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OUE HOUSEKEEPEE'S CLUB, 
BY DORE HAMILTON. 
Mrs. Delle Tyler is one of the most 
active members of the Lancaster House¬ 
keeper's Club. She is a superior woman, ed¬ 
ucated, and even uses her pen for some other 
end than accounts and correspondence; yet 
she is a model housekeeper. Physically, 
she doesn't impress you as a “strong” 
woman, but in the ten years that I have 
known her, I don’t think 9he has been sick 
a single day. I have sometimes seen her 
when her children were sick, and she had 
been taking care of tffem for days, yet she 
was bright and smiling, only a “ little tired,” 
and somehow there doesn’t seem to be us 
much sickness in the Tyler household as in 
most of the homes around. 
Why? Because the mother knows some¬ 
thing about physiology, and puts her knowl¬ 
edge in daily practice. The doctor is not 
called in if Frank lias a soro throat or Mary 
has a headache. Common sense and nature 
take care of them and bring them out safely. 
By previous appointment, Mrs. Tyler 
gave her experience at one of our meetings, 
and I give some of her ideas that com¬ 
mended themselves to my judgment. 
She said that she went from the school¬ 
room into the farm-house with a resolution 
to succeed; that the first months were filled 
up by a series of carefully noted experi¬ 
ments; that she studied thoroughly the best 
methods of managing, and adopted those 
which she found satisfactory. Had always 
had set days for baking, &e. Always washes 
on Tuesday, thought it done with greater 
ease than on Monday. How did she wash ? 
Soaped the clothes and put them into warm 
suds Monday night; Tuesday mornings 
wrings them, (by wringer of course,) and 
puls them into the boiler, which bus an au¬ 
tomatic attachment—always puts sal soda 
the size of a black walnut to a boiler of 
water. By the time breakfast is over, the 
clothes are ready to take out for their slight 
rubbing. Doesn’t believe in doing two day's 
work in one day, unless compelled by abso¬ 
lute necessity. 
What does she do on Monday? That is 
her grand overlooking day ; the cellar stores 
are inspected, closets and cupboards set to 
rights, silver brightened, and the work 
planned for the week; arrangements made 
for Tuesday’s meals, &c. 
The next meeting of our Club was at Mrs. 
Tyler’s. The house is of her own planning, 
and a more convenient one could hardly be 
devised. The parlor is pleasant and prettily 
furnished—there is nothing costly in it—the 
pictures are chroinos, soft engravings, photo¬ 
graphs and water-color sketches. Almost 
any onu of her neighbors vvoidd have fur¬ 
nished a room more showily, if she had had 
Mrs, Tyler’s means. 1 do not believe any 
of them would or could have made a room 
express so much of its owner. 
After the business part of our meeting was 
over, 1 asked Mrs. Tyi.er if we mightn't go 
over her house—a missionary effort, this, on 
my part, for the enlightening of my weaker 
sisters. I wanted them to see how a house 
may be convenient, prettily furnished, and 
above all, well kept. Some astonishment 
was evinced at finding bathing facilities in 
each bed-room, and at observing that all the 
beds were covered with white spreads—Al- 
landale quilts—hardly heavier than a sheet, 
cheap, and more easily washed than a patch 
work quilt; look better, too. One room is 
appropriated to bedding and to stores of va¬ 
rious kinds. I noticed a suck of coffee, a lea 
cheat, a piece of muslin anti another of tow¬ 
eling, for our housekeeper has found it more 
economical to buy in quantities, than to be 
dependent upon the village store. But Mrs. 
I yleu's kitchen and pantry were the rooms 
in which we felt most interested; model 
rooms are they, so wisely planned that every 
step counts in the day’s work. The stove 
has all the modern conveniences, the low, 
porcelain-lined water-tank, plate warmer, 
&c., &c. Buck of the stove is a set of towel 
arms—pins—for the speedy drying of towels, 
much preferable, you see, to hitching them 
on a nail, or on a dusty line. The pantry is 
the climax of the house; no four-by-six af¬ 
fair, with scarcely room for two persons, and 
no room at all for the all-important “ bread 
shelt this is of generous proportions, with 
a north window, opposite which a half win¬ 
dow opens by hinges into the wood-house. 
In the corner by the door, is the large sink, 
with every facility for washing dishes, from 
the oval galvanized iron pan, to the “ mop ” 
which saves one’s hands so much. 
Above the sink is the array of spoons, 
cuke cutters, egg beaters and paddles that 
so delight a housewife's heart, each on its 
own particular nail. Under the sink are the 
piose articles, and really they are not to be 
despised. The face of the tea-kettle was ' 
bright and Jiappy-to tell the truth, I don’t , 
relieve it is ever allowed to go over the ■ 
blaze any more than her beautiful porcelain , 
ftlobcs anir 
aimers. 
kettles and saucepans. The broad shelf is 
twenty-four inches wide and zinc-covered. 
Just think of it! At the right of this is a 
cupboard, the lower shelf of which is devo¬ 
ted to materials used in baking—soda, spices, .. 
extracts, salt, Ac. The flour barrel is con- MI NT WOOD S CONVERSAZIONE. 
veniently near, a9 well as the boxes of spring styles in Hiik, Wuoieu and Cotton, 
sugar. All the dishes are in cupboards; With all the follies of fashion, common 
another, with wire net. in the doors, is ap- sense is surely, although slowly, making her 
piopriated to food. I noticed a large tin power felt, She lias gained one point for 
box maiked cake, and a larger one for women, that so long has been man’s strong- 
bread. My eyes are keen, and I detected a hold. I mean “suits.” The fashion now is, 
pai ing machine, a cherry-pitter, a sausage- to have one dress suit, and ono alone, and to 
Worftiec! (tuoiln* 
A large importation of worsted goods re¬ 
veals mohairs and entire woolen fabrics, 
with both edges of the goods finished with 
fringe and some with u border also. The 
mohairs are 80 cents a yard, 10 yards for a 
suit. They are in a variety of shade* and 
colors. Tlic fringed edge is used at the hot- 
scientific unh fistful. 
TO MEND RUBBER BOOTS. 
Purchase a can of rubber cement, which 
can be found in large cities at rubber stores; 
cutter, a coffee mill and spice mill. 
wear that everywhere until it is worn out. 
_ vet the sink hangs a book slate, contain- If made of’ black, brown, or gray silk, pop- 
ing the plan for the week, and bills of fare lin, or alpaca, it may be worn straight 
made out on Monday. On one leal was a through the year—a nainsook Garibaldi un- 
meinorandum ot articles to be obtained der the jacket for the hot days, and thead- 
whenever opportunity should occur. The dilion of a cloak or shawl for the cold ones, 
conveniences for dish Washing struck me. By this mode my lady is always genteel and 
foieibly. As I said before, the sink is in a in the fashion. She has to bother her head 
coiner of the pantry, so that taking the but once a year as to what she shall w r ear, 
dishes in and supptying the pan with water and keeps her wardrobe free from musty 
fiom the tank, one can shut the door upon old-fashioned gowns, not worn oflener than 
stove - Moloch. Besides, the kitchen is _ 
likely to be invaded by masculines, and 
bow much pleasanter it is to do one's labor 
We admired, and wondered and sighed 
over the many ingenious and labor-saving 
devices that the head had ordained, and then 
we went down to the cellar kitchen, where 
we found a stove and all the Washing para- 
phernalia. A bright copper boiler, of curi- 
i>us interior, invited inspection, and there wsiir 
we saw the automatic arrangement, whereby 
the boiling suds at the bottom is brought bow 1,011 dresses. 
up through two metallic non-rustable tubes once or twice a year. The “change" in i 
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tom of (olds, or edges the flounces. The also gome rubber for patches, as new rubber 
woolen fabrics are two yards wide, al $2 i s much better than old boots or shoes. To 
pci >aid, 8 yaids for a suit. Alpacas from make the patches adhere, it is necessary to 
40 cents a yard up, in every conceivable remove the cloib from them. To do this, 
shade that can be comprehended between moisten the cloth with benzine and remove 
the lightest gray feather on the breast of a immediately. Cut ihc patches the proper 
pullet to the muddiest brown of badly made size to cover the hole iu the boot. Make 
coffee. To get the different shades of brown, the boot around the hole rough, the size of 
dilute coffee with milk and you will have as the patch, with * wood or shoemaker’s file ; 
many shades as you like, known as cafe uu apply the cement to the boot, and the patch 
(mt as many shades of gray and steel as with a case knife, and Id them lit in a warm, 
you can make by adding lampblack to white dry room jrom thirty to sixty ■minutes ; then 
lead. As a general name, they are called putthe patch on the boot, and press it down 
neutral shades They are made up in fi rni ] y . very pftrt j ccl . lar aljoul lho edges 
two shades. The dress itself, made of 0 f the patch. After it lias been on a short 
f time examine it again, to see that it lias not 
started off; if it has, press it down again. 
Do not use the boot tinder forty-eight hour* 
after the patch is put on. I have patched 
and tapped rubber boots in this way suc¬ 
cessful ly for two years; have also patched 
and tapped leather shoes, worn in the house, 
in the same maimer. Those who cannot 
find the cement can write to the New York 
Belling Company, 37 and 38 Park Row, 
New York, who will perhaps send it to 
them. One fifty cent can will last a family 
several years. Keep the cover on the can 
bow for the HAiu. when oot in use, as it diies up very quickly, 
the darker shade, is trimmed with folds two* If the cement becomes dry, cut it with 
or three shades lighter. Three of these benzine. 
BOW FOR TDK HAIR. 
• , , . ,,, , .— , , - J — - '-“““s'- we utuKer amine, is xrimmeu wiui lotus two ii urn cement becomes dry, cut it with 
with tops like inverted L s, ami pours down dress that so many women fancy they must or three shades lighter Three of these benzine 
^ f 0lhes continually avIlI. good have, is more easily effected in neck ties, folds, two or three Inches wide, and placed I gave a man two dollars to show me how 
csults Wash.ng machine, wringer, iron- collars collarettes and small ornaments. as far above each other, trim the skin, to do it, and I hope It will do all the Rural 
ing boards, &c., were here in readiness for 
laundry purposes. 
I like the idea of a cellar kitchen. It 
Another point gained, is the short skirt. 
Eugenia should be held in grateful remem¬ 
brance for that. The question now troubling 
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as far above each other, trim the skirt, to do it, and I hope It will do nil the Rural 
l hey may be beaded with a narrow fold or readers, who wear rubber boots, as much 
keeps the steam from the rest of the house some anxious minds is, if having tasted this 
on washing day, and one can accomplish so glorious freedom of dress, will we be wise 
much more, if one can go to washing with- enough to incorporate the fashion into our 
out bringing the tubs from the Cellar, the, code of morals, never to be obliterated ? It 
bench and wringer from the wood-house, would be an insult to the intelligence of 
Lhe indigo from the cellar-way, and the American women to even insinuate a dispo* 
starch from the pantry shelf. A regular sition on their part, to go back to the leeks 
wash-room is next best, with water at hand, and onions of Egypt. To say naught of the 
and some other means of emptying tubs be- advantages of the short dress, common de¬ 
sides grasping them by the sides and taking cency and cleanliness put a veto ou the aui- 
thein out oi doors. mal who trails her skirts in the public 
A veiy good commentary on Mrs. Tyler’s streets. May the boys hoot at her, the men 
“ ways and manners ” was this view she gave step on her, and women shun her as miasma! 
us of her house. We approved of it, warm- Still another point gained, is the death of 
ly, (how could wo help seeing the many ad- tight hieing. Women b iv%4u imcd the su- 
v an luges ?) and we don’t wonder that she preme folly of sacrificing health, comfort 
keeps her girls so long, and has such good and beauty for the sake of displaying a small 
narrow right side plaiting. Overskirts vary good ns It has me. 
to suit the wearer. Most of them, however, Monroe Co., N. y. 
are closed in front. Fringe is used consider¬ 
ably on worsted suits, for the overskirt and ABC 
wrap. Also satins, poplins and empress 
cloths in these sliados. * SKB > 111 y° ur 
Wri , PB Club » the remarks 
Lyman Wall. 
ABOUT LEAD. 
cloths in these shades. 1 SEB > 111 y° ur reports of the Farmers’ 
VVrn|># Club, the remarks of Prof. H. E. Colton, 
are in Jackets, sacques, basqtMM, and the long ' n wb ' ob tb ' n * c steps far from the mark 
belted down polonaise. Basques with pos- b ® 8 P eal ‘ s lbe ao-called “ Bavtlctt 
belted down polonaise. Basques with pos- 
tilllou back, (with fullness insured by plac¬ 
ing a box-plait at tba bottom of the form 
seams,) short on the hips and tab fronts are 
lead.” If he calls that lead, I don’t envy 
him his knowledge. lie says it is a good 
pigment. Let us see Mooney A Whiton’s 
analysis of Bartlett lead: 
very popular. Sleeves are plain to the elbow, * n |V y8 ‘ 9 , Bartlett lead: 
or just below, the sleeve ending In a frill oxiiie of load (sulphate of lead). i&.:t 
jormed of Uyom of rafflw, »f fold*. piat. tS 
Ing; in fact, a small flowing sleeve, trimmed w * tar ....^ 
well to the bend in the arm. wint. iwatfirbiiiite oi ieadinono.. mi 
lfol<l * Now, thfl learned Professor must know 
promise to be the popular trimming, and that those acids in any paint destroy the 
w int can be neater.^ Muck silks arc now oil; hence it la, our pure American lend will 
and then seen with a narrow edge of black not stand the weather with the R. B. Eng- 
sat,n peeping below the folds of silk, which ] i8 |, i ea d. In England, labor being cheap, 
gives relief to the somberness of the silk, they work or froo tll(>il . , e!ul Jno „. 1KtrfcclIy 
and ad,la elegance to the suit. As to the from the acids. Take the dry English and 
fringe, goods spoken of, 1 do not, think it, the dry American lead, stir each iu a turn- 
advisable to pure base them, unless for im- bier with water j let them precipitate; touch 
mediate and continued wear, as when out. of yoU r finger to it, and apply to your tongue, 
style, as they probably will be by another You will see in the American you have a 
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girls, too. 
waist, which after all was only a pitiful de- 
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“ But all this machinery 1” said poor little fortuity, that everybody, save fools sneered 
ro ur.,, inn I .. a \T ^1 _ .1.. < • 
Mrs. Wallace. 
I will tell you something, my reader. 
MIT« tr m ** 
at. Nobody now but vulgar women lace, 
except perhaps a few idiots who, from lack 
When Mrs. Tyler went to the city for her of brains, should be spared an adjective, 
furniture alio looked at a beautiful mirror, Then we have the high boots, thick soled 
but steadfastly negatived the disinterested and made of leather. Nobody aces New 
efforts of the cabinet maker, and spent the York ladies in the streets in doth or prunella 
price of the mirror in a hardware store; and boots or shoes. Their boots are made to 
I also know that the price of a pair of beau- order, so as to fit thfir feet, to preserve the 
tiful ottomans helped purchase some of her symmetry of their shape, to wear longer, 
conveniences. anil to insure ease and comfort. Ho much 
Rice ftlilk. 
conveniences. and to insure ease and comfort. Ho much 
-- for a few leading fashions, and now for ver- 
POOD BOR THE SIOK. nal fabrics. 
Rice Milk. _ Hllkn. 
Boil a pint of Bwoet milk gently for ten Bral b,aclt srm Per ynrd ' 0f 
minutes; add a taldcspoonful of ground -lannot a«lrd tlmt with some- 
rice; cook five minutes; sweeten and flavor «»»* •» W on ttie ftnn end IIblem to 
to taste. Corn starch or arrow root may be " m,d "‘ rou S'> <-*Se. Bm perhaps you 
used Instead of rice, in the same proportions, “ n made nf F u««,Ik 
.. „„„ „„,e. “ d or . t,,e “ S'*. gold, l» 
season, they look particularly autre. 
Cotton llroee Rubric*. 
powerful acid, while the English lead is free. 
Any person can detect the least, adulteration 
viemov. win jititbu ui uuuw tool may ue ,. t , , , , . • 
led instead of rice, in the same proportions, “ n made nf F u««,Ik 
.. „„„ „„,e. “ ul of Sy U y- S' 1 *. *>'<1. '» 
Boil II,e milk, and when liot pour it over “ CV<, ‘' '***' ’ vU , ll “ \,! ,tUe soo<1 , of 
the bread 1 11 great way in selling a vast deal that 
Milk Pon-idtre. 13 ver y inferior. $5 a yard pays for a black 
One pint of milk and one of water; a large gT08 0rain S oocl c nougii for anybody. $3.50 
blesnooritul of oat. Graham. rv« or onm l,II ys a very fair article. The American silks 
Percales, 25 cents per yard. Nearly *11 in lead. Take a pine sliver, put some pure 
have a stripe on one edge for trimming, lead on the end of it, set it on fire; if pure, 
English calicoes, 25 cents a yard, in choco you will sec the small slots of lead drop 
late browns, most dignified and womanly, from It; if a white incrustation, you may 
But the French calicoes, at 35 cents a yard know it is not pure. Rub this on a clean 
—a yard wide—are “ perfectly elegant ." The white paper; if any lead is present it will 
fashionable patterns are in stripes. The black the paper; if no lead is present it will 
colors are perfect, and their combinations be a pule, sulphur color. A. Whitney. 
“ perfectly lovely.” They are to be trimmed - +++ - 
with the same, the goods cut on the bias. I USEFUL AND SOIENTITIG ITEMS. 
think French ealico is always to be preferred . “ 
to peicale. 1 bese are in numerous patterns , , r n 
.... * I I VfNUfi il I'AVP/iBD/WW 1 t nf I in l<frn a t 
USEFUL AND SOIENTITIO ITEMS. 
A Talking Mnchtuo. 
Oainus, a correspondent of the Rural 
tublcspoonful of oat, Graham, rye or corn 
meal, grits, farina or hominy; sugar, salt 
and butter to taste ; mix the meal to a 
smooth batter in a little cold water; heat 
the rest of the cold water, and when boiling 
stir iu carefully the batter, then the season¬ 
ing, alter which add the heated milk. 
Rice Water. 
Two tablespoon fills of rice to a quart of 
water; boil for two hours. 
Rice Gruel. 
Ground rice, a heaping tablespoonful; 
ground cinnamon, one teaspoonful; water, 
one quart; boil for half an hour. 
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Prepared Coll'ee Leuven In Place of Ten. 
buys a very fair article. The American silks 
have been admitted into fellowship with tried 
and respectable silks. I do not know that 
they are a particle cheaper than imported 
silks. An elegant and durable article is 
made, which is 24 inches wide and costs $2 
per yard. It is a heavy grot grain, not of 
the richest quality of silk, but firm, and 
looking almost as well as silk costing twice 
as much. It is warranted to wash and to 
wear well, improving with age, and worth 
being made over when worn out. 
Japanese Bilks (of silk and linen) are in 
better quality than those of last year’s im¬ 
portation. They range in price from 85 
cents to $1 per yard, and come in figures 
in small figures, for the children, or those M v”’ * correspom eut oi me kural 
whom strinea do not h,N ew-Yorker, asks if there is a successlul 
whom stripes do not become. 
Sliiiwl*. 
talking machine, and where it is. We know 
of a groat many, but we never saw one that 
„ .ii. . T , i U1 u many, mu we never saw one mat 
1 “ “trV “ m- V " m lac<! »» not Hull, aid Wood. Still, in 1810, and 
sell for'J lio tiii. pi,,,,,,,,. * ' -is. senson ngniii last year, one iva# exhibited in Eion- 
8 *' r,. 1 1' S s "7 ? “ <•»». Et.kl.id, culled Faber'. Tttlkinit Ma- 
1 p; 1 ia,v chine, by wlitcli distinct utterances of wotds 
utmost tiny per cent. lower. Plain centers, w „ , 
with liorders one-founh of a yard deep „el ' 1,6 En *'' 1 '’ 1 .'; Fr0 , ucl ‘ * nd Gt ' rn ' nn I|U1 - 
for $100. 1 never saw but one India Ltvl ‘ ,ld b "“ 
that 1II,ought beautiful, and that ™ proh- oliaritcterlsfic_«len.u..l. m the pro- 
ably worth tenor fifteen thousand dollars. 1 ““ ‘ h"T ” 
have seen them for five ihouwtnd dollars, kJ .“V^ “? *"? jr ' 1 »“* «ippl»* 
too ugly to serve a, a door mat. ** pedabworkcl pa.r nl bellows. Son,. 
* Al till* uni'tm rmln t a <ilt —i- bn min . < , I 
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Dr. Gardner of England has made a ,U, J colors and shades to suit everybody, 
curious discovery, viz., that leaves of the The checks are just the Lhiug for children 
coffee plant may be substituted for those of a,u l misses, while the young ladies, and their 
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ukij to serve us a aoor mat. 4 , _ 
of the keys servo only to alter the pitch of 
Bonnets aurf lint*. the voice; the others, fourteen in number, 
urbans have higher crowns and narrow aroused singly or in various combinations 
brims, scarcely rolled. Bonnets are of the for the several vowels and consonants; thus 
Gipsy shape. Llaek straws, trimmed witli B D is converted by one auxiliary key into 
black ribbon and lace, with spring flowers, M N respectively, and by another into P 'I'. 
(lai'cina nr vnonn n m .1.1 _ • . ....1 _ 
tea without any considerable loss of the pe¬ 
culiar properties belonging to the latter. Dr. 
G, in examining at a grocer’s shop a great 
variety of teas, noticed that one chest labeled 
mothers and grandmothers find delight in 
the plain chene grays and fine hair line 
stripes. 
The spring silks “proper” cost from $1 
daisies or roses, are fashionable. 
Glove* 
It iB said that it is uot half as easy a machine 
to operate as the female machines of 
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“ Assam Tea” had a very peculiar appear- to $150 per yard. Those in checks are 
ance. On his purchusing some, he found mostly $1, and the stripes $1.25. The de- 
it to be prepared coffee leaves. These were maud is for black and while, and black and 
li\ flhWfill __. *11 1 t JW../_ fl'll it 1 V. * . . 
in small fragments, not rolled, being too 
harsh for that operation, but convenient for 
measuring with a spoon, and yielding a 
gray. Silks that used to be regarded 
“mourning silks" are no longer restricted 
by custom to grief. They are what the 
should match the dresg, in its darkest shade. America, and ia not likely to displace the 
ChooHins a Hnwiim Mnchine. latter. 
“Will MiNTWOOD please give some in- Perfumed Carbolic Aehl, 
urination to a perplexed “ farmerino” about it is said, has been introduced in England, 
sowing machines. 1 can have my choice of used for the handkerchief and as a dentifrice, 
three machines. Which would you think for which latter purpose it is said to be cx- 
the most serviceable for all kinds of family cellent, ns it prevent* decay by its antisep- 
sewing ?— Margaret.” tic qimlui e.. 
Ip Margaret were at my elbow, 1 should -- 
strongly recommend all the machines named. , T A. asks 
N«arlv ..lift,, .. ,.... T , for a 1 -eoipe for tannlnar a dog skin-hair on.-J. 
; •-» .o * j xr- mAKVARET wore at my emow, t should - 
strong, pleasant infusion, acceptable to many gayest of belles pine for. Nothing now is strongly recommend all the machines named Sei«mifle Inqulrle*.— H. T. A. aska 
on account of its comparative cheapness, “mourning,” exclusively, but crape and Nearly every sewine machine lm* it* in, ii’ ^, or *'“ctpe for tannina a dox skin-hair ou.-J. 
The diptntin mieatlmi su.itli .,1 ,i,„ hnmhavine . , 7 V BewluJ » machine has its met;- E. Wauner asks smne one of our veaders to 
„ ^ ’ dishonesty 1 • vidual excellences, so that, like babies, near- Rive the best mod* of nrnmiriuir r filter In a 
ot the transaction remains for punishment, 1 ongee silks are $3 per yard, and in warm ly every lady prefers her own to another, cistern holding fifty to sixty barrel* so that the 
*.—. v “») -v- x--, *** " oij iaoy jxiciors lier own to nlJOtUCI. um in, lull i. mu 
to prevent a customer from being imposed neutral shades, called “ opal” or “ cameo" Tlie only way to decide the matter for one- wator mRV l,t ' “dcrod tn paaaina: from the roof 
on, and buying coffee when he want* tea. shades. B( qf u trt tairo m»ri.i lnt0 tba cistern.-H. Lkaoh asks how to make a 
fflv* the best mod* of nrntuaiuir R filter In a 
cistern holding fifty to sixty barrel* so that the 
water may be Ottered in paaaJnjr from the roof 
self, is to take different machine* on trial. 
