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Manufacture  of  Monoaceticacidester  of 
Salicylicacid. 
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farm  for  support,  except  that  many  of 
our  young  men,  and  some  of  the  older 
ones  as  well,  go  to  the  oil  fields,  not 
far  west  of  us,  and  work  during  the  sea¬ 
son  when  farm  work  is  not  pressing. 
Also  quite  a  few  of  our  farm  girls  find 
work  in  the  towns  adjacent  to  the  oil 
fields,  and  few  of  them  ever  return  to 
the  farm  to  live.  mrs.  lillie  york. 
Husk  Mats 
I  am  going  to  save  a  lot  of  the  soft 
inner  corn  husks  this  Fall  so  that  I  can 
make  three  or  four  of  the  old-fashioned 
husk  mats.  Grandmother  always  had  a 
number  of  them  in  front  of  the  doors, 
grading  in  age  from  newest  one  in  front 
of  the  buttery  door  to  the  well-worn  one 
out  in  the  shed.  And  they  wore  a  sur¬ 
prisingly  long  time  when ‘braided  tight 
and  firm.  I  like  to  braid  these  mats 
during  the  long  Winter  evenings  while 
father  sits  on  the  other  side  of  the  table 
and  eats  apples  and  reads  the  daily  pa¬ 
per.  I  keep  everything  handy  in  a  deep 
old  basket  so  that  I  can  pick  it  up  and 
get  started  easily,  and  the  braid  grows 
longer  very  quickly. 
I  start  the  braid  by  tying  the  three 
strands  together — just  like  the  woolen 
rugs,  and  lay  the  wide  end  of  the  husk 
in  the  first.  I  like  quite  a  coarse  braid; 
it  works  off  so  much  faster,  and  plan  to 
have  each  strand  about  the  size  of  my 
forefinger  when  it  is  rolled  enough  to 
make  it  smooth  and  pliable.  It  takes  two 
or  three  of  the  fine  husks  for  each  strand, 
and  the  new  ones  should  be  laid  in  so 
that  they  overlap  the  previous  one  a 
full  inch  in  order  that  the  braid  should 
be  strong  and  any  extra  width  or  rough¬ 
ness  should  be  trimmed  off  with  the  scis¬ 
sors  before  braiding.  The  braid  looks 
much  better  if  the  husks  are  well  damp¬ 
ened  as  in  raffia  and  basket  work,  and 
they  work  up  very  nicely  if  sprinkled  a 
bit  and  wrapped  in  a  damp  towel  for  half 
an  hour  before  using.  When  well  damp¬ 
ened  they  make  a  firm  even  braid,  as 
they  expand  a  little  in  drying,  and  also 
develop  more  of  a  gloss. 
I  sew  the  braids  together  with  strong 
unbleached  twine,  and  be  sure  to  take 
a  short  stitch  and  sew  good  and  strong, 
for  the  mats  are  made  for  real  wear. 
They  look  very  well,  oval.  4  ft.  long  by 
2%  ft.  wide  makes  a  very  useful  mat,  hut 
they  should  he  proportioned  for  the  place 
they  are  to  fit.  The  old-fashioned  ones 
were  rather  small.  They  rmike  up  very 
well  round,  and  are  very  useful  on  piaz¬ 
zas  if  the  braid  is  not  too  coarse  and 
clumsy. 
I  remember  hearing  grandmother  say 
years  ago  that  she  and  her  sister  Anil 
were  taught  how  to  make  these  mats  by 
Indian  Betty,  an  old  Massapee  (Cape 
Cod)  squaw,  whose  Summer  cabin  was 
at  the  foot  of  the  lane.  Only.  Betty  used 
to  sleep  on  her  mats. 
.  Aunt  Ann  made  a  great  many  of  these 
mats  in  her  lifetime  ;  she  made'  many  as 
presents,  and  they  were  always  very 
welcome.  She  often  made  what  she 
called  fringed  mats,  in  which  the  broad 
end  of  each  husk  was  fringed  by  about 
two  inches  by  passing  it  over  a  few  sharp 
nails  set  points  upward  in  a  thick  block 
of  wood.  This  was  her  old-fashioned 
way,  but  I  fringe  mine  with  the  scissors, 
even  if  it  does  take  a  little  longer.  These 
fringed  ends  were  left  sticking  out  on 
the  right  side  of  the  mat  and  were  all 
trimmed  off  to  an  even  height  when  the 
mat  was  done,  and  made  a  thick  tufted 
surface  which  was  very  attractive  and 
useful  as  well.  Grandmother  wras 
“choice”  of  these  fringed  mats,  and  kept 
them  in  front  of  the  inside  doors. 
Aunt  Ann  varied  these  fringed  mats 
in  different  ways.  Some  were  evenly 
fringed  over  the  entire  surface ;  others 
were  in  alternate  rows  with  the  plain 
husk  braid's,  but  her  favorites  had 
fringed  centers  with  plain  borders. 
I  generally  make  my  husk  mats  either 
round  or  oval,  but  this  Fall  I  mean  to 
make  one  oblong  and  sew  the  braids 
side  by  side,  parallel,  and  fringe  both 
ends,  tying  them  well.  I  shall  braid 
with  four  strands  and  take  great  pains 
to  keep  the  braids  even.  I  have  often 
made  woolen  rugs  this  way  for  door¬ 
mats,  and  generally  make  each  braid  the 
full  length  of  the  window  sill  or  my 
four-foot  table,  and  commence  to  sew  in 
the  middle,  adding  the  new  braids  on 
alternate  sides.  I  also  press  them  well 
with  a  flatiron  and  damp  cloth  as  I  go 
along.  These  look  very  well,  lie  flat  and 
are  quite  uncommon.  They  can  easily  be 
shaded  by  making  each  braid  of  a  solid 
color,  and  can  also  be  arranged  easily 
in  stripes.  The  husks  can  also  be  col¬ 
ored  in  the  same  shades  as  raffia,  and 
very  excellent  color  combinations  worked 
out.  quite  different  from  that  of  old  In¬ 
dian  Betty.  Frances  barnard. 
Liverwurst 
Pig’s  liver,  kidney,  tongue  and  heart; 
meat  lean  and  fat,  salt,  pepper,  and  any 
preferred  herb.  Broth  of  meat,  a  good 
portion  of  fat.  from  pigs’  head,  that  can¬ 
not  be  used  otherwise.  The  secret  in  good 
liverwurst  is  the  right  proportion  of  fat. 
Split  the  kidney  and  soak  in  strong  salt 
water,  changing  the  water  several  times. 
Soak  the  liver,  but  without  salt.  Boil  as 
much  lean  meat  as  liver  weighs,  also  tho 
heart  and  tongue,  very  tender.  Use  all 
the  surplus  fat  from  the  head  boiled. 
When  well  done,  cut  up  in  pieces,  and  mix 
with  the  cooked  liver  and  kidney,  and 
chop  in  the  sausage  grinder.  Liver  is 
cooked  separate,  only  15  minutes,  also 
You  can  do  them  over  yourself 
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Never  any  streaky  brush  marks 
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coat  covers  solidly  and  makes  a 
permanent,  durable  wall  decora¬ 
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You  can  get  Muralite  from  any 
store  where  paint  is  sold,  but  if 
you  have  difficulty  in  obtaining 
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packages  we  will  supply  you 
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Muralite,  enough  to  do  a  large 
room,  stating  color  desired. 
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