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DETROIT, MARCH 10, 1885.

 

 

THE HOU§EHOLDm§upplememm

 

 

HOW EASY 11’ IS.

 

How easy it is to spoil a day!

The thoughtless word of a cherished friend,
The selﬁsh act of a child at play,

The strength of a will that will not bend.
The slight of a comrade, the scorn of a foe,

The smile that is full of bitter things,
They all can tarnish its golden glow,

And take the grace from its airy wings.

How easy it is to spoil it day

By the force of a thought we did not check;
Little by little we mould the clay,

And little ﬂaws may the vessels wreck;
The careless waste of a white-winged hour,

That held the blessings we long had sought,
The sudden failure of wealth or power,

And, lo! the day is with ill inwronght.

How easyit is to spoil a life—
And many are spoilt ere Well begun-
In home«light darkened by sin and strife,
Or downward course of a cherished one;
By toil that robs the form of its gracc , ‘
And undermines till health gives way;
By the peevish temper, the frowning face,
The hopes that go, and the cares that stay.

A day is too long to be spent in vain;

Some good should come as the hours go by,
Some tangled maze may be made more plain,

Same lowered glance may be raised on high.
And life is too short to spoil like this;

If only a prelude it may be sweet, '
Let us bind together its threads of bliss,

And nourish the ﬂowers around our feet.

-- W atchman.

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THE CHILDLESS HOME.

 

From my point of view the childless
home is sadly incomplete. You may sur-
round the home with all the gifts of
fortune; ﬁll it with the fruits of intellect;
and yet if children are not there the very
essence of home is wanting. A home
without children is never attuned to those
ﬁne harmonies one hears where childish
ﬁngers strike the strings. Mere senti-
ment aside, there is something inex-
pressibly beautiful in the sight of a
mother whose arms enfold her babe; her
every attitude expresses a kind of trans-
ﬁguration. The Madonna and the Child
are, after all, neither more nor less than
the same sentiment expressed on' can.
vas. One is the mysterious and wonder-
ful work of the Inﬁnite: the other a
product of human skill, they emphasize
the impassable gulf between nature and
art.

Only Shakespeare could have put upon a
mother’s lips the words “I know what
’ti-s to lose the tend er babe God gave me;”
after that I may well despair of ﬁnding
words at all fraught with the meaning of
those emotions that stir my soul when I

ontemplate the touching spectacle of the
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mother abandoning herself to the tender
allurements of her child, the blossom of
her heart, the inspiration of her holiest
joys, the crown of her dearest hope. How
much such a sight endears his home to
the man who comprehends its true
signiﬁcance; and what personal sacriﬁce
will he not gladly make to fortify that
home against the ills that beset all earthly
careers. There is in childhood something
that appeals to man’s better nature, with
more eloquent pleading than any other
condition of human life. I have known
the voice of achild to soften the most
obstinate and calloused nature. Iread
not long ago how ababy’s kiss conquered
the heart of a sullen convict, upon whom
manacles, starvation and the dungeon
had been repeatedly tried in vain. The
world is rich in example of the power of
children over men grown gray in vice;
and few of us have not seen some sad
estrangement healed by their gentle in-
ﬂuence.

I wish I might coin some words of Wis-
dom with special reference to the relation
between parents and children. I see
clearly enough that home is the school in
which the young are to receive impetus,
which shall project them into the world’s
rushing tide for well or ill doing. It is
not to be disputed that as their homes
are so shall the children be when they are
grown, but how to learn the part of wis-
dom, is something that requires a larger
knowledge of life than Ipossess. If some
mother were to ask me how to train a
child, and demand of me an answer on
my conscience, I doubt whether I should
not evade the issue; possibly I might say
that a good beginning would be to ﬁrst
train ourselves. The mother who is alive
to her responsibility will worship Truth
as the principal deity of home. The
child who grows up in reverence for the
tru‘h may be trusted; it will always be to
him the shield and buckle on which a
thousand vices will patter as harmless as
the rain. The mother who is betrayed
into deceiving her child is guilty of fatal
weakness. Children are wonderfully
quick to detect insincerity; and they re-
member a promise, however carelessly or
lightly given, long after we have for
gotten it It seems to me that truthful-
ness should be the more solid corner
stone, the foundation on which we are to
build the superstructure of our children’s
future lives. Truth is elemental; it en-
ters largely into the character and achieve-
ments of all who are truly great or truly
good; it attracts to itself that which is ex-

 

cellent and good everywhere; and in the
course of years the truthful man or
woman will have become a center-of
public conﬁdence and honor.

If mothr rs could only fully realize that»
great responsibility resting on them-in:
regard to the children’s future welfare,
I think we would spend more time with,
them while young. How often I have
heard the aged man speak with great
reverence of the prayer learned at his
mother’s knee! When'his memory of all”:
else fails, he will still retain the early
teaching" of that sainted mother. If
children could only be made to realize?
that their childhood days are their hap~
piest; they know not what trouble and;
sorrow await them in. the future. How
thankful we ought to be that our children.
are well formed and intelligent, and that.
at nightfall we can gather our little ones
around us and know that they are safe.

We who have lost none of our childrem
know nothing of the a:hing void in the
bereaved mother’s heart; there is. no-
memory so sacred as that of the lost child..
She keeps in her heart every word and;
act of the lost one, and when she ﬁndaa
some broken toy, or laid-away garment9.
how quickly the little form springs. up, in:
her mind. If she is able to say in- all;
sincerity of heart, “ The Lord givethl
and the Lord taketh away, blessedbe».
His name,” and can feel that her. loved:
one is cradled in the arms of aloving
Saviour, who can care for it better than
she, her burden is lightened, her tears are.»
dried. Mas. WHALING.

HORTON.
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HOW WOMEN CAN EARN MONEY”.

 

I see in the Household inquiries how
women can have money that they can
call their own. I would say to the parents
who have girls about to be married;
and especially to the father;when your
girl is married give her something that;
she can call her own. If she will live on
a farm, give her some cattle, sheep or
swine, that she can keep her eyes on, ant}
that will soon begin to bring in returns.
Tell her to keep the money for herself,
and know what she does with it, anti
pretty soon the husband will smilingly
say, “Can’t you lend me alittle money
to-day, to pay one of the men,” and she
will be able to say, “why, yes,” and 80
every thin g will move much more smooth-
ly. Usually parents think that giving
housekeeping things is enough, but I say
NO, in the largest kind of type, for the
articles wear out, and then one has noth—

 


 
  

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THE HOUSEHOLD.

 

'ing to show they had help. Paper lam-

. she had a bank, and any money that was

brequins are nice; but not very nourish'
ing. My father gave to the girls the same
things he did the boys.

I know and pity many women who are
almost afraid to ask for money, and
when they do ask, the reply is, “ What
did you do with that dollar I gave you
last fall ‘8” Men forget they have taken
the girls from good homes, where the
mother did so much for them. My idea

is a woman has the right to say she wants
money, and a right to have it, too. There
is a great deal in beginning right when
you are ﬁrst married. Make good use of
the money, and do not go beyond your
means; also bring up your chlldren to
know what money is worth; that it takes
one hundred cents to make a dollar every
time, and that some one has had to work
for it. When my oldest girl was a child,

giv:n her to put in it, she would never
use for other purposes, but put it right in,
and she has it at interest now. I give her
money so she will not have to ask every
time she wants a postage stamp. I think
farmers ought to give their girls a pig, or
calf, and when they are sold give them
the money. I know one girl who had a
nice heifer calf given to her, and she
kept it till it grew up, and sold it for
ﬁfty dollars; and kept the calf, and that
is two years old now. Another girl was
told if she would feed the pigs corn at
noon, she might have one of them; she
never forgot them, and when they were
sold she had the money, and put it out at
interest. Just give the girls a chance,
and they will do something forv‘thern‘
selves.

And to the women I want to say, don’t
ever make another ﬁne shirt; you can get
splendid ones for seventy-ﬁve cents, un-
laundried. that will ﬁt, and look nicer
than you can make. Let the men buy
their overalls and jackets ready made;
don’t think because you have a sewing
machine you must kill yourself with it.
I hear so many men say women are cross.
The proper name is overworked; men do
not, and never will know what it is to do
all the work a woman must do, and still
be ready to jump at the words “Where’s
my best hat and coat, I am going to the
lodge.” What a wonderful place that
lodge must beIthink they meet about
four times aweek; but if they don't be-
long to alodge, they have got to see a
man down town. Never stop to talk
about women’s rights, but take them.

J OHN‘S WIFE.
PABMA.

 

POULTRY RAISING FOR WOMEN.

 

After reading the article on “Money
Making for Women” in the Household of
February 17th, I thought best to “ take my
pen and write quickly.” The farmer’s
wife in preparing food for her large fam-
ily, ﬁnds it very convenient to have plenty
of fresh eggs and fOWIs for the table. It
is small business for the “men folks ” to
look after the hens; so, if cared for at all,
the women must attend to them. I will
therefore tell what I am doing in a Small

others. I know that the Household is
“instructive. interesting and a help to
women.”

The ‘poultry business for the farmer’s
wife can only be a “ side issue,” as Beatrix
has truly said. Ibecame interested in the
business, as I did in fruit growing and
gardening, because I needed the out-door
exercise for my health. I really enjoy
them all. My only incentive at ﬁrst was
to provide my table with luxuries; but I
have found a margin of proﬁt besides.
My poultry have the run of the farm,
or in other words, are not conﬁned during
the summer months; but have a comfort-
able house, all their own, to go to for the
night and nesting. Of course some will
seek every available place around the
barns for making nests, taking up much
of the housewife’s time in searching for
them. $36 is the only one who will attend
to it thoroughly, however.

My chickens, hatched each year,number
from one hundred and ﬁfty to three hu n-
dred. Of these there will be more or less
cockerels, which mature in six or eight
weeks, and can be culled for broilers for the
table, and the surplus sold at good prices.
The pullets are kept for winter layers.
The year old hens are all disposed of in
the fall. Thoroughbred cockerels are
purchased at this time to mate with the
pullets. This I deem very necessary to
health and vigor.

As soon as snow comes my fowls are
shut in their winter quarters, and fed
regularly; having the run of the yard on
pleasant days. I feed them myself, and
also prepare the food, which consists of
three warm meals these cold days, when
the mercury is at zero and below. The
morning meal. is corn and oat meal, mixed
and scalded in skimmed milk, if milk is
plenty. I also use all liquors left after
boiling meats and vegetables for this warm
mess. I occasionally give them boiled
potatoes, hot, mashed with meal, for a
change. I also have a pail handy in the
kitchen to catch all the scraps, apple and
potato parings, coffee grounds, table
scraps, 650. These are well hashed in the
pail, and if too sloppyI add buckwheat
bran. I give this as second course to the
morning meal. This answers in part for
the green food they must have.

At noon, in cold weather, warm whole
grain, wheat and oats, or wheat alone,
and scatter upon the straw litter, for them
to scratch for. Exercise they must have
for health. This straw is removed and
fresh supplied every few days. The men
give me a feed of grated roots from the
root-cutter when I call for it; also a boil-
er full of clover heads, found in the fod-
der bins; theseI steam and give warm.
The birds know what to do with it. This,
some claim, will give more eggs and of
better quality.

The evening meal consists of corn in the
ear, roasted in the oven, fed hot, broken
for them to pick off themselves. I do not
feed much corn unless roasted. For en
trees they have burnt bones, charcoal,
plaster, or mortar, crushed oyster shells,
together with fresh meat two or three
times a week. Warm water three

 

may, h0ping I may be able to beneﬁt

sels. Dust boxes are replenished often.

Now all this means business, at eight,
twelve and ﬁve o’clock daily. Regularity
bears a prominent part in success; “ eter-
nal vigilance ” is success in any occupa-
tion.

My choice of breeds is the Plymouth
Rock. I have kept none but these. I can-
not give you an accurate record of what my
fowls have done. I know I have provided
liberally for home use, saying nothing
about eggs given away to the sick, church
festivals. and for setting, not “ exchang-
ed,” but gratis, to encourage others to
keep superior birds.

The fowls sold last season netted me
thirty dollars; the eggs sold brought me
forty dollars. All but one brood of chicks
came off after the ﬁrst of June. The
pullets began to lay Dec. 18th. One coop
of twenty-eight pullets averaged twenty
eggs per day through January. I have
the record of eggs up to date, February 21,
1885—one hundred and seven dozen.
These were sold for cash, from 22 to 24
cents per dozen.

My son became interested in the busi-
ness last summer. We have built a new
hen house and added a new branch to our
industry, raising thoroughbred stock to
sell. We invested $13 for one setting of
eggs and a cockerel; getting the best to
be had of this breed, registered stock.
Our six pullets, hatched in August, have
already given us seven dozen eggs since
the second week in January. We have
several orders for eggs for hatching. Our
eﬂforts for the coming year will be to ﬁnd
the best market for our eggs and poultry,
hoping to realize a good per cent on money
invested. One young lady, a farmer’s
wife, living near, who came to see the
poultry and speak for eggs, told me she
realized $109 for eggs and poultry last
year. Our department of thoroughbred
stock must be somewhat attractive, as I
notice the “gude mon” takes his sheep
visitors in to show them this new branch

of farm industry. Mns. E. T.
PAVILION, N. Y.
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THE COST OF A CARPET.

 

In a late number of the Household, A.
H. J. begins an article upon the cost of
rag carpets by saying: " Rag carpets pay
just because they do.” That sentence,
considered as an afﬁrmative assertion,
contains some very reasonable logic.

When so many talk and write dis courag-
ingly upon the subject, no wonder the
young and inexperienced housekeeper,
viewing her uncarpeted ﬂoor, and think-
ing of a short purse whose sparse con-
tents are needed for several urgent pur-
poses, deems it a dubious undertaking to
attempt a project involving a useless ex-
penditure of time and money. If one
possesses natural aptitude for acquiring a
knowledge of fancy cookery, fancy work
or any other of the tasks we set ourselves
so willingly to master, we may also be-
come. by time and practice, proﬁcient in
the art of coloring. I lately assisted in
making a rag carpet that is considered a
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Nearly all the material hau to be colored
except some gray woolen cloth used.
After testing to our entire satisfaction,
the Diamond dyes, we dyed red and also
black with them. The other colors were
all made by the use of the usual chemi-
cals, excepting only the green. That we
made by dipping the rags already dyed
blue into a decoction of yellow oak bark
(inexpensive, because easily procured)
and setting the dye by the addition of
alum.

As each one will value their time ac-
cording to their own mind, I will give

only the actual money outlay upon a -

carpet of thirty-three yards: Dyes, $1 65;
colored warp, $3 08; weaving, $4 95;
total, $9 68. Thus we secured a Strong,
nice carpet, not too good for the daily
contact with rough boys’ boots, at the
moderate, even low cost of tWentynine
and one-third cents per yard.

The careful housewife does not wish to
see her comforts soiled along the end
placed at the head of the bed, while the
rest remains like new. Take a half yard
wide strip of calico, fold it half on the
under and half on the upper side, run it
on so it can easily be removed, washed
.and returned to its place. A. L.

Mancnssran, Mich.

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RAG CARPETS.

 

Last fall, while this subject was under
discussion, Ioften thought I would say
a few words, and if it is not too late, will
'do so now.

One writer expressed herself as “de-
cidedly anti-rag.” I think most farmers’
wives would be of the same opinion if
they could; and if the ability to choose
"between ingrain and rag carpets was
theirs, would no doubt choose the former.
But viewing the situation from my stand-
point, this is not the privilege of the av-
erage farmer’swife. She has instead to
choose between rag carpets and bare
.ﬂoors. And :most of us who have tried
both, prefer the latter, notwithstanding
the hard and disagreeable work connected
with the manufacture of rag carpets. If
the grown up daughters are at home, re-
ceivingtheir maintenance from the pro-
ceeds of the farm, I see no objection to
their taking hold of this work with a will,
and helping to work up their wornout
[clothing into neat and comfortable car-
pets. And is it not a good plan. when
selecting prints for the family wear, to
'choose thoseof reliable color, which when
they have done duty as dresses, will do
for carpet rags without having to be col-
cred? The thought that the worn-out
\prints, ginghams and ﬂannels will make
nice bright stripes in our next year’s car-
pet, ought in itself to be an inducement
to careful washing, and no doubt is, many
times. Who that has ever dyed the fancy
.colors for a carpet has not been partially
-compensated for her trouble in noting
‘the wonderful effect of combining the
various dye stuffs.

To those of you who can cover your
:ﬂoors with sale carpets 1 would say, don’t

discourage us poor sisters who cannot, but

dustead send us words of encouragement.

 

Tell us the most improved methods of
cutting, sewing and coloring rags. I
wonder if the Household sisters generally
sew carpet rags on the sewing machine. I
think it a great saving of time. In sewing
prints that are brighter on the right side,
I take pains to sew them all right side out
and wind them double. After they have
been in aball for a short time they will
stay folded, while being wound on the
shuttle and woven. Although it is a little
more work to wind them, it is less work
than to dye them. L. H. N.

Henson.
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HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIES.

Yes, we can send our switch to the hair
store to be dyed; and if we want anything
else done there is a place provided where
the labor will be performed for money;
but my view of one object of this ex-
change of ideas and experiences is that we
may learn from each other wavs to save
money. By the numerous appeals from
farmers’ wives for advice and help to en'
able them to earn a little spendinﬁ' money,
I should judge that their purses were
anything but plethoric. There are things
we all wish to possess which cannot pos
sibly be fashioned by our own hands, and
if we learn to do things that can be done
at home we save just so much for those
other desirables. And again hired work
is not always satisfactory. Some time
since I had a switch dyed where such work
was a specialty. It very soon lost its
color. I then treated it according to the
method I described several weeks ago,
and it has given perfect satisfaction. I;
is not a difﬁcult thing to do, requiring
only close attention, and we know that
“ eternal vigilence is the price of success ”
in all undertakings, both great and small.
And now I will tell you how I make sew-
ing machine oil that is as good as that for
which I can pay twenty ﬁve cents per
bottle: Take sweet oil, or any good clean
oil, mix with it one-third its bulk of kero-
sene,put in a tin dish, and place upon the
stove until it smokes; when cool it is ﬁt
for use.

Iknow it to be the custom in many
families to throw to the pigs or hens dry
bits of bread and cake. If I have pieces
of cake of any size which get dry, I steam
them, make a boiled custard and pour
over, thus making what serves a very
good purpose as pudding. Cake crumbs,
bits of bread, and fried cakes, can be
soaked in milk, and an egg or two added
and baked, forming another palatable
dish; and by the way, a very good custard
can be made with water instead of milk
by using an extra egg; even custard pies
made with water are not to be despised.
There are some lovers of pancakes with
whom the conventional buckwheat does
not agree; to such I would say try graham
ﬂour, treating in all respects as you would
the buckwheat. And here is another
place for bread crusts; soak them very
soft and put in your pancake batter-
Very light, nice cakes are made when
there is a goodly supply of soaked bread

within. / MERTIE.
Paw Paw .

 

HORTICULTURE FOR WOMEN.

 

“Providence helps those who help
themselves ” and this world too holds
many people who will encourage honest
endeavor; so we women may take heart
in trying to turn an honest penny, while
our lords pocket the dollars. If I were to
makea business of the raising of small
fruits for proﬁt, I would make a specialty
of currants and raspberries, as requiring
less labor and care in their cultivation
than any others, while there is just as
ready a market for them. and less prob-
ability of a decline in price from a
superabundance than with other fruit.
We have raised them for our own use
many years, but have always a surplus
to sell, so I can judge by my own ex-
perience; andIthink there will always
be ready sale for fruit of any kind while
fruit driers and canning factories abound,
and farmers will not raise more than
apples or a clump of pie plant for home
use. There are none of us but like to do
that work best for which we have taste,
and when we have aburden of household
dutles to tax our ﬁrst and best energies
it looks rather discouraging to attempt a
side track, but our American vim will
take us through many difficulties.

The past two seasons I offered seeds of
sweet and medicinal herbs, and was sur‘
prised at the great number of orders I
received for them, many from the
Southern States; in fact I have a very
good trade in that quarter in plants and
seeds of all kinds. Many of the sweet
herbs are beautiful as plants for the
garden, and refreshingly fragrant. I
always like a few for the background in
the garden, as I remember seeing them in
gardens in my childhood, when I delight-
ed in the odors of sweet clover and
marjorum. I am glad to know of M. B_
C.’s venture in herb raising, and have no
doubt of her increasing success. I have
read of fortunes being made in that one-
way.

I will send mixed seed of all the varie«
ties I have for ten cents per p icket; six
for 25 cents and thirteen for 50 cents. I
have anise, balm, caraway, dill, hyssop,
lavender, rosemary, sage (E aglish broad-
leafed) summer savory, sweet basil, sweet
fennel, sweet marjoram, thyme (English
broad-leaved), wormwood, and sweet
clover; and also offer a great variety of
perennials, annuals, climbers and spring
bulbs. MRS. M. A. FULLER.

FINTON, Box 297.

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WITHOU’I‘ EGGS.

 

“ We have only one in the store, and I
don’t think that is good for anything,”
was the clerk’s reply to my inquiry for
eggs yesterday; and as I knew it was of
no use to argue with a hen while the
thermometer ranged at zero, and the snow
remained so deep, I began my baking this
morning in an egg-pensive frame of mind.
The success, however, rather surpr‘sed
me, and cheered me to tell the Household,
in hope that some one in similar trouble,
“ seeing may take heart again.” A piece
of butter was added to the pumpkin for:

    


 

 

THE HOUSEIHZOLD.

 

 

pies, and the mixture made thicker than
usual. For cookies I took a cup of very
rich sour cream, a cup of sugar, soda and
nutmeg, baked in greased tins, and really
they are better than any I ever made, but
are not going to last long. My cake I made
of a cup of sugar, one of sweet milk, used
baking powder, baked in layers, with
lemon jelly between; and think it will
pass “ that bourne” from which none
or very little cake returns. The mixture
for both this and the cookies was thor-

oughly beaten. A. n. J.

Tnorus. r)»
H.‘

THIS WORLD IS WHAT WE
MAKE IT.

I have thought many times I would
take up the long neglected pen, and say
a few words in the Household, which
ﬁnds its-way to my home every week,
and unles ssomething very urgent requres.
attention I sit right down and read it
through. Yes, ladies, I do, even though
I should be a little late about the sweep
ing and dusting. I bid “ Madam Gossip ”
say what she pleases; I am going to read
the Household, and I am beneﬁtted in
more ways than one. I get a little rest
which every tired mother knows is need-,
ful, besides the treasures which I glean
from its pages, not only in the well tried
rec1pes, which I have tested and found
reliable, but the experience of my sisters
in their homes.

Some have given us the bright, sunny
side of farm life, and others have given
me opposite, but to-day as I was reading
the article in the last Household signed
8., I felt I wanted an introduction right
away, that I might tell the author how true
a picture had been drawn of humanity. I
believe this world is very much what we
make it. If we are disposed to pass
through it, choosing only the darker
side, we shall ﬁnd enough of, lowering
clouds, enough of all that is bitter to
dampen our mirth, and cause us to mur-
mur that this is a cold and unfriendly
world. If on the other hand we look
only on the bright side, we shall escape
the many thorns and briars which we
must otherwise encounter, and pass
through with as much ease as though our
path was strewn with thornless roses.

Whenever I hear individuals (as a rule)
ﬁnding fault with their neighbors, I al-
ways»feel like saying as did the old
Quaker “Thee’ll ﬁnd just such neigh-
bors wherever thee goes.”

In regard to hired help I would say, let
I8 often (in our minds) change places
with them, and then as we take our own
back again, follow closely the golden

rule. AUNT J ENNIE.

NonanL.
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FOR THE GIRLS.

 

We saw the other day one of the cheap
round clocks which are now so common
transformed into quite a pretty article of
furniture. In the lower-right hand
eorner‘of a cigar box a hole was cut
just the size of the clock-face. The
box was covered neatly with wine colored
plush, the opening in the plush was

 

cut smaller than the hole in the box,
then snipped with the scissors till it could
be turned back on the wrong side, where
it was glued to the inside of the box.
The clock was then fastened in the box,
its face appearing through the aperture.
A spray of ribbon embroidery on the
upper left hand corner, a hand painted
sprig, or a ribbon bow is an ornamental
addition. In this instance a rosette bow
of pale pink ribbon was added. A very
necessary bit of furnishing was thus
simply and preltily transformed into an
ornament for a small bracket shelf, also
covered with plush and furnished with'a
bit of fancy fringe.
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MRS. W. 0., of Midland, thinks E. M.
P.’s “P. 0. Goodwood” must be translat-
ed “plenty of good wood,” and compli-
ments her husband by saying she has al-
ways an ample supply of this necessity.
She speaks a good word for the knitted
counterpanes, and will send directions to
any who desire to make one.

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A LADY, writing from Flint, sends us a
recipe for Hop Bitters, but forgets to tell
us whether she has used this preparation,
and can personally vouch for its merit;
and also forgets to give her name. It is
a “cast iron ” rule of every reputable
newspaper to publish no communication,
of whatever nature, unless accompanied
by the name of the contributor. Names
are never published except by permission,
but must be given.

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TnE light tints of tan color are popular
in gloves for evening wear, and the darker
shades are suitable for street wear with
any dress not too pronounced. Gloves
mayor may not match the dress, but are

generally dark and unobtrusive for out-'

door wear. To keep the hands from per-
spiring wash them in water to which a
few drops of ammonia have been added.
This will be a help, but probably not a
sure cure for one who perspires freely.
Cashmere and silk gloves are much worn,
and those who ﬁnd it difﬁcult to wear kid
will ﬁnd an advantage in using them for
all occasions where more dressy gloves
are not indispensable.

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A LADY who modestly desires her name
withheld writes us of the success of her
money-making schemes the/past year,
saying that her sixty hens returned $35 in
money. The great quantity of eggs and
fowls used at home kept down the grand
total; she had also to ﬁght the cholera.
Her little boys aided her in managing
the garden, and the receipts, over and
above home consumption, were $63. She
could do better, she is sure, had she a
warm house for the poultry, and the
variety of food they need. We would be
glad to know the means she employed to
check chicken cholera, and also a des-
cription of the symptoms noticed.

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AMONG the women’s work at the New
Orle ans Exposition, in the exhibit from
Nebraska, is a dainty little panel labeled
“ Nebraska cotton,” where a lover of the
beautiful has shown artistic ability in

 

deftly arranging and combining very
simple materials. Upon a blue plush
panel is fastened agraceful spray of milk-
weed. Its seed pods have been opened
and their silken contents shaken out into
ﬂuﬁy pompous. A bow of ribbon of the
same pale, brownish yellow color as the
leaves and dainty balls makes an effective
ﬁnish. The graceful outlines of ' the
spray, the feathery lightness of the balls,
and the harmony of color between them
and the background seem to be the simple
elements which are combined to make a
very pleasing and unique decoration.

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Useful Recipes.

 

Conmsn.-—Pare your potatoes, and lay the
codﬁsh, nicely skinned, on top of them. Boll
and serve with a simple gravy of ﬂour and
water well cooked, seasoned, and heavily but-
tered. For breakfast “ pick up ” ﬁnely what
is left, and, in the morning, heat over in inst
water enough to moisten it, butter and pepper
it well, and spread like sandwiches on thin
slices of bread made into egg-toast. Moisten
your slices of bread in cold water, then dip- in
beaten egg and milk, and lay on a nicely but-
tered frying— pan over a quick ﬁre; turn bread
quickly, spread on your ﬁsh, and serve hot.

 

OATMEAL MUFFINS.-—-One cup oatmeal, one
and a half pints ﬂour, one teaspoonful of salt,
two of baking powder, one tablespoonful of lard,
two eggs, one pint of milk. Sift together
meal, ﬂour, salt and baking powder; rub the
lard in cold; and then add beaten eggs and
milk.

IF YOU WANT
Profitable Employment

BEND AT ONCE TO

THE NEW lAMB KNITTEH 00.,

For Full Information.

An ordinary operator can earn from one to three
dollars per day in any community in the Northern
States on our New Lamb Kmtter.

100 Varieties of Fabric on Same Machine.

You can wholly ﬁnish twelve pairs ladles‘ full-
shaped stockings or twenty pairs socks or mitten.
in a day! Skilled operators can double this pro-
duction. Capacity and range of work double hat
of the old Lamb knitting machine. Address

The New Lamb Knitter 00.,
117 and 119 Main St., west, Jscxsox, M103.

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The ONLY CORSET made that ui be_returned by
its purchaser after three weeks war. if not found
PERFECT LY gATISF .(PTORY
lneveryrespe(-t,nnd itsp cerefun .l l; Stile . Made
in a variety of styles and prices. Hm b ﬁrst—clan.
dealers everywhere. Beware of w :thless imitations.

None nuine unless it has Ball’s line on the

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c CAGO CORSET 00.. -Siicago. Ill.

