Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-17

through into the saucer. Then turn out
any that is left in the saucer (plants don't
like wet feet), and do not water again until
dry. Study your plants. Notice their
drinking habits and you can soon tell
which needs the most water. When the
days are cloudy and short they will not
need as much as when the days are longer
and are sunny.
Holland bulbs are natives of that coun-
try, where they are grown in large quanti-
ties and sent to Europe and this country.
| have recently seen it stated that in the
vicinity of Harlem there are many hun
dreds of acres devoted to the culture of
hyacinths, tulips, nareissus, lilies and
other bulbs, the soil and climate be-
ing especially adapted to the perfect de-
velopment of the bulbs. At one time dur
ing the tulip mania," single bulb was
sold for 1900 horins, new carriage, two
horses and . harness. Now we can buy
them from twenty-five cents dozen up,
according to the varieties desired.
Let US have these flowers, together
with the lovely Harrissii,or Bermuda Easter
lily, to add their fragrance and their
beauty to our homes during the winter
months, and thus may we all
MAKE our homes beautiful, bring to them
flowers,
Place them about us to bud and to bloom"
HINTS To HoUsEKEEPERs.
A salve that is good for all kinds of
wounds, etc., is made of equal parts of yell
low wax and sweet oil. Melt slowly, and
stir in small quantity oe glycerine.
Cold tea is good oid-fashioned remedy
for sore eyes. Bathe the eyes frequently,
especially before retiring, and you will
soon find relief
When you buy new broom select a
dozen of the smoothest and largest splints,
pull them out and lay them away to use
in testing cake when it is baked.
To set the color in black or dark
hosiery, calicoes, cambrics, ETC., put large
tablespoonful of black pepper into pail
of water and let the article lie in soak for
| time.
To remove rust stains from linens dis
solve a small quantity of oxalic acid,
cover the stains with this solution, rub
thoroughly through the hands few min
utes; pour a tin saucepan of boiling water
on the stain, then remove and wash the
linen in lukewarm water. If the stains are
! old the process should be repeated.
If you want good bit of steak, have a
| clear, hot fire, set your clean empty pan
on the hot spot, cover it up, then pound
your steak, and when your pan is very
hot lay in your steak and cover quickly.
As soon as 1t has crisped enough to let go
its hold upon the pan, turn over and
| cover quickly; turn again as at first, and
continue to do so about every two minutes
until you have turned the steak about six
or eight times. Have hot, buttered dish
ready and lay in the steak; add sprink-
ling Of pepper, salt and sugar if liked and
cover tightly.
Now, if you wish a gravy, put BIT of
butter in your pan. When hot, run in
pinch Of -four, add a teacupful of boiling
water. Let it boil few minutes. Then
put in gravy boat instead of putting on
your meat to draw out the juice. Now try
this plan just once, and you will find the
result to equal broiled steak.
PAPER CUSHIONS.
All England is crazy on the subject of
paper pillows. You tear the paper into
very small pieces, not bigger than your
finger nail, and then put them into a pill
low sack or light ticking. They are very
cool for hot climates, and are said to be
much superior to feather pillows. The
newspapers are printing appeals for them
for hospitals. The paper of newspapers is
not nice to use, as theresis apt to be dis
agreeable odor from the printers ink;
but brown or white paper, and old letters
and envelopes are mostly recommended.
As you tear, stuff them into an old pillow
enough. The easiest way is to tear or cut
the paper in strips about half an inch
wide, and then tear or cut across. The
finer it is the lighter it makes the pillow.
WHICH is BEST?
Discussing woman's education writer
says: as the education with which the
average American girl endowed the best
VIII it best fit her for the fight alone in
life or TO be the helper of the opposite sex Y'
The best education for girl is that which
best helps her to adjust herself to her sur
roundings in life. 1t is by no means GER
tain that the very highest Of our so-called
institutions Of learning are doing this for
the average girl. They imagine for her
sphere in life better adapted for an angel
than to common mortal, and in seeking
to adapt her to that sphere they utterly
unfit her for that life in which most
girls find themselves sooner or later. This
training of girls for life which they are
never to lead in this world is fast becoming
popular under the alluring name of the
higher education, while that training
which fits them to make their own way in
this matter-of-fact life is sort of lower
education. The best education is that
which develops the faculties, rather than
that which seeks to turn out accomplished
ladies. Faculty is the knack of doing
things as they ought to be done; accom-
plishment is submitting to have certain
things done to ones self. Accomplishment
embroiders the toe of slipper and paints
daisies on the bowl of soup-ladle. Fac
ulty neatly repairs the torn garment and
compounds the hunger-appeasing soup. 1t
is the lower education which imparts fac
ulty. Which is best?
We believe in that "higher education"
especially for women, which makes them
the most womanly women, which teaches
them to perform all those things which
belong to woman's work with dignity and
grace. Let the housekeeper be well read,
handle the needle tastily, and do everything
which comes in her way and the way of
her home EYES GREAT-GREAT-
GRANDDAUGHTER.
M