1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
675 
WHAT OPEN EYES SEE. 
For Hiccough. —Sometimes a pinch of 
black pepper used like snuff stops per¬ 
sistent hiccough ! B. F. 
Colored Worsted. —Many a family has 
an invalid sister or an aged grandmother 
to whom patchwork is a never-failing 
source of delight, and hence there is a 
quantity of pieced covers that can be 
utilized in this manner. j. L. K. 
Trellises for Pot Plants. — Very pretty 
useful frames for branching house plants 
can be made of wire umbrella frames. A 
file, some small pincers, and fine wire or 
stout thread, with patience and a little 
ingenuity, will do the work. r. t. h. 
Scouring Knives. —Cut the end off a 
small potato and with this rub the scour¬ 
ing material on the knives. It is much 
better than a cloth, as it keeps moist. 
It can be used for some time by occasion¬ 
ally cutting off a slice as it dries, e. r. d. 
I Have Learned That a thin, boiled cus¬ 
tard is a delicious sauce for boiled rice, 
oatmeal and other grains, especially the 
rice. To buy new rubbers for fruit cans 
often ; it pays. To fill all the empty 
cans with Northern Spys while they are 
fresh. R. T. h. 
For Boiled Dumplings.— Instead of cover¬ 
ing the kettle so that as little air as pos¬ 
sible will get in, do exactly the reverse. 
Place something on the kettle to raise 
the cover an inch or two. We have 
never had a heavy dumpling, if cooked in 
this way. A. A. A. 
For Shoes. —Rub the soles with a mixt¬ 
ure of one part resin and six parts tal¬ 
low, melted together. Apply this quite 
hot, and heat well in. The resin is a pre¬ 
servative and the mixture keeps the soles 
from getting wet through and adds to the 
durability of the leather, mrs. j. c. h. 
Machine Patching. —I often patch on the 
machine, though I do not know that any 
other woman would ; but on men’s 
woolen shirts and other flannel under¬ 
garments, I find it a saving of time and 
labor and it is stronger than hand patch¬ 
ing, though it does not look quite so 
well. GERALDINE. 
Baked Apple Sauce. —Core and quarter 
tart apples, but do not remove the skin. 
Fill a pudding dish; sprinkle over with 
sugar to sweeten them as with boiled 
apple sauce; add a little water; put in 
the oven and bake. Press them down 
into the juice when removed from the 
oven. Eaten cold with a little sweet 
cream, no preserves can equal them. n. p. 
Powder Puff.—Skin a mole ; stretch the 
hide tightly, flesh side out, on a board ; 
scrape with a dull knife. When dry, 
fold the skin with the fur out. Place in¬ 
side it a piece of cotton sprinkled with 
your favorite perfume. Overcast the 
edges together. Crochet all around it 
an edge with silk thread the color of the 
fur. e. d. c. 
Steamed Corn Bread. —One day, after 
making corn bread for dinner, I discov¬ 
ered there was no chance for baking it, 
so decided to try steaming it. I was 
happily surprised by having the best I 
ever had made. Use any favorite recipe. 
This one has proved very satisfactory : 
Two cupfuls of corn meal, one cupful of 
flour, 1% cupful of butter-milk, one-half 
cupful of molasses, butter the size of an 
egg, one teaspoonful each of salt and 
soda. Steam an hour and a half ; bake 
10 minutes. m. b. 
To Prepare Nuts. —A young mother said 
to me the other day : “ My little girl 
likes hickorynuts and butternuts so well, 
but I have to keep them from her. She 
will not chew them, and they do not 
digest, and they make her sick every 
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 
time she eats them.” I told the mother 
to put the nuts on the cake board and 
roll them with the rolling pin ; they 
would then require no chewing. Old peo¬ 
ple enjoy them as well as ever when thus 
prepared. They are also nicer to use in 
cake than when broken. c. R. d. 
Tomato Jelly.—Pare ripe tomatoes care¬ 
fully, cutting out all the seams and 
rough places ; to every pound put half a 
pound of sugar, season with white ginger 
and mace, boil to a stiff jelly, then add 
enough good cider vinegar to keep it. 
This recipe is vouched for by the steward 
of the White House, who says also that 
fruit jellies may be preserved from 
moldiness by covering the surface one- 
quarter of an inch deep with finely pul¬ 
verized loaf sugar. Thus protected, they 
will keep for years. 
An Heirloom Made Artistic.— I have 
among my treasures of the olden times a 
looking-glass that was purchased in 
France for my grandmother in 1812. The 
frame is mahogany fluted like pillars. 
The glass is as long again as it is wide. 
An artist friend has just painted in the 
lower left-hand corner a group of cat¬ 
tails, rushes and water-lilies, and it is 
beautiful. As viewed from a distance, it 
looks as if the flowers were in another 
room and we were looking through a 
window. From another point, they seem 
to grow up from the water’s edge, so 
life-like are they on the glass. 
MRS. F. c. J. 
The Boys Like the Farm Paper.—I think 
most farmers’ boys are easily interested 
in a good agricultural paper, provided 
their attention is drawn to the subjects 
it treats of, while they are quite young. 
Our son, a lad of 15, obtained a copy of 
The R. N.-Y., and soon became deeply 
interested in it. Children and youths 
like facts and truth. The reason why so 
many form such a taste for trash is, that 
they are not well fed on what is whole¬ 
some. Boys and girls, who have a good 
agricultural paper, and such a paper as 
the Youths’ Companion, do not search for 
the filth and trash from the county pa¬ 
pers and the like. It is a pity that farm¬ 
ers’ sons and daughters may not have 
just as wholesome food for their minds 
as for their bodies. m. 
Sand Box for Children. —Bring some of 
the children’s sand bed indoors in a shal¬ 
low box. Keep it damp. A few toy 
garden tools, box covers, sticks of one 
size, tubes, muffin rings, spoons, etc., 
will keep them busy playing at garden¬ 
ing, mining, building, journeying. They 
will make mountains, valleys, rivers, 
fences, bridges and wells. Peas and flax¬ 
seed will sprout in the sand and flourish 
awhile. Get, if you can, the Second Gift 
used in kindergartens. It is a wooden 
box containing a sphere, cylinder and 
cube, each 1)4 inch in diameter. With 
these imprinted in the sand very pretty 
geometrical figures can be made—borders 
for flower beds, walks, shapes for flower 
beds and fences. Seeds or marbles may 
be set into the sand for similar purposes. 
Every day they will discover some new 
use for sand or tools. A. b. p. 
What for “Our Own V* 
We have thoughtful words for the stranger, 
And smiles for the sometime guest; 
But oft for '‘our own” the bluer tone 
Though we love our own the best. 
It is so self-evident, so pitifully, ever¬ 
lastingly true, we do vex “ our own” in 
times and ways without number, by 
looks, by tones, and by sharp edged 
satire, by impatience, by blunt, almost 
brutal candor, by misunderstandings, by 
“much ado about nothing.” Like the 
poor, our own are always with us. They 
are too loyal to make a sign of their 
suffering to the outside world. They 
disdain to uncover a single wound, nor 
do they let us ever discover a scar if they 
can help it. If we vex “our own,” our 
own are also quick to vex us ; half the 
mischief in the home world grows out of 
hasty and impulsive speech. If it were 
Mothers. —Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
given to us to look down the future and 
see the coming day of separation, in 
mere self-defense against future agony, 
we would be more patient with our next 
of kin ; for we do love them more dearly 
than all the rest of the world. They are 
life of our life, soul of our soul and when 
they are reft away, only eternity can 
cure the heartache. sweet fern. 
Who Has Thus Spoken ?—An ill-natured 
word spoken without reflection fastens 
the charge of impropriety on a pretty 
woman guilty of nothing worse than the 
high spirits of youth, and that want of 
caution which so often accompanies these 
high spirits mated with innocence. Want 
of reflection is the undoing on her side, 
as well as that of the ill-nature which 
destroys her for want of thought rather 
than for overplus of malice. Because she 
is brisk and bright, she is, therefore, 
assumed to be light and fast. Her frank¬ 
ness is made to look like impudence, her 
gayety like immodesty. When she is 
good-tempered she is coarse ; and her very 
courage is insensitive rather than brave. 
As for her manners to men, they are 
shameless, and no other word is to be 
said. From all which the poor young 
woman, whose worst crime is a certain 
heedlessness—a certain want of prevision 
as to where appearances are against her 
and leave her reputation vulnerable—is 
convicted by general gossip set afoot by 
one thoughtlessly ill-natured chatterer, 
and for ever after goes through life with 
a mildewed name and a rusted character. 
—Annie Jenness-Miller. 
A Native Elixir. —Says Mrs. Sangster : 
“ If we should only pause long enough to 
try and number over the wonderfully 
beautiful and indispensable things which 
are contemptuously called common, we 
should soon find our task growing far 
beyond our ability to complete it. What 
should we do without the many blessings 
‘ common and beautiful as light and 
air?’ Our ‘smooth green grasses’ 
scarcely win a thought until travel leads 
us into arid plains, where the eye wearies 
of the stretch of sand and the scant vege- 
tat on. We eagerly import botanical 
novelties, while our road-side mullein 
must cross the seas ere it can wear the 
name of the American velvet plant. We 
long for Italian skies, forgetting that 
they won their reputation from English 
travelers who had previously known 
only the murky, foggy atmosphere of 
their own misty isle. An American who 
had spent much time abroad declared 
upon his return that his native air was 
like a benediction, and so pure, so clear 
and exhilarating, that it was bliss simply 
to breathe and exist.” 
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“pearl glass” lamp-chimneys 
are carefully made of clear 
tough glass ; they fit, and get 
the utmost light from the 
lamp, and they last until 
some accident breaks them. 
“Pearl top” and “pearl 
glass” are trade-marks. Look 
out for them (and you needn’t 
be an expert 
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