1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



349 



At any rate, so far the statement stands on 

 good, unchallenged authority; and so far as it 

 has any bearing upon the question of bees mov- 

 ing eggs from one cell to another, it at least 

 favors the idea that they do something in the 

 way of handling eggs. But I've no kind of idea 

 whether bees do or do not move an egg from 

 one cell to another. C. C. Miller. 



Marengo, 111. 



SOME HOME HINTS THAT ARE RIGHT TO 

 THE POINT. 



By Mrs. L. C.AxteU. 



Mothers, brush back your hair neatly before 

 breakfast, and thus set an example for your 

 daughters. 



Fathers and brothers, please clean your feet 

 before you come into the house, and help 

 mother to teach the younger children to do the 

 same, and thus save much labor for the over- 

 worked wife and mother. 



Brothers and sisters, say " please " to each 

 other when you ask a favor, and " thank you " 

 for favors done, and thus scatter sunbeams of 

 love and cheerfulness in the family circle. 



Let no member of the family excuse himself 

 for being cross and wearing frowns. It makes 

 everybody feel uncomfortable who comes in 

 contact with you, and life is too short to plant 

 thorns where flowers and fruit ought to grow. 



As often as the children have dirty faces, 

 send them to wash them, even if it is a dozen 

 times a day, and they will soon learn to keep 

 them clean of themselves. 



Give poor pussy a little new milk regularly, 

 and she will thank you by catching more mice, 

 and milk will keep her well if she eats too 

 many rats. 



In teaching the little ones to wipe dishes dry, 

 wet the dish -towel in clean hot water and 

 wring very dry. It takes up the moisture from 

 the dish more readily, and the little one will 

 not complain she can not get the dishes dry. 



When potatoes are pared over night to cook 

 for breakfast, do not let them stand on the 

 stovehearth or reservoir where they will get 

 warm, for that will make them soggy, and hard 

 to cook. 



Don't try to use dull scissors or shears. It 

 doesn't pay. If husband or brother can't sharp- 

 en them, buy a scissors-sharpener and learn to 

 do it yourself. 



If you have found out something new, and 

 you would like others to sliare it with you, 

 drop your work immediately and note it down, 

 or you probably will forget to do so in your 

 leisure. 



Rub up the lantern. I have often seen nicely 

 dressed people carry around very dirty lanterns. 

 They never think of cleaning. Clean not only 

 the glass but the whole lantern. 



In washing clothes when kerosene is used, 



always put in enough soap to make a good suds. 

 One tablespoonful of kerosene to a patent pail 

 of water is sufficient. 



Save the apple-parings and throw them into 

 a jar of soft water— boiled well water will do. 

 When the jar is full, press out the parings and 

 sweeten the cider a little, and throw in more 

 parings from time to time, and you will soon 

 have nice strong cider vinegar. It will come 

 sooner, and be stronger, if you can give it a 

 mother from other vinegar. 



If it is winter, don't forget to have your little 

 strawberry-patch covered lightly with straw 

 or strawy manure. It doesn't pay to keep your 

 strawberries cultivated properly during sum- 

 mer, and then neglect to cover them in winter. 



Don't wait to do all your house-cleaning at 

 one time, every fall and every spring, as people 

 usually do, and thus make the whole family 

 uncomfortable for several days, but clean a 

 room from time to time the whole year round, 

 and thus keep the house clean and sweet. 



Call upon your neighbors whether you think 

 you have time or not, and thus promote a kind- 

 ly feeling between them and yourself; but be 

 careful of what you say of others; cultivate 

 the habit of saying nothing you would not say 

 to their face. 



"Show me the books and papers the family 

 read, and I will tell you what kind of people 

 the family are," is a true saying; therefore 

 provide good reading for both old and young. 

 If you are tempted to feel you can't afford it, let 

 the family live on two meals a day until you 

 have saved enough, and see if you don't feel, 

 before the year is out, your third meal has been 

 the best of all. 



Each day after sweeping painted or hard- 

 wood floors, wipe them over with a mop wrung 

 out in clean water, and thus keep your working- 

 rooms clean and healthy. 



Do not let a tin boiler stand with water in it, 

 as it rusts it very soon, and will rust the 

 clothes, and will soon leak; but as soon as the 

 washing is done, wash out and dry, and rub the 

 inside with a greased rag that is kept for that 

 purpose, and put the boiler away in a dry 

 room, not in a cellar, and it will last four times 

 as long as if not properly dried and greased. 



Old tin pans that are rusty are unfit for milk 

 or food of any kind, as tin rust is poisonous, 

 though it pays to take care of the old pans. 

 They may be used in many ways that will save 

 the new pans. 



White specks in butter are often caused by 

 the cream becoming dried before being churned, 

 the milk being set where the wind blew upon 

 it. When churned it could not be dissolved. 

 Some would still be seen floating in the butter- 

 milk. 



Roseville, 111. 



[There, dear friends, I hope you will read the 

 above all through twice, just as I have done. 

 When you read it the second time, carefully 



