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THE PEOGEESSIVE FABMER, DECEMBER 15, 1887 5 THE HOMELESS. God help the homeless ! wanderers on the earth For whom no roof inclines its sheltering eaves ; o fireside glows : no voice of love or mirth Calls to the garden flowers, the hillside sheaves. 'Tis theirs to see the gleam in cottage panes ; The happy groups about the hearth at eve ; While they must cross the moors through chillin rains, And hide in hut or hedge ad twilight wanes. Without the wind for all their woes to grieve. Sad hearts 1 the wayside and the wilderness Are near to heaven as any lire lit room ! Despairing Hagar angels stoop to bless ; God talks with Moses in the desert gloom , And life is but a path to his repose, Whether we walk through meads of joy and love Or in lone wastes where every tempest blows ; Some peerless morn we reacti our journey's close. And lo ! the rapture of the home above t , Edna Dean Proctor. GINGER CAKE. One and one half cups molasses, one half cup of brown sugar, same of but ter and sweet milk, one teaspoonful each of soda, ginger, allspice and cin namon, three cups sifted flour. FRIED RAW POTATOES. Pare and thinly slice raw potatoes; let them stand in cold water half an hour; drain in a colander, and fry in melted butter; cover closely, but stir occasionally; season with salt and pepper. BROILED BEEFSTEAK. Flatten with a wooden spoon, and broil upon a buttered gridiron over a clear fire; lay upon a hot dish and sea son with pepper, salt and butter. Cover with a hot dish five minutes be fore it is carved. GOOD YEAST. Take six large potatoes, boil in two quarts of water, take a handful of hops, tie in a cloth, in the potato water; when cool add half -cup of sugar, half cup of salt and tablespoonf ul of ginger, one yeast cake; let it get frothy; bot tle it. It will keep for six months. LOBSTER SALAD. One can of lobster, chopped fine, twelve hard-boiled eggs, chopped fine, one cup of yinegar, one tablespoonful of pepper, small piece of butter, one half cup of cream, two raw eggs, well beaten; beat until boiling; mix with lobster and eggs, and lay on lettuce leaves. CREAM CAKE. One cup white sugar, 11-2 cups of flour, three eggs beaten separate and very light, two tablespoons water, one teaspoon baking powder. Bake in two cakes. Cream: One pint milk, one cup sugar, one-half cup butter, three eggs, two tablespoons flour, lemon ex tract. Cut each cake and fill with the cream. CUP PUDDING. Break an egg in a coffee-cup and beat thoroughly, then add one table spoonful of flour and a pinch of salt; pour on milk until the cup is nearly full, then beat again and place in oven and bake twenty minutes. Eat while it is hot, with a sauce made with the whites of eggs and sugar beaten together till stiff. CORN STARCH. One pint of milk, three whites of eggs, three tablespoonfuls of corn starch, three tablespoonfuls of sugar; boil the milk, add the other ingredi ents, and pour in mould. Make a cus tard of one pint of milk, three yolks of eggs and three tablespoonfuls of sugar; flavor. Add boiled milk, and when ready to serve, pour around the white part. CORN BREAD. Mix together thoroughly by putting through a sieve or other wire one pound of Indian meal and 11-2 pounds of wheat fiour, two ounces of baking powder and a tablespoonful of salt ; then beat together three ounces of su gar, three ounces of butter and four eggs; add this to the flour and make a stiff batter, using warm milk in winter and cold in summer; bake in small tins. ROLLS. One quart of flour, two ounces but ter well rubbed together, one well beaten egg, a little salt, two teaspoons baking powder well dissolved, and as much milk as required to make a stiff batter ; beat it well, set to rise; when light, roll out -thin, cut into gems, brush edges with melted butter, fold them over, place in pans separated a little, let them stand awhile to rise again, and bake. TEA CAKE. One cup of sugar, tablespoonful of butter, three eggs; beat well together, then add a cup of sweet milk (you may use part water) and a quart of sifted flour, into which you have mixed a spoonful of creem of tartar and one half a teaspoonful of soda; bake in a quick oven. It is improved by sprink ling sugar over the top (before bak ing). This will make two cakes, which are best when eaten warm. SPONGE CAKE. One pint sugar, one pint flour, one tablespoon vinegar, one tablespoon water, eight eggs, one teaspoon lemon or vanilla extract. Mix vinegar, water and sugar, add the yolks of the eggs and beat till light. Beat the whites separately and add. After these in gredients are thoroughly mixed, stir in the flour slowly, add one teaspoon vanilla or lemon, and bake in one large or two small tins. The oven should be moderately heated. BREAD OMELET. One cup of sweet milk, one cup of fine bread crumbs without crust, a lit tle salt and pepper, beat it all together; add two well beaten eggs, put in a frying-pan a small lump of butter, let it melt and run all over the pan; now pour in the omelet, cook gently until it sets (about fifteen minutes), loosen the edges anjl fold brie half "over the other; now put on a hot plate to fit the pan, hold firmly and turn the pan over; it will come out nice and whole. FRUIT CAKE. "" Eight cups of flour, six cups sugar threexcups butter, two cups milk (clab ber preferred), twelve eggs, four tea spoonfuls soda, two pounds seeded rai, sins, .two pounds of currants,, half pound thinly sliced citron, " flour the raisins to prevent them from settling. Flavor with cloves, allspice, cinnamon, ginger and mace to suit the taste; bake four hours. Mix sugar and butter and beat it to light cream, then add milk and yolks of eggs then the spices, and lastly the whites and fruits. HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS. Stale bread may be freshened over boiling water, . Tapestry curtains are coming into favor. They are of chintz or dimity. Keep the wringer well oiled so that it may work easily and save both time and strength. Put a pail of water into the tubs directly after using, and they will not leak when wanted for use. Let dishes be neatly washed, rinsed in hot water and drained, and then rub them until they shine. A bathroom should be supplied with fresh towels every day and thoroughly renovated to keep it sweet. Chloride of lime should be scattered at least once a week under sinks and in all places where sewer gas is liable to lurk. Never use a sharp knife in cleaning the nails. Fill under the nails with soap, and then remove it by brushing with a nail brush. In some forms of headache, a towel or a napkin, wrung out of hot water as ho.t as can be borne, and wound around the head, affords relief. For the dyspeptic, fried oysters are forbidden. When roasted in the shell oysters are delicious, and can be digested with ease even by a weak stomach. Very pretty curtains which can be laundered and look as well as new ones, are made of white muslin with large round dots the size of a silver half-dollar. In case of a cut, smoke the wound with burned red flannel on which has been placed a small quantity of sugar, then tie up, after sprinkling with sul phur, and it will heal immediately. Peach stains may be removed by putting the article in boiling water before washing it. Once the suds have touched them the stains are set and cannot be afterwards removed. To clean bottles, put into them some kernels of corn and a tablespoon ful of ashes, half fill them with water, and after a vigorous shaking and rinsing you will find the bottle as good as new. To brighten a Brussels, or any carpet that is faded, sponge in a mix ture of one part ox-gall to two parts water. This is excellent. A lady re cently bought a much-faded carpet (Brussels) at a second-hand store, and restored it to almost its original beauty in this way. Prof. Brinton says that the very best thing for a sprain is to put the limb into a vessel of very hot water immediately, then add boiling water as it can be borne. Keep the part immersed for twenty minutes, or until the pain subsides; then apply a tight bandage and order rest. Sometimes the joint can be used in twelve hours. If necessary, use a silieate of sodium dressing. HOW TO BEHAVE AT TABLE. Nothing is more disagreeable than careless and untidy table manners. To acquire graceful and pleasing habits while eating sometimes takes years of practice. But it can be done. One can always tell a well-bred person by the maners at the table, whether man, woman or child. To commence on improvement sit down and think how you really do be have at the table; see that you present a scrupulously clean appearance, and that your hair is well combed, and your nails attended to ; nothing can excuse a neglect of these things. Seat yourself quietly, and, if possible, wear I a pleasant face. Use your napkin; use your knife to cut with, and your fork to convey the food to your mouth. Drink from your cup, but do not make a noise in doing so. Be as careful as possible of the feelings of others, and do not keep them waiting on you un necessarily. Do not lay your knife and fork on the table cloth, but hold them in your hand when passing your plate. Do not attempt to reach an article that is too far from you. It is much better to say, "the bread, if you please." Do not put large pieces in your mouth; do not yawn or lay your arms on the table. Always take notes from the best-mannered people, and imitate them ; this is a safe rule and like an open book to you. Practice these things at home, and when you are in company you can keep your home manners, instead of putting on some for the occasion. And while your home manners are always easy and natural the "put en" ones are usually awkward and easily distin guished. . NOTHING LIKE LEMONS. Every part of the tree is valuable in medicine, though we rarely employ any of it but its fruit that is, the lemon itself. And every one knows how to employ this, as in lemonade : To squeeze the juice into cold water (this is the shortest way,) or to cut it into slices and let it soak in cold water, or to cut into slices and then boil it. Either way is good. Lemon ade is one of the best and safest drinks for any person, whether in health or not. It is suitable to all stomach dis eases, is excellent in sickness in cases of jaundice, gravel, liver complaint, inflammation of the bowels, and fevers. It is a specific against worms and skin complaints. The pippins crushed may also be mixed with water and sugar and be used as a drink. Lemon juice is the best anti-scorbutic remedy known. It not only cures the disease, but prevents it. Sailors make a daily use of it for this purpose. A physician suggests a rubbing of the gums daily with lemon juice to keep them in health. Ttie hands and nails are also kept clean, white, soft and supple by the daily use of lemon instead of soap. It also prevents chilblains. Lemon is used in intermittent fevers, mixed with strong, hot, black tea or coffee, without sugar. Neuralgia may be cured by rubbing the part affected with a lemon. It is valuable also to cure warts, and to destroy dandruff on the head, by rubbing the roots of the hair with it. In fact, its uses are manifold, and the more we employ it externally the better we shall find ourselves. Natural remedies are the best, and nature is our best doctor, if we would only listen to her teach ing. Rub your hands, head and gums with it, and drink lemonade in prefer ence to all other liquids. Farm and Fireside. HOW CELLULOID IS MADE. While everybody has heard of, or seen or used celluloid, only a few know what it is composed of or how it is made. The following is a de scription of the process carried out in a factory near Paris for the produc tion of celluloid : A roll of paper is slowly unwound, and at the same time is saturated . with a mixture of five parts of sulphuric acid and two parts of nitric acid, which falls upon the paper in a fine spray. This changes the cellulose of the paper into pyroxy line (gun cotton.) The excess of the acid having been expelled by pressure, the paper is washed with plenty of water until all traces of acid have been removed; it is then reduced to a pulp, and passes on to the bleaching trough. Most of the water having been got rid of by means of a strainer, the pulp is mixed with from 20 to 40 per cent, of its weight of camphor, and the mixture thoroughly triturated under mill-stones. The necessary coloring having been added in the form of powder, a second mixing and grinding follows. The finely divided pulp is then spread out in thin layers on slabs, and from 20 to 25 of these layers are placed in an hydraulic press separated from one another by some sheets of thick blotting paper, an I are subjected to a pressure of 150 atmo spheres until all traces of moisture have been got rid of. The matter is then passed between rollers heated to between 140 and 150 degrees Fahren heit, whence it issues in the form of elastic sheets. Celluloid is made to imitate amber, ebony, ivory, etc., and besides its employment in dentistry is used to make mouth-pieces for pipes and cigars, handles for table knives and umbrellas, combs, shirt fronts and collars, and a number of fancy ar ticles. Exchange. Three bushels of corn will make more meat and lard fed in warm and mild weather than four bushels fed in cold, winter weather. Hogs need a shade when the sun is hot and uncomfortable, and a warm shelter when frost bites and pinches all living flesh. Fresh water to drink with ashes and salt all they can eat, in addition to corn, peas, barley, and oats, make a great deal of pork in the northern and eastern States. Skim-milk, whey and butter milk, and many vegetables are fed to swine at small expense by many farm ers. Hogs require attention and should not be neglected, in regard to regularity, in feeding and watering. Ex. RICHMOND dt DANVILLE It. It. PIEDMONT AIR-LINE ROUTE. Condensed Schedule in Effect Sept. 4th, 1887. Trains Run by 75 Meridian Timk. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Sept. 4th, 1887. No. 50, No. 53, Daily. Daily. Leave New York. . . 12 15 a m 4 30 p m Leave Philadelphia. 7 20am 6 57pm Leave Baltimore. .. 945am 942pm Leave Washington. 11 24 a m 11 00 p m Leave Charl'tsville. 3 35pm 3 00am Leave Lynchburg.. 550pm 520am Leave Richmond. . . 3 10 p m 2 30 a m Leave Burke ville. .. 5 17pm 423am Leave Keysville. ... 5 57 pm 505am Leave Drake's Br'ch 6 12 p m 5 21am Leave Danville 850pm 8 05 am Leave Greensboro. . 10 44 p m 9 48 am Leave Goldsboro. .. 3 30pm 8 10 pm Leave Raleigh 5 50pm fl 00 am Leave Durham 6 52 pm 2 37 am Arrive Chapel Hill,. f8 15pm Arrive Hillsboro.. .. 725pm 3 32 am Arrive Salem t7 20 p m 6 30 a m Arrive High Point.. 11 16 p m 10 16 a m Arrive Salisbury. ... 12 37 am 1123am Arrive Statesville 12 31 p m Arrive A sheville 5 38pm Arriv Hot Springs 7 85 p m Leave Concord. ... 1 26 a m 12 01 p m Leave Charlotte 225am 100pm Leave Spartanburg. 5 28am 3 34pm Leave Greenville. . . 6 43am 4 48 p m Arrive at Atlanta. . . 120pm 10 40pm Daily. TRAINS GOING NORTH. CJent 4th 1RS7 "o. 51, No. 53, bept.4th, 1887. Daily Daily Leave Atlanta 7 00 p m 8 40 a m Arrive Greenville .. . 101am 2 34pm Arrive Spartanburg. 2 13 am 3 46pm Arrive Charlotte. ... 5 05 a m 6 25 p m Arrive Concord ... 600ami 7 25pm Arrive Salisbury. ... 6 44 a m j 8 02 p m Arrive High Point. 7 "57 am 9 11pm Arrive Greensboro. . 8 28 a m 9 40 pm Arrive Salem. ( 1 1 40 a m ) fl24Tm Arrive Hillsboro. ... 12 06 .p m f'J 44 a m Arrive Durham 12 45 p m f4 05 a m Arrive Chapel Hill. 8 15 pm Arrive Raleigh. 2 10 p m t6 35 a m Arrive Goldsboro. . . 4 33pm fll 45 a m Arrive Danville.... 10 10 a m 11 29 pm Arrive Drake's Rr'ch 12 44 p m 2 44 am Arrive Keysville.. . 100pm 3 03am Arrive Burkeville. . . 1 40 p m 3 55 a m Arrive Richmond... 3 45pm 615am Arrive Lynchburg.. 1 15 pm 2 00 a m Arrive Charl'tt sville 3 40 pm 4 10 a m Arrive Washington. 8 23pm 8 10 am Arrive Baltimore. . . 11 25 p m 10 03 a m Arrive 1 hiladelphia 3 00am 12 35 pm Arrive New York. . 6 20am 3 20 p m fDaily except Sunday. 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