I erally for fruits and berries with which t.o 
1 decorate her homo ; particularly in this part 
j of the country where beautiful wild flowers 
are found in such profusion during the whole 
season, and where wild fruits of nearly 
every description abound so plentifully. 
Some varieties of flowers here are occa¬ 
sionally double, which I never saw double 
before except whan cultivated. The wild 
Rosa and prairie Crocus, for instance. But 
every hopie should have its flower garden 
and the flowers should be plucked daily by 
the wife and mother if possible, though her 
hands be ever so full of work and her heart 
full of cares. She will be refreshed and 
strengthened and better fitted to accomplish 
her ordinary work by these daily walks 
among the beautiful flowers. Let her bring 
into hor home as much of their beauty and 
fragrance as possible. 
I believe that many a woman who has 
sunk under her burden of care and work 
into an untimely grave, might have been 
spared for years to her family, had some 
loving hand but daily placed sweet flowers 
in her home, and led her out to a dmi re and 
enjoy this beautiful world. In winter when 
other flowers cau not be procured, the dif¬ 
ferent varieties of everlasting flowers, of 
which every fanner's wife should raise a 
quantity, are very pretty interspersed among 
evergreen boughs or with dried grasses dyed 
in green analine or other colors, or dipped 
in alum water in imitation of frost crystals. 
Minnesota. Hope Evermore. 
bracelets, are ornaments for the hair. The 
| favorite design is a dagger for the chignon 
and fancy pins for the front. The price de¬ 
pends greatly on the color, the lightest shade 
resembling amber is the most expensive. 
V'cry pretty ornaments of horn resembling 
shell, but much cheaper, are largely used. 
Very pretty handkerchiefs of linen cam¬ 
bric centers, with deep hems of scarlet, blue, 
salmon and other tints of plain foulard! 
Others have double hems with a space be¬ 
tween them and hem-stitched. A new va- 
rioty has three rows of perpendicular hem¬ 
stitching a half an inch apart at intervals of 
two inches. The initial and monogram in 
the comer are of course worn. Very pret ty 
handkerchiefs of this description can be 
bought for 81, for more common use for 50 
cents. Many girls wear white silk handker¬ 
chiefs folded inside their jacket, coming up 
close about the neck and fastened with an 
artificial bud. 
Many collars have points turned down in 
front and plaited ruchings of cambric in¬ 
side. For morning wear these are of striped 
muslin, and are attached to a chemisette. 
Sleeves with deep muslin plaits accompany 
them. 
Bonnets for little children are made of 
white and gray fur and lined with pink or 
blue. A ruching of tulle is put about the 
face, and bows of the same color os the lin¬ 
ing ornament the outside. These bonnets 
have capes and crowns, and are the most 
suitable head coverings for the winter. 
Sleeveless jackets of velvet are as popular 
as ever ; notwithstanding, wo cannot recom¬ 
mend them for beauty. Bub plain velvet 
waists with sleeves are an addition to any 
wardrobe. 
THE WIFE’S CO-OPERATION 
VELVET POLONAISES 
Of course, a - good wife co-operates with 
her husband ! What kind of n wife would 
she be if she did not ? T grow impatient, Mr. 
Editor, when I read homilies upon the im¬ 
portance of the wife co-operating ! Yes, it 
makes me indignant ! As if a true and lov¬ 
ing wife did not desire and lore to co oper¬ 
ate with her husband in every good word 
and work ! As if every fiber of her nature 
and every heart-string did not respond to his 
in all his goings and comings, his purposes 
and deeds 1 Is it not shameful that women, 
time women, wives, worthy wives, in these 
enlightened days, should be libeled either 
directly or by implication, by such stale, ad¬ 
vice os finds its way into some papers and 
which jars upon our nerves and sensibilities 
and rasps our souls as a wood rasp scarifies 
wood ? 
Co-operation ! Yes ! I believe in it, with 
all my heart. But, judging by my own ob¬ 
servation, (not my experience, for I am more 
blessed than some wives,) no small amount 
of such advico might be lavished upon and 
absorbed by husbands ! TTow many hus¬ 
bands co-operate with their wives in the 
management and rare of their households ? 
How much every woman who is a wife and 
mother knows can be done by her husband, 
indoors, that he neither attempts to do nor 
sees the need of doing and yet, if performed, 
would lift burthens off her shoulders and hor 
heart that often seem too grievous to be 
borne. 
Suppose the husband co-operates with the 
wife, what would ho do that he too frequent¬ 
ly does not do ? Would he not see that she 
is provided with all possible conveniences 
(washing machine, wringer, sewing machine 
thoroughly equipped, water in the kitchen, 
drawers in the pantry, ironiug-board, stove 
with hot water tanks, all possible cooking 
utensils, plenty of good and well-prepared 
fuel, full sets of chamber furniture, means 
for transferring slops from the kitchen to the 
compost heap cr vaults, elevator from cellar 
to kitchen and from kitchen or sitting-room 
to upper floors, &c., &c., for doing her work 
easily and rapidly with the least possible ex¬ 
penditure of strength and the fewest steps ? 
Wouid he not lift heavy loads that she ought 
not to touch and shore with her the evening’s 
labor which It b often naccseary should be 
performed, when it i.-. in bis power to do so, 
that ehc might share with him the pleasures 
of vest, recreation or social intercourse in the 
family ? Would he not share with her the 
tax of answering the children's thousand in¬ 
quiries, helping them at their school tasks, 
stimulating their flagging zeal, soothing their 
sorrows and giving them wise and loving 
counsel l 
How many husbands who read th© Rural 
Yew- Yorker can plead “not guilty” to an j 
indictment which shall include these counts 
Passementerie, which Is so beautiful, is 
expensive in the first place, and does not 
wear. That mingled with jet is still more 
fragile ; the beads exit the strings, and soon 
the trimming is covered with the broken 
threads. 
I A pretty collar for one of these cloaks is a 
| sailor collar of black gros grain, lined with 
buckram. In the back it is plaited in a large 
triple box plait. The collar is edged with a 
doublo cord and narrow guipure. Under- 
neatl the back of the collar arc loops and 
ends of block gros grain ribbon. 
The sleeves are trimmed with a cull of silk 
arranged on the back in a triple box plait 
like the collar. 
Tn the same way velvet polonaises for el- 
| derly ladies can be fashioned out of far less 
material. Out of the narrow velvet use just 
one width for each front. Cut it very long, 
i say two inches from the bottom of the skirt, 
or just to meet its trimming, A narrow gore 
| is needed low* down on the sides when cut of 
the narrow velvet, if made of the width this 
b cut iu. Tho sides of the front are caught 
back under the basque, for iu all the most 
elegant polonaises the back is scarcely more 
than husquo ends or a deep full puff. Where 
the front joins the basque is placed a wide 
sash, which hangs in two loops, oris knotted 
arid falls down the skirt. This sash is very 
wide and full. 
The front is made, without any vest, but is 
buttoned plainly from the throat to the waist. 
The lower part, may he buttoned down tho 
skirt or hang open from the waist, finished 
With gros grain revem or a large silk cord. If 
preferred, a full pannier puff may be placed 
under the basque in the back. 
We would advise all ladies to have their 
polonaises lined very lightly, :n order that 
they may wear them in the house and add 
another costume to their wardrobes. A thick 
quilted, tight-fitting waist, or one of the 
woolen tricot jackets may be worn under¬ 
neath for the promenade. 
Lace will not be worn generally on velvet. 
It ia too expensive to be used in profusion, 
and fashion has of late years demanded it in 
full ruches. The French do not use thread 
lace at all in trimming, but the French imi¬ 
tation, which is now manufactured almost 
to deceive the eye. But luce is not the most 
suitable trimming for an outer wrap, so it 
can easily be dispensed with for other garni¬ 
ture. 
Fur, which has been a. very popular trim¬ 
ming for two years, is gradually remanded 
to cloth garments. 
In twenty-seven inch goods five yards and 
a half i3 a large enough pattern for the polo¬ 
naise described above. 
We wish it understood that in these pages 
there will never be any style given which it 
is not possible for any clever, clear-witted 
•woman to copy. It is our desire to present 
fashions so attractive and descriptions so 
clear that all these matters pertaining to the 
wardrobe may be easily undertaken by the 
women of the household at the least pains 
and expense ; and if we fail to do what is our 
desire, we hope that our readers will let us 
know and make any suggestions which may 
lead us to a better understanding of their 
needs. 
NOVELTIES, 
Tortoise shell jewelry continues in favor. 
Earrings are carved in the most artistic de¬ 
signs, with brooches to match. Neck chains, 
with monogram bracelets, are worn with 
dcmi-toilettes. Accompanying a set of shell, 
which consists of earrings, chain, locket and 
HOW TO KEEP BEEF FOR FUTURE USE 
This is an important question to those who 
cannot keep cattle through the winter, and 
cannot sell them for cost, or to those who 
want beef, but must purchase It cheap. Per¬ 
haps few people are in the habit of canning 
beef ; but it may bo done in this way : tint, 
from the bone, wash clean and boil, adding 
salt and pepper if relished. When done, and 
while warm, put Into glass cans, or stone 
jars, with the water in which it was cooked. 
Press the meat down so the juice will rise to 
the top and tho tallow will rise forming a 
thin coat, which may lie removed when the 
beef is wanted for use. Set away in a good 
cool, dry place where it will not freeze, and 
when wanted for use, it may be warmed and 
a flour gravy made to it, making it a health¬ 
ful and palatable dish. The fore quartern, 
or cheapest part of beef, may lie worked up 
in thife way and the bones from wtxich the 
meaj was cut may be put in bi i no, or placed 
in a clean box where they may lie kept cool, 
ami boiled whenever soups are wanted. 
Who does not relish a meal of good beef 
cut up and cooked in this way ? How nice 
when company happen iu to have something 
that may easily and quickly be prepared 1 
Then can your beef when work is not press¬ 
ing, and ir properly taken care of it will bo 
as good as fresh beef next spring or summer 
when fat pork is not so well relished, n. h. 
HYGIENIC NOTES, 
Remedy for Chronic Diarrhea. 
Cn rho 
ligniorwood charcoal is an excellent rem¬ 
edy for chronic diarrhea or putrid dysen¬ 
tery. Dose, in powder, from one to t wo or 
three teaspoonfuls in a little water; repeated 
according to the urgency of the case. It, is 
also good externally, applied to old sores ami 
ulcers, either by sprinkling it on or by com¬ 
bining it iu poultices. Th© charcoul should 
be of sound, bard wood, cud tho fresher the 
better for medicinal purposes. I have re¬ 
ceived groat benefit from its use, and I think 
otherB will do wcll.to try it also.—O. k, s. 
Frosted Feet. Remedy.—lb is recommended 
to paint tho feet a few nights with tincture 
of iodine. Another remedy, taid to be sure, 
is:—Take mutton suei, and resin, equal purl:;; 
stew together and anoint the fout before' 
going to berk It smarts very much. J hove 
tried this remedy. My feet were frosted iu 
1858, while steamboat,ing on the tipper Mis¬ 
sissippi river. I cured them in the course of 
a few nights with little pain. 
Milk for Diarrhea. —Tho. Milk Journal 
states on tho authority of Dr. Benjamin 
Clarke that in the East Indies warm milk is 
used to a great extent as a specific for diar¬ 
rhea. A pint every four hours will check 
the most violent diarrhea, stomach-ache, 
incipient cholera and dysentery. The milk 
should never be boiled, but only heated suf¬ 
ficiently to lie agreeably warm, not too hot, 
to drink. 
Remedy for Bee Stings, Ac.—The tincture 
of iodine is almost a sovereign remedy for 
the sting of bees, wasps, hornets, the bites of 
spiders, any external poisoning us the crush¬ 
ing of caterpillars, hop or corn worms, on 
the flesh. Apply the tincture ns soon as pos¬ 
sible in any way convenient. It may be had 
SELECTED RECIPES 
To Cook a Turkey.—A lady correspondent 
of the “ Mobile Register ” gives the following 
directions :—“ The evening before you ex¬ 
pect to cook a turkey, kill it, clean it nicely, 
salt well and put it away in some good, cool, 
suitable place, where there are no unpleasant 
odors of any kind. Next morning take one- 
fourth of a pound of fresh batter arid one- 
fourth of a pound of sugar ; mix the butter 
and the sugar well together, and with Ai 
knife or otherwise plaster this mixture all 
over the turkey while cold; thon take a 
piece of stout domestic or Lowells, and make 
a sack, into which carefully place the tur¬ 
key, and sew it up, lapping every part of 
CAN WE AFFORD IT 1” 
the sack bo as to make It U t elosc’and tight 
to the turkey ; place in cold water, heat up, 
and boil for four and a-half hours. The tur¬ 
key will, by this time, bi well cooked, and in 
his own juices, and will be sweet, tender and 
juicy. Now, my word for it, there is more 
pleasuie in eating one turkey cooked thus 
than in eating half a dozen cooked the or¬ 
dinary way. JJ 
Boiled Asparagus .—To each half a gallon 
of water allow one heaped tablespoonful of 
salt. Asparagus should be dressed as soon 
as possible after it is cut, although it may bo 
kept for a day or two by putting the stalks 
into cold water ; yet to be good, like every 
other vegetable, it cannot be cooked too 
fresh. Scrape tile white part of the Stems, 
beginning from the head, and throw them 
into Cold water ; then tie them into bundles 
of about twenty each, keeping the heads all 
one way, and cub tho stalks evenly, that 
they may all be the same length ; put them 
into boiling water, with salt in the above 
proportion ; keep them boiling quickly until 
tender, with the saucepan uncovered. When 
the asparagus is done, dish it upon toast, 
which should bo clipped in the water it was 
cooked in and leave the white ends outward 
each way, with the points meeting in the 
middle. Serve with a tureen > of melted 
butter. 
Waste Paper Basket— (See page 77).— 
Take a yellow cane, trellis work basket, hex¬ 
agon shape, and red, green, blue and black 
wool, Use the wool six-fold, weaving it in 
four stitches. The tassels are made of thick 
wool of various colors. l ine it with red flan¬ 
nel or cashmere. Drape the top inside with 
doth scollops, green and bine, embroidered 
with gold, green and blue. 
