The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-01-18
THE HOUSEHOLD.

EDUCATING GIRLs.-Educating girls for
household duties ought to be considered as
necessary as instruction in reading, writing
and arithmetic, and quite as universal. We
are in our houses more than half of our ex-
istence, and it is the household surround
ings which affect more largely the happiness
or misery ofdomestic life. If the wife knows
how to keep house," if she has learned
how things ought to be cooked, how beds
> should be made, how carpets should be
swept. how furniture should be busted, how
the clothes should be repaired, and turned
and altered, and renovated; if she knows
how purchases can be made to the best ad-
vantage, and understands the laying in of
provisions how to make them go the far
thest and last longest; if she appreciates
. the importance of system, order, tidiness,
and the quiet management of children and
servants, then she knows how to make q
heaven of home how to win her children
from the street how to keep her husband
from the clubhouse, the gaming table, and
wine-cup. Such family will be trained to
social responsibility, to business success.
and to efficiency and usefulness in whatever
position may be allotted to them.
1t may be safe to say, that not one girl in
ten, in our large towns and cities, enters
into married life who has learned to bake a
loaf of bread, to purchase roast, to dust
painting, to sweep carpet, or to cut and fit
and make her own dress. How much the
the perfect knowledge of these things bears
upon the thrift, the comfort, and health of
families may be conjectured, but not calcu-
lated by figures. 1t would be an immeas-
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attaching kitchen to every girls school in
the nation, and have lessons given daily in
the preparation of all the ordinary articles
of food and drink for the table, and how to
purchase them in the market to the best
advantage, with the result of a large saving
OF money, an increase of comfort, and high
er health in every family in the land
Halls journal.
NosEGAYs.-Flowers should not be cut
during sunshine, or exposed to the solar in
| fiuence, neither should they be collected IN
large bundles and tied tightly together, as
this invariably hastens decay. When in
ends of the stalks should be cut clean across
with very sharp knife (never with scissors)
by which means the tubes through which
they draw the water are left open, so that
the water ascends freely, which it will not
do if the tubes of the stems are lacerated
or bruised. An endless variety of orna-
mental vessels are used for the reception of
such flowers, and they are all equally well
adapted for the purpose, SO that the stalks
are inserted in pure water. This ought to
be changed every day, or once in two days
at the furthest, and thin slice should be
cleanly cut off from the end of each stalk
every time the water is removed, which
will revive the fowers.-Ladies' Floral
| Cabinet.
The HAIR-Curling the hair in hard and
strong paper has very injurious effect
and twisting, plating, and tying it tightly
in knots at the back of the head. prevents
the circulation of the fluid, strains the scalp,
and necessarily Injuries the roots, besides
contributing to induce headache, and cause
irritation OF the brain. The more loosely
the hair can be folded or twisted, and the
less it is artifcially crisped, the better it is
for its free and luxuriant growth.
Cold MEAr-Cold meat made in an as
pic is delicious way of using the last of
joint, especially in summer time. Cut the
meat in pieces, and lay them in mold in
layers, well seasoned. Then pour over and
fill the mould with some clear soup nearly
cold, which, when let to stand some hours,
will turn out and be as firm as isinglass, es-
pecially if shank bones were boiled in the
soup. Should the cold meat be veal or
poultry, the addition Of some small pieces of
ham or bacon, and of hard boiled eggs cut
in slices and put between the layers of meat,
is great improvement
The EARACHE.-Generally heat is the
best remedy. Apply warm poultice or
warm oil to the ear. Rub the back of the
ear with warm laudanum. In case of a fHtid
discharge, carefully syringe the ear with
warm milk and water. In all cases keep
the ear thoroughly cleansed. Relief is often
given by rubbing the back of the ear with
little hartshorn and water.
CLEANSING HAIR BRUsHEs.-Soda dis
solved in cold water. is better than soap
and hot water. The latter very soon soft
ems the hairs, and the rubbing completes
their destruction. Soda, having an affinity
for grease, cleanses the brush with very lit
tie friction.
PAINT.-To get rid of the smell of oil
paint, plunge handful of hay into pail of
water, and let it stand in the room newly
painted.
TABLE MArs.-These mats can be kept
nicely cleaned by washing them in weak
washing soda. Scrub them with a brush
lightly, and then lay them in the sun.
When most dry, press them between cloths
or papers, with weights on them, to keep
them from curling.
FRENCH LOAF CAKE--One pound of
flour, one pound of sugar, one pound of
raisns, half pound of butter, one cup ne
milk, five eggs, and spice to taste.
WARN CAKE.-0ne cup Of sugar, one
butter, one of sour milk, teaspoonful salera
tus, two eggs.
An affecting incident is told of the re-
cent foods in Virginia. A mother and sew
eral children, living on a narrow neck Of
land lying between the James River and
the canal, were trying to escape, when they
discovered that the bridge, their only means
of safety, had been carried away. They clung
to the abutments till nightfall, the water
rising every hour, and no assistance near
them. They had been in this condition for
some time, when one Of the children felt that
her strength was gone, and, with a cry of
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