Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-02-01
TO THE HOUSEWIFE


 and strings and bag or box for old but tons.
 @- When the stopper of glass de- canter IS too tight, a cloth wet with hot water and applied to the neck will cause the glass to expand, and the stopper may easily be removed.
 Gg- Never scald strainers or milky ves- sells till thoroughly washed, as the milk or cream put Tn them will be injured by It. The best way to scald such vessels is to plunge them all over into scalding water, and then every spot Is scalded.
 SINGING TO HER BABE-I passed a dwell- ing in Duke street. The front door was open, and close by the step sat a young wife; singing to her babe. There was a low, sweet melody in her voice. true the words were very simple, but all the fas- clnation of the song was there The little babe. not yet able to make the adventurous circuit of the room, lay quietly upon her lap; its little haAds were folded across its breast, and its soft beautiful eyes seemed to dllate with joy and wonderment as the muslcal sound fell upon her ears.
 Singing to her babe! A scene, indeed, to touch the soul with quiet pleasure. A mothers heart wrapped up in her first born; her joy, her light, her very lifel Already she was dropping soft, welcome sounds into the teachable soul. I could not help murmuring,
 Rich. though poor!
 That low roofed cottage is this hour heaven
 Music IS in it-and the song she sings,
 That sweet-voiced wife, arrests the ear
 Of the young child awake upon her knee"
 Singing to her babe! Would it be hers to lead those tiny feet in the way ot righteousness, and the river of Ever lasting Life?
 " She was one who held a treasure,
 gem of wonderous cost,
 Did it mar her hearts deep pleasure,
 The fear it might be lost?''
 She could instil into that young, i'm pressible mind, the knowledge of good and evil, the life-toned integrity of the soul, the earnest faith that hopeth and believed all things in Christ As she watchedi its slow, yet delightful appreciation of objects and words-as she noticed its developing lntellect-did she feel her responsibility 7? Was she conscious that she hell the silken cordSin in her own hand that were to bind the present to the future?
 Singing to her babe! As I gazed upon the scene, 1 could not help wondering what the fate of that dear child might be. Would 1t treasure her example? Orwould it drift idly about upon the sea of life, careless where its world of truth might. be, and sink at last into a dishonored grave? Would it exclaim, when age lined the locks with silver, and adds a tremor to the voice
 $ Yes, have left the golden shore.
 Where childhood midst the roses played;
 Those sunny dreams will come no more,
 That youth long, bright Sabbath made,
 I ct, while those dreams of memory $ eve
 Arise in many glittering train,
 My soul goes back to infancy,
 And hears my mothers song againr'
 Ladies Home Maqazine
 To THE GIRLs.-Here is a paragraph of plain talk to the girls, by an anonymous author, which is worth library of Young Ladies Friends, or whatever may be the title of the wishy washy compounds that are sold for the benefit of that interesting portion of the community:
 Men who are worth having want women for wives. A bundle of gewgaws bound with string of flats and quavers sprinkled with cologne and set in carmine saucisse this IS not help for man who expects to raise family, no veritable bread and meat. The piano and lace frame are good in their places, and so are ribbons, trills and tlnsels; but you cannot make dinner of the former, nor bed blanket of the latter And awful as the idea may seem to you, both dinners and bed blankets are essential to domestic happiness. Life has its realities as we'll as francies but you may make 1t matter of decoration. remembering the tassal curtain but forget ting the bedstead. Supposing a man of good sense, and of course, good prospects, to be looking for a wife-what chance have you to be chosen? You may cap him, or you may trap him, but how much better to make it an object to catch you. Render yourself worth catching, and you will need no shrewd mother or brother to help you to find market.
 How TO DO UP SHIRT BosoMs.-We have often been requested by lady correspond ents to state by what process the gloss on new linens, shirt bosoms, etc., is produced, and in order to gratify them, we subioin the following receipe: "Take two ounces of fine white gumarabic powder-put in a pitcher, and pour on a pint or more of boiling water, according to the degree of
  covered it let it stand all night-in the morning, pour it carefully from the dregs into clean bottle, cork it and keep it for use. A table spoonful of gum water stir red Tn pint of starch, made in the usual will give to lawn, either white or printed, look of newness, when nothing else can restored them after they have been washed.
 A WIFE's PRAYERs- How es- capped, 1 know not; perhaps my wife prayed for me-"
 If his wife prayed for him, that accounts for his escape. We know of no more favorable sign from which to hope for a mans reformation. Many men, appa- rently on the very verge of ruin, have been stopped in the downward course by the indi- rect influence, so far as human eyes could see, of wife's prayers. That is an influence which, though unheeded for a time, is at length felt in its accumulated force; and the result astonishes those who never thought of its potency.- And, loving, patient wife, continue in prayer Your steady efforts seem to be frutless; your constant desire to save the erring seems vain. You seem weak, utterly wanting.-So seems the soft dew, quietly falling, and the breeze noiselessly moving the herbage. By and by, the blossom puts forth its beauty; and the silent sum- shine, daily returning, ripens the fruit.
 Woman, pray, if you would save the dear ones. Watch in season and out of season; but pray. Work on. on; and though all fail, sorrow, weakness, hope- lessness, pray. An answer will be given. Wait in prayer; 1t will come.
 SEcEDING SOUTHERN MEDICAL STUDENTS AT NAsHvILLE.-TheN Nashville Union, of the 2Sth ut. says: