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water. I turned a pail of boiling water over 
two quarts of wheat bran, and let it stand 
and cool, and then turned off the water, and 
washed the dress ns quickly as possible, passed 
it through a rinsing water and dried it os 
quickly as 1 could. I do not think the color 
washed out at all. I then ironed it on the 
wrong side, as I always do my priut dresses.' 1 
‘•1 have noticed how fresh yours and Nellie's 
dresses always keep, but it is a great bother 
to fuss so over a common dress.” 
“ it takes but little longer, and I do like to 
see children's dresses look brightsaid Mrs, 
Nelson. 
“ So do I, if it does not take too much time. 
I see j oil have another new cashmere.” 
“ Oh no ! this is the same one that I have 
worn two winters. I cleaned, and turned it, 
and as the old silk was frayed n good deal, put 
on a little farmer’s satin instead.” 
“ I never could renovate old dresses; when 
they are worn I do not care to bother over 
them and I'll have new, or go without. I 
had this cashmere new a y cur ago ; now look 
nc it!” 
“It has grown very rusty.” Mrs. Nelson 
remarked. 
“ Oh, T got some grease spots on it, and so 
had to put in the wash ; it just ruined it.” 
“ *2o it seems ! Do you ever use benzine 
to remove grease ? I always keep it.” 
The above is the way with lots of people ; 
ainlLhatis why so many men get in debt: it 
is too much bother to take care of things 
when you have them. Grandmother, 
gHigcellaufcusi. 
TP lit Address P. O. VICKERY, Augusta, Me. 
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to these. It would bo too much to assert that 
all indigestion results from tea drinking; but 
we do say, without fear of contradiction, that 
no one has tried every rational means of cure 
until she has tried the elfect of life without 
tea. She who has not the courage to give up 
tea altogether may drink it I ss hot and 
weaker, and, above ail, she must not drink 
that which has brewed for more than three or 
four minutes. It is the custom in some houses 
to make the tea half an hour before it is 
wanted, and to let it -stand ou the kitchen 
hearth to draw all the goodness out. If that 
were all I Hut the tannin, a strong astringent, 
is drawn out at the same time, and the result¬ 
ing beverage is as unwholesome ns it is un¬ 
pleasant to the connoisseur in tea. 
After all, one is compelled to comment 
severely on the indifferent character of the 
tea generally met with. Either the water does 
not boil, or it. has boiled all tho afternoon. 
Servants have proverbially vague ideas as to 
boiling water, and it is next to impossible to 
get them to believe that anything but “mas¬ 
ter's fads ” can be affected by the length of 
time the kettle has simmered, or the water is 
too soft, or, being hard, a thrifty mistress is 
guilty of the enormity of softening it with 
soda. Or perhaps the teapot has not been 
used for some days, and has been put aside 
wet, to contractu horrible, moldy, fermented 
flavor and pas» it on to t ho next brew of tea, 
Ami if all those conditions are complied with 
the chances arc that tho tea itself is bad- 
bought on chance at the nearest grocer’s, and 
warranted to make the greatest amount of the 
blackest liqui d from each pound. Flavor or 
aroma it has none, and it is only tolerable 
to those who judge the goodness of the tea by 
its blackness, uni deluge it with sugar and 
cream till all distinctive, character is lost. It 
is often forgotten, too, thit the better the ten 
the more it has to loss by exposure to air, 
and the more necessary it is to keep it in a 
perfectly air-tight box or tin, and to keep it in 
a dry pines. The lowest priced tea is hardly 
ever tho cheapest, for it is seldom or never 
that from which the greatest quantity of tho 
infusion can be made for a given price. At 
present, tho toa often served by good house¬ 
wives, who would not. dream of offering to 
their guests any but first-rate viands of all 
other kinds, is such that wo are driven to 
drink it nearly boiling hot, for fear wo might 
taste it if it were cooler. No doubt there are 
many striking exceptions to this rule, and to 
them we suggest at their next “ at home” 
the introduction of tea served Russian fashion, 
i. e ., first rate tea, not at all black, handed in 
tumblers w ith slices of lemon, and lump sugar 
to taste. It is an excellent drink for a sum¬ 
mer’s day, and wo have known it to find great 
favor at a small and early winter's dance. 
But tha above Coalitions must be complied 
with, for the lemon will not hide deficiencies 
as cream does, any more than it will conceal 
the flavor. For those who like the aromatic 
flavor, good Iudian tea is the best to use. 
Real lovers of tea almost always prefer it to 
Chinese, und it is only to them that Russian 
tea will be acceptable. 
---- 
WASHING CALICO DRESSES. 
It makes all the difference in the world in 
the looks and wear of a dress how it is washed. 
1 he same goods, made into garments for two 
different persons, will look no more#alike, 
after two or three washings, than black and 
brindle; and it a garment is all faded out, 
no one cures for it, and it is of no account, 
while one that retains its good color will be 
carefully mended, and wear ever so long. 
Two of my neighbors bnight their little 
girls some pretty bright chintz for dresses. 
They were off the same piece of goods, and of 
course exactly alike—bright red, with black 
and whito checks. They were both made up 
prettily, and tho litttle girls looked like 
little dolis in them. By and by, little Em¬ 
ma's dress began to look dull, while Nel¬ 
lie’s was just as bright as ever. They 
wore them to school every day. At last Em¬ 
ma’s went into the wash tub, and when it 
was done up, it was as wish-washy a dress as 
one often sees. Her mother mourned over its 
loss of beauty. After the school was out, 
Nellie’s mother w ashed her dress. It came 
out as bright aud fresh as new ; indeed, the 
new patches on the under sides of the sleeves 
did not show a bit of difference in color. 
Emma’s mother, said to Mrs. Nelson, one 
day. *' How do you nmuago to keep Nellie’s 
clothes so nice and fmh. while Emma's are 
so dingy 1” 
“ I am very particular to shake all the dust 
off her dress every day ; a dress keeps clean 
much longer if the dust is shaken from it; l 
always me ml the dresses before I wash them 
then there is in. marked difference between 
tho garment mid tlie patches. I like to have 
the patches unseen.” 
“But Emma’s dresses all fade out;” 
said her mother. 
“ That is owing to the way they are 
washed. That plaid dress I washed in bran 
Oft 
QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
HAKED CREAM POTATOES. 
Reel aud slice raw potatoes quite thin and 
let remain in cold water half an hour or 
longer. Then put into a pudding disb, season 
with pepper, salt and butter, and add a pint 
of sweet milk to a quart of the sliced potato. 
Put into the oveu and bake an hour. s. 
ORANGE MARMALADE. 
R. L. C. asks for a good recipe for the 
above. 
Ans —To twenty large sweet oranges, allow 
six pounds of whito sugar. Grate the peel 
from four and reserve. Peel the fruit careful¬ 
ly', removing the white skin as well as the yel¬ 
low. Slice the fruit and remove the seeds. 
Put with the grated rind into a porcelain 
kettle and boil slowly until reduced to a 
smooth mass. Then pass quickly through a 
new Hollander. Add the sugar, return to the 
kettle and boil briskly, stirring constantly un 
til thick—from twenty to thirty minutes. Put 
into small jars and cover as you would jelly. 
Or, choose nice, sweet fruit, pare off the out 
side rind very thin—that is the yellow with¬ 
out any of tho white—ami boll until tender. 
Drain from the water and cut into tiny strips. 
With a spoon take out all of the juicy pulp 
from the oranges* throwing away the white 
pulp and seeds. Mix the pulp and juice with 
the strips of peel, weigh, add an equal weight 
of white sugar and boil in a fiorcelain kettle 
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Cur wholesale agents In the 
I take groat pleasure in reading the Rural, 
beside obtaining a great deal of information 
from its pages. 1 would like to contribute a 
little, hoping it w ill help some one about cook¬ 
ing and economy. I can give “ Farnierine” a 
few simple recipes : 
The most common way of cooking potatoes 
among our farmers’ wives is to boil them. 
First, skin and wash, put on to boil in either 
cold or boiling water, but never in warm 
water. Let them boil twenty minutes or half 
an hour, according to the size of the potatoes. 
Try- with a fork and if found to be tender, 
drain off tho water, vet them ou the stove a 
minute or two, to let some of the moisture es¬ 
cape. If you wish to mash them for the table 
add a little salt, butter and cream. I find it 
a nice way to mash them in the kettle, which 
keeps them hot until time to servo. 
The good, old fashioned way to cook beans, 
is to soak in cold water two hours, turn off the 
water, put cooking in clear, cold water, boil 
half un hour, turn off tbe wuter again and add 
more cold water nud boil till tender, with a 
piece of salt pork, (allowing to one quart of 
dry beaus, one half pound of pork). Take the 
beans from the kettle into a dripping-pan. 
Sprinkle pepper mul hits of butter over the 
top, adding salt if necessary, cut your pork 
through the riml and lay on the beans. Bake 
the whole a delicate brown, 
TURNIPS COOKEn TO REPRESENT CABBAGE. 
Dress aud chop very line. Boil two hours, ad¬ 
ding cold water when they begin to get dry. 
Seasou with salt, pepper, butter and vinegar. 
May. 
-*-*-♦--- 
SOUTHERN POTATOES. 
Peel aud boil Irish potatoes until tender, 
when done, draiu, reash, season with salt, pep¬ 
per aud a little butter. Mince a large onion 
very fine and mix well through the potatoes. 
Put into the oven and brown, e. x. 
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MARTYNTA PICKLES. 
Mr. A. Me W. asks how to pickle the fruit 
of the above. 
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