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THE SOUTHERN WOUD, APRIL 15,1884.
Home Circle.
other “ bric-a-brac,” including a card other things, such as bowing, (oh, so previously dissolved in water .making it
basket filled with iotes and letters. I gracefully) in the creed, and preaches of the consistency of milk. This wash
told Tom on reaching home of what I the most delightfully short sermons. will harden and the lime will not rub
had seen, and for a stout little, good I tried to make Tom bow too, but he | off.
Prince or p&uper, woman or man,
Every creature under heaven’s blue dome, ■ u<»u mvu, »«■ » — » «=> i , ,
Has a longing in common, nestling close to each natured man> he grew really quite angry, stood bolt up-nght and said afterwards
WALNUT STAIN.
heart, for
Home sweet home.
MEMORIAL DAY,
BY MATTIR C. SEWARD.
Bring crimson flowers for their bravery;
For their last, long sleep bring white;
Bring blue for their faithfulness unto death
To the cause they felt was right.
Bring evergreens for the memories
That live in each Southern heart;
Bring sprays of cypress and willow
For the sighs and tears that start,
When the sorrowful past comes to us.
With it’s aching sense of loss;
When the crown was torn from our Southland
And she bent beneath the cross.
When brave men's deaths gained nothing—
But they tried our cause to save;
Then in token of grateful remembrance
Strew flowers on each soldier's grave.
With a thought for those in the wildwood
Where tangled grasses creep;
For those unbuiied on battlefields.
In their last, long dreamless sleep.
And tenderly cherish the memories
That live of our Southern dead;
They are none the less our soldiers
Because of the years that have fled
81nce the last tattoo boat for them,
And they sank to their dreamless sleep;
andTaid the women did not know “ B I that he was “ too old a dog to learn new I For old and dusty picture frames,
from bull frog ” and if I put my foot in tricks.” He is so obstinate and con- marred furniture, etc., two ounces of as-
the parBOn’s house with or without the trary I Phaltum to one quart ofturpentine, „„ e
committee, he would not apeak to me You know I mentioned to you in my half ounce of dragon a blood. This give,
for a month of Sundays. last about Jennie’s beau—entirely too a reddish tinge. Try it upon some un-
Dear nonsensical Tom, his jealousy, poor to dream of marrying. He has sent painted wood to get the right shade; if
though natural, is really quite absurd in her one of the loveliest valentines you too dark add turpentine; if too light
a man of his age! Of course, I shall go ever saw, with an exquisite knot of | give several coats
as soon again as I am appointed by the hearts-ease and the lines
Association, to invite him to preside at “ Oh, how can that Hearts-ease be called
Which fain the heart would break;
Twere better named the Bitter-sweet,
Not Hearts-EAHK—but Hearts-ACHEl”
| our weekly sewing society meeting.
I made Jennie and Lucy make a de
lightful loaf of cake that evening,—or
SUBSTITUTE FOR STAINED GLASS.
Apply transparent paper stained or
printed in proper colors and designs by
means of transparent cement. Varnish
with clear varnish and your window will
Jennie, silly child, ran off to her room bave ever y appearance of stained glasB.
thiy e Ld.mpt^ see th ~ re8ti ^ ough i Thia is used * f ° r hai1 doors ° r window8 *
it as heavy as lead and grumbled dread
I fully over it, too, and wished that it
would choke him. So sacrilegious of
them!
I sent it to the dear’man and wished
| them to write him a note to acc jmpany
it; but dear me, you would have thought
I had proposed something dreadful if
you had seen the look Jennie gave me,
and Lucy—a perfect little spit-lire—said
showed it to Tom. I must Qr f or an y w i n d 0 w where you wish to
really not put off writingCto mother any | hide an unp i ea sant view.
™ 1 Paints ready mixed, with directions,and
I of every shade of color, are to be found
j at every country store; and almost any
boy or girl of twelve years can soon learn
| to draw the brush smoothly, and so help
the tired mother in this part of house
cleaning. Sarah B. Rose.
longer. Your affectionate sister-in-law,
Catherine Saybrook,
Sec. G. R. A.
Written specially for the Southern World.]
Mammy’s Visit to the City.
BY MUDA HETNUR.
Mammy had served her time faithfully.
Their reveille will sound on the last great day, I they had no intention of acting out the I g be wa8 about mamma’s age, and they
And they will wake from their slumbers deep. | Scotch song of— | were raitjed together. So, when mamma I
Written especially for the Southern World.]
Recipes, Etc.
Then tenderly cherish the memories,
The memories plaintive and sweet;
They are all that’s left of the cause we loved
And the hearts that have ceased to beat.
Written especially for the Southern World. J
“A Song O’ Sixpence.”
BY COMFORT MARSHALL.
NO. II.
Who can tell me how to cook maca
roni nicely ?
Below I send a receipt for cooking ap
ples :
To Bake Apples.—Select six or eight
due cooking apples—those ihatare juicy
and only slightly acid are best—wash
hem and with a sharp knife remove the
jure. Take a coffee cup full of white
“ Whistle and I’ll come to you my lad! ” I ma rried, of course mammy must be her I
Then Jennie, she burst out saying that handmaid still. She nursed us all: big
it was quite enough for one of the family bud, big sis; little bud, little sis, and
to be a member of and aet out the each and every one of us. She stood
“ Golden Rule,” and that she and Lucy by us in sickness, in trouble, in health,
were quite disgusted with everything. and in prosperity, and is stronger now
The most provoking pari of all was than any of “ us girls.”
that there stood that good-for-nothing One morning, not long since, she sent
Tom, leaning against the door smoking a substitute to discharge her usual task.
We have been in quite a flutter of ex- his dirty little meerschaum pipe that he NVe all asked why that was, and what sugar—or brown will do— till each hole
citeinent, dear Isabel, since my last letter is so proud of " coloring ” as he calls it, do you.tliink? She had gone on a trip with it, and shake the remainder over
to you two weeks ago. Our new pastor and emitting puffs of smoke and chuckles to visit the city. She remained nearlj ihe apples. Then take the same cup
has arrived. He is a native of Louisiana, of laughter, that really were quite be- a week. When she returned I asked full of boiling water and pour over them,
and is ayoung, charming delightful man. yond endurance. I could have given her what she had seen, how she enjoyed taking care to leave no dry sugar siick-
So distingue in appearance 1 So graceful, him a hearty shaking with a right good her trip, and how tier friends were get- ing on the apples as it will cause them
so dignified, and one of the F. F. V.’s, will only that it would have looked un- ting on in the city. to scorch. Put them in the stove and
too, my dear, if one may say so of a na- dignified in a lady, and I made a rule of “ Lor’ chil’e,” Bhe said, “ I saw mor’n bake them till they crack or till the skin
tive of Louisiana. He has a real coat- never placing myself in awkward posi- I can tell. I was as tired at night as il | bursts. They are improved by sticking
of-arms engraved on bis family service, tions. I had plowed all day. I went all through
which are heir-looms, and have come What was my surprise when I beheld the Capitol, I went to the river and saw
down to him from the flood. His name Jennie turn on him and call him an the steamboats, but I didn’t git on dem
is Henry Vane, a descendant of Sir “ odious beast,” while Lucy applied va- things, no mam. I staid till dey moved |
John Vane, (sur-named ” The Bull” on rious epithets to him among which off tho’. I had a nice ’nough time,
account of his great strength), and a “ snake in the grass,” was most promi- Liza and John treated me like I was I
younger son of a younger son, of a cour- nent. white. Dey paid my way dere an’ back Cut the size of a saucer, prick well with
tier of Alfred the Great, and who was As soon as Tom could obtain silence an’ each gi’me a dress. They’s doin’ a f ork an d bake in a quick oven. These
with Alfred when he Burned the histori- he commenced making some rambling well enough. Liza lives like a lady; she are particularly wholesome for dyspep-
cal cakes so often impressed on our sort of a speech of some old antiquarian sleeps till eight o’clock. I told her that ti C8 . Comfort Marshall.
childish memories. Roman about “hearing him for his wouldn’t suit me. John gits good wages To make a beautiful window garden
We have, indeed, caged a bird of rare cause,” but the two girls commenced in a shop.” Qn ^ gcale take a pine box as long
plumage and long may it be ere he wings beating on two old tin pans, and the We asked her if she did not want to L the w ‘ in j oW is w id e , about a foot deep,
hiB flight to another clime 1 The “Golden noise was really quite deafening; an<? as live there. She said “ no, the country ftnd ag wide a „ def}ired and either secure
Rule ” and the “Christian Soldiers ” I saw my good silver spoons were being was the place for her.” . t ^ gide of the hoU8e or have posts
Associations have met and have shaken utterly ruined, I just took them right Mammy looks as bright as a new dol- . d - n tbe groun d in front of the
hands for the first time in goodness out of their hands and told them to stop lar now. The change helped her as it p . ac ® in . u ^ and near
knows when, and the two have clubbed all of their noise, and bade Tom clear helps us all. We all get tired of the old W1D °?' & . n box i 8 f a8 t e nedon the
together and fitted up his rooms delight-1 out of the house and finish his speech in | ruts and like the excitement of a car ride | ^ °s of the osts for its top to be even
a few cloves into each apple before bak
ings Mrs. W#
Passover Bread.—(Suitable for Len
ten or Fasti!ays.)—To oue-balf pint of
milk or water add salt to taste and mix
in flour enough to roll as thin as a wafer.
fully. He has to board out, poor dear, the poultry yard. They then explained I and city sight-seeing occasionally,
and it must be so lonely, and I would that Tom had presented each of them It is rather remarkable how the darkies
have invited him here, but Tom put his with a lace cap, and had said that a word love to go to town. If one has a nickle,
foot down on it and said I shouldn't make
with and nearly touching the window
sill or ledge. Have the box filled with
rich earth from which all lumps and
ke to the wise was sufficient and they could Saturday must not pass without a tramp . , . t k P i ant Wander
a fool—just think what a horrid word to “ set their caps ” for the minister when- to town to spend it. I suppose they . * rTradescantia) of different kinds
call one’s wife—of myself, no matter ever they were inclined. I declare, men wish to learn, and not being able to j L d , ea of tbe box. Kenil-
what the other women did, and a parson I are too silly for any earthly use. To | read, have to gather information tom I worth ivy and dew plantmixedwith the
was no better than any other man, and think of that man refusing to buy me a observation,
could rough it like other men. new bonnet last week, and yet, for the
f I was one of the visiting committee sake of a silly joke, can be guilty of I " ritten especially tot the Soiithem World. |
appointed to overlook his rooms. I car- such extravagance as giving five dollars Household Hints.
Tradescantia make a pleasing variety.
The vines will soon cover the sides of
the box and reach the ground. Next to
ried a lovely bouquet ol roaee, composed I e piece lor something to play a joke on I Housecleaning daya are coming, “ the I In
oi LaMarque bud. with Solf.terre and girls with. saddest oi the year,” and many a tidy JLt»x pllt a“sh gera-
Jacquemmot roses and clusters of white | That evening I made thetwogirl, each | housewife will find to her dismay, grease-1 Sum! white flowered;in one end of the
in the other
In the corners
plant mauryandia and smilax
of green and gold with a butterfly hov- for Lucy, who is a pretty brunette. The whitewash, and although the house is Lines ^nd train them on a framework
enng over a knot of pansies. Just think girls were m ecstac.es of delight and cleared twice every year, her recipes are ™de hTnailing barrel hoops on the out-
what geese women make of themselves 1 said I was the dearest sister in the world, forgotten and mislaid, and must be re- ^d« of the bLx leUimr the hoops rise
There were no less than seventeen bou- and I believe would have done anything peated often, or what would becomeTf a W tfe ho^ Jhwbe Compassed
quets of hot-house flowers with seven- for me that evening short of calling on the poor housewife. wLn tbo honns Hke lattice work are
teennotes accompanying them, all lying the new minister P °° to remove oil spots.
on the centre-table. I felt sorry to see I forgot to tell you that Henry-Mr. Wet the spot with alcohol, rub the wet on. In the ground, close to the posts,
the poor things dying, so I stuck them, Vane, I mean —is extremely High spot with hard soap, and then wash I P lant morning-glory, cypress vine ana
notes and all in a basin of water, and I Church. I am not certain that I can with cold water thunbergia seeds, and train the vw
dare say, they are there yet. I saw also, 1 exactly explain it to yon who are a Pres- „oon wastt. BhS3S ttSfe JK have
with my own eyes, no less than thirteen byterian, but the term means something 81ack quick lime in boiling water stir- the b nefit of the morning sun, whoever
paper knives, six pairs of vases, a dozen or other about Apostolic Succession, and ring well until slacked. To every half ma ^® 8 a window garden as I have di*
pen handles and pen wipers and several he turns his back on the congregation barrel of whitewash add a nennd nf rected wil \ hav ®. one tl ? at tffSo
book mark., and a number ol I wtteMwr he geU . oimnee. andVlot oi I „hite“£wI £ F ^ "“A