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^ItfceUimccui advcttbiiifl. 
When Hnby was sick, we gave her (Juatorlu 
When she was a Child, she cried for Ooatorla, 
When she became Miss, she oIuiik to Oiwtorla, 
Wbeu she had Children, she gave them Castorlu. 
fat on the top of the stove. They must be 
pulled apart and buttered at the table, but 
never cut with a knife. 
Many people do not like freshly cooked 
meats, such as steaks and chops, for breakfast, 
preferring cold meats that can be made into 
nice dishes, Cold veal is particularly happy 
iti its possibilities. Try this with mushrooms. 
Put a few small mushrooms, or some larger 
ones sliced, into a stewpan with a bit of but¬ 
ter and a tablespoonful of water, anil lot them 
stew in their own liquor. Meantime take two 
cupfuls of minced and nicely seasoned veal, 
put this into another saucepan in which you 
have first melted a tablespoonful of butter, 
and stirred in as much flour, add (our table- 
s|ioonfuls of cream and the stewed mush¬ 
rooms, stir nil together, simmer for live min¬ 
utes and pour over thin s I fees of nicely toasted 
bread. 
Mirotou of veal is a preparation that one 
would never think of insulting with the name 
of hash. Take some slices of cold veal and 
mince them with less than half the quantity 
of cold boiled ham, season with pepper, grat¬ 
ed nutmeg ami a small onion minced and 
fried in a little butter. Add also n French 
roll thut. has been soaked in a little milk, a 
gill of thick (j-eam, and a little grated lemon 
peel. Put all these into a pan over the tire 
and stir until heated through, then stir in a 
well-beaten egg, press the mixture into a 
buttered pudding dish and set into the oven 
to brown Turn out on a hot dish, pour over 
a good gravy made from the bones of the 
cold meat. 
Minced beef makes a delightful breakfast 
dish if seasoned by an artist. Take a pint 
bowl full of very finely minced beef to which 
has been added two ounces of salt pork. 
Mince a good-sized onion aud fry iu butter, 
add the beef, a gill of good gravy and season¬ 
ings. Ilavo ready lightly browned and but¬ 
tered pieces of toast on a hot dish, spread the 
mince over them and place on the top a 
poached egg for each person. 
Beef cakes are made from three parts of 
finely chopped cold beef and one part of 
mushed potatoes, a little minced parsley and a 
beaten egg. Make into cakes about half an 
inch thick and as big around us it teacup; 
dredge with flour ami fry in hot drippings. 
Servo with a tomato sauce and brown gravy. 
Mutton sausages may interest, where cold 
boiled or roast has ceased to do so. Mix to¬ 
gether one pound of cold mutton, three ounces 
of beef suet (these two must be very finely 
chopped), ns great a bulk of bread crumbs, 
a pint of minced oysters, two anchovies 
also minced, a seasoning ol' thyme, mar¬ 
joram, pepper and salt. Mix all these ingre¬ 
dients thoroughly, moisten them with the 
beaten whites aud yelks of two eggs until they 
form a still' paste; form into balls or sausages 
and fry, _ palmetto. 
A PLEA FOR THE OPEN FIRE PLACE. 
It is too early for anthracite, too late for a 
tireless house, aud happy is that home where 
the family can enjoy the comforts of an open 
fire through the chilly autumn days. Few 
things possess more elements of cheer than a 
blazing log on the fire dogs iu October. The 
hearth has an especial charm at this season, 
and the gleam of the firelight mingles with the 
yellow glow that is over the luudseape from 
trees and mellow sunshine. Maple wood is 
constant and steady; one does not care for a 
noisy, sputtering backlog that carries danger 
in its sparks; but the perfection of a wood tire 
is reached when one can burn the aromatic 
brandies of au old apple tree. One lies be¬ 
fore me now, giving out fitful gleams, faith¬ 
ful i,i its life, and giviug us comfort aud cheer 
even in its cremation. Then the ashes are of 
rare value, and the true lives again m some 
other form. By and bye architects will un¬ 
derstand the needs of a homo and build fire¬ 
places, not for show, nor to be tilled with 
feathery stalks of "spurrowgrass,' 1 as was 
once the fashion in the country; but to form 
the missing link between the summer's heat 
and the winter furnace. I remember enter¬ 
ing a dry goods store iu Boston one wot morn¬ 
ing and beiug beguiled into the ladies' parlor 
whore a blazing back log in an open fire-place 
and a comfortable oasy-chair, invited to rest. 
It was the poetry of shopping. When build¬ 
ers learn that the open chimney is the best 
means of ventilation, they will not seek to shut 
up every nook and cranny, ns is now too often 
the case. Housewives object to branches and 
the frequent need of renewal, but there is less 
dust aud disorder than is made by a scuttleful 
of coal, (f curefully managed. And what a 
care this house-warming is in homes where 
there are no furnaces. Even these are not 
without some drawback: for I have seen in our 
city houses, many children who lost health, 
and became subject to frequent colds that pa¬ 
rents could not understand, which might be 
traced to the pernicious habit of standing over 
the register or liovoriug around it. Not only 
in their homes, but iu school, this is carried to 
excess and should be forbidden. And when I 
say “forbidden” 1 mean rather “explained,” 
for children are reasoning beings, and if told 
of the evil of any habit., will be likely to give 
heed to the warning, while if sternly forbidden 
without a reason they arc likely to rebel with¬ 
out understanding. Am I gelling prosy over 
my wood fire? At least my thoughts are not 
the result, of vitiated air, for the doors and 
windows are open; the October breeze is coin¬ 
ing in and gently moving the sheaf of golden 
rod and asters that the little ones have gath¬ 
ered while out-of-doors, and “the maple leaf is 
blushing red.” annie l. jack. 
inches, which is fastened to the wall in the 
corner by two large screws. The outer upright 
bar should stand on the floor, the other one 
may be cut a little shorter. As the rack is 
light, the outer bar resting on the floor does 
not interfere with It swinging, but keens it iu 
place. YV hen in use, it is swung out a foot or 
more from the wall; when not in use, it stands 
flat against the wall, aud can then be used for 
small articles. The whole Ls planed, and 
painted the same as the room. Of course it is 
not essential that the rack should be behind 
a door; it may lie put in any convenient place 
aud made larger or smaller to suit the situ¬ 
ation. F. S. NEWCOMB. 
Avoid waste iu boiling potatoes by cooking 
only those of one size at a time. 
From our owu experience we believe that 
tea drinking makes women nervous and irri¬ 
table. 
If you are t he happy possessor of a good um¬ 
brella it pays to take care of it. After it has 
been wet, keep it open unt il perfectly dry. If 
you would prevent, cutting, don’t strap tight¬ 
ly or keep it in its case. 
Raucid butter or lard c.tnuof be restored to 
its original sweetness. Better use it. for soap 
than for food. 
The “ Queen” continues to be the leading 
style in watch chains for ladies’ wear. 
Don't stand up when you can do a piece of 
work sittiug down. 
Do not sacrifice your health and strength 
for economy’s sake. 
Keep your children iu school. Nothing but 
sickness should Keep them at home. It is un¬ 
fair to both teacher and child to let every lit¬ 
tle unusual occurrence serve as a pretext for 
non-attendauce. 
Yf.aBS ago l tried an experiment and was 
so well pleased with the result, that l have of¬ 
ten tried it since, aud been equally successful. 
I found an article of white piqui 4 badly 
molded; in fact, the mold stood on it in minia¬ 
ture trees. I concluded it, was a vegetable 
growth and so tried dryiny it out. 1 dried it. 
as thoroughly as possible, baking it in a cool 
oven for two or three hours; then I brushed 
it carefully with a stiff clothes brush, and 
when I win done there was no trace of mold, 
Fig. -ins is a sketch of a clothes rack we have 
in use aud find very convenient, as it is 
always ready for use, and never in the way. 
It is hung iu a corner behind a door that 
usually stands open, and is the same size as 
the door. It is made as follows of pine 
lumber: 
Two strips O'* feet long by 1x2 iuehes are 
morticed to receive t he tencutcd ends of the 
upper, lower and middle bars, made of the 
same material, and ~ l 4 feet loug. The other 
bars ore made of lath dressed to one inch 
wide, and let into the standards even with the 
front surface, aud fastened witli screws or 
small uails. This is hinged to another strip 1 x2 
Fig. 408. 
SUGGESTIONS. 
REMOVING MOLD FROM CLOTHING. 
CLOTHES RACK. 
and when it was washed it looked as white 
and clear as ever. aunt em. 
rllaiu?owjS §Uvcrti.oinr( 
WHAT OTHERS SAY. 
The IT. S. Dairyman says that sweet and 
sour cream require different temperatures for 
churning, and that they cannot be churned to¬ 
gether without loss, 
The Household thinks it is refreshing now- 
ardays to meet a twelve-year-old girl who has 
not a “ steady beau,” aud knows nothing about 
flirting. 
Eliza Arciiard, in N. Y. World, tells 
women that fancy work is a genuine deaden¬ 
ing drug, cheating them into a fool’s paradise. 
While they delude themselves with thinking 
they are at work, they are absolutely doing 
nothing, or that, which is worse than nothing. 
The Monthly Magazine of Pharmacy says 
that the best preparation for the hands at 
night Is t he white of au egg with a grain of 
alum dissolved in It. Quacks have a lauey 
name for it, but anyone can make it. Slight¬ 
ly beat the egg, add the powdered alum, 
spread over the hands and draw on a pair of 
gloves. 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
ENTREE of chicken. 
A very pretty and delicious entree is pre¬ 
pared as follows: Take a good-sized young 
chicken; clean it well and free it from pin¬ 
feathers; with a small sharp knife cut off the 
entire breast: then place The carcass iu a elosc- 
ly r covered vessel with just enough water to 
cover it, and simmer slowly for half an hour. 
Lilt it out aud take off the legs, thighs aud 
largest wing joints, wbieh should be tender by 
this time. Stew the careass for half an hour 
longer; take it out, pick the meat from the 
bones, throw aside the skin, and chop the dark 
meat very line with plenty of parsley and a 
seasoning of salt and peppier. Mix a beaten 
egg with this and roll into little balls, which 
should be dipped iu egg aud bread crumbs. 
Make a sauce with the gravy in which the 
chicken was boiled, which should be reduced 
to a large cupful, half a can of tomatoes and a 
minced onion. Stew for half an hour aud 
strain through a sieve and thicken with a 
little corn-starch. Meantime stew the breast 
which you have cut crosswise in pieces half 
an inch thick, until tender. Fry the legs, 
thighs and wing bones, and the little balls iu 
some butter until delicately browned. Place 
the white meat iu the center of the dish, the 
balls aud pieces around, and pour the tomato 
sauce over all. MRS. a. g. 
KEEPING EGGS. 
I have kept eggs for winter use without 
any packing, but I was careful to keep them 
in a cool, not cold, place, aud turned them 
twice a week. farmer’s wife. 
DOUGHNUTS. 
Two eggs, one cup of sugar, one cup of fresh 
butter-milk, an even teaspoouful of soda, one 
teaspoonful of salt, one nutmeg aud flour 
enough to make a soft dough. Roll to less 
than half au inch thick. Mold and fry in boil¬ 
ing lard, These will not absorb a bit of the 
fat, aud are the least pernicious of the dough- 
mit family. 
an improvement on salt cured meat. 
Last year after our meat hail taken the salt, 
and was ready to smoke, vi e made a hot soap¬ 
suds, aud washed the meat, and dried it 
thoroughly, then took equal parte of ground 
red and black pepper, and with our hands 
smeared it over the meat very thick, iheuhung 
and smoked it. and this year our meat is deli¬ 
cious. The lean is a bright red, like fresh 
meat; the fat a clear white. Our neighbors 
say we have the best meat ih the country. I 
also think I have learned something about 
lard. 1 suppose every one knows t hat n small 
quantity of sal soda added to the lard while 
rendering w ill make it w hite; but is it known 
that lye will unswer every purpose if soda is 
not procurable? 1 kept my lard in a can on 
the smoke-house floor. I now find it slightly 
rusted on the bottom of the can. I think that 
if the can had been raised off from the floor, 
so that there would have been a free circula¬ 
tion of air around it, this would not. lmve hap¬ 
pened. MBS R. W. WILLIAMS. 
(Will our correspondent kindly give ns her 
proportions of sal soda or lye aud lard.—E ds., 
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I suffered for years from chronic 
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Thu catarrh has disappeared, and I am 
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Boston Highlands, Mass. 
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