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1 11 I FACTOR A A A A A PJeedle Wo. Home 8 Easter Gifts, rheiv are. many and inexpensive articles Hints from the ladies on needle and croche-work will be gratefully received. Communications intended for this department should be addressed to "Editress Needle Work department," Fikesidk, Factory and Faum. For Fireside, Factory and Farm.

OLD BEN. BY E. S. L. THOMPSON, aliich may be wade at home gifts at Master tide.

Knitting Abbreviations. knit: p. purl or seam; 2 tog, purl two together; narrow; and slip and bind: 1 1 o. throw thread over: Paiutol Ejfjs: St lcet fresh goose eggs, make a small hole in each end. Blow out bind; over; si, slip; make; th, thread; iw, twice.

UrocnETiNG Abbreviations. L. loon: sc. he contents, then wash your eggs care single crochet; double crochet; ch st, chain stitch; cl ch st, close chain stitch; st, double chain stitch; picot; ribbed crochet; ct fully in tepid water; dry. with a soft cloth.

The ate, then ready for decorating. They may be varnished with white varnish st, crossed treble stitch; sh st, shell stitch st, open shell stitch: treble; sh short crochet. and then sprinkled with fine diamond dust, or the many-colored "sparkling" dust sold at the art stores. Narrow, bright colored ribbon passed through the ends and tied in a double bow forms the finish. Crazy Stitch.

Make a chain the desired length. 1st row. 3 tc in 4th st of ch, ch 3, 1 dc his master, I must, think, well of one that goes alone. A few vears ago I was in a country, place, some two or three miles from a meeting, and, as was my custom, I wished to attend some meeting As I did not know the way, I was told that "Fi lo would show me, as he was in the habit of going every Sibbath, with or without the i family, taking his place in the family pew a good example for boys and Is to follow. Weli, I started, with the dog for my guide.

I traveled for some listauc, when I came to a urn in the road (no streets in the country), and did not know which to take. I kept straight ahead, watching the dog. He turned to; the left, but, seeing that I was on the other road, he stopped and looked at me, seeming to try to say, "why. sir, that is not the wray to the meeting house (no churches in the country) that leads out among the farms; come with me and I will show you just vhere to go." Of course I followed him, and after a long walk, came in sight of the house and followed him into the left hand door, up the aisle and into the family pew. He had been so much in the habit of going with the family that he seemed to know that it was right to go every Sabbath, starting off alone, if he saw that none were going with him, going directly there, lying down in the family pew during the services, then returning to his home.

It is a little remarkable how he should know just when to go, the day and, the time in the day, stopping to the two meetings, without in same sr. miss st ot ch. 6 tc next To paint the eggs, three sizes of long- handled red sable brushes, Nos. 1 and 3 st of ch, ch 3, 1 dc in same st, repeat from to end of row; turn and 5 will be needed, also one bottle of 2d row. Work a ch of 2, put 3 tc in pale drying oil, and the following paints': There comes old Ben a shuTdny s'ow, Aclovn the street with his vioMn; It makes the pulses tin'slin? go, At the witching- iscnafl of hi3 magic bow 0, the weary heart grows young- aainJ Rich as a king! though old and pcor.

Rich in a wealth that no rank can win, Pours from his cotters, door fcy door, Yet ever full to the melting hrim la his wierd and matchlees violin Care, like a garment, drops away, Sinking far hack into cloisters dim; Ho shall find in Beautiful Day, Tenderer touch to his violin, Touch that only the angels win. Winchester, Ind. A Fair Complexion. There are many, particularly females, who wish very much to improve their complexion, who can do so by paying- the price not in dollars and cents, hut by correct living. It is.

rare that we see an infant at the age of one or two months, with a dingy face, looking as one expressed in homely language, like a "pan It. is rare that blotches, and pimples are seen on such faces, if they arrive in the world with a decent constitution, a fair inheritance. As a general principle, some ch of 3, ch 3, 1 dc in same ch of repeat silver white, permanent blue, chime green, from to end of row. At the commence- To. 1 lemon yellow, light, zinuaber green, rose madder, burnt sienna, cadmium yel- ment of each row, make a ch of 2.

V. II. low No. 1. With this a variety in decora Rivertcn, N.

J. tion may be made One color in delicate shades is very pretty. Hose madder, to which a little white and two or three drops of tlfe 'drying oil has been added gives a Infants Shawl. Use cream white Shetland wool. Make a loose ch.

twenty inches in fine tint. A knitting needle run through the egg serves to hold them in proper posi Work in crazy stitch until square. tion while painting. Ini'ials may be placed Border. 2 tc, ch 3, 2 tc in same, (this on the egg with gold bronzing, after the makes a shell) 1 tc then a shell.

body color is dry. A small spray of pink Next; row. Work shell in shell, and 1 rosebuds and leaves is pretty; the leaves tc in the 1 tc of last row; work as deep as painted in shades of chime and zinnaber you like, and finish with a scallop. any dinner, but he made no mistakes in these ma' ters. J.

II. H. An Odd Pet. E. S.

L. Thompson. This is a pretty pattern for a large shawl green. V. It.

Rugs. thing must be done to produce such blemishes, some wrong living. I know of, no surer way of securing such blotches, such disfiguring of the countenance, than by the free use of grease, particularly lard, living mainly on pastry, doughnuts, reeking in lard, remaining within doors most Eiverton, N. J. One of my first pets was a summer snake (C.

vernalis), captured at the of scratched face and hands while picking Yes, rugs. They get rumpled up, kicked out of place, yet all the same I am going Corrections of "Child's Skirt" in January number; the 6. round should read thus: irooseberries for No doubt her to tell you howr to make some, for they are like a man, "very handy to have around miss 3 sts, 1 dc in next 3 sts, 3 dc in the praises would have been turned into chid- ngs, while wiping my bloody face with the house." I've been crocheting some out centeTt 1 dc in next 3 8ts miss sts; repcat of my carpet rags. My rags were cut and from until vou have damp towel, had she known the contents Iiiveron, N. J.

of a knotted handkerchief, the of which I had inadvertently left sticking out of my pocket. After having been prom ised an extra share of the intended pie, I Scraps from my Diary. For F. akd F. Nov.

2. Calm, fair weather. To day sewed "hit and miss," but of course you could arrange the colors to suit yourself. My first one I made a chain as long nearly, as I wanted the rug, and went back and forth with single crochet. Both sides were alike ribbed.

When it was nearlv square I went around it with three rows of double crochet, and then finished with a row of scollops: One 3 1 re stole off and appropriated the use of an un occupied room, where a fre-h branch nailed we walked down to the picnic grounds; a lovely bluff on the Ponchatoula Creek, i gainst the wall served as a resting place or my newly-captured plaything. It was covered with great beech, oak, pines and my usual custom to pay secret visits sever magnolias, and carpeted with dead brown leaves, green mosses, ferns and countless peat. of the time, living in filth, without perfect bread or water and prue air. If one wishes to be as "fair as a Jewess," she must live like that peculiar people, escaping pimples, sores, blotches and consumption. But, ypu will see many articles advertised they say beautify the complexion, but, to patronize such will deplete the purse more thrn improve the countenance.

The skin cannot be made whiter, permanently, by the use of preparations and cosmetics. These finally roughen and injure the skin, The lymphatics absorb portions of the substances spread upon the skin, and disease may be caused thereby. The bath, exercise and pure air are the best beautifiers of the skin. Frequent bathing is required to remove impurities from the surface of the skin. The prespiration tubes are constantly depositing portions of worn-out matter upon the surface of the skin.

If this waste matter be not removed by washing the skin ot the entire body, the pores become clogged, and the work of these cannot well be per id limes a day, always carrying some insect for its gratification; but one morning My next rug I made a chain fifteen inch little trailing vines studded here and there es long, crocheted around both sides of it with bright scarlet berries. On the north the door was found afar, and as 1 pushed it open, our tomcat bolted out between my with c. widening at the ends three stitch side of the grove is a fine overflowing well, which sends forth a continual three inch es each row until I had twelve rows around legs and successfully dodged a vindictive kick aimed at it. My snake, was gone and then three rows of then 4 ch thread stream, eighteen inches above ground. Dec.

1. To-day found part of us over to the spoiler also, and for months afterward I was the burden of that cat's life. Forest over twice, or triple twice into the same stitch, as the four chain in fourth st repeat. You can vary the size, color, and make nice, durable rugs quickly Greenville or Happy Valley, as it is variously called. Here is where St.

Clair, a and Stream. prominent Chicago journalist, has bought' and at little expense. several thousand acres of land, for a colony There will appear in the Forinu for I have one new rug knit from rav- March, a curious study on the leading elings of an ingrain carpet which I think from Chicago. This is a lovely spot in the midst of pine woods, and well watered by creeks and bayous. Mr.

St. Clair already American newspapers, wherein it is shown is nice. I am getting ready to make a formed. Soap should be used to dissolve what proportions of their space are given couple of rugs out of worsted and woolen the oily matter which acuummulates. If has a very nice house built at that point scraps "crazy" fashion.

to religion, to crime, to literature, to art, to sport, to the markets, and to the editor these impurieties be left upon the skin, and a number of other houses are going they may be absorbed by the lymphatics, Mrs. M. Bucknel, New Douglas, 111. up. Men of capital are investing all over this 'parish, and but few prettier places and carried back to poison the blood, and ial matter by the large dailies of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Chicago and St.

Louis. This comparison has been cause fever. could be found than Happy Valley. A Big Offer. Dec.

10. Thi3 morning while out for a prepared by Mr. Henry It. Elliott, a New We will send the Agents' Advocate, a A Well-Behaved York journalist. large 20 column monthly containing agents walk, I found a lovely species of climbing fern, which grew on the moss-covered I have but a very little respect for a man directory, exchange and bargain column.

branches of trees and vines, and hung far or woman who does not attend any relig ious meetings, any or take a fam Four months on trial, and have your name Students of the International Copyright question who have read it pronounce a review of the whole subject that has been over the waters of the creek; that is, the family newspaper! (I have but little for a inserted in one of the best directories published, from which you will receive thou first ones did. I found a giant oak so com farm who does not take a good agricul prepared by Mr. Henry Holt, the New sands of samples and piles of good reading pletely covered with the ferns that they looked as if they were the natural foliage tural paper, like the and saying York publisher, the ablest presentation of matter that has ever been made. Mr. libit matter, circulars, etc, free; all for only 10 as some have, "I don't in "book of the tree, only Ihey leaved out all over the huge trunk, and the main limbs of the lamin', or book farmin.) While I no cents silver.

Try it, Only one dime. Agents' Advocate, contibutes this to the March number of the Jhink rnucji of (log that wjlj not go with tree, Hither on, bide a trveat hollow.