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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
blade; then place the oil-stone parallel 
with, and close to, the edge of a table or 
bench, open the scissors wide, hold the 
blade on the stone with the bevel in close 
contact with it and at an angle with the 
length of the stone and then rub it back¬ 
ward and forward, not allowing it to “ wob¬ 
ble.” Do this to both blades then lay the 
blades with face flat on the stone and remove 
any little wire edge that may have been 
formed. Now the scissors ought to have a 
keen, smooth, cutting surface that will cut 
anything that scissors are intended to cut. 
The editor says that because her scissors 
still have “sufficient temper,” she does 
not believe she has injured them by her 
mode of sharpening. There is no danger 
of injuring the temper so long as the 
grindstone is wet; or even if the stone is 
used dry, unless the scissors are kept on 
it until so hot that the temper is drawn 
OUt. A. L. CROSBY. 
Allow me to say this to my farming com¬ 
panions: To sharpen scissors or shears, 
hold them firmly in the left hand with point 
resting on a firm foundation and with the 
edge up; use a file such as is used in filing 
crosscut saws, (10-inch flat is best). As you 
push the file from you press it firmly to the 
scissors; before you draw it back lower your 
hand that the file may not round the inner 
edge of the scissors. This is so simple and 
plain that no one, not a naturally born 
fault finder has any reason to scold about 
dull scissors or shears. The files cost 10 
cents to 15 cents and will last a lifetime for 
that purpose. Two minutes time is suf¬ 
ficient to sharpen the dullest cutters. 
Michigan._ E H. 
A SHORT CUT TO EARLY VEGE¬ 
TABLES. 
A LTHOUGH we always try to have 
an early garden, it is not always 
possible, on a clay soil, to plow and harrow 
very early. For small vegetables I have a 
bed on the south side of one wing of the 
house, where it gets the full benefit of the 
sun. I found three sticks of timber, one 
ten feet, and the others five in length ; 
these form three sides of the bed, and the 
wall of the house the fourth. With a 
wheelbarrow I filled the beds as high as the 
tops of the timber with good rich earth 
mixed with sand. I then sowed seed of 
radish, lettuce, spinach, cress and a few 
beets to be transplanted. I set a few 
potato onions—enough for early use. The 
bed was covered with brush to protect it 
from fowls, as our Leghorns roam freely. 
After the bed is ouce made it is neces¬ 
sary to spade it well and to add more well 
rotted manure, before sowing the seed. 
I would like to try some fertilizer. Small 
as the bed seems, it furnishes a supply of 
these early luxuries for a family of four 
nearly three weeks in advance of our gar¬ 
den. I start cucumber, squash and melon 
vines in the house, as we usually have a 
short season. 
A few flower seeds and plants are put 
in as the vegetables are taken out; thus 
my garden , as it is always called, becomes 
a “thing of beauty” “ if not a joy for¬ 
ever.” “b.” 
A BATCH OF COOKIES. 
T HE children are in school now and 
there is no more desirable adjunct 
to the pantry when packing their luncti bas¬ 
kets than a well filled jar of cookies. They 
are by no means despised by older members 
of the family during the last stages of 
breakfast, and a little box of them may be 
given to a traveler starting on an unex¬ 
pected journey, with the surety that they 
will be much nicer than anything he can 
obtain at a railway lunch counter. 
Nice, plain, ginger cookies may be made 
as follows: Mix one egg, one cupful of 
sugar, one tablespoon ful each of ginger and 
vinegar and a little salt. Put one teacup¬ 
ful of molasses in a basin and set it on the 
stove. When it boils add one tablespoon¬ 
ful of soda, previously dissolved in a little 
boiling water. Stir the hot mixture into 
the cold and add flour enough to make a 
Please mention The R. N.-Y. to our adver¬ 
tisers. 
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, 
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, 
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, 
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. 
soft dough. Roll rather thin and bhke in a 
quick oven. 
Ginger Snaps.— One pint of sugar, one 
pint of molasses, three tablespoonfuls of 
sour milk, two tablespoonfuls of ginger, 
one tablespoonful of soda dissolved in the 
milk, one coffeecupful of butter or lard ; if 
the latter is used add one teaspoonful of 
salt. Mix stiff and roll very thin. 
Fruit Snaps.—IK cupful of sugar, one 
cupful of butter, one-half cupful of mo¬ 
lasses, three eggs, one teaspoonful of soda, 
one cupful of raisins, two cupfuls of cur¬ 
rants, one tablespoonful each of cloves, cin¬ 
namon and allspice. Mix as soft as they can 
be handled. These are said to keep for 
months if under lock and key. 
Rich Molasses Cookies.— One cupful 
of molasses, one cupful of soft sugar, one 
cupful of butter or lard, two teaspoonfuls 
of ginger, one teaspoonful of soda dis¬ 
solved in half a cupful of boiling water. 
If lard is used add a little salt. Mix very 
soft. These cookies may be varied by us¬ 
ing other spices or combinations of spices. 
Sugar Cookies.—2K cupfuls of sugar, 
one cupful of butter, one cupful of sour 
milk, one teaspoonful of soda. Flavor 
with nutmeg. Mix soft. 
Cream Cookies. —IK cupfuls rich sour 
cream, two cupfuls soft sugar, one egg, one 
teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of 
salt. Flavor with lemon. Mix very soft. 
Cocoanut Jumbles.— Five cupfuls of 
flour, two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of 
butter, one cupful of grated cocoanut, one 
cupful sour milk, one nutmeg, one tea¬ 
spoonful of soda dissolved in the milk. Mix 
rather hard and sprinkle each cookie, when 
cut, with grated cocoanut. 
Rich Cookies. —Three cupfuls of sugar, 
one cupful of butter, one cupful of sour 
cream, four eggs, one teaspoonful of soda. 
Flavor to taste, and mix stiff. 
Chocolate Cookies.— One cupful of but¬ 
ter, two cupfuls of sugar, two eggs, one- 
half teaspoonful of soda dissolved in the 
milk, one cup of grated chocolate. Flavor 
with vanilla. After baking drop a little 
white icing on the center of each cookie. 
The secret in having cookies perfect Is in 
having a auick even heat. Most cookies 
need no more flour than just enough to en¬ 
able the cook to roll them out. More makes 
them hard and spoils them. Cookies are 
said to be improved by rubbing the butter 
with the flour as one does for biscuit or pie¬ 
crust. When home-grown Amber Cane 
molasses is used for cookies half the usual 
amount of sugar is all that is needed and 
very good cookies may be made by using a 
second cup of molasses in the place of 
any sugar. In this case no water should be 
used. S. A. LITTLE. 
New York. 
When there is a dry time for editorial 
topics, then comes the fresh and perennial 
woman question. As we have before ob¬ 
served, the most eloquent writer on the re¬ 
ligious press, is he of the Cincinnati Chris¬ 
tian Advocate. He never flies but he soars. 
See: “ In another decade she will stand on 
the threshold of the twentieth century. 
Serfdom of sex will be abolished. Woman’s 
hands will be on all levers; henfeet on the 
steps to every throne. Conferences, con¬ 
ventions, orders, offices, honors, emolu¬ 
ments, crimes and penalties will be indiffer¬ 
ent to sex ; and that equality established 
between men and women which degrades 
neither and exalts both.” If anybody says 
that is not eloquent, all we have to say is 
that he does not know eloquence when he 
sees it.—Interior. 
“MARCH to search, APRIL to try, MAY to tell if you live or die.” So runs the old 
adage. P,ut if you take AYER’S Sarsaparilla during the months of March and 
April, the result in May will be all you could desire. To overcome the ailments peculiar 
to Spring, purify and invigorate the blood by the use of AYER’S Sarsaparilla. All 
who make use of THIS as their Spring medicine need have no fear of That Tired Feel¬ 
ing, Indigestion, Headache, Pains in the Back and Limbs, Feverishness, and other 
disagreeable symptoms so prevalent at this period of the year. For the young, the old, 
the middle-aged —for all — AYER’S Sarsaparilla is the SUPERIOR MEDICINE 
FOR SPRING. Be particular that your druggist gives you AYER’S Sarsaparilla. 
IT CURES OTHERS AND WILL CURE YOU. 
YOU NEED NOT FEAR 
that people will know your hair is dyed if 
you use that perfect imitation of nature, 
Tutt’s Hair Dye 
No one can detect it. It imparts a glossy 
color and fresh life to the hair. Easily ap¬ 
plied. ^Frice, SI. Office, 30 Park Place, N. Y, 
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