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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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(From (TlojininsrsL 



SOME HOME HINTS THAT ARE 

 RIGHT TO THE POINT. 



KY MKS. 1.. C. AXTKLL. 



Mothers, brush back your hair neat- 

 ly before breakfast, and thus set an 

 exani{)le for your dauizhters. 



Fathers and brothers, please clean 

 your feet before you come into tiie 

 hou?e, 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 un- 

 comfortable 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 

 i-atching more mice and milk will 

 ceep 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 

 comj)lain she can not get the dishes 

 dry. 



When potatoes are pared over night 

 to cook for breakfast, do not let them 

 stand on the stove hearth 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 dosen't pay. [f husband 

 or brother can't sharpen them, buy a 

 scissors-sharpener and learn to do it 

 yourself. 



If you have fouiul out something 

 new, and you would like others to 

 share it with you, drop your work im- 

 mediately and note it down, or you 

 probably will forget to do so in your 

 leisure. 



Rub up the lantern. I have often 

 seen nicely dre.ssed people carry 

 around very dirty lanterns. They 

 never think of cleaning. Clean not 

 only the glass but ihe 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 sweet- 

 en the cider a little, and throw in more 

 parings from time to time, and you 

 will soon have nice strong cider vine- 

 gar. 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 strawber- 

 aies cultivated properly during sum- 



