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■V" f/br <VA/r IlouttluiJ lUmi, <m " Ui»it<( " ygt. ) 
What Shall we have for Breakfast? 
The question given above is ouo of daily occur- 
>i tendency 
to fill Into moootouy and run the changes on a 
few irtlcles. TbOM of iiswlmli. nut ry 
an e i -i v ■>- 
any elaborate preparation, and the i ndencj 
thai irbji ii o in 
Wo would IlkeabUl ot fare tor breakfo la for a 
to bo made as vai Ible, to in- 
clude, only ono dish of I t, und 
to be easily and quickly prepared. To the lady 
who will send ol Ibis kind 
we will send the for 1874. Should 
(hare be no Uenoe 
wa v. . 
others. All hills of fare to reacb na before 1 1 
bar Let, marked " Household" npon tl. 
Rustic Window-Boxes. 
Soma of the readers of t' Id Depart- 
ment may think that wind -hould be 
treated of in that portion of 
horticulture. We Inn 
any s bold adornments are usually 
- . if they are nol i 
by her, and if wo enforced the Tslne of window- 
boxes clscwhoro the matter might 
of those for whom it was especially 
Many of our readers would have (lowers in their 
• if it were not for the tronb 
number of pots. The earth in pots soon dries OUl 
and ■ md frequent watering, with it- et- 
tendant drip and "mil the care of them 
a task. When ■ eold snip comes on it Is often 
necessary, especially in country bouses, to remove 
the plants to some warmer quarter, and the carry- 
In™ about of a dozen or two pots is no light I 
Then pots of themseh nlably unsightly, 
unless one buys very expensive ones ; and if they 
are not tilled with plants that are particularly at- 
tractive, the coll. ir hole, pots and pi 
Is not altogether satisfactory as an ornament to Hie 
dwelling. All of these objections may be overcome 
by the nse of window-boxes. The earth docs not 
dry ont rapidly; if the plants must be moved they 
can all be lifted at once ; the box CM be madi 
pleasing appearance and an ornament in itself 
should the plants not be especially attracUre,oreven 
if It contained no plants nt all. We have in former 
years given designs for finely Bnlshe I window- 
boxes, but at ih. -i 
B. K. Bliss tic, Sons some on sale to city Customers 
that vre think would suit our rural n ah r 
actly, as they can be made by alnio-i an. 
windows have sills broad enongh to hold the 
box, but whero this i- not the ease it may rc-t 
upon « couple of brackets aerewed to the wall. 
ii bni ksta mm be used, or cast-Iron ones, 
which in av be bad at ■ obeapnta al the large hard- 
The bos should be thorooghly 
nail, d, ami slron- in its make. Then it is I 
-how ihr. 
. itralght and of 
i R nil BARK. 
Bphi ill halves, the bark II ft on. 
and firmly nailed to the box In figure i is shown 
whin ,i utifnl box. 
It is covered with some well-marked bark; In the 
& that of the While-wood or 
Tulip hout all the Western 
hows the manner 
of laying ii on. Figure 8 si 
Btylc, which In reality is m than can 
own in th tation 
light 
birch, the Bilvery bark of which 
which ntly I inn I or Bome dark harked 
the wood was varnished, 
which we. ler an improvement. Either 
of these boxes is of a . and 
drain -on for this prepur itlofl II : if the 
earth should happen toreoelve toomueh water Uie 
• will pass down into tins bottom layer and 
the i. ...I, of tl.. p] nit- r. OSlVe no Injury. For the 
earth the object inn. t be to have it moderately 
rich and so pOTOOJ that It will not hako hard. 
ill may do withonl addition; If 
heavy, mtx tome tend Berth from the woods, 
garden soil, und isand mixed in proportions to i 
a l|ghl porous soil will he 
il The plants w 
m.t trj to enumerate. Buffloe 
it to ny the) my of tin- plants 
usually grown iii the h 
il do Wl II ill Ml' ' 
. ii on. will inn. berown 
has no 
bouse 
i adlly procure them, a box of 
in ob- 
I of beauty and hit 
to the 
up sods of 
mo 
ry, Princess-pine, nnd such plant • ran- 
berry plants fr..m th trawberry 
planta from the garden. With green moss, 
Mlell f i.llil low 
Ing planta from th wi ode, a ry bit 
k.pi np all winter, only n box 
filled in th. i noi be kepi in a 
tin- hoy md I,.. I 
ing, thai being a matter that few of our rcad- 
nv trouble with. 
Home Topics. 
BT FAITH n<K'lll:sTin. 
1.— BOX COVERED WITn CEDAR sticks. 
They are so thoroughly rustic that we hove had 
engravings made of them as a guide to those who 
wish to try their hands— or to direct nomtbtrly rite 
to try his hands — at making them. The founda- 
tion in ail eases is a box of sound pine, which need 
not of necessity be planed. The size of the box 
shoald have reference to that of the window. 
Fig. H.— BOX WITTI MOSAIC WORK. 
while it would not seem out of place in the most I 
elegant parlor, would grace and add an nir of re- 
finement to the humblest kitchen. So mucli for 
the outside of the box, w hi. h an] on- v 1 
sets herself about it can accomplish without di/11- 
culty. A- 1. 1 the inside: If you wish to do the 
best thing, get a pan of sheet due or galvanised 
iron made to exactly lit il. If 
this expense should not be 
warranted ll-e the b.,v with 
out it. but m • 
ing it may drip, and if 
n..| thorooghly and carefully 
- may warp ; 
hut a little foresight « 
these difficulties. \ 
mechanic can make a box quite 
water-tlgbl by patting 
white-le l ..i ■ -trip "f paper 
dipped in tar between the 
joints before nailing. Now, 
to ti'l it, put in tin- bottom— 
whether it has a pan or 
not — an inch or two in depth, according to 
sisc, of broken flower-pots If you have them, if 
not, bricks broken to the 6ize of walnuts, or If 
neither of these be available use small stone, or 
bird coal This i- what gardeners call drainage. 
Then overthisalayerof moss.of any kind, sufficient 
to keep the earth from working down among the 
Boarding One's Self at Scnoor..— Tl. 
.lint, keeps mam fannera' sons and d.uigh- 
mm the high Ii 
- of the 
many ot the West 
. cr ities the tni 
tlon i- <■ -. but mom j 
fHSl for l....,r.t bills. Very fi w 
lamilii . t ake boarden from 
motives of pure philanthropy 
The] do it to make mi 
and they do make money ™ 
i waste in 
their management. Boarding 
chilis are sometlmea eetabllsh- 
yOUng nun. Tin y oh 
tain clnap lodgings and take 
their in. als togcthl r 
place wh.re I wom: r I main is inn 
to cook for them, the expose of the provisions 
ami of the cook's wages being divided equally 
among the meml. 
\ cheaper way of getting along is to keep house 
for one's self, having one or two or more com] 
ions to lessen the i ipense and to make a choerfol 
my. If I had not tried this way] hould 
probably have bad a year's schooling less than I 
me to obtain by the aid of such management 
[remember that my pride rebelled when -neb n 
first suggested to me — It looked so po .r ' 
Hut when my ambition to learn was fairly hi 
I came to :i different mind. 
in get along amazingly cheap so, if renb- 
' ill reasonable, especially if the f..lk-al home 
rate by lending provisions at intervals, There 
in it t'..., if properly manug. d. 
Hut such a course has its perils. Young people 
who know something about the lawsof health » 
sometimes supply thi meetvel with more wholesome 
food than the boarding-houses usually furnish. If 
they have the asc of a good oven tie \ I SB bake a 
big bab-h of bread on Saturday and bake graham 
g. ms ond Johnny cakes between times. They 
might make griddle cakes, but If their clothing and 
bosks are in the same room with their cooking, the 
frying of any kind of fond— anything Which pro- 
duces bumed fat— will cause the cooks to carry on 
unpleasant and too suggestive perfume about. 
