enough water to disolve the same. I then 
set it on the stove to simmer until it was 
all dissolved, then poured it into a “form” 
to cool. When hardened, I wrapped it in 
tin foil to keep it moist. I cut it off in 
slices when wanted for use and dissolve it 
in cold water and apply to the stove the 
same as any other polish. I found that I 
had almost, if not wholly discovered the 
secret of the “electric paste polish,” and 
doubled the amount for less money. One 
happy thing about it the application is ac¬ 
companied with no dust. 
Some time I’ll come again, with your 
leave. Yours Truly, Minnie May. 
Good Morning, Aunt Martha! I’m aged and plain, 
By your leave, and welcome, I’ve come again; 
I’ll endeavor to be frank, yet honest and true, 
And cheerfully tender whate’er I can do. 
I’ll cast an atom to float with the tide, 
May the current of your efforts most peacefully 
glide, 
With never a ripple, its surface to mar, 
But words of good cheer from near and afar. 
Should I weary you, or on others intrude, 
I beg you’ll excuse, I don’t intend to be rude. 
I hope the ladies will all take a start, 
And consider it duty for all to take part 
And help Aunt Martha all they are able. 
With hints of bed-rooms and dining-room table. 
As you suggested, ’tis plain to discern, 
“No matter how wise, there’s something to learn.” 
Your hints on brevity, I cheerfully take, 
And shall close, by telling how I make cake. 
******* 
Heaping teaspoon of soda in coffee cup, 
One tablespoon butter—four of boiling water—with 
molasses fill up; 
Stirring a little (by no means an hour,) 
And thicken with two cups of very good flour; 
Should you desire the additiou of fruit, 
Currants or raisins are apt to suit, 
Oven in order, which should be understood, 
You’ll have a molasses cake, both cheap and good. 
Aunt Hannah. 
A Nice Meat Pie. 
Aunt Martha: 
I am a yoimg housekeep¬ 
er and am anxious to gather all the inform¬ 
ation I can about home interests. I have 
been a reader of Seed-Time and Harvest 
for some time, and was glad to find in last 
month’s issue that it really contained a 
“ladies’ department,” wherein we house¬ 
keepers can exchange thought and also ask 
and impart aid. 
While on a visit, not long since, I letWV 
ed to make a meat pie, which, besides 
being palatable, helps to make use of any 
scraps of dry bread left over from last 
baking. 
Take about two pounds of beef or veal 
and chop fine; put it in a pan and boil 
slowly for an hour with sufficient water to 
cover it. Pour the same into a basin hold¬ 
ing four or five quarts; fill nearly full with 
warm water, season with butter, pepper 
and salt. Fill the basin with bread crumbs, 
stirring it thoroughly, place in the oven 
and bake slowly one hoar. Be sure the 
“gude mon” will soon ask for another. 
One of the Housekeepers. 
A Neat Edging. 
CONTRIBUTED By MRS. L. I. C. 
1st row—knit 2, over, knit three, over, 
narrow, knit 2. 
2nd row—knit plain. 
3rd row—knit 2, over, knit 5, over, nar¬ 
row, knit 1. 
4th row—knit plain. 
5th row—knit 2, over, knit 1, narrow, 
thread over twice, slip one stitch, narrow, 
pass slip stitch over, knit 1, over, narrow. 
6th row—knit 4, make of the loop three 
stitches, knit the first plain, purl the sec¬ 
ond, and knit the last plain—knit the re¬ 
maining stitches plain. 
7th row—knit 1, narrow, over, narrow, 
knit 3, narrow, over, knit 2. 
8th row— knit plain. 
9th row—knit 1, narrow, over, narrow, 
knit 1, narrow, over, knit 3. 
10th row—knit plain. 
11th row—knit 1, narrow, over, slip 1, 
narrow, pass slip stitch over, over, knit 4. 
12th row—knit plain, commence with 
1st row. 
Several items for this issue are crowded 
out by the printer, but we need many more 
and hoping that “our cousins and our 
aunts” will respond promptly to our call, 
we close the Ladies Department for this 
month. 
Send in your communications soon, that 
they may be put in order for next issue. 
Aunt Martha. 
