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SEPA 13A TION.

 

A wall was grown between the two—
A strong thick wall, though all unseen;
None knew when the first stones were laid,
Nor 110w the wall was built, I ween.

And so their lives were wide apart
Although they shared one board, one bed;
A careless eye saw naught amiss,
Yet each w. s to the other dead,

He, much absorbedin work and gain,
Gre w scon unmindful of his loss;
A hard indiflerence worse than have,
Changed love’s pure gold to worthlr ss dross.

She suffered tortures all untold;
Too proud to mourn, too strong to die;
The wall pressed heavly on her heart;
Her white face showed her misery.

Such walls are growing day by day

’Twixt man and wife, ‘twixt friend and friend—-
Would they could know, who lightly build.

How sad and bitter is the end;

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A careless word, an unkind thought,

A slight neglect, a taunting tone—
Such things as these, before we know,

Have laid the wall‘s foundation stone.

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SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

 

 

Acorrespondent asks how the House-
holds can be bound, without the expense
of taking them to a book-binder. From
the many requests for missing numbers
to “complete my file,” we are vain enough
to believe that the “little paper ” is
thought worthy of preservation by many
ladies, some of whom may be glad to
know how to put them in form to keep
permanently. One of our exchanges gives
a plan which can be “ adapted” by any
ingenious woman. A carpenter’s vise is
the only tool necessary. First arrange
the numbers in proper order, and fold two
or three sheets of blank paper for fly
leaves. Get two boards, one a little small-
er, the other larger than the Household;
put the papers between the boards and
put them in the Vise With a sharp knife
trim the edges to the smaller board, and
if you like, color them with Diamond dye.
With a small awl make five or six holes
through the back, brush the back over
with thick mucilage and paste on a strip
of paper wider than the back. Take the
papers out of the press, put stiong, fine
cord through the holes. Cut covers of
pasteboardalittle larger than the book.
and paste the edges of the strip on the
back to these; put into the vise till dry.
Then paste a strip of muslin over the
back, letting it extend well on to the cov-
ers. Get some fancy paper, or if you
choose, use cloth, to paste on the outside
of the pasteboard cover, letting it extend

 

 

over the edges; and, turning neat corners
paste one of the fly;leaves down on each
cover, and c yer this with a white or
cream-tinted fancy paper; put in the vise
and let dry between the boards. The re-
sult will not equal bindery work, but will
sufiice to preserve the papers in neat and
compact form for reference.

A lady wishes to be told some pretty
way to make up print dresses, also how
to make children’ summer dresses. There
are so many cotton fabrics that are so
much more durable and beautiful than
calico, at avery slight advance in cost,
that it seems economy to make up prints
only for work dresses. Calico at five cents
a yard is not what it was at a shilling and
eighteen cents; it fades, and is thin and
sleazy when the dressing is washed out.
A good gingham,chambery,or percale will
outwear three calico dresses, and the
making is always an item to our busy
housekeepers. So we would say make
the calico dresses very plainly for service
in the kitchen A round skirt With gored
front width, furnished with a deep floun.ce
or a narro we1 rufile, and a loose blouse
waist which may be cut long enough to
form a frill below the belt, is a suitable
style. If an overskirt is thought essential,
an apron front and straight back widths
is neat and “fashionable,” and the ma—
terial is in good shape for the ulterior end
of calico dresses, the carpet rags. The
tucked waist and “ housemaid” skirt,
which is simply a round skirt tucked to
the belt, is also a suitable model for any
wash goods, but too much trouble at the
ironing-table‘to ” pay ’ for every day
wear. Sometimes a wide sash of the dress
material, with tucked ends, is worn with
it. Mother Hubbard wrappers are shirred
in the back and have a half belt sewed in
under the arms, confining the front. If
there is anything particularly abominable
in appearance it is an unbelted Mother
Hublnrd. Make children’s dresses like
the Gretchen dress described in a late
Household. The “’ Mother Hubbard”
holds its own, but is now worn with a
belt. A pretty, simple dress for a girl of
seven or eight shown at arccent opening,
had a round, moderately full skirt, with
three inch hem and five two inch tucks,
about three-quarters of an inch apart,
above it. The waist had a yoke, to which
the lower part was laid in side pleats,
lengthened to form a frill below the belt.
The model was in white, and was very
neat and pretty. There seems to be noth-
ing distinctively new in children’s fash-
ions, most are models] in miniature of cos-

 

.tumes designed for older persons. The
kilted skirt, ittached to the Printesse waist
having a full front, with sash of the dress
material, or of surah simply hemmed, is
still the leading idea. Strings of the
dress material are added to the chil-
dren’s Mother Hubbard dresses, to tie in
how knots over the shoulder. More low
neck dresses than usual will be worn this
summer, the neck being~but half low, and
round, and a two-inch frill is put on under
a narrow binding, to droop down in the
bodice. A sash is added. Some embroid-
ered white dresses have a little overskirt,
which is merely a straight ruflle half the
length of the skirt, and gathered with it
into the belt. Tne right side is caught
up underafull bow of long loops and
ends, and a square bow is worn on the
left shoulder. This is very pretty made
of wide embroidery. A pretty apron for
a six-year-old is cut Princesse. has a
yoke joined to the lower part by a
line of embroidery or a tiny lace edged
rufile; the yoke is then cut out moderate-
ly low in the neck, and finished with the
trimming. A Wider ruflie of the same or
of embroidery is added to the bottom,
making the apron within two inches as
long as the dress. A short, wide sash is
sewed in at the under arm seams and
tied in a large bow behind. Skirts of lit.
tle girls’ dresses are made considerably
longer this season.

A. E. J. asks what can be substituted
for rings in home-made curtain fixtures,
which ingenious fingers have manufac-
tured out of gilded poles and harness
hooks. Buy harness rings at the harness
shop and gild them or wind with worsted
to match draperies. She also wants to
know what cheap material can be used
for portieres'. Double-faced Canton flan-
nel at twenty-five cents per yard can be
bought -in very desirable colors, and
makes handsome draperies while new.
Being cotton, we presume it would fade
with use, but being so inexpensive. might
be renewed as occasion scives. Felt and
jute are also cheap materials suitable for
the purpose; the formei does not fade,
and, curb: -'oidered1n the showy lit-using-
tonwork, woul: l prove both durable and
pretty.

The same correspondent asks which is
most fashionable, bonnets or hats. Bon-
nets are most worn for dressy occasions,
but it would be hard to say which is most
fashionable. Buy that which is most be-
coming. Any one with taste and skill
could trim one of the tiny bonnets now
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mostly of straw. Elaborate bonnets should
be entrusted to a professional; though
many of our town girls are very ingenious
in manufacturing little bonnets to match
their suits.

A lady, writing from St. Louis, Gratiot
00., asks if there is any place in this city
where fancy work or small paintings on
satin can be sold. The Woman’s Ex-
change, 220 Woodward Avenue, we be-
lieve permits fancy articles to be exhibited
for sale in its windows, charging a com:
mission On all goods sold. The Exchange
does not purchase, merely acts as agent.
Our correspondent should write to the
address given, describing the articles she
wishes to ofler, and ascertain the proba-
bilities of making sales.

To “Aunt Nell’s ” query we would say
it is the host’s or hostess’ duty to an-
nounce the hour for retiring when guests
are present.

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WHERE IS THE GAIN?

 

Whyis it that so many of the writers
for our little paper are inclined to find
fault about the men? Some will even dare
to speak ill of their own husbands. Of
all things we should avoid a fault-finding
spirit. It will not only injure the health,
but it will destroy the happiness of mar-
ried life, and the wife will lose her
husband’s love and respect, and that she
cannot afiord to do. I think those silent
ones of whom “Crocus ” speaks are the
contented ones, whose domestic machin-
ery runs without jars or contention. If
it were not so we would hear from them;
they would not miss their only chance of
exposing the husband’s faults. We have
a farmers’ club in our neighborhood, and
find it has aremarkably good effect on
our farming community.

In my associations with mankind I
have found men and women about equal,
some who are bad enough in both sexes,
but they are not all among our farmers.
When girls marry they should try and
get amate and not a tyrant. The husband
should be the head of the family; but
that should not rob woman of her rights.
If we expect equal rights we must prove
ourselves trustworthy. I for one enjoy
all the rights that are necessary to a far-
mer’s wife. Some girls have been petted
and spoiled by their parents while grow-
ing up, and when they marry they expect
the cream of life should be theirs, and
the burden should all belong to the man;
who sees when it is too late that he has
married a doll; that his wife is not
capable of hearing her share of the bur-
dens, and they begin to drift apart and
both become fretful and dissatisfied, and
fail to make their interests one. I think
that the majority of our farmers are hon-
orable men, and treat their wives with
respect.

Fathers do not always give their
daughters who marry the poorest. I

knew a father who let his daughter take
her pick out of a dozen cows, and she
knew enough about a cow to take a good
one. She was offered one hundred dol-
lars for her chores and refused it. Do not
let us condemn all our worthy farmers

 

because a few have proved penurious.
We know there are those who will even
deny themselves nourishing food that
they may count their miserly dollars.
Last week while at the farmers’ club, as
I looked at the cheerful faces of our
thriving farmers and their wives, and as
I saw contentment and satisfaction writ-
ten there, surely, Ithought, these are not
the tyrants our writers speak of.

In my experience I find rag carpets are
just the thing for farmers’ every-day
rooms, such as the men's sitting-room,
the dining-room and kitchen. I like to
have a nice, cosy place for the men to sit
when they come in from their labor and
are tired. A rag carpet is not very expen-
sive. If I make twenty-five yards once
in three years it keeps three rooms car-
peted. I count the cost of twenty-five
yards asfollows: For colored warp. six
knots to the yard, $1.84; for dyes, $1.31;
weaving, $3.75. Total sum paid out, $7.
I have my carpet woven by a weaver
whose brains are equal to her strength;
one who can make a a stripe according to
the rags taken her. We can buy a rag
carpet for fifty cents per yard, but I pre-
fer making my own; then I know my rags
are good. As I do not worry or fret over
doing my work, I cannot make my carpet
run up to $3 per yard, as one of our
writers has done. Mas. R. D. P.

BROOKLYN.
[Is not Mrs. R. D. P. mistaken in say-

ing that our writers find fault with their
husbands in the Household? Unless the
Editor’s memory is at fault it is always
some other woman’s husband whose short-
comings “point the moral and adorn the
tale.” That would be a venturesome wo-
man who would criticise her own husband
in a; paper he might read; more than ven-
turesome, hardly womanly or wifely. A
newspaper is not the place to air home
grievances and domestic troubles. Eu]
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HELPS FOR “HOUSEHOLD” PEO-
PLE.

 

I want to tell Mrs. W. J. G. to have her
soap barrel made of pine, as no other
wood will hold soap after being once
dried. I find the half barrel fish kegs
make excellent soap tubs; they can be
bought at the grocery for fifteen or twenty
cents apiece, while the smaller ones are
not to be despised. They can be filled and
stacked in a dark corner, not of the cel-
lar, but the wood house. A cooper will
charge a good round price for making a
good soap tub.

If S. A. G. will look in the Household
of May 27th, 1884. she will find a recipe
for making hard soap that I know to be
good.

No, no, J annette, never introduce poli-
ties into our happy Household. It is as
much as we can do to keep the machinery
in running order now without taking any
greater responsibilities upon our shoul-
ders.

The sewing machine ordered from the
FARMER was received in good order; we
think it well worth the money. The
freight charges were but forty-five cents.

AUNT HELL.

Puma.

 

How TO LIGHTEN

LABOR.

 

“ There was an old woman who always was tired,
For she lived in a house where help wasn‘t

hired.
Her last words on earth were, ‘ Dear friends, I
am going _
Where sweeping ain‘t done, nor churning nor

sewing;
And everything there will be just to my wishes.
For where they don’t eat there’s no washing of

rehes;
And tho’ there the anthems are constantly ring-
lngr n _
I, having no voice, will get rid of the singing.
Don’t mourn for me now, don’t mourn for me

For raiding to do nothing forever and ever.‘ “

How many tired housekeepers whose
eyes fall upon the above lines will heartily
breathe amen! That a great deal of thé
domestic drudgery is unnecessarily drudg‘
ery, our wise little women freely ad~
mit, and in the hope of throwing a little
light on a dark subject to some little
woman, I ofler afew hints which have
come to me from my own sad experience.

If order is heaven’s first law, surely
system is the housekeeper’s. It is not
necessary that everybody should pursue
the same plan, but it is absolutely neces-
sary that one should have and practice
some system about her housework, if she
would have that rest of body and peace
of mind so essential to the well being of
every individual. Generally speaking,
one week is butarepetition of all the
others, and if each day has its set of '
duties they glide by without much fric-
tion. If Monday is washing day don’t
make it scrubbing and ironing day as
well; and because Tuesday is ironing day
don’t attempt a big baking too. “Suf-
ficient unto the day is the evil thereof,"
in other words, don’t wear yourself out
with one day’s work that might be done
in two, and which requires more than
that for the body to recover from the ef-
fects of it. After having apportioned
your work as equally as you can for the
six days, consider the various ways of
getting through each day, and adopt the
best, which means also the easiest way.
I find that it is an amazing help to time
one’s self. If you don’t believe it try it
some morning and see how long, by the
clock, it takes you to get through the
morning’s work, how long to get break-
fast, how long to wash dishes, how long to
skim the milk, etc. ; you will find as others
before you have done, that instead of
four hours it really only takes two, even
if you have the baby to wash and dress.

Have you ever thought how much
more particular a man is about his tools
than a woman is about hers? Just here
I think we can learn a useful lesson from
our brothers, for nothing lightens labor,
next to system, so much as good tools or
utensils. Now don’t grow frightened
and talk about “money.” It really is not
always a matter of dollars and cents,
though assuredly always of sense. If you
will spend a great deal of the latter, and
a little of the former you will find that
cooking and cleaning need not take all
your time and strength. The greatest
help and most indispensable tool in
housekeeping is asharp knife. It saves
hours of time in a single month paring
vegetables and cutting bread or meat.
I ought to have said “ knives,” because
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tle one andamiddlesized one. Next, a
a japanned tea server costing fifty or
seventy-five cents is “worth its weight
in gold,” because it saves miles of travel
in the course of a year, and oh, so much
time. With it I can set the table for eight
(mind I’m a little woman) in two trips,
and clear away with three trips; and with-
out it, I have observed women make
thirty trips between table and pantry to
perform the same labor.

One great item of labor with most
farmer’s wives is the frequent journeys
up and down the cellar stairs. Did you
ever count the number of times on a busy
day? Try it, and then at the earliest
possible moment get two flat bottomed
market baskets, costing ten cents each,
one for vegetables, the other for carrying
articles for table use, and,then wonder
you never did it before. It saves lots of
backache. Of course you always pour
water into your pots and pans as soon as
emptied, but do you use the steel dish—
cloth when you wash them; or do you
scrape and scrape with an old caseknife
in order to get them clean. using valuable
time, and ruining your linen dishcloth for
nothing? I fear I’ve made a fatal mis-
take in mentioning the dishcloth, forI
am apt to wax eloquent on that theme.
However, I will try to hold myself in
check and simply add, be sure to have
plenty of them and keep them clean (oh,
oh, oh, now I’ll catch it!). If you are
using old table cloths, cotton cloths or
towels for dishwipers, fold them tenderly
away for other purposes, and save eggs
till you can buy a dozen yards of best
linen crash, which speedily convert into
towels for dishes, and use plenty of them.
Learn chemistry’s swift ways for dorng
work. Of course you want bright tins
and kitchen utensils, but don’t waste
time scouring them; keep a small jar of
weak lye beside your sink, for you will
want it for all sorts of things, for clean-
ing rusty or greasy jars and kettles by
dipping an instant in lye and then
scalding and wiping dry; for cleansing,
cleaning etc., a ten cent cake of sapolio
soap is invaluable.

I had nearly forgotten to say put all
articles of every day use at the point where
they can be reached with fewest steps,
and have one or two shelves fastened to
the wall back of the cook stove for small
tinware, salt and pepper boxes, iron
spoons and the various smallthings used
about the stove. I have three shelves in
my kitchen, fastened one above the other,
each three feet long, the upper eight
inches wide, the next six inches, and the
lower one four inches in width. Besides
being decidedly ornamental it saves

miles of travel, and cost seventy-five

cents. It might cost much less.

Whatever you do don’t feel hurried,
and if you take a day at a. time instead of
the whole week there is no necessity for
it. Keep each day and its work by and
for itself, and don’t work every minute.
In most farmers’ kitchens the work can
and ought to be done by nine o’clock on
ordinary days, which will give two full
hours for rest and recreation before din-
ner. Now I know some—one good

 

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woman in particular—are laughing and ,'
calling that “pretty philosophy,” but I :
stoutly maintain it is fact, not fiction. I §

have been “ through the mill,” on a farm.
too, and know whereof I speak. Count
that day lost in which you do not ac.
complish two things with the regular
work, viz., spend half an hour in thought-
ful reading, and another half hour out
of doors, the first of which fits you for a
companion for your husband, children
and friends, and the second as a panacea
for neuralgia, headache, ill~temper,
quivering nerves and other deadly sins.

I have by no means said all I would
like to on this subject, but a wholesome
fear of the Household Editor warns me

to pause. I. F. N.
DAYTON, Ohio.
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ANOTHER NEW COMER.

 

I saw an inquiry from Mrs. W. J. G.
concerning asoap vat, and will tell her
what I know about it. Some six years
ago afriend of mine had one made in her
cellar, constructed of brick, in the manner
described, and plastered with water lime,
one compartment containing the old soap
and the other the now, made every spring.
It was allowed to get perfectly hard be-
fore using, and has given no trouble
Whatever since.

I should like to make an inquiry about
the Wyandotte fowls. Can any one tell
me where I can get a pair, of good pure
blood, to start With. ‘ E. M.

JonnserLn. .
[Read advertising columns of the FARM-
ER for information about breeders of

fowls.-—ED.
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CULTURE OF THE PANSY.

 

There are few garden flowers that re-
spond more readily to care and good cul-
ture, with plenty of fertilizers, liquid
perferred, than the pansy. If the soil to
be used for the bed is clayey, a mixture
of sand and leaf mould should be
thoroughly worked in, raking out the
coarse lumps and stones, leaving the bed
level and smooth. If the seed is to be
sown in the bed, the soil should be pressed
or rolled until firm, that the seed may
not be lost; cover slightly, and if extra
moisture is required do not consider the
labor of applying it wasted, as water from
first to last is one of the essentials for
good thrifty plants and brilliant color
ing.- Apansy bed should be if possible
in some shady place where the distance
from the house is not great, that water-
ing may be done easily, and therefore
not be neglected; then the flowers will
not become few and diminutive as the
heat of summer draws near. Seed may
be sewn in the house and the bed pre-
pared as described for transplanting
while quite small; as seedlings grown in-
doors are apt to suffer for cool air and
also from mildew. Old plants if thrifty
in spring may be kept in bloom by cut
ting the blossoms and pruning the plants
occasionally; if not of fine strain it is bet-
ter to give the room to more improved
ones. I had pansies of every hue and
marking imaginable, and so with pinks;

 

by getting seed of different seedinen and
givingr the requisite care, I secured mar-
vels of beauty. Verla‘nas and phlox left
me nothing to wish for in that line, I had
choice carnations and petunias. although
the summer proved so hot and dry. I
will send seeds of pansies, verbenas, car-
nations and pinks at four packets for 25
cents when not included in large order.
All other sorts named before, six packets
for 25 cents; 13 for 50 cents in postal note.
I am glad to assist any of the FABM’ER
readers in the difliculties so certain to
arise in the first experiments in floricul-

ture. Mas. M. A. FULLER.
anrox, Box 297.
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THE SOAP TUB.

 

A brick cistern, lined with a coating of
Water lime mortar, is not a good recep-
tacle for soap, because any combination
of lime forms an insoluble curd or plaster
with soap. It has the same effect as very
hard water.

A barrel made of oak or any other hard
wood is not good to hold soap for two
reasons. First, the soap acts upon the
oak wood so as to make it shrink very
badly when it dries, and the barrel is apt
to fall to pieces. Second, the form of the
barrel is such that when it shrinks from
any cause all the lower hoops tend to
fall off, leaving the staves without sup-
port.

A good soap tub is made of pine, larg-
est at the bottom and growing smaller as
it rises. If the tub shrinks from any
cause, the hoops in falling will only hold
the tub more firmly; they cannot fall ofl.’
and leave the staves unsupported, because
the tub is largest at the bottom. It cannot
spoil the soap, because the tub contains
no material to chemically work with the
soap. If the tub is made of seasoned
pine boards, has good strong iron hoops,
and has a cleat across the bottom so as to
support the bottom when the tub rests on
the cellar floor, it will last a lifetime, and
preserve its treasures of cleansing safe
from accident. R. c. K.

Agricultural College, Lansing.

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OLD SCHOOL TEACHER’S IDEAL
BED.

 

Beds and bedding have taken consider~
able attention lately. I do not expect to
give anything new upon the subject, only
to tell what kind I like. I expect I will
shock many to ,whom health is the first
and only object. First, I like to sleep in
a warm room in cold weather. I object
to disrobing in a cold room in such
weather as we experienced last winter;
then I like a good set of springs, a good
wool mattress, and a luxurious feather
bed; not a light one, but one weighing
eighteen or twenty pounds. I want a.
good sized pillow for my head, and a warm
comfortable with a white spread for cov-
ering. My slumber is then sound and
unbroken by dreams of lying upon a
board with my head upon the soft side of
a stone. The greatest difllculty I find
with such a bed is I do not want to leave it
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turn over and take another nap. If the
bed is taken apart and fi1e feathers well
shakenimmediately upon rising. the bed
and room well aired before the bed is .
made again, and if the feathers are reno- ;
vated at reasonable intervals. I will risk
my health as far as the bed is concerned

If I can have only one thing
about the house to my liking.
I will take the bed, as I consrder

sleep Nature’s great restorer, and I like to
take a great deal of the restorer. I would
not have as heavy coverings for beds as
many do,_as they are not as healthy or
comfortable as light ones. A person
sleeps better with only covering enough
to keep comfortably warm without great
weight upon the body.

Won’t we all be glad when we have a
warm, sunshiny day, so we can put
those pillows and feather beds out for a
sun bath? 1 think Iwould be glad of one
myself. OLD SCHOOL TEACHER.

Tnennsnn.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

 

IF you put a thick pad of cuttings from
old comfortables or the bought carpet
linings for the stairs on the edge of each
step, you will not have so often to mend
or shift a worn carpet on the stairway.

 

TEE Household Editor would not advise
mothers to do as a very prim New Eng-
land matron is said to have done, make
her child sit down and eat her candy from
a plate with a fork, but would certainly
recommend that the small people of the
family be taught to sit down and not
make peripatetic lunch tables of them-
selves when favorevi with “a piece” be-
tween meals. A young child requires food
at more frequent intervals than grown
people, and a light lunch is often a neces-
sity, but that is no reason why a trail of
crumbs should be scattered the length of
the house, or sticky hands leave impress
on doors and furniture, or the clothing of
guests. We are largely creatures of habit,
and it is important to form good habits,
habits which are not injurious to our-
selves, or troublesome to others; and
children should be trained in habits of
thoughtfulness and consideration for
others.

AMMONIA is one of the housekeeper’s
most valuable aids. The use of ammonia
on wash day saves much hard work rub'
bing, and considerable soap. Use about
three tablespoonfuls of ammonia to ten
or twelve gallons of water, with a little
soap; let the clothes soak in this an hour.
It will work wonders on the men‘s dirty
shirts. In washing flannel blankets it is
invaluable, as it makes them soft and pli-
able. A little in the dish water is a great
aid in washing greasy dishes and cleaning
iron ware. It makes the window glass
shine in a way to delight the tidy woman.
It saves elbow grease in cleaning paint and
scrubbing floors. It takes the grease and
dirt off the coat collars, and is the nicest
thing in the world to use in renovating
old black silk. The old hair brushes are
cleaned and made as good as new by rub-

' that one person has found the actual cost

good teaspoonfuliof ammonia has been
stirred. lean two of them at once, rub-
bing them together. Keep ammonia in a
bottle with a glass stopper, waxed. as it
speedily destroys a cork, and loses its

strength.
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“ AUNT Nam. " asks if it is necessary to
give name as well as 120m dc plume at each
time of writing. Names of contributors,
with addresses, are entered in a blank
book kept for the purpose. If a lady
writes frequently, so that the editor recog-
nizes the signature the letter
“passes inspection” without ques-
tion if only the 'nom. de plume is
given. But if one contributes but once,
twice or three times a year, the little book
must be consulted. So it saves a busy
woman a fragment of time to give the
name, even though it be a repetition. In
spite of What has been said about unsigned
communications, three letters go into the
waste basket this week, for that reason.
_____..._..__

A. F. J ., of Grass Lake, is glad to find

of arag carpet. She has just finished a
“ luxury ” of that kind and does not con-
sider E. L. Nye’s estimate of $3 per yard
at all exaggerated. She wishes more
members would write about entertaining
company, and about house furnishing and
decorating.

 

Contributed Recipes.

 

HARD Soar—Sal-soda and grease, of each
six pounds; stone lime, three pounds; soft
water, four gallons; dissolve the lime and soda
in the water, by boiling. stirring, settling and
pouring off; then return to the kettle (brass
or copper) and add the grease and boil until it
becomes soap; then pour into a dish or moulds,
and when cold cut into bars and let it dry. For
S. A. G. Mnarrn. -

CHARLOTTE Russn.-—Line the mould or dish
with slices of sponge cake, with jelly spread
between ladygfingers, or fruit cake; blanch and
split a dozen almonds and scatter over the cake.
Pour on suflicient wine to moisten nicely.
Beat one pint of sweet cream and the whites
of three eggs to a stiff froth; sweeten the
cream and flavor with whatever you like; then
mix the cream and egg froth; pour over the
cake. _

TAPIOCIA Carlin—Soak two tablespoonfuls
of tapioca over night in just enough water to
cover it; boil one quart of milk with the soaked
tapioca in the morning, by placing in a pan
over boiling water; two-thirds of a cup of
sugar; yolks of three eggs rubbed smooth and
added; stir rapidly five minutes, not allowing
it to curdle; pour into a pudding dish; beat
the whites of the eggs; pour over the top; sift
oyer sugar, and brown very delicately in the
oven. Serve hot.

CHOCOLATE CREAM.— Soak half a box of
Cox’s gelatine in half a cup of warm water one
hour. Add to this half a cup of grated choco-
late, half pound white sugar, one pint of new
milk; stir all together and boil five minutes
over water: then add half apint of rich cream;
boil one minute; flavor with vanilla, and put
into moulds.

VEAL LOAF.—TWO pounds veal steak, quar—
ter pound raw pork, chapped fine; one nutmeg;
six butter crackers, rolled; two beaten eggs;
pepper and salt; roll in a loaf shape; bake,
basting often.

one cup sour milk, three cups flour, half cup of
butter, one teaspoonful soda, half a teaspoon-
ful cinnamon, half a teaspoonful of nutmeg,
one cup chopped raisins. EVANGALINE.
BATTLE CREEK. -

 

SPONGE CAKE—Four eggs, two cups sugar
two of flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder,

and two-thirds of a cup of boiling water

Flavor to taste. Yolks and whites should be
beaten separately.

TEA Cxlirs.———Onc quart flour, three tea—
spooniuls baking powder, half a cup of melted
butter, salt. Stir in enough milk to make the
mixture a little thicker than pancakes, and
beat several minutes. Then have your gem
pans ready. and put a little of the batter in
the bottom. and then some chicken, prepared
just as for pressed chicken, only chopped fine;
then fill up the gem pans and bake. They are
very good without the chicken. M.
LAPEER.

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The “Farmer” Sewing Machine.

 

 

Mrs. Ida Noyes Beaver, of Dayton,
Ohio, who recently ordered a sewing ma-
chine from the FABMER, writes us, saying:
“ The sewing machine arrived in due
time and in good order. After thorough
trial I am perfectly satisfied with it, and
can cheerfully recommend it to be all that
is claimed for it. My only disappoint—
ment is that the machine is so much bet-
ter than I expected.”

Mrs. M. A. Wells, of Howell, testifies
as follows:

“The sewing machine purchased of
you in January, 1884, has been in almost
daily use. with the exception of about six
weeks, and it gives perfect satisfaction.
Attachments all work well as far as we
have had occasion to use them. If I were
to buy another machine should certainly
purchase of you.”

I]? YOU WANT
Profitable Employment

SEND AT ONCE TO

THE NEW lAMB KNITTER 00.,

For Full Information.

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

100 Varieties of Fabric on Same Machine.

You cah wholly finish twelve pairs ladies’ full-
shaped stockings or twenty pairs socks or mittens
in a dayl Skilled operators can double this m-
duction. Capacity and range of work double t
of the old Lamb knitting machine. Address

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

is PYLE'

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