The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-13
HOME SCRAP BAG.
by MRS. PEN sTEMN1oN.


Very pretty rag bags are made a Ia crazy
quilt. by sewing pieces of calico, bingham,
silesia and other cotton or linen material
together just as they can be made TO fit, with
little or no trimming of edges. When two
squares have been made, sew them together
and finish the top in any manner preferred
adding strap or loop to hang it up by.
Good Brussels carpets are sometimes rec
commended because they never wear out, I"
but they do in time lose all their beauty
They can then be made into the strongest
and best kitchen carpeting impervious to
moisture. and capable of being renewed as
often as needed by a coat of paint Make it
sound in the seams, turn it over, fit 1t to
the place it is to occupy, ill it with all the
size it will take let it dry and then give it
three coats of paint, drying each one well.
O'd rag carpet can be used in the same way.
SO says Good Housekeeper.
Now, perhaps Fanny Fanshaw will wish
she had kept some of those lemons which
she declared she wouldn't "keep" Here is
recipe for lemon honey which sounds very
toothsome. sMollie made it, as reported in
Ten Dollars Enough Good Housekeeping ("
She used scant teacup OF sugar the rlnd
and juice of a large fresh lemon, the yolks OF
three eggs, the white OF one, and q scant
two-thirds OF cup OF soft, sweet butter.
She washed the salt out of the butter, then
put the sugar with it over the fire While
these melted she beat her eggs thoroughly,
grated off the rind of her lemon into the
eggs. taking care to remove all of the yellow
which contains all of The flavor, yet not to
CRATE deeply enough to get any OF the
juice and eggs into tho butter and
sugar over the fire until as thick
as honey. taking care not to scorch it
When done 1t was thick smooth, yellow
and semi-cpaque. She poured it into two
small jelly glasses and set it away Next
uav 6ha pf hst oil, ~
cake, sandwich fashion, and iced each side
OF the cake and lemon sandwich with frost
Ing. 1t must be very nice indeed for layer
cake
Unity for April II takes up the cause of
the birds now so rapidly slaughtered for bon
nets and tid-blts. 1t is hard for us to realize
the massacre now going on and the evil it
is CONG. especially to farmers, who need
the birds to protect their crops from
destructive insects. The bobOlink is
said to be the farmers best friend. Us we'll as
the sweetest songster among our birds the
skylark OF America With this in mind. read
the poem ut the head Of our columns this
week, and reflect on these facts: One mill
ion rails and bobolinks have been killed in
a single month near Philadelphia and passed
through that market single village on
Long Island sent to New York 20, 900 dead
birds in four months very strong public
sentiment against this crime is growing, and
you and l ell OF us help make the public
sentiment.
The following bit of wisdom commends it.
self to all who are hurried and worried with
spring sewing and housecleaning. 1t comes
from ~The Laws Of Life:@
In our household experience we have not been
free from the interruptions and disorders to
which every family is liable especially where
there is an Invalid subject to emergent condi-
tions There have been times when it has been
necessary that we should put forth our entire
energies in one particular direction for days to-
Ecther As consequence we have found our
selves under the pressure of neglected and ac-
cumuated work Instead or allowing ourselves
to become worried and feel overburdened we
have sought to accept tho situation in
such u spirit as to turn the SEEM
ing evil into actual benefit, bo.
lieying that every circumstance in life
may become direct blessing to the soul that
trusts In God" Thus. instead of going to work
lmpuls1vely and trying to do everything In one
day, as Is the tendency OF most housekeepers
and house workers. we have subjected ourselves
to discipline, calculating beforehand how much
1t was expedient to do In day, and when tina,
was done we have been content to sit down to
our reading, writing or sewing, with some
strength in reserve for the unfinished tasks to-
morrow, comforting ourselves with the assurance
that there are more days to follow.
In this quietude of SOUL whatever power we
had was at command, and thus We have been
able to work our way back into order with but
little physical wear and tear.