435 
material tied on the back with ribbons to 
match. Any cheap, slender-framed chair 
may be beautified in the same manner. 
A pretty ornament for the dinner table is a 
linen cloth embroidered in dull red, yellow, 
or blue, and edged with antique lace to place 
under the fruit, which should be on a low 
glass dish. a. g. 
We have never found anything equal to a 
mixture of glycerine and rose water for keep¬ 
ing the skin smooth. The mixture, however, 
must be very thin—almost like water—to 
agree with most skins. Any druggist will 
prepare it for you, or you can buy the pre¬ 
pared article put up by perfumers and known 
as Cosmetic Glycerine Lotion. This last can 
be bought in New York for 29 cents the half 
pint bottle. 
HOW TO UTILIZE THE FEET AND 
HEAD OF A PIG. 
A little goes a great way if made with 
care in the following manner: 
Take the head and feet of a pig that will 
weigh about 200 pounds, clean and cook as 
for ‘‘head cheese.” When boiled tender, skim 
out the meat and bones, separate the latter 
and chop the meat as for hash, then put it 
back into the liquor, first dipping off the 
grease. Season highly with salt and pepper, 
and slightly with herbs, if liked. Add more 
boiling water, stir well and dip out into other 
kettles until each is a little more than one- 
third full. Mix about 15 pounds (more or 
less according to the amount to be thickened) 
of best quality of fine or “bolted” Indian corn 
meal in just as little cold water as will serve 
to make it smooth, then pour it slowly into 
the boiling meat, stirring constantly for about 
one-half hour (the longer the meat is cooked 
the better, if not burned). Five minutes be¬ 
fore it is to be taken off the fire add enough 
dry wheat flour to thicken about like “hasty 
pudding;” dip into milk pans—unless you 
have something better—smooth the top with 
the blade of a knife dipped into water, let 
cool, cover and set away in a cold, dry room. 
It will keep for a month or more in winter. 
Cut into thin slices and fry brown upon a hot 
iron griddle as you want it. The griddle 
needs no greasing usually. Dry meal can be 
used, of course, but it is apt to be lumpy. No 
one who has eaten food cooked as above at my 
table has ever disparaged it, or refused it the 
next time it was offered to him. 
I always wet all the meal for a “hasty pud- 
diug” and thicken with .wheat flour. It is 
easier to make and smoother when it is made. 
“that cold bed.” 
If May Maple will request her mutual 
friend to heat thrae or four bricks, soap-stones 
or sticks of hard wood (walnut or oak is best) 
as hot as safety will warrant, then wrap in 
cloth and distribute them in different parts of 
“that cold bed” one hour before it is to be 
used, occasionally moviug them about 
and removing them just before the bed 
is occupied, she will be satisfied with the 
result I am sure. If fearful, she can begin 
earlier and use two sets of heaters. They 
should be put between tbe sheets and under 
the pillow long enough before tbe time of oc¬ 
cupancy to heat the bed thoroughly and dry 
out the dampness that is always present when 
heat is applied to so cold a bed. Many per¬ 
sons dislike to sleep with heat applied direct¬ 
ly to their feet lest it should cause tenderness. 
They will seldom need it, if the bed is pre¬ 
pared in the above manner. Hot stones the 
size of eggs clasped in each hand are excellent 
warmers for aged people or invalids. 
* * * 
In speaking of fashions, the London Queen 
thinks that almost all changes in styles are for 
the worse, not the better; that beauty is stum¬ 
bled on, as it were, by chance, and tnen is de¬ 
parted from in the manner of those drawings 
which by degrees can transform a handsome 
woman into a goose or a pig. It is done by 
successive exaggeration of touches—this little 
bit prolonged—that bit retracted—this bulged 
out; that tied in; when, lo! the original form 
is entirely lost, and the, once beautiful face has 
now become the pig’s snout or the goose’s 
mindless bill. 
This same journal finds a retrospect of fash¬ 
ions, especially for women,a saddening study. 
It pertinently asks where the hope of improve¬ 
ment; where the evidence that women are not 
a race of fools, bound hand and foot by invis¬ 
ible forces, which, practically omnipotent, 
are potentially as easily resisted as so many 
gossamer webs in the summer twilight? 
TRIFLES. 
Hot water, pearline, and small cinders will 
clean bottles. 
Any one with a tendency to lung trouble 
should never use a brush in cleaning a stove. 
A woolen cloth is cheaper, gives a softer 
|>oljsl) to the |fpp ( and makes little or no dust. 
The small^holes]which children have such a 
knack of knocking in wails may be filled up 
without the aid of a mason. Mix plaster-of- 
Paris quite thin with cold water and apply 
with an old knife. When hard and dry, the 
wall may be tinted to match the rest of the 
room with a color from a child’s box of paints, 
if you have no water colors at hand. G. 
Lace has been restored to its old time popu- 
arity. 
-» ♦ ♦ 
GAME. 
Hare Soup. —Skin and clean a hare or rab¬ 
bit, and cut it in joints as you would a chick¬ 
en. Fry on both sides in a little hot butter or 
dripping, frying at the same time a quarter 
of a pound of fat pork cut in strips. Cover 
with three quarts of boiling water; add two 
sliced onions, some stalks of celery, thyme, 
parsley, a bay leaf, a blade of mace, and sea¬ 
son with salt and pepper. Simmer slowly 
until the meat is tender, when remove the nic¬ 
est pieces; chop or pound the meat from the in¬ 
ferior portions; strain the soup; return to the 
saucepan, add the minced meat, boil up for 
ten minutes and pass all through a sieve. Put 
the best pieces of the hare into the tureen,turn 
the soup over and serve. 
Ducks, tame or wild, are excellent cooked 
as follows: Singe, draw, and truss them as 
for roasting; put two ounces of butter in a 
saucepan, and when hot lay in the ducks aud 
fry brown all round; sprinkle over two ounces 
of flour, and when brown, dilute with three 
pints of boiling water; add a seasoning of 
pepper, salt, an onion, and some parsley, and 
simmer gently for an hour, or until the ducks 
are very tender. Take out the birds; remove 
every bit of fat from the gravy, and reduce it 
by boiling to the desired quantity, and strain 
through a gravy strainer. Add three dozen 
olives, stoned; return the gravy to the sauce¬ 
pan ; boil for five minutes, and pour over the 
ducks. 
Stewed Hare. Skin and joint two hares 
and lard them with strips of fat, salt pork. If 
you have no larding needle you may make in¬ 
cisions with a sharp knife aud thrust the pork 
in. Put four ounces of salt pork cut in dice 
in a frying-pan, and fry for five minutes; add 
the hares and fry for five minutes longer; 
skim off the fat: cover with a quart of water; 
add salt, pepper, parsley, two small carrots 
cut in quarters and a dozen small onions. 
Cover closely and simmer gently until tender. 
Dish up the meat; skim the gi’avy; thicken 
with a little flour; add a teaspoonful of lemon 
juice; boil up once and pour over the meat, 
around which you have put the carrots and 
onions. 
A goose rarely appears upon the table of an 
epicure—never upon that of a Parisian epi¬ 
cure, still it is with some a favorite dish, and 
roasted after the German style, is a pleasant 
change. The night before rub it with a mix¬ 
ture of sage, thyme, sweet-marjoram, pepper 
and salt, both inside aud out. The next 
day make a dressing of bread crumbs, two 
sour apples chopped fine, a handful of stoned 
raisins, one of currants, one mealy potato 
boiled and mashed, and one ounce of butter. 
Fill the bird and roast. Stew the giblets in a 
little water; mash the liver with a spoonful 
of flour; add the chopped gizzard, and stir 
into the liquor. A. G. 
Is in danger while your hloocl is impure. 
Gross food, careless personal habits, and 
various exposures render miners, loggers, 
hunters, and most frontiersmen peculiarly 
i subject to eruptive and other blood diseases. 
The best remedy is Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. A 
powerful alterative, this medicine cleanses 
the blood through the natural channels, and 
speedily effects a cure. 
Ayer^s Sarsaparilla, 
Prepared by T)r. »T. O. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass* 
Price $1; six bottles, $5. Worth $5 a bottle. 
S3 7C STEAM COOKER 
4?o._/o free ! 
Wewatit an active and intelligent man 
or woman to represent us in each town. 
To those who are willing to work we 
promise large profits. ('linker and 
Outfit I MM*. Apply at once for Terms. 
'VII.HOT i AsTI.K A CO.. Rortiinter N. Y 
I! HH C STUDY. Book-keeping, Business 
■ I IVI E.Forms.Penmanshlp,Arithmetic,Short¬ 
hand, etc., thoroughly taught by MAIL. Circulars free. 
BRYANT $8TllATT0N’Mi Buffalo, N. Y. 
Wells,Richardsom & Co’s 
f STRENGTH 
EXCELS IN J PURITY 
( BRIGHTNESS 
Always gives a bright natural color, never 
turns rancid. Will not color the Buttermilk. 
Used by thousands of the best Creameries and 
Dairies. Do not allow your dealer to convince you 
that some other kind is just as good. Tell him the 
BEST is what you want, and you must have Wells, 
Richardson & Co’s Improved Butter Color. 
Three sizes, 25 c. 50 c. $ 1 . 00 . For sale everywhere. 
WELLS,MCHARDSOH & CO. Burlington, lit. 
DIAMOND DYES 
.are the Purest, Cheap- 
est.Strongest, and most 
Durable Dyes evermade. 
One lOc. package will color 
1 to 4 pounds of Dress Goods, Garments.Yarns, Rags, 
etc. Unequalled for FeatherHibbons. and all Fancy 
Dyeing. Also Diamond Paints, for Gilding, Bronz. 
ing, etc. Any color Dye or Paint, with full instructions 
and sample card mailed for 10 cents. At all Druggists 
WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO., BURLINGTON, VT. 
GLASS MILK JARS 
With “ Lightning” Stoppers, manufactured by 
WHITNEY CLASS WORKS 
227 S. Front Street, 35 Murray Street, 
Philadelphia. Netv York. 
GLEAN YOUR MILK. 
ietqt milk 
I STRAINER 
made. Every Dairyman 
should have one. AGENTS 
, WANTED. HP” Send for 
circulars to sole manufacturers. 
MOSELEY «fe STODDARD 
Mnmifnet’ng Co., Poultney, Vt. 
lARCHMENT BUTTER PAPER, 
P 
For wrapping and covering butter. Better and 
Cheaper than Mus'in. Forsamples and price ask 
MOSELEY & STODDARD M’F’G. CO , Poultney, Vt 
For Household, Farm and Dairy. 
Frank’s American 
Wonder Machine. 
Highest medals from 
American Institute, 
New York; Burling¬ 
ton County Agricul¬ 
tural Society. 
Price, from $4.00 to 
$30.00. 
First - Class But¬ 
ter for Nothing! 
Can be made with 
from one pint to »he 
largest quantity of 
fresh milk or ersam. 
Agents Wanted. 
Send for Circular. 
producing the fin 
est granular butter 
in two minutes. 
K.ach qt. of sweet 
milk produces 2 to 
oz. of butter, 
and each qt. of 
cream from 10 lo 15 
oz. The remaining 
milk retains ail its 
sweetness, and can 
be used with coffee 
rea, etc. 
This machine also 
prod uces the fi nest 
• ice-cream In four minutes. 
Address F. A. FRANK, 
Patentee and Sole Manufacturer, N. Y. 
CHANNEL CAN CREAMERY , 
Makes the most Butter. Raises all the Cream 
without ice. We furnish Churns. Butter- 
Workers and all kinds of Dairy and 
Creamery Goods. First order at whole¬ 
sale. Agents Wanted. Send for circulars. 
WOT. £. LlJNCOL.lv CO., 
Warren, Mass., and Ft. Atkinson, Wis. 
CRYSTAL CREAMERY. 
Glass Milk Cans and Steel 
Plato Water Tanks. 
No Rusting, Leaking, or Wear¬ 
ing out. One at Wholesale to first 
purchaser. I guarantee my cream¬ 
er to be better than any other in 
every Important particular. 
Write for circular at once. 
C. L KNK®LAN°, 
Uundilia, N. Y. 
EPPS’S 
CRATEFUL-COMFORTINC 
COCOA 
HALSTED’S FOBTIARIEB 
For the Carriage, Sleigh, Office or House. Keeps 
warm teu hours. Safe, handsome, and cheap. 
THE CENTENNIAL CO., 
Box 250, Rye, N. Y. 
AGENTS ILEHE 
and farmers with no experience make §2.50 an 
hour during spare time. J .V. Kenyon, Glens Falls, 
N. Y., made §L8 one day, §70.50 one week. 
So can you. Proofs and catalogue free. 
J. E. Shepard & Co., Cincinnati,O. 
Great Reduction! 
FRINGE, Hidden Name and Floral 
Cards, IOO Album Pictures, New 
Samples and this King, all 10 CCillk* 
Clinton «fc Co, North Haven, Conn. 
MUSIC 
PIANO AND ORGAN rS! 1 ; 
ANY PERSON CAN PLAY 
the 
out 
aid of a teacher by using Soper’s 
Instantaneous Guide to the keys. No previous 
knowledge of music whatever required. Send for 
hook of testimonials, FREE. Address SOPER 
MUSIC CO., Box 14W7, NliW YORK, N. Y. 
“OKT Til FI BEST” 
DAIRY GOODS. 
Porter Rlancliard’s Sons, 
CONCORD, N. H., U. S. A. 
ESTABLISHED 1818. 
Spccin Dies. 
The Blanchard Square Factory Churn. 
The B ancliard Cylindrical Factory Churn. 
The Blanchard Factory Butter- W orker. 
The Blanchard Family Churn. 
The Blanchard Family Blitter-Worker. 
The Blanchard Butter Package. 
The Blanchard Print Butter Carriers. 
Besides these specialties of our own make, we now 
furnish everything needed in a complete creamery or 
Butter Factory Send to us for full descriptive circu¬ 
lars, or any desired information. 
PORTER BLANCHARD’S SONS; 
Concord, M. H. 
Best 
Steel 
ci Wire 
iH 
N 
GOULDS k AUSTIN, 
MANUFACTURERS. 
167 & 160 
LAKE STREET. 
CHICAGO, ILL 
EXCLUSIVE 
TERRITORY. 
GIVEN TO 
ACTIVE 
AGENTS. 
sVYOVEN WIRE FENCING 
WirD Rope Selvage 
80c. to $2 pel rod. 
All sizes and widths. Sold by us or any dealer in this line of 
goods. FREIGHT PAIR. Information free. 
Writ* The McMULLEN woven wire FENCE CO. 
158 &, 160 Went Lake St., CHICAGO, Illinois. 
Puller Lifts 20 to 50 Tons, 
Worked by 2 men. 5 Sizes. 
Price, §35 to §70. 
Circulurs Frre. 0^7’Suuton 
Three Days Trial. 
H.L.Bonnott,Weatorvill9,Q. 
estate. 
Jarvis-Conklin 
MORTGAGE TRUST Co., 
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. 
Capital Paid-up . §1,000,000 
Surplus ... ,.100.001 
Reserve liability.1,000,000 
Offers Its 6 Per Cent. Debenture Bonds of §500, 
81,000 and §5,600. running ten years, to Trus¬ 
tees, Guardians, and Individual Investors. 
Secured by First Mortgages on Real Estate worth three 
times the amount of the loan, and held by the Mer¬ 
cantile Trust Company of New York, Trustee. 
Secured also by the entire paid up capital of $1,000,000. 
It also offers CJU A RAN T F. E I> SIX P ER CENT, 
flist mortgages on Kansas City business property and 
improved farms In KANSAS and MISSOURI. 
Call at office or write for full particulars to 
Jarvis-Conklin Mortgage Trust Co., 
New York City, 239 Broadway. 
Providence, R. I., 27 f ustom House St. 
Philadelphia, Pa., 144 South 4th St. 
London, England. 95 Gresham St. 
Sunny South. 
Good Land, near the sea, cheap 
Fine climate, excellent markets 
Circulars free. E. (J. I.indsay «fc Co., Norfolk,Va 
MARYLAND FARMS. Book and M ap FREE. 
C. E. SHANAHAN, Attorney, EASTON, MD. 
G o to FLORIDA For cheap rates 
free Guide Books, Maps, or truth about Land 
Write O. M. CROSBY, 9!) Franklin St., New York 
ONE 
May ICO Horn* Card*, On* Pack Kacort Caida, On* Pack 
Flirtation Card*. One Pack Hold-to-th*-Light Cunla.Tli* My alio Oracl*. 
with,which you can toll any person’a ago; and Ur** nook of Hid¬ 
den K*ui*Cardj», All fornnljf SttUip, HtHHff t’l *’ 1 
HO, FOR THE SOUTH. 
I offer my fruit and stock farm for sale at a bar¬ 
gain; 149 acres vineyard and large orchards, well 
fenced two story house, 9 rooms, 2 cellars; 2 fine cis¬ 
terns; large pond Barn 54x53, two story, and other 
outbuildings. Convenient to SchooLs, churches, Post- 
office, Depot and Creamery. Only 22 miles from Mem¬ 
phis, Tenn.. a rapid growing city. Health unsur¬ 
passed. For price and terms, allso reason of selling, 
apply to JOSEPH GOODMAN. 
Hernando, Miss. 
TWO FINE FARMS 
FOR SALE on LIBERAL TERMS 
Only One Mile from thriving manufacturing city of 
LAMBERTV1LLE, In the celebrated Hunterdon County 
Peach District, New Jersey—one 200 Acres, other fid 
Acres; well watered, under high state of cultivation: 
excellent Dwellings and Outbuildings. Railroad Sta¬ 
tion on premises. Apply to J AMES I.. WELLS, 
59 Liberty Street, New York. 
OF CROPS Is an unknown ox 
peril nee in Central and North 
ern Dakota and Minnesota. 
Maps and full particulars regarding lands, prices, etc., 
sent free. Address C. H. W ARREN, Gen. Pass. 
Agt., St. Paul, Minn._ 
FAILURE 
mmm 
I FARMS&M ILLS 
For Sale & Exchange. 
R. «. CHAFFIN Ac OO 
JFREE Catalogue. 
. Richmond, Vr. 
FOR SALE OR TRADE. 
We have reliable addresses 1st, Of active real estate 
dealers who negotiate sales, trades, etc. 2nd. Persons 
wanting to buy, sell, trade or emigrate. 3. Those hav¬ 
ing money to loan or invest In safe securities. 4. 
Parties in constant demand of employing help. 
In all, several thousand addresses front all parts of 
the U. *., stating what each wants, kind of business, 
etc. Thus answering almost every demand. 
Will mall any one list for $5. or any 5 addresses 
for $l. Address, W. G. ALEXANDER. Mg’r. 
References furnished. L. B. 90, Hutchinson, Kas. 
Do You Want an Elegant Southern Home 
and a magnificent Stock Farm? Or an unexcelled site 
for a manufacturing town, with nearly five miles of 
very fine water power? Or a very valuable gold prop¬ 
erty? Address 
J. U, N1FIMILS, N acoochee, Ga, 
