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strain it carefully aud dip the spot on the 

 giumeut iutu it, and if the mildew does not 

 disappear immediately, lay it in the nun for 

 a few minutes or dip it again into the lime- 

 water. The worli is eflectually and speedily 

 done and the chloride of lime neither rots the 

 cloth nor removes the delicate colors when 

 BUlHeieutly diluted aud the articles rinBed af- 

 terwards in clear water. 



I clip the following from the Country Gen- 

 tlemam, aud know them good: 



CANNING TOMATOKS. 



Skin them carefully by pouring boiling 

 water over them ; boil twenty minutes in a 

 porcelain kettle, then take out all the water 

 that stands on the top (or if preferred thin 

 only draiu oti' a little of it). Have the jars 

 heated by rolling them in boiling water ; till 

 to overUowiug with the boiling tomatoes aud 

 seal quickly. I use Mason's jars with glass 

 lids aud think them preferable to those with 

 metal toi^B on account of the acid in the to- 

 matoes. Mine last season were pronounced 

 a perfect success. 'Keep in a dry, cool cellar, 



This receipt is for glass cans; if tin, the 

 wet towel may of course be omitted: Select 

 nice large fruit, pare carefully without scald- 

 ing, cut away all defective parts and place in 

 a jjreserving kettle over a hot fire. Have the 

 cans thoroughly cleansed and rinsed, and as 

 soon as the tomatoes come to a boil place a 

 towel slightly wrung 'from cold water on a tin 

 plate on the stove hearth; set a can on the 

 towel and till with the hot tomatoes, being 

 careful to keep the fruit as whole as possible. 

 Press the fruit iuto the can, and when fuU 

 put in hot juice till it will hold no more. 

 Seal, wipe ofl' the can and set it aside. When 

 all the cans are cold put them in a cool, dark 

 place. Ours are kept in the pantry. 



ArrLK DUMPLINGS. 



Procure good sour apples, pare and core, 

 leaving them in halves, tiet all your ingre- 

 dients — sugar, soda,, sour milk, cream, salt. 

 Hour aud apples. Now make dough as for 

 soda biscuit, only adding a little more cream 

 to make it shorter. Take a bit of dough out 

 on the kneading board, aud after kneading 

 roll this as for pie crust. Then cut in pieces 

 long enough to cove an apple, allowing for 

 lapping the eeges. Put in two of your ajjple 

 halves, sweeten according to taste and cover 

 apiile and sugar with dough. Lay the dump- 

 lings in youi' bread pan the smooth side up, 

 tirst having your pan well-buttered. Pro- 

 ceed iu this manner until you get your pan 

 well tilled (bo sure it is a large-sized pan for 

 they will go oil' like hot cakes), then jjlace a 

 small bit of butter on the top of each dump- 

 ling, sprinkle a haudlul of sugar over all, 

 then place in a moderate even and allow them 

 to bake oue hour. Serve, not too hot, with 

 pudiUug sauce or with cream and sugar. 



kneading as often as the sponge becomes per- 

 fectly light. When ready to mould it into 

 rolls I knead in a little white sugar to coun- 

 teract any acidity that might have been formed 

 by the long standing and a little butter for 

 Bhorteniug. 



CASE OF CARPETS. 



"Nell Van" gives a suggestion for making car- 

 pets last longer than they usually do. I 

 think sweeping wears out cari^cts faster than 

 walldng upon them does, unless, indeed, one 

 has a house full of romping boys. Sweeping 

 is hard work anyhow, and I do no more of it 

 than is necessary. I have found that one 

 way to save a great deal of labor in this di- 

 rection is to have a 



SCEAP-BOX. 



Mine is a square tea-box such as can be pro- 

 cured at any grocery store. This box I keep 

 under my sewing-table, and it catches all the 

 scraps, threads and the like that would fall 

 on the floor. It is convenient to place by the 

 sowiug-machiue when you are at work there. 

 I notice that "Jewell " is allowed to ram- 

 ble in her letters, so perhaps, Mr. Editor, you 

 will allow me to do the same, aud tell you 

 that the extract from the liural New Yorker, 

 concerning the 



0SE OF SULPHUR 



as a remedy for and preventive of vermin on 

 chickens, has made one corner of my brain 

 feel shghtly muddled. I have tried it in ev- 

 ery way that has been recommeded without 

 the least sign of success. Not only this, but 

 I have tried everything that I could hear of. 

 Have had the whole place smoked, washed, 

 whitewashed, and have had the chickens, lit- 

 tle and big, greased; but in spite of every- 

 thing the vermin is there and seems deter- 

 mined to stay. Can any one tell me what is 

 the matter, and how I shall get rid of the 

 pest? 



Familiar Talks — No. 3. 



I think ".Jewell " is doing very well with 

 her bread-making. I made bread every week 

 for more than a year before I could feel sure 

 that when the batter was mixed it would turn 

 out good, sweet loaves. Of course every one 

 oU'ereil a receipt and advice, but in this, as in 

 everything else, experience is the best teacher. 

 Wo aro very fond of 



LIGHT-BREAD ROLLS 



or biscuits, as they are sometimes called. 

 Following is the manner iu which I make 

 them always, and we think they aro delicious: 

 I mix the batter as for bread (if I wish to 

 bake bread the same day I take a piece of the 

 sponge) about seven o'clock in the morning. 

 15y ten it is ready to knead out. I roiioat this 



Why He Wants the Agriculturist and 

 Live Stock Journal. 



Elder J. W. Webb, of Lompoc writes as 

 follows : 



Stray copies of your journal have come 

 into my house, and I wish it sent to my ad- 

 dress regularly for three good seasons, viz : 



1. I tike it for its information — it is worth 

 the money. 



a. I see even my little girls "go for It, " and 

 it has a wholesome ring about it that will do 

 them good. 



3. It is not afraid to speak for temperance, 

 that so- much-needed reform ; and as a man, 

 a father, a minister, a teacher and a granger, 

 I feel bound to support just such a paper. 



Dear Uncle Ben: — I heard you want to have 

 us write to you. I am a little girl seven 

 years old, going on eight. I live in the coun- 

 try. Genie and I hunt eggs now. One day 

 we got five dozen. We found a nest with 

 six kittens in it, so fat and sweet. I helji 

 wash dishes and wipe them and I braided a 

 mat. I read in the Second Header. I hove a 

 kitchen and a little stove, a small set of dishes 

 aud a little towel. I have a big Hag and so 

 has my brother Freddy. It is taller than my- 

 self aud nearly twice as big as Freddy. 



Georgie Jewell. 



The simplest and best paint to prevent 

 buried wood from decaying is made of boiled 

 linseed oil and coal tar, into which charcoal 

 is stirred until the whole is of proper con- 

 sistency. Apply with an ordinary paint- 

 brush. 



§01)0 ami ©ivto- 



Minnie Tries to be a Lady. 



A TRUE STOTY BY NELL VAN. 





mamma's hat and POLONAISE. 



g4^ INNIE'S mamma had been out to 

 yvfr ride in the Park with old Mrs. Le 

 % il Brun, and when she came home she 

 &^M\ found a friend in the parlor awaiting 

 Y^§^ lief return. Lajing aside her hat and 

 walking suit, she went in to her guest, while 

 little Minnie, who had been feeling very un- 

 happy at being left at home, resolved in her 

 mind that she, too, would go pleasuring. 



" Little girls love to go riding as well as 

 big ladies," .said she ; "and I mean to go fo 

 Woodvi'ard's Garden and see the monkeys 

 and walk among the trees and have a good 

 time. Mamma has left her things on the 

 bed, and I think I'll look just like a lady 

 with them on, so that I can go just as well 

 alone as with somebody." 



She put mamma's polonaise on over her 

 own, and it was not long enough to quite 

 di-ag on the floor ; then she put on the hat 

 and feathers and surveyed herself iu the 

 glass. 



"Oh, how fine I do look! now I'll do ; 

 but first I'll scent myself with her perfume. 

 Mamma always puts it on her face and hands 

 to make her smell nice when she goes out." 

 She was soon ready ; then slipping out the 

 front door she stopped a street car going to 

 Woodward's Garden and was soon whirling 

 along past the city houses. There were sev- 

 eral ladies and two men in the car. They 

 wondered at the querr little figure who stepped 

 in so daintily aud seated herself so demurely, 

 but it was not till they reached Woodwards 

 that it was known that the child had no mon- 

 ey, for the lady who sat next her had paid 

 her fare to the conductor and had been more 

 amused than th(! rest at Miss Minnie's affect- 

 ed ways. Thinking, however, that the child 

 must have some friend in the vicinity cf the 

 garden whom she had been allowed to go to 

 visit, she asked her no questions. 



When the cars stopped out stepped Minnie, 

 and mincing up to the entrance she attempted 

 to pass in, when she felt herself roughly 

 handled by a man with a big star on his coat 

 front. "Here, my little miss, where are you 

 going? Where's your nurse ? Don't you know 



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