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TIRED MOTHER/S.

 

A little elbow leans upon your knee;

Your tired knee, that has so much to bear;
A child’s dear eyes are looking lovingly

From underneath the thatch of tangled hair.
Perhaps you do not heed the velvet touch

01' warm, moist fingers folding yours so tight;
You almost are too tired to pray to—night.

But it is blessedness! A year ago
I did not see it as I do to-day.
We are so dull and thankless, and too slow
To catch the sunshine, till it slips away;
And now it seems surpassing strange to me
That while I wore the badge of motherhood,
I did not kiss more oft and tenderly
The little child that brought me only good.

And if, some night, when you sit down to rest,
You miss the elbow from your tired knee,

The restless curly head from off your breast,
The lisping tongue that chattered constantly;
If from your own the dimpled hands had slippeda

And ne’er would nestle in your palm again,
If the white feet into the grave had tripped,
I could not blame you for your heartache then.

I wonder so that mothers fret
At little children clinging to their gown;
Or that the foot-prints, when the days are wet,
Are ever black enough to make them frown.
If I could ever find a little muddy boot,
Or cap, or jacket on my chamber floor,
If I could kiss a rosy, restless foot,
And hear it patter in my home once more;

If I could mend a broken cart to-day,
To—morrow make a kite to reach the sky,
There is no woman in God’s world could say

She was more blisfully content than I.
But oh! the dainty pillow next my own
Is never rumpled by a shining head:
My singing birdling from its nest is flown—
The little boy I used to kiss is dead!

—_—«.———.

WOMAN ’S TRUES’I‘ RIGHTS.

 

“ The condition of the women of the
present day seems to bear no little rescui-
blance to that of the unfortunate hens in
the basket of the poulterer—restless,
crowded and uncomfortable; evinc-
ing ever and anon by a faint, uneasy chirp-
ing, a desire for wider bounds, and occas-
ionally risking strangulation by a
spasmodic effort, which only forces the
aspiring head through a mesh in the
netting, occasions a great cackling among
the sisterhood, and earns a rap on the
pate from the hard-hearted owner.” Wo-
man's Rights! It brings to the mind of
the reader a whole host of Amazons in
helmets and plate armor, ready to do battle
for the right (or wrong) and to drink the
blood of the slain. Some women say there
will be two great objects gained by their
voting—they can buy, barter, sell, or hold
property, equally with their husbands,
and stop the manufacture of liquor, and
also the selling of the same. Drunkenness

 

will be banished from the land, and peace
and happiness reign. They are thorough-
ly imbued with the idea that their voca—
tion is to command, not to persuade, to
claim as a right,rather than ask as a boon,
anything beyond the “meat, clothes and
fire,” they share with the opposite sex.
Protesting against the idea that Whatever
is, in human institutions, is right, they
dispute the doctrine that the “ chivalry ”
of man is sufficient protection for the in
terests of woman, when the latter is in
such a relation as to be dependant. Wo-
man’s mission is a “ hackneyed ” term,
and implies nothing but picking up the
crumbs after her liege lord and master
has been served. I have been reading a
number of articles upon this subject. and
it simmers down to just this, that hus-
bands, as a class, do not allow their wives
to‘ carry the pocket—book. I do not know
whether it is owing to total depravity, or
a lack of moral courage, perhaps I do not
know what my rights are, but dissension

and unhappiness over the pocket-book,

have never come to our house yet. In

fact, I gave my husband a Russia leather

pocket-book with a ten dollar bill in it for
a Christmas present. I find that the worst
troubles we have in this life are imagin-

ary ones. When we were married we de

cided that there should be a mutual inter-

est. Some married women show so little
sense in money matters; while knowing
of a payment to be made on a mortgage,

hired men and girls to be paid, and nec-
essary family expenses to be met, they
will be cross and sulky because they can-
not have a certain amount for their own
spending. When I was living in New
York I had for a neighbor a woman who
thought she was so far superior to her
“better-half ” that she ought to manage

the financial affairs, and was indignant
because she could not vote. It was dur-
ing the war, and butter was selling at
forty-five cents per pound. She began
harping about a black silk dress, and her
husband told her to pack two jars for her
own use, and the rest she could sell and
buy the dress. She filled the jars two-
thirds full with lard, finished to the top
with butter, and bought her dress at three
and one-half dollars per yard. Her hus-
band had to buy butter all winter. Would
not she make a good member of Congress,
or candidate for the Presidency? There
is no use in talking, you cannot trust a
woman one inch further than a man.
Take women as a class, there is full as
much ignorance as among men. One-half
of the men do not know what franchise

 

means. One lady said her man John
could vote, but she could not; but sup-
posing she should go to the stable and‘
say, “John, will you exercise the fran»
chise ?” he would reply, “Yes, ma’am, but
which horse may he be?” There is too

'much ignorance about this voting busi~

ness. It is bad enough as itis, we do not
want it any worse. So many labor under
the delusion that they have a field oflabor
off somewhere. It is a good idea to look
around our own home, and do our duty
to our own family.

As far as the matter of women being
left out in the cold when the husband
dies, having nothing but the use of a pal
try one-third for their maintenance, is
concerned, in this immediate neighbor-
hood there are two instances where men
came into the country in an early day,
bought their lands of the government,
cleared off the timber, and, with their
wives, worked hard and earned a nice
property. These men both left wills in
which the whole property was left, unre-
servedly, to their wives, to do with as they
pleased. In one case there are two sons
and one grand-daughter; in the other,
seven children. It is a wise man who sets
his house in order, and I certainly think
that if all the wives in the land would
talk earnestly and rationally with their
husbands in regard to the matter, they
would make a disposition of their prop—
erty, and we should not hear so much
about the “ injustwe of law,” etc. I have
yet to be convinced that woman can raise
her standard of true worth or excellence
by voting. It may be my perception is
dull, that I am lacking in common sense,
but I certainly think it is just as well “ to
let well enough alone.”

EVA NGALINE.
BATTLE CREEK.

——.w——__
FEMININE INFERIORITY.
What a fortunate thing it is, friends of
the Household, that none of those who
so graphically portray the faults and
failings of the sterner sex, happen to be
cursed with a husband of that sort them-
selves. I notice that each one in writing
on this subject takes pains to let us know
that it is some other woman’s husband
from whose shortcomings she deduces
hcr theory of man’s general inferiority.
Now I would like to speak in behalf of
our husbands and brothers, and must pro -
test that I cannot agree with those who
look upon woman as a poor, long sufier-
ing creature, and upon man as a brute

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specially designed to wound her gender
sensibilities and make her life a burden
generally. I can, of course, judge only
from these with whom I am brought in
contact. But as far as my observation
goes, (and it has been extended beyond
myself,) I do believe that men are
intellectually our superiors. Their minds
are broader and command a wider out-
look. This cannot be wholly owing to
the fact that men’s lives as a rule are
passed in the world, and women’s in the
home, though I own this has something
to do with it. I do not believe, if women
were put in the same positions as men,
that their minds or intellects would ac-
quire the power of men’s.

Please remember I am speaking of each
as a class—exceptions prove rules. For
one thing, a woman is too much in-
fluenced by her affections and prejudices
to ever be entirely just. Again, exactness
seems to be foreign to her. We say
sometimes “A w0man will jump to a
right conclusion, where a man must
reason his way to it.” Well, which proves
the stronger intellect? If a man can work
out aproblem by reasoning, is not he safer
to be right every time than is a woman
in her quicker but not logical deduction?
Reasoning if correct cannot fail, but a
jump may land one anywhere. If intui-
tion, even in women, were infallible it
would be adifierent thing. But we all
know it is not. In almost any school
where boys and girls are educated to-
gether, the girls will distance the boys
for a while; because girls’ minds are
quicker and more facile. But what the
slower brain of the boy has acquired, it
will retain, and as his knowledge has
come by diligent use of all his powers,
these powers will strengthen and
increase. So when the girl’s educa-
tion is over, his is just begun; and
as she Sinks down satisfied with
the brilliant honors of a triumphant
graduation, he, probably leaving school
with fewer honors, is best supplied with
the necessary implements to shape and
perfect his powers of mind and intellect,
which are his arms to battle with the
world withal. She is “finished ” and for-
ever rests upon her laurels. He is begin-
ning, and will wear his laurels later.
Which is the best earned wreath?

I trust no one will think that I am
decrying my own sex. Far be it from
me! There is no nobler mission upon
earth than that to woman given. Let her
seek for it. I trow she will not find it at
the ballot box. All honor be hers! But
honor cannot be obtained by grasping for
it. It must be spontaneous, else it is no
honor. Let her make of herself the
noblest woman that God has given her
the power to become, and she will cease
.to clamor for her rights. Her life may
'be as grand and beautiful as she will
make it. There are no limits set but by
herself. Man’s work is to provide a
home for his loved ones. Hers it is to say
what that home shall be. It will be what
she makes it. Can she have a higher aim
than to make it the abode of love. charity,
intelligence and all gracious qualities?
Let her rule man if she will, but let her

use her own weapons, not his. And her
best weapons are not warlike.
PRUDENCE.
Kanxuazoo.
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A PLEASANT LETTER.

 

The ever welcome Household came to-
day, and when [saw it, I thought as I
often had before, that I would sit down
and write before another day had gone,
and here is the result of my thinking.

Beatrix in her talk about dooryards
expresses my sentiments. There is
nothing around a farm that gives a
better index to the character of the
inmates of the house and home
than the dooryard. But it is with
that as it is with the bay-windows and
piazzas; we have to be governed by cir-
cumstances. A portion of the farm may
be across the road from the house, and
necessitate the drawing of loads across
the dooryard to the barn, as well as turn-
ing stock the same way. In that case I
should have the house wear an apron,
and preserve at least a part of the yard in
front of the house from stock and straw.
Of course city people are not troubled in
this way, and it is pleasing to note the
neatness of their grounds.

Flowers always brighten and improve.

any and every place. I have a Japan
Quince that is nearly four years old. It
is very thrifty but has never blossomed.
We also have the Weigelas, Hydrangeas,
Altheas, Roses, Honeysuckles, and I
think Forsythia.

Shall I tell you how I made a work
basket? I took seine twine and crocheted
a mat the size of the bottom of atwo
quart basin and then crocheted to fit the
sides of the basin. This made a good
shaped basket. I then starched it in stiff
flour starch and dried it over the basin,
then varnished it with two coats of

shellac varnish. Some old white silk ,

colored with cardinal diamond dyes,
madeagood lining for this cheap and
pretty work basket. I followed the
directions given in the Household for
making boxes, covering the top with
pink satin and black velvet embroidered
with light blue, the sides with black
velvet. and lining with blue silesia.

A pretty lambrequin is made by taking
a strip of satin or felt, and cutting the
lower edge in points. Then take
diamonds of velvet and put the upper
half of the diamond in between the
points of the satin, and finish the lower
one with a tassel. I made one of scarlet
satin and black velvet.

These are too late for Christmas, but
may come handy some other time.

FRIEND.
NonELL.

_—_——...—————_

FARMERS’ WIDOWS.

The remarks of “ Old School Teacher”
on the wife’s right in property that has
been the reSult of mutual labor, are, to
my mind, pertinent and well timed.
There is a manifest injustice in the way
the law deals with the surviving partner.
The average mother has proved as cap-
able as the average father to manage,

 

economize and keep property, as well as

 

to rear and provide for children, when
left by the death of partners to do the
work of both.

While both are living it is well that the
unit of the family should be represented
by the husband as the head, but when he
is taken away, there is no reason in
mental, moral, or social ethics, why the
wife should not be entitled to the place
made vacant by death, with vested right
of full ownership; untrammeled by out-
side jurisdiction of any kind. If it be
claimed that she is less able than man to
earn property, then the more need that
she have the more generous allowance,
and the more reasonable that the children,
when their majority is reached, should
depend on themselves and leave the
property to their mother’s use.

If husband and wife counsel together
in regard to business so that she under-
stands it in full detail, when necessity
comes to sharpen her wits, she will
manage with a surprising capability.

Of course, if a widow has afarm to
manage, with no son old enough to take
the lead, it will be more expensive to run
it, but I think the widowed husband
with no grown up daughter, will find a
similar and perhaps more embarrassing
experience.

The plea that a woman will again mar-
ry, and the property be wasted. so that
the children will be defrauded, is sense~
less unless affirmed on the other side, and
the husband be debarred from enjoyment
of property in the same ratio. If the
claims of children are paramount to
those of a mother in property, the same
logic should apply to the father. A
father’s toil for his children during their-
helpless years, ranks low beside that of
the- mother in her ceaseless, sleepless
watchfulness and never-ending care
and toil.

On the other hand, the law does in-
justice to the husband in cases where,
anxious to make his wife secure, he
places large portions in her name, and
her sudden death, intestate, makes the
children—or in case of none—her rela-
tives, possessors of property to which he
is morally entitled. She can sell, devise
or alienate any property held in her own
name, while she has a large jurisdiction
over whatever he holds.

Then in the matter of property left by
will: What an anomaly would it seem if
awife should will her property to her
husband while he remained her widower,
or perhaps still farther restrict his right
to the use of it' during such time.

Our property laws are somewhat
chaotic, yet with a strong tendency
toward clemency to woman; indeed, the
very cases where they operate to her dis-
advantage have arisen from the
chivalrous feeling of men toward her.
In their great desire to protect her, they
have exaggerated her weakness and in-
capacity, and invoking the law’s protec-
tion, have hampered her freedom of
action, and really wasted in court fees
and legal delays, much that she sorely
needs for her own and children’s comfort.

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there is room for improved legislation in

cases where one or the other was possess-

ed of property at the time of marriage,

that should remedy much great injustice

that now prevails. A. L. L.
INGLESIDE.

SUNDAY VISITORS.

 

When reading Honor Glint’s account of
an unmannerly child and Sunday visitors,
'I thought she was sorely tried and more
than was necessary. Of the disagreeable
child I will say nothing, as I am very
seldom annoyed by ill mannered children,
and if they visit me Icomfort myself with
the thought “I am not responsible for
their training.” She says, with truth,
that in the country one can never tell
when one may have company. Farmers
donot expect as many formal callers as
people living in town, as they live farther
apart, and it is not quite as pleasant
walking on country roads to make calls
as upon sidewalks, particularly if you
have anumber to make; for this reason
farmers have more company to spend an
afternoon and stay to tea; or often friends
live five or ten miles away and they come
unannounced to spend the day. This
practice we do not wish changed, as we
are society-loving people and are glad to
welcome Our friends at our homes. If
they come to spend the day we are glad
to see them, and spend as much time vis-
iting with them as is possible, even if
work is pressing, or it is butchering day;
but I think there should be a limit to all
things, even to welcoming friends. I
think Sunday should be a day of rest, and
safe from the intrusion of visitors. If I
have unexpected visitors every day from
Monday to Saturday, I can rise Sunday
morning knowing that day will pass with-
out company to entertain or get meals
for. If we have friends from a distance
who come to visit us and spend Sun-
day, they are always welcome, as I expect
they enjoy attending divine service and
the quiet of the day as much as our fam»
ily. This class of visitors is very different
from that which makes apractice of going
Sunday to visit acquaintances.

I can not understand how people will
be so tired they cannot go to church, and
their horses have been hard at work all
the week and they are too tired to be
driven to church; yet, about church time
they will dress up themselves and get the
Vchildren ready, be it one or five, polite or
ill-mannered; the horses are harnessed and
hitched to the buggy and they drive from
two to eight or ten miles to spend the day
visiting. When they return at night I

they spent the day with?

I find it is very easy to make friends
understand you do not wish to receive
visits Sunday, and of course when they
understand this they do not expect you to
make any. Many make the excuse they
have no other time; perhaps a “poor ex-
cuse is better than none,” but I find by
watching the matter that it is nearly al-
ways a “ poor ” one.

Leaving the visiting question, I wish
Honor Glint and Beatrix would start on a

follow their articles upon “door-yards”
by a personal appeal to nine-tenths of the
men who own farms. I think they might
make quite a lengthy visit (perhaps ex-
tending over Sunday) at the home of

OLD SCHOOL TEACHER.
TECUMSEH.

_____...____

AUNT NELL ON COFEEE MAK-
ING AND OTHER SUBJECTS.
I have long wanted to say something
in regard to making good coffee, as I
seldom have any away from home that
suits me; it is either weak and flat, or
strong and muddy, so I will venture for
Mercy’s sake to tell how I make coflfee.
Buy it in the berry and brown and
grind it yourself. To brown coffee nicely,
it should be put in a hot oven, and stirred
often that it may be of an even color. It
will be done when the kernels will crack
readily; try them by biting one; keep in
a can, or some covered dish. Grind the
coffee just before it is needed for use. A
teacupful is sufficient to make a medium
sized coffee-pot full, mix the ground cof-
fee with an egg, nothing else will do as
well) put it in the coffee-pot, pour on a
small quantity of cold water, or cold cof-
fee if you have it, then fill about half full
of hot water, and let it boil not over five
minutes; then fill your coffee-pot with
boiling hot water, and let stand two or
three minutes; and if it does not pour out
clear as amber, and with a delicious
flavor, then I am mistaken. Java coffee
is supposed to be the best, but I fail to see
diflerence only in price. We pay from
15 to 18 cents for what I think is called
the Rio. Try your coffee Without milk
or cream, using granulated sugar.

Though rather late in the day I will tell
Topsy how many squares to knit for her
counterpane: Twelve in length and ten
in Width, (calling four leaves one square)
witha border to go around the edge. I
would use No. 10 or No. 12 cotton, with
coarse needles, to make it quite loose, else
it will be too heavy to wash. It looks
like a long job, but it can be done; with
patience and perseverance we can carry
water in a sieve. ~

To Aunt Bessie I would say never put
your jelly in the cellar, as I found out by
experience that it keeps above ground
much better. Seal with paper and keep
in a dry cool place.

I think if Angeline will look over the
Household she will find recipes for
ginger cake, or molasses cake, that are
good. AUNT NELL.

PLAINWELL.
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A VISION

 

Last evening being wearied with Visit-
‘ing at a mansion lately built, I sat down
to rest and think a little. Without the
slightest effort on my part I was back in
the room where I spent the day, a pleas-
ant room, rather destitute of books and
pictures. Strangely enough, there was
posted on one of the doors a notice which
had escaped my attention all day. It
read in this wise:

“This room is not to be entered by

 

missionary tour among the farmers, and

{ally children. All the rooms in this
house thou mayest freely enter, but the
room which is in the northeast corner
thou mayst not enter. Thou shalt not
open the door lest flies enter with thee;
thou shalt not open the blinds, lest the
sun fade the carpets; nor the windows,
lest the dust settle upon the curtains, and
the air disturb the moths; and above all
things thou shalt not build a fire, lest the
chimney be damp and therefore smoke.”
Now I wondered much at this, and
being very curious, I had the audacity to
open the door and enter. I stood in a
beautiful parlor, richly furnished, but I
shivered with cold. A handsome table
stood in the center of the room draped with
a richly embroidered scarf, on which lay
some elegant volumes in marocco and
gold, but I noticed when I stepped up to
examine them they seemed to bristle up
with a very “ touch me not” air. The
carpet was covered with flowers as lovely
as ever were designed by man, but I was
disappointed upon looking at the fine bay
window to find none designed by God.
Still shivering, I thought of leaving, when
some folding doors arrested my attention.
I gently opened one. Ah! here was a
pretty bedroom; surely one might find rest
here, and warmth, too, the bed looked
soft, it must be warm—and I was so cold.
I could but stand and admire and wish
myself in it; and those lovely cherubs em-
broidered upon the sheet ,and pillow
shams with outstretched wings wishing
pleasant dreams, who could resist the
temptation tofundress and get right into
such a bed as that, especially one so cold
as I? And leaning over, I was just about
to remove the shams when I heard a muf
fled cough; looking up I saw in the glass
on the dressing-case a sight which made
my heart almost cease its beating, and I
stood as one petrified. I could do noth-
ing but stare at the glass, for directly be-
hind me stood Grim Death with out-
stretched arms as if ready to clasp me in
his embrace,while ever and anon he would
wave one long arm in the air, whether as
an invitation to enter the bed,or as a kind-
ly hint to leave, I cannot tell, for by a
tremendous effort on my part, I gained
the power of motion and fled from the
room, shuting the door so forcibly that I
awoke, and “behold,it was only a dream.”
MRS. W. J. G.

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HOWELL.

THE MONEY QUESTION.

So many of the readers of the House-
hold complain of the “lord of the pocket-
book, ” and each has about the same
opinion of women’s dependance upon
the generosity of her husband as regards
money matters. Every wife knows that
she is inferior to her hired girl in this
respect, for she, at least, has the privilege
of buying what she pleases without the ac-
companying “Remember it is hard times,”
“Can‘t you get along with less?" “ Isn’t
there any change coming back?” 850.,
which quotations may be multiplied inde-
finitely. We all know and feel the wrong
of all this, but how are we to help our-
selves? '

 

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from the Editor and others in regard to
“ woman’s work.” Is there not some way
a woman may work, that her work may
be computed—at least partly—in dollars

and cents? REALITY.
NAPOLEON.

 

 

CORROBORA'I‘IVE OPINIONS.

 

Ithink the gift-giving fashion should be
a thing of the past, and only those gifts
made which are prompted by the
heart. Gifls which are made without
expectation of a return are of the right
kind, and such ought not to be valued in
dollars and cents. A lover ought to know
how expensive a ring he can afford to buy
his lady love, and if she demurs it is best
to stop there. If she cares more for the
worth of the ring than for the love which
bestows it, ’marriage will be a serious
matter to both. Happiness depends on the
choice of wife or husband, and as a rule
both try to show off to the best advant-
age. It is after marriage the test comes,
and then is the time when each should

try hardest to please. AIRY FAIRY.

PONTIAC .
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“AUNT NELL,” of Plainwell, desires a
recipe for making corn or Indian meal
bread; not that stirred up with sour milk,
but a raIsed bread.

___....___

WE must again remind our readers of
our rule to require names of our con-
tributors; and request them to write on
but one side of the paper.

 

MRS. W. H. D., of Chelsea, wishes
“ Aunt Nell” would give the Household
a pattern of a raised stem and bud or a
small leaf, to form one of the squares in
her “ Raised Leaf ” counterpane pattern,
given in the Household of Dec. 2nd.

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SEEMS as if the ladies who wanted
recipes for fried cakes and ginger
cake would have to live on those delica-
cies the remainder of the winter if they
test the many formulas forwarded. Give
us a change now, please; but please also
note how quickly a response cimes to
any want expressed in our little paper.
Some recipes forwarded us have not ap-
peared under the names of the senders,
because others had already furnished ex-

actly the same.
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MINNIE M., of White Lake, asks
whether in weaving a hair switch to be
braided, it is better to have one long stem
or three to be fastened in one. We would
advise the three stems as making the
braid more even and smooth. One long
stem is apt to make one strand of the
braid too large and stiff. Besides, if
three stems are used they need not be so
long or so large, an advantage in braid-
ing. If the switch was to be worn as a
twist or coil, we should prefer the one

long stem.

VICK’s FLORAL GUIDE, the catalogue is-
sued by the well known seed firm of
James Vick’s Sons, is at hand, the first of
the annual shower of such literature. Al-
ways at the head of its class, standing
there by virtue of its clear print, excel-

 

lent paper and handsome and profuse
illustrations, it this year appears in an
improved form, still more attractive and
beautiful. The Guide is a necessity to all
who grow flowers, and even those who do
not own even a w1ndow garden may take
pleasure in looking it over. There is
danger. however, that it will cause an at-
tack of “ floricultural fever,” which must
be treated on the homeopathic principle
of similz'a similz'bus cumntu'r.
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A VERY cheap, inodorous, and effica-
cious disinfectant, recommended by the
physician in charge of a London hospital,
and which our housekeepers will find
valuable to destroy bad odors anywhere,
as well as desirable for use in contagious
diseases, is made as follows: Take half a
drachm of nitrate of lead, dissolved in a
pint or more of boiling water, and dis-
solve two drachms of common salt in a
pail or bucket of water. Pour the two
solutions together, and allow the sedi-
ment to subside. The clear, supernatant
fluid will be a saturated solution of
chloride of lead. A cloth dipped in this
solution and hung up in a room will
sweeten the atmosphere instantly, and it
will also have a similar effect on sinks,
etc. This is worth remembering.

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MRS. F. M. G., of Traverse City, writes
she has tried the “ cotton batting canning
process,” and had excellent success so far
as her experiment extended. She says:
“My canning was all done except pears
and grapes, so [experimented with these.
I prepared the fruit in the usual manner,
using glass wax-sealing cans. I put some
of the fruit in the cans boiling hot, and
let some cool before putting in. I placed
a piece of paper in the tin cover, put it
on the can, then two layers of the cotton
batting firmly tied. The fruit is as good
in color and flavor as the day it was put
up, and shows no signs of moulding. If
tomatoes and jam will keep in this way,
it seems probable everything else will. I
like the idea of tying paper over the out-
side to keep off the dust.” In our cor
respondent’s experiments the cotton bat»
ting evidently took the place of the seal -
ing with wax, in perfectly excluding the
air. The “batting process,” as detailed
by its originator, consists in putting the
cooked fruit in an open dish, like a bowl,
cup, jar, laying a piece of white paper out
to fit, on top of the fruit, and then tying
over it one or two layers of cotton hats
ting, using no other cover. V Who has
tried it in this fashion? It will evidently
enable us to use imperfect cans with

safety, but will it prove reliable when .

used as advocated by its inventor, or dis
coverer‘? At the winter meeting of the
Western Iowa Horticultural Society, fruit
put up in this fashion last September was
on exhibition, and was commended by
those present for its good quality and
flavor. We recommend a test of the
method next season.
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Contributed Recipes.

SOFT GINGER Carin—Beat together one cup
molasses, one cup sour cream (or sour milk
with a tablespoonful of butter,) one teaspoon-

 

fu_13ach of salt and ginger; add flour enough
tomake athick batter. Last of all add one
teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in a little hot
water. Stir till well mixed, and bake in a
moderate oven.

BAKING POWDER GINGER CAKE—Use the
same proportions of molasses, butter and spice
named above. Add one egg. Beat well, then
add a cup of cold water or sweet milk. Stir a
teaspoonful of good baking powder into the
flour, stir as little as possible to mix the flour;
bake in a quick oven. MRS. F. M. G.

Tasvnnsn CITY.

MOLASSES CAKn.-—0ne-half cup sugar; half

cup of molasses; two tablespoonfuls butter;
one egg; one cup boiling water, in which dis-
solve one teaspoonful of soda; flour to make
a good batter. Salt and ginger to suit taste.

AIRY FAIRY.
PONTIAC.

 

PIE CRUST.—Take one cup lard, one cup wa-
ter, one teaspoonful salt. Mix the lard through
the flour before adding the water; do not knead
only just enough to roll smooth. Always use
the lard soft enough to mix easily, (never
melted) with cold water. AUNT N ELL.

PLAINWELL.

ICE CREAM WITHOUT Eons—One quart of
milk; two-thirds pint of cream ; two cups sugar;
two tablespoonfuls corn-starch; one table-
spoonful of lemon extract. Put the milk in a.
bright tin dish and set in a kettle of boiling
water; when scalding hot stir in the com-
starch, which has been wet with a little cold
milk; add sugar and boil ten minutes; when
cool add the cream which has been whipped to
stiff froth, flavor, stir well and freeze. This is
much more delicious than when made with
eggs. MRS. G. S. C.

WEsSINGTox, D. T.

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