Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-02-11
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than Plant suspended from small rustic
basket in the centre OF the upper part of the
window? IL interferes with nothing and moth
tn9 interfereS with il. There's an element Of
beauty in that simple fact. Plants which have
slender branches. which naturally hang down.
are at home in this situation. The mother-of-
thousands. the wandering jew. with its pretty
marked leaves: the Iobelias and of the
trailing campanulas or be-flowers; the we'll
named rat-tailcd cactus and the sO-calIed ice
plants are more at home when suspended than
when grown in any other position
How TO KEEP GREENHOUSE PIANTS-A VERY
cheap and good way to keep greenhouse plants
over winter is to dig a pit about eight feet
deep. large enough TO hold the plants YOU wish
to save; pot the plants and set them in the bot
tom of this pit before they get frosted. They
viii keep ia there very nicely without any
cover until the weather gets tOeraby cold,
when they should be covered al night with "a
bot-bed sash, bat kept open in the daytime TN
til the weather becomes very severe. The pit
should then be covered up tight, so that neither
air nor water can get in Cure should be eX-
eTcised in the spring to keep the water from
the plants, either from the sides of the pit or
the sash. Bulbs and early Towering plants
can be made to bloom about six or eight weeks
sooner than they do when left outside, If they
are put down with the rest of the plants
Ladies' Floral Cabinet.
ZINC AND OUCLOrHs-Aunt Addie tells how
ting it down. fold the edge under half to
three-fourths of an inch all around The zine is
thus made much more durable. for the edges
will not SO soon wear ragged. lacking down is
unnecessary, and while handling it there is no
danger Of cutting the hands with its sharp and
poisonous edge. If the dealer of whom it is
purchased Will not turn down the edges of a
square piece, it can be readily done at home
Place on the floor q strip of board having a
straight edge and sharp corner; lay over it the
zinc. letting one side project half an inch over
the board, and bend this portion down with
blows from a hammer. then turn the zine over
and batter down the fold smooth and firm. In
putting down oilci0ths do not bind them. but
for one or two cents yard purchase half inch
wide folds OF tin and tack over the edges. This
facilitates the removal of the tacks besides
making cheap and durable binding. Country
Gentleman.
CONCERNING GLrcOSE-Glucose is a cheap.
imperfect substitute for the genuine sugar of
commerce. 1t is not poison when well made.
and, regards its healthfuneSs it may not be
much more delHteriou5 than ordinary cane
sugar. Still. il does produce and aggravate
dyspePtic symptoms. and by its proneness to
set up Preventative processes its Use causes
fatulency and painful affections of toe bowels
What becomes of the millions of pounds of
glucose manufactured in the western states
every month: 10 IL used mostly an adul-
terant in the manufacture of table sirups and
In adulterating the dark. moist sugars used
largely by the poor. Its next largest use is in
tie manufacture OF candies. All soft candies.
wakes, taiiipS. carameiS. chocolates, etc. are
made Of glucose. The beautiful clear white
srups found on orr breakfast tables and used
aS an agreeable adjunct to our walfieS and buck
Wheats, are largely composed of glucose. A
mixture OF true ''suGar-hOuSe sirup with glu-
coSe sirUp, in proportions of or 10 per cent. Of
the former TO 10 or % per cent. of the latter
Constitutes the high-pTiced maple drip of the
grocers.-.IOUI1aGl Of Chemistry.
JAPANESE YAsEs.-Every one familiar with.
and perhaps also alittle tired of jars vases, &C.,
OF pottery painted in various colOrs and
covered with deealcoaianie pictures. Now
there can be made vases in a similar man
ner. with no greater cost or trouble. which by
using pictures OF a Japanese character can be
made to look decidedly oriental. and can
hardly be distinguished, unless examined closely
from real Japanese ones. You will also find
them much more lasting and satisfactory. for
they can be busted and washed with impunity
Take vases or jars OF common transparent
glass. choosing those that Will admit the
entrance of your hand inside. The pictures
should consist OF DagodaS. figures of men and
women. flowers. butterflies. insects. sc. Cover
the face of each picture with any clear gum or
mucisage. and press it on the inside of the vase
face outward. Of course; be careful to see that
oil the edges are gIImmed securely 10 the glass
Arrange largest pictures first and then cover
a. entirely as you can. all the Intervening
spaces with flowers and butterflies. being care
ful not to overlap the pictures WieI these
are all Thoroughly dry. paint the entire surface of
the vase inside. covering all the pictures with
paint of pale green tea color. The pictures
being between the glass and the paint are
thoroughly protected. and the vases can be
thoroughly washed at any time without the
least fear of I'M uTy- Those who would prefer
TO try it on small scale at first might take a
Jelly glass. arrange the pictures in the same
manner. and paint the inside the same as before
described; when finished. it will make rather
sS~r laF lsx.tx@ hi
improve it by gliding the rim of the glass
Country Gentleman
his ATMOSPHERE We BREATHE Is In its pur-
lily. composed of tw enty three parts of oxygen
and seventy-seyen parts of nitrogen, but it
contains PARTICLES which do not naturally be-
long to IT, In damp day the air is full of
water or fog. and pint OF it may not contain
more than three-fUurths OF a pint of air: and
Is the atmosphere is the thing which acts di-
rec.ly on the blood in the lungs to withdraw
from it all the Impurities which it contains the
porer the ar Is the more capable it Is of alt
In the lungs. Hence, the purer the
cir the purer the blood. and the
purer the blood the better the health enjoyed
In all chimes and countries. The purest air is
out OF doors There is no pure air within any
iour walls OF house 1Ou may 20 into any
roOm even il IT is entirely empty and musty
or close smell will be immediately observed:
much more viii there be impurities in the air Of
our dwellings in proportion TO the decaying or
odorous things in it, Stops food fruits
flowers and the like. That air is best for the
health which has no perceptibie ''smeli' about
IT, The fragrance of the rose and pink are de-
lisious; but if person were to sleep in close
room IN which there were great many pinks
and roses ne would be nearly dead next morn
ing. because the nature Of the flowers Is such
that they are throwing off multitude Of odor-
Gus PARTICLES every instant. and they being more
material. more solid than the air. displace it, so
That IN every breath there Is less air taken into
the lungs and more Of the substance of the
rowers- a breath of air taken into the Iunos
may be represented by piece of fine sponge
from which the water has Just been squeezed
out: put 1t into "a vessel of dirty water: 1T will
take up More of that than il ii was half full of
water before 1t was put in So a breath of pure
ar taken into the lungs will take up more of
the impurities of the blood than ii would have
done II II had contained or absorbed a large
amount of impurities before it went in. Hence
the necessity of arranging habituaily to breathe
the piirest air possible. The easiest way to do
this Is 10 spend as much of our time in the open
ar as Practicable and when are indoors to
MAKE III a point to have fresh ont -tupr air com