Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-02-08
TO THE HOUSEWIFE.

AS bldtc HOlSe-TauISn when the root IS in perfection, put it in bottles, fill it with vinegar, and keep it corked tight for winter use.
 Ey- A little salt sprinkled in starch, while boiling, prevents its sticking; it is also good to stir it with sperm candle.
 HARD TlMEs PUDDIxG.-AIix together half pint of molasses, half pint of water, two teaspoontuls of soda, and teaspoonlul of salt; stir in flour to form thick batter, and boil in mold or pudding bag.
 Gg Green tea is good to restore rusty silk. It should be boiled in iron-a cup full to three quarts The silk should not be wrung, but ironed damp.
 G<E- Boil earthen ware that is used for baking (before using it, as it will be less liable to cnlck ), covering it with cold water, and then. heating it gradually. Let it remain in until the water has cooled.
 Ett- A small clean potato, with the end cut off, is very convenient medium of applying brck-dust to knives keeping it about the right moisture, while the juice of the potato assists ill removing stains from the surface.
 Ex- Lime sifted through coarse muslin. and stirred pretty thick with the white of an egg, makes strong cement for glass or chna- Plaster of Paris, pulverized is still better, and should be stirred by the spoon ful, as 1t is wanted.
 TIE WIFE-NIiss Bremen. beautifully expresses good wife duty: "Ifvou will learn the seriousness of life, and it's beauty also, live for your husband; be like the nightingale to his domestic life, be to him like the sunbeams between the trees; unite yourself inwardly to him; be guided by him; make him hoppy; and then you will understand what Is the best happiness of life; and will acquire, in your own eyes, a worth with God and with man."
 BOILING PoTAToEs.-The Irish method of boiling potatoes, for obvious reasons, ought to be as good as any Here is the practice adopted by many of that ilk, and not a few besides:-Clean wash the po- tatoes and leave the skin on; then bring the water to boil and throw them in. As soon as boiled soft enough for fork to be easily thrust through them, dash some cold water into the pot, let the po- tatoes remain two minutes, and then pour off the water. This done, half re- move the pot lid, and let the potatoes re- main over a slow fire till the steam is evaporated then peel and set them on the table inan open dish. Potatoes of a good kind thus cooked, will always be sweet, dry and mealy. A covered dish is bad for potatoes, as it keeps the steam in and makes them soft and watery.- Home stead.
 INTEREST YOUR CHLDREN.-Give the little ones slates and pencils, and encourage their attempts to make pictures. Drawing will amuse them when noisy plays have lost their zest, or are unreasonable; and the art will be useful to them in all the busi- ness of after-life. Have them read to each other stories and paragraphs of your seec- tion and save the fancy things and the pleasant ones you see in papers and books to read to them at your leasure You cannot imagine how much it will please them, and how 1t will bind them to YOU. But choose we'll for them, for the impression made on their minds now will last when hills crumble 1.Selected1
 
 WOMAN WITHOUT RELEGIoN.-A man without religion is at best poor reprobate, the football of destiny, with no tie linking him to infinity, and to the wondrous eterni- ty thatls begun within him: but woman without It IS even worse-a flame without heat, rainbow without color, flower without perfume. A man may, in some sort, tie his frail hopes and honors, with weak shifting ground tackle, to business or to the world; but woman without that anchor called Faith is drift and wreck A man may clumsly continue kind of moral responsibility out of his relations to mankind; but women, in her comparative ly Isolated sphere, where affection, and not purpose, IS the controlling motive can find no basis for any system of right action but that of spiritual faith A man may craze his thought and brain to trustfulness Tn sucha poor harboragc as Fame and Reputation may stretch before him; but a woman-where can she put her hopes in storms, if not in Heaven? And that sweet trustfulness, that abiding love-lightening them with the pleasantest radiance, when the worlds storms break like an army of shocking cannon-what can bestow it all but holy soul tied to what is above the storms, and to what is stronger than an army with eannon? Who that has enjoyed the love of,a Christian mother but will echo the thought with energy, and hallow it with a tear!
 ARE WE IN EARNEsT?-A little while ago clergyman said to young man who never thought of his soul. :" My dear oung friend, l think you are going to lose your soul! Your are putting off the day of sal vatlon--neglecting all these solemn matters gong on heedlessly, I feaS, to the day oi your death"