employed to run tho trains. They were evidently 
not ot ordinary Btock, but. were selected as men 
worthy to bo trusted with the lives or hundreds 
and thousands or people. There was an air or 
business and stability about them that gives a 
traveler a feeling of trust, and confidence. 
Mr. Kdttor, 1 have been thus spcelDc on the ques¬ 
tion or the safety of this road, for this ts one of the 
first things that a traveling public desire to be as¬ 
sured or, and I nm satisfied that the company con¬ 
trolling this great and important line spares no 
pains or expense to make this feature or their road 
all the public can ask or demand, and this Is why 
this road Is so nearly or entirely free from reports of 
aocldents. 
In going westward we passed through some of 
most Interesting portions of Iowa In the night, 
but in returning had a fair opportunity to see some 
of the finest country In the world lu that state 
along the line of this road. 
At home and abroad, Iowa stauda as one of tho 
finest farming Slates in the l ulon, and the broad 
acres of growing crops are certainly a rich feast 
tor the eyes, Tho tields of com were simply im¬ 
mense, and the herds of lino cattle indicated great 
thrift and prosperity. A nd the general appearance 
of houses, barns, yards, shrubbery, etc., showed 
that men of enterprise and Intelligence had sought 
and wore beautifying homes in this laud or plenty. 
After a most agreeable ride of less than twenty- 
four hours, we arrive at tho Union Pacific Uallroad 
depot, one or the liveliest and most Interesting 
places in all crlsteudom, about 0:iw a. m.—The 
investagator. 
©omtstif (6nnromu. 
OOMDUOTED BY EMILY MAPLE. 
THIS KITCHEN CLUB. 
MR8. AXNIE L. JACK. 
We always have a little dread of meetiug in 
“club" at Mrs. Peter lioaevelt’s, for although 
gossip is strictly forbidden, she is a self-estab¬ 
lished censor among us, with a I acuity for 
making people feel quite uncomfortable at 
times, without meaning any harm. But her 
kitchen Is a model of neatness, the stove shin- 
iug in brightness, the tins never dim in their 
polish, and everything to match. But, then, 
Mrs. Roosevelt is a widow and lives quite alone 
in her neat little cottage, owning it, and also 
the well kept garden and poultry house behind 
it—which she kecpB with trim care, aud order. 
Wo hud custurd for tea, tho top of which was 
very prettily festooned with white of egg 
beaten to u Doth and just set into the oven for 
a moment. Her caka was "Sponge citron 
cuke ” aud was mudo us followB: six eggs well 
bouton and tho yclkB strained; two cups of 
sugar ; hall a cup ot butter ; two cups of Hour, 
or enough to rnuke a baiter; halt a pound of 
citron cut Into shreds aud sprinkled in last, 
after being dredged with Hour which prevents 
itelnklugto the bottom. Beat up well. This 
makes two largo loaves to which, as a recorn- 
meudatiou, I may say we all did justice. The 
subject under discussion was kitchen work, 
and it was amusing to hoar the different opiu- 
ions of tho members upon this never-failing 
subject- One lady who 6eemed to despise her 
positiou, spoke at length disparagingly of 
housework. “ ller hands were never intended 
for dish washing ’’ and " it was coming down in 
the world to have to do it”—with like expres¬ 
sions which were convincing proof to any right- 
iuludod thinker that her ideas were warped 
aud distorted by the decrees of fashion. I 
kuew she was not one to value her time on ac¬ 
count of auy Intellectual employment; that 
her reading comprised only tho novels ol tho 
day, aud that her hands were uot engaged in 
auy noble work. But it was not fashlouuble to 
work, aud being unable to kt.ep a servant she 
made the hvos of her family aud friends un¬ 
happy by repeated complaints. When called 
upon for an opinion, I said, "Let me simply 
repeat my favorite and oft-quoted Hues, of 
George Herbert, that ought to be written up in 
letters that would never fade, for our daugh¬ 
ters to read and remember: 
M A servant With UUb clause 
Makes drudgery divine— 
Who sweeps a room as to thy laws, 
Makes that and th'actiou hue.” 
"But I don't like drudgery” 6ighed little 
Miss. Whitaud, "especially stove cleaning 
aud Ma is so particular.” Then some one 
turned to our hostess aud asked her opiniou, 
complimenting her on the bright polish her’s 
bad obtained. Mrs. Roosevelt told us thut she 
bought a polish that was rather expensive, 
paying 25 cents per packet for it; that her 
chief Hccret in stove cleaning was to keep it 
clean, never allowing the dingy burned red¬ 
ness that requires houis of labor to overcome. 
Mrs. Welsh gave us some useful hiuta on dish 
washing, advocating a ruck where the hot, 
riused plates will dry without much aid from 
a towel, uud another lady spoke of the value 
ol old newspapers to brighten windows. Our 
hostess was eloquent In praise of old-fashioued 
ideas, aud strongly condemned the prevalent 
notion entertained by young girls now-a-days 
that their hands are only to be kept for piauo 
playing, leuving all the nice household duties 
to devolve upon ignorant imported help. 
Miss. Lothian asked if one was to be recon¬ 
ciled to hard tough hands that could not "play 
with ivory keys "—or pick up a skein of floss 
silk without its being likely to slick to them 
like a burr ? Then our good friend Miss. Mac¬ 
Gregor took up the reply and suggested that 
Bridget’s wages be employed iu procuring la¬ 
bor-saving machines ; that young girls who 
pride thems e lves u r y hands are not to be 
blamed, but should be careful to dry them 
thoroughly before oxposuro, especially iu cold 
weather—and always to keep clean holders for 
lifting anything rough or hoi. which habits, 
with free use of glycerine soap, will tend to 
check the hardness complained of. Old gloves 
for sweoplug, are not much trouble to put on, 
aud the happiness of many a family would be 
increased if ita younger members took a pride 
in attending to the duties of housekeeping. 
Elevate your work Instead of feeling that you 
arc descending to it, which is a distorted way 
in which to do " whatsoever thy bunds find to 
do." Wc thought further comment unneces¬ 
sary bo we thanked our kind friend for her ad¬ 
vice and returned home strengthened by the 
talk. 
CANNING TOMATOES, AGAIN—RHUBARB 
* JAM AND JELLY. 
MART WAGER FISHER. 
Mrs. A. B. wonders that any lady should 
cau her own tomatoes when she cau buy them 
for eight or niue ceuts the quart eau, in tin, 
as she thiuks it is cheaper to so procure them. 
I don’t agree with her as to the cheapness for 
most families. And then, cleanliness is an 
important item with me. 1 have heard such 
dismal tales of what happens sometimes to 
tomatoes in cauniug factories, that I prefer to 
have my own put up at homo. As to the sour- 
uess of much of my own supply of eauned 
tomatoes, I am convinced that the fault lay in 
the fruit itself. It had ripened when the sea¬ 
son was nearly over, nnd was not fit for the 
purpose. Not one of the cans has spoiled 
through fermentation. Every can is thorough¬ 
ly uir-tight. I know that jugs are good for 
tomatoes, but I like glass for everything of the 
sort, so that I cau always see how it is "get¬ 
ting on." In putting up tomatoes, like all 
other fruits, it is always beBt to use the finest 
quality of fruit to be had. and never wait uutil 
the seasou is nearly over. Fruit that has ma¬ 
tured and ripened while the euu is still hot, 
has a flavor and richness lhat none other has. 
Hhifiwrh .lam and Jelly. 
Rhubarb (pie-plaut) makes excellent jam 
and a jelly of beautiful color and peasant 
taste, that is very uice for serving with roast 
meats, or for filling paste, or sticking layers 
of cake together. Even by persons who are 
uot fond of rhubarb, tho jam or the jelly is 
relished, as the rhubarb taste is by no means 
pronounced. To make either, proceed exactly 
as with raspberries or currants. If one's stock 
of jellies haB been exhausted by the winter’s 
demauds, rhubarb furushes tho material for a 
new supply ; I like it quite as well as currant 
jelly. But there is no jelly equal to that made 
from the red raspberry ! 
•- *■■*-■* -- 
it to work faster, and wc proved that to be the 
trouble by using for three alternate times a 
churn borrowed from a neighbor, that brought 
the butter within an hour every time. 
The respected man upon whom our churning- 
work sometimes devolves is not a profane crea¬ 
ture, jet I will confess that the strongest ex¬ 
clamations I ever hoard from his lips, were, 
while, with perspiration streaming down his 
face, he was with superhuman force keeping 
that churn iu motion ; and through fear that he 
might some time be overcome by temptation 
and actually burst out with a genuine " swear" 
in tho presence of a child whose firmest faith 
is that "papa never docs anything wrong," I 
have banished that beautiful churn to the 
realm of good-for-nothing machinery ; in other 
words, to the wood-eliod attic from which I 
mostsiucerely hope it will never be resurrected. 
Since ita banishment we have borrowed a 
crank churn, such as have been used iu this 
section, for more than 50 years. It brings the 
butter quickly, yet it has some objectionable 
qualities, and wc would like something dif¬ 
ferent. 
There probably is no other that gives the uni¬ 
versal satisfaction that an old-fashioned dash 
does, yet it is hard work to use a large one, and 
the aforesaid "gude mon" protests against the 
cruelty of making him wield a heavy dasher, 
if there is anything easier to be found. What 
shall it be ? 
♦ -. 
Cure for Croup; Washing Fluid. 
As soon as any symptoms of croup appear, 
give the child a mixture made of equal parts 
of wine of Ipecac, vinegar and strained honey. 
Give a teaspoon ful of this once in five minutes 
until the child vomits. Put a flannel on the 
chest. The chest should be greased and heated 
for several nights. Care must be taken not to 
take cold. 
A good wash'mg fluid which will not injure 
the clotlieB may bo made by dissolving one 
pound of potash in one gallon of water, add 
one ounce of ammonia, and one ounco salts-of- 
tartar. When you wash add one teacupfnl of 
tills fluid, to a boiler of clothes, Soap must be 
added, and the clothes soaped on the most 
soiled places. The clothcB should he soaked 
over-night. In the morning wring them out, 
and boil as stated above. Snow. 
Citron Preserves. 
Pare off the rind, remove ends, and cut into 
small pieces. Weigh, allowing as much sugar 
as fruit. Boil first in clear water, just enough 
to cover the Unit, uutil the pieces are tender ; 
take out and add to Lhc water the sugar. Boil 
uutil quite thick, then replace the fruit with 
two sliced lemons to each pound. Boil 15 
minutes longer. If the lady who asked for 
directions for preserving citron will try the 
above I believe she will be pleased. 
Mrs. A. E. L. 
-t-*-*- 
YouDg and feeble mothers with frail children 
will both become strong by the use of Hop Bitters. 
$>uMicatian0. 
WHICH IS THE BEST CHURN I 
EUNOK BROOKS. 
The subject under present agitation at our 
house is “ which churn shall we buy ?" After 
long cousideratiou and careful reading of tes¬ 
timonials iu favor of different ones, we had 
decided to send for one that had been exten¬ 
sively advertised, although we hud never seen 
one of them iu use ; when, behold ! in one of 
last week’s papers comes a letter (with lull 
signature) from one who uses that churu which 
says “ it takes double the time lhat other 
churns do,” and as we have just discarded a 
new one for that same fault, is it best for us to 
get this one ? A burnt child dreads the lire, 
etc., etc. 
A year ago when the old dash churn col¬ 
lapsed, we were much elated when we obtained 
a haudsome-looking dash churu that was 
worked by a crunk. It looked so nice, did not, 
turn very hard, and the theory ol its action 
seemed perfect—hut it failed in practice. The 
testimonials ugreed that it never took over 20 
or 30 miuutes to bring the butter, aud when 
the cows were fresh wo did churn a few times 
In half au-hour, though the average time for 
churniug was ouo hour. Through summer and 
fall the lime gradually lengthened, until in the 
months of November and December the churn¬ 
ing almost invariably lingered frum three to 
four hours, if there is auy other single auuoy- 
auce iu a housekeeper’s experience as exasper¬ 
ating as that, I do uot know what it is. 
Ot course, some one will say " The cream 
was too cold” or "you had kept ittoo long,” or 
" the cows had poor feed," or "something was 
wrong.” But there was no such cause tor the 
long churning as we never churn, winter or 
summer, without testing the temperature of 
the cream by a thermometer. VVe ehurued 
twice a week and Lhecows, besides having nice, 
bright corn-stalks, were fed two rations daily 
of corn-meal. The "something wroug" was 
the churu. It simply had uot force enough iu 
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