HOUSEHOLD, Tue straw covers that are putaround claret and other bottles can be made use of for decorating our rooms, and are a pretty addition to the corner that would otherwise be forlorn and unoc- cupled. Select those covers that look fresh, and turn them with the pointed end down and open end up. IPasten them together, side by side, with a few stitches, or better still a hairpin, which may be passed through thestraw covers, and bent, to keep them 1n place, Take a third cover, hold it in the same way, with the open end up, and fasten it between the two first covers,a little below them. A large bow of gay-colored ribbon may now be added, either to the ends of the covers or else half way on the middle of the center one. This arrangement may now be fastened to the wall and filled with bunches of pampas grass, ever- lastings and any of the fancy grasses which can now be had for decorative purposes. These bouquets are called ‘‘Makart bouguets’’ after the celebrated painter who passed much of his time grouping and arranging them, and who was mainly instrumental in bringing them into fashion. STUFFED TOMATOES. —Take a suf- ficient number of ripe tomatoes and cut a thin slice from the stalk of each. Remove the insides, being careful not to break the outside of the fruit. Press the tomato pulp through a sieve and mix it with a little pepper and salt, two ounces of ham previously cooked and finely minced, an onion chopped very small, two tablespoonfuls of sifted bread crumbs, a few sprigs of fresh parsley well washed and shreded fine, and a well-beaten egg. Mix these ingred- ients thoroughly together r, and fill the tomatoes with the mixture. Place a baking tin; cover hour. gravy to table in the brisk oven for half an little good brown dish with them. matoes may be filled with any kind of cold meat, poultry or game, minced and pleasantly seasoned. Pre- pared in this way they form a most de- licious delicacy. cr ———— HoMEMADE CREAM CHEESE.—Put a scant teaspoonful of salt into one pint of sweet, thick cream; stir into it, having previously slightly warmed the cream, a tablespoonful of rennet, and pour the whole into a scalded and cooled linen cloth, which has been laid into a soup plate. Let it ren ina warm Kitchen for twelve hours; then Shange it into a clean cloth, wetted before, and remove into a cool dairy or larder. Ci cloth daily ui til the chirese to be firm touch. Stnooth it with perfectly round a cle san plate. 1 iit begins w. when it 18 fit msl as » ¥Ol begins NW & every day and yel- itn it to look buttery the table. SUET Pt pound ef pound of fine bread ces of sugar, a pi of salt, three eggs, one lemon. C ho io the suet up un- til very fine and add the bread crumbs, the sugar, the salt, the grated the lemon together with its (strained) and the eggs beaten, all the ingredients well together and tie in a cioth, al lowing _sufli ficient room for the pudding to swell. Then plunge it into boiling water and let boil briskly for from four and a half hours or until done. Thr ree quarters o three-quarters of a Fouls, four oun- DDING. a f suet, Zest of juice Mix ’ iL tn five vO ve AN English lady writes tomatoes on toast: Take six eight ripe tomatoes; cut away the stalks and any green part there may be; take out seeds and cut the tomatoes into slices; arrange these in a single layer vn a greased baking-ting sprinkle over them some finely sifted bread crumbs, seasoned with salt and pepper; put a little piece of butter on each slice, and bake in a brisk oven for fif- teen minutes, Serve them on neatly cut pieces of hot buttered toast with the gravy that is in the dish with them poured over; some consider a few drops of lemon juice an improvement. concerning or tha thio LLC JON one-halt cup butter, one-half cup of sweet milk, whites of four eggs, one-half teaspoonful soda, one of cream of tartar, two scant cups of flour, one fourth cup of sour milk, two thirds cup of pink sugar, one fourth cup of butter, one-half teaspoon of soda, whites of two eggs, one tea cup WATERME!D white sugar, of stiff. to be made up separately, and mixed hike marble cake before baking. tama STEWED RAtsins, —Take one pound of best raisins, pick them free from stalks; cover in a dish with cold water, steep all night; put them in a stewpan point, then simmer until the skins are quite tender; turn into a dish to cool, and they are ready for use. This, with | FARM NOTES, Tre peach tree requires cultivation entirely different from that needed for the pear, yet where the orchards are side by side the same treatment 18 usu- ally given both, In former days, be- fore the new varieties were known, peach and pear trees were hardy, and lived for quite a long period, but with grafting and budding the conditionsnec- essary for success seem to have been changed. The blight with the pear and the yellows with the peach, are the great obstacles in the way, while the borer also does his share of the work of destruction. Compared with the pear the peach requires clean cultivation, The or- chard should first be plowed and well worked with the harrow before plant- ing the trees and the ground kept clean of grass and weeds. No manure should be used unless it is in the shape of well- rotted compost, but marl and muck, that has been used as absorbent mater- ial, is of advantage. The best fertilizer is either muriate or sulphate of potash, about 200 pounds per acre, using, at the same time, about 1060 pounds of super- phosphate. No nitrogenous fertilizer is necessary the first two years, but after the trees begin to bear 100 ‘pounds of nitrate of soda may be applied 1n the spring, while the quantity of potash and superphosphate may be doubled, The mode of application should be to broadcast the fertilizer over the entire surface instead of around the trees, Something depends, however, upon the character of the soil and climate. The borer must be watched and never al- lowed to effect a lodgment in the tree, and the first signs of decay in any por- tion of the tree should at once | may be easily trained to proper shape. | Coal oil or kerosene will almost in- stantly kill the peach trees, and should ever be used in the orchards against insects on the peach trees. Wood { ashes and ground bone also make cellent fertili | THE bulk of cream | anything, so much depends upon the | quality of the milk, the method of sep- aration, the time occupied in doing it, the temperature at which the cream 1 { raised, the amount milk taken with the cream in skimming, the of the cow, the quality of the feed, length of time from calving and the in- dividual characteristics of the cow. cow 18 in poor flesh and half-starved a butter globules are poser infat, On 16 contrary, cow i8 in good con- i and abundantly fed us food ihe gl sbules lavored. Ol iL Lhe x nlog PIES food are on » voy! except Mt part; parts; lin little salt, milk, and scald the mi it can eal, xture, an To a of his apple corresponqent compiains ng, but not (arden suggests is full of boiling trees bloss bearing, Orchard that he throw a few pa hot washing suds against trunk of the tree, This liquid, : running down and soaking ground among the roots, not only is infurion 13 insacts aud prevents the but also feeds the tree and stimulates {it rene wed il 16 the into the g nil borer Lose no time oy $f frog y * » the tree m t ‘ 1, action, remedy, and rom 's experience that milel YWS I) no exercise during cold with warm quarters, to his own satisfaction by turning out thirty of his cows to drink and exercise in cold wea- while the remaining twenty-six were allowed to stay in the stable, and he finds that the cows kept in the sta- ble gave the mo Tie importance of lime as a plant food, to be supplied by its use asa fer- tilizer, may be perceived by the follow- ing figu In twenty-five bushels of oats there are nine pounds of lime; in thirty-eight bushels barley, nine | pounds; in two clover hay, | thirty-five pounds: in twenty-five tons | of turnips, 140 pounds; in 250 bushels | of potatoes, 270 pounds, por . ., 8ays he has discovered ¢ f C weather, if provided He proved this thor 5¢ milk, res: ¢ Oh tons of CHARCOAL is appreciated by fowls of all kinds, The very best is found in charred grain. and fed once a day, | product of eggs. | cess is much hastened by its use, and ble, There are many epicures who would willingly pay a larger price for | poultry fattened by the use of charred | Corn. of weak digestion or for invalids, half a pound of figs, each cut in four parts, be stewed with the raising, the liquor will be rich, syrupy and delic- ious, A xNotAapLE housekeeper says that an economical substitute for butter may be easily made, Melt a piece of nice fat pork, and strain it through a thin cloth into jars, Set it aside where it will cool quickly, where it may be used Instead of butter for any kind of cake, Pound cake made with it is pronounced delicious. snobs I SAMS Beer Brorn —Take a leg of beef, cut 1t in pleces; put it into a gallon of water, skim 1t; put in two or three blades of mace, some parsley, and a crust of bread, boil it until the beef and sinews are tender. Toast bread and cut into slices; put it in a dish; lay in beef and pour on the broth, sen — Caraxmer PUDDING, — Prepare a mold by giving it a thick coating of caramel sugar; when this has set, foto the mold a custard, made o the yelks of eight eggs and one and-a-balf pints of the bes: cream; steam for one hour and eve wu un wll, foods make Whatever you | RAxk-flavored | flavored meat. rank- | devour all kinds of refuse-—be sure it is | clean and not putrid. The finishing off when fattening, should be with the sweetest and nicest feed that is ever given to hogs. Corn meal and the re- fuse of the dairy are good. Good, sweet, wholesome pork is the product of cleanliness and sound, clean feed. A 6oop animal should be a heavy feeder. It has often been considered an advantage that an animal eat but little, but just the opposite should be desired, It takes a liberal supply of food and a good appetite to derive the greatest amount of product, Avtnovon flat turnips are mostly water, there is nutriment enough to make them an important addition to food for cattle and sheep, and it is therefore desirable that In a season of scarcity they be raised to nt full ex- tent of opportunity. The Lumber World says that oil wood with linseed oil, or even with oll or kerosene, will protect it from worms, Po" Two anclent beverages are being In- troduced into Great Britain on account of their supposed medicinal virtue, Palm wine, or lakmi, is made from the sap of the date palm, Trees in full vi- gor are selected for tapping. The juice escaping from the wound is conducted by a reed into an earthenware pot, and may amount to nearly two gallons daily at first, gradually sinking to about half that quantity toward the end of the tapping, which 18 seldom allowed to ex- ceed a month, Much of the “wine” drunk fresh, when it resembles spark- ling cider, but becomes insipid after losing its carbonic acid. Its color is opalescent and milky. After under- going alcoholic fermentation it contains 4,38 per cent. of alcohol, .22 carbonic acid, and 5,60 of mannite. The Moors make extensive use of a spirit prepared from the water in which comb is boiled in treating beeswax. This water, be- ing impregnated with honey, is allowed to ferment, and is then distilled; the spirit is called maharga, It is flavored with anise-seed or with naffa—that is, fennel acid. fin Fresh animal excrement is not food for plants, If diluted with water and poured about their roots it will often for a time do more harm than good, In fact, very strong urine will usually kill any plant to which it is applied, es- pecially if an annual. Its effect is to rot and burn the roots rather than to feed them. When fermented with other fertilizing matter this acid condi- tion Is changed and the compost be- comes wtensely active in stimulating growth, In applying large amounts of stable manure per acre some fermenta- tion goes on in the soil before the roots A physician says that a great deal of what passes for heart disease is only dyspepsia, that nervousness is is noth- and he gives as an instance the case of clergyman, who, after sermon, would take a teaspoonful of sweetened water, and doze off like a babe, under the Impression that at le sedative, a In the Botanical Garden flowers, fruits and other are preserved by keeping them fora of alcohol 1 then a3 sald in this appearar The plan larly valuable qulent plants, its bulk of water , and and drying them, It table matter treated serves 11s nat never turns Dik. i dere i artic removing that vege- Way pre- ural Ce, { 118)= hids wl 0 1 any ire sorbent nati by damp- urface with a weak lati tate of iron and sing in an ordinary copying press, Old writing may also be copied unsized paper, if wet ab "au on nre 3 on with a weak solut! of iron, mixed with a small solut SUZAr syrup yp DANRKER - “Io Fins Jenks? Second banker—*'I met h er « da 5 for the first time, First banker—* “WwW hat sori of a fellow is he? How did he strike you oY ’ Second banker—*‘He stru five dollars. you im tl sk me for Whisks —**By Jove! that trapeze act was ER ePal! It fairly takes my breath away to think of it.” Fogg (who does appreciate of bad whiskey)—"'Say, old man, ink of it to oblige me, will you?” not the smell frat just i ¢h id rn ———— } atin but siingy. CIBOLLARD is rich, vant said to him. postman has brought Monsienr a calendar for the new yvear.and begged Monsieur to forget him. What shall I give him?"? “Oh! mve him again!” § BOT not last year's back ———— Youxo LApY (to turnkey;—''Can I take these flowers in to the prisoners, sir?" Turnkey—* Yes, mem; the thieves an’ pickpockets will be glad to get ’em. They dotes on flowers, no murderers in now, mem. The one was pardoned out yesterday. Young Lady-*'Oh, I'm so sorry.” i ————— last Travelers arriving tired hangry and dusty, Union Hotel, immediately New York City, will find the Grand opposite the Hent stopping place. It is com ucted on the European Plan, and for $1 00 a day an excellent room ean be had. The Restaurant is fine and the prices moderate, Baggage is taken to and from the Grand Central Depot without charge. in in ————, —— pass it to another, If yon are suffering from Chronic Cough, Price 25¢., Soc. and $1.00, - —-—- Those men who destroy a healthful constitution of body by intemperance, do as manifestly kill themselves, as those who hang, or poison, or drown themselves. Fraser Axle Grease, The Frazer Axle Grease is better and cheaper than any other, at double the price, | Ask your dealer for it, and take no other, MD Ms sn >» “I pox'r want to buy your hotel,” the usual man sald, in quite the usual way, when he was told that board was $5 a day at a dull seaside resort in Wew Jersey. *‘Oh, no; I understand,” said the proprietor sadly, “If I had thought you had wanted the hotel for the reet of the season I would have offered you $5 a day gladly and thrown the hotel in, debts wages, and all, Importang, When yon visit or eave New York City, save bagEBge expressage and $3 carriage Hire, and stop githe Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Cen. tral Depot, 6X) ciegant millon LAr, §l day. European Plan, supplied with the best, rooms, fOtted up at a costof ons and upwards per Elevator, testauraut Horse cars, stages and cievaled ratiroad to all depots Families can live better for Jess money at the Grand Union Hotel than atl any other first-class hotel ln Lhe Cllv. lll I so Contentment 1s a good thing until it shade and lets the weeds grow. Twenty-four Hours to Live. Ind.,, who Hperfect From John Kuhn, Lafayette, announces that is now in health,” have the following: year ago I was, toall appearance, in the last stages of Consumption. Our best physi- clans gave my case up. I finally got so low that our doctor said I could twenty-four hours, My friend then pur- chased a bottle of DE. WM, HALL'S BALSAM FORTHE LUNGS, which ben- efited me. 1 bottles, I am now in perfect health, ing used no other medicine’ he we not live continued until I took nine hav- A It 18 the easiest business in the world todo a thing. The learning how where the difficulty exists, - -> A soft silky texture is a most able feature to apy head of hair Carboline, the only natural hair producer made from petroleum unrefined, will impart this characteristic loveliness the most unruly locks. Try it, - “TEN cents, sir!” “W-what for?” “For that sandwich eaten.” “Why, but excuse me, my dear low—indeed sir, I ( that. I am surprised request it. It would wrong for me ay you for wich!” “Tou rascal you, what do you mean! what excuse can you offer for cheating me out of my money in tus Perhaps you can tell me why it wrong be to pay honest resta r 10 cents i Ww hes? " “I would be a gross creditors, sir. My enormous, and my asset nothing. I am individuals After 1 pay happy to Lome now, Your money ai sir. you have top caopet Habilitle are owing SOU LK Tid JUDGE PENXYBI LER, who has a decided children, during a visit to t family took little Johnny on and fondled him. “Formerly 1 didn't in children, but now 1 to see little children grow up this way. It cheers me up,” remarked Pennybunker, **But why does it cheer you up more now than formerly?" asked Mrs, I zletop “Last week I bought some Avenue Railroad Company, hed its fourth full fare. Ho he little dears growing uj men and women," old wretch AVETS the Firzletop his knee take much stock titra like stock in to pay er year 1t has love to see t to be useful once more the born, Mrs, 8 evening and entered her darling lay asl found her husband st of the crib, and gazing ¢ arpestly at child, As she stood still for a moment, touched by the sight, the tears fille her eye 8 and she thought: “Oh, how dearly Charlie boy!” Imagine when he suddenly and exclaimed: “My dear, it is incom pr ehensible to me how they can get up such a orb as the Sep. anding loves thal the shock to her feelin turned towards her, -> “Is the lady of the house in?’ he asked, as he stood on the steps of a residence in Cass Avenue the other “Which lady of the house?" “‘Sartin, sah, “Why, are there two?” Y. -»> The purest, sweetest and boat Cod Liver OR ia the worl: manafactured from fresh, healthy liv. ers, upon the seashore. It ia absojutely pure and to all others. Paysicians have decided it superior Made by Cas i & Co, New York, CHAPPED HANDS, face, pimples . a0 rough sXin made by Uas i i i i There is a —— deal of religion that | is hke a morning cloud—as soon as the i must first learn to be one. ——_—— PREVENT croeked boots and blistered heels by wearing Lyon's Patent Heel Stiff. eners. Obstacles are but the rungs that form the ladder of success, The best cough medicine is Piso's cure for consumption. Sold everywhere. 2c. General poverty 1s 5 Jutiablo thing, but it is less pitiable than gen teel slovenliness. The shabby individ. ual is a more le figure in life than the slatternly one. It is no crime to be out of fashion, but it is an offense against decency to be stylish and dirty. Hood's Sarsapariia is made oniy by C. 1. Hood & Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Masa, Sarsaparilia may be depended upon as Fr ly | pure, honest, and reliable. EE —————— i ————— Were we as eloquent as angels, we a -_ FATS: All Fits stopped free. 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