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FOR THE OHUSEWIFE.Housework is rather hard on the hands, but there are some precautions which, if taken, will add greatly to the comfort of the worker and the appearance of the hands.Among the things which roughen and blacken the hands the most common are dust, soap, fruit, vegetables and neglect to properly dry the hands. Wash all vegetables before paring.When the hands are stained by fruit or vegetables be sure to remove the stains before the hands come in contact with soap or soapy water. Ke-niovo the stains wQ|i the acid, such aB lemon, vinegar or sour milk, then wash in clear water.When using soap and water for gny purpose be sure to rinse off all the soap before wiping the hands. Always wipe the hands perfectly dry. I)o not change soaps if you can avoid it, and always use a good soap.When sweeping and dusting wear loose fitting gloves. Have a pair ol rubber gloves for use when it is necessary to have the hands in water a great deal. Grease spoils rubber therefore, the gloves must be washed perfectly clean as soon as the work is finished.A little bran and milk or vinegar will make the hands clean and smooth after dish washing or any other work that roughen s them. With a little practice one can wash dishes as well as quickly with a dish mop as with a cloth and the hands. There should be two mops, one for the table r and one for the cooking dishes. For washing floors have a self-wringing mop.o soften and whiten the hands use some sort of cream on them at night, then powder them and put them in loose gloves kept for this purpoes.If coffee is spilled on linen the stains can be removed by soaking the part in clear cold water, to which a little borax has been added, for twelvoTo renovate and bYighten the gilt frames of pictures and mirrors that have become dainty and dingy simply wash very gently with a small sponge moistened with spirits of wine or oil of turpentine, the sponge only to be sufficiently wet to take off the dirt and fly marks. The frame should not be wiped, but left to dry of themselves.Nutmegs may be tested by pricking with a pin, when oil will exude from fresh ones. renovate a black dress or coat that has worn glossy, sponge with equal parts of ink and strong tea. This method has been recommended as infallible.Glass covers for platters are sometimes used Instead of metal. They equally preserve the heat of the dish and have the advantage of not hiding it.A saturated solution of borax and water rubbed on with a sponge, and then followed by clear water, will re-re a glaze, the result of wear, from black goods.Flannel blankets may be successfully cleaned by using borax and soft soap into cold water enough to cover the blankets. When the borax and soap have become dissolved, put In the blankets and let them stand over night. The next day rub them out, rinse them in two waters and hang them out to dry. Never wring them.Salad baskets, for the benefit of those who may not know, are large, round, shallow affairs, made with handles and widely woven of fine, strong willow. In these the fresh, gieen salad leaves are washed. They should he cut from the roots and dropped loosely Into the basket. Plunge basket and all up aud down in a large pan of water, after which they should stand in a cool place to allow the leaves to drain.In making a fruit pie make a small opening in the centre of the crust and insert either a straw or a little paper funnel. The steam will escape as through a chimney and all the juice will be retained.To clean painted woodwork, dip a flannel cloth Into warm water, and af-r squeezing it out nearly dry dip It into a dish of whiting. Apply it to the wood work and very little rubbing will be required to take off the dirt. Wash the whiting away with clear water and finish the work by drying with a soft cloth.Embrossed leather can he cleaned with turpentine applied with a soft cloth. This removes the stains slightly stiffens the leather. Which t be made pliable again by being rubbed briskly with crude oil. Use a very little oil and go over the pleca with one of the clean cloths upon which no oil has been put, as care must be taken to get all the surface grease oft to prevent soiling the clothes.A pan of lime set on the shelves near Jellies, fruits and jams will present their moulding.Soap mixed with whiting will stop a gas or water leakage In a pipe until a plumber can be sent for.A candle may he made to fit Into any candlestick by dipping It Into very hot water.If salad dressing curdles when being mixed, add a little cold water, stir quickly and It will become quive smooth.Celery may be kept several days, if It has been cleaned and washed, It is put In an ordinary glass fruit jar, covered tight and placed In a cool place.To set delicate colors In a fancy work, place a flTinel bag full of bran in a basin of boiling water, allowing it remain there until the water is ccld, then wash the article gently In it with curd soap, and rinse quickly.Rain water and white castlle soap in lukewarm suds is the best mixture in which to wash embroideries.A Small, flat paint brush Is useful in cleaning the corners of the window sash. Hot vinegar will clean off paint spatters, and turpentine will remove putty.Cayenne pepper blown into the cracks where ants congregate wbl drive them away. The same remedy is also good for mice. Also to cau n or mice, bait the trap with sur -flo. er accda.The Odor of Violets.Many professional singers have a horror of the violet, because Its odor Is supposed to exert a baneful effe-t upon the voice. The bRrltone Faure, who has written a book upon the hygiene of the human voice, calls the violet the singers' greatest enemy, though he admits that tobacco and alcohol are about as bad. Cabanes, a celebrated French physician, takes (ho j view of the shrinking violet, and says, “At a soiree in Paris Marie Basse, the celebrated singer, received i bunch of Parma violets which had been sprinkled with a concentrated extract of the same flower. . iie was fond of violets and inhaled t per-oagerly. Presently she tried to sing and found her voice entirely Her vocal chords were, for the time being, completely paralyzed.” Among other singers, Maaam Krauss found that the odor of violets caused her to suffer from Intense hoarseness. Why the odor of violets has this Injurious effpet upon the human voice e of the authorities explain, but it seems to be a fact that to the majority of singers the flower Is one which steals away their voice.A SERIOUS MATTER.The Gr»lt;laal Exhaustion of Our Boll Considered.Wo country was evar MmmF tp Nature with a more productive soil. She made thebest possible use of the long ages prior to the settlement of this country by white men, In forcing the most luxuriant growth of vegetation, aud by its decay and that of the annual crop of foliage, had filled the soil with hn amount of fertility that seemed ex-haustless. So thought our fathers, and so think now many of the occupiers of the great fertile West. But a continual takiiug out and putting nothing back would exhaust even the ocean. It has exhausted the millions of acres of the older Blast, and It will exhaust the most fertile of the West. A study of the census must convince any searcher that the production of all our crops Is year by year growing less and less. It cannot be attributed to a change ol seasons for a series of years, but can be only to one cause—the gradual exhaustion of plant food by our unthinking and unwise course.This subject of husbanding the resources of our acres, and of returning to our starving fields those elements of plant grownth quite or nearly exhausted, is yearly forcing Itself more prominently upon the attention of the fanners of at least the eastern half of our country, and the line is very rapidly extending westward. Millions of acres that once produced magnificent crops of the various grains, even west of the great lakes, are now lying vacant. or barely paying for the most shiftless cultivation. This question cannot be seriously considered too soon even by the farmers on the now rich and productive prairies west of the great rivers. Every train that passes eastward is loaded with a portion of their fertility, much of it In the crude and barely remunerative state of bran, oil meal and the coarser grains and, to the shame of the farmers, even in the bones of their animals, while the returning trains carry back nothing in the nature of plant food.Though Western farmers may think they have no need of such knowledge, they should not fail to thoroughly post themselves, and those farmers who do so and who take advantage of this knowledge, will by and by be looked upou as the lucky ones!' who have the richest farms iu the vicinity In which they live.Renewing Wornout PastureOne of the greenest pastures that I have seen Is a farm once well tilled. Acting upon this Idea, were I in Mr. Andrew's place, I would raise a hay crop next year on that 50-acre pasiure land. It needs topdresslng in either case, and it would be prudent to make the produce pay for the culture. Give your cattle the run of your mowing fields for a year or two, and plow and heavily fertilize the wornout land. As It appears rich, a part of It might be utilized for tuber or berry growing, and no more difficulty In the way of weeds would be met than when turning up green sward for such purposes. Following this treatment a marked improvement will be realized by the cows, which should never be turned into a sheep pasture. Sheep may be allowed the run of the pasture only after tha cows have been removed for better feed late in the fall. Fence them off by themselves.If the farmer llvee near canning factories, flsh heads or lobster shells are obtainable and oan be advantageously spread on grass land or turned under with Che plowshare. No cheaper grass grower can be utilized by the seasoast farmer than rock weed—seaweed, he may call It If his own land does not border on the shore he can buy from his neighbor the privilege of pulling It at 3 to 5 cents a load. The returns will more than pay the year following Its spreading, for pulling, hauling and cash outlay. If any part of the ground be overgrown with bushes, the young men of the neighborhood will hail with glee the inauguration of an old-time bee” to clear up the land. Pull bushes, stumps, everything, and burn over before plowing and sowing to grass seeds. The ashes enrich without adding to the expense. The burnt land may be sprinkled thickly with seed without plowing. Sometimes when no other fertilizer cap be afforded on grass land a simple burning and seeding is profitable.—American Agriculturist.FEMININE DAIRY WISDOM.See that there is an abundant supply of water pure and clean In the pasture, as well as In the yard or stable during the summer, it is surprising how much water a dairy herd will consume.It is a necessity, and if not supplied will result in serious loss to the dairy-Any excitement In the milking Is sure to result In less milk.Always avoid loud talking, and speak geutly and caressingly to every one. You can never give them too much petJtlng.Nervous cows if well treated always give the most milk, but they must have uniform, gentle care.It pays to cure the clover in the very best manner, as there Is no better feed grown. Put it in a tight mow and cover with straw. Cut all hay earlier than usual this year. It does not pay to let It get overripe and woody.Raise more fodder corn than ever, to feed more than ever before. It is not too late to plant now, but get inWhat about the calves—the growing dairy? I hope they are not starving in the pig pasture, but sleek and happy in clean, well-ventilated box stalls. It does not pay to turn calves in pasture the first year. I know just what I talking abouit and I can prove It.A Teu Acre Celery Plant Bed.Perhaps the largest celery plant bed In the United States, if not in the world. Is that of Messrs. D. E. Smeltzer Co., of Sonta Ana, Cal. The beds are under the personal supervision of Mr. Abner Wilson, of the firm of Wilson Bros., celery growers, of Tecumseh, Mich. They are laid out In sections' eight feet wide, with ditches between them for Irrigating, as It does not rain tnere at this time of the year. The beds have to be kept quite wet, while the plants are small, as the hot sun nnd alkali In the soil would otherwise kill the young plants. Forty pounds of seed were sowed. The firm expects .big season to plant six million plants.lints Off at Dinner.An autocratic restaurant keeper In Piccadilly has Issued a mandate that no woman wearing anything more conspicuous than an aigrette or coronet in her hair” shall be admitted within his establishment after 4 o’clock In the afternoon, says the New Yoi . Herald. This edict has raised more of a commotion than the one put foi l t two years ago by our theatrical man agers. The question of permitting boa, netB and hats to be worn by women u the stalls and boxes of any Eng' , theatre, even In the provinces, was set. tied by our English cousins more than a generation ago. It has become so essentially second nature for an English woman to remove her hat or bonnet before taking her seat In the au-dlenee that there Is never a murmur of objection against it.Have your printing done by Henkel Co., New Market, Va.The first necessity of athletics is sound stomach. 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