BOOBE’S BUBAL MEW-YOBKEB- 
Homtstic (groitanra. 
ORIGINAL RECIPES 
RURALISTS, 
if not induced were greatly increased by 
sleeping in the room with the lamp turned 
almost out. Besides the damage to health, 
it spoils the paper and curtains, soils the 
mirrors and windows and gives the whole 
house an untidy and unwholesome odor.— Ex. 
Bread and Butter Pudding. —Cut about a 
pound of good light bread into thin slices ; 
spread them with butter, as for eating ; lay 
them in a pudding dish, and strew between 
each layer of bread. Heeded raisins. Beat 
six eggs with three or four large spoonfuls of 
sugar, mix them with three pints sweet milk 
and a grated nutmeg ; turn the whole over 
the bread, let it remain untilhalf of the milk 1 
is absorbed by the bread, then bake. No 
sauce will bo required. This Of course will 
make a large pudding, and is excellent. 
How to make an Indian Apple Pudding .— 
Turn three pints of scalding milk into a pint 
of sifted Indian meal; stir in two largespoon- 
fuls of sugar, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon 
or ginger, a teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoon- ' 
ful soda and one dozen sweet apples, pared, 
cored and sliced thin. Bake three horn's. 
The apples will form a nice, sweet jelly. To 
be eaten with nice sirup of any kind, or is 
nice without any addition. 
Orange Sirup. —Squeeze the juice from the 
oranges ; to a pint of it put a. pound of white 
sugar ; set on a moderate lire. When the 
sugar dissolves put in the peel of the oranges | 
and set the Birtip where it will boil slowly 
eight or ten minutes ; then strain. Do not 
squeeze while strainiug. Bottle and cork 
tight. Excellent eaten on almost any kind of 
a pudding. An excellent sirup can also be 
made from the peels and pits of peaches ; 
also the peels and cores of those late little 
sour pears—some prefer half quince and half 
pear. Such odds and ends can be made use 
of, and when the wind and snows of winter 
are blowing, these sirups are nice eaten on 
our buckwheat cakes, when otherwise, per¬ 
haps, we would be obliged to use black 
molasses. 
Apple Puffs. —Mix a quarter of a pound of 
butter with a quart of sifted Hour, t wo eggs, 
and a spoonful of salt ; halt teaspoonful soda, 
dissolved in a little cold water ; moisten it 
with cold water so that you can just roll it out, 
easily ; roll as thin as possible : cut into 
cakes ; put three of them together, sprinkle 
flour between each one ; lay on the top thin 
slices tart apples ; sprinkle sugar and a little 
nutmeg over them ; enclose the apple by 
doubling the pastry over thorn ; press the 
edges well together; fry- in sufficient hot 
lard to cover them. When of a light brown, 
take up carefully.— Brownie. 
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ECONOMY OF TIME. 
OCR family consists of six members. In 
managing the work for such a large family, 
I think “ one hour in the morning worth two 
at night.” In order to save time and let the 
men go out to work early, while the uir is 
cool, and the flies not ravenous, I have 
breakfast as nearly prepared a.s possible at 
night. Those who never tried having every 
tiling in perfect order at night would bo sur¬ 
prised at the change it makes. The day 
seems pleasanter ; every thing “works to 
your hand,” as the good old folks say ; and 
after doing your usual amount of work you 
have time to read the Rural. Potato balls 
can be prepared just after tea. Put a few 
bread crumbs, a very little salt and one 
beaten egg in the potatoes left from tea— 
(manage to have enough left for one meal) ; 
mix thoroughly ; make into flat cakes, roll 
in flour; then lay them on a plate until 
mo rning . Fry in butter and send to table 
hot. 
If you intend having ham for breakfast, 
slice, it at night ready for the frying pan. 
The best way to cook it is to brown it lightly 
in the oven, take it on your meat dish, spread 
butter on, turn on some sweet cream, pepper 
and salt it. Be sure to get the cream and 
butter on while hot.— a. h. 
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ABOUT BURNING KEROSENE. 
odes ittttl |)tanet[8. 
HINTS ABOUT DRESSES. 
Wk wish to call the attention of all con¬ 
sumers of kerosene oil to the pernicious and 
unhealthy practice of using lamps filled with 
that article with the wicks turned down. 
The gas which should be consumed by the 
flame is by this means left heavily in the air, 
while the cost of the oil thus saved at the 
present prices would be scarce one dollar a 
year for the lamps of a household. A large 
family of children in the country were taken 
ill one night, and on going to the nursery 
the mother found the whole room nearly 
suffocating with a lamp turned nearly out, 
whereupon the doctor forbade the use of a 
lamp at night unless burned at full head. 
A girl was suDject to fits of faintness, which 
Stylish dresses are made of tartan plaids, t 
Three deep bias flounces, faced up with silk f 
and put on almost plain, simulate a triple s 
tunic by sloping lip toward the back as an - 
apron front. The back is formed of two c 
straight pieces looped as a sash. These dress- "1 
es are especially for short girls of sixteen. f 
One of the most popular trimmings of f 
walking dresses is wide galoon, of the shade 
of the dress. So much is it used that mate- f 
rial for dress goods is woven to represent the £ 
galloon stripe. Galloon three inches wide is i 
earned from the bottom of the basque in 
front over rile shoulder and down to the end f 
of the side forms of the back. In this ease i 
the back of the waist is trimmed with a tri- £ 
angular piece of .silk. The termination of the 
center forms of the back is in side plaitings. s 
Very pretty basques for slender forms are t 
made with a half dozen plaits on the shoul- ; 
der ,• these are carried down the center of 
tiie back at the waist, and expanding form 
the basque. These waists are worn with a 
belt. In other basques the popular triangular 
trimming of the basque is formed of the ] 
plaits. The bottom of the basque should be 
corded and faced up on the inner side with 
silk, as the lining is apt to show. i 
Many waists are striped at intervals with '■ 
folds of velvet or silk, all sloping to the form, 
and forming the basque. Mourning dresses ; 
trimmed with crape folds in this fashion are i 
exceedingly pretty. 
Flaring collars of the material of the dress I 
are worn. They are lined and corded with 
silk and turned down in front. Often another 
collar is added, turning down in the back 
and extending down the front to the middle 
of the waist, where the two square ends are 
joined with a bovv. This same long collar 
may bo turned at the neck to form the stand¬ 
ing collar, and sometimes it is gathered in 
several fall back plaits at the back. Collars 
are the features of all waists now, the rillt 
being scarcely worn ; those, with the perpen¬ 
dicular trimmings and folds, constitutes al¬ 
most the only adornment of waists. 
The sleeves of costumes are very plain. 
Those of rough, heavy cloths and camel’s 
hair goods are simply stitched a few times 
about the wrist. Basket cloth serges and 
finer meshed goods have plain bands or small 
double cuffs edged with cords of silk. A 
very pretty sleeve has a pleating of silk or of 
the material over the wrist. 
Heavy cording is very much used for the 
edges of apron fronts, basques, cuffs and col¬ 
lars If any other trimming is desired on 
worsted goods, the rough twisted or ball 
fringes are used. Lace is very little used for 
trimming ; even finer laces on sdk dresses are 
seldom seen. 
The plaited back widths which have been 
mentioned in this column as a feature of the 
new fashion for shirts should be used cau¬ 
tiously, In soft, pliable goods, it is impossi¬ 
ble. to make them stand out unless lined with 
stiff material, and this soon mashes with con¬ 
stant use and makes a very heavy skirt for 
walking; this skirt is more suitable for silk 
aud demi-trained dresses. 
Kilt-plaited flounces of one shade, stitched 
half way down the depth of the flounce, have 
on the lower and open edge bands of a darker 
shade or galloon stitched on. The effect is 
very pretty, especially in the camel’s hair 
goods. Gathered flounces are finished with 
a French hem, which is made by turning up 
the material on the right side and blind 
stitching it down. Machine stitching is 
avoided wherever it is possible. 
Mother-of-pearl buttons are generally pre¬ 
ferred. The darker they are the handsomer. 
Silk embroidered buttons are also in use, and 
j crochet/ted buttons with jet for dressei trim¬ 
med in jet. Oxydized silver and steel are 
. both out of favor. 
For mourning, bombazine is still the most 
\ handsome material. The English mauufao- 
,, tuve is preferred to the French, owing to the 
5 tendency of the latter to split. A more pop- 
! ular fabric than either is Henrietta doth, a 
T mixture of silk and wool, and much more 
T durable than bombazine. Mourning dresses 
arc literally covered with crepe. Deep fac- 
l ings of crepe are placed on the skirt. The 
is used the crepe fringe is preferred. For | 
silk dresses the. brand known as the “ Cash- | 
mere finished silk” is used. 
Mourning bonnets are larger than those j 
made in colors and are exceedingly plain. ! 
The trimming is entirely of folds. The vail I 
is caught in folds on the side with a jet pin ; j 
for the face, Brussels net or silk tis.-ue is mod. 
The prettiest ball dresses are of colored 
tarletans, which are now made almost as line 
as muslin. The flounces which arc kilt-plait¬ 
ed, are faced up with silk of the same color. 
The apron front is faced with silk aud is often 
trimmed with diagonal and perpendicular 
folds of silk. The waist is very lngh on the 
shoulder and cut out on the back and in front,. 
Sleeves are mere straps of silk. The half- 
cuirass body of silk the same shade is worn. 
The tarletan body is trimmed with Grecian 
folds. Flowers are used in the greatest pro¬ 
fusion. 
The latest stylo of wearing the hair is to 
put it in front; crimp it and gather it low 
down under the knot, where it is confined 
with a ribbon or comb. 
Bonnet strings arc to be worn again. Tur¬ 
quoise silk is used for bonnets, which must 
match the costume. Shirred fronts and soft 
crowns wfil bo worn this winter, as last. 
Black kid gloves are to be worn again ; the 
stitching on the back should match the cos¬ 
tume. 
Hittitralisi. 
ENGLISH SPARROW AND CODLING MOTH. 
ntwentu information. 
IMPERFECT SIGHT. 
Short-sightedness is a malformation of a 
somewhat serious nature, as short-sighted 
eyes are diseased eyes, and they require 
Special treatment. Never allow a child or 
friend thus afflicted to fall into the hands of 
“ t raveling quacks,” or those who make loud 
claims to optical knowledge. In nil large 
cities there are reputable medical gentlemen 
who make a specialty of the t reatment of eyo 
affections, and they are the proper persons to 
consult. It cannot be too universally known 
that, short sight, tends to increase ; and that 
if it increases at all rapidly it tends also to 
destructive changes, and therefore it is an 
affection which requires prompt attention. 
Perfection of sight is essential to our welfare 
and happiness, and any one who neglects 
those precautions upon the observance of 
which its preservation depends will find 
cause for deep repentance in later life. 
Young men and young women who suffer 
themselves to fall into the habit of reading by 
fire-light, or at a window by the waning 
light of evening, or at a considerable distance 
from lamps and gas-burners, are guilty of 
acts for which they must suffer. Parents 
should promptly interfere to prevent the 
formation of such dangerous habits .—Boston 
Joumal of Chemistry. 
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A CURE FOR WARTS. 
During occasional visits to Now York 0 
and adjoining cities I have noticed that the i< 
streets are numerously frequented by the r 
English Sparrows, fearlessly Hying about in 
all directions among men aud horses, pick- a 
ing up whatever material for susteuanco v 
they may find upon the pavements, in the a 
garbage boxes aud every place where it may < 
be scattered. As my attention has been ar- t 
rested from time to time by these birds, and [ 
their habits observed, a hope has been In- 1 
dulged that at last, we have an efficient agent a 
to arrest the destructive work of the Codling f 
Moth. The damage arising from its habit of > 
puncturing and depositing its progeny in our t 
choice apples is immense. My crops for j 
years, with but few intervals, have been vir- ( 
tually destroyed for market purposes. All < 
t he effort which I have been making have i 
proved futile, notwithstanding the protection < 
given to the numerous varieties of Bmall 
birds which have frequented my orchards 
and garden. 
There is a fact apparently connected with 
the introduction of this English Sparrow i 
which deserves special attention. About < 
twenty years ago the city of Brooklyn, at i 
that time retaining much of the rural char- > 
aider, was ornamented by many varieties of : 
beautiful trees bordering the public walks 
and streets. After these trees had acquired 
a good size and began to throw their refresh¬ 
ing shade upon these walks, an enemy made 
its appearance in the month of June and 
pursued its work of havoc and desolation 
until their bei.uti. ul clothingcf green foliage 
was devoured and little but naked branches 
was to be seen. Many a time have I walked 
those streets during these periods of desola¬ 
tion and found it necessary to be watchful 
lest these worms (hundreds of which hung 
suspended by long threads attached to the 
branches) should fasten upon my clothes or 
till my face with their nauseous presence. 
Thousands on thousands were crushed by the 
feet of i odcsirlans and thousands made their 
lodgment under the flagging and other 
places of retreat to remain entombed until 
the next transformation should fit them for 
a renewal of these devastations. When the 
English Sparrows made their appearance it 
was observed that these worms began to di¬ 
minish in numbers until at length they have 
entirely disappeared ; and it is believed by 
in.) inhabitant 1 ; that their relief from the 
presence of this hateful pest is owing tr the 
services of these sparrows. 
Let fanners and fruit growers take cour¬ 
age. then; and although the pugnacious 
habits of these sparrows may expel many of 
the sweet songsters from our fields and gar¬ 
dens, the vast advantage gained will be ade¬ 
quate compensation. During a period of at 
least twenty years these motiis have carried I 
on their work of destruction here, and I 
wait with great interest future develop¬ 
ments on this subject. R. M. Conklin. 
Cold Spring, L. L, Suf. Co., N. Y. 
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To Stuff anij Preserve Birds, &c.— 
John Culver asks some of our readers to 
» tell him how to do this. We have, in pre¬ 
vious volumes of the Rural New-Yorker, 
, given illustrated articles on taxidermy ; but 
if any of our readers can give simple and 
L. J. H. asks :—Can any one of the readers 
of the Rural give a recipe for curing warts 
on the hands f I would like some recipe that 
is a simple, yet sure cure. Please give some 
remedy and oblige. 
Dissolve a silver quarter dollar in nitric 
acid (aqua fortis). Do this in a teacup ; set 
where it will remain warm, and use only 
acid enough to dissolve the quarter, or not 
quite enough. Evaporate to dryness, and 
then, adding a little water to re-dissolve it, 
pour it into a phial. Take a mateli-stiek, 
bite one end a little to make it brush -like, 
and, dipping it in the nitrate of silver thus 
formed, touch each wart, and the warts only, 
with it, wetting them thoroughly once in 
two days for a week or ten days. Lt will 
probably be a thorough cure. Every spot 
touched by the nitrate of silver will first turn 
white, and on exposure to sunlight black, and 
it wifi eat holes in clothing as quickly as it 
will eat off the warts. 
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TAKING COLD. 
The frequency of what is called “a cold ” 
in New England is chiefly due to sudden 
changes of weather, to which that climate is 
subject. Persons who live largely in the 
open air are least affected by these changes. 
So, too, people who sleep with a window 
open to a greater or less extent, according to 
the weather, are not often prostrated by a 
severe cold. 
The changes in the winter climate, though 
sudden, do not usually seriously affect the 
system, when experienced in the open air. 
There is more danger of taking cold by going 
from a close sleeping-room into the air after 
a change of weather, than by exposing one¬ 
self directly to the influences and effects of 
the change, lt is hot-house plants that die 
In the frost and wither in the sun. 
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HOW TO CURE A SORE THROAT. 
“ One who has Tried It” communicates 
the following seasonable item about curing 
sore throats to the N. Y. Herald:—“ Let 
each one of your half million readers buy at 
any drug store one ounce of camphorated 
Oil, and five cents’ worth of chlorate of pot¬ 
ash. Whenever any soreness appears in the 
throat put the potash in half a tumbler of 
water, and with it gargle the throat thor¬ 
oughly, then rub the neck thoroughly with 
the camphorated oil at night before going 
to bed, and al-o pin around the throat a 
small strip of woolen flannel. This is a sim¬ 
ple, cheap and sure remedy. 
APPLICATION 
BURNS. 
. . . ... 1 , , , «... U , ... VUI I UOUWO WATU Oil .1 I uv ,Al.V. 
apron front is ail or crepe, and the outside C onei e instructions to our correspondent we 
garment is made of crepe ; if other trimming J w fi[ print them. 
M. Lebtgot, in the London Lancer, recom¬ 
mends the following mixture as having been 
very successful:—Cape aloes, 4 02.; water, 10 
oz.; alcohol (90*), oz. The ingredients are 
to be melted together in a china plate over a 
slow lire, allowed to cool, and then filtered ; 
after which three more ounces of alcohol are 
to be added. It is then ready for use. A 
table-spoonful of the liquid mixed with a 
tea-spoonful of acetate of lead and twenty 
table-spoonfuls of water constitutes an ex- 
celleut remedy. It is to be applied morning 
and evening on the burned parts. 
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