ly stylish, but easily to be made bonnet. The 
front has the velvet put on in bouillonnes, or 
puffs, divided by rows of beads the color of 
the velvet used. If brown, then browu beads, 
or iridescent, which makes the bonnet rather 
mure dressy. The lace has fine wire run 
through so that it can be arrauged in high loops 
and, be made to keep in place. The strings 
are of velvet ribbon. 
orchard, to draw upon, need never be at a loss 
for something nice for dessert. 
Apples may be prepared for the table in so 
many ways that they seem invaluable. The 
following, long practiced at our house, is an 
excellent way: Pare tart apples and with a 
pointed knife remove the calyx end of the 
core; put the apples, stem down, in a shallow 
ljakiug dish, one apple deep, fill the cavity in 
each with sugar, also sprinkling sugar (more 
or less as you wish them rich) among the ap¬ 
ples, pour in hot water to nearly half fill the 
dish. Bake till soft, then remove to a plate to 
cool, pouring over them whatever sirup may 
remain. The lower paid of the 
apple should lie clear as amber, 
the upper a light delicate brown. 
W&yf: When piled on a glass dish or 
U white plate to be served, this makes 
a pretty dish. They may be served 
plain or with sweet cream. The 
_ ' ' % Spitzenberg cooks very hand- 
i 4 somely this way. However, though 
the housekeeper may bakeaud stew 
and preserve, converted into pies 
AuksSi* puddings and all the dainty dishes 
7 ' known to her art, in my opinion she 
t* can never add to the native whole, 
cwv-v ' -y someness, deliciousne** and beauty 
Njjpkf" of the apple, the peach or the pear. 
Pile glass dishes with the fresh ,ripe, 
inu llow fruit, aiul what fairer or 
more delicious dessert cau be de¬ 
sired? Aud who would not rather 
be treated to a simple dt ssort like 
this (or uone at all) thau have, 
when visiting, the hostess spend the greater 
part of one’s stay in preparing elaborate dishes 
that give not half the pleasure derived from 
these fair creations of a higher hand. 
The lack of apples, etc., which seems one of 
the greatest inconveniences of a “new” coun¬ 
try. has led us to give the culture of small fruits 
our greatest attention. I wonder if this lack 
also leads the Western, sisters to resort to this 
method of securing fruit? Strawberry plants 
may lx 1 had so cheaply by mail, and the}' 
propagate so rapidly, that the cost of starting 
in their culture is very small. Currants and 
gooseberries well repay the care given them, 
both being easy of cultivation since we 
have learned to outwit the currant-worm. It 
is said that if the bushes are shaken each night 
after sunset the first week in June, it w ill de¬ 
stroy them; but a sure method, as all probably 
know, is to dust the bushes with powdered 
white hellebore. Gooseberries make excellent 
sauce; they are nicest used nearly full grown, 
when they scarce begin to ripen I cook them 
with half their weight of sugar, and while 
boUing hot, till the cans and seal them tightly, 
tightening them from time to time as they 
cool. Currants—red or white—are used ripe 
in the same way. Black currants, ripe, are 
also nice this way. 
Uncle Dan says that gooseberries dried iu 
sugar are an excellent substitute for raisins in 
mince pies. And by the way, some of the 
citron preserves, so dear to the masculine 
heart, also improve the mince pies; and 
mother thinks that mince pies without sugar- 
dried strawberries are not complete, whatever 
the other ingredients. 
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Catarrh 
Is frequently au indieatiou of a Scrofulous 
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purifies the blood, and thus restores health 
to the affected membranes. It also stops 
the nauseous catarrhal discharges, and 
prevents the infection from reaching the 
lungs and stomach. Catarrh should be 
treated as a blood disease. 
I suffered for years from chronic 
Catarrh. My appetite was very poor, aud 
I felt miserably. None of the remedies I 
took afforded me any relief until I com¬ 
menced using Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, of 
which I have now taken five bottles. 
The catarrh bus disappeared, aud I am 
growing strong and stout; nfV appetite 
has returned, and my health is fully re¬ 
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Boston Highlands, .Muss. 
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Highly Improved Farm 
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MRS. HIGHTON’S DIARY. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
Jan vary 10th.—The holidays are over, we 
are settled down to steady routine and fear¬ 
fully cold weather. Edgar says this house is 
not nearly so warm as his late lodging, and 
the water-pipes bursting Iho other day, added 
to the discomfort. I wonder if he is sighing 
for the freedom and comfort he used to enjoy. 
Last night I had a bad headache and went to 
lie down in my dressing room. I must have 
fallen asleep, for when I awoke I heard voices 
aud recognized Jack Sebright. He said some¬ 
thing iu u bantering tone and then I heard 
Edgar’s reply: “Its no joke having a sick 
wife aud a careless servant, old boy. Why, I 
had to go to a -hotel for my breakfast yester¬ 
day; wife couldn’t get up and there was no 
sign of breakfast. My business requires 
Iiromptness— I can’t wait. ” • *'Why iliiln’b you 
get up and cook it yourself. Ed?” inquired 
Jack; “It would remind you of the old camp- 
iug days.” But Edgar made no response, and 
l could smell the tobacco that they puffed 
away in silence. That is one thing I have 
against Edgar; he gave up smoking before we 
wetx> married to please me, but as soon as we 
were fairly off on our trip he began to smoke 
cigars. I hate tobacco; it makes lue so sick, 
and I do think he has very little consideration 
for me. But my headache vanished as I lay 
on the sofa, aud I arose and bathed my face, 
combed my hair and put on a pretty dress. 
Then going down to the parlor began playing 
softly one of Chopin's waltzes, after turning 
up the gas. The gentlemen soon came down 
stairs, and Edgar's “Why, Dolly!” amply re¬ 
paid me for the effort 1 had made. But how 
hoinesiok poor I was in that quiet parlor with 
tile newness shining on everything and Edgar 
and Ids friend criticizing, even though perhaps 
they admired me. 1 was proud of my music, 
for at one time 1 hart intended to devote my 
life to it,; that was before Edgar came aud 
changed the current of my thoughts. Dear 
mother always made mo practice and study, 
aud did all the cooking herself; she was used 
to it, site said, and I was far better at enter¬ 
taining company, so I did not learn how to 
bake and boil and attend to the thousand and 
one things a housekeeper must. Oh, how I 
miss the comfort of my old home! Yesterday 
we had a boiled ham for dinner, and 1 know 
mother used to have a !x>x of parsley in the 
kitchen window that stayed green and crisp 
all Winter, to be used for trimming, 
or in sauce, so I sent the girl to the green¬ 
grocers to get some. It was 50 cents for such 
a little handful, aud hard to get, she still. 
So different from home, where everything is 
so plentiful, for if I want a few apples, or a 
carrot for the soup, it costs so much to get it. 
We have a cullar, but the furnace makes it so 
hot we cannot keep anything in it. und I al¬ 
ways feel so lonesome when l just look down 
into it aud think of home and all the good 
tilings mother kept down there, from cabbage 
and celery in the outer compartment to cherry 
cordial and apples ifml the wonderful jars of 
fruit. 
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REWARD OF LABOR. 
In much of the work xve are called to i>er 
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the strength ex;tended. How many times, in 
tiio course of the year, do we reap actual bene¬ 
fit as a result of patient toil. Very fully do we 
housekeepers realize this, as we enjoy the sim¬ 
ple home-comforts, wliich our busy hands help 
to produce. 1 lave we sweet, c lean, t it ly rooms ? 
—It is because we do not sit down iu idleness. 
Do our children brim over with good nature 
and healthy activity?—It is because they are 
not neglected. 
Do we not feel happier when wo know that 
our daily duties have been bravely met—even 
tho 1 weary often limes—thau tho’ we had folded 
our hands and sat idly looking on while others 
worked for us? 
How much better to lie well and have plenty 
to do, than to be dragging out weary days 
upon a bed of sickness. MRS. s. b. e. 
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SUBSTITUTE FOR PUMPKIN. 
I went into a neighbor’s kitchen the other 
day, aud she set before me a piece of pie to 
eat- while we talked. “Your pumpkin pie is 
rather high colored,” I said as I finished the 
last bite. “It’s carrots,” she said. I detest 
carrots—the flavor and smell ami taste of 
thorn—but hero 1 had been cheated into eating 
them, aud did not know it. The pie u us very 
good; made just like pumpkin. Things de¬ 
pend largely on how they are made. a. l. j. 
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OVER 3,000 IN SUCCESSFUL OPERATION. 
Illustrated Pamphlet sent free. Address, 
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Eastern Office: 110 Liberty St., New York. 
HOUSEKEEPERS’ MUTUAL HELP CLUB 
One tablespoonful of kerosene beaten in one 
cup of soft-soap aud rubbed among soiled 
clothes when put to soak, will make the wash¬ 
ing easier. Kerosene also softens old, hard 
leather, mrs. a. l. 
ULADDYS WAYNE, 
It has often seemed to us that the house¬ 
keeper who has that “mine of wealth,” a good 
