tion and strength of performance, with the 
natural consequence that it cannot be put 
out of adjustment by use. Having no cams 
or gear wheels, it runs without noise, and of 
course is durable. It is a shuttle lock-stitch 
and drop-feed machine, using a straight 
needle. The working parts are of hardened 
steel. The shuttle is carried noiselessly in a 
neat holder on the end of a long lever, dis¬ 
pensing entirely with the shuttle slide, 
which is a great saving of power and pre¬ 
vents the oiling of the under thread. The 
mechanism is such that there is no trouble 
with (lie tension of the thread or missing 
stitches. The tension will regulate itself to 
run on all kinds of fabrics, from the fiucBt 
muslin to a half-inch pile of woolen cloth. 
A new and ingenious “ take-up" is automatic 
in its action, and works to perfection. It 
will run satisfactorily on all kinds of goods, 
as we saw its work on tine lace and on a 
dozen folds of broadcloth. It will seam, 
hem, braid, quilt, tuck, cord, bind, gather 
and embroider. With all these good quali¬ 
ties, it is natural the “Domestic” should 
come forward as a champion of the sewing- 
room and a pet of the household.—s, d. h. 
omzstu (Ex0tt0mti 
jjguwc Jnf0rmsii0n 
aimers 
MA 00 AE 0 NI 
MINT WOOD’S CONVERSAZIONE. 
HYGIENIC NOTES. 
“Ignoramus.” — Maccaroni by home 
manufacturers is usually made from Michi¬ 
gan wheat, which is preferred on account of 
its hardness. There are two kinds common¬ 
ly in use—the “ pipe” aud the “ ribboned” 
maccaroni. 
Blanched Maccaroni. 
Put three pints of water and a little salt 
on the fire, and, as soon as it boils, drop in 
slowly, so as not to dirturb the boiling, half 
a pound of maccaroni; boil gently until 
tender, but not until soft. It will require 
from twenty to thirty minutes. A couple of 
ounces of butter may be added in boiling. 
Take out carefully with a skimmer, or turn 
into a colander, when it is ready for use, and 
may be served without further dressing. The 
“ribboned” may be dressed similarly. It 
may be boiled for fifteen minutes in water 
and twenty or more in meat broth or stock, 
for soup. 
Mnccnt'oni with Cheese 
is a common method in vogue iu England 
aud Italy. To make it “ a la Reine ” the 
following ingredients are required, at least 
their proportions observed : — Maccaroni, 
half a pound; cheese, ten ounces; good 
sweet cream, three-quarters of a pint; but¬ 
ter, two ounces; little salt, fine cayenne, 
and mace. Blanch the maccaroni as above 
directed. Dissolve the cheese (white cheese 
is best) in the cream ; add the seasoning and 
butter: The cheese should be grated or 
sliced, and very thin and free from rind. 
The cream should be boiled, or well heated, 
when the cheese is added, and constantly 
stirred to dissolve it and until it is perfectly 
smooth. After the maccaroni is drained, 
toss it gently in the cream, etc., or dish it, 
and pour the mixture over it. The whole, 
in either case, may be quickly covered with 
fine crumbs of bread fried a pale gold]color 
and dried perfectly either before the fire or 
in an oven. 
Another method:—After the maccaroni 
has boiled a few moments, turn off the water 
and add milk instead, with a lump of butter, 
boll until tender. While liot add a little 
cream, sugar and nutmeg or powdered cin¬ 
namon. 
Another common method with cheese is 
to make alternate layers of the boiled mac- 
caroni and grated dices with butter; cheese 
and hiisof butler at the bottom with nutmeg 
grated over, alternating with maccaroni un¬ 
til the dish is full, with maccaroni on the 
top. Cover the dish and set in an oven for 
half an hour, when it is ready to be served. 
My iSiiubonnet. 
Dwarf Rose, Robertson, Tenn., writes: 
“ I send you a pattern of my sunbonnet, 
which I think pretty, and, witli a lady’s 
bead in it, ought to command respect. It 
may be made of worsted or cotton fabric, 
trimmed with puffing, quilling, a ruffle of 
the same, or finished with a scalloped edge 
wrought with working cotton. The crown 
buttons to the heud-piece, which is a con¬ 
venience in ironing.” 
Tobacco and insanity. 
Dr. H. W. Boyd, in a contribution to the 
American Builder, points out a curious ap¬ 
parent relation between the consumption of 
tobncco aud insanity. He. takes as authori¬ 
ties MM. Guihlain and Hagon, Belgian 
physicians, who state that from 1818 to 
1830 Ibe production of tobacco being 28,000,- 
000 kilogrammes there were 12,000 insane. 
In 1830. the production being 30,000,000 
kilogrammes, there were 10,000 insane. In 
1843, the production being 80,000,000 kilo¬ 
grammes, there were 15,000 insane. In 
1852, the production being 120,000,000 kilo¬ 
grammes, there were 22,000 insane. In 
1862, the production being 180,000,000 kilo¬ 
grammes, there were 44,000 insane. 
To Remove “Moth Dutches.” 
In a late Rural, .New-Yorker is an in¬ 
quiry frotnM. L. P. for menus with which to 
remove “ moth patches" from the akin ; and 
a reply advising to drink hard cider. Now 
it is the misfortune of many of your readers 
to live in sections of the country where cider 
can be had only at much expense and trou¬ 
ble; therefore I offer another, and I believe, 
Bure remedy. Wash the patches with solu¬ 
tion of common bicarbonate of soda and 
water several times during the day for two 
days, or until the patches are removed, 
which will usually he iu forty-eight hours. 
After the process, wash with some nice 
toilet soap, and the skin will be left nice, 
smooth and clear of patches.—F. A. F., 
Montgomery, Texas. 
The Best Cosmetic, 
the world over, and the only one I can 
advise you to use, is pure rain water. A fa¬ 
mous woman who kept, her beauty until six- 
ly-flvt! had it bottled for her and kept fresh 
between showers. She indulged in no other 
cosmetic, except such as nature furnishes to 
all lovers of sunshine (without veils) and 
fresh air. 
about one hundred aud twenty inches, and 
the length sixteen inches. The leaf-like 
lappets of the jacket consist of two parts in 
graduated size, and are sewed on the wrong 
ODDS AND ENDS, 
I send you a few recipes which I have 
used for years, and I know them to be good: 
Fried Cakes. 
Three eggs, one aud a half cups sugar, 
one cup sour cream, one and a half cups 
buttermilk, one teaspoon soda; do not mix 
very stiff. 
Creiiiti Cake. 
One cup cream, one and a half cups sugar, 
two cups flour, two eggs, one teaspoon soda; 
flavor witli lemon. 
Drop Cakes. 
One quart sweet milk, two eggs, one tea¬ 
spoon soda; salt to season ; flour enough l© 
make the latter so it will drop from the 
spoon; fry in lard. 
Cotiuue Budding. 
One cup sugar, one of sweet milk, one 
egg, two teaspoon fills melted butter, one tea¬ 
spoonful cream tartar, one-half teaspponful 
soda, two cups flour; bake half an hour; 
eut with pudding sauce. 
Job liny Cake. 
One pint meal, one-half pint flour, one 
pint buttermilk, three eggs, one cup sugar, 
one teaspoonful soda, one of salt; bake in 
two sheets twenty minutes. 
Cookies. 
One cup butter, two of sugar, three eggs, 
one-half cup cream, one teaspoonful soda, 
five and one-half cups flour. 
Ringer Cookies. 
Three eggs, three cups molasses, one cup 
butter, two spoonfuls ginger, throe teaspoon¬ 
fuls soda. 
Rice I'uililiug. 
To two-thirds cup of rice, add one-half cup 
sugar, one-haif cup raisins and two quarts 
milk; stir all together and bake very slowly 
about three hours.— Nettie Butler, Cort¬ 
land Co., N. Y. 
Cream Die. 
Take a9 much thick, sweet cream as will 
fill your pie dish, to which add the whites of 
two eggs beaten to a froth, and sugar enough 
to suit your taste; flavor with lemon. 
Orange Cream. 
One pint cream, yolks of three eggs, six 
ounces powdered sugar, one orange; mix 
thoroughly, heat, and stir till cold.— Loret¬ 
ta E. Knapp. 
side to the 3trait part of the waist. The 
larger lappets—five of them, are five inches 
long; trimming, braid and buttons; one 
button at the throat. To be worn with a 
high top blouse of calico or linen, 
DcrwonnlN. 
Blanche, Oxford.—Address was sent you. 
Please follow out your suggestion in regard 
to “Domestic or fancy Work.” 
Figure 1. 
Thanks to “ Dwarf Rose,” from the out¬ 
line drawing given, the pattern may easily 
be cut. Figure one represents half the 
crown with back of cape. The length from 
A to C is twenty inches; from C to D fif¬ 
teen inches; from B to E (the line where the 
plaits are to be laid,) nine inches; from A 
to E twelve inches; from E to I) nine 
inches. Lay a box plait in the middle at B. 
and a small one each side turned toward the 
front. It will look better if left rather loose. 
A strap may be put across under the crown 
if the bonnet comes too far over the face. 
ritnfifir antr 
USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC) ITEMS, 
AvovIIDk Chemical Daint. 
Seth Thomas, Thomas ton, Conn., writes: 
“ It is nearly two years since I commenced 
using this paint; it thus fur gives me better 
satisfaction than anything else I have over 
used. The paint is, in fact, for the most part 
as bright and glossy as when first pul on.” 
S. C. Sengf.k, Port Jervis, N. Y., writes 
the Rural Nkw-Y'ohkeu “ I tried Aver- 
ill’s Chemical Paint last fall on a new flame 
building, and find this spring that the paint 
has blistered badly; henceforth 1 use only 
white lead and linseed oil 1 had paint¬ 
ing done later in the fall with white lead 
and some pigment, which is perfect.” 
In our opinion there is no good reason for 
Mr, Sengek's condemnation of this paint. 
The oil may have been poor, or the painter 
Who applied it may have been a dealer in 
paints and oils and adulterated it. We state 
these possibilities because we have seen a 
great many buildings (old and new) that 
were painted witli it and at different, sea¬ 
sons of the year, which retain color, gloss 
and smoothness perfectly. We do not at¬ 
tach any importance whatever to Mr. 
Senger’s condemnation, because we know 
the blistering must he due to some cause in¬ 
dependent of the quality of the point.. 
John A. Frrcn, Hopkinton, Mass., writes: 
“ I painted a large brick house witli Aver- 
ill’s Chemical Paint, and the same night 
after the last coat was applied, there came a 
driving rain storm which heat against the 
fresh paint violently; yet 1 could not per- 
perceive that one particle of paint was 
washed down. I am much pleased with the 
paint." 
We have other testimonials as to its good 
qualities, and none condemning it. We have 
no space for more. 
IlyKlenlo Inquiries.— A correspondent asks if 
any of the UurtAL Nkw-Youker readers can 
give a remedy for chronic diarrhea. 
Nero publications, €tc 
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Figure 2. 
Figure two represents half the head-piece 
with attached cape. The distance from F 
to H is eighteen and a half inches; from G 
lo H nine and a half incites; from F to K 
ten and a half inches; from G to L ten 
incites. The head-piece may be made stiff 
by cords, reeds, or slats of pasteboard. This 
is an excellent pattern for children, (babies) 
and should be made of pique; make Lite 
head-piece of two thicknesses, embroider 
the edge iu scallops, and starch stiffly. The 
buttons used should be covered with pique. 
I thind the dimensions given hardly large 
enough for the average adult. 
DOMESTIC FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. 
Several years ago we became aware of 
the existence of a sewing machine called 
the “ Domestic, ’ from hearing our neighbor 
•women praising it; but as the machine was 
made at the little town of Norwalk, in 
Ohio, aud the facilities for making it were 
not extensive, it did not make much noise 
in the world, particularly as it was not a 
noisy machine. At length, having attracted 
the attention of T. S. Page of Toledo, who 
had been an extensive dealer in sewing ma¬ 
chines, he did like the merchant we read of, 
in search of goodly pearls (for particulars of 
an hich, see The Book.) As the thing was 
about to jump at once into large import- 
mice, a strong joint stock company was form¬ 
ed (with offices at 42 Jefferson street, Toledo, 
O., and 96 Chambers street, New York city) 
for the manufacture and sale of the Domes¬ 
tic ; of which company, Mr. David Blake 
of New York city is President; T. S. Page, 
Toledo, O., Secretary, and E. Judson, To¬ 
ledo, Treasurer. Arrangements for the 
manufacture of the machines have been 
made with the Providence (Rhode Island) 
ool Company, which has produced a set 
o special machinery for this purpose, with 
the capacity for turning out six hundred fin- 
lsiiecl machines per week, which will be 
doubled before the end of the year. The 
Providence Tool Company’s Works is a 
■ e actory, which insures the utmost ex¬ 
actness and excellence-iu the make of the 
Demesne Sewing Machine. 
ft rp l ie J ead !. n f features of the “Domestic" 
' ? im P hcit y °f construction and direct- 
o action, which ensures ease of nnpm. 
SELECTED RECIPES, 
Iodine Green on Wool. 
Of this beautiful aniline green, one pound 
is boiled for five minutes in three gallons of 
alcohol, the strength of which is reduced to 
sixty per cent, by water. This solution is 
poured into a hall) containing some acetic 
acid and acetate of soda, and the goods dyed 
in the same at 100" F., until an even shade 
is obtained, when a solution of castile soap 
will highten the brilliancy of the color. 
MONEY IN THE GARDEN 
A VEGETABLE MANUAL. 
By P. T. QUINN. 
This Work upon Kitchen and Mnrket 
Gu rdi-iil nu, and ike Field Cull arc of Root 
Crops, Is now rently. 
. It la an able, practical aud well Illustrated 12mo, 
of 288 paKCH, sent by mail, post-paid, fur 81.50. Pub- 
llukcd by I). D. T. .UOORE, 
Now York City, or Rochester, N. Y. 
To Take Bruise* Out of Furniture. 
Wet the part with warm water; double 
a piece of brown paper live or six times,soak 
it in the warm water, ami lay it on the place ; 
apply on that a worm, hut not hot flat-iron 
till the moisture is evaporated, If t he bruise 
he not gone, repeat the process After two 
or three applications, the deni or bruise will 
he raised to the surface. Tf the bruise he 
small, merely soak it with warm water, and 
hold u red-hot iron near the surface, keep¬ 
ing the surface continually wet—the bruise 
will soon disappear. 
Dieeoverie* iu the Guano Dspoalt). 
The London Athemsum says:—A state¬ 
ment comes to us from Peru, from an English 
engineer, t hat remarkable discoveries have 
been made in the lower excavations in the 
guano of the. Guanape Islands. The guano 
appears to have preservative properties. Be¬ 
sides gold ornaments and other objects, a 
quantity of cloth was found, said to have 
paintings of animals and symbols, of which 
the colors were well preserved, Most of 
these rolls of cloth were chopped up. We 
doubt about the paintings and the symbols, 
because we suspect the stuff was tajypa, or 
stamped cloth, as in Polynesia, with which 
traces of intercourse have been found in 
Guanape. An early remittance of some of 
the objects to London is expected. WJmt is 
most remarkable is a stratum of woolen 
rags, five feet thick, and reaching over a 
mile iu extent. This certainly may be called 
a field for conjecture. 
Feeling a Dulse by Teleuraph. 
An invalid being in Washington, desired 
to consult his own physician in New York. 
The beats of the pulse were transmitted by | 
a doctor with one hand on the patient's j 
wrist and the other on the telegraph key. 
Their History, Breeding and Management. 
BY LEWIS F, ALLEN, 
Late President New York State Agricultural So¬ 
ciety. Editor “ American Short-Horn 
Herd Booh,” Author ■'Rural 
Architecture," etc.., etc. 
Till* Work, which lm» been highly commended by 
tin? Press, should Du carernltv studied by every 
breeilerur owner of Cattle. UJan hund.minoly Illus¬ 
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• Ironintc Hliirt Fronts. 
A subscriber of the New York Tribune 
receives this information from the editor: 
We have just been through a first-class 
laundry and can tell her all about it. The 
starch is made in the usual manner; ton 
pailful of starch a whole sperm candle is 
added. When the linen is dry it is dipped 
iu thin cold starch and ironed in the ordi¬ 
nary way. Then ii is dampened with a wet 
cloth and the polishing iron passed over it. 
This is an ordinary smoothing iron, ground 
off so that the edges are all rounding. To 
this last manipulation the linen is indebted 
for I lie peculiar laundry gloss which we all 
admire so much, hut which many house¬ 
keepers have vainly striven to leave upon 
the wristbands and bosoms of their hus¬ 
band’s shirts. 
Trowani-8 niut Top for Boys from three to 
eight years. 
In length they should come from three to 
five inches below the knee. Trim with braid 
and buttons. For “dress" baste a fluted or 
kilt plaited frill of muslin or linen twelve 
inches wide in the bottom of the legs. 
Rutmlnu Kilt and Jacket for Mule Boys. 
The fabric for this suit may be of merino, 
poplin, satine, pique, linen or oilier mixed 
or woolen goods, not stiff. The kilt opens 
in front, and may be trimmed with rows of 
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AND HIS DISEASES. 
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