1893 
339 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
WHAT OPEN EYES SEE. 
To Freshen Pork. —One writer says 
that pouring 1 boiling water over fried 
pork either smoked or pickled, is a bet¬ 
ter way to freshen it than to soak it be¬ 
fore it is cooked. 
Glycerine Suppositories. — These are 
very nice for constipated babies. They 
can be cut as small as is wished, and do 
not disarrange the stomach as medicines 
often do. a w. t. 
Descendants of Columbus In New York.— 
The Duke de Veragua with his Duchess, 
and the Hon. Maria del Pilar Colon arein 
New York en route for Chicago. A com¬ 
mon wonder is what Columbus would say 
if he could see us now. The nearest we 
shall be able to come to it is, perhaps, in 
what these, the only living representa¬ 
tives of his family, may say. It is reported 
that the Duke said that every one in New 
York “ seems to be in a hurry;” also that 
he had heard of Chicago! New York sere¬ 
nades and dines the ducal party. 
Worth Trying.—Every year, without 
exception, striped bugs have come to de¬ 
stroy our squash, melon and cucumber 
vines soon after they have been out of 
the ground, causing the loss of the early- 
planted ones, and sometimes the entire 
season’s crop. In 1891 we expected this 
annual visitation, but not a pest was seen 
or a leaf eaten by them, while nearby 
neighbors’ hills were all destroyed. In 
1892 our experience was the same, as w-as 
also that of the owners of the adjoining 
gardens. The only reason we can give 
for our complete freedom from the bugs 
is, perhaps, that phosphate was put in 
the hills ; this was covered with earth, 
the seeds put on and covered. l. 
Handkerchiefs for Children.— Six cent 
light print is torn into handkerchiefs for 
the little ones’ every-day use ; sometimes 
I put on a wide binding of turkey red 
instead of a hem. Soaking them in salt 
water before washing when they are used 
for a cold in the head, makes washing 
easier. belle farmer. 
[We suggest that the next time our 
correspondent has a serious cold in the 
head, she use these kerchiefs made ready 
for the children ; one trial will be suffi¬ 
cient. No one suffering the real misery 
induced by this simple but common ail¬ 
ment should be condemned to the fur¬ 
ther torture of using a cotton handker¬ 
chief on the raw surfaces. —Ed ] 
Grilled Steak With Epicurean Butter.— 
According to Webster, to “grill” is to 
broil on a grate or gridiron. Be that as 
it may, the fashion of the day is to grill , 
never to broil, the steak. The Ladies’ 
Home Journal is thus definite as to one 
method of service : Cut a steak an inch 
thick from the sirloin, brush it over on 
both sides with warmed butter, season 
with salt and pepper and grill from 15 
to 20 minutes. When sufficiently cooked, 
lay the steak on a very hot dish, place 
under and over it some dainty little pats 
of epicurean butter, surround it with a 
border of smoking hot potato croquettes 
and serve at once. To make the epi¬ 
curean butter, put about two ounces of 
perfectly fresh butter on a plate and 
work into it thoroughly and patiently, 
with the point of a ktrfe, a rather high 
seasoning of Cayenne, mushroom pow¬ 
der, mixed herb powder, lemon juice and 
Perfect 
ought to 
mean glow¬ 
ing health 
throughout 
childhood, 
and robust 
health in the 
years to 
come. When we see in children 
tendencies to weakness, we know 
they are missing the life of food 
taken. This loss is overcome by 
Scott’s Emulsion 
of Cod Liver Oil, with Hypophos- 
phites, a fat-food that builds up 
appetite and produces flesh at a 
rate that appears magical. 
Almost as palatable as milk. 
Prepared by Scott & Bowne. X. V. All druggists. 
minced parsley, with a pinch of salt; 
then set the butter in a cold place, and 
when quite firm stamp it out in tiny 
shapes and use. 
Equal Favors. —Occasionally we read of 
legislators and others discussing the sub¬ 
ject of road making, some proposing that 
the States should appropriate money to 
make good wagon roads; others that the 
general government should build a mac¬ 
adam road from the Atlantic to the Pa¬ 
cific and from Chicago to the Gulf. No 
doubt that would be a grand thing for 
the nation ; but would it not be grander 
and more conducive to the general weal 
for our government to give every section 
an equal opportunity ? Are there not 
all over our country farmers who would 
gladly employ th p ir teams in improving 
the roads alongside of their farms, espe¬ 
cially in the season when there is no work 
for them on the farms, if the owners could 
receive enough from outside to pay and 
board men to work with the teams ? m. 
Lucy Larcom. —Another sweet singer 
has laid down her earthly harp. In the 
death of Lucy Larcom the world loses a 
spirit ever loyal to the true, the beauti¬ 
ful and the good. No woman who is 
familiar with her sweet verse ; none who 
has with her rambled through the or¬ 
chards and by-ways of her New England 
girlhood, but will feel that she has lost 
a dear personal friend. C^ose to the 
heart of the world Miss Larcom sang her 
sweet strains; and the world has de¬ 
lighted to honor the whilom mill opera¬ 
tive. To have lived the life of a factory 
girl, of a school-teacher, of an idyllic 
poet; to have studied the problem of self- 
support from the imperative side, were 
of themselves a liberal education. And 
the world loved her all the more, per¬ 
haps, because of what she had been : be¬ 
cause she had felt the struggles, and 
had lived the life of the toiler. 
Kartoffel Suppe. —The Tribune avers 
that the famous kartoffel-suppe of the 
Germans is an excellent thin soup, 
though it is often made with stock in 
place of water. Boil a handful of 
chopped chives in half a pint of water 
for 10 minutes; add a quart of milk to 
the mixture. When it boils have six 
large potatoes, well mashed, with a large 
tablespoonful of butter and a scant 
tablespoonful of salt ready in a colander, 
and pour about half the soup mixture 
over them. Press the potatoes through 
the colander with the liquid and add the 
puree to the remainder of milk and 
water oiji the stove. Bring the soup to 
the boiling point, stirring it continually. 
Beat two eggs with two or three table¬ 
spoonfuls of milk ; add a tablespoon ful 
of the hot soup, which must now be 
drawn to the back part of the fire, where 
it will not boil. Stir in the beaten eggs 
and milk very carefully, stirring the 
soup all the time to prevent their curd¬ 
ling. Pour the soup in the tureen as 
soon as the eggs are added, and serve. 
Pleasure by Handfuls.— Twigs of lilacs, 
with the budding-joint buried in good 
earth and carefully watered, twigs gladiy 
given by all owners, hardly ever fail to 
grow, says the editor of Harper’s Bazar, 
speaking of hardy things There are, 
too, the monthly and the Japanese 
honeysuckles, to be bought for 25 cents 
apiece, growing rapidly, covering walls 
and fences, and usually blooming the 
first season, their delicious odor making 
summer evenings an ecstacy. A root of 
syringa, planted with three minutes’ 
labor and a shilling’s expense, will in 
time make the garden-place a bridal 
bower. The veigela, a little later 
blushing from root to tip; the azalea, 
brought home from the swamp and set 
in a damp spot for July’s flowering; the 
hollyhocks, splendid in silken sheen; the 
hardy hydrangea, with its white clusters 
turcing to rose to make the eye glad in 
August; the witch-hazel, hanging out its 
yellow curls when the frost comes—all 
these grow and bloom without asking 
anything of you but permission, and cost 
you no care, no back-breaking and no 
disappointment. And they will afford 
you, with their thick-flowering sprays 
and branches, far more chance of giving 
pleasure by large handfuls. 
The Making of a Countess.— New York 
has been all agog for a week or two over 
the transformation of one of its society 
girls into the Countess Craven. It was 
a Grace Church affair, to which only the 
400 were invited, while the 3,500 who 
Mothers.—Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething, It is the Best.— Adm. 
Baby Health 
stand just in the next lower social 
stratum, were kept off the walks by a 
cordon of police. Nothing newer or 
better than the Lohengrin march could 
be invented in the way of music, but the 
prie-dieu on which the bride and groom 
knelt was of Scotch heather. White satin 
gown with high corsage, tulle veil and 
tulle-draped sleeves, orange blossoms 
for a coronet, a long train, no jewels, 
and a bouquet of white orchids and 
orange blossoms; these distinguished 
the 17-year-old bride. The imids wore 
ivory white satin (“not imported, but 
just made up here !”) with wide brim¬ 
med Leghorn hats, trimmed with white 
ostrich plumes, and carried white lilacs. 
The splendor of the gowning of the 
bride’s mother “ was the subject of 
audible remark.” The ushers did not 
precede the party up the aisle, as has 
been customary, but stood at the middle 
of it, on either side. Thus did the 400 at 
their smartest wedding. 
Some Other Details. —At the reception 
at the house, the bridesmaids and the 
ushers stood near the earl and countess 
as they received congratulations. There 
was a real wedding cake “ a seven-story 
affair,” it was said, and every guest 
might eat a piece; but might not carry 
away a box of it, because this last is 
not “ English.” The wedding presents 
were displayed only on the day before 
the wedding to the brides’ attendants 
and intimate friends. The 1 raveling 
dress was of grey crepon, trimmed with 
grey velvet, and hat with plumes and 
ribbons of the same shade. It was whis¬ 
pered that an aristocratic club-man, 
whose mother and sister had “somehow” 
missed their invitation (possibly being 
Nos. 402 and 403), offered another who 
would not use his cards of admittance 
$15 for them. But it is noteworthy that 
comment has touched not so much upon 
the fact of the offer itself, as that the 
occasion of it should be the marriage of 
a daughter of a family who have risen 
from obscurity, almost within 10 years. 
It took four or five years of magnificent 
dinners and balls to acquire the hyphen, 
and to capture the Astors. “ The rise 
of the Bradley-Martins ” has been the 
theme of the day, for strange to say, 
even the 400 never forget that there hat 
been a “Rise.” 
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HP appetite and develop flesh. Price, 25 
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