Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-20

HOUSEHOLD HTNrs.-To remove egg stains
on spoons, take little common salt. moist
ened, between the thumb and finger ana
briskly rub the stain.
Boiling in a well fioured cloth will make
meat white. Cloths for this purpose should
be carefully washed and boiled in clean
water between each using, and not suffered
70 hsng In damp place, which would give
n bad flavor to the meat. The same applies
TO tapes and pudding-cloth
apple marange: Nine large apples, peeled
ana prepared the same as apple sauce, 8 table
spoons sugar; cover tight in a saucepan:
when done, strain through a coIander. beat
the yolks OF eggs, mix with this the rind of
lemons, put IL i'm the pudding-d dish and
cover cover ~ Win the whites beaten 10 stiff
Irolh Win table spoon of sugar and Juice of
lemon. Place the whole ia the oven until
The marriage is slightly Drowned.
When color on a fabric has been DESTROYED
by ACID, ammonia il applied 10 neutraiize
the acid, after which an application Of chic
roiorm VIII In almost all cases, restore the
original color.
Moths will work in carpets i'm rooms that
are Kept warm, In the winter as well as in
The summer. sure method OF removing
me nests is to pour strong alum water on the
noor 10 the distance OF half a yard around
the edges before laying the carpets. Then,
once or twice during the season, sprinkle dry
SAT- over Inc carpet before sweeping. Insects
carpet 10 prevent their alighting upon IL.
To keep the lips soft, use this salve: White
way three drachms, spermaceti one aud a
half DIRE chms, olive oil six drachms a!kanet
root one drachm. Melt the wax and sper-
maceti In cup, then the oil and root in an
other, near the IRE; strain through muslin
or nne linen, and mix with the wax; add
baisam Of Peru one drachm, essence of ber-
gamot ten drops, otto of rose five drops.
THE FAMOUS WARD WILL CASE still drags
It's slow length along I'm Detroit aud a week
VIII probably pass before the case Is given TO
the jury. The proponents OF the will are now
producing evidence in its support. This is
manly confined to the general assertion OF
capt w ARDS soundness of mind. Scores OF
leadlng citizens testify to his extraordinary
strength OF intellect. Evidence has also been
brought in TO show that, though Spiritual
ist, capt. Ward did not believe all that the
mediums told him. 1t was shown that he
was beyond all comparison the foremost
business man In the state of Michigan and
one Oh the most active and prominent in the
whole northwest Born in poverty, he accu-
mulated vast estate, estimated at IS, 335,OOO
his, the supporters OF the will claim. could
never have been the result had Capt. Ward
trusted wholly 10 the spirits for directions
regarding his business, as alleged by the OBJ
ponents OF the will. On the other hand
there is vast mass OF testimony indicating
Capt. Wards belief in spiritualism aud the
connection OF his conversation with me-
diums and the making OF the will Marga-
ret kane; the youngest Of The Fox sisters, of
vile OF the Arctic explorer, DIR. Kane, tes-
titled that she was frequently Consulted nv
Capt. Ward about his will, and that differ
ent spirits struggled for the possession of her
The spirit OF the first Mrs. Ward advising an
equal distribution of the property and the
spirits OF the father and cousin of the present
Mrs w ard predicting that all of the children
by the first wife but two would become in
sane, and advising will giving the bulk of
the property TO the second wife. No less
than ten mediums from various sections of
the country have testified TO Capt Wards
having consulted the spirits through them
regarding his will.
DR.. MARY WALKER, Innocent SOM. thinks
her style of clothing would induce matri-
mr. han ft,a.
men away from matrfmony by It's enormous
expensiveness. The honest creature has never
rejected that the women would make N iust
idea that Mrs Brown would wear pants OF
brOadcloth while that ridiculous Mrs Jones
wore pants OF velvet! Never Perish the
miserable thonghti Or that Mrs. Smith
would appear In public wearing a pair with
common Illusion Tuffies down the seams
while that absurd old fright of Mrs Green
had real lace stripes and gold -embroldered
waist-band! My stars Did ever you hear
OF such thing! No, 1 thank you. Mrs.
Browns father could have bought and sold
Mrs; Jones father a dozen times, and Mrs.
of Mrs. Green had to pinch and scrape 70
make that scrawny daughter of theirs look
dece9, and why should she go giving herself
her betters and could shoe her so? Alas. Mrs.
DIR. NJ. w. does not know her sex. III the
styles were reduced back to the original YER
dant apron, the dear creatures would make
that one single article Of dress cost enough
TO make her hus band shabby and INDECENT
for life. It is In them. What is bred in the
former can prevent it-Chieo0o Inter Ocean.
HAPPY HUsBANDs.-It is a mans own
fault n he is unhappy with his wife, In nine
cases out OF ten. The great men OF this world
have been wretched In their domestic rela-
Tons, while common men have been exceed
inely happy. Absorbed In themselves, those
who desired the worlds applause were care.
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