room enough for all,
the strong will crowd the weak ones oﬂ’.
Perches should not be more than three
feet high. Heavy chickens often hurt
themselves by jumping from high perches.
Round smooth poles with legs to them
make good perches and are easily moved
to clean.

 

 

The pain and sorrow of a morning were
turned into the comfort and pleasure of an
evening, in the case of Mr. Edwin Sears, of
Provincetown, Mass, by the use of ATHLO-
ruoaos. He writes: “I was troubled with
Rheumatism so much that I resolved to try
Amnornonos. In the mornlng I could not
walk across the room alone. After taking three

doses 1 was almost free from pain and could 1.

walk as well as ever ”

A {
good bed of saw dust will be warm and E

All three mixed and a little chop— '

 

PEKIN DUCKS.

Are pure white They mature very early and
oung. They are great layers and re uire but
ittle Water. Eggs for hatching $150 or nine,
8°50foreighteen. A. RICHARDS. JR...
Susanne, MICE.

EGGS FOR SALE.

Plymouth Rocks, Itamesloher, Golden Polish,
Settings of l3 eggs 8150, or $6 for

 

four settings. Also lieutteman s Muzzle, to pre-
vent sows from eating their pigs. Bent free to
any address on receipt of 75 cents. Address

JOSE PH HLETTEMAN,
Cor. Brush and Woodbridge, Detroit.

"“3 Pﬂlllllll hill

III THE
108 Pages. It teaches you how to

25rear them to take care for them. I»
feed, to have them lav eggs in cold weather. to
prevent and treat all diseases ofold or young to be
a “successful” poultry man. 0111 25c.1n stamps.

 

AFilty-png‘e book FREE F R ALL with 7:.
A. M. LANG, Cove Dale Farm. Concord Ky.

 

WILSON’S

Cabinet Creamery & Barrel Chum

AND ALI. DAIRY SUPPLIES.

 

‘- The woman‘s friend. It saves three-fourths of the
, l , . 7 E labor' In butter making; easily operated; you 1:» as
even In J’anuary )y tlll-S careful meth0(1. 2 sweet cream from sweet milk; you have nget
: Inilklgo feed which trebles its value.
. r Iran 1'.

Send for a
Agents wanted Address
FLIhT CABINET CREAMERY 00.,
FLINT, MICE.

Moselev 8 Cabinet Creamery

. Creamery &. Refrigerator

For families.dnh~lee.nse-
’ (or lea, t‘ scream-gathering
, system; fmhotelgetc.
Sizes for One Cow to My.
S'lfﬁiﬁnh orbwiéhou: Ice.
BFS'I‘ON 'I‘liE -
' MARKET. /§L‘%
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Nine ﬁlms for dairy and factory
with or without pulley.
One at wholesale in here v e
have no Agent.
Dog Powers, Butter lion-s. Prints, lt‘tc.
Moseley a Stoddard 191‘: Cu :
Poultney, Vt. E

surmount 80.! (13138 ‘

 

GRADION CABINET CREAMERY

Awarded Silver
Medal at Provincial
Exhlbltlon, Guelph,
' 0nt..Sept.18.88

Fir-'étrrenifum and Med.
a1. Tomato Industrial Ex-
hibitlon Toronto. Cana-
da. September, 1823.

llas taken the ﬁrst pre-
mium at theetate telnFair-s
nearly every Western
Stat e. Raises the most
cream with least labor.
Makes the best butter.
Is made of the best Ina-
eat number 1:1 use. All sizes for fac-
Send for Illustrated (irculars.

 

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The Skimmer. .

By a skimmer is understood a circular
piece of tin, concave on one side, convex
on the other, with holes more or less
numerous in the center, having a handle
of the same material attached, for con-
venience in holding and manipulating.
This is an ancient dairy implement. It
is old enough to be venerable, but. like
some other old things, it is too faulty to
be entitled to much veneration or respect
where economy is of any importance.
What did the inventor put holes in it for?
“ Why,” says a dairy-maid, “to let the
milk drip away when the cream is lifted
from it.”

Doubtless that was the reason, but that
is just what should not be done, for, if
the milk is liquid enough to run through
the holes in a skimmer, a part, at least,
of the cream will be thin enough to run
through too, and occasion loss. In the
ordinary manner of setting milk in dairies,
the top of the milk, or that which lies
next to the cream, always contains more
or less cream, and should be taken in and
churned with the cream. If, in skimming,
this is allowed to run through the skim-
mer, it is lost, or at most, goes away for
pig feed. Skimming is best done by tak-
ing in the top of the milk, so that from
20 to 25 per cent of the original bulk of
milk will be churned. Where large
bodies of milk are creamed, the cream is
best separated from the milk by drawing
it out from under the cream through a
faucet, leaving the cream in the vessel,
but where the milk is to be left in the
vessel and the cream removed, it is much
better to dip it oﬁ than to skim it oﬂ:'. As
the economy of this made is better appre-
. ciated, the skimmer goes out of use, being
regarded only as a source of waste. It is
often said that the dairy is full of leaks,
which empty the pockets of the owner.
The holes in a skimmer constitute one of
them—National Live-Stock Journal.

——.—.—.—.—-——

In Case of Accident.

Bruises frequently follow falls and
blows with stones or missiles, and may
. be quite serious in their nature, even
though the outer skin may not be broken-
The swelling which usually follows a
bruise sometimes conceals a fracture, or
asevere injury to the soft tissues. The
immediate application of cold water, ice
or some evaporating lotion, such as water
of ammonia, camphor, weak tincture of
arnica, etc., is the best treatment for
alleviating pain and hastening the absorp-
tion of the eﬁused blood.

In an age when nearly everything is
done by machinery, accidents from this
source are of frequent occurrence. Fin
gers may be cut off, limbs crushed, skin
and muscles torn, etc., rendering imme-
diate aid necessary to prevent the person
from bleeding to death. In case of hem-
orrhage from any limb or part, follow
the instructions given in the preceding
paper. After the bleeding has been ar-
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wet withcold water, and bandage lightly,
to support the wounded limb or muscle.

Theﬂashing of loose powder, the explo-
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ﬂasks, guns and small cannon, give rise
to accidents more or less serious. In
many cases the treatment of such injuries
diﬁers little from that of ordinary burns,
except where powder has been blown into
the face, when ‘an eﬁort should be made
to remove it. In case of hemorrhage, stop
it as soon as possible by means .of cold
applications, ligatures, bandages, etc., as
previously directed. If ﬁngers or limbs
have been blown oﬁ, draw the surround-
ing tissues together, and cover the wound
with linen or cotton cloth saturated with
clean water.

In case of gunshot wounds, the treat-
ment depends upon the extent of the in-
jury. A riﬂe bullet, a charge of shot or
a blank cartridge Will produce different
eﬁects, depending upon the distance from
which they were ﬁred. At short range,
the bullet and shot make a similar wound;
at a longer distance the shot scatters and
make several small wounds. When ﬁred
at short range, a blank cartridge makes
the ugliest kind of wound, because both
the wadding and powder enter the ﬂesh
and tear up larger surfaces.

Where a bullet, shot, or some wadding
has entered the body it is necessary that
it should be extracted. But this is a task
that had better be left to the physician.
The immediate treatment of gunshot
wounds, however, should be similar to
that of the wounds described. Stop the
hemorrhage, if any, and cover the wound
with cloth wet with clean water—Dr.
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or ﬁve feet long and seven-eighths of an
inch to three inches square, according to
the size of the spool to be produced.
These sticks are thoroughly seasoned.
They are sawed into short blocks and the
blocks are dried in a hot air kiln. At the
time they are sawed a hole is bored
through them. One whirl of the little
block against the sharp knives, shaped by
a pattern, makes the spool at the rate of
one per second. A small boy feeds the
spool machine, simply placing the blocks
in a spout and throwing out the knotty or
defective stock. The machine is automatic,
but cannot do the sorting. The spools
are revolved rapidly in drums, and polish
themselves. For some purposes they are
dyed yellow, red or black. They are
made in thousands of shapes and sizes.
When one sees on a spool of thread “ 100
yards” or “200 yards,” these words do
not signify that the thread has been
measured, but that the spool has been
gauged and contains so much thread.
When a silk or linen or cotton ﬁrm wants
a spool made it sends a pattern to the
spoolmaker. This pattern gives the size
and shape of the barrel and the head and
bevel. These patterns determine the

amount of thread that the spool will hold.
One Maine factory turns out 100,000 gross
of spools per day and consumes 2,500
cords of birch annually—Scientiﬁc Amer-

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

TATE OF MICHIGAN, 3,88
COUNTY or WASHTENAW,

In the matter of the estate of Clara L. Stone and
Willie J. Stone, minors. Notice is hereby given,
that in pursuance of an order grantedto the un-
dersigned, guardian of the estate of said minors,
by the Hon. Judge of Probate for the County of
Washtenaw, on the tenth day of November, A. D.
1883, there will be sold at public vendue, to the
highest bidder, on the premises, in the Townshlp
of Sumpter, in the County of Wayne, in the State
of Michigan, on WEDNESDAY, THE NINTH
DAY OF APRIL, A. D. 1884, at 12 o’clock noon
of that day (subject to all encumbrances by mort-
gage or otherwise existing at the ime of the sale)
the following described real estate, .to Wit: All
that parcel of land lying and being in the town-
ship of Sumpter, County of Wayne and State of
Michigan, described as beginning on the south—
west quarter of section six in said township,
seventy-two rods north of the southwest corner
stake of said section, thence running north to the
south line of lands formerly owned by Henry
W1llard, being the northwest fractional quarter of
the southwest quarter of said section, thence east
on said line twenty rods, more or less, to the west
line of lands formerly owned by James Sherman,
thence south eight rods along said Sherman‘s line,
thence west twenty rods, more or less, to the west
line of said section, and to the place of beginning,
being one acre of land, more or less.

Dated February 21, 1884.

WILLIAM P. STONE, Guardian.

ORTGAGE SALE.—Whereas, default has
been made in the conditions of a certain
mortgage made and executed the ﬁrst day of June,
in the year 1880, executed by John T. R. Brown
and Sarah H. Brown his wife, Robert H. Brown
and Margaret E. Brown, his wife, and Alfred
Bunclark and Sarah Bunclark, his wife, all of De-
troit, Wayne County, State of Michigan, to Wil-
liam J. Linn, of the same place, which said mort-
g)age was recorded in ihe ofﬁce of the Register of
eeds of the County of Wayne, in liber 159 of
Mortgages, on page 124, on the 29th day of June,
in the year 1880, at 2:30 o’clock, p. m. Said mort-
gage was duly assigned to John H. Toepel and
abetta Toepel, of Detroit, Wayne County, State
of Michi an, on the twentieth day of January,
1882, an said assignment was recorded in the
oﬂice of the Register of Deeds of the County of
Wayne, in liber 20, assignments of mortgages, on
page 242, on the 21st day of January, A. D. 1882
And whereas, there is now due and unpaid
on said mortgage, under the terms there
of, the sum of seven hundred and ﬁfty-eight and
36—100 dollars, of which thirty—three and 44-100
dollars are the taxes paid by the assignees of the
mortgagee, which, by the terms of this mortg e
constitute part of the amount due, and the fur h-
er sum of twenty-ﬁve dollars as an attorney fee,
stipulated for in said mortgage, and, whereas,
no suit or proceeding at law or in equity has been
instituted to recover the debt secured by said
mortgage, or any part thereof; now, therefore,
notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power
of sale in said mortgage contained, and of the
statutes of the State of Michigan in such case
made and Brovided, the said mortgage will be
foreclosed y a sale of the premises therein des-
cribed, at public auction, to the highest bidder,
at the east door of the City Hall in the City of De-
troit in said County of Wayne, that being the
place where the Circuit Court for the County of
Wayne is held, on the second day of A ril, A. D.
1884, at ten o’clock in the forenoon 0 that day;
which said premises are described in said mort-
gage as follows, to wit: “All that certain iece,
parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being 11 the
City of Detroit, Count of Wayne and State of
Michi an, known and escribeo as lot numbered
thrte undred and forty-four (344) of Johnston’s
subdivision of Private Claim numbered fort -four
(44),Lafontaine Farm, on the east side 0 Six-
teenth street.”
Dated January 2d, 1884.
JOHN H. TOEPEL,
BABET’I‘A TOEPEL,
Assignees of Mortgagee.
CARPENTER & HANNAN,
Attorneys for Assignees.

ON the 20th day of July, 1875, Jeremiah Calnon
gave to Nicholas Woods, Catherine Woods and
Mary Ann Woods. a mortgage on four undivided
fifth parts of the following pieces or parcels of
land. situate. mg and lying in the City of De-
troxt, Wayne Ccn‘unty, Michigan, and described as
lot number me (5) and fractional lot number six
(6) in block forsy- nine (49) of the Forsyth or
Porter Farm, so-called, on the south side of Por-
ter street, between Fifth and Sixth Streets. Said
mor age was recorded in the Register's oﬂice for
the County of Wayne, Michi an. in liber 97 of
mortgages. on age 409, on J u y 20. 1875. The in-
terest of said ary Ann Woods therein was as-
signed on May 2, 1881, to said Nicholas Woods,who,
w th said Catherine Woods, assigned said mort-
gage to William F. Atkinson and James J. At

inson on the 18th day of December, 1883. There

 

 

is now due on said mortgage $329. Notice is
hereb given that by virtue of the wer of sale
in sai mortgage, we shall, on the HIRD DAY

of APRIL, 1884, at 12 o‘clock noon, sell said prem~
ises at ublic vendue at the Griswold street en
trance othe City Hall in Detroit, the place for
holding the Circuit Court for the County in which
said premises are situated .
WILLIAM F. ATKINSON,
JAMES J. ATKINSON.
Dated Detroit, January 2, 1884.

 

  

‘iTATE 0F MICHIGAN.—Thc Circuit Court

for the County of Wayne. ln Chancery.

At a session of said Court, held at the Circuit
Court room in the City of Detroit, on the seventh
day of February in the year one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-four. Present: Hon. John J.
S eed, Circuit Judge. Anna K. Scheisler vs.

ichael Scheisler. [t appearing in due form by
afﬁdavits ﬁled in said cause that said defendant is
a resident of the State of Michi .can, that the sub-
poena issued in said cause was returned in due
time unserved, by reason of his continual absence
from his lace of residence, on motion of Atkin-
son & At inson, solicitors for said com lainant,
it is ordered that said defendant, Michae Scheis-
ler, appear in said cause and answer the bil
ﬁled therein on or before May 7th, 1884, and that
said order be published in the MICHIGAN Fsuunn,
a newspaper printed in said count. once a week
for six successive weeks and that such publica-
tion be commenced within twenty days from this
date. JOHN J. SPEED, Circuit Judge.

Dated February 7th, 1884.

A true copy:
Wu. P LANE, Deputy Register in Chancery.

ORTGAGE SALE—On the 12th day of
June 1875, Patrick McInerney and Anne Mc-
Inerney gave to Wayne County Savings Bank a
mortgage on lots number 273 and 274 of Crane and
Wessou’s section of the Jones or Loignon farm,
so~called, in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
Said morgage was recorded in the Register’s of-
ﬁce of the County of Wayne, State of Michigan, in
liber 119 of mortgages, on page 6, on the 14th day
of June, 1875. It was assi ned on the 7th day of
November, 1883, by said ayne County Savings
Bank to Richard Cahalan, the undersigned. There
is now due on it $158 13. Notice is hereby given
that by virtue of the power of sale in said mort-
age, I shall on the TWE NTY—SECOND DAY
E MARCH, 1884, at 12 o’clock noon, sell said
premises at public vendue, at the west front door
of the City Hall, on Griswold Street, Detroit,
Michigan, the place for holding the Circuit Court
for the county in which said premises are situated.
Dated December 18, 1883.
RICHARD CAHALAN,
Assignce of said Mortgage.
ArersON dc ATKINSON,
Attorneys for Richard Cahalan.

ON December 6, 1872, Louis Feys and Mari Feys
gave toWilliam Meulenbroeck a mortg e on lot
four of Crane do Wesson‘s section of the orsyth
farm, being in section fourteen of said farm, in
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Said mort-
gage was recorded in the Register’s oﬂlce for
said County of Wayne, on December 9, 1872, in
liber 88 of mortgages, on page 435. It was assign-
' ed June 22, 1881, to James J. Atkinson. There is
now due on it 8603. Notice is hereby given that
by virtue of the Bower of sale in said mor e, I
shall on the F0 RTH DAY OF APRIL, 1 at
12 o‘clock noon, sell said premises at public ven-
due at the Griswold street entrance to the City
Hall, in Detroit, the place for holding the Circui

Court for said County of Wayne.

JAMES J. ATKINSON.

 

 

Detroit, January 6, 1884.

 

sins: on MICEIGAN,}
COUNTY or WAYNE, 93'

At a session of the Probate Court for said Coun-
ty of Wayne, held at the Probate Ofﬁce. in the
City of Detroit, sixteenth day of February, in the
year one thousand eight hundred and ei hty—four:

resent, Edgar 0. Durfee, Judge of Progate.

In the matter of the estate of Robert F. John-
stone, deceased. On reading and ﬁling the petition
duly veriﬁed, of Elizabeth C. Johnstone, the ad-
ministratrix of said estate, praying that she ma
be licensed to sell the real estate of said deceased
for the purpose of paying the debts of said de-
ceased and the charges of administering said es-
tate. It is ordered that Tuesday, the eighteenth
day of March, next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon,
at said Probate Ofﬁce, be appointed for hearing
said petition, and’ that all persons interested in
said estate appear before said Court, at that time
and-place, to show cause why a license should not
be granted to said administratrix to sell the real
estate as prayed for in said petition. And it is
further ordered, that a cop of this order be pub
lished three successive wee 5 previous to said day
of hearir g, in the MICHIGAN Faaxna, a newspaper
printed and circulatin in said County of Wayne.

EDGAR 0. DU FEE, Judge of Probate.

A true copy:

Henna A. FLINT, Register. {19-h

 

TATE 0F MICHIGAN.——In the Circuit
Court for the County of Wayne. Belle Sher-
man vs. Sylvester Sherman. In this cause it sat-
isfactorilya peariug to said Court from the all-
davits of Be le Sherman and J. W. Fletcher now
on ﬁle in said cause that the said defendant 8 l-
vester Sherman is a'resident of the State of Mic i~
gan but whoee present place of abode is unknown,
on motion of J. W. Fletcher, solicitor for com
plainant, it is ordered that the sail Sylvester Sher~
man appear, plead, answer or demur in this cause
within three months from the date of this order
or that in default thereof the bill of complaint in
this cause be taken as confessed against him.
Ordered further that a cop of this order be pub-
lished in the Mrcnrean ABMER, a newspaper
published in said County at least once in each
week for six successive weeks succeeding the
date hereof. WILLIAM J. CRAIG,
Circuit Court Commissioner,

 

Wayne Count Michigan.
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tractorsﬁlDon't buy everything you see
advertised, for you don’t need them.

You can raise or produce as much comb
honey in a hive casting you one dollar as
you can in any ﬁve dollar hive, the same
with the production of extracted honey‘
but if you want to produce b’oth comb
and extracted honey, then you had better
give a little more and use a hive adapted
to that purpose. I think the average
farmer keeping a few colonies of bees can
produce comb honey as cheaply as to ex-
tract for this one reason: You can put
your boxes on when you put your bees

in the hives and your work is done for
that time; you don’t have to lie awake
nights thinking how you are going to
get those boxes on without being stung

consume more extracted honey in your
families than comb, and there you will
make a great gain, for it is the most
healthful sweet you can use, and the
more of it you will use of your own pro-

health is concerned.

It you have a son of suitable age and
disposition that can take full care of your
bees let him have them by all means,
give him all he can make from them and
tento one he will make them pay and
pay well. It will be. a great inducement
to keep him at home, and in that one di-
rection it will pay you more than any-
thing else. On page 7 of Prof. A. J.
Cook’s new book " The BeeKeepers’
Guide,” he says, among other good things:
“ Once get our youth. with their suscepti
ble natures, engaged in such wholesome
study and we shall have less reason to
fear the vicious tendencies of the street,
or the luring vices and damning inﬂu-
ences of the saloon." The above work
should be in the hands of and read by
every farmer owning but a single colony
of bees.

I also ﬁnd a great drawback to the bee-
keeping farmer that after he has procured
a small amount of comb honey and wants
to sell, he does not know how to put it up
and get it in proper shape to make it at-
tractive so as to bring a good price. In
a future article Iwill give some of the
best methods of putting up comb honey
for market. H. D. Corrine.

Cnlxrox, Mich.

 

A CORRESPONDENT of the Bee Journal,
writing from Peru, 111., says: “ To be
honest about sweet clover, while it is one
of the best honey plants to my knowledge,
I must own up that as. a pasture plant for
cattle it is almost worthless. With us
they will not eat it if they can get any;
thing else, and for hay, I would not
suppose any one could recommend it, for
the stems are coarse and hard, almost of
a woody nature, so utterly diiferent from
all other clovers that I do not; see how any
one could recommend it for fodder.
There is, however, one other use for sweet
clover besides honey~producing, and that
is its fertilizing qualities. I believe that .
from its enormous growth and extremely
deep rooting nature, it can be classed
amo a—g one, if not the best for fertilizing
worn out soils. I have known it to root
two feet deep, and it generally makes a
growth of six feet high, and of the rank-
est kind on our poorest soils.”

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J. E. VAN ETTEN, of Kingston, N. Y.,
says he is convinced bees can stand al-
most any degree of cold if free from
dampness. He keeps away chaﬁ and
everything that can draw moisture. and
recommends covering with corn-stalks set
on end and tied at the top.

 

to death. It takes less fussing‘to pro- ’
duce comb honey, and more of the work 5
can be done out of the regular season.
You can, as a general thing, make more
money from extracted than from comb if
you will give it your time and attention;
but just at that time you are hard pressed
with other farm work and you cannot

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F. M. Tammn, in the Bee Journal, ad~
vises every one who has twenty or more
colonies to own a foundation machine,

giving it as his opinion that foundation
fresh from the mill is worth nearly
double that two or three months old.

ducing the better off you will be as far as
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STATE

'ING Mill.

in. 88 Griswold Sires.
Detroit, -' Mich.

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Organized under the general banki 5' tow of the
State. Cash on its] 8150,01). Stock olden; its,
bio for another 6504”), making a guarantee fun-ti
of $300,000 for depositors.

Four r cent. interest, compounded semionnm
ally, p d of! dcpoaits represented bypass books.
0n Ease book plan deposits made on or before
the Bt of the month draw interest from tst. I!

made after the 5th interest begins 1st of follow,
mg month.

To persons desiring interesttobegiu immediate-

Idyaour certiﬁcates of eposit bearing infer-ssifronr
to of deposit commeud themselves. They are

ayable, rincipai and interest, at end of a stipu-
stcd pe ed. as follows:

2 months at 2 per cent per annum.

8 or 4 months at 4 per cent per annum

8 months at 4 1-2 per cent per annum.

12 months at 5 per cent per annum.

If money is drawn before expiration of period,
no interest paid ou amount drawn out.

We keep conﬁdential all business with our ens-
tomers.

Will occupy new Buhl Building next door north
of Post omce as soon as completed.
DA VII) HAMILTON, Pres‘t.
T. S. ANDERSON, Vice—Pratt.
ROB T. S. MASON. Cashier.

 

MO SH E R’S
Hand Seed Drill. Haul Wheel Harrow
and Wheel Hoe Combined.

     
    

 

This drill is {or the garden or the ﬁeld.

It plants
in hills or sows in drills. Invented and made only
by E. MOSHER, HOLLY, Mic-11., Circulars free.

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It. is the only general. rpose Wire Fame in being
a strong not war without barbs. 131: mm
dogs. pigs. sheep and poultry, as weilss the most vicious
stock. without injury to either fenceorstook. t Is just
the fence for farms, gardens stock ranges. and railroads,
and verynoat for lawns. parks, school etc and comet . -
ins. Covered with rust-proof‘paint ggalvamaed) it mil
instants time. It is super or to _ only or. bed
wire in every respect. We ask for its fan; in . know-
ing it will wear itself into favor. The Sedgw‘lek
(i warnsde of wronghtiron prpeandsteol wire, do
all: etition in neatnees. strength, do

try. a sine make It'he best.i and chsapest ul:' “1;:
autumn! c or so -ope-n u go. as so c. .

eat and neat est. all iron fence..l}ost ﬁre
Stretcher and Post Auger. For paces and par-
ticulars ask hardware denial-s. or address. mention by
Mom. SEDGVVlUK BROS . \lant‘rs. Rinlnvmnd. in .

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WANTED.

A good farmer to take a farm in Monroe Count
Mich. Must be a man that understands stock
the wife a gilt e butter-maker. Shock and

 

 

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give it the required attention. You will

Hood’s Barssparilla vitalises the blood.

  

tools furnished. eferences re aired. Address
mil-4t B. B. BULLOC . Tonuoo. 0.

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