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whole business, feeding the flame with air. 
See what a white flame it is!” And during the 
whole evening we were profuse in our ex¬ 
pressions of admiration of the new lamp 
which seemed to be faultless. A- knew 
nothing of its origin, nor where it could be 
bad, but stamped in the electroplated body of 
the lamp was, “Wanzer Lamp.” When we 
went out to dinner, the red wick, about one 
inch across, was turned low, to see what 
would be the result. When we returned, no 
odor was perceptible. 
“ If this lamp continues to behave in this 
fashion, we’ll have no other henceforth,” I 
said, as visions of its multiplicity of uses rose 
before me. All that was more than a month 
ago, and the opinion first formed of that won¬ 
derful lamp has not in any degree been modi¬ 
fied, but fully confirmed. We prefer it,vastly 
to any lamp in the house for reading, and we 
have also the Rochester lamp which gives an 
excellent light. In fact I do not see how the 
lamp can be improved upon in its effect, and 
it certainly cannot be expensive, as lamps go. 
My only object in writing in detail of it, is to 
make the fact known to Rural readers, that 
su^h a lamp has been invented and manu¬ 
factured, and is probably on the market or will 
be, and it is so economical in oil, such a salva¬ 
tion for the eyes, such a saving of money and 
of labor in glass chimneys, and a lamp that 
can be turned to so many noble uses, no 
word of praise can be too emphatic in regard 
to it. One must wonder, if such a lamp was 
invented years ago, why it did not become at 
once generally known. Of the mechanical 
part of the lamp I cannot speak; but, judging 
from the longevity of its ancestor in Col. H’s 
family, it is to be inferred that the machinery 
which drives the fan inside, is simple in con 
struction and not easily worked out of order. 
None of it appears to view and the external 
appearance of the lamp is in no way peculiar 
and it admits of being made as handsome and 
fanciful as one could desire. The only thing 
about it that does not entirely please me, is 
the name on it. Wanzer is German, and the 
name should be that of a Yankee—spme good 
old New-England name. But whoever be 
the inventor, blessed be his name, for he is a 
benefactor of the human race. 
I ripped apart an old cushion lately that 
was a family heirloom, a cushion that I al¬ 
ways liked, for it was a solid, settled sort of 
cushion, that kept its shape and never bad to 
be shaken and patted into an orderly form, 
so I was curious to see if there was anything 
peculiar in the feathers w'orn by geese or hens 
50 years ago. When I had it open, there lay 
the contents, a mass of feathers and carpet- 
rags so interlaced and matted togeth 1 r as to 
be almost inseparable; evidently feathers 
were scarce at the homestead wh n that 
cu'bion was made, and the equal proportion 
of carpet rags well mixed, filled thecu-hicn- 
case to the desired plumpness I thought it 
a method well wor.h repeating. 
As we have lately been sorely pestered with 
rats—too smart by far to be caught by cats 
or traps—a gentlewoman sent me word to 
catch a rat in a wire trap which would make 
of him a prisoner; then to keep him m the 
trap until he starve 1 to death, when all the 
other rats w^uld leave and never in their life¬ 
time return. We haven’t tried this plan, be¬ 
cause the would be-vicarious rat does not 
enter the trap, and, then, how could one 
deliberately starve even a rat to death! The 
world is sadly out of joint in one way, one 
set of animals killing another set in order to 
live comfortably. Willi all due respect to 
Leviticus, Chapter 11th, I never felt that I 
had a moral right to take the life of anything 
which enjoyed life. 
good reason has decided me to have collar and 
cuffs of black velvet. ” 
“ The barren life , so soon as its barrenness 
is absolutely hopeless, becomes a literal 
death." 
OVERHEARD. 
“ Yes, I am tired of wearing white skirts, 
or rather I am tired of the washing and iron¬ 
ing of them, and so I am going to wear a 
black satine skirt with my dark frocks. I 
saw recently some very nice ones in the city. 
They were embroidered in white and war¬ 
ranted not ‘ to run,’ and were marked, I 
think, $1.25.” 
HELPS. 
row some of the burdens from the load that 
spring and summer always bring, and lay 
them on the less burdened back of winter. 
The virtuous woman described by Salomon is 
praised for her care in clothing her house¬ 
hold, and she did not defer her sewing until 
the need for it was pressing, for we are told, 
“ She is not afraid of the snow for her house¬ 
hold, for all her household are clothed in 
scarlet,” and the same kind of forethought 
will provide thin garments for the summer 
heat, and medium clothing for the spririg. 
A. B. 
C C A r ISS C. is homely, that’s a fact. But 
IV L what a pity it is that she doesn’t 
know enough to dress in black or dark colors 
at least. It would improve her looks 50 per 
cent. That bright green dress that she is 
wearing this winter intensifies her natural 
sallowness and seems to sb arpen her features. 
It certainly is too bad that with a moderately 
well-filled purse she should clothe herself so 
unbecomingly.” 
“Do you remember those old cashmere 
dresses of mine—blue and garnet? I was up 
in the garret the other day looking over old 
clothing, and I found that there was enough 
good stuff iu those dresses to make me two 
morning sacks. I shall box-pleat and belt in 
one, and the other will be tight-fitting in the 
back, with a loose front drawu in with 
ribbons which start from the uuder-arm 
seams, and tie in front in a bow. I shall use 
black ribbon because I have it, and the same 
A LITTLE ICE-CREAM. 
I CE CREAM is often the best food to take 
in certain fevered conditions, and a sim¬ 
ple method for making it when only a pint is 
wanted is the old-fashioned one of placing a 
tin bucket inside a larger one of either tin or 
wo'd and packing the salted ice between them. 
The modern improvement applied to this way 
is to use an egg beater to stir the cream. 
When it is thoroughly beaten it will freeze 
with a fine grain, and very quickly, the quan¬ 
tity of cream being so small. 
OLD COLLARS. 
Six collars with frayed edges stared up from 
my collar-box and not one of them was worn 
out except on the edges, but I dropped them 
in a heap into the rag-bag and went to buy a 
new one. I did not think I could afford more 
than one just then. The saleswoman showed 
me several different styles and among them 
one with a binding of marseilles on the edge, 
and as it looked strong and serviceable I chose 
that one and carried it home. Getting there in 
time to examine it closely, 1 decided that such 
a strip of marseilles might easily be put on my 
discarded collars, so they were rescued from 
the rag-bag and 10 cents’ worth of ribbed 
marseilles made them all over new and en¬ 
riched me very greatly. 
A COLORED SKIRT. 
Jennie Lane bought six-and-one-half yards 
of skirting and carried it home last week. 
She used five yards in making a long, plain 
skirt and reserved the re3t to renew it arourd 
tne bottom when it is worn off. The skirt is 
intended for every-day service, and as a sub¬ 
stitute for a white skirt with all but very 
light dresses. 
FOR A WASH-STAND. 
Coarse, unbleached muslin can be made 
into a neat cover for a wash-stand by decorat¬ 
ing it with a border of drawn work and 
figures worked in dark-yellow embroidering 
wash cotton. The heavy muslin fringes very 
nicely too. Such a cover is pretty and inex¬ 
pensive, and can be washed an unlimited num¬ 
ber of times. It should not be starched, for 
if stiff it will not hang gracefully about the 
corners of the stand. 
BAKED APPLES. 
Mrs. Brown has lately served the apples for 
supper in a new style that has proved very 
popular in her family. The apples are pared, 
quartered, cored and sweetened, and a little 
water is added and they are baked until ten¬ 
der in a baking-dish; then the whites of two 
or three eggs well beaten are poured over 
them and they are set in the oven until the 
eggs are of a light-brown color. Eaten cold, 
with or without cream, they are delicious. 
A FASCINATING TOY. 
Mr. McDonald at a sale bought an old 
clock for a few cents and gave it to his little 
son for a plaything, aud the hours of absorb¬ 
ing pleasure the little fellow spent over it 
could hardly have been afforded by any ordi¬ 
nary toy. It must have been an instructive 
amusemeut too. 
DARNING-COTTON MITTS. 
Mitts knit of white darning cotton are a 
great protection to the hands in winter aud 
are easily washed and kept clean. They can 
be worn while making beds or hanging 
clothes. They save the hands in sweeping and 
churning, or in carrying fuel—either coal or 
wood. When the work is finished, if they are 
washed and hung by the fire to dry, they will 
be ready for the next day’s ser\ ice. They 
can be kept cleaner than woolen mitts and 
will wear longer. 
OLD CLOTHES 
Winter days grow long enough in February 
to allow some time for examining the family 
stock of clothing, and for putting in order or 
making over all that is still useful. Then the 
useless garments can be cut into carpet-rags 
or sold for paper rags, and the spring clean¬ 
ing will be easier if the closets are all relieved 
of their unnecessary burdens. 
NEW {CLOTHES. 
A great deal of the year’s sewiug can be 
done iu the wiuter in mauy families, and a 
good seamstress employed for a week or two 
at this season, will enable a housewife to bor- 
AN EXCELLENT KALSOMINE. 
A S it is nearing the season of spring clean¬ 
ing,! will give my formula for kalsomine 
which I have never seen excelled. 
Seven pounds of zinc-white, one half pound 
of white glue, and water to make of the con¬ 
sistency of thin cream. Cover the glue with 
cold water; when soft, turn off and cover with 
boiling water. Stir until dissolved, add water 
and zinc white. A small quantity of ultra- 
marine blue added to the mixture improves it 
for my eyes. MRS. ecomony. 
WORTH KNOWING. 
I N buying whale-bones for a waist, select 
those that are flexible rather than those 
that are stiff. The former bend to the shape, 
yet hold the waist in position. If a bone be¬ 
comes very much bent, do not throw it away' 
as useless, but hold it close to the fire or 
lamp chimney, and the heat will straighten it 
out as good as new. I find it best to buy tone 
by the yard and cut it in lengths to suit. 
You can buy casing or covering for them at 
five cents per yard. It is double so that the 
bone can be slipped down the center. The 
metal “bones” are very good when put in at 
first, but they are very apt to break and then 
the jagged ends pick holes in the dress 
material. 
Purple violets are the latest craze in milli¬ 
nery. Two-thirds of the women one meets 
have a cluster of them somewhere, on hat, 
at throat, or pinned to the muff. 
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Now' is the best and cheapest time of the 
year to buy white goods—towels, bedding, 
table linen, etc. 
The back breadths of the overskirt are no 
longer looped. Gather or lay the goods in 
pleats. 
It is prophesied that black lace dresses are 
to be as popular the coming season as they 
were last. Chantilly lace will be used. 
In dress goods, spring^woolens show stripes 
both wide and narrow. The large plaids 
shown are said to be for children’s and misses 
wear. 
White and gold furniture is as popular as 
ever and to this fad we may now add that for 
white fur rugs. These rugs serve not only 
for floor coverings but for covering lounges 
and easy chairs as well. 
Harper’s Bazar says that wash dresses for 
large girls are made with high belted waists 
with a yoke or with the shoulders quite plain, 
or else gathered there on a band like the full 
Russian blouse. The sleeves are full aud 
these are turned over cuffs aud collar or else 
pleated frills form the finish for neck aDd 
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AYER’S 
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Minnesota. 
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