one cannot talk, he can listen, or ask ques¬ 
tions to draw out others who can talk. 
A family table ought to be bright and 
cheerful, a sort of domestic altar where 
every one casts down his or her offering of 
pleasantness and peace—where, for at least 
a brief space in the day, all annoyances are 
laid aside—each one being glad and con¬ 
tent to sit down and eat the same bread 
and salt, making it—whether it were a 
rich repast or a “dinner of herbs”—equally 
enjoyable. H. 
Minnie Linden says: There is no greater 
every day virtue than cheerfulness. The 
light of a cheerful face is like sunshine 
through the day. There is no path 
what will be easier traveled, no load 
will be lighter, no shadow 
brain, but will lift sooner in 
but 
but 
on heart 
the presence 
of a determined cheerfulness. 
A cheerful word to a wounded heart can I two or three of them together and put them 
A chicken wing is a good thing to wash 
and clean windows with as it leaves no 
dust or lint. 
If your cane chair seats are soiled and 
settled in the middle, take a sponge and 
hot water and thoroughly saturate the cane, 
using soap if necessary, then place them in 
a good current of air and as they dry they 
will tighten and become as firm as when 
new. 
To exterminate bugs and roaches from 
beds and houses, use Tillinghast’s Cabbage 
Pest Powder. Apply to their haunts with 
a small bellows. 
When cutting a new garment or tearing 
up an old one, there are often Scraps which 
are thrust into the rag bag without farther 
thought, which if cut into suitable strips 
“then and there” would be the begining of 
a carpet or fancy rug. What if they are 
not more than three or six inches long, sew 
not be measured. 
Useful Hints. 
If your oven is too hot when baking, put 
a small dish of cold water in it. 
Furniture that is not varnished can be 
made to look quite new by rubbing with 
a cloth wet with kerosene. 
To prevent sauce from burning, rub the 
bottom of the dish with a small piece of 
lard or butter before putting over the fire. 
(Inside of course). 
If you wish to brighten your carpets, 
sprinkle them with salt or moist sawdust 
before sweeping. 
When ironing, wipe your flatirons on a 
bit of cloth wet with kerosene to prevent 
scorching. 
If in ironing you have unfortunately 
scorched your clothing, place the garment 
where the sun will shine on it and the stain 
will disappear. 
Lard which has become rancid can be 
away in a sack or some other convenient 
place. In a little time you will be surprised 
that you have so large a collection. 
Autumn Leaves. 
The time has come for securing these 
“autumn beauties” which, when tastefully 
arranged with some of the many varieties 
of ornamental grasses, will in a measure 
take the place of the flowers which have 
decorated our rooms during the summer 
months. 
One not accustomed to getting winter 
bouquets will hardly believe how many 
bright, pretty things can be found in the 
woods among the leaves, mosses and ferns, 
and the work of preparing them is not 
without interest. 
A nice way to keep autumn leaves is to 
melt a little white wax in hot water—do 
not let it boil—add a few drops of spirits 
of turpentine, dip the leaf quickly in and 
let it drain from the tip, (the turpentine 
made perfectly sweet by boiling a pared I softens the wax and makes it pliable). The 
potato in it. 
Walls that have been whitewashed can 
be made to “take paper” by first washing 
them in glue water, about two ounces of 
glue to one pail of water, or put a teacup 
•f strong vinegar in a pail of water and 
leaves may then be slightly molded between 
the fingers and will not have the stiff, flat 
appearance which they do when pressed in 
a book. 
Trailing vines can be made to look very 
wash the wall with a whitewash brush, tasty by first varnishing them and looping 
wetting thoroughly. 
them over the tops of white curtains. 
