The Worthington advance., 1885-11-26
Protecting Roses in Winter.

lanOlng up Inc SneaVeS.
Protecting Roses In Winter.
First, bend down the rose shoots and
fasten the tops to the ground with a
peg, then draw soil up about the base
as high as possible, and afterwards
cover with leaves or with whatever ma
terial is to be obtained, keeping it in
place by poles of sufficient weig ght to
prevent displacement by the wind
Nck's Magazine.
Household Hints.
Anna Barrows, in Good Housekeep-
ing, says: In these days, when, with
good reason, there is much said about
pernicious literature, and considering
that which is weak without really be-
ing wicked, how much good might be
done If the papers and magazines
which have served their turn in one
household, could be re-distributed in
families that cannot afford such read
ing tirst-hand. There are homes where
every weeks papers are sorted over.
and bundles sent to country homes,
ranches in the West, or to hospitals
and other charitable institutions. 1t
costs only little time and trouble, and
a few postage stamps, but who can es-
innate the good results? A short
sighted person might think such a
course would tend to diminish the cir
culation of papers, but if boy has
grown up on good reading will he
not supply himself with tenfold more
than if he had never known its worth? !?
This matter calls for individual work,
and discrimination must be used in
order to attain the best results; don t
send fashion magazine to western
farmer, or a society paper to country
housekeeper; although a certain class
of literature is suited to all occupations,
any specialities should be sent to their
own place.
Something of this kind is done in a
household with which am acquainted.
Upon the list of those to whom papers
are sent are several children IN the
country, who receive picture paper
with delight. A paralytic, who has
been confined to his house for some
years, is glad to get a religious weely,
and has a good deal of fun over the
pictures in the humorous paper that
is occasionally despatched to him. The
scientific paper, the youths paper, the
agricultural paper, are sent, each upon
a different Journey. And assurances
that are acceptable have been frequent.
Recipe for ginger cake.-In old times
before Watch Hill, on the Connecticut
shore had fine hotels and was fashion
able resort, an old lady lived on the point
IN summer and kept a place of entertain
ment for sailing and fishing parties.
She was renowned for her excellent
ginger cakes, which, indeed constitut-
ed the chief part of the entertainment
she had to offer. 1t was a rule for
every party to ask for the receipt,
which she always gave in the same
language. Please note the cxactness
of the measure of the several ingre-
dients, which must be followed closely
to insure the perfection of the ginger
cake. This was her recipe: Il always
take some -four; just enough flour for
the quantity of cakes that | want to
make: mix it up with some sour milk
and saleratus, just enough milk and
saleratus for the quantity of flour:
then take some ginger; some like more
and some like less; I put in Il little salt
and then | tell my son John to pour in
molasses till l say stop
E ggs for the ck.-Nellic Burns has
this to say in the Country Gentleman
about eggs for the sick:
Il went the other dav to sec a sick
neighbor who suffers greatly from in
digestion and weak stomach. The
doctor says she told me, if l could
take raw eggs, we'll beaten, they would
help me; but cannot, they are SO sick
en;ng.
IL went into the kitchen and asked
the daughter if she beat the white and
yelk separately III preparing eggs for
her mother.
NO. she said L beat them together
and then add little sugar
~ then asked her to let me prepare
one. put the white into saucer.
and the yelk III tumblcr, added two
teaspoontuls OF granulated sugar to
yelk, and beat until it was perfectly
light. The white was then beaten until
it was stiff enough to be cut with a
knife, and put into the tumbler, it also
being we'll stirred in. 1t was carried
to the sick mother, who ate it with a
decided relish. Eggs prepared in this
way are soothing, strengthening
delicacy for those with weak stomachs.
They should be fresh. and should be
eaten as soon as beaten.
''Soft boiled eggs are more easily
digested than hard, and are a good.
nourishing food for the weak. But
oftentimes it is difficult to cook them
just right, they being cooked either too
much or too little. Our own way of
preparing them is to fill a common
heavy tea-cup with boiling water. Let
it stand until the cup is thoroughly
heated. Then pour off the water. Put
the egg into the cup and again till it
with boiling water. Set the cup away
from the stove, ana by the time the
water cools, the egg will be cooked to
a nice softness. The cup being heated
makes the water retain heat longer
House Plants: Fuchsias.
after being exhausted with blooming.
should have the terminal shoots of all
their branches clipped off; then set
aside for two or three weeks, giving
very little water; then re-pot in soil
composed of well-decomposed leaf
mould, mixed with a sprinkling of
good garden-soil, few rusty nails,
and a layer of charcoal at the bottom
of the pot, to secure good drainage.
In few weeks new shoots, full of
t1ower-buds, will start all over, grow
ing rapidly.
Ornamental Work-A wall pocket
for ferns or orchid growing is made
of two palm-leaf fans, in their native
color, says the Philadelphia Ledger.
DO not paint or glue on ribbon, but
faSten the two round ends nnn0sitn