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Some Pretty Curtains.

Editor Household Department.:
You asked me to describe for your read
ers the pretty curtains | made for my bed
room. l purchased some unbleached
muslin at cents yard. This cut up
into strips about four inches wide, also
bought some cheap cotton lace insertion
for cents. This / colored bright red
with diamond dyes. When combined with
the cloth strips, the curtains were very
attractive. put on a very cheap edging
also, yet that could be omitted if desired.
| have read somewhere that the lace can
be pain ted with good effect for edging for
table spreads, etc. A good dye can be
made by using one-half ounce of coche-
neal put in quart of vinegar, but the
diamond dyes are always so convenient
to use My curtains we're quite inexpen-
sive and but little labor. CORA"
If any other of our young lady friends
have any other way of making pretty
curtains, or suggestions for fancy work
we should be very glad to receive them.
Christmas is coming by and by and we all
want to get ready for it.-ED. III. d.
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all lloutward signs ofconsecration, whether
in priestly dress or public irrevocable
VOWS. Not for one moment can they of
themselves be depended on in place of the
genuine faith which saves. Let us learn
to makea far broader distinction between
the things which belong to the magma
ton, and take firmer hold upon things
which belong to religion itself.
These "sweet lives' were probably
made out of very crude material at the
start, but through much discipline ofsor-
row and bereavement, by mild forbear-
ance OF other peoples failings. the sup
preston of unkind words and thoughts,
the removal of briars and thOrns from
another's rough path, have all served to
give them the name we love to call them
by, "saints on earth"
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Selected Recipes.

HOMINY MUFFINs.-Two cupfuls boiled
hominy; beat it SMOOTH stir in three
cupfuls sour milk, half cupful melted
butter, two teaspOonfuls of salt two
tablespoonfuls of sugar; add three eggs
well beaten; one teaspoonful of soda, dis
solved in hot water, two cupfuls flour.
Bake quickly.
SIMPLE AND NICE.-Chopped cold meat
well seasoned; wet with gravy if conven-
lent, put it on a platter; then take cold
rice made moist with milk and one egg;
season with pepper and salt; if you don't
have enough rice, add powdered bread
crumbs, and place this around the plat
ter quite thick Set in oven to heat and
brown.
PLAIN OMELET.-Put smooth, clean
iron frying pan on to heat; meanwhile
beat four eggs very light, the whites to a
stiff roth, and the yolks to stiff batter.
Add to the yolks four tablespoonfuls
milk, pepper and salt, lastly stir in the
whites lightly. Put piece of butter near
ly half the size of an egg into the heated
pan; turn it SO that it will moisten the
whole bottom, taking care that it does
not scorch. just as it begins to boil pour
in the eggs. Hold the frying pan handle
in your LETT hand, and as the eggs whiten,
carefully with a spoon draw up lightly
from the bottom, letting the raw partrun
out on the pan till all be equally cooked;
shake with your left hand until the ONE
let be free from the pan, then turn with
spoon one half the omelet over the 9th
er half; let it remain moment, but con-
tinue shaking, lest it adhere; toss to a
warm platter held in the right hand, or
lift with broad fiat towel. The omelet
will be firm round the edge, put creamy
and light inside.
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Useful Suggestions.

A little washing ola or borax in the
water lis excellent for whitening the table
and floor.
When grease has been spilled on stove
cover, turn the cover over and let the
grease burn off before trying to clean it.
In beating cake for a long time turn
the spoon over and use it backwards, ad-
vises cooking school teacher. 1t will be
found much easier.
For an informal or family breakfast
cream tinted damask cloths with borders
in bright colors are liked. The napkins
match and are finished with fringe.
An excellent way to clean old brass is
to use ordinary household ammonia un-
diluted and rub with brush. This will
leave the metal clear and bright. 1t
should then be rinsed in clear water and
wiped dry.
When replacing the stair carpet, do not
put it down exactly as it was before, but
if it will allow reverse it by putting the
top at the bottom, and vice versa. This
keeps it from wearing in spots, and will
make it last much longer.
If fyou wish new style head-rest,- says
the Fashion Monthly, cut crescent out
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of pasteboard and use this for pattern
by which to make a cushion of plush or
velvet. Embr0ider in one corner a spray
of flowers, and tie to the chair with rib
bon. Dark blue plush might have yellow
daisies, and crescent of orange plush
should be embroidered with wisteria or
lilacs. A cushion like the above renders
plain chair not only handsome but much
more comfortable, and is not at all diff
cult to make if you have good pattern.
Stuff with hair or feathers.
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A Use For Old Carpets.

A good way has been found to utilize
old carpets. Cut them into strips three
quarters Of an inch in width, sew them
together and send to a carpet weaver.
Have him weave this material in breadths
as long as you wish your rug to be. Tell
him to leave five inches of the warp at
each end for fringe. Sew the breadths
together; knot the fringe and the result
will be very pretty rug for the living
roOm.-Housewife.
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THE LADDERS WE BUILD.

"We build the ladder by which we RISE
Honor and truth shall the framework be,
Diligence, patience, fidelity, love,
These are the rounds in the ladders we build,
Up which to climb to the regions above
Slowly and carefully, day after day,
Round after round must be fitted secure;
So as we build shall our characters grow
Noble, reliant unselfsh and pure
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South LAKE WEIR, FLA, Aus

SOUTH LAKE WEIR, FLA, Aug. Is, 1889.
D. A. Moon, Esq:
DEAR SIR-The Golfer ordered from you ar
rived in good time. I must confess l ordered it
with a great deal of doubt as to it's utility. I at
tached it to on, of Brinlys Improved Orange
Plows, and found it to turn completely fat any
kind of grass and weeds, and is, am glad to be
able to inform you, a complete tesuccess and do not
think any good cultivator afford to be without
it. 1 subjected it to very severe test, and think
have done the best plowing in the State.
Truly yours, G. L. PORTER.
Mr.. Porter refers to my "Improved' No. 11a
Golfer for one-horse plows. Price. 1925 freight
prepaid. Two-horse Golfers, $3.50 freight prepaid.
Address the manufacturer,
D. A. MOON, Orlando, Fla.
'Tis sad to see a woman growing old before her
All broken-down and hopeless when life should
hold it's prime;
She feels herself burden when blessing she
should be,
And longs for death to bring her relief from misery
If these poor discouraged women who
suffer from diseases peculiar to women
could only know that health could be re-
gained by the use of DIR. Pierce Favorite
Prescription. how eagerly they would
hasten to avail themselves of it. They
ought to KIN, it, and try it. Every wo-
man who is still healthy ought to be told
about the wonderful virtue in this med
lcine, and understand that it is safe
guard against the terrible diseases COM
mon to her sex. 1t is guaranteed to give
satisfaction or money paid for it will be
refunded.
Cleanse the liver, stomach, bowels and
l. Il H. nNtc D41-
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Beautiful Lives.

The demand of the times has come to
of labor. Shoddy, and work half done is
at discount The best workmanship,
the best material the skilled labor brings
the largest returns, and is whatthe world
must, and will have nowadays. Wewant
honest construction in our houses and in
our furniture, 1--WE want no adulteration
in our food or poor sewing in our cloth
ing"
All this has led me to ask the question,
are we equally anxious that no shoddV
material should enter into the workman
ship of our lives. In one sense we have
the making of ourselves, and are the
builders of our own characters. Every
word, good or bad, every thought pure or
impure, every impulse born of the Divine
Spirit or of the evil one, every action wheth-
erof right or wrong, form the material for
our building. Slowly and silently is the
work going on while we are building for
eternity. We cannot count upon the to-
morrows:
"Our to-days and yesterdays
Are the blocks with which we build.''
Let us be careful that we put no insin-
cere, unfruitful work into our lives. If we
repudiate anything but honest construc-
tion in our houses, and feel natural re-
pulsiOn for shams of all kinds. how much
more should we seek to have our lives
such as would bear the scrutiny of the
All seeing One
In writing the above we areled to speak
of some beautiful lives we have all known.
We remember that when we were with
them, the very gates of heaven seemed
near, so near that we never dared to be-
come doubters again. They were such as
these:
''Ah lovely souls those we have known,
Whose lives one sweet endeavor,
All crowned with beauty and with bloom,
The hand of death did sever.
Their memory like the mown hay
Will linger round us ever"
Then there are those living among us,
WIZ OlO OOolIH9 HCCbEy cbAO COI 1--WE
with such sublime patience and fortitude,
with such accomplishing meekness that
would truly make them saints on earth.
How many of us have seen in cathedral
windows and in pictures, those character
less faces of saints over which visable
halo shines We know not where they OBJ
tanned their halos, or whether they were
we'll earned, but we do know of here and
there dear friend who has something to
do with the real prose of religion, for re-
igion to be lived must part company with
the poetry of it. The halos and palms are
very beautiful to talk about, very shin
ing and resplendent, but the friends we
know of wear no ascetic garb, no halo en-
circles their heads, yet they are living
such lives of self-sacrifice as would make
them uncanonized saints at least. The
silent gladness and peace which shines
from their every day living, their firm
trust in an ever abiding presence is
continual Joy and benediction to us.
More and more are we convinced as the
years go on, of the very worthlessness of
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To whom all correspondence for this Depart
ment should be addressed.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-10-02

Cleanse the liver, stomach, bowels and
whole system by using DIR. Pierce's Pei
lets.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-10-02
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT.
SAN MATEO,

BY MRS. j. H. FARR.
SAN MATEO, FLC
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must elapse before they can place
themselves in a position to be self-sup-
pOrting.l and in the meantime subsis-
tence depends ON the charities of their
neighbor cities. At the present time
the wants of the unfortunate multi
tude are reasonably well met; but il is
TO be feared that those who contribute
don't realize that these homeless peO-
pie are without resource for many
weeks. The need for assistance is
just as great now, as at any time since
the fatal day, The people of Seattle
are in better condition; true, all is
gone, but there is not the grief of so
many broken home circles, and fires
clear the ground for rebuilding. There
is nothing ia the way Of building up,
and all the weary toll Of clearing de-
bris is already accomplished by the
destroying agent. The Seattle fire is
estimated at S2O,OOO,OOO. The schools
and churches are reopened, and many
places of business are in full operation.
Railroad and water communication
are re-established, and the work of re-
construction is being pushed as rapidly
as human agency can do il. The cit
les of the Pacific slope have contribu-
ted SAC, 900 for the relief of the unfOr-
Inmates.
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Medical sooiety's Meeting.

The Medical Association held its annual
session in the court room at Dover on June
nth There was large attendance Of ply
sicians from all parts of the State this being
the centennial of organization of the fraternity.
The officers and members of the association
met at II O'Clock and adjoined until }
O'Clock, at which time they met and after
discussing matters pertaining to the pro-
fession, they proceeded to the election of
officers for the ensuing year with the
following result:
Presd't, James Wilson; Vice-president, D.
L. Mustard; Secretary, J. A. Eilegood; Trea-
surer, Joseph II. Chandler; Censors, R. W.
Hargadine, L. A. H. Bishop aud Nathan
Pratt, Kent county;C c. H. Richards, Hiram
Burton and ]. B. NAPLES, Sussex county;
Willard Springer, W. B. Woods and Frank
Bellville, New Castle county.
Medical Examiners-I.. P Bush, Howard
Ogle, Peter Tomlinson and W. T. Skinner,
New Castle; G. W. Marshall, F. ]. Owens,
E. Dawson and Albert whitley, Kent
county; Daniel Hall, James A Hopkins, Cd.
Robinson, D. W. Palmer and Joseph Marsh,
Sussex county.
Delegates to the American Medical As
sociatiou-New Castle, Drs. Bush, ]. F. NJ.
Cardeza, T E.stewart, Chandler and Ham
ilton; Kent Drs. William Marshall, A.
Whitley, Pratt, W. H. Cooper and L. A. Il.
Bishop; Sussex, Drs. Richards, Fowler, Hall
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The immense iron and coal bust
ness of the South is attracting the
attention Ofthe Pennsylvania railroad,
and in order to Increase its northern
and southern trade, there is now on
foot a project to open a direct line
from Norfolk, Va, via Goldsbore, N.
c. This will open up territory not
reached by any convenient route at
present,and asectiOn which is heavily
wooded by first-class timber; it also
places the southern manufacturing
districts within easy reach by the
building of few feeders, and will
make the Delaware Peninsula more
than ever prominent as the direct
highway Of northern and southern
traffic.
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Everything we think you'll
like is here from the two great
Rattan and Reed Furniture
makers OF this country. Styles
by the thousand. They'd be
by the ten thousand if SO many
were needed to cover every
attractive and useful shape.
You know the two sorts
Rattan things won't take color
and hold it, Reed things will.
Either fits in the Summer
room as no other furniture can.
The bit of ribbon to give them
the sparkle of sprightliness
cost but a trihe.
Pictures of some of the best
designs are shown in the Cat
alogue. Prices too. Page 40.
Also all the many things
that help to Summer comfort.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
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Burton and re. Ellegood Delegates to
Pennsylvania Medical Association-Dr
Mckay. Richards, and f. W. Cooper.
Delegates to New Jersey Medical Assoc
ciation-Drs. L. P. Bush, Clifton and Rob
inson.
Delegates to New York Medical Asso-
ciation-Drs. G. W. Marshall, C. R. Layton
and Howard Ogle.
Delegates to Pharmaceutical Association
-Drs. T. E. Stewart, E. W. Cooper and D.
L. Mustard.
An appropriation of $50 was made to assist
in erecting monument to the memory OF
DR.. Rush. DR.. E W. Cooper delivered an
address of welcome The afternoon session
continued until 7.3o O'Clock at which time
they adjourned and proceeded in body to
the Hotel Richardson where banquet was
served aud enjoyed until a late hour.-Nor1i-
ing Meas.
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THE berry trade this year on the
Delaware Railroad, up to this week,
was eleven hundred carloads of straw
berries. This was not the largest
number that was ever sent over the
road in one season by several hundreds.
The low prices kept shipments down
to great extent; but the illiberal pol
icy Of few years ago, followed by the
transportation companies, caused the
acreage to be largely reduced in all
sections. Milford was once one of the
largest shipping points, and under
those unfavOrable conditions, the bus
mess ran down.
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AS direct result Of the recent mis-
fortune in Pennsylvania, residents
along the Chesapeake Bay have a new
and lucrative industry. Most of the
millions of logs which escaped from
the broken bOOms at Williamsport'and
other points, have come ashore along
the eastern shore, and the salvage On
the logs and lumber alone, If reclaimed,
will amount to many thousands of
dollars. Aside from the immense
quantities of logs there is much valu-
able merchandise in the drift, and
sometimes whole buildings in pretty
good condition come ashore. Almost
every other business is suspended by
those living along the shore, for all are
engaged in "WIecking."
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Wamamaker's.
PHILADELPHIA. Monday, June y, 1856

PHILADELPHIA Mohudys june ~ loo'
You may think you know
about Wanamaker's you who
have been here and wandered
through its broad aisles and
made use of the many helps
to your comfort always at your
command. And you do, as
visitors see it. But you don't
know the store unless you
know how we'll it can supply
your wants, from a pair OF
shoe laces to the complete
furnishing OF a house, without
your ever leaving home. Wis
itors see little evidence OF the
buying constantly being done
by the thousands and thou
sands OF people who cannot
come to the store, and posi-
bly, never will come. But it
goes on all the time-quietly,
Systematically. Most of the
machinery is out of sight. All
that is visible is the number
of skilled shoppers going from
counter to counter, and from
department to department, Sc
Letting, matching, choosing
filling with the utmost care the
written orders from out Of
town customers.
That is the side of Wanna
makers for people out of town.
When you come to Philadel-
phia we want the store to be a
home to you. When you are
at home we want it to be at
home with you.
Hence the General Gaia
logue,
We've told OF it before.
Can't tell of it too olten-if
you haven't it in the house.
The book is a large 1922
page quarto, telling clearly
and briefly of the goods of the
store and their prices, giving
pictures wherever it can, IT.
is 50 arranged and indexed
that you can find any article in
an instant. And you can have
it by sending a postal card
with your name and address
plainly written.
You can then write for what
you want easily and with
knowledge, and be served as
well as if you were here buy
ing in person.
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The compounding of a sue
cessful new perfume many
seem to be a simple matter.
Try it. Skilled chemists have
grown gray trying, and failed
every time.
Such delicate, pleasing odors
as Queen Mary" are an
inspiration. Subtle essence
of the flowers. Breath of the
most fragrant blossoms Gagged
for your delight.
You can have Queen Mary
in various guises-the same
sweet and gracious majesty
every time.
Extract, y and ~ OF. sizes
Violet Water, 3, and Soz sizes
Cologne, 4 and Soz. sizes
Florida Water
Almond Meal
Bay Rum
Sachets
The Catalogue, beginning at
page us, tells the prices of
these and of hundreds of Toilet
helps besides.
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THE Pennsylvania railroad is daily
becoming more cOnsiderate of the con-
Venience and favor of the people
Time WAS when an infiexible schedule
Of service and traffic prevailed, and
the corporation WAS master and the
people servants. This is all changed
now, and the management seems to
favor every reasonable concession to
the public convenience; this is eneOur-
aging to the progressive people, and
will stimulate the cOmpany's business
to such an extent that they will be
surprised at not having seen the wis
dom Of this step long ago. The recent
arrangement of rates on all branch
roads has already resulted in a much
larger amount Of travel over the line.
An arrangement is also announced
whereby parties Of ten or more per-
sons can secure special excursion
rates with the privilege Of remaining
out ten days, which will be most
acceptable arrangement for small sOcl-
cites or large families who desire to
spend few days at the seashore, or
at some camp meeting or picnic party.
There yet remains an important re-
form for the company to make, and
that is In freight tariff; there is
large quantity Of freight now con-
signed by sail and steam navigation to
and from all parts of this Peninsula,
which could much more conveniently
be sent by railroad; and would be, if
the freight tariff was not so much
higher than the same service costs by
water transportation. 1t is only
matter of time when the railroad COM
Pany will try the experiment, but like !
the Improvements already achieved,
they will never come until they are
asked for. The Peninsular press has
given the passenger department a
thorough ventilation from almost
every standpoint, and a good result
is finally achieved.
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srRAwBRIDcE q cLoTHIER's MONTHLY.
The June number of .SiraW6rfdge g
Clokhie5Ss A0Nfhiy furnishes the usual
variety Of articles Of interest to women
Fashions for feminines of all ages and con-
ditions are discussed and illustrated through
many pages. There is an intereeting install
ment Of Besant's serial, The Bell ofSt. Paul's.
The illustrated article on wild flowers In
June is both practical and seasonable; as is
also, from another point of view. the instruc-
tons given for the treatment Of fire-places
in summer. Kitchen matters receive due
attention; and there is the usual miscellany
of readable paragraphs. The pages devoted
to the needs Of the stay-at- home shoppers
will be the most attractive to that otherwise
to be-pitied class. The music of this number
is a song, written by Hunter MacCulloch,
and composed by John Philip Sousa, Di-
rector Of the Marine Band, Washington,
D. c.
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A public meeting was held last Fri
day evening by the Town Council and
prominent citizens TO hear plan ad-
vanced which has for its object a sys-
tenn of water-wOrks for Milford. The
party desiring to put the works into
operation, asks the town to endorse the
bonds and pay its taxes-practically.
The general sentiment is. that Milford
needs water-wOrks, and that the town
must own them. If built by private
enterprise, the town must pay its
water rents annually; which makes a
tax increase with no possible revenue
TO be derived in the future. If built
by the town, a tax increase will be
made for year or two; but in few
years the system will be a source Of
revenue for the town. Many wells Of
Milford afford only surface water,and
at seasons it is not of the best; which
is another proof that good water is
needed. The cost of maintaining
pumps and wells in a town the size of
Milford is no small item.
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mai Tired Fealinp

affiicts nearly every one in the spring. The
system having become accustomed to the
bracing air Of winter, is weakened by the
warm days Of the changing season, and read
lily yields to attacks of disease. Hoods Sar-
saparilla is just the medicine needed. It
tones and builds up every part of the body
and also expels all impurities from the blood.
Try it this season