GOOD HOUSEKEEPING will be issued Every Other Week and sent to subscribers, post-paid at the rate of $2.50 per year; $1.50 for six months, or $1.00 for four months. Single Copies Ten Cents.

Every subscriber for a full year will be entitled to a Valuable Book on some one of the many Interesting Household Subjects of the day. These will also be sent post-paid.

Subscriptions may be remitted by Check to the order of the Publishers, by Postal Note, Money Order or Registered Letter.

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING VOLUME TWO.

IN PROSPECT.

The best storehouses and larders in our land-and we already have contributions from across the water besides-will be drawn upon for stores of wit and wisdom, literary ability and Household practice, experience and exemplification, and we shall give the contributions of scores of the very best writers of the present day on subjects pertinent to the character of our journal.

Prominent place will be given to Catherine Owen's practical and valuable Serial, "Ten Dollars Enough, or Keeping House Well on Ten Dollars a Week," in the course of which publication it will be shown how far a much less sum than that will go in the exercise of prudence and economy in the ordinary duties of housekeeping.

The celebrated $40,000 Dinner Set of Mrs. George W. Childs, of Philadelphia, will be handsomely illustrated and written of fully at an early day.

The GOOD HOUSEKEEPING $500 Prize Papers will also be published entire in this volume. These are,-Ist. The Prize of $250 for a Series of Six Papers on the subject of "How to Eat, Drink and Sleep as Christians Should," which was awarded to "Margaret Sidney" (Mrs. D. Lothrop), of Boston, a leading magazine writer of Household Literature.

2d. The Prize of $200 for a Series of Six Papers on the vexed Servant Girl Question, entitled "Mistress Work and Maid Work, -Which is Mistress and Which is Servant," which was awarded to Mrs. E. J. Gurley, of Waco, Texas.

3d. The Prize of $50 for a practical paper on "Bread: How to Make it Well and Economically, and How to Eat it Healthfully," which was awarded to Mrs. Helen Campbell of Orange, N. J.

"Fifty Recipes, for making all kind of Breads," by Catherine Owen, author of "Culture and Cooking," and a successful writer for both American and English journals, all of which have been tested by the author, will be published during the issuance of Volume Two.

Marion Harland will write of "Visitor and Visited."

The valuable papers of Miss Parloa will be continued regularly. Mrs. Rose Terry Cooke will conclude her Two Chapters of "What to Eat."

Mrs. Christine Terhune Herrick will have a series of Household papers, interesting, practical and valuable.

Mrs. H. Annette Poole, whose attractively written "How Elnathan and I went to Housekeeping" has charmed so many readers, will be a regular contributor for the volume.

E. C. Gardner will follow his admirable series of "Model Homes for Model Housekeeping" with a new series entitled "Dwelling Houses, Inside and Out," with pertinent descriptions and practical illustrations.

Our list of contributors now numbers some sixty of the brightest and best writers of the day, all of whom have the "interests of the Higher Life of the Household" at heart.

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING SUBSCRIPTION PREMIUM LIST.

FORTY VALUABLE PREMIUMS.

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING is published Every Other Week, each number bearing the date of Saturday of the week of its issue. The subscription Rates are $2.50 for one year; $1.50 for six months; $1.00 for four months-payable invariably in advance. Every full year's subscription will be entitled to, and the subscriber will receive therefor, a copy of any one of the following named valuable premiums, as the person subscribing may select—to be sent by mail, post free.

[Subscriptions for four or six months only, will not be entitled to premiums.]

FOR ONE FULL YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION. 1.-"ANNA MARIA'S HOUSEKEEPING," by Mrs. S. D. Power (Shirley Dare); 348 pages, Illuminated Cloth Binding.

2.-"COOKERY FOR BEGINNERS," by Marion Harland; 150 pages, with blank leaves bound in for use in making desired memoranda, interesting points in matters pertaining to Cookery, etc., Illustrated Cloth Binding.

3.-" TWENTY-SIX HOURS A DAY," by Mary Blake, 212 pages, Illuminated Cloth Binding.

4.-"DOMESTIC PROBLEMS," by Mrs. A. M. Diaz, 236 pages, Illuminated Cloth Binding.

5.-" THE COTTAGE KITCHEN," by Marion Harland; 276 pages, Illuminated Cloth Binding.

6.-" ADVICE TO A WIFE AND MOTHER," by Pye Henry Chavasse, M. D.; 273 pages, Embossed Cloth Binding.

7.-" MRS. GILPIN'S FRUGALITIES," by Susan Anna Brown; Treating of Remnants and 200 ways of using them; 102 pages, Illuminated Paper Binding. This book and "CAMP COOKERY," by Maria Parloa, 92 pages, Cloth Binding.

8.-" FIRST PRINCIPLES OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT AND COOKING," by Maria Parloa, 176 pages, Flexible Cloth Binding. This book with Miss Parloa's "CAMP COOKERY" in addition.

FOR TWO YEARLY SUBSCRIPTIONS.

9.-GOOD HOUSEKEEPING will be sent for one year to one or to separate addresses, and a copy of "ICE CREAM AND CAKES," a handsome 12mo. volume of 384 pages, in Illuminated Cloth Binding.

10.-"MISS PARLOA'S COOK Book: A GUIDE TO MARKETING AND COOKING;" 430 pages, with blank leaves bound in for "Comments and Criticism," Illustrated and bound in Enameled Cloth.

II. "COMMON SENSE IN THE HOUSEHOLD," by Marion Harland, 546 pages, Substantial Cloth Binding.

12. "THE DINNER YEAR BOOK," by Marion Harland, 712 pages, Substantial Cloth Binding.

13.-"BREAKFAST, LUNCHEON AND TEA," by Marion Harland; 450 pages, Substantial Cloth Binding.

14.-WOMAN'S HANDIWORK IN MODERN HOMES," by Constance Carey Harrison; large 12mo., 242 pages, Illustrated Cloth Binding.

List II.

FOR ONE FULL YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION.

18.-" CATHERINE OWEN'S NEW COOK Book," a popular treatise on the art of cooking by Catherine Owen. Treats of Culture and Cooking, with Practical Recipes. 12mo Cloth extra.

19.-"CHOICE DISHES AT SMALL COST," by A. G. Payne; Illustrated, 380 pages, bound in Flexible Cloth.

20.-"COMMON SENSE HOUSEKEEPING," by Phillis Browne; Illustrated, 256 pages, bound in Cloth.

21.-" KNITTING AND CROCHET," a guide to the use of the needle and hook, by "Jenny June;" 144 pages, 200 Illustrations, Paper Cover.

22.- NEEDLEWORK," a Manual of Stitches and Studies in Embroidery and Drawn Work, by "Jenny June;" 126 pages, 200 Illustrations, Paper Cover.

23." LADIES MANUAL OF FANCY WORK," by "Jenny June; " 96 pages, 500 Illustrations, Paper Cover.

24.-"WHAT EVERY ONE SHOULD KNOW," a Cyclopedia of Practical Information, containing complete directions for making and doing over 5,000 things necessary in Business, the Trades, the Shop, the Home, the Farm and the Kitchen, 510 pages, bound in Cloth.

25. "THE USAGES OF THE BEST SOCIETY," A Manual of Social Etiquette, by Frances Stevens; 200 pages, Cloth Binding.

26.-" COMMON SENSE IN THE NURSERY," by Marion Harland; 200 pages, bound in Cloth. Contains familiar and sensible talks with mothers with suggestions on nursery cookery, clothing for children, Mother's Half Minutes, and suggestions for Christmas.

27.-"HEALTH, THE PHYSICAL LIFE OF MEN AND WOMEN," by Franklin D. Clum, M. D.; 400 pages, bound in Cloth.

28.-"GOLDEN DEEDS," 466 pages, Illustrated, bound in Cloth. 29.-Any two of the "HEALTH AND HOME LIBRARY," which comprises the following books, each containing about 100 pages, bound in Cloth: 1,-"The Secret of a Clear Head;" 2,-" The Secret of a Good Memory;" 3,-" Sleep and Sleeplessness; 4,-" Common Mind Troubles; " 5,-" In Case of Accident; " 6,-" How to Make the Best of Life." 30.-"A Boy's WORKSHOP "; 221 pages, bound in Cloth.

FOR TWO YEARLY SUBSCRIPTIONS.

31.-"A YEAR'S COOKERY," by Phillis Browne; 444 pages, bound in Cloth.

FOR THREE YEARLY SUBSCRIPTIONS. 32.-"HEALTH AND HOME LIBRARY" complete, which comprises the following six books, each containing about 100 pages, bound in Cloth: "The Secret of a Clear Head," "The Secret of a Good Memory," "Sleep and Sleeplessness," "Common Mind Troubles," "In Case of Accident," "How to Make the Best of Life."

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33.-A COMPLETE STAMPING OUTFIT, contains instructions for doing stamping, both with powder and the liquid process, which cannot be rubbed off. Instructions, also, for making the powders and distributors, and for mixing the material for the indelible stamping, directions how to stamp Felt, Plush, Satin, etc., and all other information necessary to be known, to make stamping a business. There are a large number of articles already stamped, in addition to which are a good Tidy, made of the best quality of Felt, and stamped ready to be worked, and four skeins of Kensington Floss, and a needle with which to work it, and a book which teaches the Outline Stitch, Kensington Stitch, Ribbon Embroidery, Plush Stitch, etc.

34.-Contains a Splasher 20 x 30 inches, and two Tidies, one 12 x 15 and one 14 x 18 inches. The splasher is made of linen, fringed on three sides and is designed to be placed back of the wash-stand to prevent the wall from being spattered. It is stamped ready to be embroidered and is intended to be worked in the outline stitch with French embroidery cotton, three skeins of which are sent with it. These splashers are washable. The tidies are made of best quality felt of any color which you may desire and stamped with any design you wish, either for Kensington, Outline or Ribbon embroidery already to be worked. Two skeins of etching silk are also included.

35.-Is a Table Scarf, 18 x 48 inches, made of best quality felt, of any color you may select, stamped on both ends, ready to be worked. With this will be sent a ball of tinsel to work the pattern with.

36.-Is an Umbrella Case made of fine twilled brown linen. It is designed to be hung on closet-doors or any other suitable place, to hold umbrellas and sunshades, and is a very useful article in the household. It is stamped with suitable design ready to be worked and made up. With it will be sent washable etching cotton to work the pattern. 37.-Is a Shoe-Bag; it is made of fine twilled brown linen, has four pockets and is designed to be hung on closet doors to hold shoes, slippers, etc. It is stamped with suitable designs, ready to be worked and made up, and with it will be material to work the pattern.

38.-Is a miniature Rolling-Pin with gilded handles. This is designed to be covered with plush [a piece of which sufficiently large to cover it

When Cowper wrote of Tea as the cup that cheers, he had never heard of Baker's Breakfast Cocoa. Tea cheers for the time being, but Cocoa cheers one through life. There is nothing more refreshing or nothing upon which a man can do a better day's work than Baker's Breakfast Cocoa. Like all good things, it must be treated with proper consideration, and pains must be taken with the making. When it is made as it should be, it is the most refreshing and delightful beverage in the world.

KEEP COOL.

Speaking of cold weather and warm houses, the price of coal and hickory wood, open fires, furnaces, steam heat and kindred matters, we are moved to remark that there is one mode of wasting heat that is worse than a dead loss, it is a deadly damage. Doubtless there are some good things of which it is difficult to have too much; artificial heat in a dwelling house is not one of them. It is not only quite possible to have more than we need, more than is good for us. It is sometimes extremely difficult to avoid it. When we are thus afflicted we are from the sanitary standpoint in far worse case than when the supply is deficient. If our rooms are a trifle too cool for comfort a little extra clothing or a little exercise to start the circulation, will set us right; if they are too warm, a debilitating effect is inevitable.

Moreover as in most other matters of comfort and luxury there is far more danger from excess than from deficiency, or rather the danger is more insidious, because its attacks are upon our weakest side, they do not induce opposition but acquiescence. Especially is it difficult for dwellers in cold climates, whose houses are built with the utmost precautions for keeping out the cold, to avoid the tendency toward a gradual increase of indoor temperature. Through the long, cold seasons, and when as the days begin to lengthen, the outside cold begins to strengthen, the temptation to "pile on the logs," crowd the furnace and get up more steam is almost inevitable in sheer opposition to the rigor of the elements. Nothing is more common than to find dwellers in the northern

latitudes maintaining a degree of indoor heat that would be almost intolerable to those who live in the warmer climates.

Our methods of building and warming and not ventilatingespecially not ventilating-our houses, is to a great extent responsible, for this state of affairs. In one sense we make it too easy to keep warm, decidedly too easy to supply our houses with vitiated and over-heated air. In many furnaces it is easier to keep a brisk fire than a low one, and there is usually more danger of over heating with a furnace that is too small, than with one that is too large, far more danger that the heat will be of an unpleasant and hurtful quality. Undoubtedly the most satisfactory mode of warming a dwelling house is by means of a good furnace or steam heat, applied in sufficient quantity to "take off the chill," and supplemented by open fires to ensure good ventilation and sufficient warmth to make the rooms pleasantly habitable. The trouble is that the furnace or steam heat is commonly turned on till the whole house is at summer heat, and then the open fires are lighted for "good cheer," and the occupants swelter in an atmosphere that is fairly tropical. People accustomed to such heat in their rooms, especially if it is obtained by indirect radiation, will frequently suffer from a sense of chilliness when the thermometer marks 80° or more; from which it is evident that the sensations of the occupants cannot be trusted. The thermometer is the only safe guide. Just where that should stand in well regulated families is a question for the doctors, who will probably say that vigorous, healthy persons would better keep below rather than above 65°.—The Builder.

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Get BRAINERD & ARMSTRONG'S factory ends, called Waste Embroidery. 40 cents will buy one ounce, which would cost One Dollar in Skeins. All good silk and beautiful colors. Designs for 100 styles of Crazy Stitches enclosed in each package. Send 40 cents in stamps or postal note to THE BRAINERD & ARMSTRONG CO.,621 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.

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YOUR BABY is entitled to the best bringing

up possible-physically, mentally, morally-with all the helps of modern times. The best place to learn all about these helps is in the modern journal BABYHOOD. This is not a child's picture book or story paper, but an illustrated magazine for mothers, solidly packed with useful information relative to the thousand cares and duties of nursery life. Any sample copy is its own best prospectus. It will pay you to send 15 cents for one, or $1.50 for a year. Agents wanted.

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WANTED. Ladies and Gentlemen to take light work at their own homes. $3 to $4 a day easily made.-Work sent by mail. No canvassing. We have good demand for our work, and furnish steady employment. Address with stamp.

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PARKER'S 1886 OUTFIT

For Embroidery and Painting. ALL NEW PATTERNS! LARGER AND MORE OF THEM! The best yet offered! SEE WHAT IT CONTAINS.

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ELEGANT PATTERNS AND
ONE COMPLETE ALPHABET.

There are 2 large Outlines for Tidies (worth 50c.), Tinsel design 5 in. wide for scarf (worth 25c.), Large Clover design 7 x 11, 1 Thistle 6 x 7 for Kensington Painting, Stork and large Butterfly for Lustre Painting, Thermometer Case, Pansy for ladies' bag, Elegant Spray of Golden Rod 6 x 11, Top of Umbrella Case, Spider's Web. Owls on a tree for Tidy, and THIRTY-FOUR other elegant designs for all kinds of work.

PARKERS

In addition we shall CIVE AWAY a book on KNITTING AND CROCHETING and a FANCY BRAID AND CROCHET BOOK teaching how to make edgings with fancy braid, and also a book of 150 Crazy Patchwork stitches.

These patterns are all just as described. Besides we give powder, pad and instruction book. Also one GOOD felt tidy stamped. with silk to work it, and book teaching Outline Kensington, Chenille. Plush, Ribbon & other embroidery Our CATALOGUE of STAMPING PATTERNS, price 15c., with 1886 SUPPLEMENT, price 10c., containing over 80 PAGES OF NEW DESIGNS, together with our Illustrated Price List will also be sent. Everything above (worth $7) mailed for $1. For $1.50 we will send the above outfit and the 35 patterns of our 1885 outfit, making 82 Patterns for $1.50. SEND STAMP FOR DESCRIPTION OF BOOKS ON FANCY WORK. T. E. PARKER. Lynn, Mass., the largest dealer in STAMPING and EMBROIDERY MATERIALS in the world.

in 50c. $1.00 and $2.00 packages. Handsomest assortment ever offered. Our 20c. package of best Embroidery Silk, assorted colors, a valuable illus. trated book of latest designs and stitches for Crazy Work and a choice lot of Lace Remnants free with every $2.00 order. The Book and the Embroidery Silk free with every $1 order. Embroidery bilk alone 20c. a package; 6 pkgs. $1. Send money order, postal note, cash or postage stamps. All $2 packages registered. YALE SILK WORKS, New Haven, Conn.

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exchange, an illustrated fortnightly, established 1878, 20 to 30 p.p.. with full size working outline design sup plement in every number, and thirteen large colored plates a year. Beginning Nov. 8th this will include three beautiful colored studies, viz: An Autumn Landscape, by Bruce Crane (size 13x111⁄2 in.), an exquisite Fan Design (size 23%1⁄2x111⁄2 in.), of Wild Roses, buds, leaves and stems, for silk painting; also can be adopted for dress front or wall banner, and a lovely suggestion for Valentine or Hand Screen of sleeping Cupids. In addition to these colored studies there will be six large supplements of designs in black and white (full size) for painting and embroidery, besides about 100 pages of designs and text, giving careful instruction in artistic house-furnishing, painting, embroidery and all other kinds of art work, besides practical hints in the answers to questions. One year, $3.00; six months, $1.65. Sample Copy, with full page colored study (landscape, 11x13) sent for Twenty Cents.

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THE AMERICAN.

Weekly Independent Journal of Literature, Science. the Arts, and Public Affairs. Established 1880. $3.00 per year.

Offices: 921 Arch St., Philadelphia. Mail address, box 924

The American has 16 to 20 pages, handsomely printed on toned paper. Subscription $3.00 per annum; $1.50 per six months.

THE AMERICAN aims at an honorable standard in literary excellence, an independent and fearless course, a catholic and fair-minded relation to controverted questions, and the study of the hopeful side of human affairs. Designing to justify its name, it represents unhesitatingly the form and substance of American principles. Perceiving no superiority in foreign institutions, it prefers those of its own country, and seeks to perfect them. It demands American independence, and denounces American subjection. It believes that subjection of American industry, or mechanical skill, or commerce, to the grasp of other nations, is a foolish and fatal policy. It holds the view that the social condition of our workmen is largely dependent on the Protective policy that guards them against the cheap and degraded labor of other countries, and that from every point of view a lowering of that social condition would be deplorable. It therefore advocates a true Protective Tariff, designed to foster no monoply, but to shield from destructive competition every legitimate industry suited to the climate and natural productions of the country.

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