places, because of angry words or cross looks 
at home. My family consists of husband, two 
sons, and for nine months in the year two or 
three hired men. 1 am not very strong or 
large, but 1 do all my own work, which is 
much the same as yours. In addition to my 
other work, I fitted my oldest boy for the 
High School in an adjoining town, also taught 
the younger one to read aud spell well, besides 
teaching him something of arithmetic before 
fie began school. My husband expects me to 
keep his accounts and do all of his writing. 
Now, my dear girl, ! will tell you what I do 
not have. I have no bright geraniums to 
cheer my weary soul at times, as you have. 
My kitchen aud dining-room are both on the 
north side of the house, and I have tried in 
vaiu to grow flowers. I cannot, paint; have 
no ear for music; no time for consecutive 
study or reading, aud no money to buy books 
with, if 1 had. We belong to a public library 
iu the town near hy, from which we get mis¬ 
cellaneous works. (Clod bless the man who 
first conceived the idea of a public library). 
I have never Jieard a great singer or seen a 
great actress. My recreations a re my Sunday 
School class, once in a while a church social, 
and a little reading. I have experienced all 
the ambitious longings and desires of which 
you speak, and fairly hate household drud¬ 
gery. but hate dirt aud disorder more, 
therefore, have managed to become a tolera¬ 
bly good housekeeper. My way is, to try and 
get through all my heav 3 ', disagreeable work 
ju the moruing, and devote the afternoon to 
lighter work and sewing, but 1 do not always 
succeed Many a summer uigbt I go to bed 
weary and worn, but I try to think of some 
one who has not so pleasant a home or so 
many comforts as I, aud then grow content. 
There are blessings to be found in all condi¬ 
tions of life if we will only look for them, and 
I believe you will come out of the clouds after 
a time. I know from your letters that you 
are a bright girl. Improve all your spare mo¬ 
ments iu reading good solid books, reading but 
few novels. If you have even the smallest 
talent for painting, cultivate it for your own 
pleasure; it will pay. 
•‘Do your nearest duty,’’ say Goethe and 
Carlyle. That is what God means for you 
now to do. Take up each new duty as it 
comes; the circle will widen and widen as 
you grow stronger. It is only the drones aud 
shirks who need fear the future. Somebody 
wrote the following lines—I know not who,— 
but they have given strength to me. I give 
them now to you. 
‘•I slept.ami dreamed that Life was Beaut}-; 
I woke and found that Life was Duty. 
Was my dream then a shadowy lie? 
Toil on sad heart courageously— 
And thou shalt tlnd thy dream shalt be 
A noonday light and truth to thee I" 
farmer’s wife. 
OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN. 
How shall 1 make the little ones happy? is 
the oft-repeated question of the busy mother, 
striving to supply the demands of both mind 
aud body. During the long winter months 
they have been confined in-doors to some ex¬ 
tent and, of course, the supply of entertain¬ 
ment has become somewhat exhausted. 
Iu the case of my own five active ones, 
nothing seems to contribute so much to their 
active enjoyment as work of some kind. In¬ 
deed, I huve frequently put a stop to some 
tedious fretting or crying—not by granting 
the whim of the moment, but just giving the 
little offender * something to do.” 
All children like to be busy and, like us of 
older growth, are happiest w-hen self-forget¬ 
ting. Indeed, we would like to recommend to 
other mothers that a certain amount of light 
work be marked out for each child who may 
be old enough to enjoy it the wee cues are 
easily amused by trifles. For the little nine- 
year old girl, let an hour each da}- be devoted 
to reading, sewing or knitting, etc. Let each 
mother make a certain plan that shall agree 
with her child’s capacities: she will not only 
find such a course of benefit to her child, but 
will also gain much herself by the arrange¬ 
ment; for what mother can enjoy life feeling 
that those priceless treasures grautod to her 
are growing up rude, iguoraut and uuhappy? 
Let us strive, dear mothers, to make life a 
grand reality to our children, endeavoring to 
keep their feet from the pitfalls which, by our 
large experience, we may haw learned to shun. 
To clean a wringer after using for col¬ 
ored clothes: Rub with a soft cloth saturated 
iu paraffine oil. This will remove all color 
from the rollers, leaviug them as white as new. 
MRS. t. E. E. 
MILK FUR INFANTS, 
I see much written on this subject, A phy¬ 
sician told me, a number of years sinee, that 
cow’s milk reduced with one-third warm wa¬ 
ter. aud sweetened with loaf sugar, was the 
nearest approach to the uatural food of iu- 
uuts that had ever been fouud. Where seve 
Mashed potatoes, fried chicken, corn 
BREAD, STEWED CABBAGE, CUCUMBER PICK¬ 
LES, GREEN APPLE PIE, DOUGHNUTS, CUP 
CAKE, CANNED STRAWBERRIES, CHEESE, AND 
COFFEE. 
Dishes served at a company dinner in the 
country, and the way they were prepared. 
ral cows are kept, the milk of one should be 
kept separate for the child. A hearty infant 
will soon be ableto take milk undiluted, but a 
delicate one requires great care. I am a dis¬ 
believer in the use of rubber tubes for feeding 
a child; a rubber nipple may be tolerated a 
short time. It can be drawn over a cork that 
Las a notch cut in the side for the passage of 
the milk, or it may be drawn over the mouth 
of a small bottle. It is kept clean more easily 
than the tubes which have such an offensive 
odor. I have known infants of positive opin¬ 
ions, who could not lie iuduced to use them, 
and I admired their judgment. With a little 
pains an infant soon learns to drink from a 
cup. 
TO KEEP POTATOES FROM WILTING. 
I liave seen people take the trouble to pack 
potatoes in boxes of sand to keep them from 
sprouting or withering iu the Spring, as they 
will do always if left to themselves. The sand 
waskept in the cellar from one year to anoth¬ 
er, that it might be ready to use again. The 
sand should be dry when used or the potatoes 
will not keep as well. The packing may be 
done any time after potatoes are put in the 
cellar, or towards spring. They come out 
fresh and plump. 
In wet weather rubber boots may be dried 
on the inside by filling them over-night with 
dry-hay; it absorbs the moisture aud leaves 
them ready for use. Some fill wet leather 
boots with oats for the same purpose. 
MRS. b. c. D. 
MASHED POTATOES. 
The potatoes were peeled and cut once in 
two and boiled until done. The water was 
then drained off, and after steaming a minute 
or so in the kettle, a tablespoonful of salt was 
sprinkled over them and they were mashed 
fine. A tea-cup of thin cream aud a piece of 
butter the size of an egg were stirred in. 
FRIED CHICKEN. 
The fowls were dressed the evening before 
they were wanted for use, washed and hung 
up in the cellar. In the morning ihey’ were cut 
up and parboiled in seasoned water isalt and a 
little pepper were used) a short time They 
were then drained from the liquid and fried 
in butter until they were a nice brown. The 
water in which they were boiled was then 
boiled do wu and thickened with flour and but¬ 
ter, for gravy. 
CORN BREAD, 
For the corn bread two cups of sweet milk 
were used, one of sour, three teacupfuls of 
com meal, one of flour, one-half cup of mo 
lasses, one teaspoonful of salt, one of soda; 
steamed two hours, aud afterwards baked a 
half hour, to brown the top. 
STEWED CABBAGE, 
The cabbage was sliced fine and cooked an 
hour or so in a pint or so of water; salt aud 
pepper were used for seasoning; then a tea¬ 
cupful of vinegar was added and a large ta¬ 
blespoon of butter, aud it was simmered an¬ 
other hour on the top of the stove. 
CUCUMBER PICKLES. 
When prepared for use, the pickles were 
taken from the brine, the large ones cut iu 
two, aud the whole covered with hot water, 
and the pan containing them set on the stove. 
The water was changed as often as it became 
salt. When the cucumbers were fresh enough 
to suit the taste, they were drained in a colan¬ 
der aud while hot were packet! in glass jars 
and covered with vinegar; a small bag con¬ 
taining a toaspoonful of grouud cloves, the 
same of allspice and cinnamon, was put iu 
each can. Iu an hour they were fit for the 
table. 
GREEN APPLE PIE. 
The pie was made by filling a pie plate, al¬ 
ready lined with crust, with mellow, tart, ap¬ 
ples, a half teacup of sugar, a little lemon 
peel, aud two spoonfuls of water. It was 
covered with crust well pressed down at the 
edges, and a little depression was made in the 
center for the beuetit of the juice, which 
might, otherwise break out at the sides, theu 
baked to a shade between white and brown. 
• KRIfib DOUGHNUTS. 
Duo cup of sugar, one of cream and one of 
buttermilk, two eggs, a teaspooulul of soda, 
aud either a little nutmeg or allspice, or both, 
The dough was cut in strips, then twisted, 
and fried iu hob ltU'd. 
COFFEE. 
The coffee had been browned iu the oven 
carefully until it could be easily ground when 
tested iu the mill. While hot, a tablespoon of 
butter had been stirred iu, aud after standing 
until just warm, an egg had been stirred into 
it. After drying by the fire it was put away 
in a tight drawer, ready for use. A teacup- 
ful of this coffee, ground when wauted, was 
put in the coffee pot, covered with a pint or so 
of boiling water, ami set ou the back part of 
the stove to steep A few minutes before din¬ 
ner the pot was tilled with hot water and set 
on the stove health to settle. When cream 
aud sugar were added at the table, nothing 
finer in the way of coffee could be desired. 
CANNED STRAWBERRIES. 
The strawberries had been put up by stir¬ 
ring a teaeuptui of sugar over a quantity of 
fresh fruit sufficient to fill a quart can. This, 
when dissolve.!, hail made enough juice, so 
that no water had been used The u'nole had 
then been boiled gently five minutes and can¬ 
ned in glass. 
CUP CAKE. 
One cup of butter, one of milk, two of sugar, 
three of flour and four eggs well beaten, with 
soda and seasoning. aunt rachel. 
Ilost'ord’s Ac-iil Phosphate, 
Decided Benefit. 
Dr. John P. Wheeler, Hudson, N. Y., 
says: *T have given it with decided benefit iu 
a case of innutrition of the brain from abuse 
of alcbohol.”— -Ada. 
Twin Foes to Life 
Are Indigestion and Constipation. 
Their primary symptoms are among the 
most distressing of minur human ailments, 
and a host of diseases, speedily resultant 
from them, mutually aggravate each other 
and assail at once the whole machinery 
of life. Nausea, Foul Breath, Sour 
Stomach, Dizziness, Headaches, 
Bilious Fever, Janndiee. Dyspepsia, 
Kidney Diseases, Piles. Rheumatism, 
Neuralgia, Dropsy, and various Skin 
Disorders, are among the symptoms 
aud maladies caused by derangement of 
of the stomach and bowels. 
A Thorough Purgative 
medicine is the first, necessity for cure. 
Then the cathartic effect must be main¬ 
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