4UNE 7 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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SHELL WORK ON PTJTTY. 
I have a what-not that I mode last sum¬ 
mer, which hangs in one corner of my parlor, . 
and is quite nmamcntal. II has four shelves, 
including the top, which arc t hree-cornered, 
to fit the corner. The broadest one at the 
bottom and the others graduated in width to 
suit the eye. The front of e tch shelf has a 
bracket of shell work in putty. I cut the 
pattern of mv brackets first four all alike in 
design, but of different Sizes to fit the size of 
the shelves. Then I took common pasteboard 
and cut my pockets out, sewed a wire round 
each to give it firmness, then arranged my 
shells just as 1 wanted to lay them on when 
my bracket was properly prepared. I took 
linseed oil and oiled my pasteboard bracket, 
in order that the putty might adhere well. 
Then when my putty was properly worked 
and pliable, 1 laid it ou, but no faster than l 
could work in my shells. 
My small hells wore of the mollusk family, 
some salt, and some fresh water, but all had 
to be boiled in lye or sal soda to cleusc them. 
Even the common clam shell, thus cleansed, 
is a very handsome shell and works in to 
the center in various designs very prettily. I 
bordered each bracket with a. row of shells 
alike In size and color and another row inside 
of and next to it, with a row of shells of a 
different color and nearly the samo size ; 
then arranged my larger shells and filled in 
with small shells. . 
The brackets must he left flat 'to dry the 
putty and harden it. A place can be left to 
nail the brackets to i,ho shelves which can bo 
finished afterwards. The same idea can be 
carried out in making picture frames. When 
finished 1 give thorn a coating of white shel¬ 
lac varnish or some white varnish — white 
shellac, dissolved in alcohol and laid on with 
a brush. It wants to stand a few days, how¬ 
ever, after being mixed, in a tight bottle, to 
digest. Mus. E. A. Warner. 
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DOMESTIC BREVITIES. 
Green Tomato Ptcldes. -The nicest green 
tomato pickles that I have soon were made 
as follows :—To every gallon of sliced toma¬ 
toes add two tablespoons of salt, and let them 
stand over night. Do not pour off the liquor 
but add two-thirds of a pound of sugar, one 
pint grilled horseradish, two tablespoons of 
mustard. Put a weight on the top and set 
near the fire or in a warm place until they 
become sour, when they should be kept in a 
cool place. The juice of the tomatoes forms 
the vinegar, and if some are partly ripe it is 
all the better. No kcutTi rises on the top, and 
they will keep a long time. — JVUA M- 
W HKELOCK. 
Ilecipa for Float inn Island. —Take three 
eggs, throe teacups of sweet milk, three 
high ; whisk the whites until diy, to which 
add, with the flour, half of each ftt a time : 
mix all together, but avoid beating ; butter 
your pan well, and bake in a moderate oven. 
—E. A. H. 
Green Corn PuddiHy. — Twelve errs of 
corn grated, two quarts of milk, four well 
beaten eggs, one teacup and a half C? eugsr; 
mix and bake in a buttered dish ; hake three 
hours ; sweet corn should be used.—M rs. 
.Julia M. Whkelock. 
Fanniny Com in Tins .— Frank A. Smith 
is referred to an article upon this subjoct in 
the Rural New-Yorker of April 19, page 
385, entitled “Canning Fruits, Etc.” 
Domestic Inquiries, — Mary asks for n 
recipe for tapioca pudding. 
:nut Iftmtiten;. 
WEDDING COSTUMES. 
tablespoons sugar ; separate the whites of 
the egg from the yolk ; beat the yolks, add 
the milk, then the sugar; put, on the stove 
to cook, stirring it constantly until it begins 
to thicken (do not let it boil or it will curdle); 
beat the whites to a still’ froth and Just be¬ 
fore taking it oil the stove slip the whites on 
the custard and dip it up through to cook it; 
season with lemon or nutmeg.- -Reader. 
Coeoanut. Fakes. —To one pound of grated 
cocoanut, one pound of light brown sugar, 
add half pint of water ; bring the sugar and 
water to the boiling point, t hen add the co- 
coauut; boll the whole three-fourths of an 
hour, or until the water hits entirely disap¬ 
peared. Make it up into oakos, sprinkle 
flour ou a board or tin, put the cakes thereon 
and dry them in an oven, not browning 
them.—R. 
How to Make. Vanity. — Break two eggs 
into a pint of flour ; stir the eggs and flour 
togothcr until the paste can be rolled with¬ 
out sticking, adding more flour if needed ; 
roll very thin and work the dough over a 
good many times. Cut in a square form, 
then cut slits inside the square about half an 
inch apart, twist them, then drop into heat¬ 
ed lard and fry half a minute.—Y, 
Suet Pudding Without Days. -Take a piece 
of light bread dough, (ou baking day,) the 
size of a quart dipper; flatten out on your 
m'oulding-board ; add to this one cup of suet, 
one cup chopped raising, one cup Zanto cur¬ 
rants ; mix together thoroughly and set it to 
rise on a plate ; when light enough steam two 
hours. To be eaten with gravy made as de¬ 
scribed on page 143 .—Mrs. E. K. 
Leman Sponge Cake. — Eight eggs, ten 
ounces of sugar, half pound flour, the juice 
and grating of one lemon ; separate the eggs; 
beat the yolk*, sugar and lemon thick and 
A lady asks for a description of a modes! m 
wedding costume for a bride who cannot ; n 
afford an expensive one. In reply to this, 
the Rural New Yorker says : q,- 
T, B._Tn answer to your letter, wo will 
give several different costumes, of whicl hi 
one will be appropriate to the kind of wed ir 
ding you may decide on having. For an u 
evening wedding, which many ladies prefer, lb 
choosing to wear the orthodox dress foi 
brides, the simplest and ono of the prettiest ; n 
materials, if tastefully made, is of fine whit* 
tarlctan, or what is better known as French 
muslin, which is as light, and sheer, yet ha!- y 
more body than tarlctan. It is two yards ,,| 
wide, and costs about $1 a yard. a , 
The drew should be made with a train, not In 
very long. About the lower edge of the — 
skirt should be a plaited ruffle, a finger length c 
deep ; over this a deep ruffle, edged with n 
small bias ruffle, extending from the front 
widths around the train : the front width r 
puffed either with perpendicular or horizontal 
puffs; the train flounced t o the waist In grad 
uated flounces, trimmed with bias ruffles. 
The corsage should be mode high-necked ; c 
small Inas ruffles may describe a small bertha ii 
in the manner most becoming to your figure., e 
About the neck place a high fraise of the n 
muslin, with some soft lace or tulle Inside. n 
The sleeves should be Marie Antoinette, 
reaching to the elbows and finished with 
several fall ruffles, with lace or tulle next the t , 
arm. The Hftsh should Is* of white gros gi iln r 
or watered ribbon knotted at, one side ; the 
bottom should be fringed, r 
Dress the hair with natural flowers ; white t 
roses, with their own green leaves, nre pref ; 
erable, Wear also a breast-knot of white , 
rosea ; white kid gloves and slippers. , 
Such a costume is very inexpensive, the 1 
labor in making being the most serious objec- ( 
tion to it, and It. is as beautiful and becoming < 
as the. most costly silk. A veil may be added, 
should you wish ; it should be of double 
width tulle, and fastened with the flowers. 
Would advise, however, to dispense with it. 
If a bride is married in the. morning, or 
intends leaving immediately on a tour, a 
traveling dress should be worn. The most 
suitable material for tills will be French pop¬ 
lin, if the lustrous qualities which resemble 
Irish poplin can be found ; they may be 
bought for 750. and $1 a yard. The color 
should be. gray or brown. If this should be 
too expensive, there nre many pretty mo¬ 
hairs that, can be substituted. The color 
should be solid, mixed goods not making up 
tastefully. 
Let the skJrt be demi-train, which can lie 
looped for walking. On the bottom put it 
1 small kilt-plaited flounce; over this a deeper 
’ gathered flounce faced up an inch with bias 
silk of a little lighter or darker shade. For « 
{ heading, place a smaller flounce faced with 
silk and a standing plaited ruffle separated 
by a bias band edged wit h tiny folds of silk. 
* The polonaise should have, a bias facing of 
1 p,lk around the bottom, and silk rovers and 
> collar like those on a gentleman’s coat; let 
1 it, be buttoned down the front and draped so 
r that the lower ends may hang anart ; large, 
oblong pockets with buttons. Coat sleeves 
p with loop cuffs, and belt and sash of silk, 
e Under the polonaise may be worn a habit 
r shirt and collar with a white tie. 
> A bonnet (should be worn. It may bo of 
r " the material of the drew or of straw, the 
° same color trimmed with ribbon of two 
° shades of the same color, and a small ostrich 
B_ tip and flower at the back, cither with or 
without strings. The gloves should he of the 
m same shade as the dress, not wliitj. 
jo If to the trousseau a silk dross be added, it 
s; may be used as a wedding dres*. We would 
id suggest one of the new bronze shade*, as the 
most suitable ami durable. They may be 
purchased of very good quality for f 2 a yard. 
The skirt may be demi-train. At a little dis 
tance from the hottorri place a bias flounce 
tune Inches deep, slightly gathered and 
trimmed with a tiny bias ruffle. For a head¬ 
ing arrange a full, box-plaited ruche of silk, 
lined with crinoline anil faced a short dis¬ 
tance on each of the under sides with silk of 
a little lighter shade. This adds to the effect, 
tint, may he omitted. The overskirt should 
have a short apron-front, trimmed with folds 
which may bo mingled with very small folds 
of the lighter silk, and the back dan consist 
>f but wide sashes and loops knotted under 
the basque. 
The basque should be pointed in front and 
dightly full in the back—the seams below the 
waist,, instead of being sloped off, should be 
'eft. straight and arranged in box-plaits. 
Around the neck place a high, stiff frame 
made of the silk, cut bias, and lined with 
i lighter shade; this frame narrowing In 
front, is brought down the corsage toward 
the waist, and sloping away from the points, 
is carried around the bottom of the basque. 
Inside the- fraise about the neck is a tulle or 
■ re pc lisso frill. Wear a breast knot of 
(lowers. 
Make the sleeves coat; trim them with 
bias folds corded with llghtor shade., and 
arrange the folds In straps simulating cuff, 
and fasten them down with buttons. Wear 
light-tint,ed gloves, and flowers in the hair. 
Tim gentleman’s dress for morning or even¬ 
ing wedding may he a black frock coat,, 
lavender pantaloons, vest with throe buttons, 
cut low, over a plain Blurt bosom. A white 
tie and lavender gloves , or gloves and pants 
of darker Hlioile if for traveling. With a 
noat-fltting boot and a flower in his button¬ 
hole, his toilet, Ik complete. 
fiHgicnif Jnfarmafnm. 
SPECIFIC FOR RHEUMATISM. 
A recent number of the Scientific ’Ameri¬ 
can contains the following :—Without Intend¬ 
ing to tresspass on t he domain of the physi 
plan, it may lie well to give, for the benefit 
of all, some information concerning the 
nature and treatment of this malady. 
As It, is a constitutional disease, proper diet 
and close attent ion to the general health arc 
of more benefit than local applications, which 
may bo useful in exceptional coses, but gen 
■rally they give only temporary relief, and 
often drive the pain from ono part of the 
body t,o another. In all cases of this disease, 
the blood is in an abnormal condition, an * 1 
may he considered to be poisoned; person* 
who live high (which incans^live on rich and 
highlv nitrogeniwvl food) are apt to have thif 
disease in a peculiar form, which is commonly 
called gout, of which the chief disease is in 
he joints. A lower mode of diet is thor 
advisable. Persons who live low and get 
this disease by exposure, combined with 
over fatigue, are apt to suffer from the s< 
mlled chrotlic form chiefly seated in the 
muscles, and in these oases, the system may 
sufler from one or l,wo opposite causes, ar 
axcoss of either alkali or aeiil, which, when 
irutrallzed, ends the disease. Honco thr 
curious and formerly unexplained fact, that 
sometimes acid treatment, as with lemon 
juice, and at, other times alkaline treatment, 
as with Rochelle salt, etc., has produced a 
There is ono very severe 'form of rheuma¬ 
tism called acute or inflammatory, which i* 
a most formidable disease, and which in 
olden times was treated by blood letting. 
This disease has the 'remarkable feature ol 
suddenly leaving one part of the body to 
appear in another. If, by blood letting, the 
heart receives a sudden shock by the with 
drawal of a quantity of blood, the malady if 
very apt to settle there and produce diseas* 
of the heart, which is a very common cause 
of death among persons who have beer 
treated for rheumatism, by blood letting. 
The latter operation relieves the patient; blit, 
considering the often fatal results, it is now 
abandoned by all enlightened physician*, nod ] 
the treatment by* colchicum wine and opiate* 
is used instead. Besides the derivatives of 
opium, morphine and codeine, sal ammoniac 
has been often praised ns an effective remedy 
when others failed ; but perhaps these derive 
their efficiency from their similarity to a now 
substance, a derivative of opium and ammo 
nin, which has recently been found as effect¬ 
ive a specific against rheumatism as quinine 
is against fever and ague. This substance is 
propylamin. It is a volatile, watery liquid, 
with a strong odor of herring pickle, and was 
found by Dr. Winckler in distilling a watery 
extract of ergot with potassa, also in distill¬ 
ing cod fiver oil with ammonia. But the 
most effective way of obtaining this substance 
is that of Wertheim, who prepared it by the 
decomposition of narcotin© and codeine by 
alkalies. Its name is based on its chemical 
composition ; it is a combination of the third 
member of the hydrocarbon scries (methyl, 
ethyl, propyl, amyl, etc.) with a derivative 
of the ammonia (amidogon). There is, how 
ever, still some doubt about, its true chemical 
composition, so that some chemists suppose 
it to be trimethyl.i-uin ; in the mean time, Its 
specific effect on most forms of rheumatism 
has bceu established. By taking five drops 
in a tablespoonl‘u 1 of peppermint water ©very 
two hours, the pains usually abate after 
twelve doses. 
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"HEALTH OF FARMERS’ WIVES.” 
When I read an article with this title, on 
page 223 of the Rural New Yorker, April 
5 th, 1873, it moved mo much. T wanted to 
answer it, but thought there would be so 
many who would answer such a request that 
I had better be quiet. I might have kept so, 
perhaps, but for the failure of an answer for 
two weeks. The question is, “Will some 
one tell us why” there are so few healthy- 
looking farmers’ wives? No doubt, many 
arc ignorant of the way to live, eat late or 
rich suppers, eat warm biscuit every day, 
which cannot be healthful, while many more 
have no chance to use what wisdom they 
may bavo, in taking care of nr saving them¬ 
selves in any way, Home arc “ high-spirit¬ 
ed,” and recklessly ambitious to carry out 
their plans, which sometimes Involve too 
much and too hard labor, for which their 
husbands are not responsible. Others still 
and I am sorry to know a great number of 
women—ara literally broken downwith mul¬ 
titudinous cares and labors, which they can¬ 
not get rest from, during the rearing of (in 
many cases) large families of children, who 
might yet “rise up ami call her blessed,” 
oould sho have had suitable and needed rec¬ 
reation. 
Home mother* get very little sleep, espe¬ 
cially if a child Is sick and they have no help 
in taking care of said child. This is most 
wearing of ail. flow it would have rested 
those aching limbs and soothed that nervous 
brain if she could, after a siege of such nurs¬ 
ing, have mode a visit to her father’s house 
ere both parent* were laid in the grave. The 
husbands too, would be repaid fourfold if 
thoy invested that way with the wisdom 
which they use in buying land. But that is 
not the case in the above sketches. One has 
heard of a horse and oow to be sold cheap, 
md he must get them with this year’s sur¬ 
plus ; but next year, maybe , mother can have 
jomothing with which.to take a little journey. 
When the next year come#, little Admit, is 
idded to the mother’s list of cares, and she 
could not leave now. Thus her life goes on 
until sho sinks, in many cases, under t he bur- 
len of cares to the grave ; while, if she had 
boon allowed a few of the dollars sho had 
brought to the husband with toil and econ¬ 
omy, to have taken a little trip among friends 
somewhere—almost anywhere, to get away 
from the work she does not feel able to do— 
for a brief season, sho might have lived to 
knit stockings for her grandchildren, beside 
jiving and spreading comforts through her 
1 family, in many way*. 
As I look around me in the Western States, 
, ( wonder there are so many farmers’ wives 
i who grow into and seem to adapt themselves 
to their sphere of fife as well ns they do. If 
r this shall cause one feeble wife to have a few 
c weeks’ recruiting, that she may bo the bet- 
3 ter prepared to perform lior duties, as wife 
and mother, it will pay Aunt Fannie. 
VEGETABLE PERFUMES AND HEALTH. 
An Itallian professor has made some very 
agreeable medical researches, resulting in 
the discovery than vegetable perfumes uxer- 
'isc a positively healthful influence on the 
atmosphere, converting its oxygen into ozone, 
i.nd thus increasing its oxydl/.ing influence. 
The essences found to develop the largest 
quantity of ozone are those of cherry, laurel, 
cloves, lavender, mint, juniper, lemons, fen¬ 
nel, bergamot; those that give it in smaller 
quantity arc anise, nutmeg, and thyme. The 
[lowers of the narcissus, hyacinth, mignon¬ 
ette, heliotrope, and lily of the valley develop 
>zone in closed vessels. Flowers destitute of 
nerfume do not develop it, said those which 
iav« hut slight- perfume develop it- only in 
unall quantities. Reasoning from these tacts 
the professor recommends the cultivation of 
flowers in marshy districts, and in places in¬ 
fested with animal emanat ions, on account, of 
the powerful oxygon influence of ozone. The 
inhabitants of such regions should surround 
their dwellings with beds of the most odor¬ 
iferous flowers. 
