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MOORE'S RURAL NEW-¥ORKER. 
RHYMES FOR THE KITCHEN. < 
Some ambitious person has been parnishiDa with ^ 
rhymes some very prosaic kitchen rules: 
AiWATS have lobster-saucc with salmon. 
Anfl put mint-sauce your roasted lamb on. 
Vea! cutlets dip in egg and bread-crumb. 
Fry till you see a brownish-red come. 
In drosslnp salad, mind this law : 
With two hard yelks, use one that’s raw. 
Roast, real with rich stock pravy serve : 
And pickled mushrooms, too. observe. 
Roast pork, aun* upple-eancc, past doubt. 
Is Hamlet with the 1’rlnco left out. 
Your mutton chops with paper cover. 
And make them amber-brown all over. 
Broil lightly your beefsteak—to fry it 
Argues contempt for Christian diet. 
Buy stall-fed pigeons; when you’ve got them. 
The way to cook them is to pot them. 
Boiled turkey, gourmands know, of course. 
Is exquisite with celery sauce. 
The cook deserves a hearty cuffing, 
Who serves roast fowls with tasteless stuffing. 
Smelts require eggs with biscuit powder— 
Don’t put fat pork In your clam chowder. 
Egg sauce—few make It right, alas !— 
Is good with blue flsh. or with bass. 
Shad, stuffed and baked is most delicious : 
’Twould have electrised Apiciits. 
Roasted in paste, o. haunch of mutton 
Might make ascetics play the glutton. 
But one might rhyme for weeks this way, 
And still have loti* of things to say. 
And so I’ll close, for. roadcr mine, 
This Is about the hour I dine. 
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TO DRY PUMPKINS. 
Out tho pumpkins through laterally, clean 
the inside ; then continue to cut, in the 
direction as before, rings about half an inch 
thick. Cut off the rind and hang the rings 
on a pole in the sun, or warm room to dry. 
When dried it will keep a year. It is to be 
boiled in plenty of water until tender ; t hen 
eki mined out and prepared for pies, the same 
as undried pumpkins. 
Another way : Take the ripe pumpkins, 
pare, cut into small pieces, stew soft, mash 
and strain through a colander, as if for 
making pie*. Spread this pulp on plates, in 
layers not quite an inch thick ; dry it, in the 
stove oven, which should ho kept at so low a 
temperature as not to scorch it. In about a 
day it will become dry and cr \ The sheets 
thus made can be stowed in a dry place, and 
they are always ready for use for pics and 
sauces. The quick drying after cooking pre¬ 
vents any portion from slightly souring, as is 
nearly always the case when the uncooked 
pieces are dried, the flavor is much bettor 
preserved, and the alter cooking is saved. 
To use : Soak pieces over night in a little 
milk, and they will return to a. nice pulp ftfi 
delicious as the fresh pumpkin. 
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COME USEFUL SUGGESTIONS. 
a pinch of salt, four eggs, white and yelks 
beaten separately ; butter, size of an Eng¬ 
lish walnut ; bake in pudding-dish in a pan 
of water ; eat with sauce. A very nice pud¬ 
ding. 
Flannel Cake ,—Mix three tablespoonfuls of 
flour with one pint of cream ; add two eggs, 
and beat the whole well f ill quite smooth ; 
then add slowly half a pint of new milk, in¬ 
to which 1ms been put a teaspoonful of 
baking powder. Beat all well together, and 
fry with lard, a little of which should be 
made hot for each cake. Eat with powdered 
sugar, mixed with cinnamon or grated nut¬ 
meg. 
Cracker Pies.—Roll six crackers fine, and 
put them in a four-quart pail or kettle ; poui- 
over them three-fourths of a pint of vinegar, 
two cups of molasses and a. quart of boiling 
water. Boil on the stove half an hour, add¬ 
ing more water, if necessary to make quite 
thin. Add salt, raisius, and all kinds of 
spices, and make short crusts for four pies. 
Bake about 20 minutes, or until the top crust 
is put on. 
The.following method of preserving cider 
sweet is recommended as superior to any 
other: “I allow- tho cider, after it comes 
from the press, to stand until the pomace 
settles. When this point is reached I put it 
in a clear vessel, and let. it come to a boil, 
skimming off the scum carefully. It is then 
put into kegs and demijohns, and tightly 
corked and sealed. By this process I have 
excellent sweet cider, not merely for the en¬ 
tire winter, but for years. This method 
would not Of course 1>e available Avhere large 
quantities are made, but f ir an ordinary 
family it answers admirably.” 
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a:lost patient. 
stammer an apology, but the lady would not 
listen to him, and left him indignantly. She 
never saw the gentleman any more. 
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WHAT IS* IN THE BED ROOM. 
Iff two persons arc to occupy a bed-room 
during the niulit, let them st op on a weigh¬ 
ing scale as they retire, and t hen again in 
the morning, and they will And that then- 
actual weight is at least a pound less in the 
morning. Frequently there will be a loss of 
two or tnoro pounds, and the average loss 
throughout the year will be a pound of 
matter, which has gone off from their 
bodies, partly from the lungs, and partly 
through the pores of the skin. The escaped 
matter is carbonic uekl and decayed animal 
matter or poisonous exha lation. This is dif¬ 
fused through the air in part, and part, ab¬ 
sorbed by the bed-clothes. If a single ouuoo 
of wood-cotton be burned in a room, it will 
so completely saturate the air with smoke 
that one can hardly breathe, though there 
can hardly bo one oftnee of foreign matter 
in (be air. If an ounce of cotton bo burned 
every half an hour during tho night, the air 
will he kept continually saturated with 
smoke, unless there be an open window or 
door for it to escape. Now, tho sixteen 
ounces of smoke thus formed is far less 
poisonous than tho sixteen of exhalations 
from the lungs and bodies of two persons 
who have lost, a pound in weight during the 
eight hours of sleeping ; for, while the dry 
smoke is mainly taken into the lungs, the 
damp odors from the body are absorbed both 
into the lungs and into the pores of tho 
whole body. Need more be said to show tho 
importance cf having bed-rooms well venti¬ 
lated, and of thoroughly airing the sheets, 
coverlids, and mattresses in the morning, 
before packing them up in the form of a 
neatly-made bed.— Science of Health. 
CURE FOR HAY FEVER. 
To Cure a Ringworm , paint it with iodine 
a few times and it will entirely destroy 
every vestige of it. , 
As soon as a boil becomes hard and in¬ 
flamed paint it with iodine. The poison will 
not be scattered, but will be absorbed by it. 
Lamps are liable to explode when trim¬ 
ming is neglected. The wick being charred 
low down in the tube, the flame obtains ac¬ 
cess to the oil below. 
To Destroy Ants, wrap a piece of gum 
camphor in cloth or paper to keep it from 
dissolving and place it in or about your cup¬ 
board cr sugar, and it will drive away those 
pests. 
To Remove Stains on Spoons caused by 
using them for boiled eggs, take a little com¬ 
mon salt, moistened, between the thumb 
and finger, and briskly rub the stain, which 
will soon disappear. 
Putting Cream on Onions instead of but¬ 
ter, (or even a little milk if one has no 
cream,) removes much of the strong flavor, 
and renders them less likely to affect weak 
stomachs unpleasantly. 
Mock Mince Pie .—One cup of raisins, one 
cup of currants, one cup of sirup, one cup 
of sugar, three-fourths of a cup of vinegar, 
one teaspoonful of allspice, one teaspoonful 
of cinnamon, three cup3 of water. Boil all 
together, and when cool add three soda 
crackers rolled fine. This will make three 
pies. 
Cooperstown Pudding .—Mix three table¬ 
spoonfuls of flour with one tablespoonful of 
com starch in a little milk, and stir into one 
pint of boiling milk. Let it cool a little; add 
A foreign scientific periodical relates this 
suggestive story : 7 
Some time since a lady called upon a cele- i 
brated oculist in order to consult him on ae- t 
count of her eyes, complaining that, their i 
power of vision had of lata considerably I 
diminished. At a glance the doctor saw ' 
that she was a lady of rank and wealth, llo t 
looked at. her eyes, shook his head and 
thought the treatment would require much 
time, as t,)i ere wore reasons to fear amaurosis < 
in her case. He must advise her, first of all, < 
that as she had informed him she was re- s 
siding a considerable distance in the coun- 1 
try, she must move into the city at once, 
and tluys enable him to see her frequently ; 
if possible, daily. 
Tho lady then rented an elegant mansion, 
moved into the city, and the physician was 
punctual in his attendance. He prescribed 
this and that, and thus ran days into weeks 
and weeks Into months. Tho cure, however, 
was still coming. The physician tried to 
console her. 
One day the patient hit upon a curious 
scheme, and she waited not long before 
carrying it into effect. 
She procured for herself a very old and 
poor attire, put a hood of tremendous size 
upon her head, took an old umbrella and a 
market basket In her hand, and in these 
habiliments she visited her physician, se¬ 
lecting for the purpose a very rainy day. 
She had so well succeeded in distorting and 
disguising herself that the eye even of a 
lover could scarcely have recognized her. 
She wits obliged to wait a long time in the 
ante-room of her physician with many others, 
who, like her, were seeking relief. At last 
her turn came. 
“ Well, my good woman, what have you 
to complain of ?” 
“ Very bad eyes, doctor,” she answered. 
He took her to the light, looked into her 
eyes, but failed to recognize his patient. 
t Shrugging his shoulders, he said : 
“Your eyes are well enough.” 
“Well ?” she said. 
“ Yes ; I know what 1 am saying.” 
> “But I haVe been told that I was getting 
* the— a—a forget how it is called.” 
c “Amaurosis?” 
“Yes, that is it, doctor.” 
e “Don’t lot them make you believe any 
P such nonsense. Your eyes are a little weak, 
'* but that is all. Your physician is an ass !” 
That peculiar form of catarrhal influenza 
which prevails during the summer from hay¬ 
ing to corn harvest is an annual affliction to 
thousands, who do not exactly know what 
is the matter with them. It has been sup¬ 
posed incurable, but a remedy lias at last 
been found. Prof. Helmholtz of Germany 
observed that the malady was invariably 
characterized by tho presence of very minute 
irjfufloria, not unlike the queer little creatures 
that vSFsometimes see in rain-water butts, 
only very much smaller. These ho found 
sticking most tenaciously in the lower oavi- 
Lios and t£0C83Q8 of the nose, and he noticed j 
that at a lower temperature they were very 
I sluggish and inactive, but woke up as it 
were, When they were warmed, It was 
found that infusoria might be poisoned by 
quinine, and of this fact Helmholtz availed 
himself. The learned professor made a very 
weak solution of sulphate of quinine, and, 
lying flat on his back with his houd down, 
lie poured a little of it into each nostril, and 
found instant relief. By occasionally re¬ 
peating the operation he completely routed 
the enemy, who, in spite of all his efforts to 
prevent them, had for so many years thus 
audaciously taken up their summer quarters 
not merely uuder his very nose, but in it. 
By this means he could he found, enjoy en¬ 
tire immunity. 
TO STOP BLEEDING AT THE NOSE. 
It is worth while to know how to stop the 
bleeding from the nose when it becomes ex¬ 
cessive. If the finger is pressed firmly upon 
tho little artery that supplies the blood to 
the side of the face affected, the result is ac¬ 
complished. The two small arteries branch¬ 
ing up from the main arteries on each side 
of the neck, and passing over the outside of 
the jawbone, supply tbs face with blood. 
If the nose bleeds from the right nostril, for 
example, pass the finger along the edge of 
the right jaw till the beating of the artery is 
felt. Press hard upon it, and the bleeding will 
cease. Continue the pressure five minutes, 
until the ruptured vessels in the nose have 
time to contract. 
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CONSUMPTIVE TENDENCY. 
but that is all. 
“ An-” 
“ Yes, an ass 
Tell him boldly that I said 
c<v* 
The lady now arose, and in her customary 
voice said “ Sir, you are my physician ; 
don’t you know me 
The face the sage counselor made is easier 
to imagine than to describe. 
“Gracious, madam 1” He commenced to 
What can a person do to promote health 
who has a consumptive tendency, has had 
hemorrhage of the lungs ; buo is now in ap¬ 
parent good health, but is not stiong ? 
Ans.— Never overtax the Bystem nor ex¬ 
haust it by excesses, eat plenty of whole¬ 
some nutritious food, sleep eight hours every 
night, and enlarge and expand the chest by 
the right sort of physical culture and an out 
of door life. If sedentary in your habits, 
then be sure to take systematic exercise 
daily. 
insurance geprtment. 
INSURANCE NOTES AND NEWS. 
Insurance Conventions. —There 1ms been, 
during tho past fortnight, a meeting of in¬ 
surance managers and agents at Chicago, 
and a convocation of heads of State in¬ 
surance departments in this city. The for¬ 
mer has adjourned without determining any 
matter of special interest to Rural readers, 
and tho latter promises to end its labors 
Inconclusively, unless, as is promised, tho 
business in hand can be better attended to 
in secret t han in public sessions. The most 
interesting event was one not “ down in the 
programme.” Mr. Finch, delegate from 
Indiana, “spoke right out in meeting” in a 
very unexpected manner, and told some 
wholesome truths that have needed telling 
for a long time. The address is too long to 
be given in full, but, would bo worth reading. 
He claimed that tho companies enjoyed un¬ 
necessary advantages, that they made con¬ 
tracts with the insured through agents who 
were not responsible for their statements ; 
that the policy was a contract that bound 
the insured with chains of steel and the com¬ 
pany with a rope of sand ; that the former 
was hampered with numerous and vexatious 
restrictions which he could only by mere 
good luck avoid violating ; that very few of 
the many who tako out insurances realize 
anything from them ; that tho chances of 
winning in a lottery were greater, and that 
without protective measures life insurance 
was little more t han a trap for the unwary. 
A very intemperate speech, that of Mr. 
Finch, but, under the circumstances, a 
brave and cauterizing one. 
The Superintendent of Insurance of this 
State is said, upon pretty good authority, to 
contemplate a retirement from insurance 
supervision as soon as his term of office ex¬ 
pires. This is a source of regret, but not of 
surprise. The public good requires just such 
men as Mr. CHAPMAN has shown himself to 
be—men who feel the helplessness of their 
official position, and who will struggle to so 
amend the insurance laws that the Superin¬ 
tendent shall be something more than a pup¬ 
pet dancing at the end of wires in tho hands 
of insurance managers. The amendments 
suggested during the two preceding sessions 
of tho legislature, would, if adopted, have 
rendered such transactions as that of the 
North American impossible, and have given 
the present and all future superintendents 
an authority and discretion in keeping with 
the grave responsibilities of the offioo. Why 
’ not, try again the man who made the b6sb 
5 aud most efficient superintendent that ever 
filled the office in this or any other state ? 
1 Precarious Charity .—On tho first of July 
' last the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. 
’ of Hartford (not New .Jersey), a co-operative 
! association that insures (?) lives by promising 
1 to call upon each of its members for a dollar 
j and to pay the sum collected to the widow, 
1 is said to have reported the number of its 
0 contributing members at 1,000. Sixteen 
3 days later Mr. North, one of the members, 
B died, and his widow has been paid (it, is said,) 
less than $200. We advise Mr. North and 
1_ Mr. SOUTH and everybody to insure their 
lives with reliable companies for a fixed 
amount and io beware of Cheap Johns. 
A Dangerous Service .—The great hight 
[C of many buildings in this city makes the 
c upper portion of them almost inaccessible to 
(U firemen except by moans of very long lad- 
0 dors. Various devices for conveying these 
c _ ladders and of uniting the short sections of 
n* which they are necessarily composed have 
l e been invented and patented. One of these 
0 f patent articles, purchased at great expense 
cl by the corporate authorities of this city, 
n ' r broke down recently on tho first, trial, and 
of precipitated several brave men from a bight 
- g of nearly a hundred foot to the street, kill- 
ill ing them instantly. 
is, Queer Coincidences .—A Massachusetts life 
vc insurance company recently contested the 
payment of a loss brought about, as is al¬ 
leged, by the predictions cf “the spirits,’’ 
and were compelled to pay it. Now it ap¬ 
pears that a gentleman in Auburn who in¬ 
fill creased liis life insurance by $20,000 at tho 
ad suggestion of a medium who predicted his 
sp- “death within a year,” has died from 
poisoning by mistake. 
ex ‘ It Would Not Work.—A young man of 
ffe- Oswego invested a few dollars in an accident 
ary insurance policy, a few more in the hire of a 
bv sailboat, and after subsidizing his com- 
panions to r?port him drowned, swam 
ashore. And now they have him in jail for 
1 *' s ’ attempting to swindle the insurance corn- 
use puny. Sharper parties than he have failed 
in similar enterprizes. 
