The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-10-20
HOUSE AND FARM.
For and AbOnt Women.

There is girl in Plymouth county who
has had eighteen lovers, and not ono Of
them ever cot his arm around her. She
weighs 384 pounds.-Boston Post.
Half grain of quinine in two ounces Of
milk produces no disagreeable taste in tho
mouth, and this same quantity (half . grain)
in glassful Of milk is scarcely percepti-
bic. This is an easy way Of administering
quinine to children and delicate patients
who object to the bitter taste which it
leaves in the mouth.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, . good au-
thority on domestic matters, says that ten
pounds Of the toughest kind Of meat may
be made very tender by soaking seven hours
in three quarts of water calculated with q
lite more than half q pint of vinegar.
Then wash, wipe dry and cook as desired. I"
We would rather have our meat tender to
begin with, but If any one becomes possess
sor Of q piece that is tough the plan may
be tried.
DR.. Fl. Gibbons, at q recent meeting of
the California academy of sciences, says
that since he put petroleum on the trees in
his garden they had grown better and fas-
ter taan ever before, aud given better roses
than before. Tbs petroleum seems to kill
the scale insect. The handsomest rose be
exhibited was from bush which looked
nearly dead q short time before. The Pc
troleum was mixed with castor, oil. 1t is
applied sparingly. and great care il taken
that it does not run down the roots. Per-
haps in a crude state the petroleum would
be bad, even on the stalks; but mixed with
castor oil it appears to be advantageous to
the plant
Rev. George w. Shrek, Of Baltimore, is
lectu,iug on why never Married." It is
said that he holds his audience spell hound
for over two hours in simply explaining to
them that the girl said. No thankee, sir. I"
OF: con1se he goes into details and talks
about his nightly visits. candy bills. livery
stable demands, ice cream e1tortions,
oyster impositions, moonlight walks, love-
inspired lies, stolen kl--well, everything
incident to snch affairs, but his lecture
eventually SINNERS down to the above fact
that she said no"
If You are for pleasure" says Jeremy
Taylor. 'marry; if you prize rosy health,
marry. A good wife is heavens last, best
gift to man; his angel of mercy. minister
OF graces innumerable; his gem Of many
virtues; his casAet of jewels; her voice bi*
sweetest music; her smiles his brightest
days: her kiss the garden OF innocence; he.
arms the pale Of his safety, the balm Of his
health, the ba!sam Of his life; her industry
his eure>t wealth; her economy his safest
steward; her lips his faithful counsellors;
her bosom the softest pillow Of his cares,
and her cares the ablest advocates Of hea-
ven's blessings on his head"
1t may be useful to those who have but
limited space for winteripg plants to know
that most, if not all, of the tuberous rooted
begonias may be kept in dormant state dur
ing the winter. The set Iuse for summer
blooming gradually dry off late in the fall,
and put in the cellar for winter, where they
keepin fine condition, with little water not
more than two or three times. They viii!
Keep without any but not SO well. They
must be brought to the light as soon as
growth begins in the spring. They bloom
stronger for the rest. If the plants have
grown in the bed or the border. they NAV
be lifted on tie appearance of cold weather
and placed in boxes. If cuttings be put in
pots during the fall they will make small
tabers, varying in size from pea to q ha-
zelnut, and these. when we'll formed, may
also be stored away till spring, when they
will make strong plants for summer use.