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tune of "16's" washing, 

 things to match. 



At nine o'clock George was off to his 

 school; at eleven Mrs. George went down 

 and conducted several English recita- 

 tions, and could have dropped into Lat- 

 in without a struggle or a groan. 



"Well, what of it?" mutters some dis- 

 affected interrogation i)oint. 



Oh, nothing. Only I thought I'd tell 

 you; for "woman's stength is to man's 

 as 16 to 26;" and a good man in a house 

 is a well-spring of pleasure. 



I used to know another man, a shoe- 

 maker. He was six feet high, broad- 

 shouldered, and apijareutly robust. 



But he had an "inward weakness," 

 located mostly in his will; it was one of 

 the queerest ills that flesh is heir to. It 

 would sometimes seize him as he sat 

 working at a child's shoe, and so feeble 

 did he become that he just had strength 

 to grasp his rifle in a convulsive sort of 

 way, rush from the shop, tramp over the 

 mountain till sundown, and then toil 

 home with two grey squirrels and a robin 

 red-breast — for man's strength is as 26, 

 you know. 



His wife, meanwhile, did all her own 

 housework, reared two great strapping 

 boys, took in sewing, stitched boots, and 

 amused herself in the intervals of these 

 hght, graceful employments by quietly 

 enduring a tyrant rheumatism which, 

 for weeks at a time, obliged her to go a- 

 round her house "on all fours, " to at- 

 tend to her duties; and woman's strength 

 is but 16! Eh, Dr. Draper? 



A word, in closing, to John 'William 

 Draper, il. D., LL.D. In his "Text 

 Book on Physiology for the Use of 

 Schools and Colleges," p. 363, he enu- 

 merates several mental and moral differ- 

 ences between the sexes, and then says, 

 "The physiologist who is thus obliged 

 to speak of the constitutional and mental 

 imperfections of the female," etc. 



Who "obliged" him? What's the use 

 of being an "M.D., LL.D." if a man 

 may not do as he likes? And why did 

 not this nebulous, or fabulous, compel- 

 ling influence "oblige" him to speak of 

 certain "constitutional" and moral "im- 

 perfections" of the male? If woman's 

 "less vigorous reasoning powers" are 

 an imperfection, what shall we call man's 

 proverbially feeble endurance of extreme 

 pain? If woman's unbalanced judgment 

 is an imperfection, what about man's in- 

 ferior delicacy and chastity of thought 

 and feeling? Where was the justice of 

 thus branding the sex with "imperfec- 

 tion?" 



Was it a necessary thing, or a good 

 thing in any event, to record such words 

 upon the closing pages of a text book 

 "for the use of schools and colleges?" — 

 J. A. W., in Science of Health. 



Things I Like To See. — A working 

 man reading the newspaper; a real lady 

 who can carry a parcel ; a father at a place 

 of amusement with his children; a young 

 man with a clear eye, and a fresh, virtu- 

 ous, unhackneyed face; a shop-girl neat- 

 ly dressed, and withoutsham ornaments; 

 a man of business going home at night 

 with a bouquet for his wife; a shopkeeper 

 civil to and patient with a poor woman, 

 w'ho, with a baby across her arm, ven- 

 tures to buy a one shilling article ; a dress- 

 maker who is scientific enough to perfect 

 a "fit," and yet leave your breathing 

 apparatus in Christian-working condi- 

 tion: a shop that is not an emporium; a 

 a milliner who don't come from Paris; a 

 jolly domestic who likes "the family;" a 

 bride with her pet small house; a young 

 father with his first boy. — Fanny Fern. 



FAMILIAR TALKS— No. 12. 



BY SNIP. 



YEAR ago I sent my first letter to 

 the AGEicLTtrnmsT, and having 

 been encouraged by seeing every 

 article, good, bad or indifferent, in 

 the paper, feel like trying to in- 

 duce others to write occasionally. 

 There is not a housekeeper but could 

 write something. A receipt, a sugges- 

 tion for the house, the dairy or the gar- 

 den, an experiment tried — it may be just 

 what some one is looking for. Come, 

 my dear sister housekeepers, write and 

 make our paper the most welcome visitor 

 ■ — one that cannot come too often. 



TICKLED MEAT. 



Here is a receipt for making a jialata- 

 ble dish of cold meat. After taking all 

 the meat that can be nicely sliced from a 

 boiled ham, chop the remainder fine as 

 possible, season with pepper and cloves, 

 put in a jar or bowl and cover an inch 

 deep with vinegar. I use other meat in 

 this way, but found the proportion of 

 vinegar was too much to suit my taste. 

 Let it stand a day or two. 



APPLES AND CREAM. 



Here is another which I am sure is 

 good, though I have not tried it. Take 

 good cooking apples, cut in halves, and 

 bake till well done. (Remove the cores 

 before baking. ) Then put them in a 

 deep dish, large enough to allow them to 

 lie only one deep. Sprinkle sugar over 

 them, pour on thick cream till it comes 

 up on the sides of the apples, and eat 

 when about half cold. The old rule was 

 to bake only sweet apples, but I discard- 

 ed that plan several years ago, and use 

 those that are good for sauce. One mem- 

 ber of our family wants the core cut out, 

 the cavity filled with butter and sugar, 

 and then bake the apples. He says they 

 are excellent but my opinion is just the 

 opposite. 



HANDY PIECE BAG. 



Here is something for the fancy-work 

 corner that "Busy Bee" spoke of a 

 month or two ago. Hardly that either, 

 for it is useful rather than ornamental. 

 Take a piece of cloth about three-fourths 

 of a yard long, and about half a yard 

 wide. Another piece as long but only 

 half as wide. Hem one edge of each the 

 longest way. Then lay the narrow piece 

 on the wide one, keeping the right sides 

 toward you. Baste the raw edges to- 

 gether, and sew the narrow piece to the 

 other in three places so there will be four 

 equal divisions when the ends are sewed 

 together. When this is done, gather the 



whom I ask has recently lost, in a dearly 

 loved husband, the only friend on earth 

 who can thoroughly understand and ap- 

 preciate her. She desires to fulfill her 

 mission upon earth, and to live health- 

 fully; has no little ones to absorb her 

 time and thoughts, and resolves to de- 

 vote her life henceforth to humanity. 

 The whole world is her family, and for 

 its welfare she is willing to make per- 

 sonal sacrifices." 



.\s there is but one editor to this pa- 

 l)er at present, we suppose it must mean 

 K.s'. Now, we do not claim to know quite 

 everything, and have no particular hob- 

 by to ventilate on this subject. In feed- 

 ing animals we sliould very largely con- 

 sult the appetite of the beast, believing 

 that in a healthy condition it would be 

 an infallible guide. Even in disease, we 

 believe the appetite often craves that 

 food which is best. With everything 

 good before it, the animal will eat that 

 which its i)hysical needs require. The 

 same may be said of jilauls. Placed in 

 a rich soil, the plant will absorb the ele- 

 ments necessary to its growth, and the 

 bettor it is fed the better it will grow 

 and develoi). 



This is getting right down to the root 

 of the matter. There is within every 

 being, whether jjlant, animal, or the 

 higher man, an instinct superior to any 

 amount of reason, which, if not abu.sed, 

 will never lead us far out of the way in 

 matters of diet. Our civilization has in- 

 vented a thousand devices and com- 

 pounds for depraving the appetites of 

 men and animals, especially of men. 

 And to know tcluit to avoid requires a 

 good deal of practical experience, obser- 

 vation, scientific knowledge and reason. 

 On general principles, that food which 

 the appetite desires, which is easily di- 

 gested and assimilated, is that which the 

 system needs, and is the best, whether 

 it bo meat, fish, fowl, vegetables, gi-ains, 

 or fruits, so that it is simply prepared 

 without stimulating condiments. Each 

 person should keep his or her stomach 

 in such condition that it is a superior 

 law unto itself. By never deceiving or 

 abusing it, it will never deceive or abuse 

 the body or the mind, hut will call for 

 that which is good and wholesome, and 

 do its work faithfully and cheerfully. Be 

 true to your stomach, and it will be true 

 to you. Keep it well, and it will keep 

 you well, and allow you to develop; in 

 fact, will promote and sustain develop- 

 ment. 



QUESTION AND RECIPES. 



ISV MRS. L. W. 



Lady friends of the Agricultumst, I 

 am going to ask a question. Some may 

 think it a simple one, but it don't seem 

 so to me. Will some one tell me how to 

 two edges that are basted together, and ! bake jelly cake to keep it from sticking 

 sew on to a circular piece of cloth. Run | to the tins? I think evei-j' jelly cake I 

 a tape through the hem of the wide piece I make will be the last one, for I cannot 



A good wife is a good thing, but a bad 

 husband beats her. 



and you will have what was originally 

 intended for a shoe and stocking bag. I 

 use mine for patches, braids, worsteds 

 and such stuff, and keep patterns in the 

 central part. 



Perhaps a hint in regard to these pat- 

 terns will not be amiss. I write the 

 name on a strip of white muslin, roll the 

 pattern up snugly, and tie the strip 

 around it so that the name can be seen 

 at a glance. 



BEST FOOD. 



.^. correspondent asks this question of 

 the "Editor of the Health Department:" 



"Please give us your idea of the pro- 

 per food necessary to obtain the highest 

 mental achievements. The friend for 



get them ofl', only in pieces. In return 

 I will give "Snip' a recipe for making 

 piceles, and tell "Enquirer" how to 

 make mushroom catsup. 



CCCUMBER PICKLES. 



Pick your cucumbers when from three 

 to four inches long; wipe them with a 

 coarse towel (don't wet them); after 

 TNnping put them into weak salt water for 

 twelve hours: take them out and drain 

 until perfectly dry, then press them into 

 glass fruit jars. To each quart of vine- 

 gar add one pound of brown sugar with 

 mustard seed, grain pepper, cinnamon 

 and cloves to suit the taste; boil and 

 skim well, then pour it over the pickles 

 boiUng hot, being very careful to leave 

 the cucumbers covered with the vinegar; 

 seal them up same as canned fruit. 



MUSHBOOM CATStTI'. 



I Break the mushrooms up into small 

 pieces; but a layer of them in a jar, 



I sprinkling salt over them alternately, 

 until you have salted all you mushrooms; 

 let them stand three or four days; then 

 boil and strain, squeezing them well; 

 then boil the liquor up with cloves, mace 

 or any spices you prefer; when cold and 

 clear bottle, putting in a clove of garlic 

 or small onion and some horse-radish. 



LEMON PIE. 



The juce and rind of one lemon, one 

 cup of water, one tablespoonful of corn- 

 starch, one cu)) of sugar, one egg, and a 

 piece of butter the size of a small egg for 

 one pie. Boil the water; wet the corn- 

 starch in a little cold water; put into the 

 boiling water and stir until it boils up, 

 then pour it upon the butter and sugar; 

 after it cools add the egg and lemon; 

 bake with an upper and lower crust. 



RECIPES. 



BX NKLL VAN. 



TO CLEAN ZINC SINKS 



there is nothing superior to coal oil used 

 by saturating a woolen cloth, with which 

 rub the sink thoroughly until all stains 

 and roughness are removed, after which 

 remove the odor of coal oil by the use of 

 hot water and soap. 



[Lime makes an excellent polish for 

 zinc. — Ed.] 



TO PRESERVE SAfSAGE. 



When the meat has been nicely ground 

 and seasoned, make it into small, flat 

 cakes; place them in a frying pan and 

 cook until about half done, (this is for 

 the purpose of making them hold to- 

 gether, ) then pack them closely in five- 

 pound tin cans, and pour over fresh lard 

 until filled. Sausage put up in this way 

 will keep perfectly sweet and fresh for 

 three or four months. 



gauorhold^^cartiujj. 



A Beed and a Vlord, 



A little spring bath lost its way 



Amid the grass ond fern; 

 A pabsing stmuger scooped a well, 



Whtre wt-arj* iiieu might tnm. 

 He walled it id, and bang with care 



A laUlo at the brink; 

 He thought not of the dtred hedid. 



But judged that toil might drink. 

 He passed ajiain, and lo! the well. 



By summer never dried, 

 Has I'ooled ten thousand parched tongues, 



And saved a llTc beside. 



A namclefis man. amid a crowd 



That thronged the daily mart. 

 Let fall a word of hope and love, 



Unstudied from the heart; 

 A whisper on the tumult thrown, 



A transitory breath; 

 It raised a brother from the dust. 



It saved a soul from death. 

 O germ! O fouut! O word of love! 



O thought at random cast I 

 Ye were but little at the first. 



But mighty at the last! 



FASHION. 



BY BEPOBTEB. 



•yHILE walking the street a few days 

 ^j since, my attention was attracted 

 to a young lady on the other side, 

 who, ha\ing her hands encum- 

 bered with books, basket and um- 

 brella, was apparently hesitating whether 

 to cross or not. She locked behind her, 

 then at the mud. Her features wore a 

 look of utter despair; yet she hesitated 

 but for a moment, then stepped boldly 

 out into the slush and mud; and— 0, my! 

 Training? Yes, trailing after her an 



