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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
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What  Open  Eyes  See. 
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of  topic,  these  may  cover  everything  of  special  interest 
to  women.  Indifferent,  prosy  or  stale  matter  is  not 
wanted.  We  want  to  hear  from  our  cleverest  women, 
with  facts,  fancies  and  experiences  all  their  own.  The 
half  column  nerd  not  be  sent  all  at  once. 
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Mrs.  Rorer’s  Ideas. —  For  frying, 
Mrs.  Rorer  believes  that  the  best  results 
are  obtained  by  the  use  of  equal  parts  of 
lard  and  suet.  One  of  he  recipes  given 
by  her  at  the  cooking  school  was  for 
Egg  Soup. — Take  one  pound  of  either 
beef  or  mutton,  cover  with  one  quart  of 
cold  water,  and  simmer  quietly  for  one 
hour.  Add  one  slice  of  onipn  and  one 
bay  leaf,  then  strain.  Return  the  soup 
to  the  kettle,  add  half  a  cup  of  milk  and 
pour  this,  boiling  hot,  over  two  well- 
beaten  eggs.  Pour  from  one  clean  pan 
to  another  three  or  four  times.  Season 
and  serve  with  toasted  bread  fingers. 
Toasted  Bread  Fingers. — Butter 
thick  slices  of  bread,  cut  into  strips  four 
inches  long  and  one  wide,  toast  in  oven 
to  a  golden  brown  ;  build  up  in  a  log- 
cabin  style  and  serve  on  a  napkin. 
Second-hand  Clothing. — The  Five 
Points  Mission  Monthly  makes  this 
appeal. 
We  are  always  in  need  of  cast  off  gar¬ 
ments  for  our  poor.  Their  appeals  for 
help  never  cease.  So  many,  too,  are  out 
of  employment  and  almost  homeless  and 
friendless.  It  makes  the  heart  ache  to 
hear  their  sad  stories.  Of  course,  it  is 
easy  to  say,  “My  friend,  is  it  not  your 
fault  that  you  are  so  destitute  ?  The 
Saviour  did  not  wait  for  people  to  be 
worthy  before  he  loved  and  helped  them. 
He  loved  the  unlovely  and  thankless. 
We  try  to  make  the  wisest  distribution 
of  castoff  clothing  that  we  can.  We  are 
conscientious,  and  give  where  we  think 
it  will  do  the  most  good.  We  appeal  to 
the  destitute  to  help  themselves  and  not 
depend  on  charity,  and  above  all  to  seek 
help  from  God  to  begin  a  new  life.  Still, 
we  have  to  deny  clothing  to  those  who 
would  woi’k,  but  cannot  get  it. 
Please  send  your  cast-off  garments  to 
us  all  through  the  summer. 
A  Meat  Relish. — Chop  remnants  of 
cold  beef,  veal  or  mutton  very  fine,  and 
mix  with  them  a  quarter  as  much  cold 
ham  or  bacon,  also  minced  extremely 
fine.  Season  to  taste  with  allspice,  pep¬ 
per,  salt,  and,  if  desired,  sweet  herbs.  A 
little  anchovy  paste  thoroughly  mixed  in 
is  a  pleasant  addition.  Put  the  compound 
into  a  covered  jar,  set  this  into  an  outer 
vessel  of  boiling  water  and  cook  until 
the  meat  is  heated  through.  Take  from 
the  fire  and  press  into  a  mold,  well  but¬ 
tered,  packing  the  meat  in  tightly,  and 
placing  a  heavy  weight  on  it.  When  en¬ 
tirely  cold  turn  out  and  cut  in  slices.  It 
may  be  kept  for  some  days  by  pouring 
mutton  suet  or  melted  butter  on  top,  to 
exclude  the  air,  and  setting  in  a  cold 
place. 
The  Nurse. — It  is  the  duty  of  the  fam¬ 
ily  to  see  that  the  nurse  gets  her  food 
warm,  and  that  she  has  some  hours  of  un¬ 
disturbed  rest,  and  is,  if  possible,  sent 
out  into  the  fresh  air  every  day,  says  a 
writer  in  the  Recorder.  The  better  the 
physical  condition  of  your  nurse  the  finer 
care  you  insure  your  sick. 
If  the  patient  is  not  able  to  use  the 
When  Baby  was  sick,  we  gave  her  Castorla, 
When  she  was  a  Child,  she  cried  for  Castorla, 
When  she  became  Miss,  she  clung  to  Castorla, 
When  she  had  Children,  she  gave  them  Castorla 
toothbrush,  the  nurse  must  do  it.  A  few 
drops  of  lemon  juice  and  glycerine 
dropped  on  the  brush  will  give  a  very 
pleasant  taste.  This  is  especially  good 
in  fevers,  when  the  tongue  is  so  parched, 
as  the  glycerine  has  a  very  soothing  ef¬ 
fect  upon  the  mucous  membrane.  After¬ 
ward  rinse  the  mouth  freely  with  clear 
water.  Sponge  the  face  and  hands  fre¬ 
quently.  Do  not  think  because  you  did 
so  in  the  morning  that  it  is  not  again 
necessary. 
Have  your  night  and  day  clothes  for 
the  patient  and  the  bed.  Keep  your 
pillows  constantly  airing,  so  that  they 
are  never  warm.  Hair  pillows  are  the 
nicest.  By  changing  them  the  last  thing 
at  night,  sponging  the  back,  which  is 
aching  and  tired,  putting  on  fresh,  cool, 
night  clothes,  and  clean  drawn  sheets 
you  will  insure  your  patient  a  good 
night’s  rest.  It  is  the  attention  to  all 
these  details  that  makes  nursing  the  sci¬ 
ence  it  is,  and  all  these  are  as  practicable 
for  the  home  nurse,  as  for  the  hirjjd, 
trained  nurse. 
Mending  Granite  Ware. — To  a  state¬ 
ment  in  a  recent  Rural  as  to  the  impos¬ 
sibility  of  permanently  mending  leaks  in 
granite  ware,  allow  me  to  add  a  sugges¬ 
tion.  Let  “  the  home  tinner  or  the  hard¬ 
ware  man’s  skilled  worker  ”  try  stopping 
the  hole  with  a  copper  rivet.  It  may  be 
necessary  to  enlarge  the  hole  a  trifle  ; 
but  use  a  small  rivet  and  hammer  down 
very  carefully,  as  there  is  danger  of  de¬ 
facing  the  enamel  and  so  inducing  fur¬ 
ther  leaks. 
A  quart  saucepan  that  had  seen  con¬ 
stant  use  in  our  kitchen  for  seven  years, 
often  being  washed  and  used  again  and 
again  in  one  forenoon,  lately  sprung  a 
leak,  and  great  were  our  lamentations. 
It  had  cost  50  cents  at  the  start,  and,  even 
after  such  faithful  service,  we  were  loth 
to  part  with  another  half  dollar  to  re¬ 
place  it.  The  rivets  costs  next  to  noth¬ 
ing,  and,  though  the  mending  was  uuder- 
laken  with  small  hope  of  success,  one  has 
made  our  saucepan  as  good  as  new  ap¬ 
parently  and  ready  for  another  seven 
years’  wear.  prudence  primrose. 
“  As  Good  as  New.” — E’or  many  pur¬ 
poses  the  saucepan  referred  to  above  is, 
no  doubt,  practically  as  good  as  new ; 
and  the  little  rivets  will  be  found  useful 
in  many  a  bit  of  home  mending,  be  it 
hardware,  harness,  or  in  other  needed 
lines.  But  to  those  who  have  a  conscience 
about  cooking  sauce  in  contact  with  cop¬ 
per,  the  utensil,  as  mended,  will  not 
seem  safe  to  use  for  this  purpose.  Nothing 
equals  the  beautiful,  vitreous  surface  of 
this  ware.  An  imported  ware,  called  the 
Stransky-steel  ware,  is  making  a  push 
for  a  place  beside  the  favorite  granite. 
We  think  its  surface  not  quite  so  perfect ; 
its  durability  may  be  greater  ;  the  price 
is  about  the  same.  We  have  not  tried  it,  as 
the  granite  ware  is  so  strongly  ensconced 
in  our  favor t  and  lasts  so  well  that  new 
seldom  has  to  be  supplied.  Miss  Corson 
uses  and  recommends  the  newer  candi¬ 
date. — Eds. 
A  Flowing  Shoestring. — Those  who 
have  tried  it  say  that  there  Is  a  way  to  tie 
a  shoestring  so  that  it  shall  not  untie 
until  the  wearer  so  desires,  and  it  is  then 
amenable  to  reason.  One  proceeds  pre¬ 
cisely  as  if  about  to  tie  an  ordinary 
double  bow-knot ;  but  before  the  final 
drawing  down,  the  right-hand  loop  is 
brought  forward  to  the  left,  and  its 
tip  passed  back  through  the  knot.  A 
steady  pull  on  both  loops  brings  the 
whole  to  place.  In  untying,  pull  the 
right-hand  string,  and  the  knot  is  loosed 
at  will. 
An  Invention  for  Salads. — The  mem¬ 
bers  of  a  certain  family  agree  in  thinking 
that  there  is  no  dressing  for  lettuce  quite 
equal  to  sweet  cream,  with  sugar.  One 
morning  the  uncertain  “milkman’s 
milk  ”  reserved  for  breakfast  proved  to  be 
absolutely  sour.  The  woman  of  resources 
bethought  her  of  a  fashion  of  her 
mother  of  using  sweet  cream  with  vine¬ 
gar  ;  she  argued  that  sour  cream  should 
be  equally  good.  Vinegar  was  therefore 
slowly  added  to  this  sweetened  cream, 
until  the  mixture  was  of  the  requisite 
fluidity.  There  was  no  curdling,  and 
the  new  dressing  found  favor  with  all. 
Do  We  Laugh  Like  This? — When 
they  attempt  to  laugh — so  says  The  Press 
— some  people’s  foreheads  get  all  lumpy 
and  streaked  with  red  and  white,  like  a 
flag  ;  cheeks  are  puffed  out  of  shape  and 
scarred  with  curving  wrinkles  ;  muscles 
come  out  hard  and  ugly,  down  the  neck 
from  the  ear ;  the  eyes  get  small,  and 
there  is  frequently  an  expression  of  an¬ 
guish  mixed  up  with  the  laugh,  particu¬ 
larly  when  the  woman  knows  how  ugly 
she  looks.  Eyebrows  are  twisted  out  of 
line;  the  bang  descends  upon  the  nose 
or  retreats  from  the  forehead  entirely, 
and  with  some  people  laughter  is  accom¬ 
panied  by  a  wagging  to  and  fro  or  up 
and  down  of  the  ears,  which  is  sadly 
suggestive  of  the  beast  that  brays.  In 
the  throat  of  some  women  the  Adam’s 
apple  never  shows  except  when  they 
laugh.  As  to  the  sounds  made,  when  do 
we  really  hear  a  “ripple?”  When,  for 
that  matter,  do  we  ever  hear  a  fine,  light¬ 
hearted,  healthy,  musical  laugh  ?  A 
shattered  cackle,  a  dislocated  gullop,  a 
wheezy  squeak  or  a  silent  gasp  ended  in 
an  explosion,  are  the  usual  forms  of  re¬ 
lief  laughers  display.  Very  few  people 
should  permit  themselves  to  laugh  aloud  ; 
they  are  sure  to  make  a  mess  of  it ;  be¬ 
sides  it  really  suits  very  few  styles.  The 
breezy  girl  might  possibly  be  encouraged 
to  practice  a  laugh. 
This  Is  Not  Smuggling. — The  ques¬ 
tion  as  to  how  much  a  returning  tourist 
may  bring  in  free  of  duty  is  one  often 
asked.  A  government  official  says  :  “  The 
seven  wise  men  of  Greece  would  lose 
their  positions  if  called  upon  to  answer 
that  question.  At  present  there  is  more 
disagreement  on  that  particular  point 
than  on  any  other  with  which  we  have  to 
deal.  In  a  general  way,  however,  I  may 
state  that  a  passenger  is  allowed  to  bring 
in  whatever  is  suitable  and  necessary  to 
his  or  her  comfort  on  the  trip,  whatever 
is  in  actual  use  and  whatever  new  ap¬ 
parel  is  suitable  for  the  season  of  the 
year,  according  to  the  position  or  wealth 
of  the  owner;  but  is  not  allowed  to  bring 
in  anything  in  the  way  of  presents  or  for 
sale,  or  anything  which  is  unsuitable  for 
the  season  of  the  year  or  for  the  pas¬ 
senger’s  standing  in  the  world.  Of  course, 
the  latter  clause  is  the  one  that  causes 
the  most  trouble.  It  is  hard  to  deter¬ 
mine  the  standing  or  position  of  many 
passengers,  or  to  lay  down  a  law  that 
will  fit  every  case.” 
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FOR  LITTLE  MONEY. 
Our  usual  midsummer  sale  of 
Dress  Goods  Remnants  began 
on  Tuesday,  July  5. 
Incidental  to  stock-taking 
we  have  assorted  from  the  gen¬ 
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yards,  about  twenty-five  hun¬ 
dred  remnants  of  fine  imported 
fabrics ;  Crepes,  Armures. 
Cords,  Cashmeres,  Veilings, 
Cheviots,  Camel-twills,  Silk- 
mixtures,  and  novelty  suitings 
of  the  most  expensive  grades. 
This  entire  lot  will  be  sold 
in  the  Basement  at  merely 
nominal  prices. 
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Broadway  and  11th  Street, 
New  York. 
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It  is  no  more  trouble  than  the  ordinary 
coffee  pot  and  insures  delicious  coffee. 
It  allows  no 
aroma  or 
strength  t  o 
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It  filters  the 
coffee,  mak¬ 
ing  it  bright 
and  clear, 
and  allows 
no  sediment. 
It  keeps the 
boiling  water 
in  contact 
with  the  cof- 
f  e  e  grounds 
the  proper 
time  for  extracting  all  the  aroma  and 
strength  and  none  of  the  bitterness. 
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