apple by doubling Hie pastry over them ; 
press the edges well together ; fry in suffi¬ 
cient hot lard to cover them. When of a 
light brown take up carefully. 
Baker*’ Hum .—Mix I > f lbs. sugar with 2 
lbs, of flour, make a hole in the center of the 
flour, and pour in half a pint of warm milk 
and two tablespoon fills of yeast, make the 
whole into a thin batter, and 3 et the dish 
turn death cold. A baby is the most ner¬ 
vous of beings, and the torture it suffers in 
going to sloe}) and being awakened by care¬ 
less sounds when just "dropping off,” are 
only comparable to the same experience of 
an older person during an nc ito nervous 
headache. Young babies ought to pass the 
fli-st month of their lives in the country, for 
its stillness no less than its fresh air. But 
where the silence is not to be commanded 
baby may b > soothed by folding a soft nap¬ 
kin, wet in warmish water, lightly over the 
top of its head, its eyes and its ears. It is 
the best way to put nervous babies to sleep. 
A fine towel should ho wut and laid over its 
head ; the end twisted a little till it made a 
sortof skullcap, and though baby sometimes 
fights against being blindfolded in this way, 
five minutes usually will send him off into 
bliss! ill slumber. The compress soothes the 
little feverish brain, deadens sound in his 
i ini. louowing is taken from an advance 
copy of the next report of the Michigan 
State Board of Agriculture ; 
The little gray moths coma forth in May 
> are wholly nocturnal, and there- 
fruit 
whole into a thin batter, i ,Z __ _ __ 
J before the tire, covered up, until the leaven 
begins to ferment ; add to this )4 lb. of melt¬ 
ed butter and milk enough to make a soft 
paste of all the flour, and let it rise again for 
half an hour ; shape the dough iuto lnms, 
and lay apart on a buttered tin, iu rows, to 
rise for half an hour ; bake in a quick oven. 
A few currants are added with the butter. 
Kate's Pudding. —This Kate is a contrib¬ 
utor to the Country Gentleman, we thiuk, 
but are not suro that wo have the right 
credit : “Yolks of four eggs ; one teacup 
of sugar ; one quart of sweet milk ; one pint 
of bread crumbs ; butter the size of an egg, 
half a cup of raisins, (in the summer season 
cherries, strawberries, etc., are just as 
good) ; bake half an hour. Take the whites I 
of the eggs and beat to a stiff froth ; add 
half a cup of sugar, and the juice of one 
lemon (or lemon essence) ; return to the 
oven and bake slightly. To be eaten cold. 
Chops—Iiroiled. — Trim and flatten the 
chops with a chopper, sprinkle salt aud pep¬ 
per on both sides, dip them iu melted but¬ 
ter, place them on a gridiron and set on a 
sharp fire; turn over two or three times to 
,a 'oil properly, and when done seive them 
and June, 
tore seldom seen. As soon as the T ib. 
forms, a single egg is laid on the blossom end 
"I the fruit; and ns soon us the egg hutches 
the larva enters the apple. All kuow the 
subsequent history of the larva in the fruit 
for Who has not seen the tiny white cater- 
pillnr, with its black head mining away at 
the rich pulp, which it replaces with tilth ? 
In three weeks the larva matures, leaves the 
apple and in some concealed place spins a 
silken cocoon and assumes the chrysalis 
state. In from nine to fifteen days, vanimr 
with tile temperature, the moth issues. 'Ili8 
apples are again stocked with eggs as hofore 
after which comes a recurrence of all the 
disgusting work narrated above, except that 
the lame, upon leaving the apple, simply 
spill cocoons, in which they remain till 
spring, when they pupate ; and in about two 
LIME-WATER FOR BURNS 
The readiest and most useful 
remedy for 
scalds and burns is an embrocation of lime- 
water and linseed oil. These simple agents 
combined forma thick, cream-like substance, 
which effectually excludes the air from the 
injured parts, aud allays the inflammation 
almost instantly. A case is reedrded where 
a child fell backward into a bath-tub of boil¬ 
ing water, and was nearly (flayed from her 
neck to below her hips. Her agonies were 
indescribable ; but her clothing being gen 1 1 y 
removed, aim the lime and oil preparation 
thickly spread over the injured surface, she 
was sound asleep in live minutes. Sub¬ 
sequently the parts were carefully washed 
with warm milk and water three times a 
day, the oil dressing renewed, and the little 
patient rapidly recovered. Though all the 
scalded skin came off she did not have a 
pear. This remedy leaves no hard coat to 
dry on the sores, but softens the parts and 
aids nature to repair tha injury in Die read¬ 
iest and most expeditious manner. This 
mixture may bo procured in 1,1.<■ drn iT cf'.Aimo 
SELECTED RECIPES 
Potato Salad.- —“ A most delicious dish 
may bo made in the following manner : Cut 
eight oi ten good sized cold boiled potatoes 
in very thin slices, chop half a small onion 
and a good sized apple ver 
leaves from a iarge handful of 
rinse and chop them. Spread 
the potato in 
'y fine, pick the ' " *7 
green parsley, fla J teQ ®f> lli P lUem 11 
‘ a layer of hr0ttd - cr,mib8 a » d 
a chopping tray, sprinkle or enveloped in b 
liberally with salt, then half the parsley, 1>an Dowdy .—Tint 
apple and onion, then the rest of the potato' Wai esteemed in the 
apple and onion. Pour over the whole a P uV,Uc as 14 palatabh 
cup of the best sweat oil or melted butter tial 01,(3: Make a ri 
and two-thirds of a cup or vinegar. Mix the eartll0ri pot with it 
whole carefully so as not to break the a PP Ios thin fo 
potatoes; put in a deep dish aud garnish a PP lea with molasses 
with parsley. Suitable for lunch or tea/’ *»P°°aful of milk ; ci 
So says the “ Home Interests ” editor of the and re P eft t the procos 
Tribune, and no oue better knows what is crusfc and y° U1 ' pan i 
good and wholesome. iu a slow oven, 
Jo Duke Fresh Fish .—Prepare the fish by ~ ~ - 
taking ofl' the heart, drawing the ent.rji.iU ■ .. ♦ . . ♦ . r 
prepare the dressing as for fowls, only use 
milk to moisten it with instead of water if 
you have it. Stuff it at the head, and tie a 
cloth over the neck. Use milk In the drip¬ 
ping pan, and baste often. Bake twi> or 
three hours. Another way :—Prepare the 
fish as for frying, taking out the back bone 
and salting ; butter a dripping pan or tiu 
plate, and lay the tish in with the open side 
up, and bake well until it is nicely brown. 
W hen done take it out and spread with but¬ 
ter, pour over some nice sweet cream ; if you 
have not the cream use more butter and 
moisten with water. Let it stand a few 
minutes over a kettle of hot water. 
Jtimlan Cream—One quart of milk, three 
eggs, one OUp of sugar, half package Cox’s 
gelatin, vanilla or lemon flavoring. Dissolve 
the gelatin in half pint of tepid water, bring 
it to warm temperature, but not scalding. 
Beat theyolks of the eggs and sugar together. 
Bring the milk to a boil, then add the dis- 
so ved gelatin, two eggs and sugar, and let 
it just come to a boiling point, but no more, 
as it is too stiff. Beat the whites and re¬ 
move the mixture from the stove, and add 
1 " 11 Acs to it; also flavoring, and pour 
into molds. This requires to stand longer 
than wine jelly, if wanted for dinner make 
dy before. Eat with cream if you like. 
Cooking Asparagus .—Cut with a sharp, 
pointed knife just at the surface of the 
ground and lay the stalks in cold water. 
> ore cooking, cut them in pieces nearly an 
inch m length, rejecting any that will not 
ut easily, for 11 will not cook tender. Cook 
m just enough boiling water to prevent 
, ™ in ® 11 wt,en done, which will be in 
boiiw C * ty miuutes » if kt3 lA constantly 
0rat & ■,? a f° n tts you wouid vegetable 
^ cream ’ iui,k > * ait - a “ d 
tv , fv, ff fc lfc bod a minute and it is ready 
in thP v j! 0 ' Eat eitUer craok «r3 °r bread 
Jioth, as you would with oysters. 
butt!!« a quarter of a pound of 
and a 1 ? Q,,Hrt ° f sifted flour > two eggs, 
“da rr ° f Salfc ' half a teaspoonful 
it witht^ 6111 a ,iCtle cold water ? moisten 
it out eu -? wata J’80that you can just roll 
into c i Sl y ; 1011 as tbiu as Possible ; cut 
threB <jf together ; 
top thin bctw,;,JU eaeh °nc ! lay on the 
and a l/ttm \ Urt a PP les ; sprinkle sugar 
a httle nutmeg over them ; inclose the 
FOOD AS MEDICINE. 
L)b. Hall relates the case of a man who 
was cured of his biliousness by going with¬ 
out his supper and drinking freely of'’lemon¬ 
ade. Every morning, says the doctor, this 
patient arose with a wonderful sense of rust 
and refreshment, and feoling as though tho 
greater ; then there is something to cough 
against, and it comes up very much easier, 
and with half the coughing. A great deal 
of hacking and hemming and coughing in 
invalids is nervous, purely nervous, or from 
tho force of habit, as is shown by the fre¬ 
quency when thinking about it, and the 
comparative rarity when tho person is so 
much engaged that there is no time to think 
about, it, and tho attention is compelled in 
another direction. ° 
To these sensible remarks from high au¬ 
thority, every thoughtful observer will be 
ready to graut a considerable degree of 
credence. Tlmt coughing is in Itself injuri¬ 
ous, and promotive of inflammation and irri¬ 
tation, is universally admitted. That it is 
largely under the control of the will no one 
can doubt who has observed the phenomena 
of coughing in large audiences. We have 
heard one cougher start auother, until the 
whole of a great congregation seemed to be 
in the irreaitible grasp of asthma or con¬ 
sumption ; and we have known the same 
congregation, at some particularly interest¬ 
ing momeut of a lecture or music or sermon 
or spectacle, all intent to see and hear, pre¬ 
serve an unbroken stillness. Evidently the 
way to stop coughing is to stop it ! 
fruit is gathered. A commou carpet tack 
hammer, with a good daw, suspended 
around the neck by a cord, will be found an 
advantage. 
Man 3 r apples will be carried to the cellar 
with the larva? still in them. These unless 
destroyed will go through their changes. 
Hence all barrels, bins and boxes in the 
cellar should be examined. In knocking a 
box to pieces a few days ago (March 13) 
procured from a neighbor’s cellar, I found 
over 100 larva? concealed between where the 
boards were nailed together. These were 
placed in a box, and all but two again spun 
cocoons. As wo cannot hope to find nearly 
all of those, it would be welt if the apple 
cellar were so arranged as to preclude the 
moths from issuing forth. It would be ex¬ 
cellent policy to have our cellars so close 
that not a moth could escape in May and 
June. Were all cellars so fixed this spring 
it would be a great benefit, for lean flud uo 
live larvee out in the orchard In examining 
an orchard last week (April 27) I found over 
100 cocoons. Iwom more than one-third of 
these the insects h*ul been taken by the sap- 
sucker (Pious viUosus), while all the others 
either from cold or some other cause, were 
dead. 1 never saw such codling moth 
mortality bafore thisspriug. Fires and jars 
of sweetened water will have no effect in 
EXERCISES FOR LADIES 
Can you give a few simple exercises for 
ladies who are fond of athletic sports » 
Answer.—London Punch gives the follow¬ 
ing list of athletic sports for ladies : 1. 
Jumping at conclusions. 2. Walking round 
a subject. 3. Running through a novel. 4. 
Skipping dull descriptions. 5. Throwing the 
hatchet, and, during the holidays, boxing 
the ears of troublesome younger brothers. 
Seriously, however, we may add the follow¬ 
ing : Working in the flower garden ; get¬ 
ting breakfast, or any other meal; making 
beds; sweeping out the rooms; baking^ 
washing, ironing, etc. Then for genuine 
physical culture they may practice light 
gymnastics, swimming, archery, etc. — Her¬ 
ald oj Health. 
TO PUT NERVOUS BABIES ASLEEP 
A baby is 
a very tender thing, people say, 
but most of them are very far from know¬ 
ing how tender. Imagine how nervous you 
ai e iu certain states—when recovering from 
illness, say, when the fall of a book or the 
slam of a door makes you quiver and feel 
faint, as if some one gave you a blow. That 
is the way a young baby feels at best. A 
puff of wind will set it gasping, its httle 
breath blown quite away. A noise makes it 
sltiver, a chance of summer t* i r u- 
Burns and l 1 reezes. —Whatever is good 
for one is just as good for the other. Cold 
water or snow will remove the first lire or 
cold, then essence of peppermint, or a strong 
solution of alnru water will harden the skin 
auil draw out the pain.—Great care should 
be taken with burns or freezes, nob to break 
or rack up the skin, and never put on a dm w- 
mg poultice, it causes a big sore. A cloth, 
with a little mutton tallow or some soft oil 
spread upon it, will stop out the air and 
heal it where the skin is torn up. 
