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THEGREAT 
much vexed question of dress, I shall be satisfied. 
At another time 1 will give some hints on the ac¬ 
cessories of dress which are almost more Important 
than the dress itself. 
BRIC-A-BRAC. 
THE SMOKER’S CONFESSION. 
There's not a pipe, I ween. 
Like the stumpy, black dhudetsn 
That, all of us have seen 
In Paddy’s hatband. O. 
For it makes bis thought take flight, 
And it dlls him with delight, 
As it stives him second sight 
Of far-off Pat-land, O. 
I have read In Eastern books 
How the Turks will smoke chibouques, 
As grand and grave as dukes, 
III seroglio. 
That ye’d rather take a pull 
At Paddy's pipe when full 
Than lounge in old Stamboul, 
I'll go bail ye, O. 
HOW TO VISIT. 
If you call at a friend’s house Sunday evening 
and they are polite enough to invite you to call 
again, trot up Monday, saunter up Tuesday, drop 
In Wednesday, make a short call Thursday, step 
In Friday, spend the evening Saturday and repeat 
the dose the following week. Of course they'll be¬ 
come attached to you and after a time you can call 
twice a day. They may pray that you’ll fall off 
the steps and break your neck, or that a bolt of 
lightning may strike you as you ring the door-bell, 
but that makes no difference to you so long as you 
can escape such deserved calamities. They won’t 
dare to shoot you or set the dog on you, because 
that wouldn’t be polite. Go It while you can, be¬ 
cause after a certain time a suffering people will 
become desperate and give you the cold shoulder. 
ABOUT BOOKS. 
MOSS DALE. 
Lying around here and there In our bouse we 
find much reading which hardly deserves the 
name of books— magazines, papers, such as the 
Rural, and often numbers of the Franklin Square 
and other libraries—which, if only in some style 
of binding, would make a nice little library. Such 
publications, being cheap, are often bought, but 
by careless handling and by the aid of borrowers 
they disappear very quickly. 
Many of the best works In tbe English language 
can now be obtained at very slight cost, and as I 
had gathered together a number of them that I 
wished to keep for future reading, I lately hound 
them aftpr my own fashion, and as It was quite a 
success, I will give the method 
Take numbers of nice size and shape for one 
hook; If they are numbers of a periodical, arrange 
them In the order of their dates. Now touch the 
back edges of them with a little paste, not allow- 
lng the paste to extend more than one-eighth ot 
an inch on the margin; pile them very squarely 
on each other, place a board and weight on them 
and let them remain for some hours, or even over 
night. The paste Is only to keep them in place 
while being sewed. Next procure some very stout 
cotton cloth and cut two pieces just the length of 
the hack of your book and of sufficient width to 
cross the back of the boob and extend three-quar¬ 
ters of an Inch on each sidelay this on the hack 
ot your book and sew It through and through firm¬ 
ly from top to bottom. For Bewlng mine I used a 
stout needle, some fine white carpet warp and a 
small awl to make the holes. The sewing should 
be about a quarter of an inch from the back ot the 
book. You are now ready for the covers, which 
should be made of stout card-board slightly larger 
than the pages or the book, and fastened with 
paste between the pieces of cotton cloth on each 
side. White paper may now he pasted In as a lin¬ 
ing to the covers and a cover ot the magazine or 
other suitable paper fastened on the outside. Then 
finish the whole with a strip of black oambrlc 
down the back. In putting on these use as little 
paste as will serve, as It has a tendency to soften 
the card-board. After finishing, let the book lie 
under a weight till dry. 
Nicely bound books should be provided with a 
paper cover while being read; works ot reference 
or others In constant use should be covered per¬ 
manently. School books should be covered with 
calico or gingham, and slate frames with flannel 
or some other soft substance to prevent noise in 
the school room. 
Impress upon the children, both by precept and 
example, that good books are treasures, and as 
such should receive careful handling. Provide 
good reading mailer for yourself and family with a 
bounteous hand, and then take the best of care 
of It. 
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CORRESPONDENT’S CORNER. 
Caution.— in Rural of July 2, In list of books 
recommended to “Improvement” In my paper 
“ Concerning Correspondents’ Questions,” for 
“ Seeky'8 Intellectual and Moral Histories ot Eu¬ 
rope,” read LecKy's Intellectual and Moral Histo¬ 
ries. M. W. Fishrr, 
Please tell a Rural reader howto clean kid 
gloves. A. N. F. 
A ns —Get naptUa or purified benzine and wash 
them by rubbing aa you would a handkerchief or 
other article; wring and draw out smoothly, then 
hang up to dry In the sun, If possible. The un¬ 
pleasant odor Is removed sooner by contact with 
the sun and air. 
This is more effectual than rubbing the gloves 
with a saturated cloth. 
Wishing to do some decorative work in the way 
of ornamentation for colored scent bottles, cush¬ 
ions, etc , and not being possessed of sufficient 
artistic talent to paint designs, T would esteem It 
a favor to he informed of some other means than 
that ot pasting paper pictures upon them. 
C. A. E. 
Ans.—M ineral deealcomanl9 designs in varied 
representations will no doubt meet your wants; 
they are the best substitute we know of. 
Pressing with a hot Iron Is tne manner of trans¬ 
fer. 
How shall I prevent my bonnet—a light one— 
from being Injured by tne hair ? The usual lining 
does not keep It clean. k. k. g. 
Ans.— Basie a piece of oiled silk between the 
lining and bonnet, extending It well up in the 
crown and as far below tbe rim as the style will 
allow without exposing to view. The oil from the 
hair will not penetrate tills. 
Domfslir (5ro no mi) 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE. 
BAD WORDS IN CHILDREN 
The pain that mothers feel when, as a late cor¬ 
respondent of the Rural expresses It, “ one of the 
children says a bad word,” Is something that every 
good parent can appreciate. But do we always 
have faith enough tn “a good bringing up?” A 
sound, bealtUy child would go unharmed through 
the measles or wbooplDg cough, and do they not 
also go tbrough and throw off these little undesir¬ 
able habits which all children will catch up either 
behind your back or before your eyes ? Mind and 
body are alike in that they have a self-righting 
power of their own that we caunot understand. 
Sow the good seed and have faith In your work. 
b. c. n. 
•-- 
•» Obstructions or the kidneys and attendant or¬ 
gans will prove fatal if not removed by Hop Bit¬ 
ters.— Adv. | 
JULY 30 
THE DIET OF MOTHERS. 
Mothers who nurse their children Bbould bear 
in mind that what they eat at such a time is of 
great importance, both to themselves and to the 
children. The very best article ot food that they 
can avail themselves of, Is oat-meal mush or 
gruel, which Is always delicious when properly 
cooked. The oat-meal furnishes the earthy phos¬ 
phates and other materials out of which good milk 
Is made, so that the mother's own structures are 
not drawn upon, and her teeth are saved from de¬ 
cay. >r. w, p. 
JELLIES. 
THE AURAL NEW-YORKER. 
507 
t hicken Pudding, 
one full-grown chicken—let it be a young one. 
Out Into small pieces, put in a stew-pan with a 
little water, season with salt and pepper, and boll 
until It begins to grow tender. Take the pieces 
out and lay Into a three or four-quart pudding 
dish. Have a quart of green corn cut and scraped 
from the cob, add to It three beaten eggs, a pint of 
rich milk and salt and pepper to taste. Pour this 
over the chicken, dredge thickly with flour, lay on 
bits of butter, and bake so to 45 minutes. 
turn for Winter IW. 
As It is the season ot the year for laying m a 
store of jellies a few hints from an old housekeep¬ 
er may be acceptable to young housewives. 
Crab apples make a very fine jelly; wash them 
In pure water, cut out all specks and put them In a 
large porcelain kettle. Six quarts ot apples will 
need a gallon of water. Let them boll slowly till 
the apples will mash easily with a spoon; then 
press them through a sieve, and put the liquid 
back into the kettle. Lot the liquor boll away 
half, then scram through a jelly-bag. To two 
cups of the juice, add one cup of granulated sugar, 
boll about fifteen minutes, remove from the tire 
and when cool dip into the cans or jelly glasses. 
This makes a very bright, tart Jelly, that la very 
nice for table use. common sour apples, make 
a good Jelly only they will not make as pretty a 
color and the jelly will be more acid. The old 
rule for Jelly was a pound or sugar to a pound ot 
juice but it Is much better to use less sugar as 
the jelly is then more acid and Is not so liable to 
candy. The Jell from grapes la of a very dark 
color, aud pleasant flavor. Put the grapes Into a 
stone jar, and cover It tightly; set the Jar into a 
kettle of boiling water, and let them scald till the 
grapes burst; strain through a Jelly bag and then 
add one-third of the quantity of sugar that there 
Is of juice, and boll till it begins to tblcken ; you 
can test It, by taking a spoonful into a saucer for 
trial. All kinds ot jelly need to be skimmed 
while boiling, so that they will he perfectly pure. 
Rhubarb Jelly is very good when one cannot ob¬ 
tain apples, and Is mode the same as crab apple 
Jelly. A lemon sliced and boiled with It gives a very 
nice flavor. It Is Dolled In the sirup after the rhu¬ 
barb Is strained out. Farmers’ Wife. 
Coconnut Custard. 
Grate the cocoa, mix with milk, boll five min¬ 
utes. To one pound ot this add one quart of milk, 
eight eggs, tour tablespoonfuls of white sugar, one 
glass of wine, two tablespoontuls of melted butter, 
ono-hall a nutmeg, grated. Beat the eggs, sugar, 
butter and nutmeg well; then add the wine. Put 
this into the milk and cocoa when cold. Fill the 
custard shells and bake. 
Cocoanut Cake. 
Whites of ten eggs, whipped ; two cocoanuts, 
grated ; one pound of powdered sugar; one-half 
pound of sifted flour. Beat well together; add a 
little rose-water; pour into pans and bake three- 
quarters of an hour. 
Cherry Pudding. 
Beat eight eggs, add, gradually, one and one- 
half pound of flour, one and one-half quart of milk, 
a little salt. Set it In the oven, bake 15 minutes; 
stir In the cherries, then bake till done. Serve 
with any sweet sauce. 
Elderberry Brandy. 
Gather only the berries that are perfectly ripe. 
Pick from the stems, and to six quarts of fruit add 
two quarts of water. Put Into a porcelain kettle 
aDd boll 20 minutes. TUen 3traln, pressing out all 
the Juice. Add another quart of water, half an 
ounce of whole cloves, allspice, cinnamon and 
ginger root. Return to kettle, boll gently three 
hours, and, just before taking from the Are, stir In 
three pounds ot loaf sugar. W hen dissolved let 
cool, then strain through a flannel bag. When cold 
add a quart of good brandy. This will keep for 
years li bottled and corked, and is an excellent 
medicine for i he bowels. 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
Throw the ears luto boiling water and let re¬ 
main just long enough to set the milk; then cut 
carefully from the cob and to every two quarts of 
corn add a pint ot salt; mix thoroughly, pack In 
earthen Jars, spread a cloth over the corn with a 
weight on top. Keep In a cool place. When 
wanted for use put Into a stew pan, cover with 
cold water, let heat, turn off, put on cold water 
again and so repeat Till fresh enough for taste, 
Cream, butter, salt and pepper may then be added. 
Drying Corn. 
Be careful io select ears not too old. The suc¬ 
cess ot your corn depends upon this. Carefully 
remove the husks and atlk so that It will not he 
necessary to wash the corn. Cut and scrape from 
tbe cob—not too close—and when you have cut off 
three or four quarts spread upon earthen dishes and 
put at once into a moderate oven for so minutes, 
stirring frequently. Then set a Cable out In the sun. 
cover with a cloth, spread the corn on It evenly 
and thinly. Bring into the house before the dew 
falls and spread out. The next morning heat as 
before and put out In the sun. If care has been 
taken, the com will now he dry enough to put 
away. Knot dry, heat and put in sun another 
day. Tie up in paper bags. 
Com Fritters, 
One quart of grated corn, three eggs,the yelks and 
whites beaten separately, two crackers, salt and 
pepper. Beat thoroughly. Have ready In a skil¬ 
let butter and be^f drippings In equal proportions. 
It should bshoc. but not burning. Drop the mix¬ 
ture by the teaspoontul into the hot fat and brown 
upon both sides. Be very watchful lest they bum. 
The willies of the egg should be beaten stiff and 
lightly stirred In just before frying. a. b. 
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“ That medicine goes right to the spot, refresh 
es, revives and cures.”—A patient on Hop Bitters. 
—Adv. 
“Homes in Texas’’ 
IS THE TITLE OF 
A New Illustrated Pamphlet. 
Tomato FrltterB, 
Slice ripe ones, dip In a thick, rich batter ; sea¬ 
son with pepper and salt; fry like oysters. Or, 
they may be seasoned with sugar and almost any 
spice, and fried as before. 
Sift two teaspoonfuls of cream-of-tartar and one 
of soda into one quart of flour; work m one cup of 
butter and a little salt. Mix all with a large pint 
or water; knead briskly, bake quickly. 
Tomato Catsup—A Secret Disclosed. 
Boll one-balf bushel of tomatoes three hours; 
strain out the skins and seeds; to the remainder 
add three pints of vinegar, one-half pound of salt, 
one-fourth pound ot black pepper, one ounce of 
Cayenne pepper, one-fourth pound of allspice, one 
ounce of ground cloves, two pounds ot brown 
sugar. Boll one hour. 1 have never seen any cat¬ 
sup to equal this, and have kept the above secret 
for 36 years till now. Chief Cook. 
Chicken* for Luncheon. 
Split down the back, then through the breast- 
wash and wipe dry. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, 
put into a dripping-pan with two or three spoon¬ 
fuls of butter and place Into a well-heated oven. 
Basto frequently. Bake until cooked through and 
nicely browned. Serve cold. Garnish wit h parsley, 
Long Cake. 
When making bread Into loaves, set aside a 
mass of dough till, say, one hour before the next 
meal. Then knead It a little, roll It Into cakes a 
half Inch thick, and bake on a griddle on both 
Bides. This will be far better and more wholesome 
than any kind of soda cakes ever made, and a sur¬ 
prise to those who never ate of them. To be eaten 
hot. 
, Bannocks. 
Into one pint of Indian meal stir one pint of 
buttermilk, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one tea- 
epooniul ot molasses, one of butter, and add two 
well beaten eggs and a pint of wheat flour. Thin 
with milk to a thin batter; last, stir in two large 
teaspoonrula of soda dissolved in hot water. Pour 
Into buttered sballow pans and b ike an hour In a 
quick oven, which bakes top and bottom brown. 
Excellent. 
Corn-tslarch Cake. 
Two cups of sugar, one of butter, one of sour 
milk having in It one-halt spoonful of soda, one 
spoonful ot extract lemon, one cup of corn-starch. 
Mix well. Then beat up six eggs; add them; mix 
In quickly two cups of flour having one spoonful 
of ereum-of-tartar In it. Bake in a quick oven. 
Angel*' Food (O 'Raven* i). 
Slice oranges, and sugar them down, then cover 
with finely-grated cocoanut. Let stand ten hours 
and serve as dessert, or for afternoon tea. 
Green Corn Pudding. 
Draw a sharp knife through each row of corn, 
lengthwise and scrape out the pulp. To a gener¬ 
ous pint of this pulp add three beaten eggs, a tea- 
spoonful of butter, sugar to taste, a little salt and 
any spice or flavoring liked. Bake In a moderate 
oven two hours, stir the pudding occasionally at 
first until it thickens. 
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