The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-12-29
HOUSE AND FARM.
Household Chat.

Upon Sunday evening, when tho ooul ID
lifted on the wings Of faith, and q holy
calm aud holy faith broods over all MI.
ture, what tender regret comes with the
thought that tho tubs must be got up from
the cellar. 90 that washing may begin at 5
O'Clock Monday morning.
Bergonias grow better IL shaded from
MONDAY sun, but they like sunshine In the
winter. The Crassula requires to be kept
in dry condition to bloom by Christmas.
All succulents demand several months Of
complete rest, and this plant has the deshy
leaves and stems Of its tribe.
Mathew Crawford, Of Ohio, makes lawns
in the following way, saving tho heavy Ia
Dor or the expense Of turing the whole sur
face: He frst grades the ground carefully,
then chops up sods into small pieces about
three inches square, and sets them in
regularly about foot apart, pounding
them down and making all even. TIE
whole surface 10 then soon covered with
grass, as the turf has only to spread few
inches on each side to meet between the
pieces. Care is taken to keep out weeds.
J. W. Maclean, physician at Norwalk.
Conn.,, publishes the following recipe for q
preventive Of scarletina diphtheris. which.
he says, he has used with marked success
for four years: One drachm Of Monsel's
salt, OF tie sub-sulphate of iron, in eight
ounces Of cold water, adding plenty of
sugar, simply to overcome the taste Of th 9
iron. OF this solution give from two to
eight tsaspoonfuls each day, according to
the proximity Of the disease.
An advertisement in 4 Berlin paper an
nounces that "a young noblewoman, having
alarge fortune and holding distinguished
position, who Is as lovely az Helen, rs good
housekeeper as Penelope, as economical
as the Electress Marianne Of Bnndenbure,
and as sptrituelle as Mime. de Stael, who
sings like Jenny Lind, and dances like Ger.
Ito, plays the piano like Rosa Kastner, and
the harp like Bertrand, but who is az aus
tere as Lucretia. having no masculine ac-
quaintances, seeks husband"
To secure gloss when ironing shirts.
take Of raw starch one ounce, gum arabic,
one drachm; white of an egg or blood al
bumen half an ounce; soluble glass, quarter
Of an ounce; water, q. 8. Make tho starch
hot water, cool and mix with the albumeu,
and beat up the mixture with starch liquid:
then add the water.g!ass (solntion) and
shake together. Noisten tho starched lin
en- with cloth dipped in the liquid, and
use polishing iron to develop the gloss.
Tho excellence Of American silks is be.
yond question, and the leading manufac.
ture-s now produce satin rhadames, satin
merveilleux, satin de lyon, armures, quad
rifles and brocaded silks equal to any i'm
ported. This advanced in manufacture will
stimulate the cultivation Of the raw mater.
ial. which has now been made the subject
Of successful experiments in twenty-five
different states. It 10 to the ladies Of Phil
adelphia We owe the revival of this interest,
which, If once established, will afford an
opportunity for the lucrative employment Of
thousands Of women and children in their
own home-for manufacturers will take
the INV silk as fast as it is produced, and
with failures for Keeling within attainable
distance the work can be managed as easi-
" as taking care Of plants and much easie,
than managing bees.