Year: 1874

epondenf OF the Name Edrner wrllts'
saw a petunia in lady's sitting room thai
was perfectly lovely. 1t was placed in y
hanging basket and suspended in the front
of the window Some of the long stems
fell over the sides of the basket, some were
looped half way and some were tied ur
straight. All were covered with blossoms.
1t was purple and white variegaied variety.
On one side of the room was a Madeira
vine, covering nearly all the wall and fes-
tooned over the door; on another ride an
English ivy; in one corner wanderi, & Jew;
and these with few pretty and cheap
plants, made a room fit for queen in it,
rustic beauty, and the whole not costing ov
er fifty cents. Very pretty hanging pots
can be made of the tops of goblets or the
half of cocoanut shell, by crocheting net
of some bright worsted TO hang them in
One of our floral friends declares that most
beautiful and easily attained show of ever
green may be had by a very simple plan
which has been found to answer remarkably
well on small scale. If geranium branch
es, taken from luxuriant and healthy trees
just before winter sets in. be cut as for slips
and immersed in soap water, they will, after
dropping for few days, shed their leaves
and put forth fresh ones, and continue in
their finest vigor al winter. BY placing Il
number of bottles thus filled in flower
basket, with moss to conceal the bottles
show of everlasting green is insured for the
whole season. They require no fresh wa
ter.


Future HoUsEKEEPERs. We sometimes
catch ourselves wondering how many Of the
young ladies whom we meet with are to
perftrm the part of bousekeepers, when the
young men who now eye them so admiring
ly have persuaded then to Lecome thei'
wives.


We listen to those young ladies Of whom
we speak, and hear them not only acknowl-
edging, but boasting of their ignorance OF
all household duties, as if nothing would SO
lower them in the estimation of their friends
as the confession of an ability to bake bread
and pies, or cook piece of meat, or II dis
position to engage in Il useful employment
Speaking from our own youthful recolec
tions, we are free to say that taper fingers
and lily white hands are very pretty to look
at with young mans eyes, and sometimes
we have known ariless innocence of practic
al knowledge displayed by young miss, to
appear rather interesting than otherwise.
But we have lived long enough TO learn that
life is full of rugged experiences, and that
most of the loving, romantic, and delicate
people must live on cooked, or otherwise
prepared food, and in homes kept clean and
tidy by industrious hands. And, for all the
practical purposes of married life, it is gen
erallyfound that for the husband to sit ami
gaze at wifes taper fingers and lily hands,
or for wife to cit and he looked at and ad-
mired, does not make the pot BOIL or put
the smallest piece of food in the pots.


Coal ASHES ABOUT PLUM TRrEs.--I had
a very pretty plum tree in my yard a yea,
ago last summer. 1t had but few pluma
on it, 1t looked healthy, but the fruit fell
of until only seven very imperfect plums
remained That fall dug about the tree,
cut away the grass, and spread coal ashes,
from the CRATES and stoves, around it fol
two or three feet and about two or three
inches deep and tranped the ashes light,
down. The following spring the tree leaved
out nicely, was full of plums and nearly ali
remained ON it until ripe-so full were The
branches that had TO tie hem up TO sup
port the weight. The fr,iit was quite per
feet in size and shape, and | am sure the
manner Of treatment was the cause of the
improvement. think many fruit trees
could be thus improved ed-both in the guam
tity and quality of fruit they would pro
duce.


NJ. II. WOODEN.


Madison, Ind. t.lt I'ft IS


How TO MAKE MUSTARD PLASTER -
The ordinary way is to mix the mustard
with water, temperng it with little -four,
but such plaster as that makes is smpl,
abomnabe. Before it has half done its
work it begins TO blister the patient, and
leaves him finally with painful, hayed
spot, after having produced FAR less effect III
beneficial way than was intended Now
q mustard plaster should never make bis
ter at all. When you make Il mustard
plaster, then, use no water whatever, bnI
mix Abe mustard with the white of an egp
and the result will be a plaster which will
"draw" perfectly, but will not produce n
blister even npon the skin of an infant, nc
matter how long it is allowed to remain up
on Tue part.


REMEDY FOR BALpNEss. CORE
epondent of the Rural Ne,U- Yorker recent
ly asked for remedy for badness. An
other correspondent sends and recommend.
the following which he clipped from a paper
and says he has tried with good results; :
Take of lockwood shavings, six ounces
proof spirits, twelve ounces; spirits of rose
mary, two ounces; spirits of nutmegs, half
Al ounce. Steep sbavings in the spirits at II
temperature of 60 degrees for fourteen days
then strain liquid off, adding other insredi-
ents. Rub scalp thoroughly every nighl
and morning.


MARBLE Gaze Dark part-One cup Of
brown sugar, lone-half cup Of sweet milk
one half cup Of butter, one half teaspoon o.