The Osceola times., 1879-11-08
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sen.ible Talk-Honest Courtship
baskets, etc, etc.

Emily Huntingdon Miller mas peeii
Giving some sensible talks, when de,
serve the attention of every young gifi
in the land She says: II. :,
"What better is she for eduSauTn, =
she persists in Stiffness, and louunIsa,
and obtrusive manners. Her reseaicnoS ~
among the treasures of science, anu ~
miliarity with the thoughts OF genius
are of no value if they cannot iuriiish
her with subjects for conversation iiiyie
mighty than the gossip OF society, ule
scandal of the day, and the probable IN,
tentions of Young men who never hau
an intention in their lives, and are not
canable of one until their brains acquire
more solidity. Her aristocratic accom-
plishments are absolutely worthless un
less they teach her how to beautify anu
adorn her home, how to distinguish ,ile
false from the true, how to be IN her
own person an embodiment OF that
grace and purity and chaste peau's
which the world worships IN marpie ale,
canvas of the old masters; unless ,hey
teach her a radical abhorrence oi al liie
hideous distortions of fashions; oi OUT,
ward show, with inward untldihessi u
tawdry ornaments, obrosive tinery, ana
unclean trailing tatters.
STRAW BASKETS.
think this would be pretty for a caro-
basket: Cut circle out of piece OF cara
board the size you require your basket.
The bottom must be solid, with holes al
equal distance for the reception OF the
straws. The top must be cut out OF
larger circle, but instead OF the cara pc
ing whole, as in the bottom, the inside Is Is
cut out leaving not much more thah nan
an inch all round; this is also pierced
with corresponding number OF holes 10
the bottom, through which the upper
ends of the straws are fixed. Cut your
straws all one length, just the height you
wish your basket to be, using sharp scls-
sors and handle them carefully, that
they NAV not be broken or split. Hav-
ing fixed the straws in the holes both IN
the top and bottom, if you find them a
little too loose you can fasten them with
gum; about half an inch of the straw
must be left at each end. Take narrow
ribbon of two colors and pass them un-
der and over the straws alternating the
colors, taking care that that when Is
passed over one straw in one row must
be under il in the next, and so on until
it is finished; if preferred, colored strips
of paper may be used. The handles
NAV be of card board to correspond by
twisting the ribbon toconceal the faSten-
ing of the handles.
HONEST CoURTsHIP.
Every young man should deal honest
" with himself. He should say TO him
self, "If there is anything ! do not wish
the girl ask to marry me to know, then
it must be something wrong. Now |
will correct this wrong, or | will tell her
of il: for will not be so unmanly as to
deceive her intomarrying me-" BY deal
ing honestly with himself in the first
place, he comes to correct understand
ing of the nature of the fact which he
has concealed; then if he deals honestly
with the girls he tells her of it, People
who love each other will marry in spite
of many faults; but it is better that these
faults should be understood before mar
riage than first discovered. afterward.
We are sorry to say that concealments
and deceptions during courtship are not
confined to the sterner sex. They ale
practiced, perhaps, to quite as great an
extent by young ladies'. Many a false
hearted and treacherous girl has thou
sand smiles during courtship to every
one that Eliminates her face after mar
riage.
Corn Cdke.-One cup sugar, two eggs,
four tablespoOnsful of sweet cream, two
cups sweet milk, two tablespoonsful sal
ar atus, four tcaspoonfulS cream tarter,
two cups of corn meal and one Of -four.
Let it set in the warming closet of your
stove five minutes, then bake len min
utes in hot oven.
Standing GiStdrd-Boil together and
strain half a pint Of new milk, one
quarter OF pound of sugar one-hall
ounce of isinglass, and thickcn with the
beaten yolks of four eggs; stir it until il
is almost cold; put in a mould and keep
il in water until it becomes quite cold
then turn out.
Bdzdr Tongue Toda.-Mince very fine
cold boiled tongue, mix with cream, and
to every half pint of the mixture allow
the well-beatcn yolkcs Of two eggs
Place on the stove and let simmer min
ute or two. Have ready some nicely
buttered toast, flour over the mixture
and serve hot.
Toasted OySters-"Angels On Horse
back" is the name given by an Englsl
paper to oysters cooked in the following
way: Place large cooking oyster in
piece of fat bacon, tie it up with cord anC
Just toast for moment before the fire
Serve on piece of toast.
Sponge Cdke.-Four large eggs, two cup
of -four, two cups sugar, even full; bea
the two parts of the egg separately, tn,
whites to froth; then beat them to
gether, stir in the flour, and without de
lay put it into the oven.
Neu J ork Cookies.-Onc cup sugar
two-thirds cup of butter, one-half cul
of milk, two teaspoonfuls cream of tar
ter, one-half teaspoonful soda, and on,
egg. Add flour to roll thin and cut il
rounds.
Homemade Crackes.-To five pound
of flour take ten ounces of butter, on,
pint of cold water and an even teaspoon
ful of salt. 1t will take a deal of strentl
to knead them. Roll thin and bake il
oven.
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