Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1880 — Household Hints. [ARTICLE]

Household Hints.

_ ' ■ :** ' ;*h/ ijvf Wale. Then rub tffof it ltghtiy’oTW the edges of the sole where ™ stitches are, which will repel the wet and not in the least prevent the blacking from having the usual effect. dry clothes frames, which <msn in leaves, by painting the uprights black and gilding them, and covering. the sides with crush, canvas or grey linen. A screen covered with Urge flowered cretonne put on plain is entirely usefaL and may be set off with fluted frills, bauds of plain stuff or coarse lace. The Carrot-Basket. —A very pretty hang-ing-basket can be made from four or five inches of the top or crown part of a Urge carrot. The inner portion of this upper portion of the carrot Uto be removed with a knife, leaving a shell about half an inch thick. Three or font cards are fastened to the rim and the basket is ready to hang up at a window. The cavity or the basket is to be ksnt filled with water, and care taken that it does not become dry. After a while the carrot will start into growth, and as the delicate, finely divided leaves appear, they will tarn upward on all sides and toon cover the little basket, with here and there the orange color of the carrot showing through with good effect. Should the leavee need training to arrange them satisfactorily around the bosket, it may be easily done by means of a thread passed around them, or a bent pin stuck into the carrot may be used to hold a leaf in {dace. Arithmetical toast: The fair daughters of this land: May they add virtue to beauty, subtract envy from friendship, multiply amiable accomplishments by sweet temper, divide time by economy, and reduce scandal to its lowest denomination. Every man coining to an obscure old age, thinks he would have achieved wealth and distinction “ if When a man dies, people inquire what property he left behind. Angels will ask what good deeds he has sent before him, A Berlin correspondent says: am informed, oo first authority, that tne news of German officers being rent to Turkey is absolutely incorrect” Happiness is like s aunt earn, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity ia often as the rain of spring.