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plan. It should be about two feet long by 
a foot and a half in depth. A level strip of 
five inches at the back provides a place for 
pens, ink-well and stamp-box; while the 
sloping desk itself has a shallow place 
for paper, envelopes, etc., underneath the 
hinged lid which is closed with lock and 
key. When the desk is raised from the top 
of the front supports, these fold back until 
they are level with those behind, the top 
dropping down upon them so that the 
whole occupies a very small space. The 
back supports are attached by hinges to the 
under part of the level strip and must be 
outside the front ones in order to admit of 
this folding together. 
This desk looks best when standing under 
such a home-made book-shelf as was shown 
in our April number. 
A Home-Made Writing Desk. 
The most commodious home-made desk 
is shown in Fig. 1587. It is simply a small 
table with shelves at the back. These 
shelves should be of the same length as the 
table and may be made of any light wood, 
partitioned and arranged in compartments 
to suit the taste of the owner. The upper 
shelf may be used for books or filled with 
bric-a-brac; the table itself should be cover- 
ed with thin oil cloth of some dark shade. 
— M. C. Rankin. 
Tlie Treatment of Children. 
It does not improve the disposition of 
children to be continually correcting them, 
and it is very annoying to be continually 
told “Do not do this, or that.” It is well 
worth while to give some time and thought 
to providing them with some suitable and 
allowable occupation, and not merely with 
boughten toys which will do all that is ex- 
pected of them, and thus leave no room to 
exercise the imagination or ingenuity of 
their possessors. We have seen children 
happier, for instance, over some homely 
blocks of woods that they could “make be- 
lieve” were engine and steam cars, and 
which they had with much time and labor, 
converted into a faint likeness of the origi- 
nal, by means of the ends of spools sawed 
off and put on for wheels, and bent wires 
fastened around the axles for couplings, 
than other apparently more favored ones 
with the “real thing,”even to the passengers 
looking out of the windows. This had at 
first delighted by its novelty, but not being 
endeared by their own thought or labor was 
soon cast aside, and a new excitement de- 
manded. There is a real joy and satisfac- 
tion in exercising the inventive faculty, be- 
side its tendency to make children more 
useful to themselves and others. Pasting 
pictures is good rainy weather work for 
them; even ordinary cuts out of the papers 
look pretty and interesting when placed 
away from their surrounding advertise- 
ments or explanations, among other pic- 
tures. If to the interest of this work is add- 
ed the incentive of giving it away when 
completed to some sick or poorer child, 
generous thoughts are aroused which wil 
drive away peevishness and selfishness. 
This is the “expulsive power of good,” since 
the rule that “two things cannot occupy 
the same space at the same time” holds 
good of mind as well as matter. The fewer 
conflicts of will that take place between 
parents and children, the better for the 
nerves and temper of both, and most of 
these can be avoided by a little forethought 
in the former. — Abby Speakman. 
Newtown Pippins are the very best ap- 
ples for making jelly or preserving; next 
come Smokehouse, Bellefleur, Porter and 
Baldwins. Add half a pound of sugar to 
every pound of apples for preserving, and a 
sliced lemon for every four pounds; make 
a syrup by adding water to the sugar, slice 
in the lemon; when it boils add the apples 
and cook until clear and tender, then seal ; 
put some of the sliced lemon in each jar. 
Cliow Chow Pickle. 
We warrant as excellent this recipe for 
chow-chow: Slice half a peck of green to- 
matoes and fifteen large onions, very finely. 
Cut two large heads of cabbage as for coarse 
slaw. Quarter twenty large cucumbers 
lengthwise, and cut the pieces about an 
inch long, sprinkle them well with salt and 
let them stand over night. In the morning 
drain off the brine and cover with equal 
parts of vinegar and water, and let it stand 
a day or two, then pour it off. Mix half a 
pound of white mustard seed, half a teacup 
of black pepper, one ounce of celery seed, 
half an ounce of ground cinnamon, two 
ounces of tumeric, and a pint of scraped 
horseradish. Put them in a jar, alternately 
with the vegetables. Heat a gallon and a 
half of strong vinegar, and pour over hot. 
Pour it off. heat it, and pour over again for 
three successive mornings. The last morn- 
ing add to it before heating a pound of 
brown sugar. Let it stand until cold, then 
mix half a pound of ground mustard in a 
little cold vinegar, stir it into the whole 
and tie it over tightly. 
Tomato Catsup. 
To make a good catsup of full flavor, 
bright red color and one that will keep 
well, take a peck of ripe tomatoes, cut 
them in halves and boil them in a lined 
Browned Turnips make a good accom- 
paniment to roast duck. Pare, slice and 
boil till tender, then drain in a colander. 
Put two tablespoonfuls of butter in a fry- 
ing pan; when hot add the turnips and a 
tablespoonful of sugar. When the slices 
are nicely brown turn carefully, dust with 
salt and pepper, and serve. 
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saucepan until the pulp is all dissolved, 
then strain and rub them through a hair 
sieve and set the liquor on to boil, adding 
two ounces each of ground cloves, allspice 
and cinnamon, put up in muslin bags to 
prevent the spices from discoloring the cat- 
sup. Also stir in from one to two teaspoon- 
fuls of red pepper according to, the degree 
of heat desired and salt to taste: let all boil 
together for five or six hours until of a 
proper consistency, then add one pint of 
vinegar and stand aside to cool slowly. Put 
in bottles, seal the corks by dipping in 
melted resin and keep in a cool, dark place. 
Before preserving grapes remove the 
seeds by making a small slit in the side 
with a pen-knife, and use the point for dis- 
lodging them. Half a pound of sugar to a 
pound of sweet grapes is sufficient, cook for 
about half an hour, or until soft, then seal. 
Sweet potato pie: When the potatoes 
are dry and mealy, take a quart after they 
have been pared, boiled, and mashed, a 
quart of milk, four eggs, a little salt, and 
nutmeg, cinnamon and sugar to taste. 
Bake like pumpkin pies. If the potatoes 
are moist use less milk. 
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