pint of the finest oatmeal and two heaping 
tablespoonfuls of sugar ; stir it into one gill 
of boiling water and mix it thoroughly to¬ 
gether ; turn out on the rolling-board, well 
floured, and roll it as thin and cut out as for 
common cracknels, put a bit of citron and 
h alf a dozen currants into each cake, sticking 
them iu the dough. Bake in a slow oven 
and watch carefully lest they brown a shade 
too deep. To make t hem crispy, let them 
stand a day in an uncovered dish. A very 
palatable pie crust can be made from the 
dough of oatmeal cracknels by wetting it a 
little thinner ; or iu preparing it add just 
half the measure of meal in hot water. Add 
no butter, but simply a little salt ; roll out 
thin, and make the pie of cooked fruits, as 
this kind of paste hakes very quickly, and if 
the fruit requires cooking it would become 
too hard and brown. Most, persons who 
eschew ull kinds of pies can cot those made 
of oatmeal without fear or trembling, and 
they will soon learn to consider oatmeal an 
invaluable addition to their tables. 
Missouri now has 2,020 Granges and they 
never have reported so punctually as they 
did the last quarter. This, in the face of 
hard times, is a most encouraging indica¬ 
tion. 
Bro. Tv rt.t.kv of the National Grange, says 
Stanley Russel of Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, 
was the first person regularly initiated into 
the OiVler. 
Pennsylvania has five hundred and fifty- 
four subordinate Granges, and the Order 
seems to be prospering throughout the 
State. 
The Order m Wisconsin is estimated to 
number 25,000. Fifty-five Granges only are 
declared to be in arrears for dues. 
The Executive Committee of the National 
Grange meets at Washington in formal 
session, on the 1st of July next. 
Michigan Patrons are everywhere de¬ 
nouncing the plaster ring, and resolving not 
to use any plaster this year. 
Bro. N. W. Garretson is succeeded as 
lecturer of the Iowa State Grange by 
Brother W. I, Carpenter. 
A Grange cotton manufacturing com¬ 
pany, capital $10,000, has been formed at 
Goinsville, Arkansas. 
The Cincinnati Times urges warmly the 
claims of Cincinnati for the headquarters of 
the National Grange. 
Missouri has 2,017 Granges. The largest 
one is Darksvllle, 694, Randolph county ; it 
has 170 members. 
There are 250 Granges in California in 
good working order ; last year there were 
only 50. 
Patrons in various counties in Wiscon¬ 
sin are holding monthly sales with marked 
success. 
Some of the Missouri subordinate Granges 
wish the Htate Grange, to fix upon an Arbor 
Day. 
The Ohio State Purchasing Agency P. of 
H., last month did a buisness of over $20,000. 
Intemperance is to be squelched in 
Missouri if the Patrons can bring it about. 
In one school district in Bradford Co., Pa., 
there are but three voters not Patrons. 
Tne Patrons of Abington Mass, are raising 
the capital for a Grange store. 
The Patrons of Hennepin county, Minne¬ 
sota, recently held a sales fair. 
Twelve Granges were organized in Maine 
during the last half Of April. 
An Illinois Grange wants to do away with 
all ceremonies in the Grange. 
Virginia has now over five hundred and 
seventy Granges. 
Washington Territory has 40 Granges. 
HOW TO TREAT WOUNDS 
SENSIBLE AND COMMENDABLE 
Every person should know how to treat 
a flesh wound. Every one is liable to be 
placed in circumstances away from surgical 
and veterinary aid, where he may save his 
own life, the life of a friend or a beast, 
simply T>y the exercise, of a little common 
sense. In the first place, close the lips of the 
wound with the hands and hold them 
firmly together, to check the flow of blood, 
until several stitches can be taken and a 
bandage applied. Then bathe the wound 
for a long time in cold water. 
<* Should it be painful,” a gentleman 
writes, “ take a panful of burning coals and 
sprinkle upon them brown sugar and hold 
th® wounded part in the smoke. In a min¬ 
ute or two the pain will be allayed, and the 
recovery proceed rapidly. In my case a 
rusty nail had made a bad w ound in my foot, 
The pain and nervous irritation were severe. 
This was all removed by holding it in smoke 
fifteen minutes, and I was able to resume my 
reading in comfort. We have often recorn- 
meuded it to others with like result. One of 
my men had a finger-nail torn out by a pair 
of ice-tongs. It became very painful, as was 
to be expected. Held in sugar smoke twenty 
minutes pain ceased, and promised speedy 
recovery.” 
Th <5 Patrons of Minnesota are a wide¬ 
awake people, and have set their brethren 
elsewhere many good examples. Among 
the latest is the passage of the following 
resolutions by a live Grange in their State. 
The action taken is worthy of imitation in 
various States and latitudes, in some of 
which other products might be grown in 
place of the one specified. And why not 
offer some appropriate premiums to he com¬ 
peted f*r by lady members—say something 
in the line of fruits or flowers, poultry or 
bee-keeping ? But to the resolutions, which 
are as follows : 
Whereas, It behooves us, as farmers and 
Patrons of Husbandry, to use our best en¬ 
deavors to advance the cause of agriculture, 
and increase the funds of our Grange, there¬ 
fore . . 
Resolved, L That the male members of 
our Grange be furnished each one hundred 
kernels of corn, to be planted the present 
season, the corn produced to be the property 
of our Grange, to be disposed of at a corn 
festival some time in December next. 
2. That our Grange pay as premiums for 
the largest yield from one hundred kernels, 
one dollar ■ for the second largest, seventy- 
five cents ; for the third largest, fifty cents. 
3. That any m3mber refusing to compete 
for premium, or t.o make the most, he can 
from bissliare of the seed, shall be deprived 
of an v of the benefits of this act. 
4. That each member shall be prepared to 
furnish two disinterested witnesses to sub¬ 
stantiate hia statements, if required ; also, 
items of interest about cultivation, soil 
planting, &c. , ... 
5. That a committee of three be appointed 
to select the seed, award the premiums, and 
attend to any other business necessary to 
successfully carry out these resolutions. 
6. That these resolutions be published in 
papers friendly to the Patrons, and that 
other Granges in the State be invited to 
adopt these or similar resolutions. 
7. That thu State Grange be invited to offer 
a premium of fifteen dollars for the largest 
yield ; ten dollars for second yield, and five 
dollars for third largest yield from one hun¬ 
dred kernels; to be paid by the Grange 
furnishing the same. 
HOW TO MAKE FISH CAKES 
Take codfish, either fresh or salt, that, has 
been boiled the day before. Carefully re¬ 
move the bones and mince the fish. Mix 
with a quantity of mashed potatoes, mashed 
with butter and milk hi the proportion of 
one-third codfish and two-thirds muslicd po¬ 
tatoes. Add sufficient beaten egg to make 
the whole into a Binooth paste. Season with 
cayenne, and if the mixture seems dry, 
moisten and enrich it with a little butter. 
Make it into cakes about an inch thick and 
as large round as the top of a common-sized 
teacup, or into round balls. Sprinkle them 
well with flour. Fry them In lard or beef 
dripping. When one side is done, turn them 
over. If approved, you may add to the 
mixture two or three onions boiled and 
minced. Any large codfish may be dressed 
in this maimer for next morning's breakfast. 
LEARN ABOUT THE PULSE 
Every intellectual person should know how 
to ascertain the state of the pulse in health ; 
then by comparing it with what it iB when 
he is ailing, he may have some idea cf the 
urgency of hia case. Parents should know 
the healthy pulse of each child—as now and 
then a person is born with a peculiarly Blow 
or fast pulse, and the very case in hand may 
be of that peculiarity. An infant’s pulse is 
140 ; a child of seven, about 80 ; and from 
twenty to sixty years, it is seventy beats a 
minute, declining to sixty at four score. A 
healthful grown person’s pulse beats 70 
times iua minute ; there may be good health 
down to til) ; but if the pulse always exceeds 
70 there is a disease ; the machine is work¬ 
ing itself out; there is ft fever or inflamma¬ 
tion somewhere, and the body is feeding on 
itself ; as in consumption, when the pulse is 
quick, that is, over 70, gradually increasing 
with decreased chances of cure, until it 
reaches! 10 or 120, when death comes before 
many days. When the pulse is over 70 for 
months, and there is a slight cough, the 
lungs are affected. 
SELECTED RECIPES, 
Apple Puffs.— Mix a quarter of a pound of 
butter with a quart of sifted flour, two eggs 
and a spoonful of salt ; half tcaspoonful 
soda, dissolved hi 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 Hour between each one ; lay on the 
top thin slices tart apples ; sprinkle sugar 
and a little nutmeg over them ; press the 
edges well together ; fry in sufficient hot 
lard to cover them. When of a light brown, 
take up carefully. 
Hop Yeast for Warm, Weather. — Two 
quarts of water, twelve potatoes, a good 
handful of hops; press the water from the 
bag of hops when the potatoes are done, and 
mash fine; add one teacupful of white sugar, 
a handful of salt, tablespoonful of giuger; 
strain through a colander and boil a few 
minutes ; add yeast to raise when cool; no 
soda is required to make this bread. This 
yeast will keep in hot weather until it is used. 
Dried-apple Pudding.— Two putts dried 
NEWS AND NOTES FOR PATRONS, 
O. H. Kelley, Worthy Secretary of the 
National Grange, has nearly ready for press, 
and will soon publish, a History of tlio Order 
of Patrons of Husbandry, illustrated with 
portraits of some of the leading members of 
the Order. It. will be Looked for with great 
interest, and coming from one who was at 
the beginning, and who has all the 
documents in his possession, it should be full 
and trustworthy. 
Master Allen of the Missouri State 
Grange, scarcely gives himself any rest from 
labor for the interest of the Order and the 
individual comfort of the members. He is 
again lecturing and gathering supplies for 
the starving brethren of that State. 
At the request of Knickerbocker Grange 
of this city, Bro. N. M unday, Master of 
Progress Grange, Elizabeth, N. J., attended 
VALUE OF OATMEAL FOR INFANTS. 
In a communication to the Societe Medi¬ 
cal,'. des Hnpiteaux, MM. Dujurdin-Iieuumetz 
and Hardy make known the results of the 
employment of oatmeal, says the Medical 
Press and Circular, on thu alimentation and 
hygiene of infants. According to them, oat¬ 
meal is the aliment which, by reason of its 
plastic and respiratory elements, makes the 
nearest approach to human milk. It also is 
one of those which contains most iron and 
salts, and especially the phosphate of 
lime, so necessary for infants. It also lias 
the property of preventing and arresting the 
diarrheas which are so frequent and so 
dangerous at this ego. According to the 
trials made by Mr. Marie, infants from four 
to eleven months of age, fed exclusively 
upon Scotch oatmeal and cow’s milk, thrive 
very nearly as well as do children of the 
same age suckled by a good nurse. 
ORIGINAL RECIPES 
Editors Rural : — 1 respond to Esther 
Allen’s invitation to speak in meeting, and 
hope every RuiiAL-reading housekeeper will 
do the same. I send one way of 
Cooking Onions.— If they are large, cut 
them in slices, and cook them in plenty of 
water nearly an hour, or until they are ten¬ 
der, then turn them into a colander to drain. 
When dry return them to the dish in which 
they were cooked, sprinkle on some salt and 
pepper, add a large tablespoonful of butter, 
set the dish on the top of the stove and let 
them simmer a few minutes, stirring often 
enough to keep them from burning. 
Excellent Tea Cake. — One cupful of 
white sugar, two-thirds of a cup of sweet 
milk, three tablespoonfuls at butter, one egg, 
half a teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonfnl 
of cream tartar. 
To Pickle Eggs.— Boil the eggs hard, re¬ 
move the shells and cover the eggs with 
vinegar in which blood beets have been 
pickled. For a pic-nic these are very nice 
and showy. 
Iowa Ginger Snaps.— Take a coffee cup, 
put in three tablespoonfuls of boiling water, 
one teaspoonful of ginger, half a teaspoonful 
of soda, three tablo6poonfuls of butter or 
lard, and fill the cup with molasses. Mix up 
and roll out thin. These are favorites of all 
who eat them. Farmer’s Wife. 
its meeting last week and conferred the de¬ 
grees of Cultivator and Gleaner upon several 
candidates. 
The P. of H. Department of the Weekly 
World is newsy, spicy and interesting—for 
which we reckon its readers and the Order 
are indebted to Bro. T. E Willson, the 
Worthy Overseer of Knickerbocker Grange. 
Many Grange papers are being started— 
more, we fear, than can be sustained. Quality 
is better than quantity. Better have a few 
good papers than a myriad of poor, half- 
starved ones. 
Master Moore of the Maryland State 
Grange has just organized a District Grange 
at Easton, with subordinates in Talbot, Caro¬ 
line Dorchester and Queen Anne Counties. 
Bro. T. A Thompson, lecturer of the 
National Grange, after a year of hard work 
among the Granges, is taking a brief rest 
with his family at Fairview, Minnesota. 
The Patrons of New Jersey have saved 
from $50,000 to $75,000 in their purchases 
the past year. No wonder the Order is 
thriving among the “ Jersey Blues.” 
The Patron’s Helper, a neat quarto 
weekly at Des Moines, Iowa, is ft noble worker 
for the good of the Order, and we hope will 
be nobly sustained. 
The Grange wheat warehouse at Clarks¬ 
burg, Iowa, has thus far proved a success in 
keeping up the price of grain to the highest 
market rate. 
The Virginia Patron, a handsome folio 
weekly recently started at Richmond, Va., 
is doing yeoman service for the Order in that 
State. 
Asparagus and Seans. — Cut the tender 
parts of asparagus into quarter-inch lengths, 
boil In an equal quantity of water, adding 
about an equal amount of well-cooked Lima 
beans. Cook until the asparagus is tender, 
and serve warm. Instead of the beans the 
asparagus may be thickened with flour or 
with cracker crumbs. 
Apple Snow ,—Pare the apples ; halve and 
core them ; put to boil with a little water 
and one cupful of white sugar. When the 
apples are cooked, lift them out without 
breaking ; boil down the sirup and pour over. 
On the top place a few spoonfuls of whites of 
eggs beaten to a stiff froth and seasoned 
with lemon. 
Cracker Pies, 
HYGIENIC NOTES, 
Worth Remembering.— It has been ju¬ 
dicially decided that the creditors of a party 
who fraudulently conveys his property to 
his wife cannot seize the insurance money 
due for loss of that property if it was insured 
in the wife’s name after the transfer. That 
insurance was a personal benefit or indemnity 
to the party whose name is mentioned in the 
polioy as beneficiary, whether such person 
be the owner of the property insured or not. 
A contrary rule obtains in life insurance, 
where proof of interest is required. 
A Cure for Hoarseness. —Half a teacup of 
vinegar, the same of molasses, half as much 
whisky, a lump of butter the size of a 
hickory nut, a tablespoout'ul of ginger and 
a teaspoon ful of paregoric ; beat all together, 
and take a few teaspoons at a time till the 
mixture is half cone ; if the hoarseness is not 
-Take nine soda crackers, 
break them and pour over them two cups of 
boiling milk ; let them stand until reduced to 
a pulp, add one and one-fourth cups of sugar, 
one of butter, four spoonfuls of vinegar or 
two of tartaric acid ; flavor with lemon or 
orange. This is sufficient for three pies. 
One-Egg Cake.—One and one-half cups 
sugar, one or two eggs, butter the size of an 
egg ; heat; smoothly together ; one cup 
sweet milk , two to two and one-half cups 
flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder. 
OATMEAL AND C0C0ANUT CRACKNELS, 
Oatmeal mixed with grated cocoanut pro¬ 
duces a very attractive cake to both old and 
young. Take three heaping tablespoonfuls 
of grated cocoanut, or two of the prepared, 
*• desiccated ” cocoanut; add to it half a 
