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MORNING CALLS. 
BY PORE HAMILTON. 
(.Concluded from pngo 0!), Inst No.| 
Mb. Wax lace is one of our richest fann¬ 
ers, a hale, comfortable looking man, just in 
the prime of life. Ho oversees his large 
farm, rides about the country, buying grain 
or stock to speculate on, and seems to enjoy 
life wonderfully. His wife is a shrunken, 
monnful body, who used to be quite literary 
—in fact she wrote quite creditable poetry 
in her girlhood. People said she hud “gota 
good home’* when she married Tom Wal¬ 
lace; poor little woman, his dictum serves 
for her conscience, I fear. I hoped that the 
girls would be a help to their mother, bnt 
Clara has contracted the bad habit of novel 
reading, which her mother excuses by say¬ 
ing— 
“ Site’ll have trouble fast enough; let her 
enjoy it if she can so she keeps the house 
lull of company, and seems to think her 
mother ought not to suggest, the possibility 
of toil and trouble. Of course Helen fol¬ 
lows the example of her sister, while their 
fond parent serves them both, and takes her 
reward in love for them, and belief in their 
excellencies. 
“ Don't you have any help?” said I,as she 
came in from the kitchen, heated and tired 
with her morning's work. 
“O, no; Mr. Wallace thinks girls are 
more plague than profit, and I guess it’s 
about so. I never had one, for Aunt Ollie 
lived with us till little Tom was a year old.” 
“ You have quite an army of men in the 
corn field, 1 see." 
“O, yes; Mr. Wallace thinks it’s better 
to have plenty of help, and do things in 
season.” 
“They board themselves, I suppose?” 
“ 0,no; Mr. Wallace says they’re steadier 
when we board them, and it’s so much 
cheaper.” 
She told me they had eight cows, and I 
remarked that the new factory must make it 
very convenient for them, bnt— 
“ 0, no; Mr. Wallace thinks it’s more 
profitable to make butter and cheese at 
home.” 
I said that I hadn’t seen her at church for 
a long time. 
“No," she replied, sadly; “ I am so worn 
out when Sunday comes, and Mr. Wallace 
says that it’s our duty to rest.” 
As I drove towards Mrs. Bly’s, I felt a 
little savage. My mildest wish with regard 
to Mr. Wallace was, that he should taste 
the blisses of solitary confinement, while l 
spirited Ids tired wife away upon a long trip 
in search of her lost health. Wouldn’t I 
make her happy, though, so happy that she 
should “drop into poetry” once more ! 
“Would I please come into the 1 nine- 
room?” little Nelly said. Mrs. Rt.v V,;is 
baking her summer’s supply of ju. hies, an i 
1 mentally cut a pattern of her apron a 
chatted pleasantly, It was of white 1. . . 
gored, and the distinctive feature was l l 
the top of the side breadths continued 
around to the back, (depth about six inches,) 
and there they buttoned, thus keeping all 
the flour, Ac-., out of one’s gathers. More¬ 
over, she had a holder fastened by a gtring 
to each side of her apron, and thus equipped 
she handled the hot tins with ease and dex¬ 
terity. 
“ I see yon keep BETTtE yet,” I said, when 
we sat in the shaded sitting-room. 
“ Yes, but she thinks she must go South 
before Christmas; she is just beginning to 
relieve me in the cooking line, but I am in¬ 
itiating Nelly into the mysteries, and I 
don’t know but she’ll soon put my efforts in 
the shade. She’s a great help to me already.” 
Lillie Nelly’s eyes twinkled brightly at 
this, and a smile of satisfaction dimpled her 
rosy cheeks. 
“ Do you know of any one that I can get 
when Betty goes away ?” was Mrs. Bly’s 
anxious inquiry, as I took up iny reins for 
the homeward drive. 
“ Isn’t it too had," I said, after I had nar¬ 
rated my morning's experience, with sundry 
forcible comments that I’ll not record. 
“ Isn’t it too bad that so many women are 
fretting and worrying in their tread mill, 
wasting their bloom and beauty in such 
drudgery.” 
He replied slowly, “ I have heard my ex¬ 
cellent wife often remark that no labor was 
degrading which made home a happy place, 
and a place of refreshing to its inmates. I 
thought you didn’t consider housekeeping 
a drudgery.” 
“ I don’t; bnt it mustn’t be the whole of a 
woman’s life to cook and sweep. Souls need 
food as well as bodies. It’s one standing 
trouble that domestics are so scarce. The 
few that condescend logo out to service are 
very inefficient, and they diminish in num¬ 
ber each year. No woman that I saw this 
morning seemed really happy except Katie 
Gkay. It seems as if there must be a reme¬ 
dy somewhere for these careworn matrons.” 
“ Independence is the word, Isidore. Let 
people keep their homes as shall best suit 
their own ideas, disregarding the standard 
of others.” 
“ But this isn’t a remedy that people are 
in no hurry to take." 
“ Commend it by your example, others 
will follow,” was the oracular reply. (“ I 
wonder if he thinks Mrs. Norton will omit 
a profusely trimmed overskirt with her next 
dress because 1 decline the abomination.”) 
By the way, if you’re so distressed about the 
case of your neighbors, you had better write 
a pathetic letter to that august Farmers’ 
Club.” 
I received the suggestion in utter silence; 
then an idea presented itself that seemed not 
wholly absurd. I have read of a Housekeep¬ 
ers’ Club, and I wonder if wc cannot organ¬ 
ize one. It will do us good to meet socially ; 
we can discuss means and methods, exchange 
recipes, and learn so much from the experi¬ 
ence of others. I am quite determined upon 
it now, and if we do not succeed I shall not 
publish the defeat. I told this plan of mine 
to the now yawning Philander and he 
rejoined:— 
“ I see the end from the beginning. 
Everything will be reduced to perfect sys¬ 
tem, and every woman in Lancaster will 
have leisure enough to become as strong on 
the suffrage question as you arc. Alas for 
the masculines!” 
I comfort myself with the thought that his 
heart is right if his tongue is occasionally 
sharp. 
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SEASIDE MODES. 
Bathing Suits. 
Sea bathing has but one drawback and 
that is getiing the hair full of salt water, and 
for days and days after, it is harsh and ugly 
and exceedingly re factory. Women who 
can lay their hair aside, and men with heads 
shaved so close, they might as well have no 
hair at all, I envy. I have learned that 
flannel is not the most desirable fabric for 
bathing, while moreen is, Fanny has a 
Parisian suit of gray moreen trimmed with 
inch-wide crimson braid, and another of 
white moreen trimmed with blue. One is 
cut a long half fitting sacquc with foil Turk¬ 
ish trousers, and the other has trousers the 
same and a short dress with blouse waist, 
full sleeves and sailor collar. Flannel is full 
as healthy, but clings to the figure ami makes 
everybody look worse than her poorest rela¬ 
tion. She has an oil-cloth cap with rubber 
that fits snugly over her head and ears, and 
a deep crowned, wide brim straw hat, that 
is bent down in scallops. Of course there is 
as great a variety of costumes In the sea, ns 
one sees on land ; but a great deal more of 
fun ! If is such a comfort to have a good 
lime and not he in constant fear of spoiling 
your clothes! A Mr. Sherman here, who 
deals largely in bathing suits, says it takes 
from eight to ten yards for a suit, and that 
he makes them mostly with a full skirt 
reaching to the knee, plaited into a yoke, 
ad full trousers. This costume worn with a 
’ is much worn by men, and some wo¬ 
men prefer it. 
Bathing. 
ni eleven until twelve is the popular 
: ir for promiscuous bathing. At one the 
red flag goes up, and men have the beach to 
themselves. At sundown the hay is alive 
with young America, diving, swimming and 
performing all sorts of aquatic exploits. 
Who Come Here. 
A great many people come here every 
year for “ comfort.” Before the war it, was 
the summer resort of many Southerners. It 
is very “ select,” because it costs so much to 
live here that poor people cannot afford to 
come. But there’s plenty of “ Shoddy” with 
more money than brains, or good manners, 
who come here to make a display of their 
worldly goods. These people usually patron¬ 
ize the hotels, wear diamonds to breakfast 
and drive fast horses on the avenues. 
Aside from these are hundreds of wealthy, 
refined people, who own cottages and villas, 
and live here as permanently in the summer 
as in their city mansions in winter. These 
residences are often of great magnificence, 
with immense lawns, conservatories, and 
seem as much like a dream of fairy land as 
can he. All the dwellings on this Island, 
with very few exceptions, are perfectly em¬ 
bowered in trees and flowers. Hanging bas¬ 
kets by the score, of all shapes and sizes, 
pots, jars, vases, and every other conceivable 
device are alive with blossoms. The finest 
villas are built on what is called the “ cliffs ” 
each yard reaching down to the sea. They 
front Bellevue Avenue, which is the fashion¬ 
able drive. From five to seven is Lhe driv¬ 
ing hour, dinner being served at three; and 
tiiat of course consumes nearly two hours. 
Beauty nt Newport. 
The people who ride in these “ carriages 
of state” are generally about as ugly look¬ 
ing beings as ever I saw. Iofas, who rode 
with me for two hours on the avenue one 
day, declared in great disgust, that the 
women all looked as if they lived on lager 
beer and champagne. But we had compen¬ 
sation at the very last, in seeing an actually 
beautiful woman. Her little daughter with 
blue eyes and flaxen curls was quite as 
pretty, and Oh ! if some artist would make 
a “ Madonna and Child ” after the two, his 
fortune would be made. The lady is a New- 
Yorker, and she bad on a purple hat, with 
plumes, and a purple suit trimmed all over 
with narrow timings of white Swiss edged 
with Valenciennes lace. 
The men are generally handsomer than 
the women, but they have soil, white, mean¬ 
ingless looking bands, and a devil-may-care 
sort of an air Unit wouldn’t be good to " tie 
to.” Among the titled aristocracy is a 
French Count, with languishing black eyes, 
a waxed moustache, and the most ethereal 
valet in a swallow-tailed coat, that one could 
imagine. The Count and liis party of coun¬ 
trymen wear patent leather slippers with 
boxes on the toes, lavender kid gloves, the 
same shade of satin neck-tie, and grey bats 
with black bands. 
Cn riinge Wriippings—Costumes, 
No mutter how warm the day, by the 
time for driving it is cool, and sometimes 
actually too cold for comfortable riding. 
Carriage wrappings are in great variety. 
The prettiest ones are of bright colored 
plush, or velvet. Cloth or cashmere 
jackets, heavily embroidered with gold braid, 
are much worn. India shawls, velvet 
cloaks, astrachan and fancy cloths, are each 
and all worn. As fashionable ladies are 
rarely seen riding in the same costume 
twice, it follows that their costumes arc 
many. The prettiest, carriage hats are those 
with rolling brims and long, full plumes. 
Kid gloves with two buttons or more are 
worn on all occasions, and ladies who drive 
wear the unfinished kid. 
Costumes lor Servants. 
Families with twenty or more servants in 
their retinue, dress the prominent ones in 
costume. An Irish girl is thus metamor¬ 
phosed into a French. bonne, although the fair 
haired Swede makes up the prettiest, in black 
alpaca frock, white apron, and muslin cap, 
with a full niched border of black all around. 
House nnil Promenade Costumes. 
For the house, promenade or church, noth¬ 
ing is so universally worn as while. Pique, 
with trimmings of cambric, Swiss or linen, 
laid in side plaits edged with luce, or with¬ 
out, or fluted; or trimmed elaborately with 
embroidery, braid or fringe, are very popu¬ 
lar. The underskirt worn is often of black 
silk, which serves for half a dozen different 
over-dresses and bodies. With linen suits, 
black saslies and neckties, with white over 
Roman sashes anti neckties, or the same in 
any of the seven colors, or seventy shades of 
color. The saches are tied in a double bow 
knot, with the loops nearly half a yard long. 
One of these immense sashes, on large girls 
or small ones, completes the costume for out¬ 
door wear. 
Black Velvet. Triiuiniiur. 
Black velvet is used very much in trim¬ 
ming light dresses; is made into braces for 
the waist, tied in inch widths about the neck, 
fastened at the pointed throat of the dress, 
aud carried over the shoulders to the back, 
where it finishes in a bow and ends. 
CoilTii res. 
Small girls and large ones wear their hair 
flowing or hanging down the back in one 
braid, a la Chinese, or in two braids; or tied 
up at the back of the head in loops. Tim 
l onus tic CEconomn* 
CONDUCTED BY MARY A. E. WAGER. 
CONTRIBUTED RECIPES. 
To Dye Cotton or I.iuun Black. 
Soak the goods in lime water for t wo or 
three hours, and proceed the same as for 
woolen. 
To Make Cologne. 
Three cents’ worth of oils of bergamot, 
cinnamon, cloves, wiutergreen and lemon ; 
cut with alcohol. 
To Clean Hair Brushes. 
As hot water and soap soon soften the 
hairs, and rubbing completes their deslruc- 
tion, use soda dissolved in cold water. Soda 
having an affinity for grease, cleans tlm 
brush with very little friction. Alter having 
shaken the brushes, stand them on the 
points of the handles in a cool place. 
Cookies. 
One cup butter, two of sugar, one egg, 
six tablespoonfuls of milk, one teaspoonful 
of saleratus.— l. e. k. 
down inside nearly to, but not in contact 
with the bottom, and thus form a sort ot a 
a sack into which put. your rice (or anybody 
else’s, it. will cook as well.) Then pom* 
over it Lwo cupsfoll of water, and put on 
the top of the slew pun so as to bold up the 
cloth inside and 111 light all around. Put. if 
on the fire, and the steam generated by the 
water will rook the rice beautifully. More 
water may be added, if necessary, but only 
enough to keep the steam up. You need 
not heat it so hot as to cause tlie steam to 
blow the top of the boiler off. If you do, 
put it on again.” 
Whitening Yellow Flnnnel. 
Du. Aktus tells us that flannel which has 
become yellow with use may he whitened 
by putting it, for some time in a solution of 
hard soap, to which strong ammonia has 
been added. The proportions he gives are 
one and a-half pounds of hard curd soap, 
fifty pounds of suit Water and two-thirds of 
a pound of strong ammonia. The same 
object may be attained in a Shorter time by 
placing tlm garments for a quarter of an 
hour in a weak solution of bisulphite of 
soda to which a little hydrochloric acid has 
been added. This latter process, we dare 
say, w ill be effectual, and probable Ibe oxalic 
acid solution mentioned above would answer 
the purpose as well .—American Artisan. 
.CO cream Coke. Sfittttific Rllb (fiStful. 
Four eggs, one cup sugar, beat together (ch 
ten minutes. Add two cups of flour. Bake - - - '~ > - 
quickly. Take two cups ot sweet milk and USEFUL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
bring to nearly a boiling point. Beat one _ 
egg with a half cup of corn starch and stir Black Walnut Polish, 
into the milk. Split open the cake, put the The Chemical News says:—Take asphal- 
custard inside, and close up again. Frost turn, pulverize it, place it in a jar or bottle, 
the top a little and you will have a most dc- pour over it about t\vice its bulk of Uirpen- 
licious dessert. Eat it warm for dinner with tine or benzole, put it in a warm place, and 
jelly. —Meuiam. Shake it from time to time. When dissolved, 
- ++-+ - strain it, and apply to the wood with a cloth 
SELECTED RECIPES. or stiff brush. II it should make too dark a 
.. . stain, thin it. with turpentine or benzole. 
w . ,, 1 his will dry in a lew hours. II it. is desired 
WE find the following commended m the . , . ... ..., , 
Rural-World as the best and most economi- to bnn « 0,11 , ht: sU|! ‘“on-, apply a 
cal method of making blackberry wine:— mixture of boiled oil and tiirpentii.o; tin . is 
“First, secure good berries, good kegs or better than, oil alone. Put. no oil with the 
casks, and good Havana sugar. The berries aephaltum mixture, as it will dry veryslow- 
shm.ld not be green nor frosted, but perfect- , When the oil is dry, the wood cun be 
A good way is to wash with boiling water M'shed with the following:-6hellac vam- 
und common soda. Extract Hie juice by ish, of the usual consistency, two parts; 
pressing in a cider press, or even a cheese boiled oil, one part. Shake it. well before 
press; lint, do not run the berries through using. Apply it to the wood by putting a 
the apple crusher, us that breaks many seeds p, w c | t . 0 , )s ou a cloth and rubbing briskly on 
and gives a bad flavor to the wme. Alter , , .. „ , mi , ,, . 
expressing the juice, strain through a doth wood tor a tew moments. Tins polish 
strainer : add to evert' (mart, of fuiee three works well on old varnished furniture. 
USEFUL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Black Walnut i’olish. 
The Chemical News says:—Take asphal- 
tum, pulverize it, place it in a jar or bottle, 
pour over it about lu ice its bulk of turpen¬ 
tine or benzole, put it in a warm place, and 
shake it from time to time. When dissolved, 
strain it, and apply to the wood with a cloth 
or stiff brush. II it, should make too dark a 
slain, thin it. with turpentine or benzole. 
This will dry in a lew hours. If it. iedesired 
to bring out, the grain still more, apply a 
mixture of boiled oil and turpentine; thi . is 
better tliaivoil alone. Put. no oil with the 
asphaltimi mixture, as it will dry very slow¬ 
ly. When the oil is dry, the wood can be 
polished with the following:—Shellac varn¬ 
ish, of tlic usual consistency, two parts; 
boiled oil, one part. Shake it well before 
using. Apply it to the wood by pulling a 
expressing tile juice, strain through a cloth 
strainer; add to every quart of juice three 
pounds of sugar, and water sufficient to 
make one gallon, total. Add no less than 
three pounds of sugar, oilier wise the wine 
will grow acid. Place your mixture in a 
kettle, aud bring to a boil; skim as soon as 
iL bulls, then allow it to cool, and (ill your 
kegs about two-thirds full, and keep in a 
moderately cool place—a shed or open room. 
Place a loose cloth over the hung, and allow 
it. to ferment. After fermenting four or live 
days till the kegs with fresh made liquor, 
and allow it to ferment as long as if will, 
then Imng tight, and the last, of November 
remove hr the collar. Ruck off in March; 
have your spigot two inches above the 
chime, so as not to disturb the sediment. 
Rinse out your kegs in boiling water, and 
return the wine. Then let it stand until 
about June, and bottle in dark wine bottles. 
I have used live, ten and forty gallon casks, 
aud think live gallon casks preferable. Fill¬ 
ing the casks only part full, ami allowing to 
ferment, then filling up and allowing a sec¬ 
ond fermentation, makes wine livelier, and 
it is ready for use much sooner. Wine, by 
ltoccipe for Making Black Ink. 
Abiai. B. Davis sends the following to the 
Rural New-Yorker, which lie says lie 
finds in an old work on chemistry :—Aleppo 
galls, broken, six ounces; sulphate of iron, 
four ounces; water six pints; boil the galls 
in water an hour and then add the other in¬ 
gredients and preserve in a wooden or glass 
vessel. In about two months strain ami put 
the ink into well corked bottles. To pre¬ 
vent mold add one grain of corrosive subli¬ 
mate, dissolved in water, to each pint. 
The Druggist’s Circular says:—“Avery 
simple recipe for a good black ink, which 
will keep is the following; cure must be_ 
taken, however, to exactly employ the quan 
titles prescribed, viz; one pound of logwood 
is boiled for two hours with seven pounds of 
water; the latter must lie renewed as fast as 
it evaporates; after cooling, fifty grains of 
front is often combed over, a roll giving the t |,j g process, has, at the age of one year, the yellow chromate of potash are added, and 
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head an elevated appearance. Among the appearance in all respects of four year old 
matrons aud older ladies, the chignon still wine. _ 
retains its place; but it, is of medium size 
ami worn without curls. Braids pass over 
the front top of the head, like a coronet, 
and the front hair is plastered low down on 
the face, or combed back. People must 
find rest in change, else when do fashiona¬ 
bles have any rest? Here at Newport 
where they come for it, or profess to, they 
find one continual round of excitement, and 
seem to desire, nothing further than to out- 
Sw Fruit I’ve server. 
We dip from the Now purl (Vt.) Express an 
item that may interest tho lady readers of 
the Rural New-Yorker, as follows:— 
“Sulphite of lime may be used for preserv¬ 
ing fruit, and il is said with as good success 
ms ihe preserving powders, and at less cost, 
as it can be bail in twenty-five cent puck- 
ages, enough to preserve lrom twenty to 
forty Bounds of fruit.” 
the whole strained through a cloth. It is 
then ready for use. 
Water from a Mpi-iuir. 
R. W. M., New Prospect, Miss., asks the 
Cheapest method of gelling water from a 
spring, two hundred rods distant, to the 
house. Premising there is sufficient fall to 
allow the water to run in that direction, 
wood pipe, which may ho made IVorn logs 
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shine some ambitious neighbor. Nobody Huie tu’e very well known f® 11 
. , ., ? , , tcusively used to prevent the lermentaium 
suspects such people of being superlatively of cWw ' w hieli will remain in an unferment- 
happy. It is dress for this, and dress for e( j state mouths alter having been treated 
that, until 1 often wonder if they are as 
other women are, and enjoy a loose, cool 
wrapper, and a stretch out on a lounge, com¬ 
pletely pervaded with the delicious feeling 
of not caring whether “ school keeps or 
not.” The young ladies and gentlemen 
pa s many delicious hours walking on the 
beach, and repeating the “ old story.” The 
sea makes one very sentimental; and the 
sea has a “ fashion ” too. We were all out 
sailing the other night, when the water of 
the bay was aflame with light—a phospho¬ 
ric glitter. The wise man of the crew said 
the light was produced by a small insect, 
which is to the sea what the fire-fly is to the 
land. 
This reminds me of a beauty of a “ boat¬ 
er”—a girl paddling her own canoe—a rich 
brunette in a boating dress of scarlet meri¬ 
no, with black trimmings and a sea-side 
trimmed with scarlet. Of course the dress 
was short, with a blouse waist, sailor collar 
and full sleeves. Of course her hair fell be¬ 
low her waist in waves, and she had on 
rlv pounds of fruit." 0,1 tll ° premia*, woukl b(: cheapest, and it 
The antiseptic qualities of sulphite of well put down and filled with water all the 
ne are very well kuown. It has been ex- time, will be quite durable. If the supply is 
naively used to .prevent the fermentation at a point lower than the house, and a mod- 
'cider, which will remain m an miicTiucnU be obtuined tbe wa ter may be 
[ state mouths alter having been treated , , , . ,. . ’ 
ill. ir Wo see no reason whv it mav not forced where defined by the use A the w.ttei 
with it. We see no reason why it may not 
be extensively used to arrest fermentation 
and putrefaction in fruits, preserves, &c., and 
thus become at a very moderate cost one of 
our household luxuries. 
To Cook Vegetables. 
A German professor says that if one por¬ 
tion of a vegetable be boiled In pure distilled 
or min water,and another in water to which 
a little salt lias been added, a decided differ¬ 
ence is perceptible in the tenderness of the 
two. Vegetables boiled in pure water are 
vastly inferior in flavor. This inferiority 
may go so far, in the case of onions, that 
they are almost entirely destitute ol either 
taste or odor; though when cooked in salt 
water, ilt addition to the pleasant salt taste, 
is a peculiar sweetness and a strong aroma. 
They also- contain more, soluble matter than 
Stopping Leak* with Gus-Tar ami Sami. 
That leaks in a roof may be stopped with 
gas-tar and sand is possibly true ; but in all 
such cases the tar ought to be boiled at a 
high temperature so as to drive off the heavy 
oils that prevent its drying. After these 
have been got rid of it' may be thiuned 
with the lighter volatile oils which render it 
easy of application, and yet soon evaporate 
and leave a thick residue upon which sun 
and air has no effect. Gas-tar should never 
be used for roofs, walks, Ac., until it has been 
boiled —x. x. __ 
To make Fluid Ghte. 
We do not know who is responsible for 
snug high buttoned boots. 
Of course one 
and evaporation of the flavoring principles 
of the vegetables._ 
Cooking Rice. 
Ix the American Grocer we find a new 
method of cooking rice which maybe worth 
would never object to sailing down life’s a trial:—“Take a nice cleanstewpan, with a 
river (or bay) with such a pretty fellow- closely-lilting top. Then take a nice clean 
vova^er Mintwoop. piece of white cloth, large enough to cover 
Newport, a», mo. over tUo lop of Ul< stewpan, and hang 
fit for use. Glue may also be made fluid by 
dissolving it by gentle beat in itsown weight 
of strong vinegar, and adding one-fourth of 
its weight of alcohol and a little alum. 
Useful nml tteienttflr Inquiries.—A Subscriber. 
Albion. N. Y.. asks some one to tell him how to 
clean and whiten the wool on a sheep skin be¬ 
fore tann ng ; and if it cannot be cleuned as well 
after taaiiiiAf. 
