1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
273 
WHAT OPEN EYES SEE. 
AN ACROSTIC. 
The Rcrai, New-Yohker, the oldest and best 
Homemaker and helper for East and for West! 
Each week as It comes to our cottage and farm, 
Renewing our faith In a rural life's charm; 
Unburdened Its columns with scandal or strife, 
Resisting but evil as shown In our life, 
And helping the weak to the strength of the strong, 
Leading always the chant In the downfall of wrong. 
Nature and through her to worship her God. 
Enabling each soil tiller ever to laud 
Wisdom as seen in the blades of the grass; 
Yet no less the grace that brlngeth to pass 
On all but who trust Him for basket and store 
Rich harvests of plenty and barns running o'er. 
Knowing poverty but as a tale that Is told. 
Enriched by life's good things more precious than 
gold, 
Restoring the brightness of youth to the old. 
M. A. L. 
Dried Corn. —This should be soaked 
overnight—or at least for a time before 
cooking. Then put on the back part of 
the stove or in the oven to simmer gently 
till done. Boiling makes it hard. Salt 
before it is entirely done ; when ready 
to serve add a little butter and milk (or 
cream) and thicken as for gravy. h. 
Smoke Pickle. —After the meat is suf¬ 
ficiently cured, wipe it dry and apply 
this : Pyroligneous acid, one part; soft 
water, five parts, daily for a week and 
hang in a dry, cool place. Experience 
will show if this recipe needs varying as 
the pieces are thick or thin. I have used 
it for years with satisfaction. s. r>. H. 
To Cook an Omelet. —Having prepared 
the omelet, put it in a well buttered, 
warm earthen pie plate; place it in a 
moderately hot oven for a few minutes 
and it will be tender and more evenly 
cooked than those that are made so 
leathery by being cooked in a very hot 
pan on top of the stove, as so many of 
our recipes tell us to do. mrs. j. c. h. 
Baking Ys. Frying. —Tf one who has 
been in the habit of frying in a pan on 
the top of the stove sausages, breakfast 
bacon, ham, in short, anything in which 
there is much fat, will try cooking it in a 
meat pan in the oven, never again will 
she cook it in any other way ; for not 
only is the meat cooked much more evenly 
and nicely, but the smell of it is not dif¬ 
fused throughout the house, nor is the 
grease spattered over the stove, i b. w. 
Pertinent Suggestions.— Never set your¬ 
self to discover the faults of others—- 
look to your own. 
When a thing does not suit you, think 
of some pleasant quality in it. 
Beecher once said : “ When the absent 
are spoken of some speak gold, some 
silver, some lead, and some always dirt.” 
Which do you speak ? 
Practice the art of keeping cool under 
all circumstances if possible. 
Never grumble about what you cannot 
help; and never grumble about what 
you can help. h. m. 
Baked Apple Sauce. —Baked apple sauce 
is much more easily made than is stewed 
sauce ; that is, it requires almost no care 
after it is put into the oven. We eat 
and enjoy a great deal of it in the course 
of the winter ; not tiring of it, as we 
take care that it shall be flavored in 
various ways, never twice in succession 
using the same flavoring. Sometimes it 
is nutmeg that is put in, sometimes 
orange peel and juice, then again lemon 
is used ; and, when all other things fail, 
A Powerful 
r Flesh Maker. 
A process that kills the 
taste of cod-liver oil has 
done good service—but 
the.process that both kills 
the taste and effects par¬ 
tial digestion has done 
much more. 
Scott’s Emulsion 
stands alone in the field 
of fat-foods. It is easy of 
assimilation because part¬ 
ly digested before taken. 
Scott’s Emulsion checks Con¬ 
sumption and all other 
wasting diseases. 
Prepared by Scott A Bowne, Chemists, 
New York. Sold by druggists everywhere. 
we go to our spiced currant jar, and put 
in a half-pint or so of currants. J. B. w. 
Feather Pillows.— Feathers intended for 
pillows should first be inclosed in a cover 
of lace or mosquito netting a littl e smaller 
than the ticking. The latter may then 
be removed occasionally and the feathers 
hung out in their lace covering to air, 
without danger of their flying in all 
directions. Especially is this desirable 
when from sickness or other causes, pil¬ 
lows have been in use day and night for 
long periods of time. E H. c. 
Myopy.— Such short-sighted Open 
Eyes! Three communications regard¬ 
ing wall-pockets: One, the sling pocket, 
ancient and honorable, but—not what 
was wanted; one using two pasteboard 
box covers, more ancient if less honor¬ 
able, and not what was wanted; one a 
strong and sensible plea for substantial 
pockets to be bought ready-made, but— 
not at all what was desired. A fourth, 
the only original one, not a pocket at 
all, but a set of shelves Good helpers 
all, we thank you, but when we ask for 
one thing, we don’t mean that we really 
want something else. “Cheap, easily 
made and with several compartments,” 
were the requirements. 
Cream Fritters.— For these, Mary C. 
Hungerford directs to boil cornstarch in 
milk, as for blanc mange. Take from 
the fire when nearly done and stir in 
four eggs to a quart of milk. Pour the 
mixture upon the biscuit pan and put it 
in the ice-box to harden When cold 
and firm cut it into inch squares or 
diamonds; dip each piece into a batter 
made of two eggs, one teaspoonful of 
flour and one tablespoonful of milk; 
after rolling a square in the batter, dip 
it in bread crumbs and drop into boiling 
fat. Dip out each piece as soon as it 
browns and lay upon brown paper, to 
absorb any fat which may cling. Serve 
the fritters hot with canned strawber¬ 
ries for sauce. 
Shall The Men Knit ?—Apropos of the 
recent suggestion for knitting, I would 
like to know why those men who sit 
about smoking or whittling of an even¬ 
ing, shouldn’t knit? I once knew an 
old Scotchman who knitted evenings as 
regularly as his wife did, and did excel¬ 
lent work, too. In his youth, while 
tending sheep, in the Old Country, he 
was accustomed to carry his knitting 
with him, and turned many an honest 
shilling by selling his handiwork. Very 
few men are as constantly industrious as 
the ordinary housewife, and there is no 
reason for a man spending his leisure 
moments in idleness, unless it is lack of 
brains; and we know that the blind and 
the weak-minded may be taught to knit; 
therefore let us endeavor to teach the 
masculine members of our families tricks 
of usefulness. sac-i.omas. 
Seeing', Hearing and Practicing.—I am 
very much interested in the “ Open 
Eyes” page, and being alarmed after 
consulting the label on our last Rural, 
lest the page should not be here much 
longer for my open eyes to see, I hasten 
to hunt up my long neglected pencil, 
hoping it may be sufficiently charmed to 
produce something either bright enough, 
brief enough or something enough to 
suitour (rather fastidious) “Chief Cook,” 
and insure The R. N.-Y.’s weekly ap¬ 
pearance. I shall certainly see it, as I 
believe all the recipes and suggestions 
there are from the experience of some 
one and therefore valuable. Still what 
we see is not of much help to us, if we 
don’t apply the knowledge gained to our 
individual needs. And our ears are not 
doing their duty, if they don’t very often, 
in our ordinary conversations with our 
friends, hear something that we can 
make of practical value to us. Are we 
too prone to think that our way is the 
way ? or are we content with a half suc¬ 
cess, when by keeping our eyes and ears 
open (and possibly our mouths shut) we 
might attain to perfection ? mrs. f. s a. 
Shall Not Both Visit ?—Much has been 
written about parents visiting the teacher 
at school; but the teacher must often 
lead the way. He may call at their 
homes and converse with them freely 
about his duty to their children and to 
themselves. Parents wish to know his 
designs, and it is best that he should ex¬ 
plain them himself. He can thus encour¬ 
age parents to visit the school often, and 
this encourages teacher and pupils. The 
teacher should be frank in all his repre¬ 
sentations concerning children to their 
parents. Many teachers think that when 
they have done their duty within the 
school-room they have done all that could 
be expected and that parents are bound 
to cooperate with and to sustain them. 
If parents do not feel interested as they 
should, I hold it to be a part of the 
teacher’s duty to excite their interest 
and 'win them to his aid by all proper 
means in his power. M. h. 
Making a Good salad. —Have your salad 
bowl, which is, of course, one sufficiently 
large to allow the salad a thorough toss¬ 
ing without sprinkling either the maker 
or the table-cloth, rubbed with onion, 
and the lettuce leaves, which have been 
carefully washed and thoroughly dried, 
brought to the table in it, writes Frances 
E. Lanigan in Ladies’ Home Journal. 
It is well to allow the lettuce to lie in 
ice water for an hour before you are ready 
to use it, in order that it may be crisp 
and cold. Lettuce is one of the things 
which incorporates with great rapidity 
any substance with which it comes in 
contact, and consequently the flavor of 
the onion becomes a pleasing, but not 
predominant, portion of the dressing. 
To make dressing sufficient for from six 
to ten persons measure with your wooden 
or silver salad spoon six spoonfuls of 
oil, to be poured as you measure it upon 
the lettuce, and the leaves thoroughly 
tossed in it. Then dissolve in two salad- 
spoonfuls of vinegar, two saltspoonfuls 
of salt, pour over the leaves, and, after 
another thorough tossing, serve. The 
great secret of French dressing is that 
given the proper proportion, each leaf 
shall be thoroughly moistened. Salad 
is served after the meat or game course. 
lr yon name Th« R. N.-Y. to onr advertisers yon 
may be pretty sure of prompt replies and right 
treatment. 
Easy to Take 
and keep 
the system in 
Perfect Order. 
AYER’S 
CATHARTIC PILLS 
A specific for 
Headache 
Constipation, and 
Dyspepsia. 
Every dose 
Effective 
It Is for the cure of dyspepsia and Its 
k attendants, slck-lieadache, constipa-1 
’ tion and piles, that 
; f utt’s Tiny Pills J 
I have become so famous. They actW 
gently, without griping or nausea. 
►m m o • • • • • 
If you look at a dozen com¬ 
mon lamp-chimney*, and then 
at Macbeth’s 4 ‘pearl top” or 
“pearl glass,” you will see 
the differences*—-all but one— 
they break from heat; these 
don’t; you can’t see that 
Common glass in misty, mlky, 4«sty; you 
emit M* through It; Mackrtk** is clew. 
Tough, clear glass Is worth An* work; and a 
perfect chimney of flaa tovgk gktas is worth s 
hundred sack ss yea hear, yap, afcmk m the Issat 
provocation. 
Pittsburgh. Css. A. Moomrm Co. 
D RY Leather wants Vacu¬ 
um Leather Oil; 25c, 
and your money back if you 
want it. 
Patent lambskin-with-wool- 
on swob and book—How to 
Take Care of Leather—both 
free at the store. 
Vacuum Oil Company, Rochester, N. Y. 
850,000 GRAPE VINES 
100 Variolic*. Alio Small Fruits, Tree*. Ac. 
root** Hook. Ocaoins, cheap. 2 sample Tinea mailed fbr 10c. 
Descriptive prtoo Ust free. LEWIS KOESCII, Rredoata, M. 7. 
SMALL- 
FRUIT 
PLANTS. 
GRAPE-VINES, 
Old and New Varieties. Warranted extra strong. 
None Cheaper. 8end for Catalogue. 
EUGENE WILLETT, NORTH COLLINS, N. Y 
$10 
For my new 
will be paid 
For a NAME 
Strawberry 
For full particulars address 
GEO. Q. I>OW, North Epplng, N. H. 
- FOSTITE - 
PREVENTS 
Mildew and Black Ral 
— OX — 
GRAPES, FRUITS, ETC. 
Book sent on application to 
C. H. JOOSTEN, 3 Coenties Slip, New York. 
Mothers. —Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best,— Adv. 
Alfred Peats 
WALL z 
PAPERj 
Send 5C for postage on IOO beauti- j 
ful samples and our guide, “Mow W 
to Paper and Economy in Home 4 
Decoration,” will be sent FREE. • 
Handsome Gold Parlor Paper, 10,121-2,15e t 
Per roll, all with wide borders and y 
ceilings to match. Good Gold Papers 
5 to 9 c. Will refer you to more than 
twenty thousand well satisfied 
customers. Paperhangers’ sample 
books, $ 1 . 00 . 
Send to the nearest address. 
ALFRED PEATS, 
Wall Paper Merchant, 
136-138 W. riadison St., Chicago. 
30-32 W. 13th St., New York. 
,1," WEEDSPORT 
Prices reduced. Ask for same. 
Std. and Dwf. Pears, Plums, Berries 
and all SMALL FRUITS. Orchardlsts and Planters 
should ask our Prices. Oswego Plum and Idaho Pear 
trees. WILEY & CO., Cayuga, N. Y. 
%W Mention The Rural. 
THE 6RBEN MOUNTAIN GRAPE, 
The Seventh Year’s 
Trial of this wonderful 
grape more than sus¬ 
tains all that has been 
said of It In the pvt. 
The most desirable 
hardy outdoor early 
grape known. Send for 
free circular giving full 
information. Address 
STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS, New Canaan, Conn. 
FENCING 
WIRE ROPE SELVAGE. 
^RAILROAD, ^®™ 1 * Garden* CEMETERY, 
^//N, POULTRY and RABBIT /JENCl N O* 
thousands of miles in use. Catalogue FUEL, irel.h, 
»«ld. Men I LLtx WOVKS WIKK PENCK CO.. CHICAGO. ILL. 
Objection Offered 
to the unanimous approval of the Coiled Spring 
B’ence. The objectors never tried it but they 
make or sell springless fences, so the objection will 
not be withdrawn. 
We have the consolation of knowing that all who 
buy or use ours are more than satisfied. 
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., 
Adrian, Mich. 
The PageiWlre Fence Company of Ontario, Ltd., 
WalkervJUe, Ontario. 
