Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1882 — Page 7

HOUSE AND HOME. —? Vennor says we will have a cold wetsummer. Vennoris right, upto date. | A handful of Indian meal dropped into a boiler which leaks, Will* sometimes stop the hole until you can have the place mended. Fine flowers require thoroughly rotted manure and wood mould mixed, and tomato or dther early plants can be grown in .boxes, and afterward transplanted with better results with such a mixture. An almost certain cure for sick headache is a teaspoonful of salt dissolved in two or three tablespoonfuls of hot water. After taking it lie down a while, and in an hour br two one feels as good as new. There is nothing better to clean with than a chamois skin. Wash the skin carefully first; after washing the glass rinse the skin, wring it dry, and wipe the glass with it. No other polish will be required. A good cement for mending ivory may be made of quicklime and the white of an egg. Make a paste of finely powdered quicklime and the qgg, cover the broken parts with it and fasten them together firmly, and leave them so for a day or two. When your cook sends a pudding to the table with the raisins all at the bottom, have her boil the raisins the next time in a little water on the top of the stove, and then when the pudding is half done stir the raisins in. By so doing they will be evenly distributed through the pudding. A writer on the health of his children says the babie’s night dress must be made of white flannel. The red flannel many mothers fancy may poison the skin, the old-time red dyes were well enough, but the present red should not be worn next the skin by old or young. They are particularly mischievous to the delicate skin of our little people. All the modern dyes are poisonous. If starch stickes to flat-irons it can be removed in a much better way than to scrape it oft with a knife, as the particles are almost such to fall upon the garments you are ironing, and so make trouble; tie a lump of beeswax in a clean bit of cloth, and rub the hot iron on this; it will remove the starch at once. Always wash flat-irons before using them, even if they look clean.

In fastening up brackets, cabinets, or anything which is to be held against the wall, screws are much better to use than nails. A screw will hold in the plaster without breaking the surface. If it is desirable to make it very flrm, the hole may be made larger than necessary, filled with plaster of parts and the screw imb edded in the soft plaster. When the plaster dries the screw will be held very strongly. \ In calcimining, for plain white use one pound white glue, twenty pounds English whiting; dissolve glue by boiling in about three pints of water; dissolye whiting with hot water; make the consistency of thick batter; then add glue and one cup soft soap. Dissolve a piece of alum the size of a hen’s egg, add fcnd mix the whole thoroughly. Let it cool before using. If too thick to spread nicely add more water until it spreads easily. For blue tints add five cents’ worth Prussian blue and a little Venetian red for lavender. For peach blow use red in white alone. The above quantity is enough to cover four ceilings sixteen feet square with two coats, and will not rub off as the whitewash does made of lime.

There is an art about washing dyed goods which, when once acquired, will never be forgotten,and will moreover, serve you id good stead many, many times. Bright colored dresses should be well shaken and all t* e dust beaten out after each day’s wearing. A dress keeps clean, and looks bright much longer if the dust is shaken from it every day. And, too, if it should need mending it should be done before being washed, then there is no marked difference between the garment and the patches. And {latches should never be seen or at east noticeable, if it is avoidable. Plaid and gay-colored dress goods should be washed in bran' water. Thru a pail of boiling water over two quarts of wheat bran, and let it stand and cool, then turn off the water and wash the dress as quickly as possible; pass it through a rinsing water and dry in the shade—dresses of this kind should never be dried in the sun. Thus treated the color will not wash <ut in any degree. Then iron it on the wrong side, as you should do all print dresses. This method consumes some time, but it will be found to pay, as by it all calico dresses may be made to keep their color till worn out.

Curtain frames are a great convenience when there are lace curtains to be laundned. Pinning them over sheets on the carpet makes them look very well, but it is much harder than putting them on frames. A curtain frame consists of soup long strips of wool three inches wide; two about ten fee* long, and two from six to seven feet long. These should have a doubled strip of cloth tacked on each to pin the curtains to, and there should be iron clamps to hold the corners firm, when they are fitted together the desired size. Two or three curtains, if they are exactly alike, can be pinned on at one time. The edges be placed together and the pins put in at regular intervals. It is better to run the points of the pin at right an gles with the frame, and only part way in, they can be taken out more «asily when the curtains are dry.

FARM AND GARDEN.

Keeping bees in the old-fasfcionned box hive is entirely out of date. The trouble with it is that the internal economy of the colony can not be regulated, but the bees must be left to do pretty much as they please. It is a fact often preached but seldom practiced, that bees need management and care.the same as hordes, cattle or poultry, or any other kind of farm stock. a Eight steers were lately butchered in Philadelphia whose aggregate weight was 6,575 pounds. Tne Germantown Telegraph says they were 4 years old, and a cross between the Durham and Alderney. It is lamentable that so few farms have a supply of small fruits. Many farmers never have a berry of their own raising, while that most hardy and generally liked fruit, the common red cherry, is not at all plenty. A north room in a house, properly ventilated, is a better place to keep milk in summer than half the so-call-ed milk cellars in the country. To obtain the most cream and best results, milk should stand thirty-six hours before skimming. The larvae of a small spotted insect called the lady bird feeds upon the aphis and other insects, devouring vast numbers of them. The lady bird is the gardener’s friend, and they shculd never be killed if it can be avoided. These little beetles are usually red or orange yellow, with small black spots; some kinds have only three spots; others have as many as nine. They are very common, and many has been the crime that has been laid to them of which they were entire y innocent. Most poultry keepers know that fowls possess an individuality, and that they could tell their feathered pets among strangers as readily as they could tell their own horses among a drove of strangers. Not every one, however, would be rs will ling to swear to the identity of achickeu as a horse; and vet in a case in Connecticut,a woman testified that “she knew her turkeys by their walk, their countenance and their manner of roosting.” A correspondent says his fowls have white scales on their legs, and askes what will cure it. The disease is known as scaly leg or elyhrntis, and is occasioned by damp fowl houses or exposure. It is caused by a minute parasite which burrows under the scales of the fowl’s leg. The best way of removing them is to grease the legs with a mixture of sulpnur and lard several times. Some use kerosene, but this is liable to make their legs sore. Nothing will better promote a good yield of wheat, oats or barley, for instance, next to an appropriate fertilizer, than the use of a roller in pulverizing the lumpy soil and setting the mould about the plant roots. After our rainy spring eur fields of springing grain will naturally become cloddy as dry weather approaches, and evenness of growth and ripening may both be promoted by using the roller. In new lands, where stumps are troublesome, short rollers, with strong, heavy frames, are preferable?. Experiments prove, says the Germantown Telegraph, that in order to insure the best growth of grass seed it should be covered to the depth of an inch, only about one-half of the seed will germinate, and if covered with tw > inches there will be no erowth. The kinds thus experimented with were red and white clover, timothy and orchard grass. Eggs are an article of cheap and nutritious food which we do not find on the farmer’s table in the quantity which economy demands. It is probably because they do not understand how valuable eggs are for food. One pound of fresh egg is worth as much for food as nearly two pounds of beef. They are easily digested, if not damaged in cooking, and may be eaten with impunity by children or invalids.

The following is a cheap rod very good paint for fences and outbuildings: Put a peck of lime in a barrel and add water enough to make a good whitewash, s irring well till all is dissolved. Then add 24 lbs. mineral paint, 25 lbs, whiting, and 25 lbs sifted road dust; stir well and add linseed oil to make a thick paste of it; then ihin with fresh buttermilk, adding slowly and stirring well. When thoroughly mixed, add half gallon soft soap. This amonnt will paint a large surface and will not cost over $2 or $3. For smaller surface, use proportionally smaller amounts of ingredients. Some of the cheap mixed paints do very well for inside work. Poor care, shelter and food will in a few generations make scrubs of the finest pure-bred stock, and chickens are no exception to the rule. Purebred scrubs are little better than natives, and the farmer who raises either will always be poor. Breeding the best stock, and keeping it in the best manner posiible, pays the largest. The editor of the American Bee Journal thinks that a shallow frame is much the best for comb honey, be- < ause of giving the bees less labor to climb up to the sections, and giving larger section surface above the frames. As much honey ca i be obtained in one and two-pound sections as in a larger box, out, of course the smaller the section, the more atten tson will be required in taking away or tiei g up promptly during a plentiful honey flow.

FASHION NOTES.

Pompadour styles prevail/ Neck ribbons are revived. New mantles have paniers. Vests take the place of fichus. Scarf mantles are very graceful. Faille is more stylish than satin. Shirred basques are still popular. Black braid trims colored dresses. Large bows are used on low shoes. Neckerchief are tied in large bows. Berry buttons are used in jet and pearl. Skirts are narrow, but bustles are large. I Surplice necks are stylish and becoming. Matinee sacques are made of satin surah. New pokes poke downward in the forehead. Japanese crimped crape is used for bonnets, Ivory white is the fashionable shade of white. India linen is used for white morning dresses. Jockey caps are -worn by some equestriennes.

Breakfast caps are of silk muslin embroidered. Shoulder capes cross in front in surplice styles. The spring wedding season began last Tuesday. Diamond-shaped openings are on new corsages. Small black Neapolitan bonnets are fashionable. Braiding on jackets Vids fair to become very common. Veronese green is an artistic shade for spring dresses. Watering place dresses for day and evening are short. * Alpaca or bectine dresses are imported from London. Smooth English cloths are more stylish than the viots. Wild-rose pink is the stylish color for evening dresses. Jersey gloves of black silk will be worn with spring suits. Soldier-blue is the popular shade for cloth jacketsand suits.

Worth uses striped and changeable silks in his richest dresses. Noon at 3 p. m. are the fashionable hours for day weddings. Ostrich feathers droop over the front edge of large straw hats. Jersey jackets are preferred to the masculine English walking jackets. Persian cloth mantles trimmed with chenille fringe are very fashionable. Basques with skirts of different fabrics are still popular and are economical. Puffs or ruches are more stylish than pleatings for edging dress skirts. Riding habits’ skirts barely touch the .ground when the wearer stands erect. Silk underclothing in silk princesse shapes is worn with the new costumes.

Japanese satines have heads, birds, fans, screens and letters printed upon them. Brick-red silk stockings with neck ribbons to match are worn with black dreares. Flannel dresses for seaside and mountains are of soldier-blue,or mus-tard-color. Embroidered sila-muslin and nuns’ veiling are the finest fabrics for white dresses. For summer lace-finger gloves will be very fashionable. Figured sateens come in boxes,with fan and parasol to match. Dress parasols having the entire top covered with artificial flowers are something new. One of the newest sunshades has on its handle six small paroquets placed in groupes of two. Lace caps are bordered and dotted by pearl beads.

Pearl buttons on wool dresses are considered stylish. Japanese sleeves are on the new silk and satin wraps. Cashmere dresses of cream or blue white are trimmed with muslin embroidery. Hats for general service are more frequently trimmed with feathers than with flowers. Flowers coronets are worn under brims of bdhnets and over these fall beaded lace. The Velasquez hat, with Spanish lace drapery, is the largest size offered for the spring. Large squares of muslin lace-edged are pretty when thrown over the head and shoulders. The most suitable materials for the seaside are barege, foulard and a new material called “gasoline.” / A peculiar crystal bead, of the pale green shale, has appeared and will be popular in trimmings. Throat bands of broad velvet are ornamented in front with the wearer’s name lettered in gold or silver.

CHOICE THOUGHTS.

Moral decision is a virtue of the Highest order. .Fortitude is the guard and support of other virtues. Strive and encourage a mind and will of your own » Never be persuaded contrary to your better judgment. The heart is the only thing that i> better by being broken. Choose those companions who administer to your improvement. It’s easy finding reasons why othe people should be good natured. Take life fust as God gives it to you, and beautiful as you can.

The noblest deeds are often done where no eye but god’s cau see them. Allowing the blues to master you is a sure way of cutting your life short. The man who sits down on the road to success and waits for a frew ride is sure to be left. Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebblejwithout. Beware, oh, beware of the mother of a man who despises women. Wounds of the heart are the only ones that are heakd by opening. Jealousy is the sentiment of property ; put envy is the instinct of theft. In love women go to the length of folly and men to the extreme of silliness. Kisses by people who no longer love each other u are merely collated yawns. Oast your net in the right water, and they may take fish while you are sleeping. To have the reputation of a bitter tongue gets you enemies and invitations to dinner. Experience is a trophy composed of all the weapons that we have been wounded with. In memory’s mellowed light we behold not the thorns, we see only the beautiful flowers. Platonic love is like a march out in time of peace; there is much music and a of dust,but no danger. It is an admitted fact that men who use their brains Jive longer, other things being equal, than the men who do not.

Weakness is the egotism of goodness. When one hope departs the other hopes gather closer together to hide the gap it nas left. An ambitious man whom you can serve will often aid you to rise, but not higher than his Knee; otherwise you might be standing in his light. Marriage resembles a village fair, where every one endeavors to trade off his lame horse or his vicious cow for a handsome, sound and useful critter. A French husband follows his wife through life as a dog his master on a Journey, making a thousand capers and darts around her from time to time, and sticking close to her at the close of day. One of life’s hardest lessons from the cradle to the grave is waiting. We send our ships but but cannot patiently await their return. No persons, be they in ever so humble circumstances,but what have some quality of mind that entitles them to an equality with their fellow beings. A man who is unable to discover any errors or mistakes in the opinions he foimerly held, is not likely to advance very fast in the acquirm ent of knowledge.

To succeed in any of lifes endeavors, be our talents what they may, we require perseverance, decision and tenacity of will to reach the full measure of success. From the very hovels of poverty and destitution, we may, with selfreliance wreathe about our heads laurels of undying fame and receive as a reward lor our labors a crown of eternal life. He understands liberty aright who makes his own depend upon that of others. True liberty does not permit the enfrauchlsment of one’s self through the enslavement of some one else. I love clamor when there is an abuse. The alarm-bell disturbs the inhabitants, but saves them from being burnt in their beds.—Burke. Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.—Sydney Smith. If you have built castles in the air your work need not be lost; that is where they should be, now put foundations under them.—Thoreau. The brain is a very hungry thing indeed, and he who posesses it must constantly feed ic by reading or thinking, or it will shrivel or fall asleep. “Only here and thene has Christian life been carved out of the world’s life, and thrown into a form of art which reveals its transcendent virtue and beauty.” “A woman is a curus bein’; she cries when she’s tiCKled, an’ she laughs when she is mad.” “Humau nature is very prevalent among women, and especially among maids of all work.”

MISCELLANEOUS.

- ■ Italyhas littje coaj. ‘ Hayti has a Mvoliitibn. Ohio has been redistricted. England has |122 debt per capita. Canada has 10,505 miles of railroadA Meissonler is worth |SO a square Inch. , p< , Boston restaurants employ female waiters. , Red veils are prescribed for brunette wear. Ireland has had fifty-nine coercion laws. Ohio has one saloon to every 223 people. Dante has been translated into Greek. The lightest shade of green is called lichen. . There is an anti-Masonic movement in Maine. Organs were first used in church 660 A. D. Switzerland is about to pass its first patent law. Long Island has over a hundred trout ponds. General Butler is a flrm believer ni the Chinese. - The pecan crop of Texas amounts to $2,000,000 a year.

The canners of the Delaware peninsula will combine. The silk trade of Boston amounts to $8,000,000 annually. The area of the United States is 4,603,884 square miles. Lake county, Or., has had thirteen murders and no trials. Trousers can’t be too tight for the demand of good society. . Proctor Knott aspires to the governorship of Kentucky. Tombstone, Arizona, has 500 gamblers among its population. Frogs’ legs make a delicate and restorative soup for invalids. Richmond, Va., doesn’t employ one-tenth of her water power. Orange County, Florida, has 8,000 people, and only three paupers. Esthetes say the plug hat will be as extinct as the mastodon by 1900. The Peruvians will find that our new minister, Partridge, ’ is game. Circuses leave a strthg of young clothesline amateurs in their wake. Coal oil has been found at Litchfield, Ills.

The only axe handle factory in the South is at Dalton, Georgia. Travellers say that you cannot cheat an Arab in a horse trade. Seagulls go into New Jersey as far as fifteen miles to fresh water lakes. The population of the earth is estimated at 1,340,500,000. In South Carolina the negroes oatnumber the whites 218,174. England produces more beer than any other country. _ There were 1785 fires in New York city last year. There are one hundred*newspapers published in Nebraska.

Alabama enrolled 176,289 children in its schools last year. Some of the New Haven (Conn.) schools have introduced a fire drill. In. 1853 in Harvard one professor in ten only profgksed religion. The salary of a Chicago aiderman is only $3 for the session. The New York cotton, exchange building will cost SBOO,OOO. The patent rubber tip on pencils yields an independent income. The new helmets give a VonMoltka expression to the Chicago police. There is an anti-oleomargarine faction in the New York legislature. Savannah has just received her first Import of pig iron since the war. Since January 121,358 miles ofrailroad have been built in the United States. There is a fresh air mission a flower mission and an ice mission in St. Louis.

About six thousand acres of black walnut trees have been planted In Kansas. In Candeleria, Nevada, the water company sells water at five cents per gallon. The census shows that beer selling is vastly mpre profitable than spirit selling. The salaries of West Virginia’s supreme court judges are $2,250 each per annum. One million six hundred thousand acres are devoted t® beet cultivation in Europe. Forty thousand acres of land in Arkansas have been secured for an Italian colony. The 250th anniversary of the landing of the Maryland pilgrims will be kept. It is related that an English artist has photographed swallows on the wing. . Delawareans are mourning because there is going to be “a serious glut of peaches.” The St. Louis grand jury recommends that saloons be limited to one. in each block.