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DETROIT, ‘AUGUST 2.6, 1884.

 
THE HQUSEHQLmnnagnnpplemenm

 
POOR TIRED H0 THER.

 
They were talking of the glory of the land beyond
the skies,

0f the light and of the gladness to be found in
paradise,

Of the ﬂOWers ever blooming, of the never-ceasing
songs, '

Of the wand’rings through the golden streets of
happy white-robed throngs;

And said father, loaning cozrly back in his easy-
chair

(Father always was a master hand for comfort
everywhere) :

“ What a joyful thing ’twonld be to know that
when this life is o‘er

One would straightway hear a welcome from the
blessed shining shore !"

And Isabel, our eldest girl, glanced upward from
the reed

She was painting on a water gug, and murmured
" Yes, indeed?”

And Marian, the next in age, a moment dropped
her book,

And “ Yes, indeed!” repeated, with a most ecstatic
look.

But mother, gray—haired mother, who had come
to sweep the room.

With a patient smile on her thin face, leaned
lightly on her broom—

Poor motheri no one ever thought how much she
had to do—

And said, “ I hope it is not wrong not to agree
with you,

But seems to me that when [ die, before I join
the blest,

Pd like just for a little while to lie in my grave
and rest.”

—Hargar. t Eytinge, in Harper’s Magazine.

 
—-—-QO

THE DISTRICT SCHOOL.

 
The time for the annual school meet-
ing is close at hand. Then will the as-
sembled wisdom of the district deliberate
on the respective merits of ,“men” and
" female” teachers, elect a new member
of the school board, and vote repairs for
the school premises, a new shinge for the
roof, 9. fresh clapboard for the one torn
off for kindling wood last winter. The
policy of the district for the next school
year will be mapped out on this occasion,
whether it is to be good or bad, liberal or
otherwise.

The district school is emphatically the
farmer’s school. His children are ex-
clusively taught therein, his money goes
to its support, he is directly respon sible
for its efﬁciency. Many farmers’ children
receive their only education in it, it is
their only opportunity for schooling. The
superstructure on which high school or
college shall build is laid. for farmers’
sons and daughters, in the country school-
house. Whether their children receive all
or only a part of their educational train—
ng there, it is amost important matter to

 
the farming community what sort of
school they keep up. A good one beneﬁts
not the children alone, but exerts a reﬂex
inﬂuence on the parents; apoor one is
worse than none at all. Good schools
and intelligent communities go hand in
hand, each existing as a consequence of
the other.

In considering the essentials of a good
school, we maycalculate a primary move
mu-t be the selection of school ofﬁcers.
They should be men who are alive to the
importance of education, they should be
the most responsible, intelligent, liberal
minded men in the district. I know an
instance where a man who could neither
read nor write was made member of a
school board, and another, where a man
who openly stated before the meeting
that they "could ’lect him if they wanted
to, but he didn’t give a —— whether they
had a school or not,” was elected. No
public trust‘shculd be reposed in such
men. Political preferences should have
no place in a sch )ol'meeting, petty per-
sonal spites and neighborhood jealousies
should be ignored, and the one aim be to
elect the man who will ﬁll the place most
acceptably. The school ofﬁcers are re-
sponsible for the efﬁciency of the school;
they are trustees alike of the public funds
and of their neighbors’ interests, and
have no right to neglect their duties or
evade their responsibilities.

A liberal policy in school matters is the
truest economy. If a thing is worth
having it is worth a fair price. So with
teachers. A man who has prepared
himself for the work, a woman whose
experience and‘ability guarantee success,
are not to be had for the money that will
hire those who teach to earn a little
spending money. A false idea of
“saving" will often secure a school to a
teacher whose work is not worth half
that of the one who might have been
chosen but for a demand for a couple of
dollars more per week. The principle a
man applies in hiringateacher should
be that he puts in practice when he hires
a farm hand; he takes the one whose
strength and endurance and conscien-
tiousness promise the faithful perfor-

mance of tasks, even at the highest.

wages. A school officer has no right to
waste public money. He does waste it
when he hires a poor teacher.

And when aman ﬁnds a faithful, trusty
help, he likes to keep him year after year.
The man becomes more and more valu-
able ashe learns his employer's plans and
methods of work. So, when a good

 
teacher is once found, it is wozth while
to) retain him term after term, at advanced
wages, rather than for the sake of a few
dollars saved, hire atyro. The instruc—
tor who has charge of pupils term after
term,knows theirstrength and weakness,
their proﬁciency, how to encourage the
dull and guide the forward, and no time
is lost at the beginning of the term in
ﬁnding out the pupil’s standing, or going
over what is already learned. .-

It is a mistaken policy that makes the
schoolhouse the most dilapidated and
desolate building in the district. There
are a number of schoolhouses in Michi-
gan, so old and tumble-down that some
of our breeders of high—priced Short-
horns and Merinos would not accept
them as stables. I have two thirds a
mind to mention two or three, in the
wealthiest counties in the State, but
trust the annual school-meeting may
bring forth a vote for buildings more
creditable to the community. I believe
there is considerable educational value in
the reﬁning inﬂuence of the beautiful;
that is, that the fenced, painted, shaded,
well equipped schoolhouse will turn out
better students, more intelligent and more
mannerly children than its opposite.
“The whining school—boy, creeping like
a snail unwillingly to school,” who.
makes any pretext serve as an excuse for
staying out, would not loiter on the way,
if a pleasant room and attractive grounds.
awaited him at the journcy’s end. Make.
school a pleasure to the children; “it
pays” in the long run. Fence the
grounds, and plant trees. The children
may have little respect for the row of
bare poles which are to develop into -
handsome maples, but they will be grate-
ful for the shade when it comes. Where
complaint is made that it is useless to
plant trees, because they are broken
down by the children, a system of ﬁnes,
rigedly enforced, will do a good deal
toward educating them to a proper re-
spect for public property.

If your schoolhouse is not provided
with dictionary, maps, globe, blackécard,
not to mention the little necessities of
curtains or blinds, washbasin and towels,
it is high time it is. A teacher must have
aids to her work, as well as the man sent
inm the ﬁeld to rake or hoe, and it is a
district's business to provide such ac-
cessories; it is the duty ofthe board to see
they are on hand.

To ﬁnd a country school building into
which abreath of fresh air can be ad-
mitted without lowering a window or

 
opening a door‘. which creates a direct‘
draught on at least a part of the occu-
pants, one must look among the recently
erected ones. Ifear there is more than
one bereaved mother, whose heart feels
earth is nothing but a spot to dig graves
upon, who traces the croup or congestion
or diphtheria of which her chiid died, to
the foul air. the cold draughts, and ex-
posure of the schoolhouse. Langu d,
listless. dull pupils are the result of
vitiated air; the best teacher in the world
cannot waken enthusiasm in a bad atmos-
phere.

See to these things, then, ye fathers and
mothers; they affect your well being and
that of those near to you, and at the
school-meeting is the time to make a
move in the right direction. or advance
work already begun. Bna'mrx.

_—_...__————

FORTY YEARS’ EXPERIENCE.

 
I am the daughter of a farmer and now
a farmer's wife, and.I have had over forty
years’ experience on the farm. Since I
have taken an active part in household
work we have always kept one or two hired
men. We are a little careful whom we
hire, and we do not take a stranger with—
out a recommend. I think farmers ought
to be more careful in regard to the kind
of men they take into their families. We
would not have a hired girl in our house
with no better morals and manners than
some of our hired men have. even if they
were good to work; and yet we allow our
boys to work with such hired men, and
then wonder how our boys turn out bad.
I believe we should be just as careful to
teach our boys to be pure and good as
our girls, and we should look upon the
sin of ayoung man who has stepped aside
from virtue’s path in just the same light
as we do a girl's departure from the same
way. If we did there would not be
so many bad men. My husband likes to
have decent men around as well as my-
self. I think the wife has some rights
that should be respected, but she should
not be unreasonable. Some of our wealthy
farmers have a separate house, and then
hire a married man, and that removes all
unple-isantness of disagreeable hired men.
and gives the wife and mother more time
for the care of her children. Farmers
have some dirty work, such as sheep-
shearing and hauling manure. Our men
wear overalls and leave them in the barn.
and change their boots if they cannot be
made clean enough to walk on a carpet.
wlthout my saying anything about it. I
guess the majority of the men that come
this way all had good mothers, but we
do get some day laborers who are—I do
not know what to compare them to. We
only have such when work is hurrying,
and then I get along and think “ what
can't be cured must be endured.”

I always try to treat our hired men just
ssI would wish my boys treated if they
were somebody's hired men. We do not
know what our future will be; some un-
locked for bad luck may change our po-
sition in society, and we may be some-
body's hired servant. It should not be a
disgrace to work, even though we work

for pay. Society is a little inclined to
l tok down on farmers’ hired men, but this
ought not to be so. They should at least
be shown as much respect as our dry
goods clerks. This is the reason why
some of our best young men, whom we

‘need on the farm, will go to the city and

seek clerkships, though they may not get
any better pay, when you count in the
board. We, as farmers. should aim to
make farming respectable. The times
are changing. and the time has come
when farmers are being looked up to.
We have pleasant and reﬁned homes: we
surround our dwellings with ﬂowers, and
we have everything that is needed to
make home pleasant. I have lived in the
city just long enough to know how to ap-
preciate my sweet country home, where I
ﬁnd rest and contentment written on
every shrub and ﬂower. Some talk about
the over-worked and persecuted farmers’
wives; that must come from the pen of
some city writer, or from some unfor-
tunate wife who has found, when itis too
late, she has made a mistake, for there is
no life that gives the us:ful wife so much
independence asthat of a wealthy far-
mer.

Ihave never had any trouble with our
men, but ﬁnd that they respect my wishes
and imitate the head of the family in
washing and combing and wearing a coat
at meal times. When I have had extra
company, I have called the men a little
earlier, and told them why I did so, that
they might make a little change in dress
if they wished,and I ﬁnd they are pleased
to do so. I prepare my table just the same
for my own family as I would if I had
company, and wait upon each member.
And then when we have an extra guest or
two my own family does not appear awk-
ward.

I use a washing machine, one that
closes up tight, and I do not get the dis-
agreeable steam that comes from the dirty
soap suds; I can also stand in a healthy
position while washing. The men do not
dislike to work the machine when I am
not feeling well.

That warning in the Household of July
22 looks to me like a false alarm. I had al-
ways supposed that narrow dock and
yellowdock were the same, the narrow
deck that we use for greens has a yellow
root; it grows with us quite plenty in our
door yards, if we will let it. Will Prae-
tical,-of Augusta, please describe to us the
poison kind, that the whole Household

may not be poisoned. MRS. R. D. P.
BROOKLYN. August 18.
~____...——-——

“I'I‘ IS BUTTER ON BEFORE.”

 
I am glad to have such a summing up of
the matter as appeared in the Household
of the 12th, for it is just what I have been
waiting for. One thing puzzles me,
however. Beatrix says: “The cellar
must not be too cool, so that the milk
stands too long; bitter cream is the result.”
Now many who use the creameries keep
the milk as cold as possible without
freezing, with ice, and Irecentiy heard a
dairyman say that by keeping the milk

 
cold enough he could get all the cream in

six hours. I can not prove it myself, as I
h we no ice this summer, but perhaps
some one else has, and can enlighten me.
If there is danger of keeping the milk too
can], what is the right temperature? I
believe that that of the cream should be
sixty-two degrees. but is that the point to
reach in order to separate the cream from
the new milk in the shortest time?
Speaking of bitter cream, I remember
that last winter while keeping milk in a.
pantry that Was sometimes freezing cold,
and again quite warm, I had bitter cream,
and wondered why.

Bruneﬁlle’s article entitled “Expecting
too Much," has helped to create acommo-
tion in my brain, and I cannot yet bring
forth any tangible conclusion, and per-
haps never can, but I do think she is alit-
tle unjust herself, thus giving her mite to
the “inj ustice of the world.” That some
men cannot appreciate some women, and
Would notit they could, I know; but is
it true that the world over it is only the
women who are suﬁerers under the bonds
of marriage, that man gets all the good
and women all the trials?

Rather is it not true that people
generally receive a false education as to
marriage, its object, and the meaning of
life as it may be lived? I know one man
of the type that Bruneﬁlle was thinking
of when she wrote that article. His wife
was a friend of mine, and agood, intel‘
ligent girl: but she was afraid of being an
“old maid," and looking into the future
that possibility held more terror than life
with this man, though she knew his prin
ciples. Today she is unhappy and dis-
contented, and while my heart aches for
her, I wonder how daily repetitions of her
experience are to be prevented. It cer-
tainly is notto be done by ﬁnding fault
with these husbands; could it not be by
prior education, if not given at home,
then at school along with civil govern-
ment? MRS. G.

LAPEEB, August 18th.

._____.....__.._
EVANGELlNE’S ANSWER.

I had an article all ready for publica-
t'on on the butter question. but as Beatrix
has given one which is almost an echo of
mine, I will merely answer the questions
asked me. I'would say however, that I
churned, last week, eleven pounds of but-
ter from three and three fourths gallons
of cream, which rather beats Mr. Wil-
helm. The m thud of washing butter in
the churn when it is granulated is ex
cellent, and I think the only true way to
do. I furnish families with butter, take
it directly to the house, andI like this
much better than having to sell to grocery
men or butter-wagons.

I will tell E. L. Nye as well as I can,about
our icehouse. The dimensions are 12x16
feet; there isa stone wall underneath;
the milk room is 6312 feet, the height is
nine feet, the milk-room has one window
facing the cast, an outside door facing
the‘ south, and directly opposite it, a
heavy double door opening into the ice-
house, which will hold twenty tons of
ice. My milk‘room has shelves composed

 
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pans of milk; these are painted white,
the ﬂoor is painted yellow, the Walls a
drab or brown, the window has a green
blind, and the outside of the building is
painted white; there is a broad step at the
door, which completes the description I
believe. If I have not made it sui’ﬁcienly
plain, please write me, Box 1,667, Battle
Creek and [shall be very happy to com—

mu nicate with you.

EVANGELINE.
Barren CREEK.

————————909—-——

RESPECTING CREAMERIES.

 
This butter question lies close to the
houswvife’s heart, and sometimes it is a
heavy burden, too, before that article is
ready for the consumer. A lady of large
experience in making butter, one whohas
worked forty years at it, told me it had
been proved by actual test, that twice the
quantity of cream could be raised in an
old pan that there could be from a new
one. I agree with “ Hi.” that the cellar is
no place to keep milk; those who use the
Oh tmpion cream ~ry round here think
they are a great saving, as the men can
strain the milk in the cans as they milk,
and you can use either water or ice to
cool the m'lk. If you can keep the
temperature down to from 45 to 50 deg,
in six hours your cream is ready to skim
The work is much lighter, quicker and
easier; there is no lifting of cans. You
can set your creamery in one room of
your icehouse, and keep allofyour but er
tools there if you wish; or you can set it
on a north piazza, or near your well
under a shade. Make the wind-mill
available, if you have one, and you can
care for the milk of from two to twenty

cows.

A creamery does not cost any more
than a good two horse cultivator, and the
butter is enough better to pay. I heard a
gentleman say his butter brought him
thirty cents a pound all this summer,
while ordinary butter was selling at four-
teen cents. Do not buy a creamery with
square cans; if you do you willrue it, for
they are so hard to keep c’ean, and the
sides bend badly. When we get this ques
tion of the best method of butter-making
reduced to its lowest terms, won’t we be
happy? ELLENOR.

Lxxsmo.
.———..._____.

AN AMENDMENT.

 
Idesire tomake a slight ampliﬁcation
of my hastily written article on the But
ter Question, in the Household of the
12th inst. In the third paragraph the
statement is made that the cream should
be taken when the milk is slightly sour.
This is intended for those who use pans,
and are in a chronic state of indecision as
to the proper time to skim; sometimes
skimming when the milk is sweet, next
time not till it has soured through and
through. If a creamery is used the cream
rises before the milk sours, of course, and
this is one of the beauties of the system.
The temperature of the cellar is less a
factor in the making of bitter cream than
allowing the milk to stand too long be
cause seemingly unchanged. It is the

exposure to the air, chemical changes,
etc, which induce bitttrness. I think
this is often caused in summer by the
cows feeding on weeds and bitter herbs in
the pasture, and occasionally from eating
them in the hay in winter. Some good
butter-makers incline to extend the time
for cream to rise to tliirty~six hours, but
the shorter period is the best, particularly
in hot weather. BEATBIX.

——-—___...—_

KNITTED RUGS.

 
I saw Anna’s request for directions
for mats for the ﬂoor, and as I
have just been knitting some that are
very much admired by all who see them,
will send directions:

Have some wooden needles, and cast on
any number of stitches that will divide
by four. I put sixty on mine; then knit
four, turn around and knit them back
again, then knit eight. and go back again,
and so continue, knitting four more every
time until you get them all knit;thcn knit
back and sew on your other color and
knit the same. Red and black. blue and
yellow make very handsome mat; then
crochet or knit on edge, and sew around.
Of courSe the mat will be round; ﬁve
points of each color will make the mat if
you put sixty stitches on the needle.
When you get them all knit, slip and
bind the edge and seam together.

lhone we will see more fancy work in
our Household. I can add my mite if
desired. VIVIAN.

 
ANSWERS T0 CORRESPON DEN I‘S.

 
A lady recently inquired what she
should use to paint her pantry ﬂoor.
“Everybody’s Paint Book," which by the
way is “handy to have in the house,”
gives the follo wing directions: “ To make
anice brown. take of Indian red a half
pound, mix it toa cream~like consistency
with brown japan, and stir well together.
Next take half apou ad of lampblack and
mix with brown japan in the same man-
ner. Now add the black to the red in
small quantities until the shade of brown
suits the eye. When the proper color is
obtained, add turpentine to the mixture
till it is of the right consistency to spread
easily with a brush. The paint Wlll wear
betterif a little No. 1 furniture varnish is
added, say in the proportion of one quart
of varnish to three quarts of paint.
This paint will dry hard in an hour, and
will be ‘dead,’that is, have no lustre,
and should be varnished over with car-
riage rubbing varnish to bring out its
beauty.” The above proportions can be
varied to suit the dimensions of the ﬂoor
to be painted. There are also prepared
paints which may be purchased ready for
use. saving trouble in the matter of mix-
ing. Wears inclined, however, to think
the formula given will prove most desir-
able in point of durability.

An old housekeeper told us last week
that excellent vinegar can be made in
abut a month's time by soaking apple
cores and paringsin water twentyefour
hours, turning the water off into a jug,

 
and cayering the mouth with a piece of

coarse muslin to keep out insects and let
in air. Let the jug stand in the sun. A
bit of “ mother” will hasten the process.
Another lady told us she had made vine-
gar fromswcetened water and Cold tea,
in much the same manner, adding the
rinsings of syrup pitchers, etc, and sun-
dry cupfuls of cold tea from time to time
as occasion served. The souring is not as
rapid as the other. Whether the tea im-
proved the vinegar, or hastened its mak-
ing, she declined to state.

 
RENOVATING DRESSES.

 
To those who wish to practice economy
in dress, I will give my way of renewing
black woolen dresses, no matter how gray
and rusty they look:

Rip each seam apart, pick out all
stitches; make a good suds of warm (not
hot for it will shrink your goods) Water
and hard soap; put your pieces in and
give them a good rubbing, rinse in cold
water and dry. When dry sprinkle and
press on the wrong side. Make up in the
latest style, and you have a new dress.

Any woolen goods, that water will not
hurt, and some grays that are part cotton,
can be renewed in the same way.

YOUNG HOUsEKEEPER.
PABSHALLVILLE, Aug. 22nd.

[The Household Editorsuggests that in
renovating old dresses in the manner
described, it is better to press the pieces
before they get entirely dry, thus saving
the trouble of sprinkling, and insuring
that they will be evenly dampened]

 
CHAT WITH THE MEMBERS.

I have tried, (for the ﬁrst time) the
directions for packing ham without cook-
ing, and ﬁnd the method superior to the
old, in my judgment. I think no one
will be so indiscreet as to accuse Beatrix
of making butter on paper, as I know
from experience that her plan faithfully
followed, will make superb butter in a
mum, and I am sure none of us would
like her to resemble an oyster, as we get
so many good ideas from her lengthy let—
ters. I particularly wish to thank Strong
Minded Girl for her last article in the
Household; it was full of truth and good
words for the little ones, in whom I am
very much interested, as Ihave several of
my own. I also endorse the remarks of
One of the Girls on mending.

ANONYMOUS.
Scorn LYON.

 
.._____
THE Household Editor has a sample of
knitted mat, such as Vivian describes in
this issue, which she will farward to
“Anna" of Wessington, Dakota, if the
latter will send her name, which has been
unfortunately omitted in the record kept
for reference here. We have two "An-
na’s,” one in far oﬁ Dakots, the other in
Blissﬁeld; it might ire Well for one or the
other to adopta new nom de plume, to
avoid confusion.
____....____.

Mas. L. D. W and “ Amber ”have sent

us letters unaccompanied by their names,
which explains their non-appearance.
No article will be publ.shed when sent

 
anonymously.

 
ﬂ—— _._'

THE

Ii—b‘USEEOLD.

 
HOUSE HOLD HINTS.

 
Is there anything more exasperating
than the irritation caused by mosquito
bites. those foes to peaceful enjoyment
of summer in the country? Yet ten drops
.of carbolic acid in an ounce of rose water
will allay the itching if rubbed on the
bites.

 
A LADY makes fruit pics by lining her
pie-tin with the paste, and then baking
till it is two-thirds done; she then removes
it from the oven and puts in ﬁrst the ‘
sugar, then the fruit, and adds the upper
crust. She claims this prevents the un
der crust from being clammy or under
done, and that the juice does not cook
out if the sugar is in the bottom of the
tin.

IF the covers of the cushions in ababy’s
carriage have faded, they may be uphol~
stered at home at small expense. One of
the most satisfactory coverings is of
sateen, the cotton sateen. Do not remove
the old cover, but take the braid off, and.
after tacking the sateen to its place, put a
new braid over the edge, or the old one,
if not worn, may be turned wrong side
out. If you are careful to put the tacks
in the same places that they were in be-
fore, it will look about as well as new.

 
SCRAPS.

 
A LIGHT wrap for cool evenings, or for
riding, is almost indispensable to either
town or country girls. Tne light ﬂeecy
crocheted shawls are very pretty, and
easily made if one has leisure. But a
more substantial and enduring, and
equally stylish wrap is made by taking a
length of cashmere of any desired color,
to match a dress or prettily contrast with
it, and without unfolding it, embroider
the ends in silk, in satin stitch or Ken-
sington embroidery, and add asilk fringe.
A black one is suitable for a summer
wrap for an elderly lady. Asquareof
cashmere, of some delicate color, with
crocheted border of wool exactly the
same shade, worn as a shawl, makes an
inexpensive shoulder cov. ring.

 
THE lady who desired instruction in
the manufacture of rag rugs, will proba
bly comp ass her desire more speedily and
economically by preparing the rags as
for acarpet, and then crocheting them,
mitten stitch, with a strong wooden hook,
tothe required size, than to any other
way. A rig rug may be useful, but
never ornamental, and it is awaste Of
time and strength to endeavor to make
it fanciful. Keep It sacred to its purpose
as a “wipe.”

 
MUCH abused fashion is engineering a
sensible move at present, in decreeing
earrings “ out of style.” For a long time
these ornaments have been quite small;
now fashionable ladies do not wear them
at all, except when in full dress; then
only those with rare or costly jewels. It
is a barbaric fashion at best, this cutting
the ﬂesh for the sake of hanging orna‘
ments in the slit, and reminds one too

 
forcibly of the modes by which a Sene-
gambian belle endeavors to heighten her
charms. A pretty ear gains nothing bya
jewel pendant from it, a homely one has
attention called to its shortcomings.
Especially is it unpleasant to see ayoung
child’s ears pierced, and drawn out of
shape by heavy rings pulling down the
tender ﬂesh. Very much less jewelry
than formerly is worn by ladies, particu-
larly on the street. A modest brooch, a
short chain to a watch worn for use, not
display, a ring or two, are the most one
sees on the persons of “ our best society ”
on the Avenue. The contents Of their
jewel cases are reserved for receptions
and parties. Style and sense just now
go together in banishing showy and
ostentatious jewelry.

 
ONE always sees more or less of human
nature exhibited in traveling. It amuses
me to watch my fellow sufferers on a rail
road journey, and judge of their charac-
ters by the external evidence they give.
Recently I witnessed a parting and a
meeting of married pairs, so diverse in
nature as to be quite noticeable. At one
station a man and wife—you can always
pick out the married folk, as sailors say,
“by the cut of their jib”-—got on board.
The man entered the car ﬁrst, carrying a
large and well-ﬁlled market basket, which
he was about to deposit in a vacant seat,
when his wife pointed to another and
sharply said: “Put it that!” He “ put it
thar,” she seated herself, and he marched
out of the car. Nota word of good- bye
was uttered, not a gesture of fareWell, not
a look, even, as they parted. I
watched the man unhitch a spavined
Rosinante, climb into a dilapidated “ one
horse shay,” and drive oﬁ, but his wife
never vouchsafed him a glance. I had
noticeda young woman with her baby
who sat near me, because of her patience
in tending the little fellow and supplying
the wants of a solemn-eyed, black-bruwed
three-year-old boy. At the ﬁrst stop with-
in the city limitsa laboring man entered
the car, looking its length in eager ex-
pectancy. The little woman half rose, he
made two steps of half the length of the
car, and she was caught in a pair of
strong arms and given a kiss that
fairly shook the ventilators open,
while the bald-headed baby placidly
endeavored to swallow its foot.
Everybody smiled, not in scorn or deris-
ion, but in genuine sympathy and pleasure
at the evident delight of these two at
meeting again. “ ’Tis love that makes the
world go round." I pictured for the ﬁrst
pair a dull, dreary home, never brighten-
ed by tender words or loving thought Of
each other, where sordid cares absorbed
life's beauty, living, God only knows for
what end. For the other an humble
home, where toil was lightened, burdens
borne, work done, for iove’s sweet sake.

B.
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TEE letter requesting information on
poultry matters was handed to Dr. Jen-
nings, with a request that he would give
the applicant the beneﬁtof his advice. At
the hour Of going to press it had not been
returned, but will appear in the veterinary
column of the FAREER.

 
Contributed Recipes.

PonLns.—For every gallon of vinegar allow
one teacupful of salt and one tablespoonful of
powdered alum; then wash and scald the en
cumbers with boiling water, letting them stand
till thoroughly cold; then drain and place in
the prepared vinegar, which mustbe the best.
When you have all you want, pour off and
scald the vinegar three times. They will keep
a year.

COOKING Barnum—Of course the ﬁrst
desideratum is good beef, well pounded; some
think that pounding spoils it, but that is a mis~
take. Then have the spider very hot, over
live coals; rub it with the least bit of butter;
put the beef alone in the spider, and cook
rapidly, turning constantly; when done place
on a hot. platter; add pepper and salt, and a
large piece of butter to each slice. Do not covetr
while cooking. ANONYMOUS.

Scorn LYON.

KEEPING FRUIT.—Eilen0’, of Lansing, sends
directions for preserving fruits and vegetables
without cooking, which she says are successnt
in her neighborhood:

Take sound fruit, wash and put in your can.
jar, bottle or keg. Shake it down well so the
can will be full: then cover with the following
composition, dissolved thoroughly: Salicylic
acid, 30grains: sugar, six and a half ounces;
water. one quart. For corn, beans or peas,
salicylic acid, six pwts.; salt, ﬁve ounces to
one gallon of water. Soak in water before
using. Anything you want to keep from
working, put in a little of the acid; it is not
hurtful, and will keep the fruit.

 
Favom'rn Promise—One quart of
ﬂour, one coﬁeecupful chop ed rais-
ins or currants: one teacup ul chop-
ped suet; one-half teacup molasses;

ditto brown sugar, one teaspoonful soda, two
teacupfuls sweet milk: a little salt. Mix and
steam three hours; to be eaten with a sauce
made of sugar, butter, ﬂour and hot water.
The “twisth” is in making the gravy without
having it lumpy.

FABMERS’ FRUIT CAKE—Three cupfnls of
sour dried apples, soaked over ni htin warm
water. In the morning drain the water;
chop, not too ﬁne, leaving the apples about as
large as raisins; then simmer in two cupfuls
of molasses two hours, or until quite dry, that
is, until the apples have absorbed all the mo-
lasses; one and a half cups Of butter, well
beaten; one cup sugar; four eggs; one cup of
sweet milk; one teaspoontul each Of cloves,
cinnamon, nutmeg, and one and a half of soda;
four and a half teacupfuls of ﬂour. Add rais-
ins or cut-rants if you please, but roll in ﬂour
before adding to the other ingredients.

CREAM Commas—Two cups snga r, two cups
thick cream, one egg, a little salt. Flavor with
nutmeg or lemon. Sraaxcnn.

PLAINWELL.

 
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In Hard or Soft. Hot or Cold Water.

’EMdE .L'né SOAP W2—

saves LABOR. ‘Ic

INGLY. and gives universal satisfaction.
famil: , rich or poor, should be Without It.
. -m by all Grocers. BEWARE of imitation!
:ell designed to mislead. PEARLINE is the
JtlLY SAFE labor—saving compound, an
ways bears the above symbol, and name of '
JAMES PYLE. NEW YORK