Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-10-18
For the Mother q the Home.

by system and order.
There is no labor-savlng machine
equal to good, thoughtful brain.
Economize strength, time and labor
by well-inatured plans carried out
with sound judgment.
No woman can afford to keep house
in a haphazard way; the tension on
nerve and strength is too severe. Keep
cleanl Away with the general clean
ing up, that nerve destroying, madden
ing process! When a thing needs
cleaning UP or putting in place, attend
to II at once. A model housekeeper
keeps clean.
Study and plan; learn from others
how to improve on your plans II pos
slble-then execute.
A long, zinc covered table, with
shelf above, will be help and pleasure
in the kitchen.
Let sound economy rule in the
household.
A scrap jar is a good idea for saving
clear grease. Fry out pieces of fat
meat to cook potatoes with.
The following is a nice recipe for
preparing sweet potatoes: Peel,
sprinkle salt OH, put grease or strips
of fat meat over, cover pan and place
inside oven, turning frequently and
cooking slowly till quite soft
Feed hens well during the moultlng
season
Woman makes the home; home
makes the man."
Make the home bright and attractive
Next to the feeling Of being well dress
ed. nothing gives child more sense Of
dignity and self-respect than a we'll
appointed, prettily furnished home
Let love be the controlling element;
learn and practice forebearance to the
limit of your nature. Let sweet peace
reign.
Remember, HE that ruleth his own
spirit is greater than he that ta1eth a
CITY," and not only practice self-con-
troll, but inculcate this principle into
the little ones intrusted to your care
and guidance.
Who can estimate the inspiration of
happy home?
To prevent the baby having collie
give it calomel and soda, dose being
what one can lift on a pin head; re-
peat every two or three days, or once
in ten days as it grows older The fin
est babies I have ever seen were start
ed in this way.
In severe cases of collie warm mush
poultloe, sprinkled with paregoric, will
give immediate relief
A paste made of ashes of holly
leaves, sugar and water will cure
thrush in the mouth or in the moth
er's breast.
To prevent thrush wash the baby's
mouth out each morning with a weak
solution of borax and alum.
To promte circulation rub the whole
body gently with hands or a soft, warm
cloth. If threatened with cold or pneu-
monia, rub the whole body with a
warm flannel cloth creased with NUT
ton suet.
To relieve rafting in the chest, give
calomel and soda.
Cream of tartar taken in generous
doses is said to be a sure preventive
of smallpox.
Equal quantities of pine tar and lard
stewed together until well mixed, and
spread on the affected parts every
night will cure eczema.
Too much money is spent wastefully
and uselessly and too little saved and
made productive and accumulatlve.
We are too wasteful know too little
how to economize and have too little
disposition to do so.
Too many of us prefer idleness to in
duetry, and too few of US know how
to derive pleasure and profit from our
labor.
We spend too much time learning
what is not useful and too little in in
forming ourselves upon the best meth
ods of promoting our material pros
perity
Put ashes around the fruit trees.
Set out sclons of favorite apples and
plant peach seed. In this way you
will have fine orchard In a few years.
Don Ella in Practical Farmer.