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pieces and stir in, then drop into hot grease 
and brown nicely. Mrs. E. It. Heflin. 
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COOKING ASPARAGUS. 
As butter is scarce at our house I have to 
cook our asparagus without it. I put a small 
piece of pork in the pot and after it has boiled 
awhile, tie the asparagus in bunches and put 
them in. When tender take them out and 
thicken the soup with a little flour adding pep¬ 
per and salt. A few potatoes or a turnip is a 
great improvement to it. Mrs. J. W. 
CHILDREN AT TABLE 
JANESVILLE, WIS. 
Mowers, Reapers, Grain Drills, Ac. 
The Best is the Cheapest, 
CROWN 
;! Ik MOWER. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
If there is anythiug that can spoil a well- 
oooked meal it is to eat it to the accompani¬ 
ment of noisy, ill-behaved children, yet, I 
have noticed in many households, that ba the 
children even so ill-mannered, the parents have 
become so well accustomed to it, as not to 
notice it, or to think it any drawback to 
visitors enjoyment. Many a time I have 
wished that, the English custom of keeping the 
younger members of the family in the nursery 
for meals was more practiced here. But in a 
plain country home this is impracticable, and 
if children are well behaved, there is no 
pleasanter sight than to see a rosy, healthy 
group enj tying their food in quiet and content. 
Some children are by nature more tidy than 
others, and then) will be less trouble to teach 
these table manners than those that are natur 
ally boisterous and unobservant. Let a child 
be taught to sip soup from the side of a spoon, 
and there will not be that “ship sloop” that 
is so annoying. It is also necessary to notice 
carefully how young children handle knife 
and fork. I have one boy who persists in 
being left-handed, yet I attribute it to my 
own negligence in not giving him closer 
attention when learning to eat. The habit 
thus formed renders him awkward at table, 
and the left arm that holds the knife, is always 
running into his brother’s right, at table when 
both are cutting up food. The elbow in such a 
case is very much in the wav. Children 
should be taught to serve small dishes in a 
graceful manner, to help themselves and 
others without spilling over the table; and to 
observe quietly, or as the old saying has it, 
“ be seen and not heard.” 
We’ve got all the silver out because you 
are here,” a little boy once remarked when I 
was dining, and then he commenced an outcry 
of his “ wants,’’ and comments on the food 
that filled in the dinner table talk without any 
of his elders having a chance to say a word. 
And 1 think table manners will be carried all 
through life, and early training go far to help 
the far off future of th6 child when he becomes 
a man. 
CUTTING DRESS LININGS. 
One of the girls of the neighborhood in con¬ 
sulting with me in regard to suitable materials 
for her Summer dresses, objected to my sug¬ 
gestion of bunting, for the reason that such 
goods always pulled or frayed so at the seams. 
I told her that I had never been troubled iu 
that way, siuce I had adopted the plan of cut¬ 
ting the lining crossways of the goods. The 
threads of the warp never stretch. It is a good 
way also to hold the outside of the body or 
basque a little fuller than the lining, m. h. s. 
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COOKING OAT-MEAL. 
I think the most simple and healthful way 
to cook oat meal the best. The coarse or 
cracked is best for puddings. One coffee cup¬ 
ful of oatmeal carefully picked over is suf¬ 
ficient for five or six persons. I put a part at 
a time on a white plate, as the specks and 
hulls cau more easily be seen. Pour on one 
quart of boiling water, add a tittle salt, stir 
well and steam two or three hours, stirring 
occasionally. Fifteen minutes before serving, 
put in butter one-half size hen’s egg and stir 
thoroughly. Serve with cream aud sugar. 
COLD CARROTS. 
Slick cold broiled carrots or parsnips and 
fry in butter. Very good. 
TOMATO BUTTER. 
Nine pounds of tomatoes, three pounds of 
sugar, ona pint of vinegar, oi.e-and a half 
spoonful of ciunamon, one-and-a-half spoonful 
of allspice, and one spoonful of cloves. Boil 
one hour. Bottle and keep cool. 
Mrs. M. Brown. 
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WHITE SPECKS IN BUTTER. 
In years gone by I have strained buttermilk 
through a sieve, stirred the white specks thus 
obtained and made quite good butter. Sol 
concluded it was dried cream. This was be¬ 
fore I had a cream strainer. Hive used the 
strainer Hi years and have not had any more 
white specks in my butter. We use a Cooley 
creamer now but I still strain the cream as it 
makes a nicer quality of butter. 
Mrs. L Ladd 
American Fruit Drier, 
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Veal may be cut into slices aud fried, just 
as you would for the table, then packed in 
a jar and covered with lard. When you take 
it up for use, heat it through thoroughly. Be 
sure to cover the remaining pieces with lard 
It will keep some time, aud is very convenient 
for those who live some distance from the 
market. 
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STRAWBERRY AND RHUBARB JELLY. 
Please give directions for the al ove. 
Neither will jell for me. M. F. James. 
Ans.— Strawberry jelly :—Crush the fruit 
ami strain through a coarse linen bag. To a 
pint of juice allow one pound of granulated 
sugar. Boil the juice teu minutes, skimming 
as necessary, then add the sugar aud boil ten 
minutes longer. Pour hot into glasses and 
stand in the sun—protecting from insects—the 
sunny pint of two days. 
Rhubarb jelly :—‘Prepare as for sauce, put 
into a preserving kettle with a very little water 
(just enough to keep from burning at first), 
and cook until soft. Press through a sieve 
and then stra in through a jelly bag. To every 
pint of the juice allow one and oue-half pound 
of granulated sugar. Boil the juice 10 minutes 
skim, add the sugar and boil 10 minutes longer. 
Test by dropping a very little in a cup of cold 
water aud if it, immediately falls to the bottom 
it is done. If not firm, stand in the sun same 
as strawberry jelly. 
The jell should be made as soon as the berries 
are picked or the rhubarb cut, aud it is best 
not to attempt to make it in damp or cloudy 
weather. 
PAINT SPOTS FROM A FLOOR; FLOOR STAIN. 
Please tell me how to get paint spots off a 
floor; also a cheap way to stain a floor? J. w. 
Ans.— To remove the paint :—Make a thick 
paste of fresh slacked lime and washing soda 
(the soda dissolved in a little water) and cover 
the spots. In a few hott rs wash off. 0f course 
this treatment i3 only applicable to unpainted 
boards. 
For a cheap stain:—Mix mineral paint, in 
color to suit thn taste, with water aud apply, 
afterwards going over with a coat of oil; or 
mix the paint with the oil and apply with a 
cloth or brush. 
CLEANING ZINC. 
Will you tell me how to scour zinc? m.w.s. 
Ans.—I t is stated that sheets of zinc for 
placing under stoves, etc., can be scoured with 
great economy of labor and time by rubbing 
with glycerine mixed with a very little dilute 
sulphuric acid. Apply with a cloth. Perhaps 
some of our readers know of a better method. 
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THE CHILDRENS’ GARDEN. 
It is now time to commence gardening. 
Give the children a little spot of ground, and 
show them how to make their beds, and sow 
their seed. Do not fail to let them know you 
are interested in their work, for if they think 
you are not interested, they will soon think it 
is of little account. For several Springs past 
the little school-boys come with their baskets 
to my door to get plants that have come up 
from self sowing, to put in their beds in front 
of the school-hjuse. I give them a few seeds 
to sow. also a few bulbs. If the teacher would 
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SCRUBBING. 
Don’t scrub. Many will say how can we 
get along without it. When you clean house 
this Spring (if you have not already), lay 
clean papers on the floors before putting down 
the carpets. It saves the carpet from being 
moth-eaten along the cracks in the floor, 
besides saving one’s back from aching. The 
papers catch the dust and if they are taken up 
carefully there will be setrcely any dust ou 
the floor, so that mearly washing in w«rm 
water will suffice for cleansing the floor. Aud 
it will be as white as if it were scrubbed. I 
have treated my floors in this way three or 
four years and kuow from experience. Don’t 
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Also Manufacturers of Lawn Mowers, Plows, &c. 
150 
Bushels 
Xtr in 
. ONE 
9lI>AY. 
ICeed. your Stock 
WITH THE 
Waste on Your Earn. 
PRINDLE STEAMER 
FOR COOKING FOOD FOR STOCK 
Just the thing. 
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TO TAKE THE PLACE OF POTATOES. 
The following 1 have found will partly take 
the place of potatoes while they are so h'gh 
priced. Beat up three eggs, seaaou with pep¬ 
per and salt; cut up stale bread into inch 
AMBER CANE MANUAL 
GEO. L. SQUXER Sc bRO., BuECalo, N. Y 
