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VILL CURE RHEUMATISM.
MPw ALBERT CROOKER, the well-known
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Read His Slatemcnt:
Sprixgvalk, Me., Oct. 12, 1678,
Mr. H. R, Stkvtxs :
iJenr .Sir. Fifteen years ago lat fall I was ta
ken sick with the rheumatixm. was unable to
move until the next April. From that time un
til three years atro thiu fall I. suffered everythin
with rheumatism. Sometimes there would be
weeks at a time that I could not step one step
these attacks were quite otten. I sullerea cv
erythiiift that a man could. Over three years
a;o last spring I commenced takini? Vkgetinf.
ami louoweu ir up uniii i nau taken seven noi
ties : have had no rheumatism since that time,
1 alwavs advise everyone that is troubled with
rheumatif in to try vk(jhti.ne, and not suffer
for years its 1 have done. This statement is gra
tuitous as far as .Mr. Stevens is concerned.
Yours, etc.,
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Bostox, Oct., 1S70.
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Dear Sir, My daughter, after havinp; a severe
atiack of 'lioopin; Couj-'h, w;vs left in a feeble
tried tiie Vkcetinic, and after using a few bot
siaie oi neauii, iteiui; iiuriseu oy a ii ieim sue
tles was tuliv restored to tieaitn.
1 have been a treat suilerer from Eheiima
tism. I have taken several bottles of the Vei
etine bir tins complaint, and am happy to say
it has entirely cured me. I have recommended
tho Ve;i:ti.n k to others with the sameood re
sult, it is a irreat cleanser and punticr of the
blood ; it is pleasant to take audi can cheerful
ly recommend it.
JAMES MOUSE, ZCi Athens etreet
ZZZTJL1ZIZJ. ij o. tia .
The blood In this disease, is found to contain
an excess of fibrin. Ve;etin i:act.s by conven
ing the blood from Its diseased condition to a
healthy circulation. Vkgktink regulates the
bowels which is very impoitant in this com
plaint. One bottleof Ve;eti.n e will irive relief,
tint to effect a permanent cure it must be taken
regularly, and mav take several bottles, especi
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vou. who av. "I never found so much relief as
from the use of Vkhkti.ve," which is composed
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wonderful cures, after all other remedies nav
failed I visited the laboratory aud convinced my
fcelf of its L'enuine merit. It is orenared from
barks, roots and herbs, each of which Is highly
effective, and tbey are compounded in such a
manner as to produce astonishing rev.ilt."
VEGETINE.
NOTHING EQUAL TO IT.
South Salem, Mass., Nov. II, 187G.
Mrt. H. It. Steyens :
DrtirSir.l hrve been troubled with Serofn
Ia. Canker aud Liver Complaint for three years ;
nothina ever diil me any irood until I commenc
ed uwiitu' the Veceiine. I am now iiettin
alonj; titst-rate, and still usiiik the v e kti n r.
1 consider there is nothing equal to it for such
complaints. Can heartily recommend it to ev
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STREIGIIT 4i MILLER.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 187";
A riensant Lotc.
" I have got some news for you, Mag
gie," he said one day, about eighteen
months after he had gained his com
mission. Guess what it is?"
They wera walking along the green
lanes of Iorloek, listening to the cease
less murmur of the sea, as at intervals
they had walked and listened ever since
they could remember, at any rate, - for
she was six years younger than her
former play-fellow.
"You are going to be promoted," she
said.-
"Promoted, you little goose! No one
ever gets promoted in the I5rittLsh ar
my. Guess again.
"You are going to marry an heiress."
There was a lump in her throat as she
said it.
"Wrong again. No inestimable young
person, with green eyes, a turn up nose
susceptible heart, and fifty thousand a
year has turned up yet. But it's some
thing nearly as good. I'm ordered to
China.
"Oh, Alic!" she gasped, and burst in
to tears. It was very foolish of her.but
then she was only sixteen, and had not
yet acquired the praise worthy art of
concealing her feelings.
'Why, whatever are yon crying for?
he asked, and kissed away her tears,
He'd kissed her ever since she was five.
and thought no more of it than if she
had been his sister or tho cat, except
ing, perhaps, that it was nicer which
it was no doubt. "I shall only be away
five years at most, and when I once
come back I'll bring you a pigtail and
an ivory tooth pick, and a whole lot ot
things, and "
"Yes?" she said, listening attentive
ly. .- i
"Xut tnen you n be a young woman
I forgot and 'out and all that sort
of thing, and won't condescend to speal
to a poor lieutenant; you will have all
the squires and fox-hunters about the
place at your feet."
Oh, no, indeed I shan't, Alic, she
said eagerly.
"But I tell you you will. I believe
you are a born little flirt, and I shall
come back and find you "
But she burnt into tears again and
put up her pretty little hand as if to
stop his teasing, which she could not
bear just then. It seemed so cruel of
him to laugh aud joke when lie was
going away for five years, lie did not
seem to care a bit, and she could have
broken her heart on the spot, and would
have gladly done so and thrown the
pieces away so as never to be bothered
with it again. Then, seeing her mourn
ful blue eyes he was merciful.
I believe I shall come back and find
you just a3 great a little darling as you
are now, and if we have got any mon
ey we will get married and live happy
ever after; and it we haven't we'll get
married and starve ever after unless,
of course, the heiress turns up."
Oh, I hope she won't!" said Maggie,
like a truthful little idiot. "Shall you
ever write to me, Alic, dear?"
"Yes, of course I shall, and I shall
expect you to write back six pages,
crossed and all that sort of thing, you
know."
i50 Alio Granger went to China, and
Maggio waited hopefully enough for a
letter, but six months passed and none
came, "l'erhaps it takes a letter long
longer to get here from China." she
thought, knowing as little about the
means of transit and the time it took
as if the Celestial city had been in the
moon. But a year passed and no letter
came.
Perhaps he's ill, it's miscarried," she
said tearfully, half woudering if it
could be possible that a Chinese heiress
had turned up, and that that was the
real reason of Alic's silence. Two
years passed and never a word. "It's
too bad," she said bitterly, and wonder
ed ruefully if he had married a wife
with a pig-tail. And the days and the
months went by, and Maggie journey
ed on into womanhood, but no word
or sign came from Alic Granger, and
at last she gave him up altogether.
Maggio was 20 years old when, her
father died, and the creditors did pounce
down, and she and her mother were
sold out. Mrs. Dunlap was offered a
home in London by a sister who was
well oil and bad-tempered, and it" was
thankfully accepted. Maggie was in
formed that she must get her own liv
ing, which being precisely Maggie's
own opinion as well as intention, she
advertised for a situation as governess.
Now, Maggie had a very modest idea
of her own merits, and therefore only
asked for 25 a year and a comfortable
home, so no less than five answers
came to her announcement that she
could teach, English, French, music
and the rudiments of drawing.
One of these answers came from
"Woolwich, and stated that Mrs. Mar
shall required a governess for her three
little girls. Mrs. Marshall was a stiff
necked sort of woman, and stared at
poor little Maggie (who looked almost
as childlike and twice as pretty as ever)
through double gold glasses. ' Col. Mar
shall, her husband, was a nice old man,
with a bald head and an iron grey mus
tache; and there was a grown up daugh
ter, a Miss Patterson, Mrs. Marshall's
daughter by her first husband, who was
really the mistress of the establish
ment, for Maria Tatterson had a strong
will, and she was an heiress. "A very
nasty heiress, too," Maggie thought,
and she was right, for Maria was skin
ny, and thought herself sarcastic, and
always said nasty things to people who
did not dare to sty them back again.
One evening, when Maggie had been
about a year at Woolwich, and she was
sitting alone in her school room as us
ual, for her pupils had just said good
night and been delivered to tho tender
mercies of their nurse. Miss Patterson
walked in, very much dressed and rath
er flushed and excited.
"Miss Dunlap," she said, "we shall
have a few friends this evening, and I
know one or two of them like an im
promrttu dance : will you bo ready to
come into the drawing-room and play
if wo should want 3ou?"
"I fear I cannot play dance music
very well: I never keep time," said
Maggie.
'Yes, I feared so, and thought I
would come and tell you, so that you
might practice for an hour or two till
after dinner;" and she sailed out of the
room, evidently considering the matter
settled; and Maggie meekly proceeded
to practice the Mabel waltz and the
Flick and Flock galop. Then she put
on her shabby black evening gownand
stuck a spray of white flowers uito her
golden hair, and waited patiently for a
summons, hoping she would wait in
vain. It very soon came, and with a
roll of music under her arm, a flush on
her innocent, frightened, face and a
scared, almost hunted expression in her
eyes, she descended, timidly opened the
drawing-room door, and there stood
still for a moment, staring iu astonish
ment at the scene before her. There
sat the heiress with an eager, pleased
expression on her face, and leaning ov
er her, talking and laughing and more
handsome than ever, and sunburnt and
soldierly-looking, was Alic Granger.
There was no mistaking him. The col
or rushed to Maggie's face, as if to say
a hurried good-by, and then left it al
together. She recovered herself-poses-
sion, however, ana walKea witu what
she flattered herself was great dignity
to wai d the piano. She felt rather than
saw him raise his head and look at her,
and the next moment he was by her
side. '
Maggie my dear Maggie! Why fan
cy you being here! Where did you come
from? I havo been trying to find you
out for months."
"I thought you" And then sho did
not know how to go on, and added, al
most piteous! y, J. am the governess
here."
Aro you r un, l see, men, tnat is
the reason I'vo not seen you before, I
suppose.
'Do you really know Miss Dunlap?"
the heiress asked, coming up, and speak
ing in her coolest manner.
Maggie wished sincerely that she
could sink into her shoes and bury her
self. .
Why, of course I do; we have been
playfellows ever since we were born
haven't we, Maggie?"
And Maggie, feeling sho was backed
up, answered bravely:
Yes."
Oh, indeed! how interesting!" Then,
turning to Maggie, "Will you be so good
a3 to begin a waltz, Miss Dunlap? This
was to be our dance I think," to Alic,
and she sailed off with him t trium
phantly. lie came to her directly after the
dance was over
"I went down to Porlock to try and
find out where you had gone- to," he
said, "but nobody knew." . .
"It didn't matter," she said huskily,
letting her fingers wander vaguely over
the keys to
believe sho wasn't
very Interested in what he said.
"Yes, it did it mattered a great deal.
Why, I've got a box full of curiosities
for you clubs to fight with, and a lit
tle heathen god or two, and a statute
of Buddha, and all sorts of things. I
told you I should bring you them home.
Don't you litre here I mean in this
house ?"
lie said these last words under his
breath, for the heiress came up, and the
next minute he was carried off to dance
with Mrs. Somebody at the other end
of the room, but not before Maggie had
nodded a reply to him. Soon after this
Miss Patterson came up to the piano
and said that sho wished to play, her
self, and that Maggie looked tired, and
dismissed her without her being able
to get even another look at Alic.
The next morning, to Maggie's great
surprise. Miss Patterson came Into the
school room before the children had as
sembled. "Miss Dunlap," sh2 said stiffly, "I
should like to know where you say
you met Mr. Granger."
"At Porlock. His uncle lived next
door to my mother. He is a very old
friend, indeed "
"Thank you. I merely wished to in
quire, because, of course, you must bo
aware that it is unusual for anyone in
your position to make herself remark
able by having long confidential talks
with any gentleman who may visit the
house." .
"I don't know what you mean, Miss
Patterson!" Maggie said, Indignantly.
But Miss Patterson had swept out
of the room without deigning to reply.
Then Maggie went into her own lit
tle room, the one place she had in the
world entirely to herself, and cried till
her eyes were red and her head ached.
The lessons did not progress that
morning. Maggio was thinking of Alic
who was no doubt strolling about the
common listening to the band and ma
king love to the heiress. The children
were more 4haa usually stupid, too,
and all the world seemed upside down,
and all its wavs turned crooked. Sud
denly, at about 12 o'clock, just as Mag
gie was in the middle of expounding,
as best she could, the eccentricities of
the French Grammar, t'aere was a
knock at the scljjool room door.
"Come in," she said.
The door opened, and there stood be
fore her astonished eyes tho form of
Alic Grancrer. and behind him was a
man evidently his servant with a
box on his shoulders.
"All right, Tim ; put it down ; that's
right ; now be off. There, I've brought
the curiosities round, Maggie ; I thought
you'd like to see them."
"Oh! What will Mrs. Marshall and
Miss Patterson say ?" said Maggio in
consternation.
"Nothing to you for the half hour or
so, for I have just seen them safely on
their way to "Woolwich, and thought
I should get a quiet chat with you. My
dears," he said, turning to Maggies
wide-eyed open-mouthed pupils. "I'm
quite sure you'd like to bo let off your
lessons, so I'll let you off for half an
hour; run along, my little dears," and
he opened the door for them, and shut
it after them.
"Oh Alic !" she said, in fear and trem
bling.
"Oh Maggie!" he answered mimick
ing, "what did you mean by going away
from Porlock, and not leaving any ad
dress?" "I couldn't help it, and you never
wrote," she answered helplessly.
"No, I never writo letters; don't
know how to soell well enough. But I
have been hunting you all over the
place, and never dreamed of finding
you here. Now, well unpack the box;
I had it opened before I came, so its
only fastened by a lock."
"But, Alic, they'll never forgive me."
- "Never mind, it doesn't matter, be
cause if you are good 111 take you away
next week. Besides, they'll forgive
me anything. I saved the Colonel's
life when he was in Hong Kong at
least, so he says There, now, what do
you think of these for fighting with?
Got them at Java on purpose for you,"
and he held up a pair of heathenish
looking clubs and brandished them over
her head, and then proceeded to pull
out the rest of the contents of the box
and to decorate the school room with
them. "There's Mr. Buddha, and there's
why, what's the matter, Maggie ?"
"Nothing; only you will get me into
dreadful trouble you will, indeed.
Miss Patterson came in this morning
and scolded me for talking to 3'ou last
night,"
"Never mind, she was only jealous,
he Iaguhed. "Now tell me how soon
j'ou can leave here?"
"What for?" she asked innocently.
"Why, you have forgotten that we
agreed to get married when I came
back, have you, you little coquette," and
ho put his arm around her waist as of
old, and was not reproved.
"N o, but you are engaged, are j-ou
not?"
"Yes, of course I am, to you."
"Oh! but Alic "
"Oh ! but Maggie"-and then he stooped
and kissed her, and nothing more could
be said, for the door opened and there
stood the Colonel, and there stood Mrs.
Marshall, and there stood Maria Pat
terson. Miss Dunlap!" screamed Maria, hor
ror-struck.
"Mri Granger!" said Mrs. Marshall,
in astonishment.
Hoity-toity I" exclaimed the Colonel.
"What does all this mean?"
"She must leave the house at once,"
said the heiress.
"Of coure sho must," Mrs. Marshall
said, "I never heard of such a thing in
my life "
My dear Mrs. Marshall," said Alic,
looking as if he were beginning a speech
it is all my fault. You told me, and
so did the colonel, to consiaer your
house my home, and I have done so.
Miss Dunlap here was a playfellow of
mine once, and when I went away we
were engaged; but somehow ce lost
sight of each other when there were a
few thousand miles between us, and it
was the happiest moment of my life to
meet her again last night, and so I
took the liberty of calling on her this
morning, and we were just arranging
to get married next week when you in
terrupted us.". - :
"Quite right, quite right, my dear
Granger," said the Colonel heartily, you
shall be married from here "
"Oh! please let me go to mamma do
let me go at once," pleaded Maggie
finding her little tongue at last.
"I think it would be much more sat
isfactory if Miss Dunlap did go back
to her relations," said the heiress sour
ly So they all finally agreed, and that
very afternoon Maggie packed up her
modest belongings awl the curiosities,
and went to the well-off and bad tem
pered aunt."
The bad tempered aunt received her
nieco very graciously when she found
she was going to marry well
the following week. It is amazing
how fond people are of rich relations,
even though the riches concern them
little personally. As for poor Mrs. Dun
lap, she could have jumped for joy,
only she was too old for such violent
exercise.
"Pray, Miss, what are you laughing
to yourself about?" asked Alick; the
evening before their wedding day.
"Nothing, Alick; only when you were
NUMBER 09.
away I used to think sometimes that
perhaps you'd marry a Chineso heiress
with a pigtail."
"Hie sort or tiling you a tmn'.c, he
said grandly; "as it is, yoa see
am going to marry a little girl without
a pig tail ; and I am very happy, my
darling are you?"
"Very, very," she said, and she was.
A Horse's
AdTenture
Shaft.
In a Deserted
Over three weeks ago a gentleman
living in the Third Ward missed a
pony, and after a long search gave it
up as stolen. Twenty davs after the
loss of tho animal a number of chil
dren were playing in some old deserted
shafts, when, upon look'ng into one
about six feet deep, a horse, reduced
to a mere skeleton, was found. Their
discovery was soon made known, and
in a few minutes a number of miners
collected at the spot and soon had the
poor animal on the top of the ground.
The person who had lost tho pony so
long before recognised his properly in
the emaciated animal before him. For
twenty-five days had the animal been
in that shaft, without food and water
and from appearances it could not
have held out many more. It had eat
all the hair from its sides and tail,
which, if any, was all the nourishment
it had got during that long period. Af
ter being taken out it commenced to
eat, though it could scarcely stand on
its feet. The animal is gaining rapid
ly in flesh, and will soon bo as strong
and useful as before its strange adven
ture. Joplin (Mo.) News.
No doubt it would be tho perfection
of neatness to wear freshly-laundried
garments, outside and in, every day,
but she has counted the cost and can
not afford it. With weekly changes of
under flannel, frequent baths, pure air,
and wholesome food and drink, she
hopes to maintain the family health
without much expenditure of strength
in washing and ironing outer garments.
Witn the same end in view, she car
pets all of the rooms except tho kitch
en and lays strips of rag carpet and
rugs over part of the kitchen. The
flannel undcr-garments, being wrung
with a wringer, are considered ready
for use when clean, dry, and well aired,
without ironing. Night-gowns being
made of flannel, or of soft unbleached
cloth, are folded and put away dry,
without ironing. Dish towels are
treated in tho same way. No ruffled
garments are allowed in the washing,
and no time is spent at the sewing
machine in making ruffles or knife
plaiting. Seldom is any time spent in
making cake or pie, some form of fruit
usually satisfying all demands in the
way of dainties or delicacies The
most common desert at her table, one
satisfactory to each member, is a sin
gle good raw apple after the body of
the meal. American Agriculturist.
For Cnow-Ciiow Take 1 lb of gin
ger root, lb of garlic (both previous
ly salted and dried), 2 gallons vinegar,
14 ounce turmeric, and . lb long pep
per. Simmer all gently in an enamel
ed saucepan, then put in gherkins, slic
ed cucumbers, sliced onions, cauliflow
er, celery, French beans, nasturtiums,
etc., previously parboiled in salt and
water drained and dried on a cloth
before the fire.
The Arizona Miner tells a story of
two friends who were recently attack
ed by Indians in that State. They wero
both on mules, and the arrows wero
whistling by them in clouds. The
mules were of unequal powers of speed,
and the foremost man suug out: "Joe
why don't you come along?" Joe whose
arms and legs were flving in the air
like a runaway windmill, replied as an
arrow grazed his ear: "Do I act like a
a man who is throwing off?"
A few days ago a teacher in one of
the primary schools, in a school in a
city not far from Boston, was instruct
ing her lowest clas3 in natural history.
Her subject was the cat and its habits.
and as sho proceeded with her remarks
she was charmed with tho wrapt at
tention of her diminutive auditors.
After her task was over she proceed
ed to question her scholars in order to
see how much they knew of " the sub
ject under consideration,- and many
were the answers showing that she
had not wasted effort that she receiv
ed. At last she said to the smallest of
her boys, a little mite with chubby
cheeks and glistening eyes: "Johnny,
what doe3 your mother keep a cat for?
To lay kittens," was the unexpected
repty. The questioning for that ses
sion came to an abrupt end. Boston
Post.
Dunellen, N. J ha3 a man wealthy
aud respectable who never heard of
Charles Dickens. "What's his business?
Chicago times. Don't know. But
it's none of yours, anyhow.
Poor bravo Custer is to bo scalpo-d
by Yinnie Ream. If the gallant nau
had his choice, he would rather have
been dismembered than be lleu:a-mem-bered
in this way,
Kiskiminitis is in Pennsylvania, and
a man, very justifiably, attempted
suicide there the other day.
Extra ccpie f the IlFUAi.n fir.al ly .T. I.
Yoiuijz. PunIoIIuv new dcit.--iiid o. F.'JoWti
foil, corner ot .Main and l'lith S;nf,
. 1J IMMHIIMIJL JJ 'Wimi
FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
"I'lfiecn Onl Dinrn j-."
ML?s Juliet Corson 1ms a Cooking"
School in New York, where those whd
wish can bo instructed in tho art of
preparing food. Besides this, sho ia
doing a most excellent missionary work,
in publishing a little p impliN't cnti
tled,"Fif teen Cent Dinners for Families
of Six." All persons aro cautioned
not to pay for the book, as the first
edition of fiO.OOO copies ii intended for
free circulation among the families of
working men earning CI .50, or h ss, per
day. We have looked through this lit
tle work, and find it eminently sensi
ble. There is no doubt that by follow
ing its directions a family consisting
of father, mother, and four children,
can live, and livo well, with three
meals a day, including one meat din
ner, at an average cost of 33 cents a
day. This does not provide for tea or
coffee, but allows cocoa twice a week,
but uses broth and milk as substitute.
and also supposes that the broth from
the meat of one day's dinner is to ba
used for the following breakfast. Tito
recipes, while they might :mt suit the
fastidious,call for good.who'esotuo and
nutritious food. Tho fact that a varie
ty is always acceptable is kept in mind
and especial attentions is properly giv
en to seasoning, of which a greater vaj
riety, though not expensive, is provid
ed than is to be found in tho kitchens
of those who do not feel obliged to
count the cost of everything. We shall
probably refer to this little work again
and now give (with few omissions) tho
author's hints on seasoning food as
they will prove useful to our reader.-
generally.
Seasonino Food. Many people
have the idea that a finely flavored dislf
must cost a great deal; that is a mis
take; if you have untainted meat, or
sound vegetables, or even Indian meal
to begin with, you can make it del'r-
cious with proper seasoning. On rea
son why French cooking is so much
nicer than any other is that it is sea
soned with a great variety of herbs and
spices: these cost very little; if you'
would buy a few cents' worth at a timo
you wojjjd soon havo a good assort
ment, Tho best kinds are Sage, Thyme,
Sweet Marjoram. Taragon, Mint,Sweet
Basil, Parsley, Bay-leaves, Cloves, Maca
Celery-seed, and Onions. If you will
plant the seed of any of the seven first
mentioned Tarragon seed is very rare,
but the roots can be bought. Ei in
little boxes on your window sill, or in
a sunny spot in the yard, you can gen
erally raiso all you need. Gather and
dry them as folio wsrparsley and tarraj
gon, should bo dried in June and July
just before flowering; mint in Juno
and July ; thyme, marjoram and savory
in July and August; basil and sage in
August and Septomber; all herbs
should be gathered in tho sun shine,
and dried by artificial heat; keep them
in air-tight tin cans, or tightly corked
glass bottles.
Dp.ied Celery and Parsley.-'
Wash the leaves, stalks, roots, and
trimmings of celery, and put them iii
a cool oven to dry; then grate tho root,
and rub tho leaves in a sieve, and put
all into a tightly corked bottle, or tin
can with close cover; this makes
most delicious seasoning for soups
stews, and stuffing. When you use par
sley, save every bit of leaf, stalk, or
root, you do not need, and treat them
in the same way a3 the celery. With
parsley tho root ha3 even a stronger"
flavor than tho leaves, and do not wasto
a bit. .
Dried Herhs. When you buy
bunch of dried herbs, rub tho leaves
through a sieve, and bottle them tight
ly until you need them ; tie the stalks
together and save them until you want
to make what the French call a. . lott-
quct, for a soup or stew. A loquet of
herbs is made by tying together a few
sprigs of parsley, thyme, and two bay
leaves. Tho bay-leaves, which havo
the flavor of laurel, can be bought at
any German grocery, or drug-store
enough to last fcr a long time for f.vo
cents.
Savino Work An acquaintance
who managed to do the work for afami
ly of six, and to get, besides,Home time
for reading and society, tells me some
of her ways, which I mean to put in
practice more or less. All of the fam
ily wear ilanel next to the skin in win-
ter, and thi.s washes more easily than
cotton cloth, needing no rubbing when
washed with a machine and good suds
Tho outer garments in whiter are
mostly made of worsted or woolen ma
terial, and so are sponged off when
soiled, without the labor of washing
and ironing. She reasons that if hef
boys can be decent in dark cloth gar
ments, seldom washed all over, her
girls, with neater habits, can do thd
same. So she puts a colord worsted
or plain flannel polonaise on each girh
instead of an apron, protecting it.
when dishes are washed or wiped, with
a sleeved calico apron, and at table
with napkin or . bib.
Celery Salt. If you mix celery"
root, which has been dried and grated
as above, with one-fourth its quality
of salt, it makes a nice seasoning a;4
keeps a long tim.