iatee Co., Mich. ; writes the Rxtral Nkw- 
Yorkkh :—“ P. IIower, Esq., of Manistee, 
Mich., says that he has been extremely suc¬ 
cessful in curing the bite of the copperhead, 
massasager, and other poisonous snakes, with 
spirits of turpentine, the wound being thor¬ 
oughly saturated two or three times. He 
mentioned several eases where he had tried 
the experiment, ou dogs, sheep and calves, 
and ho had never lost a single case during an 
experience of thirty years.” 
Harvest Drinks are now in order, and the 
simplest are the best, as a ruie. Avoid st rong 
stimulants, and too much ice-c#ld water. 
trifles, they are of no small moment to the 
feeble invalid, and often prevent a speedy 
recovery which might otherwise bo secured. 
As, day by day, I enjoy the tender care and 
sympathy of one of the very best of mothers, 
1 often wish that every invalid could have 
such a faithful nurse as my own dear mother. 
June, 1875. Hope Evermore. 
vest hands, but I think a good, warm dinner 
rests and invigorates one. We hear a great 
deal about over-worked farmers’ wives, but 
we should not overlook the fact that there 
are many overworked farmers as well. 
A woman who i3 a good wife will not neg¬ 
lect to provide for her husband's likes as 
well as his necessities. If he comes in ex¬ 
hausted from laboring in the hot sun, and 
finds that kind hands have been working for 
him and a kind friend thinking of him, it 
will seem some recompense for his labor. If 
a man provides a home and the means to 
maintain it, he has a right to the best that 
house contains, and it will be a true, wife’s 
pleasure as well as duty to give it to him in 
the most acceptable manner possible. 
HOUSEKEEPING IN HARVEST TIME 
BT MR8. LORETTA E. K TURNER, 
How farmers’ wives do dread harvest 
time ! All the plagues are apt to come then. 
All town acquaintances take that time to 
rusticate and eat berries and cream, saying 
<i j t is so warm they could not stand it to stay 
in the city”—but thinking, I suppose, that 
it must be a pleasure to us to stand over the 
boiling-hot stove half the time preparing the 
delicacies they like so well. Then how 
vicious inanimate things become at this 
most trying time of the year l The butter 
will not come, though we churn and churn 
till our back aches and our temper fails us 
__ all the more that we catch occasional 
glimpses of our fair guests, robed in spotless 
white wrappers, seeking the coolest place 
possible to take their ease and read our new 
book, of which we have not found time to 
cut the leaves. Aud if one’s finances are in 
such a condition that they have to econo¬ 
mise, how they do wonder how people can 
devour so many berries, which are either 
bought at high prices or we have to spend so 
many hours in picking beneath a boiling sun, 
exposing ourselves to sunstroke and scratch¬ 
ing our hands till they resemble a railroad 
map done in rod ink. 
How the weeds do grow in the flowerbeds, 
which we can scarcely get time to visit once 
a week I We know our flowers are bloom¬ 
ing, for our guest constantly appears with a 
tiny bouquet at the throat and another in 
the hair, composed of our very choicest 
flowers. Perhaps we manage to find time 
to fasten a rosebud, a tiny sprig of migno¬ 
nette ami a geranium leaf in our hair, but 
the next time wc come within range of the 
mirror the uuploasi ng contrast betweeu them 
and our flushed face and general sweat* y 
appearance, which can scarcely be avoided 
when working over the hot stove in warm 
DENTITION IN CHILDREN 
Is it true that dentition in children is a 
dangerous and often fatal process ? 
Ans.—I f the child is healthy and properly 
roared, dentition should not cause much dis¬ 
turbance to the system. If the child is feeble 
aud not rightly fed, there may he trouble 
aud danger. It is very fashionable to ascribe 
toteethiug nearly all the troubles that occur 
during its progress, but this must be received 
with much allowance. The following is the 
order of the appearance of the teeth : 
From the fifth to the seventh month, the 
two lower front teeth. From the ninth to 
the clventh month, the four upper frout 
teeth. From the thirteenth to t.he fifteenth 
month, two more lower teeth, adjoining 
those which came first, and the four first 
pre-molars. This makes twelve in all. From 
the sixteenth to the twentieth month, t<he 
four canine teeth. Those in the upper jaw 
come flint. From the twentieth to the 
thirtieth month, come the second pre-molars. 
In case of poorly-nourished children, the 
teeth do not appear as soon, or if they do 
they are apt to he bad. The second denti¬ 
tion begins about tlie sixth year. The best, 
treatment is good hygienic care, rest, steep, 
aud caution about the diet, and the avoid¬ 
ance of all excitement. —Herald of Health. 
ABOUT COOKING EGGS 
INSURANCE NOTES AND NEWS 
To Scramble Engs .—Break 12 eggs into a 
bowl, add a tablespoouful of salt, beat them 
for a minute or two, put a lump of butter as 
large as an egg into a farina boiler, or put a 
tin saucepan iuto a skillet partly filled with 
water, as a substitute for a farina boiler, 
pour in the eggs and stir constantly until 
they are cooked. They should not be too 
moist nor too dry. Serve in a hot dish, with 
or without buttered toast underneath them. 
Another recipe says :—Have a spider hot and 
buttered ; break the eg<z» into a dish, being 
careful not to break the yelks ; sl : p thorn 
into the spider, add a very little 3ait, with 
butter the size of a nutmeg for a half dozen 
eggs, or three tablespoonfuls of rich cream. 
When the eggs begin to whiten, stir care¬ 
fully from the bottom until cooked to suit. 
The yelks aud whites should bo separated, 
though stirred together. 
Omelette .—'Taka six eggs, beat the whites 
and yelks separately, beat in with the yelks 
a tablespoonful of cold water and a teaspoon¬ 
ful of salt; have ready your omelette pan 
(or skillet) hot, with a tablespoonfuI of melted 
butter in it; beat the whiles and yellows to¬ 
gether and pour in. Duriug the frying move 
the pan continually to and fro, so that what 
is below may come on top again. When the 
omelette is nicely browned on the bottom, 
fold it over with a cake turner, slip it on a 
lmt plate and ©at immediately. Soyer says 
un omelette pan should he free from damp. 
He puts it on the fire with a little butter to 
get hot, removes it, and wipes with a dry 
cloth before putting in the eggs. 
Dropped Eggs.—H .ave ready the skillet, 
half filled with salted water scalding hot, 
break each egg into a cup and slip it care¬ 
fully into hot water, so as not to break the 
yellow. While the eggs are boiling throw 
the water over the yellows with a spoon. 
When the whites look firm take them out 
with a perforated skimmer. Trim them 
neatly, place each ou a piece of buttered 
toast, and send hot to the table. 
To Boll Eggs.— Drop them into boiling, 
salted water and let them remain four min¬ 
utes before taking out, if you like them hard. 
Still a better way is to drop them into boil¬ 
ing water without salt and let them remain 
boiling minutes. You then have rare 
done and digestible eggs.—[Most people like 
them best if boiled just three minutes, and 
this is our rule.—En. R. N. Y. ] 
The New llaven Mess—Appears to be still 
agitating the Insurance Commissioner, ttie 
Legislature and the good people of Connecti¬ 
cut. The latest development comes in the 
shape of a bill requiring that the charter of 
the company (Am. Nat. L. and 8. of New 
il.i,ven) lie surrendered to the Commissioner 
on the first day of September next, unless 
the company shall before that time put its 
finance# in such shape as sui's the views of 
Unit official aud procures his official certifi¬ 
cate of solvency. We emphatically protest 
against any admixture of political, local and 
personal influences with the adjustment of a 
purely financial and private matter. Why 
not permit the company and its policy hold 
ers to manage their own matters in their 
own way and settle their own contracts to 
suit themselves ? If they made contracts 
of insurance twenty years ago calling for 
premiums ami reserves calculated at six per 
cent,, what right, has the State to enact that 
they shall amend their contracts or reserve 
a larger amount than t heir bargain calls for { 
If under an ex post facto law the company is 
insolvent, that is a matter that concerns the 
Let them look to it. 
■There 
SUNLIGHT A NECESSITY 
The Journal of Health says :—Hnn-baths 
cost nothing, and are the most refreshing, 
life-giving baths that one can take, whether 
sick or well. Every housekeeper knows the 
necessity of giving her woolens the benefit 
of the sun, from time to time, especially after 
a long absence of the sun. Many will think 
of tlic Injury their clothes are liable to from 
dampness who will never reflect that an oc¬ 
casional exposure of their own bodies to the 
sunlight is necessary to their own health. 
The sun-'a(Lift cost nothing, and that is a 
misfortune, for people are still deluded with 
the idea that those tilings can only be good 
or useful which cost money, Let it not 
be forgotten that three of Hod's most, beneti- 
three things the most 
parties only. 
Taxing Premiums and Dividends 
has been for some years a contest, between 
the Life companies and certain States that 
impose taxes upon premium receipts. The 
Ktate authorities lay a tax upon the premi¬ 
ums received by a company in the St ate, and 
the company retaliates as wail as reimburses 
itself by retaining a part of the dividends 
that, but for the tax by the State, would 
have been paid to its citizens who are policy 
holders. The decisions, or opinions, of Judge 
Field is to the effect that both parties are 
right—that the Ktate may impose taxes and 
that the companies may keep buck dividends 
or raise the rates of premium so us to saddle 
its taxes upon those who get the benefit, of 
them. 
The Phoenix Life. Insurance Company — 
Has recently turned out some of its old di- 
I rectors and all its chief officers and filled 
their places with new men. They may turn 
out to be better men and officers than t.heir 
predecessors. This consideration, we are at 
liberty to infer, did not influence the change, 
which probably followed a transfer of a. con¬ 
trolling interest in the stock capital, which 
was originally, we believe, only $16,000, and 
has been augmented $84,000 from dividend 
resources. Previous surprises have prepared 
us to expect almost anything in the way of 
unexpected action by life companies, and we 
shall await developments with some interest 
and no little solicitude. 
Suggestive ..—The Hon. Superintendent of 
Insurance is Baid to be in New York City for 
the purpose of examining into the affairs of 
certain companies that have been acting 
rather qneerly recently. We certainly wish 
him every possible success in iris sanitary 
mission, and hope that he will leave the at¬ 
mosphere of insurance clearer than he finds 
it. We also wish him “ more power to your 
elbow ” and ampler powers than those which 
now hamper his usefulness. 
Enough and to Spare.— There are nearly 
four hundred regular Fire and Marine Insur¬ 
ance Companies doing business in the United 
States, to say nothing of foreign companies 
and the irregular mutual and local affairs. 
Many combine marine business with fire in- 
i alliance, and some confine themselves to 
marine risks. There are, we believe, just 
cent gifts to man 
neeessai*y to good health—sunlight, fresh air 
and water, are free to all; you can have 
them in abundance, without money aud 
without price, if you will, if you would en¬ 
joy good health, then see to it that you are 
supplied with pure air to breathe all the 
time; that you bathe for an hour or bo in 
the sunlight, and that you quench your thirst 
with no other fluid than water. 
HYGIENIC NOTES, 
•The mental ooudi 
well stirred in. While the water is yet cold 
I put in the clothes, filling the boiler if some 
are considerably soiled. I then proceed with 
my other work till they have boiled 10 or lfi 
minutes, when I have a tub of rain water 
ready and put the clothes into it and rub 
them, sfjueezing and rinsing rather than 
bearing on hard, as the dirt cannot escape. 
Then I rinse them in bluing water and hang 
them up to dry. I change the water in the 
tub often to keep it clear. This method of 
washing makes the clothes very white. A 
large washing can be done in from two to 
four hours, and the clothes are saved all the 
wear aud tear of other processes, for it re¬ 
quires but little rubbing, not more than 
enough to get the dirty water out. The ex¬ 
pense for a washing is only five cents, and 
the saving to the clothes is five times that 
amount. 1 find it an exceeding great help 
to me. 
Some people advise not to iron sheets, pil¬ 
low-cases, towels, &e., only just folding and 
pressing, but I think that passing the iron 
over them gives them a finish that repels the 
dirt and makes them keep clean longer — 
enough to pay for the extra labor. If one 
bas no cover for the flat-irons, an old pan 
turned over them will keep the heat in and 
save wood and much of the excessive warmth 
we have to suffer from on ironing day. 
How difficult it is to keep the cellar cool 
and sweet and to keep toings from molding I 
I think p, an excellent plan to keep chloride 
of lime in the cellar ; it keeps bad odors ficm 
drains and such places. 
People may talk of cold dinners for bar- 
NURSING THE SICK, 
Dear Ernestine :—Ever since I read your 
darling, good letter addressed to myself 
through the columns of the Rural New- 
Yorker, 1 have felt constrained to write 
you, and have thought every week that 1 
but being an invalid 
should ere its close 
myself now, it has seemed po easy task. I 
have often felt that I wanted to know and 
love you as well as many other dear sisters 
of the Rural. If I have any special gift in 
nursing the sick, as many seem to think, it 
is only because 1 have myself been sick many 
times in the last eight years and have felt 
the need of good, tender nursing, such as 
only a motner or sister can give; the need of 
60 me one to break down the “cobweb” of 
which you speak, which so annoys a tidy 
woman, though she be helpless ; the need 
of some loviug, dexterous hand to make one’s 
room look bright and pleasant, ns God in¬ 
tended every true woman’s home should be; 
the need of some one to relieve us of ail care 
and anxiety in household matters, whom we 
could feel would do everything just right, 
without care or worry on our paid. 
However trivial these little matters may 
seem to those in health, or those so consti¬ 
tuted that they are not annoyed by such 
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