The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-01-28
LOYAL WOM4N'S WORK
The Household, Conversation Club,
Puzzles, etc.
The Happy Household.

ITAPPY HOUSEHOLD: Here Is a new way to spehua
lougNinter evening when home amusement oil some
kind is IN demand. Let as many as can SIT around
table with hands folded and aruseNtendedalonS inc
edge og the table each person touching elbows
with his neighor on each side. Take sinali piece
Of cotton b3ItiUg picked up ic be rs iiSht as poss
bile. Put THIS IN the center OF INC taDiS. ieI SOM
one count oac two. three. ana then lei each o''t
blow his best TO keep the cotton away ifo'n hisel
and drive IL uuon some ono else. The one 10 Wholh
il cling, nusi pay n forfeit. No one must move TO
escarne tide cotton When il alights take IT mp and
start afroSlJ. No one can indulge IN this without
hearty laughing
half cup O. butter Beat 90 cream, aud add one
cup Of flour, tcaSpoouf! OF baking powder and
lastly two tca~poouiuls OF carrowRy seed Bake IN
a quick oycn.-Nadgc Bc!tnci, New Albany, ihu.
NOSES TOR DECORATION.
HAPPY IIorsrro1D: Wood moss is beautiful
rranwed I'm the following manner: Get nj! The der-
nt varieties you can; dap them IA green ai, ,
lye. Nols ,.l have some light shades by not nay
Bg the dye Sc strong Let llcm dry without crush
Eng:-thc feather moss viii have to he pressed, 10
OF dye the yellow and brown varieties. Arrange
en in vrcath< crosses anchors or haIIs E.u' a lew
nay everlasting flowers among them. and place N
deep frame like Chose used Tor wax flowers. saw
na han..s baskets aie lovely FLEE, with the dyed
moss everlasting flowers and dried Srass-Bounc-
Fng Bette.
SILK CULTURE.
HAPPY HOUSEHOLD: The silk worm (BOmbyx
|NIoril originally ralivc Of China, which IN this
rountry supplies the silk ordinarily used IN COM
lerce and often called the mulberry SIX worm Is
produced Dy 4 cream-coiored moth with broWnish
r,r, or less distinct across lis wings. The
Worm gives one and two crops Of silk each season,
and by following instructions success VIII iolioN.
The great secret OF success IN raising silk lies In
the observance ola few simple rules. First Have
plenty Of food for your worms, for II not Wen ied
they Will thrive: and the better you iced SILK
worms The better they will spin and the iirmer the
cocoons will be. Second. Even with plenty OF food
AT command il the worms are not !Toi'ery ilttee
TO- fed often they require 10 bc, and strict al
tenton paid TO cleanliness your Time ana LABOR VIII
These points it viii be well to remember When
the worms are iir5t matched You will need your
trays and racks in readiness. All worms Matched
on tie first two DAYS should be kept together and
called the first hatch; those OF the third Gay tue
second ila;c, ana all the remainder the third hatch.
This ! haze your worms grow UP together Ol an
average size 10 nloll ~ one tlnlc, and mol to
have the larger ones crOwulnS the smaller from
their food j IS also advisable to separate the larger
from the others Is they ouGFo" ihehh. for !ouEs
gather only the small leaves. Alter me
second age, small IVY Is or branches cut Win TIE
leaves wa be found an improvement Niiih4I1iS
the WORMS daily. using the iwgs with fresh leaves
Oh, viii be found The quIckcs. and best, removing
each tWt- 10 clean tray a. last as Inc ISitNN Ut
come flied with the worms. ihe worm passes
through four "mo!ts Gie periods between
these moits aTc called ages there being i've OF
these ages Including the iirsi from the matching,
and the last tEc fourth mott 20 the spinning
1,erod With tte iher:i,oeieT kept al - 81 de-
grCes crop SuGi,. lie iietUd from h;'teiiG 10
spinning Ia - 81 - days. " -iin eight 10 len Day
after the Ias' isoi Tie worms begin 10 lose ;hYr
appetite, become restless, and commence throwing
out silk Sci branches two or three feet long, or
punches OF ce.u straw up IN arches III the trays;
branches : lac worms WI. c!'! l!!to tue bac'it9
and commence spinning: those that DO not must be
still fed small quantities. In about eight days
from the commencement Cl the spinning II VIII pc
time gather The VIII close with special
offer TO the & G 70 ali those ordering eggs from
me Will send an instruction book free silk Cul-
lure The eggs must be procured before the first
of March, Is not safe 10 send them amy distance
after that.-EElnla Coulter, Oxford Butler Co., ".
A PRETTY sPLAsHER.
. HAPPY HOUSEHOLD: / send you the way to make
r,irl am Tl.psg, II Winter when
the more delicate ones age pat away Tor summer
days. First, Il t3e printing Office and get sheet
it the size 10 suit your washstand. While at the
printing Office gel Them 10 print you the word
'Spasher' Ia large letters, and then bronze 1t for
you. Buy two s!ieeis OF gold paper at the drug
store; cut !: in strips an inch or two WIDE then cut
it in points along one edge Make enough OF these
strips TO make border around ie enllfe piece OF
paper, the points toward the center; cut
basket out OF the god paper; paste the
basket III lhe center OF the splashcr. Cut
some flowers out of something; also, butterflies
and birds, il on can find any. Fasten the flowers
in a careless manner over Tie edge Of the basket
and under t3l handle. making II look like basket
of flowers, and t8e birds lowering around, with the
butterflies slipping the honey from the flowers
the spasber paste sprays oi flowers. Alter ihls Is
done, paste tle word Spasler over the basket
of flowers. ana then you. done; and think you
will be dorhly pleased with your hours work
Ella Hull, Aiurphysocro, H.
Editors Chat.
Lengthy contributions from various sources have
been received particularly for the Brain Hackers.
AS it Is desirable hear from many as possible,
friends viii be brief and 20 the point.
Comrade 4. ID. Leamon's lengthy letter has been
forwarded 10 Comrade Smith
a. O. W: Questions have been asked and
swered ia Bible Brigade.
Arthur Leach: The numbers named cannot be
furnished. Isl Klegg; is proud 10 be appreciated.
The Gushing Flood" is the subject III the SEN
tence sent by Miss Lillian Gray.
Emma Coulter fayors the C. c. with an admirable
little letter on silk Culture. As in everything else
patient care and strict attention to a few simple
rules Is the secret Of success.
a young gentleman writes that lie would like to
"oorispond' with the c. c. Again the rule holds
good that only good spoilers allowed the privi-
le-c Of asking general correspondence.
An cS-Mo-moH represents the negative side of the
question, "EcScred, That the Mornons are more
dangerous 20 ciyil and religious liberty in the
United States than the Chinese The discussion
viii be concluded next week. The next question,
to begin Feb. II, is: EeSo'UcG, That women do
tons outside Of household and domestic pursuits.
Discussion 10 SIX weeks Members of the c. c.
desiring to participate must be prompt
Edgar i. Sage. little boy 10, who lives at Peach,
Iowa. and whose soldier father was wounded at
Arkansas Posi-. wants TO know why the United
States is called Uncle Sam and England John
Bull" Unc.e' sam Wilson Was The name OF
Government inspector o: provisions al Troy, y.
V Drior TO the isst war with Great Britain All
casks supplied 10 The contractor marked L =.
Omitted States, bat wag in his employ upon
being asked by one of tle packers the meaning Of
the initials said Uncle Sam" The Joke spread
and hence the name. " John Bull " was first APP
piled 10 the British Nation following d satire by
ArbuthDot usually published with Swift's Works.,
entitled The History of John Bull" in this work
the French are known Louis Babboon the
Dutch az Nicholas Frog, the English as john Bull,
etc.
Conversation Club.
Rules Of The Cy',b.-I. Write briefly. q Write only
on side Of the paper. 3. Write TO the point. L.
Send answers 10 all puzzles for use of Editor Each
week the names Of those writing the best letters
style, composition, spelling. penInanship and gem
eral merit copsidercd-will be named at the head
of this column on the Honor Roll. First honor will
include all OF these requirements Second honor
Will include Il deficiency in some one point No
others viii be named.
HONOR RoLL-BEST LETTERS.
First Honor-Madge BETHEL New Albany
Ind. Josie W. Grant, Chester. y. J.
Second Houor-Dcll Thomas, Holton, Kan;
Edith WashbuTn, MADEIRA, Pa.
Pleasant greetings. expressing pleasure in THE
TRIBUSE and the 4. g, have been received from
l.dIth Mashburn, MADEIRA, ClcaTiieId Co. Pa. !;
Edith Hamilton, daughter 9th Ohio veteran
Hamilton, Boone Co. Neb.; j. Nilfred Woodhouse
North Chemuug, y. Y, father served in JDth n Y
Engineers; Lillian Gray. daughter 5sth Ill
veteran, Tampico, H.; Martha McQuilliap eight
Colorado, Story Co., Iowa; Eddie Athey son Of n
Sth ILL., cayalrymaiI, DOws. Iowa