DETROIT, SEPTEMBER 29, 188’”.

 

 

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A WOMAN’S TABLE OF. TIME.

Sunl’ght peeping, slowly creeping
Straight across the school- house floor,

Smiles up brightly wh ere she lightly
Cons her lessons o’er and o’er.

Mischief brewing, fun pursuing,
Giving sometimes fickle look,

When her teacher‘s eyes beseech her,
At the dirty dog-cared book;

From its dull-set tables, she

Learns what length an hour should be.

 

Twilight falling. gently calling
All the world to rest and thought,
In its glowing she’s bestowing ‘
That which never can be bought.
Soft caresses starved he lrt blesses,
All the doubt and yearning o’er,
Like sweet dreaming life is seeming.
Shadows past and light before ;
Listening to love’s story, she
Learns how brief an hour can be.

Darkness lowering, death o’erpowering,
Gains a mastery in the strife,

While she slow] 7, bending lowly,
Begs of God her idol’s lire.

Pond voice failing, dear eyes paling,
Cold the lips she loves to kiss,

Past all needing. wild her pleading:
“ God, is there us help for this?”

Kneeling by her dying, she

Learns how long an hour can be.

a. H. J.
TBOIAS.

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THE HEALTH OF WOMEN.

 

A Boston physician, who has charge of
a hospital, asserts that the functional dis-
orders and diseases which make life
wretched without killing, are four times
at least as common among women as
among men. True, this is but one
physician’s observation in his individual
practice, but it is corroborated by the ex-
perience of thousands of other physicians,
who readily inform you that by far the
larger proportion of their patients are
women. This Boston practitioner finds
the reason of this condition in the fact
that women are driven by their few re-
sources into those employments which
involve the most worry, the worst air. the
least pay and the deepest anxiety; and

have few or no opportunities for
exercise in the open air, and
the mental exercise and discipline

necessary to health, and without which
men also would become victims to
disease and “nerves.” He gives as his
remedy “better training, more physical
exercise, more knowledge of how to take
care of their health, and more opportu-
nities in every direction.”

The greater delicacy of organism of
women renders them peculiarly liable to
d isease. The intricate machinery of he

     

human frame, once disarranged or dis-
ordered, becomes like any other delicate
mechanism when “out of gear,” self-
destroying. That this Boston physician
is correct 1n his statement as above given,
we cannot doubt. When we narrow the
question down to the causes of ill~health
among farmers' wives, we find the same
causes operating, work, worry, want of
exercise, fresh air, mental stimulus, and
mental and physical diversion.

Overwork I believe to be one of the
primal causes of ill-health among farmers’
wives; neglect and ignorance of the laws
of health another. What do I call over'
work? I should define it as amultiplicity
of duties which so exhaust us physically
and nervously that sleep does not restore
the wasted energies, the renewal not equal
ing the expenditure. Listlessness and
indifference are the results of overtaxed
nerves and tired muscles, and too, of
monotony in our lives. Statisticians have
dropped into domestic matters far
enough to inform us that but one family
out of nine in the United States, employs
help in the house. Wherever we go we
are told of the great difficulty of securing
help in the country. Proportionally,
fewer women in the country have hired
help than in town. What does the farmer
do when help is scarce and high- priced?
He adopts at once every labor-saving
device applicable to his line of farming,
and every machine which will lighten or
dispense with hand labor. He rarely lets
present cost deter him, knowing “it
pays” in the long run. What does the
woman do? ‘She adjusts the burden to
her back, and bears it by strength of
muscle and will. Invention has done far
less for her than for man. The sewing
machine and the clothes-wriuger are per-
fect in their way; the butter worker, the
bread-mixer, the washing-machine, as
adapted to ordinary domestic conditions
on the farm, are “undeveloped possibili-
ties.” (Jo-operation she knows only as a
name, yet if men had washings to do
fifty-two weeks in the year, how long be—
fore a laundry with mangle and dryer
would be in operation in every neighbor-
hood? It would seem in these days of

Jacquard looms and other machines

which are so perfect as to impress us With
an idea that they are but one remove
from sentient beings, that inventive
genius might give us efficient aids to
domestic labor, but so far the food ele-
ments are victorious. And how often we

 

find homes destitute of even the few aids

 

the carpet sweeper! Too often the wife
is hidden to “manage,” or “ get along
somehow,” or told that “mother never
asked for such things.” With some men
it is profitably imperative to employ

machinery on the farm, but they reason

from entirely different premises when

work indoors is considered.

And how many women give thought to
making their work as light as possible,

even with present aids? I have often
been amazed at the unwillingness of
women to adopt new methods and simpli-

fy as much as possible; they seem to cling
to the od ways, as if age gave some
special merit, and consider themselves
unfaithful if they abandon the more
laborious processes for easier ones. They
will not adapt themselves to conditions
surrounding them, but strive rather to
revolutionize the conditions.

Then too how exhaustive the haste and
worry with which so many work. Life is
a breathless race to “ catch up ” with the

work. "Isat up till midnight to finish
Letty’s dress,” said a friend the other day
as I condoled with her over a nervous
headache which necessitated a dark room
and can (1‘ Cologne. I ventured to suggest
the relation of cause and effect, and
quoted the old joke that there was an-
other day coming or Letty would not
need the dress. “Yes,” said she, “ but I
was in a hurry to get it done.” The
“hurry,” for which there was no valid
reason, was the incentive to the over—
work, paid for in physicial suflering.

Haste always implies an exhaustion of
nervous force, and in the inevitable
reaction the exhaustion is twice as great
as it should be. To work in a hurry, to

be always “driving" work, is a cordial

invitation to ill-health to abide with us,

and hastens the day when all toil must

cease.

What shall we do when duties are
pressing and time is short? One of the
highest powers of our natures is the
ability to cultivate a just perception of
values; that is, to distinguish between
what is essential to health and happiness
and must be done, and what is superflu-
ous and may be dispensed with. The
most successful workers are those who
have this power of discrimination, and
courage to practice it. They work
calmly, quietly, without fuss or haste;
they carry their duties instead of being
pushed by them; they always leave a mar-
gin for intermptions and hindrances,
and hence are never unduly hurried; in

 

women may employ—the clothes-wringer,

 

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THE HOUSEHOLD.

    

 

  

 

enough. This ability to distinguish the
necessary and valuable from that which
is of secondary importance is the key to
success. The plan includes mental de-
velopment, and holds a just equipoise
between it and domestic cares, neither
are neglected, each has its time and place.
It is a great mistake to believe the people
who are breathlessly rushing from one
thing to another accomplish the most;
like an empty wagon they make the most
rattle, but the quiet, persistent, non-hur-
rying woman, like the loaded wain, car-
ries the greater burdens, savas wear and
tear, and keeping herself controlled, does
not figure as a "nervous patient” on the

doctor’s visiting list. Baarnrx.
THE WEAKNESS OF HUMAN
ENDEAVORS.

It is very natural for us to think our
own judgment is right, but when we
consider that we are such avery small
part of creation, that we can only see a
small part of it. and that even what we
do see is often beyond our comprehen—
sion, it is not hard to understand why we
should trust the Creator and ruler of the
universe, who sees the end from the be—
ginning,,not a little piece at a time, but
all at once, and feel sure that whatever
He does is right, whether or not it agrees
with our own ideas of what should be.

It has been revealed to Strong Minded
Girl, that “ There is no soul but through
its imprisoned life, is climbing up to
God.” “All creation shall join in the
immortal chorus.” We would like to feel
sure of this; but why has it not been
revealed to more of the earnest, truth-
seeking Christians? We who have not
received this revelation. must accept the
written revelation which we have, and
trust the author of it to dispose of us all
as He sees best. If all are " climbing up
to God,” we wonder as we think of those
who are degrading themselves, sinking
lower in vice and crime with every day
of their lives, who, what and where God
is. Ido not think there is any one so
fettered and imprisoned that he cannot
choose the right way if he will; or at least
desire it. and put forth a prayer for help;
and does anyone think God would not
hear such a prayer, and break the fetters?
Why are we placed here. if not to prepare
for a future life, and how can those who
turn away from everything good and
pure, and educate themselves to love
only sin and crime, enjoy the compan-
ionship of the pure and holy in another
world?

I remember the distinction between
innocence and virtue illustrated in that
beautiful poem, Bitter-S weet. Weare all
innocent until we are tempted. God
wants a virtuous race to show forth His
glory. We must be tried to prove our
virtue. ’

I believe in a God of nature, and that
some time, after our soul came into com—
plete harmony with the Divine nature,
we shall not need to read of Him in books,
but will be able to understand all the
grand meanings that are written upon the
whole universe. The higher we climb

  

 

the nearer we come to this, but in this
world it is hardly possible to reach those
heights. Strong Minded Girl says, “We
musc come into harmony with any life
before we can give or receive.” How
are we to come into harmony with
Divinity without climbing, step by step?
and being human must there not be
something for a starting point that ap—
peals to our senses? She also says that
b y cl )sing the eyes, we can reproduce in
the mind any object in nature that we
have seen, because of the form internal
corresponding to the external, but how
are we to discover the internal without
the aid of the external; can we produce
in the mind any object in nature which
we have not seen? It is true that our
conception of the infinite is limited by
our spiritual power, but is it not just as
true that our spiritual powers grow and
expand with our education? Even our
Strong Minded Girl does not refuse
written helps in her moral education, and
why do we not need them as well in our
spiritual advancement? The heathendo
not seem to be successful in finding out
the thought of God, without a written
revelation, certainly their changed con—
dition after receiving and accepting the
Bible, testifies that it is necessary to our
enlightenment and progress. s. J. B.

BURTON.
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HOME HOSPITAL HINI‘S.

1V0 III.

 

NURSING—CONVALESCENTS.

The most trying time both for nurse
and patient, is during the period of con-
valescence. It is then all the powers of
the skillful nurse are brought into play,
and when the question of the future
weal or woe of her charge is fully dem-
onstrated. She loses her identity as
simply nurse, but must be physician, com-
panion and master as well. I wish I
might impress upon your minds the im—
portance of this period, more especially in
the case of children.

What one of you can not recall an in
stance where a child recovering from a
severe illness has been so indulgently
treated by the anxious and fond parents,
that the seeds of disease remained in the
delicate frame long afterwards, and the
foundation laid for a wilful, wayward,
disagreeable child.

Convalescence begins at the turning
point of the disease, when the eye
brightens and the countenance assumes a
natural expression, though I believe it is
customary to regard it as beginning with
the first effort to sit up. Let me repeat
that the management during the period
of convalescence is extremely important.
Mistakes made at this time frequently
decide the question of life or death. It
either exposes the already weakened
patient to attacks of other disorders, or
induces relapse to the diseased actions
which had just been cast off. The liabili-
ty to accidents of this kind is, of course,
greater in some diseases than in others,
more particularly in certain fevers, where
if any scrofulous taint is latent in the
blood, it shows itself. Even with the

 

 

 

most watchful and skilful care this may
result. but in every case the danger may
be lessened by uniting zeal in attention
to certain important points.

The first thing that requires particular
atten ion is the clothing of the convales-
cent. for his weakened condition has left
him much more susceptible to cold and
aimospheric vicissitudes. Clothe the
patient in soft flannel next the skin, and
remember it needs to be washed more
frequently than in health. If possible,
do not let him wear the same fiannels at
night that he were during the day, and as
soon as the clothing is removed, carry it
immediately out of doors, hang on the
line where the sun and fresh air will re-
move all the particles given oif from the
pores of the skin. Be quite sure that
bedding and clothing is thoroughly
warmed, aired and dried before being used.
When the patient is able to move about
the house, great care should be taken that
the feet, ankles and chest are well pro-
tected;and just here let me say thata
three inch strip of flannel around the
wrist will do more so keep the arms and
shoulders warm than the heaviest cloak
or shawl. There was lots of common-
sense in the old fashioned “ wristlets”
knit of bright colored wools, and which
went far to wards driving away rheuma-
tism and neuralgia.

Next, and of equal importance, is fresh
air, which must be constantly introduced
into the sick room without causing drafts;
while at the same time some means of
escape for the foul air must be provided.
The impure air being heavier than the
other Sinks below it. If no better means
can be found open opposite windows,
both top and bottom, say two or three
inches or more, 'depending upon the
state of the weather, in an adj )ining
room. As ‘nearly as possible an even
temperature should be maintained, and
in damp weather it is better to have a lit-
tle fire even if it chance to be midsummer.
The nurse must not judge by her own
feelings the proper temperature, but
rather consult the wishes of the patient.
I believe seventy degrees is a pr0;er
average, though well aware that sixty and
sixty-five is generally advocated. Burn-
ing candles or lamps in the room vitiates .
the air, and an oil lamp with light
turned down is not to be tolerated a
moment. If a light must be kept in the
room turn up the wick so as to gives
full blaze, and then shade it.

As soon as returning strength is be-
gining to be felt, the patient grows rest-
less aud anxious for change-«s. most try-
ing time for all, because the wise nurse
must know just now much and what
kind of exercise is best, and insist upon
no more than is good being taken. By
all means get him out of doors into the
sunlight as soon as practicable, but never
permit him to remain until fatigued.
Provide simple amusements, in which you
are the active participant. Try to invent

something new each day, and above all
try to be bright, cheery and unruflisd.
School yourself to say no when it is
proper, and stick to it though it break s
your heart to refuse the e ager pleading .

 

 

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I have purposely reserved till the last,
mention of that most important agent for
the recovery of the sick, viz. lood, be
cause “so much is necessary to be said on
that subject, that it must form a letter by
itself. I leave the subject of nirrsing re-
luctantly, for time and space have per-
mitted me to touch only generalities, and
much remains to be said on special cases,

but I refrain. I. F. N.
Damon, O.
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THE CARE OF OUR CHILDREN S
HEALTH.

 

When we contrast the rugged form,
clear eye, and rosy check of the dirty,
neglected child, with the pallor and puni-
ness of the heir of wealth, it seems, for a
moment, that all the care we can give the
bodies of our own darlings Will only
serve to weaken them and invite disease.
Yet reason teaches us that the superior
health of the first is not due to his un-
washed skin and thin clothing, but rather
to some ad vantage of his daily life and
habits which offset them and give him a
hold on life which many others fail to
bring to the pet of Fortune. As a rule a
child receives either too much or too little

can; while the chances of life and health

falllargely in favor of the latter class
The close struggle between Nature and

, poor Oliver Twist on his first introduc-

tion to the work-house is repeated in
many phases and degrees of similarity all
over the land; and yet we can not refrain
from throwing about our children the
best care we know of, the tenderest treat~
ment our circumstances will admit. Two
great aids to health are plain food, and
plenty of exercise in the fresh air. I am
also in favor of a bare-foot run through
the hot weather. In rural society shoes
and stockings are not necessaryr to caste,
and I notice that the bare-foot groups, in
spite of occasional feasts on green fruit,
grow rosy and sturdy through the sum-
mer weeks and fall prey to colds and dis—
ease soon after the winter . shuts them in
the house. As colds form the basis of so
much disease and weakness, they can not
be too carefully guarded against. A child
should be clothed evenly, the arms and
limbs as well protected as the body; no
no extra weight or heat thrown upon the
spine by pleats or gathers, no band any
where sufficiently tight to impede the
circulation of the blood. The slightest
mark of red upona child’s skin should
warn its mother of something wrong in
dress. Undigested food in the stools is a
token of something wrong in the diet. It
seems to be in uate for a child to clamor
for the very article of food most harmful
to it; and so, for the sake of peace, it has
come to pass that, since children have
come into our home, mince pie, fruit
cake, cheese, pickles and sausage are, for
the most of the time, shut out, while a
beverage made up of milk, sugar and a
little hot water, is the only tea or coffee
known to them. Some one may suggest
that this does not treat of the prevention
of colds, but as anything which weakens
digestion, weakens the system, and makes
it liable to sickness, I claim that rich
food is often the cause of colds. Over-

 

heated rooms is another, perhaps the
most common of all in country districts,
where wood is used for fuel, and even
temperature is out of the question. The
warmer we dress our children and our-
selves, the cooler we can keep our rooms.
and still be comfortable, and the better
forzified we are against the breeze from
an open door, or run in the fresh air.

A friend of mine recently contrasting
her own puny children with our sturdy,
rosy pair, attributed the diflfurence to
“stock,” but egotism claimed a portion as
due to different treatment. Her’s slept
in a warm room, with a lighted lamp
near, and lunched on pie—conditions
quite unknown to mine. While I advo—
cate the bare feet andlight garments dur- N
ing the summer heat, I guard against the
first chills of autumn. Wraps for a rest
less child are not to be depended upon,
an undergarment, often some old one left
over, is much better, and when the cold
wave passes it may be taken off. Through
the dreaded “second summer,” aflannel
band, made to fit simply over the body,
and pinned to the diaper, is an excellent
preventive of bowel troubles. This may
be knit‘ with an elastic stitch, and straps
over the shoulders; or made of flannel and
buttoned under the arm.

A change in the diet is best for consti
pation. Dishes made of Graham flour.
oat meal, and often sour apples, usually
give relief.

In regard to bathing, I know that I am
throwing down a gauntlet when I assert
that is too often over-done, and though a
cleanly and wholesome habit, it is not
necessary to perfect health. I agree with
an old lady who used to earnestly advo~
cate church-going, and always gave as
one of her reasons that “it did people good
to scrub up once a week;” but when it
comes to be a daily or semi-daily matter,
it is quite'apt to weaken the system. I
often hear a mother confess, by the light
of after years and experience, to having
injured her first baby by too much bath-
ing. The sponge bath is less of a shock
to the system than any other and there-
fore the best for daily use. .

I see with regret that the old-time romp-
ing plays are quite out of fashion, evenin
the country; and‘while a girl gains an
early knowledge of genteel manners, nice
costumes and beaux, she seldom claims
any experience in riding down hill and
sliding on ice in winter; of walking fences,
ball playing, or swinging in the topmost
branches of a tree. Her mother is spared
the desperation of denim aprons for her,
and too often is also spared the pleasure

of seeing her develop into robust woman—
hood. There is nothing more health—
giving than those Very plays which used
to wear out clothes so rapidly, and give to
the girl who loved them the title of “ tom
boy.” A. H. J.

Tamas.
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ZAIDIE asks if there is any place in this
city where hand painting on satin and
velvet can be sold. We know of no such
place unless it be at the Woman’s Ex—
change, where articles may be left to be
sold on commission. The Exchange does
not buy, but exhibits the goods and
charges a commission if they are sold.

 

THOSE CONUN DRUMS.

 

When I saw those" conundrums that
Beatrix gave us recently, my first
thought was “give it up,” and with re-
pec: to the first,Ifeel now that I might as
well say ‘ Idon’t know.” ButI am g0"
ing to amuse myself suppnsing the crse.
The first item to be considered is the man.
Is he selfish because he doesn’t think, or
becau~e he doesn’t care? The answer to
this would make considerable difference
in my tactics. If the former, then the task
would not be so difficult. I could find
many ways to make him think that he
was a selfish wretch, and he wouldn’t be
satisfied with that opinion of himself
long. I should find it hard to tell in just
so many words what plan Ishould adopt,
but of two things I am certain; I should
neither work the belligerent, nor yet the
pathetic racket. But the wife who has
the latter style of man to deal with, must
do away with any idea she may once have
had that a husband was one. bound by a
solemn vow to cherish and protect, etc.
Then if she can control her temper sufil-
ciently to be always cool and self-possess-
ed, yet persistent. I think almost any man
could be brought to terms. I must confess
that as I battle with this imaginary man
I feel as though I should like to pitch in-
to him and give him a black eye, and
perhaps if one had the strength that
would be the best thing that could be
done.

The other conundrum is easier. But I
shall go back of it far enough to air one
of my pet opiniors; that is, that if the
father had respected the individuality of
his children as he ought to have done, he
would not have taken the apple from the
older son at all, but asked him to share it
with the younger. If he was willing, all
right, if not, the younger should have
been provided for in some other way-
But supposing myself to be that father, it
would be such a source of real grief to
me to feel that I had so; selfish a child,
and I should take so much pains to make
him feel that it was so, that I think such
incidents could not occur oft . To take
the conundrum as it is, of con se such an
ebulition of temper ought not to go un-
punished. Moreover, the boy should be
made to pick up the apple and eat it. If
the father can control his own temper,
and be firm, acommand ought to suflice;
but if corporal punishment be found
necessary, he ought not to hesitate to in-
fiict it, for in my opinion it is a matter to
be decided then and there. As to what
he did do: Well, that, too. depends upon
the man. If he was a quick tempered
man, and governed by nothing higher
than impulse, he probably thrashed the
youngster instanter, thereby proving him-
self a grown-up child, with more brute
force than his three-year-old son, but no
more reason. If he was a man who want
ed peace at any cost, he made the elder
Son divide evenly, and if that raised an-
other row, he probably put on his hat and
cleared out, leaving the mother to smooth
over the matter. Now. how near have I
come to it? ‘ .

As it is nearly time for our town fair. I

 


 

at: THE HOIUSEHOLD.

 

 

want to express a wish long thought, that
Beatrix would represent the FARMEB
here at that time. I for one should be

glad to welcome her. L. B P.

Alumna.
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HOW TO LIGHTEN THRESHING
IN THE HOUSE.

 

I used to dread threshing, but of late
years we make it a pleasure more than a
task by exchanging with our neighbors,
women as well as men. Two or three
friends will come and help me, and when
they threshl help each in turn, and in
that way we have a good visit, and do not
feel much more tired than we would with
ordinary work. One days notice, unless
that day be Sunday, as was the case with
me this year, will be sufficient to prepare
good, substantial meals. I bake bread
and cakes the day before, and then with
my company’s help, we bake fresh pies
and prepare meats and vegetables for
dinner after the great iron horse marches
in with his load of machinery and settles
down to business. Some think they must

bake and buy every thing they can think '

of in the way of knick-knacks, as much as
they would for a wedding, but I think it
foolishness to have such a variety. If
we could all think alike, and give the men
plenty of good meat and vegetables,
bread and butter, one kind of pie or pud'
ding for dinner, and cold meat, perhaps
potatoes, sauce, pickles, one kind of cake.
and bread and butter for supper, and have
plenty in place of variety, how much work
we could avoid; besides keeping the men,
“dear souls,” from having the nightmare
and losing their rest over rich victuals. I
do not mean to assert that I want the
same dishes over and over from day to
day, but have a variety. Prepare one or
two choice dishes for one meal, others the
next and so on; but if you have all of
them at once, your palate will pall and
you will tire of them all. The same rule
applies to baking; we should bake one
kind of pie, cakes, cookies, one day, and
the next day bake other kinds, and with
careful agement there will not be
many pieces to waste.

While' the ladies are discussing the
health and corset question, the idea comes
to me whether the corsets would hurt so
much if they had less rich victuals to
compress. o. n. 11.

Vrcxsnune.

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THE FINE ART OF COOKING.

Good cooking is an important element
in home life and happiness. Health de—
pends upon it, for no one can be well and
strong who suffers from indigestion, and
nothing causes it sooner than ill-cooked
food. Many people think that while a
girl must go to school for years to acquire
knowledge, and have masters for this and
that accomplishment, she may be safely
left to pick up an acquaintance with
cooking after she has a household of her
own. This is a great mistake, as hundreds
of ladies who remember the trouble they
have had through want of experience can
tell you. I myself have had lots of

 

trouble. To be a good cook, one needs a
light, firm hand, and accurate eye, and a
patient temper; one needs, too, 'a few
rules and a trustworthy recipe book. We
have all seen the easy way in which a
good cook makes a cake; she tosses three
or four things together, gives a flirt of
the spice: box, and a feathery touch or
two to her foamy eggs, pops the pan into
the oven, and presto. there appears a
splendid cake, and if you should ask her
why and how she did this or the other
part of her work, she will smile and say,
“Oh, Iused my judgment.” Have your
recipe books at least until you know
certain rules by heart, and follow their
directions; still no recipe book can tell
you when bread is light or when meat is
done. One of the things you must learn
if you wish to cook successfully is the
management of your fire, especially in
baking bread, which is I think the real
test of a cook’s good judgment. A great
deal depends on the kneading; you can
not knead bread too long. The art of
making bread, once learned, is never.
forgotten.

“You may live Without friends, you may live
withour books,
But civilized men can not live without cooks.”

RHOD a.
BATTLE Cnnnx.

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INFORMATION WANTED.

I read an article a short time since in
which the writer prophesied that in the
near future a woman assuming the duties
of a home would not be expected to wash,
iron, bake, make butter, etc., (I hope
mending will be included) but that each
one will take some particular branch,
which they may prefer, and do that for
the whole neighborhood. I began to
think, if that time should come in my
day, what branch I should most prefer,
and, decided if I must choose it would be
butter making, for I like that very much:
Have any members of the Household had
any experience with a creamery at which
a part or the whole of the milk was
bought, and where one woman could
take care of the butter? What would be
a fair price for the milk, and is it a
profitable business? I would like these

questions ans wered if,possible. c
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

'I‘HEfirewing World says the simplest
plan and the one that will succeed in
most instances, to remove the unpleasant
“ wood taste ” from wooden vessels, is to
scald them several times in boiling water,
then dissolve some pearlash or soda in
lukewarm water, adding a little lime to
it, and wash the inside of the vessels well
in the solution. Afterward scald them
several times thoroughly as before.

ABOUT the best thing that can be done
with worn out ingrain carpet is to wash
it well, then cut it into strips one and a
half inches wide, ravel out on both edges
until but eight or nine threads remain
and sew the strips together. Have it
woven like any rag carpet, and you have
a very serviceable and withal good-look—

 

ing rug. It takes an abundant supply of
both carpet and patience, however.

 

If you propose to take many sleigh
rides this winter, it is well} to provide a
foot warmer, now. Make a bag of stout
ticking aboutafoot square, fill it with
dry sand. Make a case for it, with but-
tons and loops, as ornamental as you
please. When this is heated hot in the
oven, and deposited at the feet. when
starting for a long ride, it will be found
a great comfort on a cold day.

 

Where writing implements are used but
seldom the pens are apt to be rusty. To
prevent this keep them in pearline, the
compound used for laundry purposes.
Take a small dish, fill it with the powder,
stick the pens down into it, and when
you want one, you will find it nice and

bright.
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Contributed Recipes.

 

CHILI SAUCE—Twelve large tomatoes; four
onions, chopped fine; four teacupfuls vinegar;
six teaspoonfuls brown sugar; two table-
spoonfuls of salt; two teaspoonfuls of cinna-
mon; half teaspoonful cayenne pepper.

Dnraorr .

RIPE Cucunnn Plexus—Take ripe cu-
cumbers, pare and slice lengthwise and remove
the seeds; sprinkle lightly with salt and let
them stand over night; then drain them and
steam until tender. To every quart of good
cider vinegar needed to cover them add two
pounds of sugar and one tablespoonful of
ground cinnamon, and any other spices desired.
Tie the spices in a thin cloth; heat these
ingredients boiling hot, pour over the cucum-
bers, and you have nice pickles. Mas. L. 0.

Manama.

 

Tona'ro Fres. —-Take the small ripe“ plum"
tomatoes, pare and cook them a very little, not
much more than enough to scald them through.
Sprinkle a platter with white sugar, spread
the figs on the platter and sprinkle sugar upon
them. Let them dry, not till they are hard and
tough, but till they seem like real figs; then
pack in a box with sugar between the layers.
They will be relished by the children as a great
treat. B .

Dnrnorr.

AM "lE'S

 

 

    

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