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Show making scrap books cards. The big brother THE WESTERN or Christmas FERNS may Tf growing children do not find companionship in their parents or ineach other,they will certainly find it elsewhere,and possibly from associations and habits that will cause MRS T. B. LEWIS, - ‘Associate The Dear Little Wife at BY MARGARET Editor Home. E. SANGSTER. The dear little wife at home, John, With ever so much to do, : Stitches to set, and babies to pet, And so many thoughts of you— The beautiful household fairy, Filling your heart with light; Whatever you meet today, John, Go cheerily home tonight. — and - their TO hygt. COOK FISH. A large fish should, usually, be baked or boiled, while a small one may be broiled or fried. The lighter in quality the more variety of modes in which it may also be served more frequently without one’s living of it. It is better, therefore, to avoid hayHs the richer varieties frequently. hoose the poorer, kinds, and serve in a j ; What though the tempter try you, Though the shafts of adverse fate May bustle near, and the sky be drear, And the laggard fortune wait, You are passing rich already; Let the haunting fears take flight, With faith that wins success, John, Go cheerily home tonight. The Household. <i —_— HOME AMUSEMENTS. Now that the season of cold is so near, it would not be mis-spent time to give some attention to the opportunities, possibilities and privileges it affords for pure, re- : e detce ed, and no acidity will be imparted by its use. Lemon juice is always a desirable addition, no matter what the mode of cooking. It adds flavor, besides whitening the flakes, and rendering them firm. In boiling fish some thin i learned by experience. If into cold water to boil, it, rich juices, rendering the paratively insipid, but a delicate skinned varieties being plunged immediately nto boiling water, as it cracks the skin. Striped bass, mackerel, trout, e elong to this class,and should be in the fish kettle with only half cold water to cover, and boili ater added gradually until the fi covered. The skin contracts more solowly By could take a part, and let each grown member take his turn in betng a committee of one, or, if necessary, let two unite their work and wits in providing fun for the family? Suppose papa starts in with a donkey game? He will have to cut out an outline of a donkey without a tail, and pin it ona sheet | and fastens, it easy oeachs eut out on the wall within ~ He will also have to as many donkey tails as there are members in the family this pro- cess, and does not break. The tougher skinned kinds, like sturgeon, halibut etc., should have the skin removed after boiling, and before sending to the table. Never allow a fish te boil rapidly. It fined home enjoyment. Would it not be a good thing to arrange for breaks during the some pleasant entertainment. one be served neatly. evening each week, something in which all members of the family cooking, and cannot The water should simply bubble slightly. In baking fish, baste frequently to render the dish a success; use salt generously, adding it to the water in the pan. Be liberal, also, with salt, when fish are breaded for frying. Small smelts are frequently rolled in flour and fried whole, in olive oil or butter, like small brook trout, without previous cleaning aside from a careful washing and wiping of the outside. These are not more than two and a half inches in length, and come into market in the latter part of February from New Jersey. Sargerones, dressed in the usual manner, are delicious if dipped into melted butter to which one fourth of its quantity of lemon juice is added, with the requisite amount of salt.and pepper, then rolled in flour or white indian meal, and fried in butter and and write one of their names on rich sweet lard mixed, one part of the each tail, then blindfold them one latter to two of the former. Salmon are ata time and give them the tail on in season and shad are also brought in. which their name is written and Those from Connecticut River appearing let them try to pin it on the tail- about the first of April, being superior less donkey where it belongs. one who comes nearest The the mark may receive a small prize. Mamma will very likely help the family pass a pleasant evening more in size and quality, from some peculiarity of the water or their food. These with halibut are best interesting ferns. Of these elegant plants, which played so part in the early geologic than 2,500 species known by botanists. than that of and graceful important a ages, not less are described and By far the greater portion of these are tropical exotics, thriving only where there is abundant heat and moisture. There are islands in the torrid zone where ferns, varying in size from less than an inch in height to the gigantic tree-ferns that tower upward of fifty feet or more,from the greater part of the entire vegetation. Since the invention of Wardian cases, many beautiful exotic ferns have become familiar to us, but the that can be cultivated in our number cool clim- ate, even in the most carefully regulated hot-houses, is comparatively small. The native ferns of the temperate zone comprise but asmall fraction of the entire vegetation, and their number is not large. The list of ferns found in North America north of Mexico, as comAcademy boiled, as the flesh is rather dry, but may be baked if properly prepared. Ingalls Home Magazine. of Science, Salem, con- sists of 147 species. In New England and New York the ferns found are very nearly the same in number as those found in England, and many of the species are common to the two sides of the Atlantic. In the Northern States the fern collector who finds in the vicinity of his home twenty genera and double that number of species may esteem himself as exceptionably fortunate. Our native ferns are not averse to cultivation, if the soil be adapted to their needs, and they are placed in a shady spot. If aspace on the north side of a ners and pasting it along the sides. When dry, fasten the sheets of glass together by sewing through the tape at the corners. A sheet of gilt paper or other looked puzzled for a few moments, and = then it dawned on me that this was the wreck of one of the prettiest girls in Brooklyn. J accompanied her as far as fancy paper may now be pasted on the corners and over the top edge to conceal the the tape. The case is now ready to place in the zinc box. Finish the top sheet of glass by pasting a strip of the fancy paper around the edge. Other dimensions can, of course, be employed, but the width of the box should be about two-thirds of the length, and the glass case should rise above the box a distance nearly equal to its width. The next thing to dois to put in the soil. Allow one inch for drainage, for which use pebbles, charcoal, and broken flower-pots. Then spread a thin layer of moss to prevent the earth from washing down into the bottom and choking the drainage. Above the moss put the compost of equal parts of peat, leaf mould, pasture loam, and sand, filling the box quite full, and heapingit a little in the centre. Now for theferns. If one desires exotic ferns that will grow all through the winter, it will be necessary, of course, to procure them of. the florist. But those who prefer tocollect and arrange wildwood treasures for themselves may find, if they spend an autumn day in the woods, a great abundance of lovely things from which they may choose. The common polypody with its great brown fruit dots, the moonwort, and the little ebony fern grow everywhere. There are varieties of the spleenworts and shield-ferns that are quite common, and the walking-fern and climbing-fern are valuable if they can be obtained. Then there are many wild plants besides ferns that will thrive under glass... The door ment of her house. house. It was a tene- “I -won’t invite you in to- day,” she said, “my rooms are disordered.” derstood. to somewhat I said nothing, but I un- It was pitiful to see her try keep up the pretense of being light- hearted, happy and prosperous. A week ago I heard that her husband was in the lunatic asylum and herbaby dead. Now she has gone home to begin life over again. She had married a man to reform him.—Brooklyn Eagle. -—_= IN SIGHT 0’ LAND. Above the restless summer sea The skies are clear, the winds bland; And the ship rides on full merrily, are In sight o’ land. Glad songs of home float on the air From those on deck who stand; And eyes grow dim and wistful there— In sight o’ land! An hour—and friend with friend . will meet, Lip cling to lip, and hand clasp hand, O how the heart throbs sorely sweet Tn sight o’ land. But lo! athwart the radiant heaven—(Alas for hopes by mortals planned) The thick clouds:of the storm are driven, In sight o’ land. Cursed by confusion, dark as though God had awhile resigned command, The furious waves crash to and fro, In sight o’ land. oft has Mitchella with its scarlet berries, the And that proud ship, which crossed white veined rattlesnake plantain, the The changeful sea from strand to curious pitcher-plant, the hepatica, goldpst of peat, leaf mould, fpas-. strand, thread, and club-moss are all desirasand, in equal parts, be With every soul on board, is lost ble. nd placed for their recepIn sight o’ land. Select the most beautiful of the plants ll take kindly to their new collected, arrange them as tastefully as The morning comes, with joyant breath— soon change a spot usually possible, and cover all places where the But cold and silent on the sand eglected to one of the most earth shows with varieties of moss.’ A Lie some who saw the face of death nooks in the garden. Their small piece of looking-glass sunk in a In sight o’ land. Ove ‘ol shade renders them especially hollow, and bordered about with moss, hae —Chambers’ Journal. adapted to cultivation in city yards or will form a ‘tiny lake, and a_ bridge gardens. If one will obtain of the florformed of mossy twigs may be arranged ist a few barrels of prepared soil, or, betArabian Tea, above it. A picturesque ruin or arch ter still, procure the different sorts from may easily be constructed of pumiceWhen Mr. Bell was traveling in Asiatic some friendin the country, and then stone and cement. Russia he had to claim the hospitality of from every outing bring home a root or When all is satisfactorily arranged, the Buratsky Arabs. two of ferns, he will soon have an out-ofthe cover is placed on the top,and we The mistress of the tent, placing a door fernery that will prove beautiful have a bit of the woods that will refresh large kettle on the fire, wiped it carefully and attractive for many years. our eyes all through the winter. The with a horse’s tail, filled it with water, Someferns are too shy to grow away fernery will need little care. The top and threw in some coarse tea and a little from ,their accustomed haunts, but the may be removed for an hour now and beautiful osmunda, the common pteris then for an airing. Wiping the mois- salt. When this was near the boiling and polypodium, several varieties of as- ture from the glass will take away some point she tossed the tea about with a brass ladle until the liquor became very plenium and aspidium, the tiny woodsia, impurities. If almost all the surface brown and then it was poured off into and the lovely maidenhair, will soon of the glass is moist, there is too much adapt themselves to a garden home, moisture, and the top should be left off another vessel. . Cleansing the kettle as before the woman set it again on the fire and well reward the care bestowed upon some hours that it may evaporate. If in order to fry a paste of meal and fresh rake we nl “ary wil be And the boy, OO With the eyésso brave’, From the strife and the din to the peace, John, Go cheerily home tonight. proves body largely opon a knowledge of its qualities. it may be cooked; There is perhaps no branch of the vegetable kingdom the study of which piled by Mr. John Robinson, of the Pea- The manner in which a fish should be cooked depends partly upon its size, and the key in the latch at John, Drop troubles out of sight; @. To the dear little wife who is waiting, Go cheerily home tonight. ee both parents and themselves. Let logomachy supplant progressive euchre, and pipes be used only for blowing soap bubbles and believe that nothing is so contagious as smiling good humor. Accept the invitation on the tombstone of the dear old German teacher, “Come let us live with our children.” HOW With - to ——— For though you are worn and weary, You needn’t be cross or curt; There are words like darts to gentle hearts, There are looks that wound regret FERNERIES. —_— arrange with Mamma’s help,either charades, tableaux, or portraits. One sister will give you lots of fun pulling home-made candy, and little Tot will contribute her share by offering to carry the bean bags for those who play faba baga. : life-long AND WEEKLY. uilding be devoted to them, <tt> Si them. At this season of the year, however, the arrangement of an in-door fernery is a more interesting topic than the garden fernery. It is difficult to conceive of a more charming ornament for the drawing-room than a glass of ferns growing in dewy luxuriance and beauty while wintry storms are whirling without. It will need far less care when once arranged than ordinary house-plants, and will not require a sunny place. or northwest window is best it should be turned around that the plants hight. may A north for it, and frequently, not lean toward the Beautiful cases of varying prices may be obtained at the stores, but a very pretty one may be made easily and cheaply at home. Procure a pine board, for the base, that measures fourteen by twenty-one inches.. Have some black walnut moulding four inches wide fitted round it, which will make a box rather more than three inches deep. Have a zine pan made to fit this box, and give the inside of it a good coat of tar, as the roots of the ferns dislike contact with meta]. Procure of the glazier five sheets of clear glass, four of which must be fifteen inches wide, two of them being of the length and the other two corresponding with the width of the inside of the zine box. The fifth sheet of glass should measure fourteen and a half by twentyone and a half inches. This is for the top, and is intended to lie flat on the glass wall and project about a quarter of an inch beyond in each direction. Bind each of the first four sheets of glass with white tape five-eighths of an inch in width, sewing it securely at the cor- the glass, on the other hand, is nearly or butter. Upon this the tea and some quite dry, more moisture is needed. The plants will gradually settle to their thick cream were then poured, the ladle places, and the whole effect will be more the whole taken off the fire and set aside to cool. Half-pint wooden mugs were handed around and tea ladled into them, this tea forming meat and drink, and and more lovely as time passes. spring the plants will begin Toward to grow, tiny fronds;will come up and uncurl, and some day, while the snow is yet deep in the untrodden forest, the cheery goldthread and innocent hepatica will be likely to open their blossoms to admiring eyes. LQ > She Married Him to Reform Him. put in requisition again, after a time the satisfying both hunger and thirst. However made, tea is a blessed invention for the weary traveler.—Household. ~<a <p eceeenetes Poisoning by Toilet Powder. A Springfield, Ohio, paper reports that two young ladies of that city are suffering from lead-poisoning as the result of using toilet powder containing ‘ white lead. One of the young ladies is wasted thing which usually constitutes the to a skeleton; and has terrible spasms happiness of those who have not yet every half-hour. In both cases the finclimbed the golden stairs of matrimonial gers and arms are paralyzed; and if the paradise. Her age was 20; she was a patients do not die within a short time, brunette, of graceful figure, with a they are certainly rendered helpless for peculiarly animated expression of counlife. Warnings of this sort are very fretenance. Her complexion was rich and quently given to the public, yet the sale warm, her large gray eyes were merry, and use of these poisonous cosmetics and her features would pass muster continues as great as ever. among sculptors. At receptions held in the armory of the Twenty-third Regiment she was always observed with adPretty frames for flower panels, large miring interest, and she had beaux by Christmas cards, and other decorative | the score. Well, at last she came toa pictures, for children’s rooms, are made decision, and I heard of her marriage. of the smooth white sticks made to run I knew the young man whom she chose into the hem at the bottom of a window and was startled. That was five years shade; fasten the corners with long ago. A year ago I was riding up-town brads, and tie narrow ribbons at each on a car. The car was crowded, and I corner, or get gilé brads; tack the frame stood by the front door reading. I heard together, and put one bow on the upper my name pronounced,and looked down, left-hand corner. but did not recognize the face that was Of course these can be painted, or faintly smiling at me. It was weirdly gilded, but are the prettiest left plain pale and wrinkled and careworn. I and white. I knew a young lady who had every- we Pe |
