1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
£63 
WHAT OPEN EYES SEE. 
Skirt Bindings. —They tell us that leath¬ 
er follows hard after velveteen, and will 
supersede it as a binding for dress skirts 
For the Shut-ins, or a Rainy Day.— 
Have you read the pathetic little poem 
about “the dear, dear, dear old lady, 
and the boy who was half-past three ; ” 
the “ thin little twisted fellow with a 
thin little twisted knee ? ” They played 
hide and seek, you remember, hunting 
each other by guesses, ‘ and they never 
had stirred from their places.” Here’s 
an idea for a quiet game for noisy chil¬ 
dren, or for the help and pleasure of 
some wee shut-in. 
Sweet-flag for Hiccough.— If those who 
are afflicted with hiccoughs will keep a 
few pieces of candied calamus root, or 
what our mothers called “sweet-flag” 
root, near at hand and eat it when suffer¬ 
ing, they will find it a great benefit. 
Sometimes when patients are very weak 
and have the hiccoughs, if a tea is made 
of it and taken a spoonful at a time, it 
may save life. It can be purchased at a 
drug store, or if one lives near where it 
grows, it can be prepared at home and 
will keep many years. Margaret. 
YOU Might Do This. —A bright girl has 
made a striking fan out of an ordinary, 
medium-sized palm leaf. She scalloped 
out the edges and bound them with 
white satin ribbon. Across the bottom 
of the fan she placed a band of white 
ribbon, edging it on both sides with 
white and gold silk cord. On the right 
side beautifully tinted orchids in silk 
were attached with silk cord. Of course, 
the blossom fancy necessitated extreme 
care in handling the fan. She put a coat 
of white enamel on the stick and at¬ 
tached loops of white ribbon to it. This 
jaunty bit of an accessory enhanced the 
chic appearance of her white and yellow 
nun’s cloth afternoon gown, gossips the 
Recorder. 
Tomatoes are canned nicely by placing 
them in the cans whole ; or if necessary 
to divide them, by taking the seeds out 
of the severed valves, so that they will 
not settle in the cans. Fill with water 
and bring to a boil in the cans—boiling 
no longer than till done—not to injure 
their shape in the least; add a teaspoon- 
ful of salt and plenty of pepper to season, 
to the top of each can. After it has stood 
long enough for the gas to escape, and 
has been refilled with hot water, seal 
well and set in a cool, dark place for 
keeping. Examine them in three days 
and in three days again. Use wax seal¬ 
ing, not self-sealers. ,r. h. 
To Boil Eggs.—Put them into water at 
about 90 degrees and let them remain 
from 7 to 12 minutes, according as 
they are liked soft or hard. They are 
then tender and jelly-like, instead of 
having the whites tough, as when cooked 
in boiling watei. Stand the dairy ther¬ 
mometer in the water, by which the heat 
can be determined. mrs. j. c. h. 
[Truly this is a new idea ! 90 degrees is 
not up to blood heat. We fear those who 
like their eggs “hard’’will hardly be 
satisfied even with 12 minutes’ “ boiling ” 
in water at 90 degrees. Will not our 
friend modify these directions ?—Ed.J 
The Queen's Bracelets.— Had you ever 
a portrait of some beloved one set in a 
miniature ? And since it has become so 
old-fashioned did you ever hide such 
mementoes away from public view ? 
But Victoria, of the royal name, shows 
her family affection in just this way; 
and it is told that the pictures of 33 royal 
infants adorn the royal wrists, set in 
gold and pearls in three bracelets. Prince 
This and Duke of That in numbers 1 to 
33 look delightfully like any other 33 
well-cared-for babies. It is pleasing to 
note that caps prevail as headgear in¬ 
stead of crowns, and probably the royal 
hands which are hidden grasp nothing 
more awe-inspiring than rattles. They 
are as harmless and innocent-looking a 
set of children as could be gathered to¬ 
gether in a country village. Let all the 
royal women of America wear bracelets 
or brooches with baby miniatures, if 
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorta, 
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 
they like. They have the sanction of 
English royalty for the custom ; and in 
any case they may follow it with a free 
heart if they are royal enough to have 
minds of their own. Not long ago we 
saw a pretty girl of Scotch descent 
proudly wearing an immense brooch, 
showing the pink and white portrait of 
an ancestress among the Macs. 
Baking Powder. — Tartaric acid, 12 
ounces; cream of tartar, four ounces; 
soda, 14 ounces; wheat flour, three 
pounds. Mix and run through a flour 
sifter two or three times, put in cans 
and keep in a dry place, use the same as 
other baking powders. We get the in¬ 
gredients at the drug store and they are 
chemically pure. This makes a good 
article which cannot be tasted in bread 
or cake and is much cheaper than any 
other. It has been a great saving for us 
in our family. This amount usually costs 
us about 75 cents, and we prefer it to 
any other. mrs. a. l l. 
[Though familiar with all the usual 
recipes, we have never seen a first-class 
home-made baking-powder. The recipe 
given above differs from any we have 
seen, in using both tartaric acid and 
cream of tartar, but we suggest that 
only a portion of this recipe be used for 
trial.—E d.] 
A Warning Incident.—A suggestive in¬ 
cident was told in the New York dailies 
of July 25, regarding the first night of 
the National Guard in camp. “ Sunday 
night was a very exciting one for the 
soldiers of the First Brigade. After mid¬ 
night repeated calls were made for the 
ambulance corps, and by 1 o’clock the 
brigade hospital’s capacity was over¬ 
taxed, and adjoining tents had to be 
utilized to house over 70 sick guardsmen. 
Forty of them belonged to the Third Bat¬ 
talion of the Second Regiment, whose 
cooks washed the tin kitchen utensils 
with oxalic acid for the purpose of pre¬ 
venting them from rusting. The men 
used them at supper, with the above re¬ 
sult The surgeons labored nearly all 
night over two privates who hovered be¬ 
tween life and death. The other occu¬ 
pants of the hospital are suffering with 
diarrhea, the effect of drinking too much 
water.” The moral is that oxalic acid 
and strange water can be used with dis¬ 
cretion. 
Use Buttermilk Freely.— Concerning the 
remedial value of buttermilk, the Medi¬ 
cal Adviser says that it is of so much 
worth that it has gained a distinct place 
in “ materia medica ” and is largely pre¬ 
scribed by the best physicians for chest 
and lung ailments and in most forms of 
kidney troubles. An exclusive butter¬ 
milk diet has seemed t > bring about a 
cure in many cases of Bright’s disease. 
A proper and constant use of it will 
greatly reduce, and sometimes cure, the 
craving for alchoholic liquors with which 
many persons are afflicted. The craving 
may be satisfied and the system bene- 
fitted and strengthened instead of weak¬ 
ened. Buttermilk alone will often rem¬ 
edy acidity of the stomach. The lactic 
acid needed in many cases is supplied by 
it much more than by any other drink or 
food. It is said to alleviate the oppression 
about the heart that so many old people 
suffer from, and it should be constantly 
drunk by them. It is also to a certain 
extent a stimulant for the entire sys¬ 
tem, just what the aged need. 
Do Not Scald Tomatoes.— Some weeks 
ago, in the Louisville Courier-Journal, a 
noted high priced writer gave directions 
for peeling tomatoes by scalding. I 
wrote protesting against spoiling toma¬ 
toes in this way for eating raw. But my 
little gratis article was ignored—it was 
not bought and approved by a syndicate. 
Scalding tomatoes draws out the juice, 
and renders them flabby and insipid. 
When tomatoes were no larger than 
marbles and no one thought of eating 
them raw, the peeling was greatly facili¬ 
tated by scalding. Now they are as 
large and smooth as the largest apples. 
Why not peel them just as we do an 
apple, leaving them firm, attractive look¬ 
ing and appetizing ? The very appear¬ 
ance of a dish of scalded tomatoes takes 
away any desire for them on my part, 
but strange to say nearly everybody 
scalds them. Those who do not are not 
permitted to suggest a different way. 
Frequently I am asked by visitors what 
I do to my tomatoes after scalding them 
to render them so firm and fresh look¬ 
ing. No amount of cooling in water or 
even on ice will make them entirely so 
after scalding. sara armistead n. 
Mothers. —Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
A Magic Oil. —If you have been dyeing 
and your hands are stained, just wash 
them first in kerosene oil and then in soap 
and warm water; the effect is magical. R. 
Sweet Vegetable Pickles.— Pickles are 
not down on my black list, at least not 
my kind of pickles. No' store pickle ever 
finds its way to our table; no highly sea¬ 
soned, peppery, highly colored pickles are 
allowed in our house. Our pickles if not 
so green, are wholesome. I slice toma¬ 
toes, put them in a crock, sprinkle with 
salt, and let stand overnight. Next day 
scald them up in weak salt water and 
drain thoroughly. Have ready a syrup 
of vinegar, sugar and cinnamon, ginger 
and a little cloves (or omit the cloves) 
pour it over the tomatoes which have 
been steamed after draining until tender, 
and seal. There is none of the extra 
spicing and fuss I read so much of in 
cook books, and I am sure those pickles 
are a healthy and delicious relish. 
Cucumbers are laid down in brine, then 
as needed brought out freshened and a 
syrup exactly like the other made and 
poured over them, the whole being 
scalded together, when they are ready 
for use. Chow-chow is tomatoes, onions 
and if I have them, ripe cucumbers all 
chopped fine, left in salt water overnight, 
and treated exactly the same i s tomato 
pickles. MABEL II. MONSEY. 
Where You Are. —We all remember the 
philosopher who was ready to move the 
world provided the world would give him 
a place whereon to stand. But an in¬ 
spired modern exhorter cries, with an en¬ 
thusiasm that is resistless: Move the world 
where you are. Something of the same 
spirit is shown in Kate Kauffman’s sug¬ 
gestion in the Ladies’ Home Companion : 
“ Recently, at one of the very finest 
schools for young women in America (I 
refer to the Harvard Annex ), I found that 
a favorite feature of the literary curricu¬ 
lum is called the 1 daily theme course.’ 
This consists or writing every day an 
essay, poem, anecdote or description 
The shortest limit, I believe is 160 words. 
The productions are sometimes changed 
among the members of the class, read 
aloud and criticised. Sometimes they 
are collected and corrected after the man¬ 
ner of the usual school composition. It is 
not to be denied that such circumstances 
of association are valuable assistants, 
but could not a daily theme course be 
carried on between a few members of a 
family, or even a solitary student, if he 
avail himself of the best standard authors 
as models, and if he have that rare qual¬ 
ity of being able to keep himself to his 
task ? In this age of cheap books and 
newspapers, education is independent of 
any special locality, and the young per¬ 
son who wishes to improve his mind 
must begin with a purpose which cries, 
‘ Here or nowhere ! ’” 
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