>V-YOMm 
came to work here that I begin to think I did 
not know much before.” 
So said “Annie,” a young girl who came to 
help me for a few weeks in general house¬ 
work several years ago. I did not particu¬ 
larly realize that 1 had been giving instruc¬ 
tions, so I asked her what she had learned. 
“O, a good many things—how to wash dishes 
for one.” 
Then I remembered having told my own 
little girl in Annie's presence the correct way, 
according to my judgment, to do this very 
important, though much despised, piece of 
work. I always liked to do this work, and 
this is the way I do it: Have plenty of good, 
soft, hot water; if soft water is not attainable, 
of course the next best is used. Use a large 
dish-pan, put iuto it sufficient water for con¬ 
venience and enough soap to form a slight 
suds. If hard water is used, it is better to 
add a little milk and no soap to the water. 
Wash all glassware first, aud rinse immedi¬ 
ately iu clear, cold water, and turn on a clean, 
dry cloth to drain. Glassware can be rubbed 
with paper or dry linen after the other dishes 
are disposed of, if desired; we hardly ever 
find it necessary, however. Next wash the 
cups aud saucers, spoous, knives anil forks, 
plates and other table dishes; then the iron¬ 
ware, but do not wash tinware in this greasy 
water. When everything has been washed 
thoroughly, empty the water. Pack all table 
ware neatly back into the pau, except knives 
aud forks that need scouting—a tusk that can 
be done now—then wipe immediately on a wet 
dish-cloth, then on a dry one and put away. 
Pour hot water over the panful of dishes and 
wipe immediately on a dry towel. I find that 
the best dish-cloths aud towels are those of 
linen crash, half-worn as hand towels. Cut 
one in halves and hem for two dish cloths, 
and I like to have two towels for this pur¬ 
pose and have one washed with the cloths 
every week. It can be washed out every 
time in the water the dishes have been rinsed 
in, and then hung to dry. Rinse and dry all 
ironware. Wash tinware in clean suds, scald 
and dry in the sun or by the stove, and it will 
not need scouring. 
Annie said her mother had often told her 
that she did not wash the dishes well, but she 
had not told her bow to do it. Mothers, let 
us take a lesson, and always iustruet our 
daughters how to do a piece of work before 
finding fault with them for not doing things 
correctly. mrs. c. e. jack. 
GOOD HASH AND HOW TO MAKE IT. 
There is no more handy, healthy and appe¬ 
tizing breakfast dish than really first-class 
hash: to make which requires four things,— 
good potatoes aud meat, a good chopper and 
plenty of confidence. The potatoes should be of 
good quality, “boiled done”and no more,or they 
will be mushy; they should be allowed to get 
entirely cold, when they should be first sliced; 
and then chopped quite flue. Of course, al¬ 
most auy meat can be used in making hash, 
but “gilt-edged” hash can be made of none 
but the best. A large proportion should be 
lean, so that the hash may not be too greasy; 
it may be fresh or corned. It should be boiled 
thoroughly; removed from the bone and every 
particle of gristle should be taken out, and 
then it should be allowed to become cold. It 
should then be cut into pieces and chopped 
fine—not ground, as that would leave it full 
of strings and large, uncut pieces, and of all 
things 1 despise stringy or lumpy hash. We 
are now using at our house one of the Enter¬ 
prise Manufacturing Company’s uew meat 
choppers, and it works to perfection; it cuts 
the meat iuto little pieces anil leaves no 
strings or uueut lumps; it cuts fast aud turns 
easily. I do not care to give the thing a 
“boom,” but say this in simple justice to a 
first class machine. Well, having the pota¬ 
toes aud meat properly prepared, they should 
be thoroughly mixed; the proportion of one- 
third of potatoes to two-thirds of meat pleases 
our people; but, of course, this may bo varied. 
It should be next warmed—not recooked, but 
warmed—as hot as it can be eaten, and if too 
dry, it may be moistened with now milk or 
the liquid iu which the moat was boiled. Thus 
prepared—aud with confidence in its in¬ 
tegrity—hash is a dish to make a hungry man 
—or boy either—ou a cold morning, laugh, 
aud it is a dish easily prepared and one handy 
to keep ready. “an old boy.” 
[ We have an Enterprise Chopper in use, 
and would say, we like it very much. It does 
all the manufacturers claim for it.—E. M.] 
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DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
DOUGHNUTS. 
“I should like to try some doughnuts with¬ 
out eggs.” The Amateur Cook said it inquir¬ 
ingly, and I answered, “Well, try.” For eggs 
were scarce, and the children seemed to eat 
up all the cake as fast as it was made. I never 
allow Ihem to eat rich confectionary or fruit 
cake, but thiuk that good, plain cake is whole¬ 
some, if home-made, so we tried doughnuts in 
this wise:—Twoquartsof flour, a pintof milk, 
a cupful of sugar, and a piece of butter as 
large as an egg. Scald the milk, add the 
sugar, and half a cup of yeast. Rub the but¬ 
ter into the flour, aud add half a cup of yeast 
(small measure) and half a ten spoonful of soda. 
Make this into a sponge, and let it rise well. 
Then sprinkle in some spice; knead well, and 
let it rise again. When cut out for frying, let 
the “nuts” stand a few minutes before being 
put into the lard. The children said they were 
very good, and I had to concede that, without 
being rich, they were palatable and very eco¬ 
nomical. 
HOME-MADE CANDY. 
Nearly all children are fond of candy, all 
the more so if they know it is a prohibited ar¬ 
ticle. But the colored candy of the confection¬ 
ers is often hurt fid, and it i9 safest to make 
your own. [On Dec. 14 last, two tons of col¬ 
ored candy were dumped into the Hudson 
River by the Health Board of New York City, 
having been seized from the confectioners who 
had used deleterious matters to color it.— Ed.] 
1 find the children really delight in watching 
the operation of boiling, and enjoy the neces¬ 
sary testing, cooling and tasting. To make 
EYERTON TAFFY: 
Boil a pound of brown sugar, an ounce of 
butter, and two tablespoonfuls of cold water 
together. When cooked enough, add a table¬ 
spoonful of vinegar, and boil up again, stir¬ 
ring briskly all the while. 
CHOCOLATE CARAMELS. 
A pound of sugar, half a cup of chocolate 
grated fine, a large teaspoonful of butier, and 
a tablespoonful of cream. Boil all the ingre¬ 
dients without the chocolate, adding that 
when the rest is parti}’ cooked. Boil till brit¬ 
tle, pour into buttered pans, and, when nearly 
cold, cut iuto squares. 
MOLASSES CANDY. 
This is simply made with a cup of molasses, 
aud one of sugar, half a cup of vinegar, and 
a little butter. Some people prefer the juice 
of a lemon to vinegar in either of these re 
cipes. Our little ones are very fond of butter¬ 
nuts mixed in the half cooked candy, aud pre¬ 
fer this to any store confections that can be 
bought. A. L. J. 
Ptoswllattfaug ^dvtrtijsing. 
IT IS 
IT IS 
Safe to Take Sure to Cure 
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, and those who use it 
are always ready to say a good word in its 
favor. Mrs. 0. Johnson, 310 Hicks St., 
Broooklyn, N. Y., suffered greatly from 
debility, aud says: “ I did not think it was 
in the power of medicine to produce such 
a w onderful change as Ayer's Sarsaparilla 
has effected in mv ease. I feel that I have 
entered a new life.” Mrs. E. R. Henry, 
4th st., Lowell. Mass., writes: “For years 
I was badly afflicted w’ith Salt Rheum in 
my hands. My physician advised me to 
try Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. T did so. The 
result was perfectly satisfactory. I have 
more recently used it in my family with 
equally pleasing effect. It merits all that 
is claimed for it. As a blood purifier 
any disorder that arises from impurities 
existing in tlie blood. Even where no 
particular disorder is felt, people live 
longer, and enjoy better health, for puri¬ 
fying the blood with Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. 
John W. Starr, Laconia, Iowa, writes: 
••Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is the best blood med¬ 
icine of the day. I was troubled with 
scrofulous complaints for several years. 
I took only two bottles of Ayer’s Sarsapa¬ 
rilla, and now feel like a new man.” A. 
S. Pettinger, M. D.. Glen Gardner, N. J., 
writes: “Ayer’sSarsaparilla is an excel¬ 
lent alterative tonic, and in all eases where 
such a remedy is needed I prescribe it.” 
Mrs. n. M. Thayer, Hillside st., Milton, 
Mass.,writes: “Ayer’s Sar- 
Ayer’s Sar saparilla 
saparilla has no equal.” is the best medicine I ever took.” 
Prepared by I)r. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass., U. S. A. 
For sale by all Druggists. Price $1; six bottles for $5. 
CHRISTMAS CAKES. 
ANGEL FOOD. 
Whites of 20 eggs, beateu stiffly, two tea 
cupfuls of flour with two teaspoonfuls of 
cream-of-tartar. Sift flour and cream-of- 
tartar live times, three cups of granulated 
sugar, cups not quite full. Sift the sugar into 
the well beaten whites of eggs, moving it iu the 
sieve with a fork that it may pass through 
evenly and gradually, Bake on unbuttered 
pans one hour or one hour and a quarter in a 
well heated,but not scorchiug.oven. Cut out 
of pans when cool. One half this quantity 
may be made, but I succeed best when 1 pre¬ 
pare the whole. 
FRUIT CAKE. 
Four pounds of raisins, three pounds of cur¬ 
rants, one pound of citron, one pouud of flour, 
one-and-a-half pound of brown sugar, one 
pouud of butter, 12 eggs, tw? nutmegs, oue 
teaspoonful of mace, one each of cinnamon, 
allspice aud cloves, one teaspoonful soda in 
the molasses. Leave out six eggs,weigh them, 
take their weight in New Orleans molasses. 
Use only six eggs Stone raisins, dip them 
with scissors line, Hour the currants, bake 
from two-and-a half to three hours. 
COCOANUT PUFFS. 
Powdered sugar one cup, two cups dessicat- 
ed cocoanut, beaten whites of two eggs, two 
tablespoon fuls of flour or cornstarch. Drop 
on buttered paper on tins. Bake quickly. 
CORA. 
Prof. Horsford’a Baking- Powder. 
Valuable Recipes 
iu Euglisk aud German, If your grocer cau- 
uot furnish Prof. Hereford's Cook Book iu 
either lauguage. you can get one free by ad¬ 
dressing t.ne Rum ford Chemical Works,Provi¬ 
dence, R. 1.—Adi?. 
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Horsford’i* Acid Phoaphnte 
lu ScuaickncNn. 
Prof. Adolph Ott. New York, says: “I 
used it for seasickness during an ocean pass¬ 
age. In most ot the rases, the violent symp¬ 
toms which characterize that disease yielded, 
and gave way to a healthful action of the 
functions impaired.”—-4.de. 
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Catarrh Cured 
Catarrh is a very prevalent disease, with dis¬ 
tressing and offensive symptoms. Hood’s Sar¬ 
saparilla gives ready relief aud speedy cure, as it 
purifies the blood and tones up tlie w hole system, 
“ I suffered with catarrh 15years. 1 took Hood's 
Sarsaparilla and now I am not troubled auy 
with catarrh, and *nry general health is much 
better.” I. W. Lillis, Chicago, IU. 
“I suffered with catarrh six or eight years; 
tried many wonderful cures, inhalers, ete.. spend¬ 
ing nearly one hundred dollars without benefit. 
I tried lfood’s Sarsaparilla and was greatly im¬ 
proved." il. A. Abbey, Worcester, Maas. 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Made 
only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. 
IOO Doses One Dollar_ 
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