Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-03-13
THE HoUsEHOLD.

complain that their cheese becomes dry. and
some use kind of bellglass to pat their cheese
the best condition. Take a linen CLOTH or cheese
cloth, dip 1t In white wine, squeeze out excess
OF wine, and wrap up the cheese in it. By do
ing this the cheese Is not only kept moist but
its flavor is improved.-N 7. Times.
ONE OF THE LATEST STYLES OF BOUQUETS Is
called by the suggestive name of 1.-The four leaf
clover" The lucky leaflets are outlined with
green, and two are made up of solid roses, al
ternating with TWO Of purple violets This
Idea is seen in other bouquets which some
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deep red JacQuemtnot buds Then again
third of bouquet will be OF violets third OF
pansies and third Of roses.-M. Y. Cor. Propi-
dence Journal.
The NEWEST DESIGNS for embroidery upon
linen and other inexpensive goods consist Of
bronze stems and flbres, upon the points of
almond or the pink blossoms OF the peach.
There are little leaves also, and messy Stems,
with perhaps bug crawling upon them or
little butterfly with outspread wings. clever
girl may embroider such a dress for herself
with no great expenditure of time or labor, and
be In possession of a costume that will be the
envy Of all her friends and that money could
not buy.
SIMPLE TREATMENT FOR SCIATICA.-Dr. Ebrard,
OF Mines states that he has for many years
treated all his cases of sciatica and neuralgia
pains with an imProvised electric apparatus
consisting merely OF a fiat iron and vinegar
two things that will be found in every house.
The iron is heated until sufficiently hot to va
porize the vinegar, and is then covered with
some wooden fabric which is moistened with
vinegar and the apparatus is applied at once
to the painful spot The application may be
repeated two or three times a day. AS a rule
the pain disappears within twenty-four hours.
and recovery ensues at once.
MAKING GLUE WATERPRooF.-The best SUBJ
stance is bichromate of potash. Add about one
part Of 1t, first dissolved in water, to every
thirty or forty parts of glue; but you must keep
the mixture in the dark, as light makes it in
soluble. When you have glued your substances
every part OF the glue thus exposed will be-
come insoluble and therefore waterproof. II
the substances glued together are translucent
opaque like wood, only the exposed edges win
become SO, but they also protect the in
terior-not exposed-parts-again the pene-
THINGS TO AvoID.-Beware of salves, beware
of plasters beware Of eye-waters, beware OF
hair-dyes, beware OF washes for refining the
in the use of scented soaps. Why? Salves
make and keep the skin sore, plasters
prevent wounds from healing, eye-water5 do
often more injury than good. most hatr-dyes
poisonous, ditto toilet powders, while scented
soaps are usually too sharp by the free alkall
they contain.-PfdctiCai american.
I ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS.-There are few orna-
mental shrubs and small strees which are so
widely known because so desirable in every re-
spect for small grounds, that it is hardly ne
mon Siberian and Persian lilac, Tartarian
honey-suckle, Philadelphus. Japan ounce,
Purple Fringe, Snowfall, &c. The Silver Bell
(Halesia), although not new, is fine ornamen-
tai shrub; and the same may be said of the
purple-leaved Burberry and dwarf horsechest-
nut. The small dOuble-white spirea and the
Two sReees Of Melgela althouga rather new
introduced are Deutztd crendtd, one'of the most
beautiful of summer blumers, and the new Hy-
drangea III pdntcudta g'andiHord), magntfi-
To- ,f,1nr
white and rose flowers, and both perfectly
hardy.-COunt1'y Gentleman.
TABLE DECORATIONS. use of ferns for
table ornamentation, both pressed and fresh, is
popular IN fashionable houses. The fresh are
cut to a certain length, placed upon a table in a
circle with the points out, and glass dish filled
with moss IS set down upon the circle thus
formed. This ornament may be called mat of
ferns, and is considered to be equally pretty
with those which are pressed. Little wheel
DarroWs OF White wood carved In open patterns
fern mat, as above. Small wooden pals are
covered with fir cones, of two sizes, laid over
with gliding, and these are filled with ferns and
smilax, and set upon the table. Sometimes an
entire growing fern Is taken from its woodland
home, and with the earth about 1t placed in the
beautiful shells now so much used in house
hold ornament: The plants thus arranged are
are placed beneath, concealed by pressed ferns
WHY WE BUTTER OUR BREAD.-The layers o
the wheat berry, as we proceed toward the
c etareh, become more and more completely
found. and this portion makes our finest flour
The finer the -four the less fit 1t is for nutrition
In ITS natural state the Wheat. with all its COM
Eonents present, is not fitted for perfect human
development. There is deficiency In the po-
| tential heat producing materials especially for
cooler climates, there being only two per centum
ae IN T pT f6e M In fl, supply tbs
spread butter upon bread we mlngle lard Or
butter with our biscuit or cake, and the fat meat
and bread are taken alternatively or coincdent-
ally: The starch, being carbon hydraie, can
afford, comparatively, but little heat In con-
sumption, and the fats are demanded by the
wants OF the system-United States Miller.
VASE CULTURE OF IvY.-In late NUMBER Of
the Garden, J: McNab of the Royal Botanic
Gardens at Edinburgh, recommends the vase
| culture Of ivy In moss and water for drawing
room purposes. The directions he gives for its
grown In long opaque glass Jars and vases, and
1t Is essential that such vessels should be wide
at the top, so that the plants after being prop
erly rooted can be taken out, and the jars
cleansed when necessary. In the selection of
Ivy for vase culture, long pieces with small
leaves are to be recommended; those taken
from the stems of the trees where the points
are inclined to be pendant, will be found to
answer best, such Ivy having generally stout
Stalks covered with aerial roots. Each vase,
according to its size, should contain three, four
or 1--WE pieces, each piece being rolled up sepa-
moss, the latter being preferable After this
lle all the pieces loosely together in a clump to
sun the width OF the vase and place them In 1t
SO that the ball of moss does not reach within
nVe or six inches OF the bottom 1t will be ne
ceSSary 10 keep the water in the vase about
lal1-Way up the moss until the cuttings are
properly rooted. From the moss the roots will
extend into the water below, and it Will be
found that these roots produced In the moss
and water will be quite sufficient to nourl5h
been produced in Soil, if lifted and placed in
vases, will ultimately do well, but the proba-
bility Is that the roots will die and the plants
for time sicken until new flores are formed
capable OF enduring moss and water culture
After the Ivy Is properly rooted the glass lars
may be kept full OF water, and spr1gs OF flowers
may also be inserted in them. The water and
flowers may be changed when necessary, and
even the ivy, whose roots ought now to be a
solid mass may also be taken and replaced at
pleasure without injury.
BRINGING The BABY UP BY HAND-The= baby
and its mother are both unfortunate when ar
tlfclal means must be used for feeding the
child. This might be avoided many times, by
more careful management during the first
week OF Its life. The young babe should al
ways be put to the mothers breast as soon as
both have been properly attended to Nv the
nurse. Often this Is not done, because the
child can not find milk there. But milk is not
what 1t needs at first, and the Creator has given
TO the human mother, as He has to mothers
lower In the animal kingdom, just the nourish-
menu needed BY the newborn babe. There Is
usually so little Of 1t at first that the baby
seems to get nothing, but it at least cultivateS
the Instinct OF nursing, and its attempts In that
line stimulate the secretion Of such food as it
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