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Las diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 MICROCOPY RESOIUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 1.0 IP 1.1 IM luuu 1^ |4.P I 2.5 2.0 1.8 A /APPLIED irVMGE 1653 East Main Street Rochester, New York U609 USA (716) 482 -0300 - Phone (716) 288-5989 - Fa» \( ^v - ^ /! MORROWS K rfi? PRACTICAL f ■''•.*•<»: GUIDETO HOUSEKEEPING ALL ITS DHPAifrMRNTS, ( ('Mri:isi\(: A i!i;i'OJE|i)nY. o'' VALUABLE INIORMATION nKRICNF,!) TO PROMOTE DOMESTIC HAPPINESS AND COMFORT. ■fi *ir -•♦*- ST. JOHN, N. B. : R. A. H. MOPP.OW. ISS2. 5* '^j J^-* 4. Entered according to AciK.f Parliament of Canada, in the year 1881, by IL A. H. Mx)RROW, intho OHiceof the Minister of Agriculture. I'rinteil ftt the naily Telearapli ) Stkam .Iob Uooms, ,- C«ntcr1mi-y street, St. John, N. B. ) T i PREFACE. 'Hiis volume is desigiiod to Jio u [)eriaaiiont Huiul-lKJok of piactical iiiforiuation for everyday usu in the Family. Much of the intbniuition it contiiins lias novel' liefore been pulilished in liook fmiii. The most judicious care has Ijoeii exeroiseil in its prepamtion. The latest and best works ou the subject ha\i! Imeii consulted, and in some cases freoly used. Tlu! Domestic Recipes have been collecteil from fvllahh sources ; many are entirely new ; and some of the latest and most valuable have be(?n furnished liy iadit;s of 8t. John, whoso proticiency in the culinary iut is well known in many circh's. The advertise- ments will be found profitable and interesting reading, and will serv as a directory whore to purchase tln^ best fanuly re«iuisites. Jt is hoped, therefore, that e\ery lady into whose hands the book may come, will give it her careful attention. Its variety will bo found to cover the whole range of Honu^life, and it is earnestly desired, that by its hints and directions, tlu; burdens of tho Ifousehold, as they come up day by day, may not only be lessened, but that every mem- ber of the fanuly may become happier, and wiser, and better. Saixt .lojis, N, IJ,, December, 1881. A CONTi:x\TS. \^ :t 10 ■20 •2r> •js l'.\() Systeiu.itie lloiiiine of Ij4il)or, oo •Mrs. Flee 'wood's Idea iind Plan -JO A Out vVay to l>iist a itoom, JD .Metliml of Cleaninju; Pa|)er- Hangings -j'.i Ompet tSwecjioi-s, . .' . . . ?,{) ( Irace's kSy,st in of S>veei»ing, .'JO- ,'J2 New PJooi- Oovei-ing, ;{2 Kims, Lights, and Tl'.ings to work witli, IVl-Ai lJtcn.siIs ie(|uiicd for Succe.ssful Working, . , H- JC, Sarah's Method ot Dish-washing, IG -it< Wasliing made Easy, .-jq Ho\ise Clc^aning PeritU'xities, To save -,2 .'»(; Kirst Exixniiuent at Ho\isekce|iing, i>7 ."jS Family Tool (^host, G0-U2 Family Medicine Chest, (12-04 Family Kti(iuette, ' ' [ (il-G? How to have a HeaUhful House, ' (j; The Folding Chaii', yy lloustt Decoration, 68-72 Natural Ornamental Work, 72-76 ( hdtivatiou of House Plants, 76-80 J Icalth Preservation, f^2 Art of (iood Cooking 82-84 Directions for Cake Making, 84-80 Science of Bread Making, \] 86-88 Details of Practical Cookery 88-120 Table of Weights and Measures, joq Rules for ^Marketinir 1 om . . . o' lw.£ Directions tor Shopping, j-vj Home Amusements 125-120 Tile ( !hildren's Room, ! . 1 27 < 'are and Management of Children 127-128 The Sewing jNEachine, ^128 .Household Recipes, Hints, etc., ' 130-l;j0 / J ALPIIABFTICAI. INDEX. I'AliB. •..74 \ut»m LcavuH .viul ( JmHSCS, lo prCHorvc jo- AniUHciiients, Home 132 ,\l>i)lc8, Vftluo of ■ 8(i Ihciul Making, Science of 88 Hreaa without Sponge, !)0 I'.riail-Kioe, I'otato, (iraham • i.)2 Hiciul- Corn, Krnw n, 5V« lircail -llye, Unloave-iccl, 108 !kef Tea '/.'.'. 1 1:< licet', Cornell 114 Kcef-Bteak, To cook ",,'.'.. 1!1- liroom, Care of • • " ' ' " IX\ liorivy, Value of \'^'^ Uiiy Rum, To make " " ' 130 lUirns, Cxiro foe ' 84 Cake, Directions for making IM Cake, Mount Pleasant. JH> Cake, Fruit r : ; ' • ' " V '."'. "^ t!ake— Sponge, Maplewowl, Currant yy Cake, Colli water round yO Cake— White or Silver, Dover, Johnny, 100 Cake— Queen, Laily'a, Lemon, " ' ' KM) Cake, Yellow Laily's, " 100 Cake, Suywrior Siwnge 10(1 Cake, White Mountain 101 Cake— Potato Cheese, I'otato, '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 100 Cake, Oatmeal, 1"® Cakes, King of " ' ' " ' 'M) Carpet Sweepers "' 117 Cabbage Salail "\ 135 Catarrh, Cure for (58 Cliair, FoKling 82 Cooking, Art of. •■••••••••• ]['. 88 Cookery, Details of Practical «)ti Cookies, Soft Molasses H(j Chowder, Fish ' 128 Children's IJooni 128 Children, Management of 134 Cough, Whooping, To cure • ' ' 135 Croup, Cure for. ..... . . ■ • • • •• • • ' ' ' 46 Dish-washing, Sarah s Method of HI Dishes, Cheap 132 Dish-cloth, To make 68 Decoration, House 136 Dog Bite, To cure ' ' 68 Dying or Colouriug 29 Dnstmg, A gootl way of ; ; M Ktiipiette, Family 136 Ear. he, Remedy for 7({ Kxp. iment, A beautiful . I I'jr. 132 8U 88 90 1)2 94 108 ii:< 114 132 133 133 136 , 84 04 . Oti , 98 . 98 . 99 . 100 . UK) . 100 , 1(K) . 101 . 100 . 100 . 30 . 117 ,. 13.-. . . (58 .. 82 .. 88 . . 98 . . H« .. 128 .. 128 .. 134 .. 135 .. 46 .. Ill .. 132 ,.. 68 ... 136 ... 68 ... 29 ... 64 ... 136 ... 7« . I .M.I'IIAItKTK .\l. INIIKX. 7 Floor Covering, Now ;i«j l''i">». :m I'Mro Kinrller*, To iimko l.TI \'"m]\ Cro(|uettC!* 1 10 l''eniB, To copy 74 Flowers, To cry staiize 7i» I'lowtTH, To air iiiul ventilaio 7S i iroM, To crystali/.e 72 < Jnw», dried, To Htniii 74 i Jingor Snajis, JHj Ifair Wasli, .' I.V? Hair Oil, To iiiakc 134 I laggifi .Scotcli lim llasii, Mothor'n 110 Health, To I'reHervc 82 lloimelioltl KocipcH, i;)0 Homo AmuRonicntB 12."i Homo Talk, .SonbiUlo l'.>5 House FlaiitB, To cultivate 7(i HouRc I'lantH, To iimjiagate 80 1 loust! Plant, An excellent 82 Hanging I SuHkct 7'> I lonie, Origin of <) House, The, etc 12 HoUBckeeping, Thoughts on , Ifl Housekeeping, Wrong way of 'JO Housekeeping, F>rst experiment at 57 House-cleaning iwrplcxities, To save .Tj House, How to iiave a healtMul (',7 Iron Rust, To remove i;{(; .Tumbles, «(<) Kitcliou, Arrangement of 13 IJghts, ." . 3(5 Jiamps, Caro of 38 I^abor, Kodtine of . •><) Lilly, Calla '.'.'..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.[ 79 Marketing, Rules for 122 Matts, Floor i;{\ Meats, To roast 113 Meats and Stews, Roiled [[[ 1 1 1 Medicine Chest (i2 Meringues or Kisses 9JJ Music at Home, i2(i Oruamental Work, .'.........'. 72 Paste, Almond " . . 101 I'aper-Hangings, To clean 29 Paper, Value of 132 Porridge, Oatmeal 116 Plan, Sirs. Fleetwood's [\[ oj; J'la .its, To water 78 Pknts, Sunlight for 79 Plant Growing, Essentials in. 7 Pie, Pumpkin, Squash, Carrot, Sweet Potato, 107 Pie, Cruat for 108 Pudding, Balaclava, Indian, Jx)ve]yj . . 104 I'udding, Apple, i lum JOo Potatoes, To boil 117 Preserves, PuniT)kin lO.'t Pickle, Au excellent 130 Rolls, Superior Tea HCi Pvascals, Fat 101 Rats and Mice, To exterminate 1.14 liheuniatisni, C'ure for 1510 Salt, Celer.y *. ^8 Soil, Best kind of ' 7S Soup, Oyster 10<» Soup, Beef 1 l-l Sowans 117 Sauce, Shirley 117 Sauce— Fruit Juice, Plain Pudding, Mixed 118 Spice Salt, l-'O Spices, Mixed "8 Sauce, Favorite 120 Shopping, Directions for 1-4 Sewing Machine, 1-0 Sally Lunu, J02 Soft Soap 130 Sto\e Polish, l;f'"> Salt Rheum, Remedy for 13"> Sweeping, trace's system of 30 Tool Cliest, Family <>0 Toast, Eggs on 103 Toast— French, Canadian, Queen's 103 Tea, How to make 112 Tooth Wash 137 Vine, A Parlor 70 Washing Made Easy, •''O Waflles 101 Weights and Measures, Table of 120 Wliooi)ing Cough, (Jure for 132 Working, Utensils renuired for 44 'S'east, Cood -W ERATTA. Holnmn Pad Company's address should be 223 instead of "22," as given on page 83. On same page (83) T. ^' Barker & Co. sliould road R. V. Barker & Co. <;ould Brothers AdvortiBement, page 11,">, seventh lino from top, shonld road all materials, instead of "all mamarials.'" HOME: ITS ORIGIN, CONSTITUTION AND DESIGN. It is easier defining the negative than the positive of what constitutes a true home. Vague ideas are often cherished regarding the principles upon which the domestic circle is established. Few persons seem to have any correct idea con- cerning the sacredness of the responsibility connected with the management of the household. Many look upon the family as a necessarily natural association only, composed of the nurserj', the parlor, the exterior of domestic life, based upon ."omo fleet- ing paasion, some sensual motive or mercenary policy. Others view home as the mere dwelling-place of their parents, and the theatre upon which they acted the part of merry childhood — siniply a habitation, identical with the abode of the brute creation. But, how far these superficial ideas may appear to harmonize with human nature, they are far from satisfying the rational inquirer who has been led to believe that "Home's not merely four square walls, Though with pictures hung ami gihled; Home is where affection calls — Filled with shrines the heart hath builded." The true idea of the household may be gathei-ed from the fad that Hmne is a Divine institution of the same age and birth with man, ordained in connection with the marriage relation, upon laws as sure and steadfast as the Eternal Throne, any disre^rd of which leads to discord and ruin. Its design is to promote God's glory and man's felicity. The first Home was organized in Eden to continue in suc- cession to the end of time. The family may therefore justly be considered the most important association on earth; the grand centre of all moml and physical interests; a normal organization— the first form of society; the nui-sery of the Church and State; the foundation of all our relationships of life; a body politic in which we lose our individuality and come to the realization of our inherent relation to others. In this organic capacity the household may be viewed in a two- fold aspect— physical and moral- ].ich are inseparably inter- 10 HOME. hi woven; and the complete idea of home as we view it in this connection, centres in the union of both — the former being that living whole or oneness into which all the parts are bound up; and the latter comprising the union of the moral life and the present and future interests of the entire members of the family. These things considered, well may it be said, "There is no place like home." It njay be a rude, rough home in some lonely forest, sequestered dell or mountain side; but, wherever wo wander, we look back to it with the utmost interest. Who can forget the happy home of his childhood ? What mingled associations cluster around the old homestead! In the hours of solitude, how thought rushes upon thought of the happy meetings, sweet interviews, and sad partings we have had with those we loved under the parental roof! Although the lowly cottage where we were born may have been reduced to ruins, and a statlier edifice raised on the spot and now occupied by strangers; although those who once grew in beauty side by side, filling one home Avith glee, may have been "scattered far and wide, by mountain, stream and sea;" and although the dear friends of our youth )nay have died, and their bones have been laid in the old Church -yard, yet the memories of Home will often be awakened within our bosoms, which may have been checquered with the joys and sorrows oi" life, and we will desire to murmer: — "Give me my old seat, mother, With my head upon thy knee; I've passed through many a changing scene Since thus I sat by thee. 0, let me look into thine eyes ; Their meek, soft, loving light Falls like a gleam of holiness Upon my heart to-night." Home has an influence deep, sacred, lasting. The true wife and mother is the queen of home. Home, sweet home, is her theatre of action, her pedestal of beauty and throne of power. It is there she exercises an onmipotent influence either for good or evil, and requires much co-operation, wisdom and grace to assist, direct and sustain in the discharge of her arduous duties. Every pai'ent, but especially a wife and mother, must, as life draws to a close, recall many instances of failure — many times when she could have been more affectionate, less exacting and patient, and when firmness and decision, combined with loving words and gentleness, would have secured the desired results far better than sternness or irritability. Hence, many mothers f HOME. 11 would willingly undertake the burdens of past years were there any reason to hope that a second trial would be more successful than the first. How plainly they can see, when it is too latt.>, that their own happiness and that of others might have boon increased manifold by a dift'erent administration of the power committed to them ! ^n view of all this, it is of the utmost importance that every home should be established upon those principles in harmony with its high origin and destiny— LovK and Ordkr. These, and these alone, are the principles upon which the household omist be established, if it is to fulfil the true end of its mission. They are the grand fundamental principles governing alike the moral and physical economies— all pow eful in heaven and on earth— each a comer stone of happiness, forming and cement- ing together the very foundations of prosperity and of peace. They are the principles the Creator has imbedded as the fastnesses of the foundation of Home, and other foundation can no man lay with impunity. It becomes therefore, incum- bent upon those who possess a home, to observe how far it is governed by these twin principles; to consider well whether every action of every day life is prompted by love and carried out by order. Man though naturally an affectionate and orderly creature, is by iio means patient or enduring. His mind cannot possibly be reconciled to habitual aversion and disorder. Truly has Wisdom recorded: "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith." It is an innate principle in every son and daughter of Adam that he or she shall have a home of their own; and that that home shall be the happiest, pleasantest, brightest and most attractive spot on earth— in fact, that no other place shall be like it. But alas, how many fail to realize their momentary dream of bliss, from the fact that their homes were only built upon the mere shallows of matrimonial convenience, and as a natural conseiiuence, became wrecked upon the reefs of domestic formality and confusion. Could home and household duties only be viewed in their true light in general, what a change would soon be apparent in the community. Were it generally believed and acted upon that all real improvements and reforms must take their rise in the domestic circle; that in no case could commerce and legis- lation restore a day of honesty and plenty without the %o- operation of the family; and that the only radical cure for all moral and financial evils must begin in the household, how 12 THE HOUSE. Mi soon would it be said of us. "that there he no complaining in our streets. ^ ° There is nothing on earth so beautiful as the domestic circle where genume love is radiant with smiles; it is here the voice of rejoicing and salvation is heard. Such a home is the sweetest type of heaven. It is an oasis where the weary traveller may safely turn to rest— a place of repose, safety and cheer for the toil-worn labourer, the man of business and othera to enter when the storms, cares and trials of the day are over Hence the solemnity, sacredncss and. importance of the household- and how it becomes every menlfcer thereof to do all in his or her power to contribute to thelcomfort, happiness and pros- perity of Home. -^ j * *^ ^ rvnr^ ^^f THE HOUSE: top^ATION, ARRANGEMENT &c Far more than fs generally supposed of the health, happiness and comfort of the family depends upon the house and its surrounaings. If the drainage be poor, water supply and ventilation limited, apartments small, damp and dingy with sunshine excluded from the interior, it is contrary to reason and common sense to suppose that we should find the inmates cheerful, healthful, and happy. Hence, the house and its situation and arrangement are among the first elements of home to be considered. At the outset five essentials at least, are to be thought of, viz. : a wholesome situ- ation, good drainage, good ventilation, a dry cellar, and plenty of sunshine. If one of these be disregarded the result will soo^ tell on the health of the family. Whether in palace or hove, the law is the same ; and the neglect, and the ignorance which is generally the foundation of this neglect, are the secret of not only much of the chronic ill-health supposed to be a neces- sity of mankind, but of many of the epedemics and mysterious diseases so prevalent in our large cities, and which are popularly attributed to anything but the real cause. In constructing a tabernacle for the family too much thought and intelligence cannot be brought into exercise. No man has a right to erect a dwelling where and how he pleases • every man being morally bound to "use all lawful endeavors to preserve his own life and the life of his neighbor." In olden time, the Israelite who built a new house and omitted the bat- tlement for the roof was responsible for damaovis, In like THE KITCHKN. 13 manner, the man who erects a dwelling without regard to health or comfort is equally responsible. This is a point we 'ish to emphasize. No man liveth to himself, and he who errs in this matter, entails misery not only upon his own family, but coming generations must reap the fruits of his folly. In erecting or selecting a dwelling it should be remembered that the house is not merely a place to Ix) made healthful or pleasant for one's friends, but should be so arranged that the entire work of the day can be accomplished with the least ex- penditure of time and* force. Whether you build, buy or rent, see to it that the kitchen, dining-rooms, sitting-rooms and bed- rooms are well-lighted, well aired, and of good size and that in the arrangement of THE KITCHjSN. especially, the utmost convenience becomes the chief end. Let sink, pantries, stove or range, and working space for all opera- tions in cooking, be close at hand. The difference between a pantry at the opposite end of the room, and one opening close to the sink, for instance, may seem a small matter ; but when it corjies to walking across the room with every dish that is washed, the steps soon count up as miles, and in making even a loaf of bread, the time and strength expended m gathering materials together would go far toward the thorough kneading, which, when added to the previous exertion, makes the whole operation, which might have been one of pleasure, a burden and an annoyance. If possible then, let stove, fuel, water, work-table, and pan- tries be at the same end of the kitchen, and within a few steps of one another, and it will be found that while the general labor of each day must always be the same, the time required for its accomplishment will be far less, under these favorable conditions. The successful workman, whose art lies in the rapid combination of materials, arranges his materials and tools so as to be used with the fewest possible movements ; and the differ- ence between a skilled and unskilled workman is not so much the rate of speed in movement, as in the ability to make each motion tell. The kitchen is the housekeeper'.^ workshop, and cannot be too well arranged for comfort, convenience and cheer- fulness. In fact no other room in the house ought to have more attention. It is generally believed that because the kitchen is a kitchen it is beyond the influence of beauty ; but such is not the case, and there is no earthly reason why it should not be as cheerful as any other room in the house. The 14 THE KITCHEN. kitchen us the headquartei-s of tlie family and should have a home-hke look, at least, if not the centre of attraction. on 1 T^. tf' ?»^^ ^° ^^"■''^ '''"P'*^ ventilation, free sunli-ht and plenty of fresh mire air. Above all other rooni.s in a house these are indispensible in the kitchen. If possible, have kitchen windows, like doons, open in the middle to the floor Where an.?v''\? *^\«tl"»^^e have them by all means to open at ton and bottom. When the kitchen chamber is of one story, a sua window near the top should be placed which can be opened or toi shm,M^b ^' ^- '^T ^u ■ ^ ^•^"^^i'^tor. Other^vise, a ventila- toi shou d be put in th ^ chimney, over the stove-pipe entrance as near the ceiling as possible, so that the .steam, smoke, odoi- ot frying, &c.. may be carried off as they accnmulate. Another veiy valuable way of ventilation is by way of a vapor receiver Zfnvt'^.-'""' *\\««i""g' "ght over L range.^with a con-' whioh li«tT^/lf *^i.^^' stove-i«pe. immediately btlow the elbow ^v 'VTI ^^ ^^^ ^?/"'"^>'- ^^'' contrivance has recently been mA-^nted by a gentleman of St. John and works like magic Housekeepers who are not favored with one of these contiiv- ances should not rest nor be satisfied, until it is obtained. A good ventilator can be had at any hardware store for a few cents and any one who can remove brick and handle morter, can put It m place in a few minutes, and any tinsmith can make the vapor receiver from the following directions :-0f pyramidal te r' ''"'^'' '^u'^^^' *^" '^"^^ ^^"g^h ^"^ l>readth as the top of the range, with a three inch pipe at the top entering into fnrml7rPT- -^^ ^^ ^^""^^ gutter on the inskle lowcr^edge formed by turning up the tin, with a small opening under which a small veasel is suspended to retain any drippfigs that may form from an occasional prof usion of steain in the kitchen VV hen the kitchen floor is not ^f good pine and neatly painted Th^^'xi'Vl ^• '°'T^ ^^*? ^^'?^ "'^^^^^^^d «"-«l«th, of one color.' The walls from the centre downwards, should be wainscotted kUchen ^^ ^'"^'"^'^ ^""^ ""^^ '^°'''*' '"^ *^^ ^^^^ ^o^' ^ f..tT^\ desirable arrangement in a kitchen is a long table !o li ? *^^r^"' "* ^^'' ^'^"'"^ ^'^'S^'^ «* *l^^ «i"k, and fitted so closely to it that no water can drop between. It serves as ?rv Jr "' '*' * ^'i u''^?.^^ 'l'^'^ vegetables, dress meat, poul- try, game, etc., and by being thus made of easy access to water It saves time and rnany steps, and housekeepers who know i^ value would not dispense with it for any consideration, ff Hiways well wasHed and dried after cleansing work is done it THK KITCHEN. IS is vciy convonitnt to put dishes on when washinj,' ami Jvyinpf them. Then, ^\ hen all are cU;nn, they can be put in place with fewer steps an tDt > articles ms.de may be kept free from rust anS mould' Sho there be no room near the range for the iron-ware close must be made just opposite, under the " dresser "or kS-n crockery-closet; and L sure that the ventilator referred to made in the upper and under part of the doo/if the '" dls^\ - and pot-closet are combined. *^^''^' If the house be so planned that the dinin.^-room and ki^Pl...., cwttwfen' ^HhT.r^ t""^' ^^ ha^v^rconl'^^t; In^l ^tween, with a sliding door opening into the dinintr- room A case of drawers should be in ev^ery kitchen-cE One for bread-cloths and blankets, and meat and fisrdoths tnn^Vu ^'''^'" table-cloths, roller-towels Tsh-towol and cooks-holders; another where soiled table-linen ,mn be n^atTv folded ready for the wash; and if you have nTa laumW "^^2'" f'Z '^' 1'*^^^' ^ ^^""^^ ^"-^^'^r for Lntg blanket^ and sheets bosom-board and holders, is desirable ^ kitehe7Sy VT'^/^^TT'^^^^^^ >« connection with the Kitchen miffht be referred to, but these are the most essential Every kitchen should be furnished with a wall-p<^ket for news papers and magazines to read during spare moS An elv tt"mfn?lf 1" • ' ^"°"f '^' *'"^"^^'-' -"" "-all ctocHJ Ihl ^nl T?-. ^J"^ ^ ^^"^^ P^«<^"^«« on the wall improves mth ?nr?fl^^'V'^7.^°"'^^''^""^- J^i^order, wSte and faith m the kitchen should never be allowed. Eternal vi^ lance, much patience and forbearance are necessary to keenX ''pat'' nor'T"! ^?r^"«" ""'^''y and smSly a i pays not only by the extra economy, but by the .greater comfort and happiness of all the inmates of the house ^ THOUGHTS ON HOTTSEKEEPING. ^"fflT^^u ^°"««keepin^ot only an art but a science -one that holds every other science in tribute and must b<^ find th"^ ,n t f ^-^F ["^""^'^ts of housekeepinr.. will fand th. andcixaking latle else than a series of experimerts. s s at BAR ■'"■♦sfcfflSi-iS ai)vkrtiskme?;ts. 17 I SAINT JOHN VARIETY STORE. No. 4 COBURG STREET, S. B. SMITH, - - Proprietor DEALESR IN YARNS, SOCKS, MITTS, HOMESPUN CLOTHES, ALSO, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN Wooden Ware of Every Description, Toys and Notions in Great Variety, ^^P. S.— Knitting done to order in Wool or Cotton, at the shortest notice. J. R. WOODBURN & CO, Manufacturers of WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 1i Solictting a coiitiiuunce of your patronsKc, We reinabi, yours truly, J. R. WOODBURN & CO. IS THOUOHTS ON HOUSKKKKIMNO. ill often iinsuccossful, itsulting in mortification , iliscouifort, waste and ill-tenipor. Hence young women .should resolve, let the effort cost what it will, to prepare themselves for the duties of liousekeeping, wliile under the parental roof; and every mother should see to it that her daughters have thorough training in this department. No matter of how high an order a yming lady's intellectual attainments may he, if profoundly ignorant of the duties which all acknowledge belongs peculiarly to woman, she has missed her calling. However lightly people may talk on the subject, housekeeping in the true seme of the tenu is not an easy matter. To knit and sew, to wash and iron, to make the sweetest and yellowest butter, the tcnderest pastry, the whitest and most delicious bread, to feel ambitious that every part of the house shall be spotlessly clean, to keep a peevish husband in tune, cross ch Idren pleasant; in short, to be able to superintend and direct, tne whole machinery of the household so as to secure the best results, is no small thing. Energy, industry, economy, skill, order, diligence, forbearance, cheeiiulness, kindness, charity, discretion, and the fear of God, are all essential to the character of a good house-wife, and happy is she who is possessor of these graces. The wise man estimates the price of such an one as being "far above rubies," —one in whom 'the heart of her husband doth safely trust!" and whose "children arise up and call her blessed." To excel in housekeeping should be the ambition of every young woman. Good housekeeping is an accomplishment of the highest order in any lady. The mistress of a h .1 r Lo thoroughly understands the vario'.^ departanents of hoMu-l- ^ \ duties, and who is able to manage her affairs with di; ■ , ^ seldom, if ever, at the mercy of any one. Instead ot being despised in the eyes of her domestics she is naturally respected and looked up to for instruction. G> - own fireside should be the very best of homes, and aroim. ^ should cluster all that is pleasant in a lifetime of recoii^p'. >.. nd "x make it so, it is essential that she who is au th-i ?!■; i,,t -! ^%-Xi:H, should understandingly put forth the best endeivo:?. i wi^rds maki'i, ^t such. Cleanliness in the house- hold 1. ."Iwav important. Order is essential. Good cooking is imperative. Cheerfulness is the sunshine of home; and, above all else, a self-controlled, genial, gentle temper in mother, is like the spirit of joy and harmony in the domestic circle. Without tliis last embellishment, the most systematic house- keeping in the world will not make home what it ought to be. ADVKUTISKMKNTH. 19 Fort, waste •e, let the u duties of (ly mother raininj,' in • n young )' ignorant uliarly to tly people sn«e of the wash and I tcnderest ambitious n, to keep n short, to L'ry of the lall thing, rbearance. ar of God, ■wife, and wise man re rubies," ely trust," of every ihment of 1 ' i-i' -ho \\<^-\.' M '-•:.(.' -.,1 of being respected )mes, and fetime of he who is h the best he house- l cooking ime; and, n mother, tic circle, tic house- ght to be. R \iVGES, STOVES, ETC. »-«-* J". H^A^RI^IS & CO- 27 WATER STREET, Have on hand the Finest Assortment of Stoves and Ranges In the City consisting of the following : RANGES, COOK STOVES, HALL STOVES, FRANKLINS. CLIMAX. TAUY-HO. HKDAL.LION. WATEimiWN. ALDERMAN DIRECTOR. OfK)D NEWS. PATRIOT. VICTOR, Etc. WATERLOO. EU' Slluar Moon (all mIzuh. ) Wautrltn (wimmI or ct>a VKTOHIA. TWILUillT, ilo. DIADEM PLEASANT PARLOR. VICTOR. MODEL. ELEOANT. REGENT, Etc., EW. <^ALSO A LAEOE ASSOETMENT OF SHIP STOVES.rt **-INTENDINO PUR0HA8ESS WILL FIND THI8 A RAEE OPPORTDHITY TO BUT. *r. HAR,R,IS!J &^ CO. ©o Ho f r AB VriOKj IMPORTER OF EARTH EN^A^ARE, CHINA, GL.\SS-WARi:, liOHEMlAX \ASliS, AND ALL KINDS OF KEROSENE LAMPS, CHIMNEYS, &c. wholesaTjB and k ft a IX.. 03 ICino Stx-eet, Haint John, IV. B. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO WHOLESALE ORDERS. 20 THOUGHTS ON HOUSEKEEPING. Althouf,'h it is difficult giving specific directions as to the best way of managing a household, yet we hazard an opinion that the following is THE WRONG WAY OF KEEPING HOUSE : "Never cover up anything, and he sure to leave open all your closet doors while you sweep. Never have more than half enough dish-water ; don't have it hot enough. Have sour rags for your dish-cloths, and dirty towels for wipers — if you have wipers. If you live on a farm, set your milk-pans fresh from sitting on the ground in the barn-yard, right into your dish- pan. If you are baking bread or making pudding make the oven red-hot, and take a run over to Mrs. Jones' just " for a moment." Be sure not to scrape your dishes, and let them remain dirty a few hours before washing. Put crumbs, leavings and all into the dish water, or you may not have your " clean dishes " so rough and sticky as you otherwise might. Keep your milk where it can have the f\dl benefit of all the air that is used over and over again by the family. Don't have extra knives for butter, pie, etc. Be careful to keep fresh air out of the house from October to April. Have no soft water. Wash as seldom as you can. Use the same towel for a whole week. Let all your children use the same one, and let them lick or suck their knives, and then dive them into the butter. Tell them you will break every bone in their body for being so bad, and then run and kiss them and call them your little darlings, and forget all about your threats. Never kiss them before going to bed, and always meet them in the morning with a Frown or a scold. Blow into the nose of the cofFee-pot or the tea-pot. Boil both tea and coffee till all their flavor is killed. Use soda without measure. Up-staire, have ribbons, laces, soap, letters, shirt-collars, shoes, stockings, wash-rags, hairy combs and brushes, wet towels, books, magazines and newspapers, face powder and rouge, well mixed with feathers, and silk dresses, and muslin dresses, and soiled garments, diversified Avith hats and mantles, on the unmade beds. Never have any regular time for meals, nor for going to bed, nor for rising from it. Never think the night before what you shall have for break- fast. If you have nothing that your husband likes and he goes off hungry and mad, so much is saved — perhaps ; but perhap.s the saving will be at too heavy a price. The above is one way to keep house — not the best v/ay certainly — and it has this great advantage over all other methods, you can invariably ^ M ElG the best tiion that B: I all your han half 30ur rags fon have esh from our dish- nake the it "for a let them , leavings ir "clean t. Keep e air that ive extra lir out of r. Wash ale week. m lick or ker. Tell ig so bad, darlings, m before Ig with a ot or the is killed, ices, soap, ry combs ,pers, face k dresses, ivith hats y regular from it. 'or break- id he goes t perhaps ! one way has this nvariahly ADVERT(SEMEXTS. 1881. 21 ^^xx$ixna$ ^0060 -IH-- GREAT VARIETY XiO"v^EST :pe.ioesi TOBACOO SETTS, JARS, TRAYS, ASE TRAYS, CHESS, CHECKERS, DOMINOES, MEERSCHAUM AND BRIAR PIPES, TOBACCO POUCHES, Elegantly Silver Mounted Briar Handys in Black and Natural Woods. FRAGRANT HAVANA CIGARS, CiGARETTES -AND- IN ALL THE LBADINQ BRANDS. m:. M:cLEor>, 66 Oharlotte Street. 22 ROUTINE OF LABOR. calculate upon the same result—fietfulness, worry, ill-temper and dirt. I know of plenty of good women in other respects, who wonder that they do not ucceed as well as their neighbors in " keeping house," as they term it. Really the fact is, the house keeps them, md under, their peculiar uitithod of house- keeping, that is about all that it will keep. Neither the hus- band or the children care to stay there longer than they can possibly help, and the result is misery all around. r SYSTEMATIC BOUTINE OF LABOR. Although it is useless to hope that housekeeping will ever be made easy, yet the worry and toil of each day may be oreatly lessened by a thorough systematic routine of labor, combined with suitable facilities for operation. No matter how proficient any one may be in the art of keeping house, the monotony of the situation and details of every day labor are in themselves wearying and would confound the best-trained man of business. Hence, the situation of housekeeping is a difficult one, and a clear understanding of what it really means, on the part of every member of the family, with a realization of their respective duties, would go far to make things pleasant in general. Were boys, especially, taught the honor that lies in such duties, there would be fewer heedless and unappreciative husbands. However, as it is, we must take things as we find them. And what's aaniss, should strive to mend, And bear what can't be mended. Although in the woman's hand is the key to home-happiness or misery, yet it is folly to assert that all lies with her, and that the husband has nothing to do in the matter. Thei-e is, perhaps, more truth than poetry in the old adage that, "Good husbands make good wives." Be this as it may, let the woman remember that the good general does not waste words on hin- drances, or leave his weak spots open to obsei-vation, but leai-ning from every failure or defeat, goes on steadily to vic- tory. To fret will never mend a matter; and "study to be aired. Machine FlndingH, Oils, Neetllcs, Ac, at lowest rat«a Intending puri'lmsci-s please call at Head Office, Charlotte street, and siuo Agenta commission. K. *; T. CIUWFOUU. 84 ROUTINE OF LABOR. plans may be ovei-turned at a moments notice. In a mixed family, habits and pursuits differ so widely that the house- keeper must hold herself in readiness to find her most cherished schemes set aside. Such a state of things is annoying in the extreme ; but so it is, and we can only account for it by the fact that "man is a fallen being," and hence, perfection m this life, impossible. Although we should insist on system and order in cvervthing, yet we must not forget that absolute adherence to a system is only profitable so far as the greatest comfort and well-being of the fc^mily are effected ; and, dear as a fixed routine may be to the housekeeper's mind, it may often well be sacrificed to the general pleasure or comfort. However, firmness in purpose, a quiet-controlled mind a soft voice, no matter what the provocation to mise it may be, on the house- keeper's part, holds the promise that, although progress may be slow, reward for every step forward is certain. We have already suggested that each day should have its fixed routine, and are now ready lo take up Je order of work First then, on rising in the morning, see that a full current of air can pass through every sleeping-room ; remove all clothes and alio v^r them to air at least for an hour, so that the impun- ics thrown off from even the cleanest bodv by the pores during the'niKht.mav be ca/ried off". A neat housekeeper is often tempted to make beds, or have them made, almost at once ; but no practice can be more unwholesome. While beds and bedrooms are l)eing aired, breakfast maj be made ready, the table set, and kitchea and dining-room put m order The kitchen fire must first be built. If coa is used, it is always best to have the giate dumped the night before, and to have the fire laid ready for lighting (bee how to make fires &c on page 34). After kindling the fire, allow the water in the pipes to run a few moments, rinse out the tea-kettle, fill it with fresh water, and pat over to boil. 'Then remove the a.shes,and wipe or blacken the stove. Strong thick gloves and a neat box for brushes, blacking, &c., will make this a much less disagreeable operation than it sounds. The table c^ next be set. and the dining or sitting room swept or merely brushed up and dusted in the intervals of getting breakfast. • To have everthing clean, and hot and not Snly prepared but ready on time, is the first law, not only for breakfast, but for every other meal. After breakfast comes the dish-washmg dreaded by all be- ginners but needlessly so. (See how to wash dishes on page 46). ROUTINE OF LABOR. 25 a mixed 3 house- herished ig in the ' the fact this life, order in 3rence to ifort and \ a fixed ften well however, voice, no le house- 3 may be have its of work. [1 current ,11 clothes Q impuri- es during is often once ; but it may be mi put in is used, it jforo, and to make the water iea-kettle, n remove ck gloves, ke this a ting room torvals of b, and not ft only for by all be- 1 page 46). The table must be cleaned as soon as the dishes are washed, because if dishes stand upon the table, the fragments of food have time to harden, and the washing is made doubly hard. Leaving the kitchen in order, the Iwdrooms, which have been well aired, will come next. Turn the mattresses daily, and make the bed smoothly and carefully. Empty all slops, and with hot water wash out all the bowls, pitchers, &c., using separate cloths for these purposes, and never toilet towels. Dust the room, anange everything in place. If bedrooms are carefully dusted every moming, sweeping days need come but once a week ; but kitchen, halls, passages, dining and sitting rooms require daily sweeping and dusting. (Sec how to sweep and dust rooms on pages 29-30). The bed chambers and other necessary daily sweeping fin- ished, a look into the cellar and store-rooms is next in order, — in the former, to see that no decaying vegetable matter is allowed to accumulate ; in the latter, that bread-jar or boxes are dry and sweet, and all stores in good condition. Whether or not you have sei-vants this should be a fixed duty, and never omitted. Fifteen minutes or half an hour will cover the time consumed, and it will be time well spent. A look into the refrigerator or meat-safe, to note what is left and suggest the best use for it ; a glance at towels and dish- cloths to see that all are clean and sw^et, and another under all sinks and into each pantry, — will prevent the accumulation of bones and stray bits of food and dii-ty rags, the paradise of the cockroach, and delight of mice and mts. A servant, if honest, will soon welcome such investigation, and respect her mistress the more for insisting upon it. In this mode of pro- cedure, one strong temptation to dishonesty in servants is removed, and the weekly bills will be Imi than in the house where matters are left to take care of the'uselves. The preparation of dinner, if at or near the middle of the day, and the dish washing which follows, end the heaviest por- tion of the day's work, and the same order must be followed daily. In giving directions for the routin»= of labor of the household, only a mere outline can possibly be specified, each family demanding variations in detail, and each head of a family in time building up a system of her own. However, the rules given are general, and,* if adopted, will carry out their legitimate results among all classes. 26 MRS. FLEETWOOD S IDEA AND PLAN. MRS. FLEETWOOD'S IDEA AND PLAN. ,11 If every housewife could only be made to believe how much time and strength she could save by having some definite plan for each day's work, she would early adopt one. Many work day after day, without any plan. They are only thinking each day of the amount of work there is for them to do, and are afraid they shall not accomplish all they wish to. They begin their day's work in a flurry, working at one thing a while, and before that is finished, commence something else, and thus pro- ceed, when to their atnazement they find the forenoon nearly gone, not much accomplished, and themselves very weary. If they would give less thought about what they are going to do, and more to how and when they will do it, they would not be nearly as weary as they are, and would accomplish double the amount of work. Most all housewives decide what work they intend to do, but it is just as essential to decide about the way in which they will do the work, and about the time, as to decide what work there is to be done. I have heard many women acknowledge that the worry their housework causes them was more wearing upon them than their manual labor, and in all cases this worrying is caused by not having a plan. What would we think of a school teacher under whose discipline and instruction we place our children, who had no programme for each day and was constantly in a fret and worry for fear she should not be able to hear each recitation. We might th'nk there was danger of making our children fretful to be with such a teacher from day to day. But the thought that the mother might iii?part the same fretfulness and irritability to lier children from'her own example, would be considered absurd by many mothers. And it would be well for such to think if they are not respon- sible for the forming of their children's dispositions. In making out the plan for your housework, designate the time for the performance of each thing that is to be done, and the length of time required to do it. One .an soon tell very accurately how long it will take her to do each thing about her house. I consider the best way to make out a plan is, to divide the number of Lours we intend to allow to housework among the different things to be done, assigning to each thing the amount of time required to perform it. It will require only a few minutes to make out such a programme. You will MRS. FLKKTWOOn's IDEA AND PI,A\. 27 need to make out one for each day in the week, but there will not be any necessity of changing it from week to week, as each week's work is so nearly tlie same. Write it out on a slip of paper and pin it up in the kitchen for reference. I have seen it used very successfully both where the housewife does her own work and where there are one or more servants employed. There is all the more need of such a protrramme where one has a kitchen girl, for she must have her work planned for her. And if you give her a list of the thin<^ you wish her to do, and state when each is to be begun, she can work to much better advantage, and the work will seem easier to her. I know some women ridicule the idea of a programme for housework. Why not have one? Is housework of so little importance that it is not worth spending a little time and thought in making out a programme for it? All housewives that have such work to do dislike to feel oppressed by it as they always will be where they work from day to dav without a plan. Without one they do their work at such"^ a disad- vantage that the homely expression we often hear, "working in a half-bushel all day," may be well applied to them. I will give an illustration showing a plan for one forenoon's work, which I have used very successfully. I do not consider It th^ plan, for probably many can make out one letter adapted to their own convenience. I only intend to give you some idea of my system Take the work for Tuesday forenoon. The hrst thing in the morning after making my toilet I ai,tend to the hre in the range. Allow me to .say .something here in regard to the housewife's toilet. Do not make a hasty, untidy toilet for perhaps you will not be able to make any changes in It during the forenoon. Rise a little earlier rather than not give yourself time to make one you will feel at ease in to meet any person. While the fire is getting started, polish the range; there le no need of giving it a coat of blacking every morning; polishing It with a brush or soft cloth is sufficient. Sweep the kitehen and prepare what you intend to cook for breakfa.st, and while these are cooking, air, dust and arrange the parlor, sitting room and dining room. While you are dusting and arranging these rooms admit all the fresh air you possibly can If you are .sensitive to the cold, put on an extra jacket, but do not be afraid of the cold air. It will give you a better appetite for your breakfast, and will be almost equal to out-door exer- cise. After getting the.se rooms arranged, which will not require much time as vou will have rftmilur cwoor>;.,r, tUrr^ o„<. TAYUIK A DMKKII.I., H4 KiiiK i^trt^t, «eU «Mdi« lowrtit rafth price. 28 MRS. FLEETWOOD'S IDEA AND PLAN. the breakfast table and attend to the breakfast. In about an hour after rising all the family are seated at the breakfast table When all have eaten their breakfast, clear the table and place the dishes in the sink ready for washing, and leave them and everything else and attend to family prayers, which never should be omitted ; af terAvards devoting twenty mmutes or more to reading the morning paper. It is better to take time now to scan the papers, for if you wait till the work is all "done up" for the forenoon, in all probability you will not have time to read any. Then if your husband, at the dinner table, chances to refer to something in the morning paper you not being irritated at not having time for reading, will not find yourself informing him in anything but an amiable tone that you have not had time for anything but housework After your reading, if you have children who attend school, aet them ready for school, seeing that they have everything they will need to take with them, so that you will not have to leave off to wait on them after you begin your work Do your kitchen work next, and prepare everything that must be cooked for dinner. Then attend to the chamber work. As Tuesday is generally considered an ironing day, ironing will be the next work I think it is best to have everything else done before beffinine this, so you will not need to feel that you must hurry vour ironing in order to get the other work done before dinner. I have allowed about one hour to getting breakfast and put- tinff the rooms in order; one to eating breakfast, clearing the table and reading ; one to kitchen and chamber work ; two to ironing, and the rest of the forenoon to getting dinner, resting and taking out-door exercise. As I rise at six and dine at halt past twelve, I have an hour and a half after finishing my iron- inff I rest a few moments and then go out for a brisk walk of twenty or thirty minutes. This is not all the outdoor exer- cise I take during the day, but all that I can usually find time for in the forenoon when I have ironing to do. . ^ . » I would advise each housewife to take a little rest just before eating her dinner. It is very beneficial to your health. You have been working nearly all the forenoon and are weary, consequently your digestive organs are not m a suitable con- dition to digest your dinner properly without a little rest. Rest a few minutes, if only five. The best way to take the rest is to lie down. I wish those who read this who have never made out a similar plan to follow, would do so^ at^once : I am confident they would be m ore than satisficu wita tne resaUs. " TAVI.OR ADOCHkUUX toay on Ihc most flii'ormWe («'nnR. TO DUST A ROOM, ETC. A GOOD WAY TO DUST A ROOM. Soft cloths make the best of dusters. In dusting any piece of furniture begin at the top and dust down, wiping carefully with the cloth, which can bo carefully shaken. A good many people seem to have no idea what dusting is intended to accom- plish, and instead of wiping oH' and removing the dust it is simply flirted oil' into the air and soon settles down upon the article dusted again. If carefully taken up by the cloth it can be .shaken off out of the window into the open air. If the furniture will permit the use of a damp cloth, that will more easily take up the dust, and it can be washed out in a pail of soap-suds. It is far easier to save work by covering up nice furniture while sweeping than to clean the dust out, besides leaving the furniture looking far l)etter in the long run. The blessing of plainness in decoration is appreciateil by the thorough housekeeper who does her own work while dusting. METHOD OF CLEANING PAPER-HANGINGS. Cut into eight half -quarters a loaf of bread, two days old ; it must neither be newer nor staler. With one of these pieces^ after having blown off all the dust from the paper to be cleaned,' by the means of a good pair of bellows, begin at the top of the room, holding the crust in the hand, and wiping lightly down- ward with the crumb, about half a yard at each stroke, till the upper part of the hangings is completely cleaned all round. Then go round again, with the like sweeping stroke down- wards, always commencing each successive course a little higher than the upper stroke had extended, till the bottom be finished. This operation, if carefully performed, will frequently make very old paper look almost ecjual to new. Great caution must be used not by any means to rub the paper hard, nor attempt cleaning it the crass or horizontal way. The dirty part of the bread, too, must be each time cut away, and the pieces renewed as soon as it may become necessary. When walls are being re-papered, all the old paper should be carefully taken off, and if there be any crevices they should be filled with Pla-ster of Paris before the '^a'^f^r is ^fit oi TAWLOM A DOCKKIIX, M King HtrectTvilioleMlcCrsecr. 30 SWEEPERS AND HWKEPIXG. hi CARPET svvp:epers. We are surprised to see so little notice taken of "cai'pet- sweepers" in iriany household manuals. IndeeTI01SrS. Our Specialties are the WESTMINSTER BASE BURNER, For Halls and Parlors. -AND- THE IDTJCIHIESS R-A^ISTO-E The most perfect made. REPAIRS. — We furnish repairs for all Ranges, Stoves or Furnaces made in the United States or Canada. CUSTOM TIN WORK, &c., AND EEPAIEINO IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. saro"V33S B'imsx) tti*. Estimates furnished for Heating Buildings by Hot Air, Hot Water or Steam, Plumbing and Ga^iitting. GEO. T. PURVES, DEALER IN CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, FLOUR, CORN MEAL, OATMEAL, E'RTTIT, E'lSH, Sea., Sea. iETBBST Q-Cr-^JliXirsr.-s» «rriO"'5V I»I?,ICBS.-«» ALL GOODS WARRANTED AND DELIVERED FREE. CASH CUSTOM SOLICITED. 25 JSLXISTG- SQXr-A-I^B., ST. JOH, IT. B. 1-^ if 36 LIGHTS. be renewed ; whereas by careful avoiding such chance, a stove may be used many years without crack or failure of any sort. If fresh heat is required for baking or any purpose after the first four hours, let the fire burn low, then take off the covers, and with the poker from the bottom rake out all the ashes thoroughly. Then put in two or three sticks of wood, fill as before with fresh coal, and the fire is good for another four liours or more. If only a light fire be required after dinner for getting tea, rake only slightly ; then fill with cinders, and close all the dampers. Half an hour before using the stove, open them, and the fire will rekindle enough for any ordinary purpose. As there is great difference in the " drawing" of chim- neys, the exact time required for making a fire cannot be given. In using wood, the same principles apply ; but of course the fire must be fed much oftener. Grate-fires, as well as those in the ordinary stove, are to be made in much the same way. In a grate, a blower is fastened on until the coal is burning well ; but, if the fire is undisturbed after its renewal, it should burn from six to eight hours without further attention. Then rake out the ashes, add coal, put on the blower a few minutes, and then proceed as before. If an exceedingly slow fire is desired, cover the top with cinders, or with ashes moistened with water. In making a grate or stove fire, keep a coarse cloth to lay before it, that ashes may not spoil the carpet ; and wipe about the fire- place with a damp, coai-se cloth. In putting on coal in a sick-room, where noise would disturb the patient, it is a good plan to put it in small paper bags or in pieces of newspaper, in which it can be laid on silently. A short table of degrees of heat in various forms of fuel is given below; the degree required for baking, &c., finding place when we come to general operations in cooking. DEGREES OF HEAT FROM FUEL. WiUow charcoal, 600° Fah. Ordinary charcoal TOO llardwiod 800 t^OOO; Coal 1000 " LIGHTS. Lights are next in order. Gas hardly requires mention, as the care of it is limited to seeing that it is not tuined too high, the flame in such case not only vitiating the air of the room with double speed, but leaving a film of smoke upon everything in it. Kerosene is the oil mo^L largely used for lamps ; and the light from either a student-lamp, or the l amp to which a "student- " TAYIAK * DOCKBIIil, S4 King ulreet, Itenler in Siaple Crocerie*. ADVERTISEMENTS. :\7 e, a stove [ly sort, after the le covers, the ashes lod, fill as ther four ,er dinner ,der8, and the stove, ordinary ' of chim- be given. :ourse the s those in way. In [ling well ; ould burn rhen rake iiutes, and is desired, 'ith water, lay before about the I coal in a i is a good rspaper, in degrees of he degree to general Fah. tion, as the 10 high, the room with thing in it. d the light X "student- ROBERT V. BARKER & CO. XkXC'KTGI-Ci-XS'r'S, .96' PHnce William Street, - - St, John, N, B, ABB PROrRlKTOKS Of McLaughlin's Harness Oil ; Mclaughlin's Axel Oil ; Mcljiiighliu's Machine Oil ; McLaughlin's Waterproof I.ieather Preserver. Barker & Co.'s Flavoring Extracts ; Barker & Co.'s Fruit Syrups. The German Condition Powder. Dr. Newcoinbe's Anti-Bilious Mixture ; Dr. Newcombo's Cough Bals&m ; Dr. Newcombe's Liniment ; Dr. Newcombe's Pills. The above Goods can be had by ordering throngh any wholesale bimse, or direct from the proprietors. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY: GUARANTEED TO CURE PILES, FEVER SORES, BRONCHITIS, RING WORMS. It will also remove the pain from a Scald or Burn in FI-VE3 i>a: I IT TJ T EI s . TESTiax^Oin.AJLjS OiT C33RCTJIJ-AJRS. tsrSCDlLlD BTT .A^XjIL IDIiTJGha-ISTS. «« Oto. B. Sbklv. T. H. McMnAJW. SEELY & McMillan, BARRISTERS & ATTORNEYS- AT- LAW, 77 PRINCE WILLIAM STREET, ST. JOHN, N. B. Solicitors of Messrs. Maclrllan & Co., Bankers. Solicitors of the Maritime Bank of the Dominion of Canada. Members of the Continental Collection Union. rucfirieit. 38 LIGHTS. .t|' hnvnpr" has been applied, is the purest and steadiest now in use A few simple ?Sles for the care of lamps will prevent, not only dinger of explosion, but much breakage of chunneys, 'T^Le^tfhe wick always touch the bottom of tU^ J^mp ^-»^. see that the top is trimmed square and even across, with a pan of scissors kept for that purpose. 2 Remember that a laJnp, if burned with oniy a ^ttle oil m it tenerates a gas which is liable at any moment to explode. Fil? lamps to within half an inch of the top. If filled bnm- fnirii f 3. the outside of the lamp will be constantly covered with Ihe oil eVen when unlighted; while as soon as ighted, heat *xpandingTt, it will run%ver, and grease every thing near it Hn Ughting a lamp, turn the wick up gradually, that the oi.fuaey may heat slowly: otherwise the glass expands too TL'plhlwirttned high enough to burnfreely. Many nersons turn down the wick to save oil, but the room is quickly £oned by the evil smell from the gas thus formed If neces- Lvy a^ in a sick-room, to have little light put the lamp in the hall or another room, rather than to turn it down. . 5 Remeraber, that, as with the fire, plenty of fresh air is necesfary f^r a free blaze, and that your lamp must be kept as ?ree of Irt as the stove from ashes. In washing the chimneys, use hotludsT and wipe with bits of newspaper, which not only drv the glass better than a cloth, but polish it also. 6 In using either Student-lamps, whether German or Amen- can or tiie beautiful and costly forms known as Moderator- kmps or th? Silber lamp, remember, that, to secure a clear S the oil which accumulates in the cup below the wick, as wen ks any surplus which has overflowed from the reservoir, TnultV^Zv^reY out daUy. The neglect of this precaution is the seci^t^of much of the trouble attending the ea^y getting out of order of expensive lamps, which wi cea^e to be sources nf difficulty if this rule be followed carefully. 7 Keep every thing used in such cleaning in a small box; the oSry sterch-box with sliding lid being excellent for this pZose. Extra wicks, lamp-sctssors, rags for wiping off o?i cHrfind place there. See that lamp rags are turned noW and then, and fresh ones taken ; as the smUl of kerosene Ts veTpenetrating, and a room is ofton made unpleasant by tL pTesCce of dirty lamp-i-ags. If properly carecf for, lamps need be no more offensive tha n gas. . iiw^SrjTlMKiillA, M Kl.g street, r«Mejr Wrocerlei. and *r«M». t now in prevent, limneys, imp, and th a pail- tie oil in explode, ed Itrim- 3red with ited, heat near it. , that the lands too f. Many is quickly If neces- mp in the ash air is 36 kept as chimneys, 1 not only or Ameri- loderator- re a clear le wick, as reservoir, 3caution is isy getting be sources small box; cellent for wiping off ire turned »f kerosene pleasant by [ for, lamps ADVKBTISEMKiNl'S. 39 $sr Don't buy McGregor's Bronchial Troches, for •0 9 t a a « en cs 01 at (8 4) J3 Si (9 0. McGregor, 9 /^ 9 ^9 AMD DRAI.IIR IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PATENT MEDICINES, PERFUMERY, TOILET ARTICLES, BRUSHES, ia:.A.-V.A.H-.A. OZC3-.A.XtS, Sea. BBRRYMAN'S BLOCK, - - CHARLOTTE STREET, SAINT JOHN, N. B. ^■Physician's Prescriptions a specialty. This de- partment I attend to personally and am determined to use none but the purest Medicines. erCHARGES MODERATE.-«» A small share of your patronage is most respect- fully solicited and will be thankfully received. O o c (Q ar en O a (p X 3 (D U) W W o 1 c* 3* O ID O -OBjnuBW onssujoa SJB ^9^'\ ssneoaa i^MAV-g* A CHOICE) ASSORTMENT E>i3:oTocn?,.A.x>ia: -a t i-rtjj^^s. At MOBBOff '8 BOOK STORE, 2 8 CliiirlDttB Stoat. TAYLOR St DOCKR!i-L« Wwn i-KaAue Qwongpa, Aft Kiig street Tr* 40 THINGS TO WORK WITH. V r: :f THINGS TO WORK WITH. UV have settled that our kitchen shall be neat, cheerful and sunny Solo ets as much as possible near enough toge her t^SvInt extra steps being talcen. If the servant is suffi- dently well-trained to respect the fittings of a well-appointed "dtchen and to take pleasure in keeping them m oraer. the whole apparatus can be arranged in the kitchen-closets^ If, however there is any doubt on this point, it will be far better to have your own special table, and s^elf or so above it where the utensils required for your own personal use m delicate "t'arkltcLrnTlet than two tablesare required: ^ aefor all roS wovk._preparing meat, vegetables, &c and dishing UP meals; the other for general convenience, /he fii^t must lid as Aear the sink and fire as possible ; and dose to it on a dresser which it is well to have just aoove the table and tithTnrealhof the hand, should be all the essentials for con- venient work, namely :— A meat-block or board ; A small meat-saw ; A small cleaver and meat-knife ; tpoon skewers, vegetable-cutters, and any other stnall con- venfences used at thisVble, such as a potato-slicer. larding and trussing needles, &c. ; A chopping-knife and wooden tray or bowl ; Rollino'-Din, and bread and pastry board ; Nar Jow-bladed, very sharp l^nif e for paring, the French cook- knife being the best ever invented for this purpose. A deep drawer in the table for holding coarse towels and aprons, balls of twine of two sizes, squares of cloth used m bSg delicate fish or meat, &c., will be found almost essentia BS-spoons and many small articles can hang on small hooks or nails, and are mire easily picked up than if one must feel over a shelf for them. These will be egg.beater«. graters ladle &c. The same dresser, or a space over the sink, should hold 'washing-pans for meat and vegetables, di«h-pans txn measures from a gill up to one quart, saucepans, milk-boiler. &C. ?he closet for iron-wa?e should be placed Ween the sink and stove if possible. (See further particular for table, &c on naaes 14-15;. A list in detail of every article required for a ?omfortably-ritted-up kitchen is given in the followmg article The present list is sfmply what is needed for the most efficient work'. Of course, as you ex periment and advance, it may uc TAr^Mt A DOCKRIU', Dealer Im DoaaesUc and fiennu Cigani. ADVERTISEMENTS. 4t rf ul and together is suffi- ppointed rder, the 5ets. If, ax better it, where delicate : ouefor I dishing irst must i to it, on table and s for con- small con- rding and 3nch cook- owels and h used in t essential. ; on small f one must srs, graters, ink, should ti-pans, tin :-boiler, &c le sink and ble, &c., on uired for a jmg article, ost efficient s, it may be I Clean- CAMPBELL & ELLIS, STOVES, FURNACES, RANGES, KITCHEN Mannfaotaren and Dcalen in Japanned^ ENAMELLED, AND TINWARESr HOT WATER HEATING APPARATUS. PLUMBING AND GAS-FliJING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Ships' Scuppers, Closets, &c., fitted. Caboose and Galley Outfits. i^-SHEET IRON AND COPPER W^ORK. 84 PEINCE WILLIAM STSEET, ST. JOHN, N. B. Can have their old hats made over in the latest style, warranted good as new when done. In stock: Ladies' and Gent's Stiff Felt Hats, direct from the Manufactory and selling at Factory Prices. All kinds of Hats and Caps made to order at short ^nVi^ nf DriniTUT ^tVfclV.'U, tit Z'V\_-' X-TX-. 42 THINGS TO WORK WITH, .'SI enlarged • but the simple outfit can be made to produce all the resuUs likely to be needed, and many complicated patent nrranfrcments are hindrances, rather than helps. Thtiron-nure closet must hold at least two iron pots, frymg- Dans lar^e and small, and a Scotch kettle with frymg-basket For oysters, fish-balls. &c.,-this kettle being a ^road shallow one four o^ five inches deep. Roasting-pans. commonly called driDDintr-pans, are best of Russia iron. K-ware inust include colander, gravy and jelly strainers, and veSble-sifter ovpurMeve ; six tin pie-plates and from four to\ix jelly-cake tfns with straight edges; and at least one po^celain-liied^ettle. holding not less than four quarts ^J/^« a three-gallon one for preserving and canning is also desirable , Muffin rings or pan; "gem-pans;" . . Four bread-tinsf of best tin (or, better still. Russia tron), the best size for which is ten inches long by ^o"^ -de and four deep- the loaf baked in such pan requiring less time, and givfng a slice of just the right shape and size ; Cake-tins of various shapes as desired, a set of small tins V>pin^ desirable for little cakes. "^TsmXsifter in basket shape will be found good for cake- makinir and a larger one for bread; and spices can be most Sfventntly kept^in a spice-caster, which fs a stand holding siToreTght small labeled canister.. Near it can also be small t n W or glass cans for dried sweet herbs, the salt box, &c. The CVocfce% required will be: at least two large mixmg- bowls holding not less than eight or ten quarts, and intended iTw, cake, and many other puij>ose8 ; a bowl wrth lip to S)ur from, and also a smaller-sized one holding about two quarts ; half a dozen quart and pint bowls ; ^ Half a dozen one- and two-quart round and oval pudding- dishes or nappies ; , n r i Several deep plates for use in putting away cold food ; Blancmange-molds, three sizes ; , One large pitcher, also three-pint and quart sizes ; Yeast-jar. or, what is better, two or three glass cans, kept *or ^^Wooden-ware is essential in the shape of a nest of boxes for rice tapioca. &c.; and wooden pails for sugar, Graham-ttour, &c.; wfcle you will gradually accumulate many conveniences in the way of jai-s. stone pots f r pickling. 4^«^yol^««' %' ^,hlch "ive the store-room, at last, the expression dear to all thrifty liousekeepers^^ TAYLOR A DOCKBIIX, Agento for J. lemesuler Cut T»l>acc«». ADVKKTlSEMEN'rS. 4a ice all the id patent ts, frying- ng-basket d shallow nly called strainei-s, , and from b least one irts, while desirable ; , iron), the and four tirae, and small tins I for cake- Q be most id holding so be small t box, &c. ge mixing- id intended with lip to about two il pudding- food; ,ns, kept *or of boxes for raham-flour, ionveniences nijohns, &c., \ dear to all '•bacc«8« CANADIAN ASTHMA REMEDY FOR THE CURE OF -» o »o » THE happy effects of this remedy, as a curative agent in this most distressing and prevalent com- plaint, viz. "Asthma," will be testified to by the parties whose names are given below. In chronic cases where nothing short of a change of climate seems to give relief, it has the most marked and beneficial results, whilst in new cases, not yet become chronic, it is an invaluable medicine. The sense of suffocation felt by every one during an attack of Asthma, is caused by the sudden closure of the bronchial tubes, thereby actually shutting up the channels by which the air is taken into the lungs. The immediate effect is a sense of oppression almost amount- ing to strangulation. The patient at once rushes to wards an open window, as he imagines to get air, but really because the change of atmosphere causes a relax- ation of the bronchial tubes, giving free access to the air This remedy kept by the bedside at night and used when the spasm is felt will give immediate relief. Its judicious use taken in conjunction with some good tonic, will almost entirely cure fresh cases of Asthma. Rev. P. H. Almon, late of St. Mary's Church; Rev. B. Bell, Montagrue Bridge; D. R. Tapley, Indiantown; S. B. Hopkins,' Union Street; Thos. Daly, Marsh Road. Quarter lb. tins $1.50.-2 oz. tins 75c. -Sample packages 10c. BOOKS AND CIRCULARS FREE ON APPUOATION TO M. V. PADDOCK, Agent, cor. Union and Charlotte Sts. St John. 44 UTENSILS. U Scrubbing and water pails, scrubbing and blacking brushes, ^nfp dishes sand-box, knife-board, and necessities in cleaning, St S find place, and, having found it, keep it to the enl; Xolute order and system being the first condition of comfort- able housekeeping. UTENSILS REQUIRED FOR SUCCESSFUL WORKING. TIN WARE. One boiler for clothes, holding eight or ten gallons.-Two .lUh nans— one large, one medium -sized.— One two-quart coy- S Cpail-One^four-quart covered tin-pail.-Two thick tin four-quart saucepans.-Two two-quart saucepans.-Four meas- ures Lorn one gfll to a quart, and broad and low, rather than hiffh -Three tin scoops of diiferent sizes for flour, sugar, &c.— Two pint and two half-pint molds for jellies.-Two auart molds -One skimmer with long handle.-One large and one small dipper.-Four bread-pans, 10 x 4 X 4 -Three J^Hy-cake tma- sS pie-plates.-Two long biscuit-tms.-One coffee-pot.-One coUander.-One large grater.-One nutmeg-grater.-Two wire sieves; one ten inches across, the other four, and with tm sides. -One flour-sif ter.-One fine jelly-strainer.-One f rying-basket. —One Dover egg-beater.— One wire egg-beater.— One apple- corer-One pancake-turner.-One set of spice-boxes, or a spice-caster.-One pepper-box.-Oneflour-dre4er.-One sugar- dS^-One biscuit-cutter.-One notato-cutter.-A dozen muffin-rincrs— Small tins for little cakes.— One muftm-pan.— One doublt milk-boiler, the inside boiler holding two quarte.- One fish-boiler, which can also be used for hams.-One deep bread-pan ; a dish-pan is good, but must be kept for this.-One steamer.-One pudding-boiler.-One cake-box.-Twelve tea- spoons. * WOODEN WARE. One bread-board.-One roUing-pin.-One meat-board.— One wash-board.— One lemon-squeezer. One potato-masher.— 1 wo large spoons.-One small one.-Nest of wooden boxes for ncx tapioca, &c.-Wooden pails for graham and corn meal.-Ghop- pin-trky.-Wat«r-paif-Scrubbing-pail.-Wooden cover for Lur-bai-rel-One board for cutting bread.-One partitioned knife-box. IRON WARE. One pair of scales.— One Lwu-guiiuu f^^ "..j-" --- am. . -...---. —One three-gallon soup-pot wath clos -fitting cover.— One X4yXoK a nocuiui^ importer* of Choice Havana CiKars. ADVKRTISEMKNTS. 45 y brushes, cleaning, ) the end ; : comfort- DRKING. 3ns. — Two quart cov- thick tin ''our meas- ather than igar, &;c. — iiart molds, one small ake tins. — -pot. — One -Two wire h tin sides, ing-basket. One apple- oxes, or a -One sugar- — A dozen iffin-pan. — 'o quarts. — — One deep • this. — One ["welve tea- Doard. — One isher. — Two >xes for ric". leal. — Ghop- a cover for partitioned cover. — One Cigars. ANTI-BILIOUS MIXTURE An EKfRL-niAL OlRR KOR nillousitriia, Jniindlce, Headnrhf, Df/»pri"itn, //«»« «/' Api>rtHf, CttiitlpeHeiiit, Pain lu theSMe or Ilurk andnll dtHonlernitrUluff from TorpMityoflhr Livtir. »-TRY IT AND IT WILL SURELY DO YOU GOOD.-** OBJBTIB'IO.A.TmS. Mbssrh. ROBERT V. BARKER & CO. .Saiiil John, N. B. Dkak SiRg,— I WW) HufTcriii, with D}D|>ti|»iiii. and IiKllKeatioii. I wuh tui liod timt if I took niiy Hiippur I could not Bleep at ISn-WASHINO. three-gallon porcelain-lincil kettle, to be kept only for jpreserv- inrr— One fo»n- or six (luart one, for apple sauce, &c.— One tea- kettle —One large and one Huiall frying-pan.— Two Russia or sheet iron dripping-pans ; one large enough for a large turkey. —Two geni-pans witn deep cups.— Two long-handled .spoons. —Two spoons with shorter handles.— One large meat-fork.— One meat-saw.— One cleaver.— One gri.ldle.— One wire broiler. —One toaster.— One waffle-iron.— One can-opener.— Three pairs of common knives and forks.— One small Scotch or frying kettle.— One chopping-knife.— One meat-knife.— One bread- knife.— One set of skewers.- Trussing-needles. EARTHEN AND STONE WARE. Two l»rge mixing bowls, holding eight or ten quarts each.— One eight-quart lip-bowl for cake.— Half a dozen (juart bowls. —Half a dozen pint bowls.— Three or four deep plates for putting away cold food.— Six baking dishes of different .sizes, round or oval— Two quart blancmange-molds.— Two or three pitchei-s.— Two stone crocks, holding a gallon each.— Two, hold- \t\i X iV.: _l«i,^j :n 4^V.nTn 5a lilfolir tr» efipt nnd nause increased labor. Some people spend three times as much time TAVLOK dt ttWUUttX, .is^Blfi for Hoy Ml Owl ClgHrelts, ADVEUTISEMENTS. 47 Waste Jlot ! - Want Jlot ! ^a'tr mmm s^i^m ^s^miLiwrn THAT CAN BE CLEANSED OR DYED AND FINISHED w TO look: XjIKZE hste^w —AT— % OSTRICH FEATHERS CLEANED OR DYLu ALL SHADES CLEANSED IN VERY SHORT NOTICE. ALSO CLEANED BY THE NEW FRENCH PEOCESS — AITD— DYED ALL COLORS. Specialattentionpaidintliis departmentto MsMng. aDOiNT'T Fos?.ca-Ea? the e»Ij-a.cb 48 DISH-WASHING. 11 a.s they should on cleaning off the tables and wa.shing dishe. Mother tau-ht us very carefully how to do those things and I never saw any house where both tasks were performed more Speedily and neatly. Some people pick up their dishes and Xrythem of promiscuously to the sink or kitchen table- Wes silver, glass, unscraped plates, cold meats, set down together just ^ it happen?; cups, platters, plates, tumblers knfves, spions. go into the dish-pan as they are picked up; the confusion embarrasses the work, and a long time is required to get it very poorly done. We were taught, as soon as the meal was over, to put away bread, meat, butter milk-all the eat- ables which were left, in their proper places and on proper dishes. Next the salts were refilled, the caster was wiped, and these were removed. Then the knives were gathered into the tray, the forks and spoons into a deep dish and they were carried off; then the cups and saucers were drained, pded up together, carried to the sink, or where they were to be w^hed and set in order there. Next the glass-ware wa.« drained and removed; then the plates and sauce-dishes were scraped and piled up The refuse was at once earned off; the cloth shaktn and folded into a box ; then all our work was ut the sink We did not make ourselves work sparing hot water ; first the glass- ware was washed, wiped and put aw. j ; then the silver was well rubbed in clean, hot suds, polished with a c ean towel kept for it. and put by. The knives were washed after the silver; were at once scoured, and laid, when rubbed with paper, in the sunshine. A fresh pan of dish-water and a pan of hot rinsing-water were provided, and cups and saucers were invariably w^ashed /rs* ; next followed the sauce-plates and ve<^etable-dishes ; then the plates, and then the meat-platters- if needful, we change the dish-suds when we came to plates and platters. The dishes were rinsed through the clear water, and put to drain, and when all were washed, we began at those whicl had drained the longest, wiped them and put them m their places. The tins were washed alone, and then the cook- ing utensils in clean suds. Next the dish-cloths and towels were washed in clean water, and laid in the sun. or hung up on a little frame behind the stove. The dish-pans and sink were well cleaned and the table wiped ; and really it seems as if we did the work nicely in the time which I have used in descnb- iiHg its order." .^ . i^LOBdTDOriiuitm., M KIhr Mlrcel, Dealer In Staple «rocerieii. ADVF.RTrSKMENTS. 49 dishes. 3, and I id more les, and table — t down imblers, up ; the aired to he meal ;he eat- proper ped, and into the 3y were piled up washed, med and ped and 1 shaken ik. We he glass- Iver was in towel after the )ed with xd a pan ;ers were ates and >latters — to plates ar water, I at those , them in the cook- id towels ing up on jink were J as if we a describ- tcerleii. Gilbert's J^ane Pye Works! ST. cronisr, isr. b. DYEING, SCOURING AND FREN OH GLEANING, OSTRICH FEATHERS CLEANED OR DYED ALL COLORS, Lace Curtains Cleaned and Finished to looli like New. EVEEY DESOEIPTION OF mill ail imiii siiaaaii Executed at the Shortest Notice and at Low Rates. CARPETS CLEANED BY A NEW PROCESS, without beating— no matter how dirty— thereby raising the colors and remov- ing all dust and grease spota. / Skkets m le Ckel, \mi tlen as soft ud nice as new. A. L. LAW. /e^AlI orders left at the following places will receive prompt attention {Prices Low)— Macaulay Bros. & Co., 61 Charlotte St. ; A. Patterson, Indian- town; W. G. Allen, Carleton; J J. Weddall, Fredericton; E. J. Clark, Woodstock; Smith & Murray, St. Stephen; John S. Magee, St. Andrews; Edw. Forbes, Moncton; Geo. Ford. Sackville; Miss M. C. Salter, Newcastle; W. F. Moses & Co., Yarmouth, N. S. ; G. Ross, Truro, N. S. ; P. H. Glen- denning, New Glasgow, N. S. ; William Shannon, Annapolis, N. S. ; Chapman & Etter, Amherst, II. S. ; Miss Wright, Digby, N. S. ; H, ^. Piper, Bridge- town, N. S. ; R. W. Owen, Pictou, N. S. ; Robert Young, Charlottetown, P. E. I. ; or at the Dye Work^, Gilbert's Lane, St. John, N. B. A. L. LAW. PU rFsILK" WOVEN BOOK MARKS Suitable for Gifts or Birthday Presents, At MORROW'S BOOK STORE, *3S Charlotte Street. 50 WASHING. WASHING MADE EASY I t Mrs F. S. P. furnishes ihe following directions for clothes washing, which we havo seen tested, and Ixjlieve to be the simplest and easiest raethod of washing known :— "I will suppose that your washing is large enough to render necessary two large tubs, one for the cleanest, the other for the dirtier articles, and this is the way I have washed for three years, to the utter banishment of boiler and washboard : Take a pound bar of any make of good soap, shave it up veiT thin, and dissolve in a pail and a half of boiling water, or use more hot water if necessary, and at any rate alter thoroughly dissolving the soap put .mlf the solution m one tub, the balance in the other, and add water enough to permit the clothes to soak loosely in plenty of the warm wash watei-, (for twelve hours at least). If there is not soap enough used, or if the clothes are packed too snug, the dirt will be hindered in its efforts to break away. If, however, the condi- tions are right, (and none of my fifty-two trials a year ever resulted in failure), clothes soaked over night will emerge (not, however, without help) from the soaking water and out of the wringer into the rinse water just as a neat housewife loves to .see t>em, white and clean. As before remarked, especially soiled portions, as very dirty collars, wristbands, etc^ will need a little easy rubbing with the hands before passing through the ^Several- of my neighbors who do their own washing, getting up an hour or two before light to scrub the life out of their bodies as well as the dirt out of their clothes, besides wearing out the clothing more than all the wearing it gets, have won- dered how it is that my washing always appears on the lines first ' And yet I make no move toward washing until atter breakfast, and then in about one hour the clothes are ready for the lines, and we have no nuisance, of a house filled with steam, or any of the supposed necessary evils of the wash-day. Now in fairness, I will add that I have told a good many ladies how to manage, and while some of the most intelligent ones have tried the plan and continue its use with entire suc- cess, others say they cannot make it work, and go back to the old way. For myself, if I hired a woman to come and do my washing, I would have it done in the manner I have dscnbed, if I had to pay her for a whole day's work, rather than have my clothes needlessly worn out with scrubbing on a washboard. )t TAYLOB r. ADVERTISEMENTS. 61 Pugsley's Building, - Prince Wm. Street, - "near Ferry," s-A.i3srT jonasr. Would call special attention to a list of House cleaning requisites, which he keeps constantly in stock and Sdln at Afotlerate Price). Hawker's Brilliant Furniture Polish, which gives a beautiful and lasting polish with little labor.— f. 5 cfntu a Bottle. A large assortment of Analine P p*, Concentrated Lye and Potash for soap r '. ■ and paint cleaning. SPONGES, CHAMOISE : .72 VAEmSH, PUMICE & SAND SOAPS. AQhST FOR SMlTr.EYS A CO'S IKK AND STAiy KXTHACTOR. C. H. FLEWW^ELLING, OVBR COLONIAL BOOKSTORE, lStreet« ST. JOHN, N. B. Fine Card Prmtrng, Best Letter and Bill Heads, CHECK, NOTE AND RECEIPT FORMS. Visiting and Autograph Cards our specialty. ^ 52 HwUSE-CLEANISa, ETC. HOUSE.CLEANING PERPLEXITIES, TO SAVE. The following is from "A Practical Housekeeper, and can be depended on as practicable and reliable :— The confusion usually attending house-cleaning arises neaxly always from a lack of system. No preparations have been mirfor it, and when the dreaded day arrives all the rooms Te thrown into disorder the first thing, bedsteads are taken down Irpets taken up, clothes presses china closets pan- trils bureau drawers, etc., are cleared of their contend at once, Ind when n ght com;s the house is in confusion, and mistress and maid Trf in any but an amiable temper, and no perceptible prog^es has been Lde in the work. ** yo-g.,^-"-^^^ will put in practice the following rules they will find house- dean^ng compamtively easy and free from many of the anxieties ordinarily attending the work. Perhaps you have but one servant, perhaps none; m either case pursue^the same course. Do not begin cleaning the rooms SlTe season for heating them is past, on account of the dust created by furnace or stoves. WHERE TO BEGIN. Prepare for the general cleaning by putting ^he ^^^e-room' china closet, clothes presses, bureau drawers, etc.. in order Commence, let me suggest, some Tuesday morning m the store- riom from which, aftTr you have put in good order proceed to the clothes presses; take all the garments from the b^ks shake and brush the dust from eacli one. remove everything from the shelves, sweep the floor, then dust the walls and every part wash the shelves and floor with hot soap-suds ; when dry ?eturn everything to its place. You can probably put all the presses in order^his -orning without getting very tn.d if Sot, finish them the next morning, but do nothing of the kind ^^ Wednesday morning take the bureau dmwers empty them of theVrconlatl anddu,^ them, also ^^-^ the inside o the bu^^^^^^ frame • then wipe all nicely with a damp cloth When diy, re t^rn the d awei? to their places, and arrange the thingsin then. Thursday inorning remove china, gla^s, etc., from the ch ma closet ^weep and dust, wash the floor and shelves; if the IXesaTe not painted, cover them with white or tinted paper, wih and wipe every piece of china and g aas and arrange them on the shelves. After ttiat, dean the s ilver. ADVERTISEMKNTS. 53 OTTAVITA BXSBR, GINGSH AliiB^ and SODA ITir ATER^ Manufactured by the subscriber from pure Extracts and acknowledged by IjAUIES AMI) Gentlemkn from all parts of the Dominion and eleswhere to be of superior quality and admir- ably adapted for sily done-, and remove aU the dirt trom the gias , then rubbing briskly ^f J,f P^^J^nd none of the slop ,,U look beauti f y,^^^^^^^ '^Uh\he woodwork in the room attending the old process v> a-. ^.^^ ^^^^^ using only the ^^^^^"^ .^"^^'^^^^^^^^^^ When the and a cloth vvrung out 9^ <^j^f ™^J^'„ ti'e cai-pet, have the floor and paint are ^^^^^.^jy; P"^^^^^^ bedstead set up, then use ^^^^^"^^^^^ over them a above given Lay the slats ^ij *^;\^^^ dust from sheet or thick brown paper This w^^^^^^^^^^ the room is gathering on the springs and ™f^^*^f^«^^,^r^^ ^nd arrange clean the halls and «J^ f •„ /^^.^^^^^^^^^ houses to carpets are Brussels, it »^^*^^ .^^^^''^J^ '"i^^^^ I "■ — — — — —- ~ ' ^^BKAAA^tlAa l^i^iiiTTiSiciiiS; 84 Kl>g Htreet, W»ncj «r«eerl«. .i.* r«lt.u POETRY. 57 FIRST EXPERIMENT AT HOUSEKEEPING. We were nmrrieJ one day, Maria and I ; And went to housekeeping with heads carried higli. For sometime, everything was sweet as honey And we thought keeping house excee m -:>* PENNEY BROTHERS Have consolidated their Hat Factory with via. We execute work in that department that cannot be excelled. ^T is not always policy in buying a hat to buy a cheap ^ one, thinking it will do for one season's wear and then be discarded for a new one, in preference to buy- ing a better quality with the intention of having it re- made over another season. A cheap hat is never as lidtisfactory to the purchaser, and by paying a small additional price at the start you secure an article that can be made over for two or three seasons, and give you every satisfaction. This is the case p. rticularly with Plush and Beaver, which we can color to match any desired sample, and guarantee it equally as good both as regards Style and Finish as a new one. eing always obliged to send for a mechanic and pay him for executing little things that in most cases, could be sufficiently woU done by a man or boy belonging to the family, if the proper instruments were at hand. The cost of these articles is very trifling, and the advanUges of having them always in the houso are far beyond the expense. For instance, there should be an axe, a hatchet, npping-saw cutting-otf saw. small brace and bitts, claw-hammer, small wrench, jack-plane, smoothing-plane, screw-driver, two or three chisels, a gouge, pair of pincem, pair of plyers a small square rule tape-line, spirit-level, bradawls (assorted sizes), a small draw-knife, spokeshave, a good oil stone, putty-knife, jack- knife, and glass-cutter. , 1 r . „• Also an assortment of nails and tacks of various sizes. Screws (assorted sizes), likewise, will be found very con- venient, and hooks on which to hang things. The nails and screws should be kept in a wooden box, made with divisions to separate the various sorts, for it is very troublesome to have them mixed. , ^ -x ^ 1 1 .,„ And let care be taken to keep up a supply, lest it should lun out unexpectedly, and the deficiency cause delay and incon- venience at a time when they are required A full supply of everything suitable for the " Family Tool Chest can bo had at Thomas' Hardware Store, Charlotte street. . , , It is well to have somewhere, in the lower part of the house, a deep light closet, appropriated entirely to these tools and other things of equal utility. This closet should have at least one large shelf, and that about three feet from the floor Beneath this shelf may be a deep drawer, divided into com- partments. This draw may contain cakes of glue, pieces of chalk and balls of twine of different size and quahty. There may be shelves at the sides of the closet for glue-pots^, paste-pots and brushes, pots for black, white, green, and red Snt, cans of painting oil, paint-brushes etc. Against the wall, above the large shelf, let the tools be sus- ««nded. or laid across nails or hooks of proper size to support r - This is much better than keeping them in a box, where they TAVLOKA lM»€KRil.I., Importer of Choice Havnnn Cigars. ADVERTISKMKNTS. 61 Bll 3 IS iD 1119 a IMPORTER AND DEALER IN English and American 'lan^vare, PAUVTTi^, OIL, CjH-.Afer . A . Always on hand a full ixKsoi'tnieiit -n HOUSEKEEPERS' HARDWARE, nsroLXTiDiisra- CLOTHES WRINGERS, AGATIi: WARE, CUTLERY, &c., &c. HOWE'S FiJRNlTUI[E WAHEROOMS, CITY MARKET BUILDING, GERMAIN STREET. We have in Stock and are con- Btanrly Manuftw:turlngr: Walnut Bedroom Suites, Ash Bedroom Suites, Painted Bedroom Suites, BOOKCASES, SIDEBOARDS, WARD- ROBES, HAT TREES, CENTRE TABLES, WHATNOTS, dc. Office Desks and Tables, Library Desks and Tables IN STi»CK AND MADE TO ORDER. Medium and Low Priced Ash and Painted Bedroom Suites, in great variety. iJ. «fe J- 33- H:0"\^E- \ t i s: !:■ 62 MEDICIXK CHEST. M may be injured by rubbing against each other, and the hand may be hurt in feeling among them to find the thing that is wanted. But when hung up against the back wall of the closet, of course each tool can be seen at a glance. We have been shown an. excellent and simple contrivance for designating the exact places allotted to all these articles in a very complete tool closet. On the closet wall, directly under the large nails that sup- port the tools, is drawn with a sn;all brush dipped in black paint or ink, an outline representation of the tool or instru- ment belonging to that particular place. For instance, under each saw is sketched the outline of that saw, under each gimlet a sketch of that gimlet, under the screw- drivers are slight drawings of screw-drivers. So that wlien bringing back any tool that has been taken away for use, the exact spot to which it belongs- can be found in a moment ; and all confusion in putting them up and find- ing them again is thus prevented. FAMILY MEDICINE CHEST. In cases of accident or sudden .sickness, time is often of the utmost importance. A very simple remedy applied at the moment may often save from a long illness. It is therefore desirable to have ready at hand whatever is likely to be wanted in a hurry. Get a small box, with drawei*s or departments, keep it always locked, and out of the waj' of children. ^Tse it for ntedicines and for nothing else. Let it stand where you can lay your hand upon it in a moment. Do not have too many things in it, or they will confuse you. Just put into it what you are most likely to want. A roll each of old linen, calico and flannel, the older the better, but clean and dry ; a little lint and some sticking plaster. The calico and flannel may I in strips so as to serve as band- ages ; fasten each roll with a pin. A pair of good sharp scissors, s( vae tape, pins, and a few large and assorted size needles, rea* threaded. Some castor oil, ipecacuahana wine, pa; ■ goric. Friar's balsam, turpentine, senna leaves, epsom salts, carbonate of soda, a small TAl'IiOil 'I; LKM'KKii,!.^ »A Kins >'t!V4>!. Fiiury <4i-effHe<^ aud fraits: .\1)VK1{T[SEMENT.S. 63 THIS BEST ! Of all the family medicinua in use there is none to equal GRAHAM'S PAIN ERADICATOR. It is the most gentle iu its action, anil the most effectual in use. It does not contain Opium, Eth.er or Chloroform to deatroy the sensibility ami injure the Nerves, nor any Cayenne Pepper, I'otaah or Ammonia to bum or blister, as found in so many others that depend on causing so much smart and pain that the sufferer does not feel the original pain, neither does it contain Tar or crude Petroleum to daub and disgust with their disagreeable smell. The Pain Eradi- cator is a purely Vegetable, Soothing, Healing, Balsamic, Magnetic Oil that reihictH Inflammation, ami allayx irritation of the neneit. Its superiority is evi- dent from the fact that it has effectuaily cured hundreds of cases of Uhtumatiim, many of whom had suffered for more than twenty years previous to using it; a thing not accomplished by any other medicine. It is equally good for other forms of aches and i)ain. Its power. has been proven in thousands of cases of liheumatism ami Ni urahiia, iu which it effected cures where other remedies failed. For Burn", SrnUh, Front Biten, Chilblains, Sp-rains, Bruiwn, Sore Thtvaf, elr., it is far aliead of any other. The most valuabl Medicine Chest for family use is a bottle of Graham's Pain Eradicator, costing 25 cents ; a box of Graham'.s (Purely Vegetable) Pilijj, price 25 cents a bo\ and some sticking plaster. In cases of accidents and sudden attacks of disease use these promptly and a physician "s service, unless in very severe cases, will not be needed. Bear this in mind and much pain, anxiety and expense w ill be saved. They cost little and should be kept in every house. They are put up with complete directions. (Ikaham's Catakkuxxe. — A soluble snuff for the cure of Catarrh and Colds in the heail. It cleanses and heals the sore or inflamed condition of membrane lining the nasal cavity. The Be.s r in Use. Price 25 cents a box. Prepared by T. GRAHAM & SON, St. John, N. B. !i PRINCE WM. STREET. ST. JOHN, N. B., Bexs to inform the IhihVu- that he miikes a speiiiilty of Disi)eiisiii|f. Having liad a long expe- rience in this l.riincti of the Drujf Hii8ine»g, the Public can, with conficlciioc, eiitriiiit their Physicians' and l»rlvato Keuipeg to his tai :. \V. H. wouid call siiuiial attention to the following artlflos of his own preparation, which he feels that lie can wfely rwonimend to the Publlu ; HAWKER'S TOOTH- ACHE DROPS, "a Good Remedy;" HAWKER'S BLACKBERRY COMPOUND, "for Diarrhoea;" HAWKER'S ALL-HEALINO OINTMENT, "for all kinds of Sores;" HAWKER'S WORM POWDERS-never t&ila. irrSFECIAL ATTEFnOV OIYEK TO FITTIHG UP FAMILT KEDICIHE CHX8T8. ALL MEDICINES GUARANTEED. TEETH EXTRACTED WITH CARE. 1 1 ' (34 FAMUA- ETtQlETTE. bottle of laudanum marked "poison," and a bottle of linseed oil and liine-water. A box of simple ointment, or a little clean lard will do as well, a bottle of mustard, a bottle of " Graham's Pain Eradica- tor," or some other standard liniment. Then a measuring glass. Nearly all liquid medicine is given by spoonfuls. A spoon i.« a very uncertain measure ; there- fore better buy a glass marked coiTectly, teaspons on one side and tablespoons on the other. Lastly a feeding cup. In cases of some illness, where the patient cannot be raised, and it is impossible to give liquids with any degree of comfort lying down, a fe^v good clean straws can be kept for this purpose, but the best thing for this is about a foot of India rubber tubing, such as is used for infants' feeding bottle; it can be bent in any direction and is not easily broken. Another very useful article in a medicine chest is a family patent syringe. FAMILY ETIQUETTE. Of all the acquirements of mankind, that of home politeness is by no means the least important. Unmasked civility in the household, combined with christian gentleness, is a priceless gem, sparkling through all the intricacies of life, contributing, not only to the comfort and happiness of the individual, but of society at large. Genuine politeness is not natural to man, it must be acquired by careful culture, beginning with our infancy, and continued through life. Hence parents cannc. 1^ to careful in teaching their children from their earliest yeai-s the essential principles of true courtesy. When such training is neglected in child- hood no amount of after tmining can compensate for the deficiency. If we wish to mould clay, or plaster of paris, or metal, into any shapj, w*^ must not wait until it is half hard before we put it into the mould, for then it will be full of flaws and roughness, and will not well take the desired form. So if we wish to mould the heart and mind into good manners, we must not wait until a child is half-grown before we begin the train- ing. We must begin with the young child. Greet its waking with a smile and a loving word, that it may learn to wake up TAVMtK A DOCKKIIX. H4 Kins Htnet. Wholfniile «rM>er. POLITENESS: ().') pleasantly. Teach it to take gently what is offered it. not snatching, and to return the look and word of thanks. Teach it to share its treasures, to pity and soothe any one who is sick or sad, to pick up what is dropped by its elders, to lend its toys, to reply kindly, to say "please," thank you." and "good-bye," — indeed, there are hundreds of ways to teach a & little one good manners. Cultivate in your children the pleasant manners of a morning greeting, saying "good !r(orn- ing," with a smile and a bow ; such a greeting makes the whole day go more pleasantly. Do not let the children go to bed without a good-night kiss : they are never too old for that. Let the pleasant greetings, morning and night, to all members of the family, be a part of family custom , then your children, going into the world, will cany these gracious home manners with them, and use them to teachers, employers and friends. Teach your children to think of pthers ; to notice when one is looking for anything, and to join with alacrity in the search ; to carry, unasked, a fan to one who is heated, or draw up an easier chair for one who is tired ; to bring the father's hat or slippers; to pick up what is dropped; to help mother to keep hous3 — in short to do any little act of kindness that is in their power. Teach them that true courtesy "is real kindnes-s kindly expressed," and that the fii-st and highest law of good manners is, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." The first exam- ples and teachers of good manners should be parents, and the child should consider its home the first and finast place where it can put in practice the courtesies of life. POLITENESS. If we want anything of our children, or our servants, we should not, merely because we have the authority to command, give a bold order; but why not use the gentle "please," "will you do this?" "I should like you to do that." "oblige me with that." When service is rendered, we are not to take it in silence, curtly, rudely, because we have a right to the service ; but it is easy to say, "thanks," or "I am obliged," or "Oh, that is very nicely done " These little every-day courtesies are CAlled the small change of life ; but we should be badly off in trade if we had no small change. If parents have plenty of this small change of politeness on hand, it will be put in circulation in the family: the children will pay it out to each other, to servants, to playmates, and with it family peace and family •affection will be largely purchased. I nAVXkB -M. ciii. 31 b.:b8 Rtrcfi, s^-al«r IB B(«pl« «r«ccrica. m V^ \ :' G(5 iSIXCKRITY. >itl I S •lif Home is the place where true politeness tells "If my chil- ilren cret angiy wHh each other," said a father, "I at once make tLem^all sit down and sing together in unison some pleas^ant livmn or song : its soothing effect is magical, they forget their little quarrels and go kindly to their sports again. Jo make home attractive, affection must lighten every load and sweeten every bitter cup ; the music of a child's laugh should he there ; liand must be clasped in hand ; forbearance, fidelity and truth must guard every avenue, and love share every toil and pain. SINCERITY. Good manners should begin at home, extending to social circles. Sincerity and expressions of feeling should characterize our whole deportment, not only in domestic circles, but in every department of society. Like the dial of the watch, they should indicate that the work within is good and true , other- wise they are only a sham, full of hypocrisy, and altogether worthy of eternal condemnation. Is there any justifiable reason why a mother should ruin her child by instructing it to report to any visitor who may call at the front door on wash- day that, 'Mother is not at home," when she is attending to matters in the kitchen ? By what law could w^e justify such hypocritical formality as, by telling Mrs. Smith that we^ shall be delighted to have her call, when we "wish she would stay away? Or how can we expect forgiveness, after assuring Miss Jones that she is our "most confidential friend," when we "abominably abhor her company?" Again, only fancy the absurdity of members of the family making themselves agree- able in every society but at home! Is there any good reason why a man should needlessly put his wife to the trouble of wiping up tracks when he takes great pains Jo wipe his feet before crossing his neighbor's threshold ? Or, is it consistent that a woman should frown or be too severe on her own hus- band or son for a little carelessness, while she assures her caller, with the most gracious of smiles, that "it isn't of the slightest consequence?" Why should a husband assure his friend's wife who had in her haste burned her biscuits, that he "greatly enjoyed them when they were so nice and brown," and grumble and pout at his own wife for meeting with the same misfortune? In speaking thus, we do not advocate the principle of having any one less considerate of others than members of their own family. The laws of politeness are equally binding on us at hoiriti and abroad. No m|n can be a gentleman, though ever TAYI4>B A VOCKKUIit Denier In Domestic and Vennnn CIsNn. A HKAI/rHKlL HOISK. 67 so genial abroad, who is not courtfoii.s and genial in his own home ; and no woman is a roal lady wh(j is not as nnich of a lady at home in her morning- wrapper as in silk in her neigh- bor's parlor. Neither can any one who is not sincere be reallj- polite in the broad sense of the term. If parents would only study and adopt the laws of true politeness in the domestic circle, as they ought to do, the>- would save themselves a world of trouble and anxiety. No doubt the life of hurry and over-work many of us live, has much to do with our in.patience and lack of courtesy in our families and elsewhere. However, no excuse can justify the lack of home politeness. Therefore, if we have oeen remiss in this matter, let us endeavor to remove the cause of family bickerings wherever they exist. One member of a family who begins the day with fretful words and hai-sh tones, is gen rally enough to spoil the happiness and temper of the whole for the day. Therefore, in.stead of engendering animosity and strife in our households, let us endeavor to go before each other in the promotion of love and harmony, and then we will be able to realize "how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity." A little time spent judiciously in preventing the cause of family feuds, is better than years of wailing over "what might have been," or what may bo. If HOW TO HAVE A HEALTHFUL HOdSE. Have plenty of sunshine in your living rooms. Keep the whole house well aired. Have a clean garret, well ventilated. Have a perfectly clean, dry cellar. Renew whitewash and wall-paper often. Have every drain clean and carried far from the house. Allow no decaying refuse near the house. Keep the walls and floors dry. Use freely, in cleaning, lye, annnonia, and sal-soda. Use freely lime, especially as whitewash. m TAILOR A INN'KKILI,, AgrntN for Royul Owl CiB»r<-lis, {)H KOI.DIXG ("HAIR AND HOUSK DECORATION. THE F(iLDING CHAIR. The folding p];a!r or cliair bedstead, is one of the most usetu! articles of fiinniuro ever invent^ed, being coi:vcrtable ink' upwards of thiiiy .lifferent positions, — -^'ill make p. '?u11 length bedstead, invalid's ^-hjiir, easy chn,ir, chiid s crib, etc. Hatchings k i <>., (01 Oerisjiiu street make a specialty of these. (See adverti«enitnt nt J: rjar*) HOUSE I)E< K-RATION. II The beauty of the Home is a ver>' important matter. Aithoitgh mvny people look upori house decoration as "non- rcnse," irad say they "have, no time for it," and that they must "spend ti ;r efforts on what has a cash value ;" yet, our opinion is, that bei'.ty In a home has a very decided cash value. It is a well-know ii fact t'lat in the homevyrhere beauty is cultivated, the greater ca> ind better and more cheerful spirits are pro- duced, consequeully better health and therefore less outlay for sickness. Again, a home where an outlay of care, a little labor and forethought, has created beauty in the shape of (if the situation vAW admit) smooth hard walks, neat sodding near the house, a flower garden, shade trees, rows of fruit trees, grapes, flowering vines, a post or two draped in roses and honeysuckles with a bird-house a-top, a little arbor or summer-house — these things, Avhich can be created in summer evenings after working hours, in winter leisure time, in early mornings, noon-rests, or on holidays, lend an air of refinement to the whole establish- ment, directlj and indiiectly tend toward the good order of the whole, gives it a higher market value and would secure a pur- chaser more quickly if it were for sale. In another regard the culture of beauty in a home is of immen.se value. A growing family will be much more likely to remain cheerful in a heaxdifid hot "^ven if that beauty is extremely simple and inexpensive. imily who are home- keepers are an inexpensive family, feons and daughters do not waste their money at home ; and if they are attached to it by its interior cheerfulne; and external surroundings, they will seldom be found in the company of strangers, loafing about TA¥IiOR A INM'RBILI^ 84 Kink Mrefi, «>«II «f young ! of pine sticks, a autumn in room. IS on the be, often y family ibout the , to culti- the most speaking love for r in mind any real object of 1 dirtv or ADVKllTISEMENTS. 71 LOOK HERE I WALKER BUILDING, - MARKET SQUARE, JAMES McNICHOL & SON, Keeps constantly on hand a first-class assortment of j£iija.6L O-ezxtlexxiezxs' ^Vhich they are prepared to sell at reasonable Prices. They have also in Stock the latest and most fashionable V/hich they are prepared to MAKE UP TO ORDER, In any Style required and at Reasonable Prices. wmm\ THE mm\ building, NEXT DOOR TO THE SHEFHELD HOUSE. Late of :t» king Street. :■'(« I 'i ^"Am- 72 ORNAMENTAl, WOUK. rafrr'ed carpet. Goocl engmvinj^s arc also conducivo to V,- . ! bS tirhusband han^ .^ood pictures on t^^" ^^^l^^^'ln ho wfe Utters the whole room with threads and scraps from the Tew^ni machine, the pleasing effect is lost to the eye in the '"TtTa fact worthy of o) .crvation, that natural objects con- fer Lore Wty in a roon> Ihan artificial ones: shols flower., v'ines stuffed birds, etc , '- .e fa. superior for ornaments to chma HcTums and card-board work. If one knows how o blend and ccist colors, has the good taste not to bamsh hooks from a r on can train a vine of ivv, make a mos.s plate, and pile up Sst cally a handful of shells, or make a Jo««-llPP;^^d. ^.^^^^^^ receptacle of a cluster of primroses, violets or hyacintl, ., they will have real beauty in their rooms. NATURAL ORNAMEN x AL WORK. A Beautiful Hanging BASKET.-Procure a lar,,^-sized tur- nip or carrot ; trim off a portion of the root end .nd scrape out Z inside leaving a pretty thick rind all around ; fill th inside w^tWiih and plant therein a morni , -glory or sor other clinginH^^^ Suspend the vegetable ., oh coi^s. stalK down- waTand in a shSrt time the vinos will twine around the Tords' and the turnip or carrot sprouting f-^ni below, will put forth leaves and stem, that will turn up/arus. and curi ^^racc- fully around the base. To Crystallizk GRASS.-Having secured the gi-ass <' •. ..ig the summer and fall months and dried t m a dai^ voom, pro- cure one lialf-pint of white .spirit varnish, and or ce of whit« frosting; dip the blades of gi^ mto the % ^.sl Tteiy! and immediately sprinkle on the powdered t: ..ting , put it away care ily to dry. Crystallizing FLOWERS.-Construct some baskets of fancy form with pliable copper wire, and wrap them with gauze. Into these tie to the bottom violets, ferns, geranium -leaves- [n fact any flowers except full-blown ro.ses-and sink them m a solution ^f alum, of one pound to a gallon of water, after the :^ has c .oled.. The colo-^lien be,f-en.d^- the. original beauty, ana tne cr y«mUi^ctx q^""^ .t. ■ "l^ramrliriiHteB^es at MISS MotEAIT'S, 75 Germain street. par- chen [ M f fi ADVKUTISEMKNTS. 73 aatl the From the e in the ects con- , flowers, to china lend and •« from a pile up ouch the th ., they sized tur- crape out ,h( inside D' ' other ,1k down- ound the , will put irl :,race- ss «'"'•. l.ig ooni, pro- 01" ce of isl par- ing , ihen 8 of fancy ith gauze. 1 -leaves — k them in , after the )d in their aster than BtlWta CITY MARKET CLOTHING HALL, ^JL diai4otte Street, SAINT JOHN, N. B. I have on hand tlu largest and most varied stock of Cloths to h(; found in the city, and am constantly adding the latest and most fashionable designs of ENGLISH DIAGNOLS, \.Vl» ENGLISH, SOOTr & CANADIAN TWEEDS, BROAD-CLOTHS ^OESKINS, &.C., Of direct iinjHjrtiitinn, inakin<( in aii j. uifHt complete assort incut for I also keep oonstantly en hand a fall line of ^i\ ^ i^m^- 9 Suitable for dl Season ^ of the year. My GENTLEMEN' FURNISHING GOODS DEPARTMENT is rpolete with latest styles of TIES, SCAEPS AND BOWS. COLLARS AN!) OIIPPS, MERINO AaTD heavy UNDER-CLOTHING, i ft I "- 74 OHNAMKNTAL WOHK. J" when f.oin a hot solution. When you have a h-ht colonn- of crystals that completely covers the articles, remove the basket carefullv. and allow to drip for twelve hours. These baskets make a beautiful parlor ornament, and for a long tune preserv the freshness of the fiowei-s. A Bfvutifii. Expekiment.— If an acorn be suspended by a piece of a thread to within half an inch uf some water con- tained in a hyacinth glass, and so pernntted to remain without l>eing disturbed, it will, in a few months burst and throw a root down into the water, and shoot upwards its tapenng stem, with beautiful green leaves. A young oak tree, growing in this way on a mantel-shelf of a room, is a very interesting object. To Copy Fkuxs.— The most perfect and beautiful copies imaginable of feins may be made by thoroughly saturating them in common porter, and then laying them flat between white sheets of paper (without more pressure thdn the leaves of an ordinary book bear on each other), and let them dry out. PRESERYixfi Autumn Leaves, Grasses, &c.— Having selected tlie most beautifully tinted autumn leaves, place them carefully between the leaves of a large heavy book; in a short time they will be pressed sufficiently smooth to cure. Dissolve some hne clear ^uxn avabic— make it about the thickness of milk, strain it • tlien take your leaves, ferns or mosses, dip them into the .Tu'm water. Having provided some small rods, any length, these are split and placed so that you can hang your leaves until they ai-e dry; some dip them the second time when thoroughly dried. Procure some line, clear dumar varnish. Your leaves, etc., are carefully dipped into this and suspended on your rods, stem upwards. This will dry in twelve hours, when they will be ready to use for wreaths or any other orna- mental purposes. To Stain Dried Grass.— But few ornaments make a better appearance about a house than bouquets of di-ied grasses, mingled with a number of unchangeable flowers. There is but one fault in this Ijeautiful process, and that is the want ot other colors %osides yellow, drab or brown. A good effect is produced by blending rose and red tints, together with a very little pale blue, with the grasses and flowers, as they dry natur- ally. The best means of dyeing dried leaves, flowers, ami iWnTl-wtliers, Hate, in theTeweat Shaded Styles at MWB MoLEAN'8, 75 G«nBui «t. ov'uvf of L' ba«ki't haskots preserve led by a itor con- withoMt throw n ng stem, iwing in terestiiij; \\ copies .turatin^' between le leaves dry out. I selectetl carefully inie they iouie tine Ik, strain into the y length, ur leaves ne when varnish, uspendcd ve hours, her orna- e a better 1 grasses, ere is but J want of i effect is th a very Iry natur- ivers, ami f5 Qtnaaii rt< ADVKHTISKMKXTS. 76 J. G. MORRISON & CO., 77 KING STREET. Constantly in stock a large assortment of STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, FANCY DRESS GOODS, "^lacft l>fess ^oo6s, SCOTCH, ENGLISH AND CANADIAN TWEEDS, Gents' Furnishing Goods, i&c. SILKS, SATINS. VELVETS, &C. Velveteens, Laces— Eeal and Imitation. -Hf^te-Sf- Customers ■will find it to their interest to in- spect our stock before purchasting else-where. 7G HOrSK PLANTS. grassas, is to dip them into the cpiintuous liquid solution of the various compounds of aniline. Some of these have a beautiful rose shade, others red, blue, or orange, and purple. The depth of color can be regulated by diluting, if necessary, the original dyes with spirit, down to the shade desired. When taken out of the eautiful leaves, and climb freely over the rim of the basket and upward, toward the top of the window. Not one visltoi- in a hundred but Avill suppose it to be some rare foreign plant. Their astonishment will Ix; great when they learn that a common sweet potato can produce such beau- tiful foliage. c n CULTIVATION OF HOUSE PLANTS. ''it Nothing adds so much to the cheerfulness of home than a tasteful assortment of house plants. Although much care, skill, and time muht be exp-^nded on their cultivation, yet, the air of comfoit, joy and '.'heerfulness they impart to the entin family, compen.sates manifoU! for the expenditure l)estowed upon them. The enjoy ivent which a real lover of Howers derives from watching the develvopment of plants within dooi-s, especi- ally in winter, is intense ; and there is no reason why the humbUist cottiige may not have Howers in bloon», even in mid winter. Hyacinths, narcissuses and jonquils require but a little water at our hands, and standing-room over the mantelpiece, to keep them attractive J C( ADVERTISKMKXl-S. 77 JAMES W. LEE, Copper, Tin, Zinc, Galvanized Iron AND SHEEl lEON WORKER, Stove and furnace pealer, GAS-FITTER AND PLUMBER. im ri'inecHS St. (IiitcUiiyceiiee Ollii'e) St. John, X. B. Always on hand the latest novelties in House furnishings. WeathBr Vanes, C oal Hods, Patent CMmPByTops, Ac. ROjyiXSRT E. COUPEI^ Miaisi Street, - - - I»oi'tland, IV, B- (Opposite Bell Tower.) CONSTANTLY ON HAND A FULL ASSORTMENT OF Pure prugs and Chemicals, HUMPHREYS' HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES, COUPE'S STJGAB-COATED VTiOETABLK ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, Warranted not to contain any Mercury. PREM'RPPTIONS i'AREFl LLV tO.'MPOUNDED. All Preparatiotis loatle from p'/rk matkriaf-s, and warranted ol full Ht'iadard strength. OPEN ON SUNDAY FOH THE SALE OF MEDICINES ONLY: From 9 till 10.80, a. m. ; From :.30 tiU 4, and 7.30 till 9. p. m. TAVLOH A UOC'HKILL, K4 KiiiK Mircol. MltoivKitW- 4«r«4>«r. ^i' 7^ HOUSE PLANTS. JK ■■* management of every species of house plants. However, as it is impossible to do so in the present "work, we furnish a few directions which will be found valuable to growers of plants. Best kind of Soil. — A good soil is the first essential in plant growing. Without this it is impossible to raise vigorous plants. The following preparation of soil, we believe, is adapted to nearly every species of vegetable cultivation, and is excellent for house plants ; it is the real flower food : One peck each pit or fresh water sand, red loam, black loam, rich larth, rotted sod, old manure ; one quarter peck pulverized charcoal, two ounces aqumonnia, one half pound guano, and one half pound iron filings — all well mixed and thoroughly nifU-A. Wateuing Plants. — The operation of watering, simple as it suems, and simply as it is usually performed, is really a very delicate one. Watering the plant requires the greatest care. The water should never bo colder than the atmosphere in which the plant is surrounded ; (in fact it is much better if lukewarm), and too much water rots the roots, or causes them to perish with cold. A very popular error is to fill the saucers in which pots are placed with water, which should never be allowed to remain there. Too little water is, of coui-se, equally fatal. The proper plan is to thoroughly moisten all the earth in the pot, by pouring water equally over the surface, and dmining oflf the superfluous moisture that escapes into the saucer. By this means, the operation needs less frequent repetition than is usually adopted ; for fresh water need not be again supplied till the earth is nearly dry. In watering plants the leaves should not be forgotten ; a good way to sprinkle them is to take a small brush, dip it in water and shake it gently or strike it on the hand, holding it over the plants. Rain water is the best for plants. Nothing is so refreshing to them as a natural shower bath. They .should, therefore, always be lurned out when a gentle rain is falling. Plants should never be watered when the sun shines upon them. Flowers, to Air and Ventilate Rcjoms wherein they are foNTAiNED.— Plants should have air every day in the year to make them grow well ; but this matter, in sitting-rooms, will not of coui-se, be regulated for their .sakes, especially in the colder seasons. Wherever placed, however, some attention should l)e paid to airing and ventilating the rooms regularly, by opening the windows, and occasionally the doora, in order ObU on MISS McLEAN, 75 Oermain Bt., when in and of latext stjles of HilUnerj. HOUSE PLAXJS. 7!> to excite a free circulation of air. Tliis should bo done to a certain extent oveiy day, according to the state of the -weather, except in the time of severe frost, when it would not be advis- able to admit external air. But at such times, if bad weather be of lonj:* continuance, the room may be ventilated by means of the doors, ami by exciting a current of air in tin- passage or other parts of the house. In very severe fi'ost, or in a continuation of damp weather, modemte fires should Ik; made for the sake of the plants, if placed in rooms not occupied. The window shuttei's .should also be closed at night. Calla Lilt.v. — This plant deserves to be in every collection. Being of trooical origin, and iU natural element water, it nnist \)0 treated ^cordingly. The following is, perhaps, the best way to keep it fresh and green : — Take a good sizetl common flower pot with a hole in the bottom, into which put three or four inches of earth suitable for other plants ; carefully set the roots of the lilly into this, and fill up the pot with lich marsh mud, mixed with a little sand. Have a larger pot with close bottom prepared , into which place tlwt with the lilly, and fill up the space between the pots with the mud referred to. Set it in a temperature of fifty degrees at least, giving it plenty of air, sunshine; and water, and you will have it almost in perpetual bloon. If desired, however, to flower in Winter, it should be put to rest two months in Spring. This is done by placing the pot on its side in a dark place, and keeping the earth slightly moisL Sunlight for Plants. — Plants in the house should never 1)0 denied plenty of sunlight. Without sunlight we cannot expect that any living substance shall flourish or fulfil the end of its design. Essentials in Plant Growing. — The following essentials are necessary to the cultivation of good house plants : — Healthy plants, suitable soil, proper temperature, attention to watering and cleanliness, plenty of sunlight and fresl pure air. If one of these be neglected the result will ultimately bo a shrivelled collection of unsightly shrubs, struggling for existence. To Restokk DEt'AyiNG Plants. — When your plants become weakly cut ofl" the heads and bury the pot in earth, exposed only to the n:orning sun. They will soon send out a new top. TAYLOU .& no<'KUlI.L, H4 King Hlre<>t, wfll UomU Ifiticxl rnith prlcp. n if I 80 HOrSi: PLANTS. 111! I. Potting and repotting Plants. — The proper way to pot house plants is to place a small piece of broken earthenware over the hole in the bottom of the pot ; put in a portion of earth and set the plant carefully in, settling earth about it, soak woll, fill up with eaiih, and keep it in tne shade for two or three days. In repotting, turn the pot upon its side, put your finger to the hole at the bottom of the pot and press, when the plant will turn out easily; shake off all the loose earth, cut away all matted fibres, and place in the same or a new pot, as directed above. To Propagate House Plants. — Early in Spring have the slips you wish to grow carefully taken from the parent stem, by the incision of your thumb nail and pulling downwards, thus leaving a small heel on the plant, which readily sprouts. A good cutting can also be taken from the top of the main stem by a sloping cut of a sharp knife. This will enable the plant to become bushy, and will make it more valuable instead of injuring it. Plant these slips and cuttings in small pots, the same way that you would growing plants, only the earth for this purpose mu:i>t be half sand at least. After preparing a dozen or more of these pots, fill a wooden box with rich earth and deposit them in it. Set the box in a warm place where it can have the morning sun ; water freely with tepid water, and the plants will take root at once. When large enough they can be transferred to larger pots If the slips are taken off, as above described, and set in a shallow bottle filled with equal parts of earth and water, and allowed to remain one or two weeks undisturbed, roots will have formed, when they can be potted without danger of 4ecay. An ExcEfxENT House-Plant.— (.hinese Primrobe is one of the best blooming plants we can get for Winter flowering, both single and double varieties. They require, when growing, plenty of moisture at the roots and shaded from the direct rays of the sun. When watering, however, do not allow much water to fall on tne leaves, as it is apt to cause them to rot. A soil suitable for tliis plant is sandy loam and a good jnixturc of leaf mould and thoroughly rotted manure. Do not put into too large pots, a^ tho soil is apt to sour before the roots pass through it sufKciently to use up the moisture. TAITLOK A OOCKKILL, IiuiportirN of Chwier Havtinii C]g»m. ADVKKTISKMENTS, OSBORNE A. . LIGHT RUNNING .Sewing Mauhiiiu Iioh no eciual for simplicity aiul iliirahihty. It has self-throading shuttle, self-ad- juating tension ami self -netting needle. 81 D. HOWE .Sowing Machine is acknowledged by all as superior to any machine of its kind in the market ; it has a large Shuttle and is desigiieil for doing every kind of cloth or leather sewing. THE WHITE Sewing Machine is adapted to any kind of sewing, from th^ lightest muslin to the heaviest woolen gmids, it is light nmning and nearly noiseless. FAMILY SINGER Tb superior to any of the style and can be relietl upon to do all classes of work within its sco{)e. MoHt Popular, Most Durable, Latest Improved and Best. All the woRritnf (larts are iiwile nf uteel nir«f\ill\ toni^icrud, iiiiil iire tuljiiHtable. It has the aut.iiimtir tenaiHon. It Iium the uiiHiest threaded shuttle. It has u Hul(-g«ttiii^ needle. It hu« a liu-Ke npace under the anu. It liaH u xeale for rehniUthiK the gtiteh. It in wnmuitod for Hvo yeHn. The bobbins are wouiiil ttilliout rnnnin)f or unthre^ulin^ the niuehliiv. It U aInioDt noiseless and him more points of exi^ellemt^ than ail other nmehincH eon)hlneiiyments. OLD MACHINES TAKEN IN EXCHANGE, Nieedles, Oil and Attachments OP ALL KINDS FURNISHED. j^^SEWLNG MACHINES REPAIRED. WM. CRAWFORD, - - Sole Agent, -J. CJIiai'lotte Sti»e<3t, Oorner Union, a m .S2 :1 HKALTH ; 0(X)D COOKlXii. HEALTH PRESERVATION, That "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,' la nn adag. >»^^ more than ordinary import. Hence, every means for tlie promotion of health and prevention of disease should be souf^'ht after by every individual. The following rules for tJK! pit-seik'ation of health, will be found valuable if adopted: i. Brt.^the as much pure air as possible. This is the alpha anil otiega of our very existence. 2. Eat good healthy food in moderation. Unhealthy or lU- cooked 'ood gives employment to the doctors and undertakers. 3. Be strictly temperate in all things. You cannot break organic laws with impunity. 4. Keep the feet always warm and the head cool. Disease and death begin at the feet more commonly than we think. 5. Take plenty of exercise in the sunlight. The beneficial eflfects of sunlight on all organic life is remarkable. G. Never deny yourself, if possible, the amount of sleep that nature demands. ' A certain amount of sleep is necessaiy to all animal life. 7. Use pure water daily for personal ablution. The want ot cleanliness is a fault which admits of no excuse, water being within the reach of every person, and soap cheap. Most diseases of the skin and fatal epidemics are well known to pro- ceed from want of cleanliness. The various kind of vermin that infest the human body, houses, etc., are imputed to the same cause Dirty people are a common nuisance, and ought to be avoided as infectious, and all who regard their health should keep at a distance, even from their habitations. ART OF GOOD COOKING, To know how to cook economically and well is an art, the real secret of which is to be able to prepare a good meal, or dish, with but little out of which to make it. Saving is a more difficult art than earning; and a cook can save or waste in the kitchen according to her knowledge or ignorance of her profession. "Gather up the fragments that nothing be lost," is a Divine precept that should not be overlooked in the culi- nary art. AnVKUTISKMKNTS. 88 WHY WILL YOU WASTE YOUR MONEY Buyiug luKh-priced meilicines whenatwenty-tiv«)centl>ott'«j of Dr. Xuwcon»l)e's Cough BalBain will do more for you thau many dollar iiieilicines 1 Read what Capt. Roop gays al>out it : MoxxrN. T. V. ll.\HKKit & (.•()., ItiiraaiKTH, IHI IViiice Will. Stret't, SI. .Ii.lin, N. II. Dbak Sinn. Wlieii ill St. Jdlin hihiic tiiiio wo I wus utUiiked witli :i Ht-icrc coliI iuc..iiii>iiiili>.l by a rackiiijf e needed on 1^ kiiilMn, and in some the sides also should be lined wi^h one m imm tkickness). Sift flour and sugar (if not pulverized) and aMHnte or weigh. Firkin or very salt butter should be cut in bHi Bad vraslw« to freshen a little ; if very hard, warm care- JM^, tel in no case allow any of it to melt. (Jood butter must l» vaed. »s the heat develops any latent bad (jdalities. Beat ^be yolks of eggs thoroughly, and strain ; set the whites away AI)VKHTI,SKMi;\'l'S. 85 ECONOMY IN i aw SAVE YOUR CHILDREN'S DSED SCHOOL BOOKS, Tou can sell them for C ASH^ --oil,- GET NEW BOOKS IN EXCHANGE. — .A.T- MORROW'S BOOK STORE, 28 Charlotte Street, p. S. — Mr. Morrow buys and sells Nkw ami Skcond-hanu Books of various kinds. He also keeps in Stock a full sui)}>ly of School Reijuisites, Stationery, tkc, which he sells at the LOWEST PRICES. <[p"No ))Ooks purcha.sed from Mind's without a pci i- iroiu their parents. k m IIHKAH MAKINCi. in a cool place until the cake is ready for them, then beat them vigorously in a cool room, till they will remain in the dish when turned npside down. Sift a part of tlie measured Hour with the baking-powder or soda and cream Uirtar through a hand-Hieve (which should Ix; among the nntensils of every housekeeper), and mix thoroughly with the ie.st()f the flour. In nsin"- new flour for either bread or cake making, it can Ikj "ripened" for use; by placing the (juantity intended for baking in the hot sun for a few houi-s, or before the kitchen Arc. In using milk, note this: that .sour milk makes a spongy, li^'ht cake°; sweet milk, one that cuts like pound cake; remembering that with sour luilk soda alone is used, while with sweet mi^k bakin>»-powder or soda and croam tartar are to be added. Having thus gathered the material, beat the butter to a cream, add the sugar grs aly.then the milk in small quanti- ties (never use fresh a; : : ' *le milk in same cake), next the yolks of eggs, then a ; i'. )f the flour, then a part of the whites, and so on until Q:'^ * .iiole is used ; lastly, add the flavor ing. There is great 'Ri.!( in beating cake ; don't stir, hut Imit thoroughlyr bring the batter up from the botl mu of the dish at every stroke ; in this way the air is driven into the cells of the batter, instead of out of them — but the cells will be finer if beaten more slowly at the last, remembering that the motion should always be upward. In Winter it is easier to beat with the hand, but in Summer a wooden spoon is better. Never beat a cake in tin, but use earthen or stoneware. All cakes not made with yeast should be baked as soon as possble after they are mixed. Unskilful making, too rapid or unequal baking, or a sudden decrease in heat before it is e known by the cracks on the dough, place it again on the b»PPLIED IIVHGE Inc S^ 16^3 East Main Street Rochestar. New York U609 USA (716) 482- 0300 - PhoiM (716) 2BB-S989 -Tax HH IMIACTUJAI, CUOKEIJV. fiHI minutes longer. Put into the bake-pan> to risL- once tnoro before going into the oven. Forty-tive minutes or one hour .should see it nicely baked. When done, take the Inead from the pans, wrap a clean bread-cloth about each loaf, and turn, top down, into the pans — not touching the bottom, but resting a'min^t tlic side, to give a free circulation of air while the sfeam soften the top crust. Leave it so until cold. If you have strength and patience to knead and pound long enough, the bread can hardly fail of being good, unless spoiled in baking. There is no article of food that is more easily made than good bread ; and yet none that is so often spoiled for want of proper care. The best receipts are worthless if care and good judgment are not used in kneading and in watching the lising and baking." DETAILS OF PRACTICAL COOKERY. *, w In this depai-tment of our Avork we shall not give the thousand and one diti'ercnt methods of doing the same thing ; but shall confine out attention to those valuable and reliable recipes and directions which are needed in every well -regulated household, and on which dependence can be placed. Bread without Hpoiige. Put seven pounds of flour into a deep pan, and make a hol- low in the centre ; into this put one quart of lukewann water, one tablespoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of sugar, and half a •'ill of yeast ; have ready three pints more of warm water, and use as much of it as is necessary to make a rather soft dough, mixing and kneading it well with both hands. When it is smooth and shining strew a little flour upon it, lay a large towel over it ff)lded, and set it in a warm place by the fire for four or five hours to rise; then knead it again for fifteen m inutcs, cover it with the towel, and .seC it to ri.se once more then divide it into two or four loaves, and bake it in a quick oven. This quantity of flour will make eight pounds of bread, and will require one hour's baking to two pounds of dough. It will cost HlK)ut thirty cents, and will last about two days and a half for a family of six. In cold weather, the dough '..(Uid be mixed in a warm room, and not allowed to cool while risinc ; if it does not rise well, set the pan containing it over a If/';' ADVKItTrSEMKXTS. 89 W. H. PATERSON, WATCH MAKER, iMPOKTKH ASn ItKALER IN Clocks, Watches and Jewellery, No. 67 BRUSSELS STREET, Clocks, Watches and Jewellery carefully repaired. Agent for MITCHELL, VANCE k CO., New York, Gas Pixtunw. GrEIO- BX. A -RTTH ^ PLUMBER AND GAS FITTER, No. 177 Union Street, St. John, N. B. WATER AHD BASHOTiALf ATS ON HAHD. Public and Private Buildings flitted up in the most approved manner. W. G. SALMON, 74 GERMAIN STREET, 2nd Floor, SO?, jonasr, isr. b. Gentlemen furnishing their own Clothti can have thent made up in Stykn to suit. All Work Guaranteed. m If'. 90 piiacthal cookery. M ■ !' lar»e vessel of boilinpf water; it is best to mix the bread at niffht, and let it rise till morning, in a warm and even tempera- ture. Rico Bread. Simmer one pound of rice in three quarts of water until the rice is soft, and the water evaporated or absorbed ; let it cool until it is only lukewarm ; mix into it nearly four pounds of flour, two teaspoonsf ul of salt, and four tablespoonsf uls of yeast, knead it until it is smooth and shining, let it rise before the fire, make it up into loaves with the little flour reserved from the' four pounds, and bake it thoroughly. It will cost about twenty-five cents, and make more than eight pounds of exct;!- lent bread. Potato Bread. Take good, mealy boiled potatoes, in the proportion of one- third of the quantity of flour you propose to use, pass them through a coarse sieve into the flour, using a wooden spoon and adding enough cold water to enable you to pass them through readily ; use the proper quantity of yeast, salt, and water, and make up the bread he usual way. It will cost about twenty-four cents if yc e the quantities stated in rice bread, and give you eight pounds or more of good bread. Graham Bread. One quart of wheat sponge ; one even quart of graham flour; half a teacupful of brown sugar or molasses ; half a tcaspoonf ul of soda dissolved in a Uttle hot water ; and half a teaspoonful of salt. Pour the sponge in a deep bowl ; stir in the molasses, etc., and lastly the flour, which must never be sifted. The mixture should be so stiff", that the spoon moves with difficulty. Bake in two loves for an hour or an hour and a quarter, graham requiring longer baking than wheat. If no sponge can be spared, make as follows: One pint of milk or water ; half a cup of sugar or molasses ; half a cup of yeast ; one teaspoonful of salt ; one cup of wheat flour ; two cups of gi*aham. Warm the milk or water; add the yeast and other ingredients, and then the flour ; and set in a cool place— about GO' Fahrenheit—over night, graham bread sour- ing more easily than wheat. Early in the morning stir well ; put into two deep, well-greased pans ; let it rise an hour in a warm place, and bake one hou r. TAVI.OK A DOCHKIIX, M King Ntrcel, Dealer Im Stapit- <;ri>rerieii. ADVKUTISKMKXI'S. 01 ip% \% 211 UNION STREET, Is the best and cheapest place in the city to get made up in the neatest and most approved stylo. A good assortment of Slipper Case Backs always on hand. Forms for all kinds of Fancy work made to onler at short notice. Photo Frames in all styles. PICTURE FRAMING A SPECIALTY, 211 UNION STREET, Near Golden Ball Corner. ♦ The best and cheapest place in the City to get your pictures taken, as we turn out nothing but fii-st-class work. Card Photos only $|.00 |>er doz<^u. Cabinet " :t.00 ** ** A large Photograph only - 1.00 And all kinds of work very cheap. • J7PLEASE CALL. AND EXAMINE \A^ORK AND PRICES ftH I«AA.C? EKB, Photoi^raplier, la OHARLOTTE STREET. ST. JOHN. N. B. MAyWACTVREH AND JtKAhKK IX Tni8,T!ilise8,Lailies'£BiiBts'Tra7ellii2B!i2s, SHAViri. STRAPS, Ac, MASONIC BUILDING, - • GERMAIN STREET, S.A.IITT JOBLOvr, IT. B. ig'Repciiring executed p romptly. Teas HMd SHgani a SpecUliy nl WE&DON RBOS. 4.1 Hiarth nlde Kl>c t^^nmn- .1 a. 92 PKACTICAL COOKEin .. }r,i m Com Bread. Two cups Indian, one cup wheat, One cup sour milk, one cup sweet ; One good egg that you will beat. Half cup of molasses, too. Half a cup sugar add thereto ; With one spoon of butter new, Salt and soda each a spoon ; Mix up quickly and bake it soon ; Then you'll have com bi-ead complete, Best of all corn bread yoa meet, It will make your boy's eyes shine, If he is like that boy of mimi ; If you have a dozen boys, To increase your household joys, Double then this rule I should, And you'll have two com cakes good. When you've nothing nice for tea, This the very thing will be ; All the men that 1 have seen Say it is, of all cakes, queen ; Good enough for any king That a husband home civn bring ; Warming up the human stove, Chetfring up the heai-ts you love ; And only Tyndall can explain The links between corn bread and bmin. Get a husband what he likes, And save a hundied houseliold strikes. LYDIA M. MILLAKD. Brown Bread. Sift together into a deep bowl one even cup of Indian meal, two heaping cups of rye Hour, one even teaspoonful of salt, and one of soda. To one pint of hot water add one cup of molasses, and stir till well mixed. Make a hole in the middle n lit IVt'ltlun BriM. 33 Snrth nMr King Kqimir. 04 VKACTICAL COOKEltY. 1; "It'), Rye Bread. This bread is made by nearly tlie same rule as the graham* either using wheat sponge, or setting one over night, but is kneaded slightly. Follow the rule just given, substituting rye for graham, but use enough rye to make a dough which can be turned out. It will take a <]uart. Use wheat flour for the molding-board and hands, as rye is very sticky; and knead only long enough to get into good shape. Raise, and bake as in rule for graham bread. Unleavened Bread. Mix equal quantities of coai-se unbolted wheat flour and oat- meal, with enough water to make it of a necessary' consistency. Let it remain about two hours, then bake it well. This bread should not have yeast. It is the most whoiosome food that can be eaten, and exceedingly pleasant. ^Mood Yeast. Boil one cup prefesed hops in two (parts water, strain, and pour the liquid into a vessel containing two cups grated pota- toes ; add half cnp each of flour, sugar and salt ; return to the saucepan or kettle ; let it come to the boil, then put away to cool until milk warm , add one half cup yeast and set it in a warm place until it ceases to work ; bottle and cork tight for use. If airtight it will keep good for two months. Mount Pleasant €ake. Prepare two pounds of currants by picking them clean, washing and draining thorn through a cullender, and then spreading them out on a large dish to dry, placing the dish in a slanting position. Pick and stone two pounds of the best raisins, and cut them in half. Dredge the cuirants (when they are dry) and the raisins thickly with floui', to prevent them from sinking in the cake. Grind or powder as much cinnamon as will make a large gravy-spoonful when done ; also a table- spoonful of mace and four nutmegs ; sift these spices and mix them all together in a cup. Mix together two large glasses of white wine, one of brandy, and one of rose-water, and cut a pound of citron into large slips. Sift a pound of flour into one pan, and a pound of powdered loaf sugar into another. Cut up among the sugar a pound of the best fresh butter and stir thenj t-o a cream, lieat twelve eggs till perfectly Pare Jiivn Voffee n( ^>lart8 are cast steal, hardened ; and it is so con8tructe the Wanzer O., all that is necessary is to inspect the machnte. No one sh.uKl purchase any sewing machine without first examining tlm Wanzer C. ^ n Remember ! We warrant our machines for five years. Our warrantees will be good. We have l>eoi. in business here for many years, and expect to con- tinue in the Sewing Machine business until our threacls of life are wound otl the the spool of time. .^.~-~> ••« — - We have in connection with our Salesroom THE ONLY MACHINE SHOP IN ST. JOHN, Where all kinds of Sewing Machines are Thoroughly Repaired by practical Sewing Ma- chine makers and repairers. 81 Germain Street, ~ ~ - St. John^ N, B. New Wanaer. Wheeler &; Wilson and Williams' Singer, Sewing Machines. *;:'.( Ckoice OolvMg Tea «t Wcldon Bros. 33 Nortk side Kl«g im. UH PRACTK'AI. (MIOKKHY, 'I ill m^ KVf lMleriiigii«'S or KlMnes. Whites of throe eggs beaten to a stitt' fioth ; (luartcr of a notind of isifted innv.lon'd .'siigar ; a lew droj-.s of vanilla. Atld the sugar to the whites. Have ready a hard-wood hoard wliich tits the oven- Wet the top well with boiling water, and cover it witli sheets of h-tter-paptr. Drop the meringue mixture on this in large spoonf.d.s, and set in a. very dow oven. The .secret of a good meringue is to dry, not bake; and they should be in the oven at lea.st half an hour. Fake them out when diy. Slip a thin, sharp knife under each one, and put two together ; or .scoop out the .soft part very (^refuily and ftll with a little jelly or with whipped cream. Sponge €ake. Four large eggs, two cups of Hour, two cups of sugar; beat the two parts of the egg separate, the whites to a froth ; then beat them together, .stir in the Hour, and, without delay, put it into the oven. . ^, , Maplewood €akOe One pound of white sugar, three quarters of a pound of but- ter well creamed, nine eggs beaten to a froth, juice and grated rind of a lemon, one pound of flour the last thing, with one pound of stoned raisins.— J»/r«. Emery. Currant Cake. One egg, half cup butter, one cup sugar, half cup sweet milk one cup currant«, two cups flour, one teaspoonful cream tartar mixed in the flour, half teaspoonful soda dissolved in the milk, a pinch of salt, essence of lemon or a little peel. Beat all quickly together, and bake in either a loaf or flat pan. — Miaa Perley. Soft Mola.sses Cookies. Two cups molasses, half cup cold water, two heaping tea- spoonfuls of soda, two teaspoonfuls ginger, twr-thirds of a cup ot lard, a little salt, and flour enough to roll out. Keep ifl tin and they will turn soft.— 3/r8. Toude. Cold Water Pound Cake. One cup butter, three cups flour, two-thirds cup cold water, i>ne and a lialf Qv of sugar, three eggs, one tea-spoon of cream tartar, half teaspoon soda. Lemon. — Mas Jenkins. — — -^^ BIIOH. rtcllver all CoimIm Crec ol rhargr. PIUtTICAI. <'()oKKUY. 99 of a tea- Half a cup o White or Hllvor fake. if butter; n heapin;:; cupful ,,f powdorod sui^Tvr^ two cups of Hour, with'a tca-spoonful of l>aking powder sifted in , naif a cup of milk ; w aluumd extract. liites of six oggH ; one toaspoonful of >eani tl>e Hour, beating' till it , smooth paste. Keat the whites to a stiff froth, and add the suj/ar an«l essence. Now mix both (piickly, and bake in a sheet i. mt^un inch and a half thick. About half an hour will Im nee.led. Frost while hot, with one white of e;,'f,', beaten ten """"tes with a small cup of sifted powdered supar, and jute of half a lemon. This frostinc: hardens very quickly. Before it is cpiite hard, divide it into oblong or scjuare pieces, scorin;; at intei yals with the Itfick of a large knife. The milk can be omitU'd if a richer cake is wated. It may also be baked in jelly-cak«; tins ; one small cocoanut grated, and mixed with one cup of sugar, and spread between, and the whole frosted. Or beat the white of an egg with one cup of sugar, and the juice of one largo or two small oranges, and spreaii, Jkr, n« Wrldtin KriM. . PRACTICAL COOKKHY. 101 Potato Cheowe 4'ake. Take four ounces mashed potatoes, half pound flour, one tea- spoonful baking powder, five ounces drippings, four ounces currants, two ounces sugar, ounce candied lemon or omngc peel, one ounce butter, one egg, a little salt, and half a cup cold water. Grate the rind of half a lemon ; stir in butter, sugar, currants and candied peel. Take one dozen patty -pans, put a teaspoonful in each, put in a quick oven and baKe twenty minutes. Fat RaHcalH. One pound flour, six ounces butter, one ounce sugar, one teaspoonful salt, one qiiarter pound currants, half a teaspoon- ful baking powder. Put the butter in the flour, then add currants, sugar, and baking powder. After mixing well, stir in half gill milk, make into thick pastry half an inch thick ; dust with sugar and cut with a tumbler. Bake from twenty to thirty minutes. Potato Cake. For potato cakes, take ten ounces of floury potatoes, boiled and smoothly pounded. When just warm add gradually a little salt, six ounces of flour, and two ounces of butter ; no liquid is reqnired. When the ingredients are thoroughly mixed, roll the dough into thin cakes, the size of a sailor's biscuit. Bake in a moderate oven or on a griddle ; when done, split open, butter well, and serve very hot. It is also good cold. Waffles. One quart of milk slightly warmed; five cups of flour ; three e^s well beaten; two-thirds of a cup of home-made yeast, and half teaspoonful salt. Set as sponge overnight. In the morning add two tablespoonf uls of melted butter. Have the waffle-irons very hot and well greased, and turn quickly to prevent scorching. Almond Paste. One pound of almonds blanched; a pound of powdered sugar; chop the almonds and pound to a paste in a mortar, adding a few drops of rose-water to prevent oiling. The whites of three eggs beaten : mix well together ; warm the cake well ; Sut on smoothly ; let it stand a day or two before frosting. — (rs. Chipman, WUmrriMmnM*, Neml. Malt, »t W«i«»B Bna. fS tfrth sMe Klag m|. I 102 PKAtmCAL COOKERY. I I II. u f- (1 , Biiia's Strawbc^rrj' Shortcak«. Two heaping teaspoons baking powder sifted into one quart flour, scant half tea cup butter, two tablespoons sugar, a little salt, enough sweet milk (or water) to make a soft dough ; roll out almost a.s thin as pic crust, place one layer in a baking-pan, and spread with a very little butter, upon which sprinkle some flour, then add another layer of crust and spread as before, and so on until crust is all used. This makes four layers in a pan fourteen inches by seven. Bake about fifteen minutes in a quick oven, turn out upside down, take off* the top layer (the bottom when baking), place on a dish, spread plentifully with strawberries (not mashed), previously sweetened with pul- verized sugar, place layer upon layer, treating each one in the same way, and when done you will have a handsome cake, to be served with sugar and cream. The secret of having light dough is to handle it as little and mix it as quickly as possible. Shortcake is delicious served with charlotte russ or whipped cv- m. Raspberry may bo made in the same way. Oatmeal Cake. Every family should have oatmeal cake on the table daily ; its merits are too little known. It is prepared as follows:— Put a pint of fresh oatmeal in a dish, a little caraway seed, a pinch of salt, half tcaspoonf ul baking soda and the size of a walnut of lard. Mix to a stiff paste with cold water, spnnkle some oatmeal over the moulding-board, turn the dough out on to it, and knead and press out quickly with the hand, rub- bing a little meal over it, and pressing until about one-sixth of an inch thick ; smooth with the hand, and cut from the centre into quartere. Put on a griddle over a cle-^r fire and toast one side only (not allowing it to brown). Toast the other side before an open fire until baked. Both sides may be turned to the fire several times, but in no case should it be tunied on the griddle. If properly baked it will keep fresh several months. If eaten with plenty of good sweet butter it is de- licious. WlioleH4»nie 8ally Luiin. Beat together one tablespoonful of butter, same of sugar and the yolk of two eggs, add one pint of sweet milk, one quart of flour, and well-beaten whites of three eggs ; mix well, and add two teaspoanf uls of baking powiier ; stir thoroughly, and bake at once in a moderate oven. irnnncil FraUN, Wcklr*, «»«mw», nt Weldoa Bros. I'RACTK-'AL COOKERY. 103 EggH OU ToAMt. Cut the bread three-ciuarters of an inch thick, warm through on each side and brown nicely ; from a dish of melted butter put a very little upon each slice with a spoon ; place toast in a covered dish and set in the oven or where it will keep warm ; put a sauce-pan of boiling water on the stove, break in the eo-gs, let remain until whites are stiff, take up carefully with a spoon and lay one on each half-slice of toast ; put the toa^t thus crowned on a warm platter and send to table. French Toast. Beat four eggs vefy light and stir them into a pint of cohl rich milk. Slice some baker's bread ; dip the slices into the egefore coming to the table add one tablespoonful boiling water and 1)eat briskly one minute. — Miss Ferley. Indian Pndding. One cup of Indian meal, one scant cup of molasses, one scant cup of suet, one and a half cup milk, or buttermilk, one tablespoonful of ginger, one teaspoonful of soda. Boil two hours. For sauce use molasses and butter boiled till nearly candy. The peel of an orange can be boiled in it and taken out before serving. Lovely Pudding. Take one quarter pound bread crumbs, one quarter pound of sugar, two eggs well beaten, half pound suet, two tablespoon- fuis strawberry preserves, two ounces candied orange peel, or citron. Stick a portion of the citron over a buttered basin, pour in the mixture, and steam three or four hours. To be eaten with melted preserves for sauce. Mock Mince Pie. Two cups of rhubarb chopped fine, four crackers pounded tine, two cups sugar, one cup raisins, half cup butter. Nutmeg and cloves to taste. One tablespoonful of brandy my be used. Steam all together slightly, then put it in your pics. — Mrs. MacleUan. €iiMW- Bsiirr tain Ttt^m s^ss^ aiwnx^ si Irriuon 5ru^* S ! PHACTICAL COOKERY. 105 Indian Apple Pudding;. If properly piopared, this will be found a very desirable change or addition to table comforts. It is really apple-breatl, and is made as follows : — Scald with boiling milk one (luart of Indian meal — the yellow granulated meal is nuich the best. When cool, add a teaspoonful of salt, and stir to it one pint of ripe sweet apples chopped very fine, one well-beaien egg, and half a tablespoonfulof butter. The butter may be beaten into the meal while it is still warm enough to mix thoroughly. Add u scant teaspoonful of dlvsolved soda. Mix into a stiff dough, adding as much sweet milk as is needed for that pui-pose, and bake or steam. If steamed let it cook three hours. One hour's baking will cook it, but it will not be so nice. Sour apples will aaswer but are not so good, and will need one cup of sugar chopped in with them. Plum Pudding. One cup of Hour, five eggs, one pound raisins, one pound currants, half pouml suet, two ounces candied lemon, half pound moist sugar, half pint new milk, one nutmeg. Boil four hours. Extra Lemon Pie. Put into a small tin pail one heaped tablesjeaten eggs, a small teacup sugar, and salt-spoonful of salt, a grated nutmeg, a tea- spoonful extract lemon, and some ground ginger (if ginger is •liked). , .„ Line flat-bottomed pie-dishes with pie-paste, and scant hll them with the mixture ; lay a strip of paste around the edge ; trim oft" the outside neatly, and bake three (juarters of an hour in a quick oven ; the top of the pie should l>e delicately brown. Ornament to taste. Squash Pies are made exactly like the al)ove. Carrot and Sweat Potato Pies are also made in the same way, with crackei-s added ; eggs or rice should also be used with them. The following will give some idea of how pumpkin pie was appreciated some fifty years ago :— . "Josn BiLLiNOSoN 'PxiNKis Pi.' -Puiikiu Pi is the sass of Nu England. They are vittles and chink, they are joy on tin- half s\\o\], they are glory enough for one day, and are good kold or wnrmeoy iigin, just for sixty niinnets, and < tt myself phuU of the blessed oUl niixtur. Enny man who dont luv punkui pi wants watching cluss, for he means to do something mean the fust chance he can git. Give me all the punkin pi T could eat when I was a iKjy, and I didn't kure whether school kept that day or not. And now that I have grown uj) to manhooil and hev nui for tlie Legisla- ture, and am thoroly married, thare ain't nothing I hanker for wuss, and can bury quicker, than two-thirds of a gootl old-fashionc^d punkin pi, an inch and a half tliik, and well smelt up with /jinger and nut- meg. Pnnkui pi is the oldest Amei-ican l)evera~'< I know ov, and ought to go down to i)osterity with the tnule-mark of our granmothers on it ; but I am afraid it won't, for it is hard even now to find one that tastes in ths mouth at all as they «el, tus ttVKS&K ra^XSHS. AnVKHTISKMKNTW. IM SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES. W. W. JORDAN. MARKET SQUARE, Has now rea«ly for inspection a large, tasliionablo and cheap stock: of SEASONABLE GOODS. SpecieuL Saxg-aixis Ixx ])i888 laterials, Silks, Glotlis, Bop' Glotiiiiig, Hosiery, Gloves, Knitted Wool Goods. HOUSEHOLD GOODS. GENTLEMEN'S FURilISHINGa ■' jS I CUUau I^TBilS Saa VCgCKlBICS ai a. xuacrj » vu r, t-.-sii^- ••. ^- 110 l'KAV^i^gk"^[^rB»M, TomatoM, etc. at A. Emeiy & Oo'a, corner Uni on and Waterl oo sta. ik YAVChIw, Plctore Fniiiier, Dock slrvet. PRACTICAL COOK»:UY. Ill Bi^aied Meats and SU^wh. All meats intimdcd to be boiliMl iind so.-voa whole at tal.h- UHt be put into boUinu watci', thus foUowin- .ui ^"tuylv oppo: dte rule from thase intended for so\ip IS. In the luttc^r, the ofyect beinj^' to <'xtract all the juice cold water nuist always ■d first, and then hcate.l w ith the meat in In the fornier, to bo kept in ; and, by pi uin^' mto iKMlinjf il b-^ use all the juice is .„ 1^- .... water, the albumen of the meat 1 ardens on the surface an< makes a c^usc or coating for the meat, which accomplishes this end. Where something In'tween a soup and plain boi od meat is desired, as in heef bouilli, the meat is put on m cold water which is brought to a boil t-ert/ quickly, thus securing good gravy, yet not robbing the meat of all its juice-s. W ith corned Sr salted meats, tongue, kc, cold water lunst be used, and ha f an hour to the pound allowed. If to be eaten cold, such meats should always be allowcl to cool in the water in which thev were boiled ; and this water, if not too salt, can be used for dried \\e&n or pea soups. • Cheap Dishes. In computing the table expenses in many faniilies. the thrifty houswife feels it her duty to invent cheaper dishes instead ot expending !nore money. The following hints may help in the former course --Avery good substitute for potatoes is bread, every crumb and every dry crust of which should oe saved In making hash at least one-third chopped bread ciumUs is exceedin^rly palatable. Seasoned with a little thynie. ro led m egg dip^d in crumbs, then fried ; this kind of hash makes an excellent force meat balls. Cold oatmeal mush, also hominy, can be mixed in hashes. Slices of stale bread steamed over a very plain soup are delicious. Dry bread wetted with warm watei and fritnl is good for breakfast. Bits of Boaked drv bread can be added to griddle-cake batter, which is raised with yeast. Light bread dough rolled to an inch or so in thickness. Lead with «ome simple preparation of fruit, rolleo together tied in a floured cloth and boiled from one and a half to two and a half hours, eaten with a plain sauce, makes a .substantial and hearty meal, one of which chilmen are P^^^^"^; yj^"^ There is « -reat deal of nourishment in apples. The> can be eaten raw, fried for breakfast; made into dumplings for din- ner, stewed for tea. o r cooked i n many^ther ways. In buying — ^i^r~II~ '- »— ' -fc^.»» «« »«M«ibaii*«. Do«!h ulrei-l. 112 PIU(TI('AL COOKKKY. apples it is well to Ixjar in inin oils, lief or tho gases which give it cliaracter and spa' ' >» } v > 'me t<:) e ' \\.y. The pot should be scalded with l)oiL ij^ > nei ^nd left a few minutes on the stove to dry, after which the tea should be put in (one teaspoonful to each person), and the pf)t left to stand a few njoments longer, then boiling water enough put in to steep the tea thoroughly, letting it remain from five to ten minutes on the stove, not allowing it to boil under any circumstances. Ao J at once as much boiling water as you desire of tea for each persnt;, take the pot to the table, pour out, and you will have a dv icious cup of tea. If sugar and cream arc used, they should be put in the cup before the tea is poured out. Scald- ing milk is preferable to cold. The following mixtures of tea are favoiites : 1 lb. Oolong, 2 oz. old Hyson ; .'> oz. Congo, 5 oz. Oolong, 3 oz. Orange Pekoe, 1 oz. Japan, 2 oz. Hyson. Sago, Tapioca, Hominy, etc. at A. Emery & Oo'i, oorser Union and Waterloo sU. All kinds of Dresses done at Ungar's Steam Laundy, 30* Waterloo st. I'IIAcom.^ sod.h>n the wat<«r used for an«4l at VAII«MA!»-», ftwk itirrel. 114 PRACTKAL < COOKERY. I li can be made tender by letting it remain in the liquor until the next day, and then bringing it to the boiling point just before serving For rump pieces this is a superior method. A brisket or plate piece may bo simmered until the bones can be easily reuioved ; then fold over the brisket piece, forming a square or obloncr piece, tie over it a piece of muslin, place suthcient weif/ht on the top to press the parts closer together, and set it whe°re it will become cold. This gives us a lirm, solid pice, which, eaten in slices, is a delightful relish. How to cook Becf-Stcak. This comes from head-quarters, and may be considered as near infallibility as human nature can attain. First, get tender steak ; no matter what part it is from, so it is tender ; let it be three-fourths of an inch thick. Cook it at the last moment when every other dish is ready to be set on the table. Use a wire broiler if you can get one. Have a hot fire, and when it is crisped on one side turn it over and crisp on the other. If fat drops and blazes, throw a pinch of salt on the coals. Don t do anything else while it is cooking. Have your plate hot, and a lump of butter melting in the bottom. Put butter on the upper side, and eat in five minutes after cooking. More steak is spoiled by slow cooking than by any other fault. €iood Beef 8oup. Get two and one-half pounds of beef— a shoulder piece is nice— and ask your butcher to put in a soup bone, which he will do free of charge. If you wish the soup for twelve o clock dinner put the beef on at eight. Get five cents' worth of soup vegetables, which should consist of a pai-snip, beet, turnip, parsely and celery (a little only). Chop them moderately fine. Add to them one-fourth head of cabbage also cut fine. At im o'clock add the vegetables and remove the soup bone, which by this time is freed from marow and is of no value. At 10.30 put in one scant half tea-cup of rice or barley. Have wat«r enough in the kettle to make the soup juicy, but thick at the bottom Stir from the bottom of the kettle often. Pare what potatoes you need, and boil them whole. Be particular about salting the soup, as a little too much or too little spoils the dish. " Serve the potatoes, soup and meat on separate dishes. Tea, SaRHrT^PlceNiretc- hI E. A. TAf I,K1"», iBdlnntowM, K. B. "AlTvrorkdone in Troy style at Unfirar's Steam Laundry, 30i Waterloo st. AnVERT[SEMKNTS. 115 R. B. GILMOUR & CO. b«ap Ctroc«rlee ^enulnenc... t cLir/~PP'<^ PILK OINTMEr« I . O»ricton, St John, June 30t^, 18«3. ^- -,1 ,^i#v tlmt for two years and four months I wa« affllcte.1 with Fever Sore*. Hiuj TTuH «nll <'«'^»'yi.'>*\ '"•„*' ^rT" breiwt, back, rfioul.lcr, and unde • my arm. 1 trie. seven holes in my '«».">""'"«*{,'!?' Aftir bei.isr seventeen weeks in the hospital. I returned «vwl physkians but »»* ",'^,,'^ont I immedfatelvV.i'>cure.l a box. .\fter usinK it a *ort hoiiK! and henrd of 8f«f/ '^'"^X,. i-eeks «a8 <;oin -letelv eurei"iining a piece of goods, do not take hold of it. Wait until it is laid down, and then make your examination. . , .• i • a To attempt to "beat down" the price of an article is rude. In the best condroted stores the pnce of the good., is faxed, and the salesmen are not allowed to change it. If the price does not suit you, you are not obliged to buy, but can go ^ ^ushTng or crowding at a counter, or the indulgence in per- sonal remarks, handling the goods in a careless manner or so roughly to injure them, lounging upon the counter, or talking in a loud voice, are marks of bad breeding. Never express your opinion about an article another is pur- chasing, unlm asked to do so. To say to a customer about to make a purchase that the article can be bought cheaper at another store, is to offer a gratuitous insult to the clerk making *^ Y^u^should never ask or expect a clerk engaged in waiting upon a customer to leave that person and attend to you. Wait natiently for your turn. . , It is rude to make unfavorable comparisons l)etweon the goods you are examining and those of another store. Have your parcels sent home, and so avoid the fatigue ot '^KCt'^tobuy for cash. You can always buy cheaper in this wav If vou make bills, however, pay tnem promptly. Make no bill /on are not sure of paying at the time promised w ,rnn Avoid debt as the greatest curee of lite. "J J — "~ r_ l^^urtaAn^d^^^^ktUNOAB^ Steam Laundry, aoi Waterloo street AMUSF.MKNTS AND IIOMK TALK. 125 HOME AMUSEMENTS. A proper amount of labor, well spiced with sunny sports, is almost absolutely necessary to the formation of a firm, hardy, physical constitution, and a cheerful and happy mind. T^et all ycuth not only learn to choose and enjoy proper amusementH, but let them learn to invent th'jm at home, and use them there, and thus form ide-is of such homes a.s they shall wish to have their own children enjoy. It is (me of the greatest and most useful studies of life to learn how to make a home — such a home as men, and women, and children should dwell in. It is a study that should be early introduced to the attention of ^^youth. Every home should be cheei-ful. Innocent joy should reign in every heart. There should be domestic amusements, fireside pleasures, quiet and simple it may be, but such as shall make home happy, and not leave it that irksome place which will oblige the youthful spirit to look elsewhere for joy. For small children, toys, simple ones, or those which they are helped to make for themselves, are the very best. Let l)oys have some kind of a workshop, and give girls a work-basket, round-end scissors and plenty of material for inventions or experiments. Let them have pencils, patterns, scrap-books with pictures to illustrate 'their selections ; drawing-paper and paints. Qivc them puzzles, dissected maps, game of authors, etc., with useful and pleasant books, to pass the evenings, holidays and rainy days cheerfully. Let the children have an occasional "candy-pull," a time of nut-cracking, corn-popping, and apple-roasting : life will move more smoothly for the whole family by the help of such occa- sions of mirth and social pleasures. Thnre are a thousand other ways in which we may add to the cheerfulness of home. The very modulations of the voice will often make a wonderful difference. How many shade,s of feel- ing are expressed by the voice ! What a change comes over us at the change of its tones ! No delicately tuned harpstring can awaken more pleasure ; no grating discord can pierce with more pain. SENSIBLE HOME TALK. Let parents talk m\!ch and talk well at home. A father who is habitually silent in his own house, may be in many respecte E. J. iHAllOai; I , X liUggt St, I town- rrescripuoHa BLmu.:-n:rBj ^■^'tm-.- -• ♦ b .• — -— All klndsof LADIES' wear done at Ungar's Steam Laundry, Waterloo at. 120 Ml SI' AT IIOMK. a wise man ; but he is not wiso in his silence. ^V e .soniotunes see parents who are tlie life of every cDinpany which they enter dull, silent and uninterestin^r at homo among ilw children. If they have not mental activity and mental stones sutticient for both, let them first provide for their own househoUl. They fare poorly who reserve their social charms for companions abroad, and keep their dullness for home consumption. It is iMJtter to instruct children and make them happy at home, than it is to charm strangers and amuse friends. A silent house is a dull place for young people, a place from which they wil escape if they can. They talk of being "slmt up" there; and the youth who does not love home is in danger. Show us a father or the mother who tells new .stones or jokes to delight the family circle after supper— who has an eye out for new facts of travel, discovery, science, literature, art or religion with which to stimulate conversation at home— who talks with little chaps about their studies and plays, and the older ones about their duties, ambition and laboi-s— who keeps ])efore his daughtera an ideal gentleman who treats ladies with sincei-ety, reverence, and as equals, and doesn't carry his "Smalltalk" in a separate package from the rest of his knowledge, strictly for their use, and we'll show you a true gentleman. MUSIC 4T HOME. Music is an accomplishment usually valuable as a home enjoyment. Parent* should not fail to consider the great value of home music. They should, if possible, buy a good instru- ment and teach their children to sing and play, then they can produce sutticient amusement at home them.selves .so the sons will not think of looking elsewhere for it. There is little or no excuse at the present day for being without a musical instru- ment of some kind in the house. A beautiful little cabinet organina can be had for a few dollars. This is a very ingeni- ous automatic reed instrument, by which a mere child can » produce the best music, in variety, by simply putting in the sheets and turning a small crank. It is one of the most won- derful inventions of the day. It can be had at Wm. Crawford s, No. 4, Charlotte street. Omt»^^«ek, Umc7ete, at E. A. Tapley's, InUlanlown, N. B. _^ White Shirts done at Ungar's Steam Laundry, 50i Waterloo street. NOTICES. m HSrOTICES. 1IAND80ME GU0D8. Wo would ciill Httcntiou of jhtkous in want of n«w ami hRDSoiiic goods •specially adapted for ('liiistnias iind Now Ye«r (}ift«, to th«' stot'k latoly imjiortcci by II. D. McAuxiUfu, Medicfd Hull, (X)nHisting of Flower Stands, Odor Stands, Watoh Stands, Glovo Hoxoa, Toilet Stands, Cai-d RfceivcrH, Jewel Stands, Handkerchief Boxes. Thew U'oods an; all new, and only require to be seen to b<> acknowledged ornam«!ntal and useful. Nothing is more esaential to the eni1>elliHhment of a homo then one of the "Light running Domestic Sewing Machines." It sews any- thing ; it beats everything ; it pleases everyWly ; its l)oauty, strength and finish, makes it the favorite in every household. Mrs. H. W. Beecher, in one of her late ])ublicationa, says of the "Domestic": "We know enough to be satisfied with the variety of work which can be accomplished on it. We have s(>en no work that has pleased us l)etter." It can be seen in operation at E. i: T. Ckawford's, 14 Charlotte at. W. Hawker, Druggist, Prince Williatn 8tre<»t, is introducing a new Temi)erance Drink — Aromatic Limetta Cordial —■wh\c\\ is very highly spoken of, and ia just the thing for the holiday season, and jrrivate parties. It is none of those sloppy drinks that are so com- mon, but a good stomachic and invigorating beveiage. It will supply a want long felt at the social and private family parties and temper- ance gatherings. It suits all parties, even those who like something stronger smack their lips after a drink of it. Mr. Hawker will be glad to have any one call and test it. Boys' Sleds, Children's Dolls, Ivies' Toilet Shell Boxes, Sweet Hay Baskets, Beads, Moccasins, Toys of all kinds, etc., at St. John Variety Store, Coburg street. E J. M., I'town, can be had at all hours. Eeaidence few doors from Store. All kinds of Dresses done at Ungar's Steam Laundy, 30i Waterloo at. 128 children's room ; care of chfldren. THE CHILDREN'S ROOM. Every family should, if possible, have a room fitted up for the express purpose of amusing the children, where they can play and spend their leisure hours, and call in their little com- panions at any time desired. This room ought to be suitably and attractively fitted up, and furnished with variety to amuse and comfort the little ones. It should be neatly carpeted ; a revolving ventilator should also be placed in one^of the window panes, to keep the air pure. It should have a doll's house, trapeze, hammock -swing, small benches, low chairs, a teter, rocking horse, a small sled, a few pairs of parlor skates, toys, blocks, books, pictures, and many other things calculated to amuse and instruct children. CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN. Children are as olive plants, and should be tenderly cared for. They should never be scolded or shamed under any circum- stances, but soberly and quietly reproved. Neither should they be reproved before others. The suflTering of such treatment is acute ; it hurts self-respect and awakes in their bosoms malig- nant feelings. A child is defenceless ; he is not allowed to argue. He is often tried, condemned and punished in a moment. He finds himself of little use. He is put at things he does not care for, and held from things which he likes. He is made the conveeience of grown up people ; is hardly supposed to have any rights, except in a corner, as it were; is sent hither and thither, made to get up and sit down for everybody's con- venience but his own ; is snubbed and catechised until he learns to dodge government and elude authority, and then be whipped for being "such a liar that no one can believe you." Whatever the meed of punishment due a child, no parent can be justified in judging of the delinquency under the influ- ence of anger. Your duty is, "Speak not in reproof; lift no chastening rod till your anger has thoroughly cooled ; wait, if need be, till the quietude and solemnity of evening when the business and play of the day are ended. Be grave, be delib- erate ; explain the nature of the misconduct, and show that love and not revenge, impels you to p unish. Thus will y ou "" E, J. M., Indiftntown, Sponges, Ferftunary, etc > mUow Shams done at Ungar'a Steam Laundry. 301 Waterloo street. SEWINO MACIIIN'^'. 120 awaken the cliiltl's conscience, and win it to your side. With penitential feelings and purposes of amendment, the little offender will fall asleep, and awake with a warmer filial attbc- tion, and strengthened desire to do right." Parents who nilopt this principle in the correction of tlieir children may safely look for a blessing to accompany the discharge of the duty of chastisement, satisfied that they are following the example of our Divine Pai-ent, who deferred visiting our first parents in Eden, until "the cool of the day." Mothers especially, think of these things, and however heavy the sceptre you wield may have become for hands growing feeble through infirmity, labor and anxiety, try to do your duty to your offspring. They will not trouble you long. The little crib may soon be empty ; or, at least, the years of maturity will .soon come when your child may leave the parental roof to fight life's battles in a distant land. The time may come when there will be no more noise in the hall ; when there will be no skates, sleds, knives, bats, balls, shoes, hats or strings left scattered about ; when there will be no disputes to settle, nobody to get off" to school, no fingers to tie up, no faces to wash, no rips to mend, no collars to arrange, no hair to comb, no bedclothes to tuck up ; in short, nothing to look after, — there will be no children in the house. THE SEWING MACHINE. The steam engine and sewing machine are two of the greatest blessings the ingenuity of man has yet bestowed upon us. What a saving of time and labor the latter aflbrds to the heavily-laden mother and housekeeper ! I'he sewing macliine is a household necessity, and should be regarded as such by every husband and father who seeks the comfort of his family. Under the pressure of "old style" sewing, "with fingers weary and worn, with eyelids heavy and red," "till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, as well as the weary head," well may the distracted housewife exclaim: "0 men, with mothers and wives ! it is not linen you're wearing out, but human creatures lives." It is the duty of every family to make an extra effort to obtain a good sewing machine. The low prices at which they are now sold, and easy means of obtaining them are such that they are placed within the reach of almost the poorest family in the land. E. J. H., I'town. Oonatantly on hand in large qnantitiu Djru of all kisdi. All work done in Troy style at Un^ar's Steam Laundry, SO) Waterloo at. 130 UK<'IP1<-S, HINTS, KT<'. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES, HINTS, kr. Soupiue. This is an excellent preparation for all kinds of laundry washincr, diHb washing, window cleaning, etc., saving much time and labor. It is also good for removing grease and stains from carpets and clothing. Every thrifty housekeeper ought to give it a trial at once. It is put up in neat packages, and can be had at almost any grocery store. 100 lbs. best Soft Soap for ?J5 c^euts. The following will make the cheapest and best Soft Soap in use— we speak froui personal knowledge : Dissolve 1 lb best snow-flake potash in :\ gallons boiling water; then stir in 4 lbs of tallow or grease (waste grease of any kind melted and strained will do), and keep boihng and stirring until it becomes clear, after which add from 15 to 20 gallons of water and bring all to a boil. Let it cool and } ;.u will have nearly a barrel of the best Soft Soap. Be sure you get the Puue Snow-flake Potash. Sold by R. V. Barker & Co., 96 Prince William street. An Excellent Pickle. Boil over a gentle fire six pounds of common salt, two pounds white sugar, three ounces saltpetre, in three gallons of water, skimming it while boiling. When quite cold pour it over the meat Before putting the meat into the brine, wash and dress the blood from it, and wipe clean. This pickle may be used again and again if boiled with a small addition of the ingre- dients. Small pork or beef will be sufficiently cured m four or f ve days, tongues in six days, hams for drying m a fortnight. — Mrs. I. Burpee. Floor Slatts. Handsome floor matts can be made by saving all the old rags and cast-off garments, and coloring them in variety of shades with Chaloner's Aniline Dyes, which will produce aiiy shade desired, afterwards manufacturing them into matts. They look beautiful if tastefully arranged in the manufac ture. E. J. M., I'town, H, B. Patent Medicines, wh oleeale and retail. IT Iti Dis Vi and IT Eco are W mi D] Biankete and Quilts done at Ungar'a Steam Laundry. 30i Waterloo street. Un Am'KUTISKMKNTS. 131 All the Rage ! For Washing and Cleansing! It is the Finest Article known for Washing Clothing of all descriptions, including Flannels and Laces, Dishes, Glassware, Silverware, Milk Cans ani> Dairy Utensils, Take a Polish not obtained by any other preparation. FOR HOU.SE CLEANING, Washing Windows, Mar»)Ie, Paint or Oil Cloth and removing (irease and Stains from Carpets and Clotliing it is une([ualled. — IT IS A GREAT SUCCESS for Cleaning everything about the House with Economy and Dispatch ! It will be used m every House as soon as its merits are known, it- it inll i!o mauy thimjs thai Soap mil not .' IT WILL MAKE SPLENDID SOFT SOAP! It saves Soap, Sal Soda, Borax, Washing Crystals, and all preparations. Wholesale Agent, • . J. \A^ILLIARD SMITH, South Market Wharf, .Saint John, S. B, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRyCGISTS, m Prince Willmm Street, . . . Saint John, N. B, Keep constantly on hand a w-^U assorted Stock of DRUGS, MEDICINES, PATENT MEDICINES, jPerfvuaaersr, Toilet -Articles, HAVANA CIGARS, &c., &c. Unatarcbed work, 60 eta. per doz, at Ungrar's Steam Laundry, Waterloo st. 132 RECIPES, HINTS, ETC. Value of Apples. Apples, in addition to being a delicate fruit, make a pleasant medicine. A raw, mellow apple is digested in an hour and a half. The most healthy dessert that can be placed on the table is a baked apple. If eaten frequently at breakfast, with coarae bread and butter, without meat or flesh of any kind, it has an admirable effect on the general system, often removing consti- pation, correcting acidities and cooling off febrile conditions more effectually than the most approved medicines. If fami- lies could he induced to substitute apples, ripe and sound, for pies, cakes and sweetmeats, with which their children are stuffed, there would be a diminution in the total sum of doctors' bills in a single year sufficient to lay in a stock of this delicious fruit for the whole season's use. Yaliie «f Paper in the House. Old newspapers are the best material for cleaning that we can have in the house. Knives and brooms rubbed with it preserves their brightness. If the stove is polished twice a week, and rubbed hard with paper on the other days, with ordinary care it will alv/ays look clean and bright. Paper is better than cloth for rubbing windows and looking-glasses and table glass. A good Disli cloth. . Take a piece of mosquito-netting and fold it in four thick- nesses, running it together with darning cotton. They are so porous and light that they can be easily cleansed, and yet they absorb the water sufficiently to da the work well. This dish- cloth, together with an iron pot cloth, are all that are needed in this department of work, and I can assure every one that no miliaria will be found lurking within its folds. €are of Brooms. All agree that a new broom sweeps well. To keep a broom new always hang it up when not in use. wet once a week with hot silds, be careful not to wear it off nore on one side than the other. There is no advantage in having brooms too heavy. Growing girls and feebb women should have light brooms for their use. 0ii~atlBrj7MAi0NEY¥8nd get wtiMe ^^^^ REtTPKS, HINTS, ETC. i3;r t 8cotch HaggiH. Sheep's bag and pluck, well cleaned and soaked in salt and water. Put a small bit of lime in the salt and water to clean.sc. Make incissions in the lights, boil four and a half hours ; when cold mince the liver, heart, and half the lights, along with one pound of toasted oatmeal, one pound beef suet tinely minced, two large onions, two teaspoons pepper, three of salt, half nut- meg grated, two pints of the water in which the pluck was l)oiled, and boil three hours. Parboil onions and mince all very fine separately and then add ingredients all togethe". Yaliie of Borax. Ladies who have not tested the magic properties of borax have been losing a great help and comfoi-t. If once used you will never be without a bottle of it on the toilet table. It removes stains and dirt from the hands, better than soap, and at the same time softens and smooths the skin. It is spiondid for washing the hair, and will, without injury, cleanse brushes and combs in a few moments. For washing purposes it saves both soap and labor. It will extract the dirt from articles of delicate texture without rubbing, it being only necessary to put the articles to soak with a solution of borax over night, and need only to be rinsed in the morning. Two tablespoonfuls of pulverized borax dissolved in a quart of water, of which enough is added to cover a pair of blankets, will cleanse them beautifully. It also saves great labor in washing paint. It is said to drive away ants and roaches, if sprinkled on the .shelves of safes and pantries. Fire Kindlcrs. Take five pounds resin, melt it, add one pound tallow, and when all is hot, stir in dried pine saw-dust, until voiy thick. While hot spread the mixture out one inch thick upon a square wooden mould, sprinkled with a little fine saw-dust to prevent it from sticking. When still warm, form into two inch squares by taking a thin edged board and pressing sufficiently deep to form a crease. The edge of this board should be greased. One of these squares will easily ignite with a match, and blaze long enough to kindle any wood fit to bum. ETlTMAHOllETi^DRnGCUBT, IKDIAFrOWV. B. Vanxrort, IndlontovTn, wUb Qooda low for Caab. vu UKCIPKS, JilNTS, ETC, To «»xU»riiil»at«^ Rats and nivv, Tlic latest oxpedient tor lidding a house of vats is furnished by a writer in the Sv'mntljic American, who says:— "We clear our premises of these detestable vermin by making whitewash yellow with copperas, and covering the stones and raftere in the cellar with a thick coat of it. In every crevice where a rat might tread we put the crystals of the copperas, and scatter the same in the corners of the floors. The result was a perfect stampede of rats and mice. Since that time not a squeak of either rats or mice has been heard nbout the house. Evexy spring a coat of the same yellow wash is given to the cellar as a purttieras well as a rat exterminator, and no typhoid, dissen- tery, or fever attacks the family." BesI Hail* Oil known. Strong alcohol, one pint ; Castor oil, two ounces ; tincture of Spanish flies, two drachms; oils bergamot and lavendar, of each ten drops. Nothing superior to the above was ever made. J t, is not too o-rcasy to be objectionable. It renders the hair 'lossy and silken, and is sufficiently stimulating to prevent the hair from falling out, and often induces an unusually fine growth, and not the least, it is cheap, and quickly made. Superior Tooth Wash. Dissohe two ounces of borax in three pints of hot water ; before quite cold, add one teaspoon tincture myrrh, and a table- spoon spirits of camphor ; bottle for use. Put one wine-glassful to half a pint of tepid water for each application. If applied daily it preserves i.nd beautifies the teeth, extirpates tartarous adhesion, produces a pearl-like whiteness, arrests decay, and induces a healthy action of the gums. Cure for Whooping Cough. The following is one of the best preparations known for whooping cough: Syrup Senegac, 12 dmchms; Syrup Tolu, 4 drachms; Syrup Simple, 4 drachiias; Tincture Cochineal, 12 drachms ; Carbonate of Potash, 1 drachm. Mix. Does, one teaspoonful after each spell of coughing. Children under ten i thor()ii;,rhly jnto tli«j hail- and scalp, and tlion wash the head with c'loar wator, usinj^ a litth^ oil afterwards. The uso of this wash once or twice a week, renders the hair and beard soft and Ldossy, and greatly promotes its growth. It is also valuahle for cleansini; hair brushes. stove Polish. The best receipt we can give for stove polish is a bottle of "Chaloner's Stove Varnish." It is cheap, cleanly, la.sting, has no unpleasant odor, and makes your stove and stovepipe shine like a mirror. See where to obtain it on page d'y. ilow to make Buy Rum. Put in a bottle one pint best alcohol, one half drachm bay oil ; shake for a tew minute.^ to dissolve the oil, then add one pint and a half of soft water ; mix by shaking, cork tight, and put away for use. Etteetual Cure for Croup. For a child of 5 or G years — mix one tea-spoOnf ul pulverized alum with an ecpaal tjuantity of moistened sugar or molaases, and giva all at one dose. Its effects will be truly magical, as vomiting, which relieves the child, is almost instantaneous. After relief has been obtained place the feet in liot water as quickly as possible, putting" a mustard draft to the chest and wrapping the body in flannel at the .same time, avoidiug all drafts. Best known (external) Remedy for Saltrheam. Creosote one drachm, lard two ounces. Mix together and use as an ointment. The above recipe has been handed us by a gentleman of St. John, who testifies to its great value. Having suffered many years with the disease, and applied many remedies, to little purpose, he found it on application to give instant relief. It is wortli trying on skin diseases of all kinds. Cure for Catarrh. One half drachm each tannic acid and gum acacia, pulverized. Mix, and use as a snuff. E. J. MahoE9y, ImportOT DRIKKI, etc., Indiantown, N. B. ~B.^anwart, Indiantown, Fresh and Salt Pork, wholeisal© and rdtail, • i J*" ^f i*. 1JJ6 ^v^V-^ ■' ;^ RECIPES, HINTS, ETC. To Remove Iron Rust. Half ounce oxalic acid dissolved in one gill of soft water. Wot the spot with the liquid and steam over the teakettle and the stain will disappear; rinse with water. Keep tlic liquid out of the Avay of children and label" Poison. Cure for Rlieuiiiatisin. Take two drachms of Iodide of Potash, put it in a pint bottle and fill up with soft cold water. Take half a wine-glass night ^"i s"hould"be glad to explain to any person troubled with this disease the effects of this medicine, as it cost me a large sum. I liave cured or eased dozens (gratis) with it— Janet Lee, iatel- linence OMcc. - ■» Magic Cure for Bums. Take equal parts of flour and table salt mix into a paste of medium thickness with cold water, spread plentifully on good brown paper, apply immediately, bind on with a cloth, and let it remain fo^ an hour or more, and change two or three times if necessary, exposing the part as little as possible to the air ; after which, wmp in linen wrung out of sweet or castor-oil. and vou will have io more trouble with the burnif the skin is unbroken. It relieves pain in three minutes and entirely cures it in en. Remedy for Earaehe. There is scarcely an ache to which children are siibject so hard to bear and so difficult to cure as the earache But there is I remedy never known to fail. Take a bit of cotton batting, put upon ft a pinch of black pepper, gather it up and tie it, L it in sweet oil and insert into the e^ Put a flannel band- age over the head to keep it warm. It will give immediate "''"^^ Cure for Dog Bite. Anao-ed forester has published the following in a Leipzic iournalT "I do not wish to carry to my grave my much-proved iure for ihe bites of mad dogs, but will publish the same as S last Wice which I can offer to the world Wash the wound perfectly ctean with wine-vinegar and tepid water ; Ten dry it. Alterw rd pour into the wound a few drops of muriatic acid, for mineral wsids destroy the poison of the dogs sialiva^ "^ ■ Oigttw, Tobooooes, et c., at Drag Btow , fadiaatown. _ — B?VAN^ART7inoiMm^ym^ OatB attX Feed, wholesale and retaU. ' I 1 c III/ et\ ^e /