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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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WHAT OPEN EYES SEE. 
A ** Blind ” Closet. —Where closet room 
is scarce, put four castors on the bottom 
of a dry goods box, make a muslin cover 
for the top and roll it underneath the 
bed. You will find it very convenient, s. 
Handkerchief vs. No Handkerehief.— Tell 
the Chief Cook it is not a question of 
cotton vs. linen handkerchiefs, but cot¬ 
ton handkerchief vs. shirt sleeve or apron 
corner, and as I was taught to choose 
the lesser of two evils, I still manufact¬ 
ure the children’s handkerchiefs from 
cotton. BELLE FAR VEIL 
Scissoring - the Vegetables.— There is 
nothing quite so handy as an old pair 
of scissors to use in gathering lettuce, 
cucumbers or brans, and when prepar¬ 
ing string beans for the table the work 
is much more quickly done than by cut¬ 
ting them in pieces with a knife or snap¬ 
ping them with the fingers. f. a. h. 
No Work to Make It. —In my kitchen 
there is an invaluable linen and dish 
closet made of cracker boxes all of the 
same size, placed one upon another to 
reach from the floor just to the height of 
my tall cupboard. It stands between 
the end of the above mentioned cupboard 
and the wall, and is a welcome addition 
to my shelf room. s. 
Silverware should never be put in the 
bottom of the dish pan and allowed to 
grind around till the white dishes are 
washed. The pieces lose their plating 
and beauty very soon. Wiping them by 
handfuls is not a good plan for the same 
reason. A box or drawer in which are 
placed knives, forks and spoons is to be 
avoided, as the constant turning wears 
the most prominent parts very quickly. 
M. 
Cranberry Sauce. — Boil cranberries 
without sugar; when cool, pass them 
through a colander. This removes the 
tough, indigestible skins, and the sauce 
becomes a smooth mass. Add sugar and 
again heat. My brother-in-law always 
likes cranberry sauce served with fried 
liver, and eaten as a sort of relish. The 
sauce must be cold, very thick, and not 
quite as sweet as for ordinary sauce 
eaten with bread and butter. Cranber¬ 
ries keep fairly well spread out thinly in 
a cool place. mrs. l. h. n. 
Amateur Cobbling. —A young friend, 
who has a certain amount of money 
with which to buy her own shoes, is 
learning to economize. A pair, the up¬ 
pers of which were still good, though 
not good enough to be resoled, had a 
hole in each sole, through to the stock¬ 
ing. An old kid glove was cut up, two 
pieces being fastened with common fur¬ 
niture glue to each sole, and the edges 
carefully smoothed all around. About 
three weeks of wear followed before the 
hole was again visible. Then two sep¬ 
arate pieces of old rubber were glued on, 
the result giving three months of extra 
wear from one pair of shoes, that would 
otherwise have had to be thrown away. 
Of course they were worn only in the 
house and at home. x. 
Menus for Family Gatherings. —In the 
menus for Thanksgiving and Christmas 
given in the papers, it is inferred from 
the variety of dishes, and also stated in 
the directions for serving, that there is a 
waiter. Nine-tenths of our farmers’ 
wives have no servant. Very few of the 
other tenth have girls capable of acting 
as waiter, and unless there is a grown-up 
daughter the hostess must be the waiter. 
A foreigner has said: “The first dish 
served at an American dinner is the 
roasted hostess.” Why not have a simpler 
menu and allow the hostess to sit with 
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 
her guests. At our Christmas dinner one 
of the relatives helped serve the oysters 
(the only hot dish except coffee), and, 
with one change of plates (one of the 
men passed the coffee), the hostess acted 
as if she really enjoyed the dinner. It 
seems as if one were at sea rudderless to 
sit down to dinner with no hostess. 
A, B. p. 
A Pretty Comfort. — Having two worn 
blankets, I carefully darned the thin 
places. I then ripped two skirts of nuns 
veiling, one pale blue, one pale pink 
(relics of my girlhood days), sponged 
them with a cloth wrung out of clear 
water and pressed with a warm iron. 
Then I made a piece of each kind to fit 
the blankets, pressed again, and basted 
the whole together, with the blankets 
between the nuns veiling. Next it was 
basted in the quilting frames, and with a 
bodkin I drew magenta colored ribbon 
one-quarter inch wide through, and tied 
in butterfly bows 10 inches apart each 
way. As it was made for my seven-year- 
old daughter’s tiny bed, I wrote her name 
in the center with the ribbon. It was a 
“ comfort” and quite pretty. e. x>. c. 
Never Fail Rolls.— New milk, one pint; 
flour, one quart; sugar, one tablespoon¬ 
ful ; butter, the size of an egg; yeasty 
half a cup. Scald the milk ; when cool, 
add the flour into which has been rub¬ 
bed the butter and sugar. Next, add 
the yeast and a teaspoonful of salt. Let 
rise in a warm place three hours. Add 
flour and knead 20 minutes. Let rise four 
hours. Roll out to half-inch thickness- 
Spread lightly with butter. Cut with a 
biscuit cutter, lap together, pull out a 
little longer, and lay in tins, being care¬ 
ful not to crowd. Let rise two hours. 
Bake 20 minutes in a rather quick oven. 
This is no “ordinary” recipe. It has 
been in use in my family many years and 
the least experienced cannot fail, if direc¬ 
tions are carefully followed. It sounds 
much more fussy than it really is, as 
there is no more handling than in ordi¬ 
nary bread making. h. h. 
Acres of Housekeeping.— Uncle Sam’s 
biggest job in the housekeeping line is 
the care of the Capitol. It costs $65,000 
annually to run the building and keep it 
in repair. Architect Clark has charge 
of it. Under him, besides two clerks 
and a draughtsman, are seven carpen¬ 
ters, who have plenty of work to occupy 
them the year around. There are acres 
upon acres of painted surface inside and 
out, requiring the constant attention of 
six painters, while four plumbers do 
nothing but mend and renew the ar¬ 
rangements for water and gas. Six gar¬ 
deners, aided by 20 assistants, keep the 
surrounding grounds and walks looking 
pretty and neat, and 25 laborers do 
chores, scrubbing the corridors every 
morning early, washing the steps, carry¬ 
ing freight, etc. There is a coppersmith, 
also, who attends to the copper roof and 
makes sure that it doesn’t leak. So says 
the Home Magazine, that “lives neigh¬ 
bor ” to our common Uncle in Washing¬ 
ton. 
Melton Mowbray Pics Again.— In The 
R. N.-Y. of October 21 I see instructions 
given for making Melton Mowbray pies. 
I am afraid that any one following the 
directions given will hardly succeed in 
making anything bearing a resemblance 
to the bona fide article. As an English¬ 
woman who has made a good many of 
the pies in question, will you permit me 
to offer a few supplementary directions 
for the benefit of any lady readers of The 
R. N.-Y. who may venture to try the pie¬ 
making themselves ? A beginner would 
better use about one-quarter the quan¬ 
tity of ingredients given, as success is 
not often attained the first time. The 
pies are made of the shape known as 
“standing”—they are round or oval in 
shape, generally about five inches deep- 
If one has not a proper mould for work. 
ing the paste into shape, a good plan is 
to take any round jar with straight sides 
and from six to ten inches in diameter 
and mould the crust upon it, the bottom 
and side crusts being all in one piece. 
The paste must be kept moderately 
warm, as, if it be allowed to cool too 
much, it will break instead of shaping, 
ard if too warm, it will collapse. After 
the filling is in, the top crust is put on 
and pinched to the side. This is usually 
very much ornamented. The gravy 
should not be added until after the pie is 
cooked, a small opening being generally 
left in the top crust, for the purpose. 
The bones of the meat stewed make a 
better gravy than the one given. Game 
pies may be made in the same way. 
Small pies, such as are sold in most caf6s, 
etc., are made on the same principle, but 
the genuine “ Melton Mowbray ” seldom 
weighs less than two pounds and often 
very much more. A good sharp oven 
will result in very much baked crust and 
very much underdone meat, unless the 
pies are very small. Veal and ham mixed 
is the usual filling of these pies. I hope 
somebody may find these directions of 
use. L. 
Oyster Salad. —Plump and ruffle 1)4 
pint of small oysters, by stirring them 
over a hot fire for five minutes in a fry- 
pan that had been previously heated. 
Skim out and drain. Season while warm, 
with salt, white pepper, one tablespoon¬ 
ful of oil, one of vinegar and two of lemon 
juice, and place them on the ice two 
hours. Cut enough white, crisp celery in 
small pieces to make one pint, and, when 
ready to serve, mix this with the oysters 
and the following dressing: Put the 
yolks of two eggs into a cold soup dish ; 
with a fork break them slightly, and add 
one-half teaspoonful of salt. When light, 
add half a teaspoonful of dry mustard, 
and beat again. As soon as it thickens 
add drop by drop a gill of salad oil, then 
half a teaspoonful of lemon juice, then 
five of oil (one at a time), one of vinegar, 
and so continue alternating lemon juic 
and vinegar until another gill of oil has 
been used. When ready to serve, mix 
one-half of the Mayonnaise with the 
salad, pour the remainder over the top 
and serve garnished with white celer> 
leaves.—K. B. J., in Observer. 
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Mothers. —Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
Morphine Habit cured in 10 to 
20 days. No pay till cured. 
DR. J STEPHENS, Lebanon. 0. 
Macbeth’s “pearl top” and 
“pearl glass” lamp-chimneys 
do not break from heat, not 
one in a hundred. 
They are made of tough 
clear glass, clear as crystal. 
They fit the lamps they are made 
for. Shape controls the draft. 
Draft contributes to proper com¬ 
bustion ; that makes light; they 
improve the light of a lamp. 
Pittsburgh. Geo, A, MACBETH Co, 
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it; 25c, and your money 
back if you want it. 
Patent lambskin-with-wool- 
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