'of any kind the other day, when I went \\ 3 “m\&§&\§\\‘\‘x\\\\\\\\\\ \\— ._'— -,_._-..—~— ’- \ DETROIT, FEB. 2, 1689. THE HOUSEHOLD-"Supplement. ‘4 END UR ANOE’. How much the heart may bear,and cannotjbreakl How much the flesh may suffer and not die! I question much if any pain or ache Of soul or body brings our end more nigh . Death chooses his own time; till that is worn. All evils may be borne. We shrink and shudder at the surgeon‘s knife, Each nerve recoiiing from the cruel steel Whose edge seems searching for the quivering life: Yr; to our sense the bitter pangs reveal That still. although the trembling flesh be tom, :3 gill This, also, can be borne. We see a sorrow riding in our way, , And try to flee from the approaching 111, We seek some small escape—we weep and pray, But when the blow fails, then our hearts are still- Not that the pain is of its sharpness shorn. But that it can be borne. We wind our life about another life, We hold it closer, dearer than our own; Anon it faints and falls in deadly strife, Leaving us stunned. and strisken and alone. But ah: We do not die with those we mourn; This, also, can be borne. Behold, we live through all things, famine, thirst, Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery, All woe an i sorrow; life inflicts its worst On soul and body, but we cannot die, Though we be sick, and tired, a;d faint, and worn; Lo: All things can be borne. ———-—-—oo+—-—-—— DEI‘ROIT HOUSE OF CORRECTION. I paid my first visit to a penal institution through the Detroit House of Correction. To silence invidious insinuations and would- be witticisms at the outset, I will say that I did not “ go up ” in the “ Black Maria,” and that no one made any objections to my departure when I was ready to leave. I was quite interested in what I saw and heard, and as a “newspaper woman” is always on the alert for whatever will make readable “cepy,” thought perhaps others might be entertained by learning something about this workhouse, as it is often locally called. In the first place, the House of Correc- tion is a private institution in that it. belongs to and is managed for the city of Detroit, which has about $530,000 invested in the buildings and “ plant.” It is the only self~sustaining penal in- stitution in the State; and chair~making is the business in which all the convicts are engaged during their enforced stay. The great vans piled high with chairs of various patterns, which the visitor in the city may ‘ residence across the street from the front the railroad depots or docks, all come from this manufactory. The labor of the convicts is not contracted; the profits of their work accrue to the in- stitution, and prices are kept up to the rates at which other manufacturing es- tablishments sell the same grade of goods. All the city criminals are here cared for without expense to the State. Prisoners from other parts of the State and from other States are often sent here, especially women; and their expenses paid by the locality sending; there are also many of- fenders who have committed crimes against the government, such as counterfeiting, sent here also, the United States paying for their keeping. The institution is located in the'eastern part of the city, which has grown up to and surrounded it. Its blank, windowless, whitewashed wells render it noticeable, and the sentries who night and day patrol them advertise its character. The Superin— tendent lives in a large and handsome of the buildings, and Detroit congratulates herself that “Captain Joe” Nicholson is the right man in the right place. The visitor, entering the grounds, passes into a large ball, and sees in thevista before him a strong iron barred gate at the further end. The parlor, at the time of our visit, was occupied by a committee from the Legislature, appointed to look into the workings and methods of the institution. Less distinguished guests were ushered into a comfortable reception room, amply fur- nished with local proiuct in the way of House of. Correction chairs, where. we waited until a party of ten had collected, paid the small fee reqiired. which goes to purchase books for the prisoners’ library, when we were escorted through the parts accessible to visitors. We went first to the dining-room, where the smell of dinner still lingered, and great piles of soup plates and cups were being put in order for the next meal. The room is filled with rows of “tables,” as close as they can be placed; each “table” is a hardwood plank about 14 inches wide and long enough to accom~ modate six persons, and the chairs are hinged so that the seats fold up against the backs and permit easy entrance into the against the table of the next row behind. wooden saltcellars. seen the etiquette of prison discipline. see almost any morning on route to some of rows; the backs of. each row of chairs are The only furniture of the tables was the lemma have liked to have been present at meal time, to have From this room we went to the kitchen, you think pandemonium had brokenj loose. It was only three convicts running a " hash machine,” but they were doing it at the rate of. about sixty revolutions to the minute. The chief cook, in a big apron and imposing paper cap, watched the process with all the dignity attaching to his superior position. At last they paused long enough to allow us to “ hear ourselves think,” and I took note of the great soup and vegetable kettles, the coffee boiler, which I should think would hold nearly two-thirds of a barrel of coffee, and the ranges on which other cooking is done. In the same tea; is the bakery, where a table perhaps six feet square, or larger, was covered with loaves of bread, which looked very fresh and appetizing; and where the boss baker stood by his glowing oven superintending the baking of another batch. The prison diet may not be particularly varied, but it is clean and wholesome, and probably not a few of those who pil‘i‘dkd of it never had their meals served with such prompt- ness and regularity when they were at liberty. The workmen here were all prisoners. Then we made a- tour of the corridors in which the men’s cells are located. These impressed me forcibly with the idea that the convict’s lot is not a happy one. They seemed like closets. The spice allotted each is seven feet in length by four or four and shall: feet in width, aui solid brick wall; are on all sides except in front, where the iron door forms a still more impressive reminder of the restraint imposed. The beds seemed so narrow that the sleeper whose uneasy conscience made his dreams full of unrest would be in great danger of finding himself on the floor, which is partly covered by a strip of rag carpet. There is room only for this out and a chair; several of the cells had tiny stands, many more had two or three hanging shelves in the corner, containing a few little personal be— longings. The cells are arranged in two tiers, access to the upper being by a nar- row iron balcony, and the cell doors are all closed and locked at one movement of a lever at one end of the row. Next to the workroom, where 180 pris- oners were weaving the bottoms of cane- seated chairs. All were clean shaven; some were young men, some old, perhaps all seemed younger because of the absence of beard or moustache. Absolute silence prevailed; it seemed strange to see so many men together in such perfect stillness, knowing as I do what an inexhaustible fund of conversation—of some sort or other whence proceeded a clatter which made —every individual of the sex possesses. 2 TI—IE HOUSEHOLD. The room is in charge of two inspectors, who keep constant watch on the prisoners, pacing back and forth on elevated plat: forms. A few of those nearest the door at which we entered surveyed us with furtive glances, most paid no attention whatever. All were working rapidly; they have a stint for each day, and are paid for what- ever they do over and above their task. Some of them make a virtue of necessity and by their la‘ior provide themselves with a small sum against their release. Then to the varnishing room, where chairs were being painted and varnished. One of the men who was danbing red paint on a rccker with great liberdtly, looked as it he might know how to paint a town the same lurid hue; he had the hardest face I think I ever saw, in its brutal ferocity of expression and repzilsiveness of feature; it was the face of one who “feared not Hid nor re- garded man.” * The face of another, who had lost part of one amp but managed the brush with consideratige dexterity, worked into asarxlonic grin as he leered at us. he had seemingly lost all sense of shame and self respect. Then to the women’s ward: through the laundry. where washing and ironing were goingzin, some sewing and simiiar work being performed. The faces oi‘ the Women here were not good to look upon. Not one of them looked at us, nor did they seem to care for our presence. Somehow I could not help wishing to know the life history of one woman who sat; sewing. lie-r abundant gray hair attracted my attention at first, and her face bore the traces of in- telligence and refinement above her present position. How many, many tragedies of life might be told by those whom sins have led them down until the welfare of the world demands their retirement from it, into a prison! The cells (ccupied by the women are similar in all respects to those of the men, except that nearly or quite every one had made some poor little attempt at decoration Ore had a cheap fan tacked against the wall, pictures and cards adorned others; in one I Saw a prettily bound breviary, in another a large doll was fastened over the head of the cot; several had small mirrors or bits of looking glass on the walls, show- ing woman’s vanity is not crushed out by even a prison life. The taciturn guide said there were between 85 and 90 women in the institution at present, but we saw only those in the laundry and workroom. Like. the men, they work at chair-making. Life in a prisop must develop the quality of watchfulness to an abnormal extent. I could not help but notice the eyes of our guide; their expression was that of one constantly on the alert, nothing seemed to escape his observation, yet he saw without seeming to see. I wonder if those eyes can ever close in restful, forgetful sleep! Some- how it does not seem quite possible. Being of an inquiring turn of mind I asked: “Suppose a few of the men in that large room should overpower those two who are on guard over them, and the rest join in an attempt to escape, what are the chances of success? “None whatever,” was the an- swer. “The only egress is through a door into the yard surrounded on all sides by walls,.and commanded by guards who with their Winchester repeating rifles could shoot down every person who attempted to scale them. Should any gain the hall, the iron gate would bar their way as eifectually.” The answer was conclusive. While we were waiting in the reception room, two women whocame in were. after a brief interval, conducted to another part of the building. We “sized them up” as mother and daughter who had come to see some relative under durance. And in our tour we saw the interview in progress. In a small room divided oil by glass partitions, sat the two women, who were well dressed and looked respectable, and a young man, the son. probably, of the older woman, and between them sat a blue-coated prison of- iiciai. it is his duty to be present at all such riccasions. and he sits between the, prisoner and his visitor to prevent the passage of any aricle or communication from the visitor to the visited, without. proper investigation and inSpection. And while we stood a moment in the hall, but- toning wraps and adjusting veils, the two women passed out, their painful visit over, their faces sad and tear-stained. There were many questions 1 should have asked but for the. taciturnity of our escort, who replied to every inquiry politely but in the fewest possible words, and the tran- quilfzing influence of the prevailing silence, in which the sentient being: about me seemed almost like automate, moving with- out volition or direction. 1 think that when we had made the grand tour I would have been glad to hear that hash machine again. I have made up my mind to be a good cit'zen and not get “sent up.” It’s too quiet up there, the work is too monotonous, and 1 never did like mush. And yet, do you know, it seems as if the houseless, homeless, moneyless tramp, too low down to get work, often cold and always hungry, might think the House of Correction, and its warmth and food, the best place earth holds for him. BEATRIX. .———.g.___ OUR ECONOMIES. Our experiences seem to differ somewhat; some seem to be able to economize in one way, others in another. I too sometimes laugh at the experiences of others, and this time Huldah Perkins has stirred me up. I have‘kept house only a few years, but my first year I tried many of the recipes in the HOUSEHOLD, and my experiments we re in most cases pronounced successes; but when repeated many times, these econo- mies soon became an old story. And when I have to use an extra allowance of butter and eggs to use up a little stale bread or bite of fried pork, then have onlya small portion eaten, and the rest go to the pigs and chickens, or our one dog feast on the fruits of my exertion, I become disheartened and concluded it is better economy to save the eggs and butter, for they are cash. I find too that my John and the others whom I serve like best meat. potatoes, vegetables, steamed corn bread, ‘wheat bread, fried cakes and pics, with fruit to help along. Such food gives us better sat- isfaction than “fixed-up” dishes; and an occasional new departure does not ruffle the even tenor of our way, but frequent ones do not please. Then the dress-making! I will console Brunefifle by telling her there are women who could not make a dress fit with a new lining. new goods and aperfect pattern; they are not “bnilt that way.” i advise them to patronize the dressmaker, and hope they m 9.) always get a perfect tit, but I have known dressmakers to fail. indeed, Ihave as good iiztingadress of my own work as any I ever hired made; and l have used old linings for calico and gingham dresses, with good success. I suppose we all have our pet ccti-l‘unniesl andl try 11.? spread mine out until it costs two cents :0 save one; then I mean to stop. But I feel Bike crying out in defense of not two dogs, on: one good dog, that tells when stock are on: {it place, helps put them back With a, heir: ‘ gooi will, and in: pay takes the leavi: - of; .he’ table that th»: pigs would otherwise- gvi. i wonder if fluid-"5n. ever saw a goo-1i. (3:01;! the“. dogs don’: go my! . Vie’ron. litfi’fil'l’h. - » -—-- mane» ANOTHER FASHION r or"! ‘ AN a»..“.TD. if you have at: old ingrain carpet. which is post- puzting down again, the best use you can make of it is to convert 2‘. into a rug. Wish it. rip it apart. cut ino length- wise strips. ioilcwing the chain as a guide, sew the rags together and have their: woven like carpet. You will need three. hoards of the rags 'éo intake 3. yard of carpet. The chain should he “laid” in the loom in; the wearer, not 5 close as for rag Chiller, and three-q tartere of a yard is wide e;_:::*~.‘..;:i tor a rug. To make a. hardsomer one, cut the strips in the same way, an inch or a little more in width, and revel both edges, leaving just enough threads in the centre of each strip to hold it while being woven. This makes a very nice looking rug, but requires more rags and considerably more work. DETROIT. L. C. K'W THE LATEST STYLE IN Piss. “ Ring out the old! Ring in the new And when you m:ke an apple pie. Bring out your chopper too. Chop the apples fine, stir in sugar, spice, and perhapsalittle boiled cider, until it tastes good. Then you can have half a dozen pies ready for the oven in less time than it takes to arrange the center of two in the old style; and they will seldom try your temper by running over. The filling for pieplant and cherry pie may be chopped in the same way, adding fl iur for these. If the lady who covers her sad irons with a boiler cover, will take the bottom out of an old pan, and use the rim instead. she will find it. an improvement; as the cold air will be kept from the base of the irons, while the handles receive no extra heat. TEOIAS. A. H. J. --—-—*O.—-——— A READER of the HOUSEHOLD, referring to the directions for preparing oyster stutt- ing for turkeys in “ The Christmas Din- ner,” issue of December 15th, 1333, wants to know how to remove the liver. What is known to cooks as the liver of an oyster is the “ blue bunch ” observable in the centre, which contains the simple digestive appara- tus. And you remove it with a sharp knife THE HOUSEHOLD. 3 ONE WEEK’S BILL OF FARE FOR A. FARMER’S FAMILY. [Paper read by Mrs A. J. Sutton, oi Sen ma. .1 the Farm-313‘ Institute 111 Adllan, .lmi'..1lzy " secretary, and thought upon the magm to ie of the subject, I thought I could not ~39 .y2 anything that would be at all interesting, much less instructive, and 1 think so 31211. Again. i ll;.-,-,; with any o:h«1'— one, but as i don‘ t in such wr-rir 2.9.5 can. In the first place i want you to 111115.19:- stand that ltlilnk the farmers are 111-: peers ot‘ iliis country; and if any ma:- :_-:22.:' like to see any shirkin; live on 1119.12.1- or the land, it is 11123. 1111-1191:. ; ' . til :1- 1 have ii roll 11: the city and on 1he and the farm is my choice. 13.32.11. The pox-t. soy; 1111131 can “live waili‘ out frienos, he can Eive books, but 2:51:11. 9.1210; n no ' 3111- out cooks.“ .1'1. 1 live fii'fiug’f‘ house 1-w- -: 11.0.1, au A\ 3.11“ .5311: it is the tug» 23‘ 11; lit I could do vastly 01:21:; _ ~11bjecttl1an this panics-1.11: ; this, 1 will do the hes-f. l ‘2 _ .. . 02:1:111',,1'-';1:Jle than it s. grea lids: of silver every day. It is more work to care for it when put away for dust and steam to tarnish than to clean it when used eyery day. There will be silverware when you are :_ laid to rest, an! the memory of “ Mother’s While 1 considered the request or you r 1 table” will be precious to our children. i." .‘ e keep our table highly set for our family, there will be no greet flutter and distur‘ :unce if a. friend siioul -'rl app on to 13111 1911! time, but rather it. sho ul 1 be to 911:9. to seat them as: the .1 the sum) as we do our iiznliy. ’i‘ne gates: and the fa'nll zoo will toe-1 .mp9 1:2 11111819 T”: .; L13 .1 211. ~ L13 3 pie ’., ",- lldib .2.- (1011*, 11.1191 i sets-11: 15.1%- sil'.'r9.1':'1-1:ll1-fesi iii-1' 1935. Wot—.11 l l i “3.5 L.“ ' rem-21113219: one wane summer 1.1'. timer 0:: l.2:=2'11v<—e L211: 111. .J' G .11 11;: 11; :1- :iA. f‘!‘ d’llil ‘Hhungiy, :111 l Strmpl'lg. 11111131 in comfortable circuins tlL‘." lt' 'lllt‘2 1/11 :- l-ali'JLb .1) , .9911.- ‘t!' 1' could get ' c oxumodarions 1'1 1' ulySell‘ 2 111-1 .213. Earthen: 15.2.:- :;..: 2 , 111.15%}; €51. L was very c‘irsiislly nospitnbly entertained house. clo ssl 1."..9. 11"-.1-r wzn 1.1:): iill‘li the Lizniiy were done our i113. ' 15-29: table was cleurol and 19.99: ' gre:~.-re-.l 9.111 but :he , Silk-'3: 2.1111 best dishes, and after 3.11 hurls 2.22113; raw. material in .11.;- [1.9.51 i duty to' . possible 1'29 n.51) ords'r to 032111;: :ixs9‘ best r19.:-.11 « =23 is just a ti111et:1‘;22.r- T vest all .l:.' a. prom-11:31.; in the 1111+: tables .111;- '41-: fruit.3»12i1:1.~ ing Will ”KARL“ healthy. oning or 1:11.112. . solaninc in g1-..1:.'.,o1\s. poisonous. '1? dog tuber is i :13: 1 1 7111.5 and vegetable: 9 «39:91:19 2‘01 them to hove 1299 condition. Undies-7&9 nt to eat than 1111 '35. 'zxii‘.’ tie-.11 either palatable :1: of wholes-15.9.- {-15 913 was traced 11'. "this esculent 1.1.51 before maturi’y. 129' .-‘-.'1i'e.and lflll‘ilLfll .‘1 11-91" at ease start a second : it is no better. on 2 12121-11 wish the family. gg-aoxr el‘ough for g puny: 2 zizne as possible with a gues d 1? long exposed to light after being dug. as 9 worse than no potato at all. And the case with many vegetables and 111 they are neglected after ripening until a are untit- for food. And the wife may :1.- ever so good a cook, ever so skillful in 21-12: L :?"“'i" - ',; '1' v i", , 'y '-:'-l'1;~il;'ooking or MINE!“ . 4.....- 1. 1Lry great mistike 11 ‘ grc Li J,“ ‘ or every day life, E sorry for my hostess and wished i had ' stayed at home. 2 prefaced long enough to come to the bill 01' =. nay 1» t5 treated to my dinner. 11112.92: .111 3.1.19. 11111311 :roubie it would have say ii i" is 21191.1 site to have let me 5111- doe-'1'. :11. i would thought that what was her family, was good torn guest. ligre is where we mining a szir and going to extremes ferrom- onr aim should be to have 11-1 good a Ii, at the least sauce to our general rule o-‘f daily g i think all wiii led the better for l have been highest many times when 1 $1 .l1e had but , 1 :é.n11 xi 1 . . , 1 '.".-'..1l§_,'ll . , . H i 111-91- 1-231 1n de so 'u'coniort l9 r 't '; and then 11;”; :11 zoo :z'o: 11d and 1‘11" owm 2:2;- 2 ‘ a ‘ l 1 ab " J) hh c.:12,1:‘.9.nr worry and fret n.- to have any- 1'11919. sonice, so beyond t-1e general tenor that 1 h 11': tel: really lot you will think 1 have : tare. and this you can any to suit yourself. culinary art. but she cannot make a substan- ' tial meal 1mm 1.15 inferior food. And in the 1 ex: place, we would 2111's .1. good cook stove and good wood. loo: wood has Lie-cu the-bone at many contentions in farm households. And now let us see hit our table trim order, neatly and tastefully arrang- the cloth well necessity a w his one. out a good red table- cloth is in 111:; ostinntlon just the thing luv u is in i . . ' shezn that which they can relish. . 3 :‘9' i would furnish m ' ' ' 1 ironed and folded, n0 5 of' 111 uch r1pe fruit, but 11 - Wll‘llfil‘ we must depend on canned fruit; l a farmer’s table; will; either towels or extra. ; pieces ot the red cloth to put under the; plates of those who 9 113 their sleeves. these to be replaced with clean ones as often as soiled. 01', what is better, furnish each laborer with a clean while eating. 111v: every dish scrupulously clean; and the cuator and silver free from spot or dust. Some may say 1 am going to extremes, bu:- remember I did not say that silverware was indispensable or even necessary. I believe i: to be the duty 01’ all to live within their means; but it" you have silverware, for the love you hear your family, don’t keep it just to use for company and on state occasions, but treat your family as if they were the best company you ever ex- pected to have, and give them a liberal dose linen coat to slip 0:1, 1 1.1101 Will to All.’ ' cookies; lineups you will some of you think my evening meal too elaborate; it certainly would be: for myself, as I never drink tea, unduever take meat or potatoes for sup. per, but we have men help on the farm that ‘ demand this substantial food aft-er a hard I 11.1;"5 work, consequently we must furnish in solu- lnve made this bill of fare for this season of, the year. si'xonv. loci/Ajax; 9199-11-11 gems; butter: maple s;.:11;-;l'01l_1' 111iL-d mikes, and " Smiles ofA1'- fcr'iion.” {Jinnah—Pork and beans or cold rib, baked on 51.;llriluygplL-kle chow chow: bread; butler: pie. temperance mince 01' pumpkin; peat'heS; '- lerJ: tea. Gurnlshthis mealw'lth' Fame and [£95215].ng .ileul— Bread and milk or mush and milk, \Vith ' Love to )elghbors.’ n0\DAr. !h~.aAjast-—Potatoes, fried; pork fried crisp; fried n:11sh;syrup; bread; butter: v'otlee; Sy stern and Order. [)imzcr —Potatoes, baked; onions, boiled, W th L- ream; sausage; mince pie, seasoned with Hai- mony, GoodCheerand Encouragement; pickled cucumbers: apple butter; bread, butter; celery :11 111mg Heal—Potatoes: mashed; pickled pigs’ feel; onions, raw; raspberries; Cake; 0 lery; lLu. TUESDAY. [’1 ml fast—Cakes made of dry bread' butter; maple syrup; coffee; crackers; cookie. 11.1le been ' Dinner—Potatoes mashed and seasoned withJ 1 L,lL‘.'i>)f " Good and peaches: butter; 11 spoonf'il each of Perseverence and Temper; tomatoes, with rolled craL-kLrs lenevolent-e; ham, file-l pickled apple dumpiing. steamed: bred-l; Celery. Arming Held—Potato balls: Lend sezboned with Love anal Patience: 9:9 «nit: butler: honey. WEDNE‘DAY. l1: Pit/j' ~' ~"oturoes; lie-(2131191111: in ng '1'1d tried: lunternnfl‘ee: ('0 11w. “1:211 on ’) 11w -—-'_;lii«‘.1'«:11wllh dumplings. p.11:11o:.:>‘. mashed. with Good li' '9 21-1 el-y.;111<-e:l1reml,brownanr .1 . Garnish with ilopet‘lilnwa Ere/ling £9.1I~L‘ol11:1,.~.l1l-.'.: ' 11/1: 9*! —-LilKLIL 1)l)fr{ l. :1l1o " " in 1110 3~ -: zliiiiL’ volt-e . .2 11:: 'lzt'l‘ll 11:21) 9: smile “' . "Giftiy, 119/ ’—l)thEt- U 1>lll».‘.1.j11l1"111 ~ 9111i L \12‘111 'l‘r'.. 21.:12‘211; 1'11, ““1“" '1" Her 11': ion. Tllio completes the week, 111 you can vary this programme to suit 31.1" and your means; remembering at all times to 11111191". 1165); «I? cut ‘11 «11' 1‘1 C rec l: 2.- 11-2; cook such food and in such a manner as your family ilk e to have Cuohu There is no rule that will apply to all, 1 3 our tastes ultier. ill-.1 as much as our (liSDOSlii<‘1llS. -—-—-—-—-¢o&-———— PANSY GLULT RE. Grace 1. reouests advice 11:11. sing-uroge- intent in 1'1gard tog rowing panels-.9. Birst of all, get good seed; u paper oi the mixed varieties will borounilthe most ~ :.':: sfactory, ! as you secuiea lovely and va'i-9 assort- ment for .1 slnalloutiay. As 9.21 ’~eedling plants, poppies ex 'ep ed,‘ 1 1 ink, irre' better for transplanting as soon as real leaves are formed, the seed may be sown in the house in early span—j in shallow boxes or pans, keeping the surt‘uc e of the soil moderately warm and .1.ois1 with damp pap-'1": until the plants appear; then transplant int) good rich mellow soil out doors if not too early, so the ground is too sodden and cold for seedling plane: but if so put into other boxes, having not more than :ix or eight; inches of soil, and not more than an inch of rim above to prevent the fresh air from reaching the plants, or they will damp cit and never become healthy and stocky. There is agreat ditl‘erence in Lizgrees of success with pansies, and man; another flowering pl: 21:, made by a thoughtful care of them in their tender babyhoml. When they have attained strength and good roots, plant into good rich beds; for pansies " feed well” and seem to appropriate all they get of fertility and moisture and make returns accordingly. The very best situation for a bed is where they can get a morning sun-bath until about eight o’clock, then a. shadow gently steals between until the last half of the afternoon. I have had just such a bed and such huge pansies, but the sub- stance of the shadow passed from sight in a lurid glow painful to witness, last Novem- ber. But I can still have flowers to comfort me, and I think them the most tender and faithful messengers of hope, and an every day and hourly relief from weariness and care. Mus. M. A. FULLER. an-ron. THE HOUSEHOLD. THE GOLDEN-ROD. The subject of adopting a national flower is now being agitated, and the National As- sociation of Florists is to adopt a set of resolutions thereupon and submit them to Congress. But, before doing so, they wish a generad expression from the people, so they may know what flower to select. It is fitting we should have such a flower to represent the national sentiment. Other countries have a chosen emblem, usually one selected from its having sus- tained some part in a historical scene, or because of its supposed connection with the legendary lore of the country. The royal arms of England support the union rose, shamrock and thistle engrat‘ted upon one stem. The rose indicates the union of the red rose of Lancaster with the white rose of York. The shamrock owes its place there, not from the glamour of a historical past, but to the legend of St. Patrick’s using it as an apt illustration of the existence of the Holy Trinity—the trefoil leaf being all one. The thistle is dear to Scotland because upon the occasion of the Danes invading the country, as they were noiselessly approaching the Scottish camp, 3 Dane stepping with his bare feet upon a spiny thistle was so startled that he exclaimed, and thus alarmed the whole camp. They were saved, so the story runs, by this very incident. But peo— ple tell us that Scotland is no longer the home of the Scotch thistle, but it is found here in much greater abundance than there. The farmers have been more active in ex- terminatir-g it, while here our law is being constantly evaded and it is steadily increas- ing in numbers. Why the leek, the emblem of Wales, was left off the royal arms of England, I do not know. There are several fliwers that are spoken of as appropriate for this purpose. common in the United States, among them the wild aster and. the golden-rod. The latter has been called a purely American genus, but erroneously. Investigation has proved the existence of several E gropean varieties, and one is found in Engl ind. But we have the largest interest in this beautiful genus, because there are a great number of varie~ ties found here, over fifty growing in the eastern half of the United States. They are wonderfully attractive, blossom- ing as they do when other foliage is already indicating the near approach of the death of the year. The color is just the one to bar monize best with its surrounding tints and brighten the landscape. It is found on the high dry mountains of the South, on the long stretches of marsh land in the East, on the prairies of the West, on the shores of Lake Superior, on barrens, in swamps; in fact, there is not a condition of soil or tem- perature which is seemingly unfit for its growth. I have seen its dense heads of lovely, sunshine-like bloom along the dusty high- way and wondered how it could flourish amid such vicissitudes. But its mission is to afford color in the most unexpected of places, to make glad the deserts and wilder- nesses of earth. When frost has changedjts golden tints, the heads still lift their daily gray to the sky and thus defy the wintry storm. I am sure many will, with me, wish and hope to see it- adopted as the national em- blem, and no doubt, ere long, some gifted American poet will sing its beauties in words and measures which will warrant them a place among national lyrics. MAscnns'rnn. -—-¢o¢————-— AN INQUIRY. A. L. Ella R. Wood, in her article on “Butter— Making ” in the HOUSEHOLD of Dec. 22nd, 1888, says she draws the buttermilk from butter when it is the size of small shot. New 1 would like her to explain in the HOUSEHOLD how she does it. I think several besides myself would be instructed by her doing so. I follow her plan in butter- making until it comes to that; having a Wilson creamery and barrel churn; but can- not draw oii‘ milk without butter going with it, until it is gathered in lumps too large to go out of the cork-hole. SUBSCRIBER. Mum-01m . *— AN ENERGETIC PROTEST. I cannot help wondering where Mrs. Bid- weli gets her information. Can the simple right of franchise given to women work the wonders that she promises? We all know that intemperance, although a. great evil, is not responsible for all that she charges it with. Our asylums for the insane are not filled with iuepriates, and it is a waste of word: to make such a statement. My home is not for distant from the Eistern Asylum, and I have personally known many who have been take-n there for treatment, but. temperate iivmsclves or had their ancestors been addicted to such habits. As well might she condemn religion, for, in my ex— perience, some of the saddest cases were " thete whi- lost their raison during religious excitement, in: no ins will say that pure and undei‘ileii religion is at fault. Hos: can she come before the noble women of this nineteenth century, claiming that “ We are sinking lower every day?” If that were true it would be our own fault and the ballot would never redeem us, but we can thank Gsd heartily that it is not so. How can she look around on our steadily increasing prosperity, and assert that "’ Our nation is fast becoming a nation of poverty and crime,” when even the smallest farmer and the day laborer has, and can pay for, the comforts that are newconsidered neces- siiies but were, in the days of our own parents, almost unattainable-luxuries? Will crime be stamped out by giving the ballot to women? Are not our criminals largely men who are studying to get ”something for nothing,” to live without work, who rob and murder, wreck trains and explode bombs to get money without earning it by the sweat of their brow? They will do anything for money, and they do not even sell whisky except for that pur- pose, and will giving the ballot to women change this mad haste to be rich? She says we “toil for the millionaire,” but when millionaire Hutchinson sent the price of wheat up was not every small farmer with not One of all the number were either in-r his one hundred bushels or less for sale, proportionately benefited? The only'women that I have ever known wo really cared to vote were thus who were anxious to vote for prohibition, and I feel that the brothers are wise in with- holding the ballot until women can look the matter squarely in the face, and not, in their over-anxiety, make a bad matter worse. The insinuation that the women who are satisfied with the existing laws are “bad ones.” is really “ the unkindest cut of all,” and l for one resent it. Again, how a true wife can assert that a mother, he she ever so loving and noble and good, is the best friend that “they have or ever can have,” is something that I cannot understand. It is the dawning of a grander life: Another name you have—the name of wife. There’s no relation in this wor‘n‘ so near, There's not a station that is half so dear; There’s not an office, seek it where you will, Higher or holler than the one you fill. Wasuxxorox. EL SEE. —-—-—-QOO-———— HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Hor bread is not, per se, injurious; the trouble is it is good and we eat too much of it; it is fresh, and soft, and we do not mas- ticate it thoroughly. It is not more un- healthful than any other article of food, properly eaten. PHYSICIANS now argue th it most of the ills connected with a baby‘s second sum- mer arises from the fact tn rt he has j iii. at- tained the age when he begins to have a greater variety of diet than has heretofore been given. The simple food before given him is now supplemented by {seizes of food prepared for his elder», he part the; with a relish which induces in: re and mire to be given him, and suffers in consequence. When achild is doing well and growing strong on a simple diet of mud and milk, there is no sense in giving him meat, p)ta- toes, eggs, simply because his teeth have come. His intestines are undergoing changes during the teething periol that render experiments in diet extremely hazardous. -—————¢o+-———- Contributed Recipes. Gmunn Snaps—Ono cup New Orleans molasses and one cup pale brown sugar, boil together gently for five minutes; cool and add two tablespooni‘uls of good vinegar; one cup butter and lard mixed; one-half cup cold water; heaping teaspoonful soda, same each of ginger and cinnamon. Mix hard; roll thin; bake quick. Ican endorse Beatrix’s I recipe for fried-cakes, for I have often used the same rule to the satisfaction of myself and family. M. A. F. Fnurox. Smoke-One cup of scalded milk; one- fourth cup butter; one tablespoonful sugar: one-half teaspoonful salt; one-fourth yeast cake dissolved in three tablespoonfuls water; white of one egg, and about four cups flour. Mix and knead; then roll out long and slen- der, about the size of your little finger; using as little flour as possible; put them an inch apart in the pan, let rise. Much depends on baking these. Bake twenty minutes in a slow oven, then quicken the heat and brown them. At Mallory’s, a “tony ” caterer's in this city, these crisp “sticks" are served with oysters instead of crackers, and are voted an improvement. Bum.