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THE RURAL WEW-¥ 
birds who mean to give their pets all things to 
make them bright and happy, and at the same 
time are guilty of great cruelty in regard to 
perches. The perches in a cage should be each 
one of a different size, and the smallest as large 
as a pipe-stem, if perches are of the right sort, 
no trouble is ever had about the birds' toe-nails 
glowing too long; and of all things keep the 
perches clean. I presume all that keep birds 
know, but I will remind them, that the 14th of 
February is the proper time to place the male 
and femalo in the same cago—if you wish to be 
successful with your young birds this year. 
Bomesfir (btonomi). 
BRUSHING CLOTHES. 
The following very useful hints relating to I 
brushing woolen clothes we find in the Rural ! 
Sun, and wo give them for the benefit of wives 
who look after their husbands’ wardrobe : 
Having spread the garmeut on a wooden 
horse, beat it gently with a small switch or cane 
free from knots. A lady’s whip is the best 
dusting tool. Do not strike too hard, or you 
will break tho mold buttons. Rub gently be¬ 
tween the hands any spots of dirt set firm, and 
bo sure that the garment is dry before you com¬ 
mence upon it. 
Two clothes-brushes Bhould be provided, a 
bard and soft on©; aud never use the former 
unless to remove fixed dirt. The soft brush 
does not wear oil the nap. aud will suffice to re¬ 
move hair, lint, dust, etc. The brush improves 
after a little use, when tho sharp edges of tho 
bristles aro- worn off, and tho bmab usually 
called the blacking-brush is one of the best for 
the purpose. 
After dusting a coat, spread it out on a table, 
free from grease, with tho collar toward your 
left hand ; commence brushing the inside of the 
collar, then the back and sleeves. The nap of 
the cloth is toward the skirts, so lot the stroke of 
the brush be in that direction. Next brush the 
two lappels, lastly tho outside of tho collar, and 
then fold it over and brush the inside in like 
manner Wipe -the dust off the table before 
you turn the garment, and, if the uoat is intended 
to be placed in a trunk, it must be folded; 
but if for immediate wear, or to be laid ajpne 
in a wardrobe or drawer, no further folding is 
necessary. 
A gentleman's wardrobe should be covered 
with a linen cloth, and frequent opportunities 
taken to air, as clothes are apt to accpiire an un¬ 
pleasant smell when kept close for any length of 
time, aud moreover are subject to the moth. 
The best airing is to wear a garment occasionally. 
Re particular to keep tho clothes-brushes 
clean, washing them occasionally in cold water 
with soap, or rubbing on paper placed over the 
edge of a board. 
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ORIGINAL RECIPES. 
Graham Pudding. -Take one-third water, 
two-thirds fresh milk, (or if you live in the city, 
or if the cows are dry, all water will do), put in 
a smooth, clean kettle and. while boiling briskly, 
sift through tho hand and stir in Graham ilonr 
until it is the tbicknoss of corn meal mush; 
cover tightly and set on the back part of the 
stove or range to cook slowly fifteen or twenty 
minutes, or until wanted for breakfast, as with 
milk and sugar this is an excellent breakfast 
dish, especially for children. 
Graham Cradeers .—Into good, scalding milk 
stir Graham Hour so long as it can be stirred 
with a spoon, then mix. in with the hands to 
make a dough that can be handled, pound fifteen 
minutes, roll the thickness of soda crackers, cut ! 
out, lay on the bottom of an inverted dripping- 
pan, prick and bake in a rather quick oven until 
slightly browned. These arc much better in 
soup or beef tea for invalids than any crackers 
you can buy. 
Graham Pie-crust. —Take thin, sweet cream 
and prepare a dough as for crackers, roll out 
aud make your pie as with a crust of grease and 
fine Hour and you will have an article that is 
much more eatable aud healthful. 
Graham Short-cake. One cup sour milk, one- 
half cup cream, one teaspoonful soda, one tea- 
spoonful salt; make a batter as thick as can be 
stirred with a spoon, spread a layer of it in a 
balung-tin. put bits of butter over it, then 
another layer of butter. Bake in a moderate 
oven until well browned. When cool enough to 
handle, open between the layers and put in ber¬ 
ries, peaches, stewed apples or any kind of juicy 
fruit; let stand a few minutes and you will have 
a “ dainty dish to set before a king.” 
Graham Tea-cake. —One enp sugar, two eggs, 
beaten together, one cup sour cream, two-thirds j 
tcaspoonful soda, one teaspoonful salt, two 1 
slightly heaped cups Graham flour, one tea- 
spoonful lemon extract or half a nutmeg. Bake 
in a moderate oven. Geraldine Germane. 
SELECTED RECIPES. 
To Fry Smelts. —Draw them at the gills, as 
they must not be opened ; lay them in salt and 
water, and let them remain an hour; then wash 
and wipe them; dip the smelts into well-beaten 
eggs and then into fine cracker-crumbs, and put 
, them into boiling fat- Fry them a golden brown, 
! and serve them very crisp and dry, with melted 
butter. Or they may be dipped into butter and 
then fried. 
Fish Chowder. —Pare, and cut into slices, sev¬ 
en or eight potatoes, and put them in a basin of 
cold water; cut a frosh cod into slices, tben fry 
a few slices of fat salt pork; lay the pork in the 
bottom of the stew-kettle; place two or three 
slices of fish on it, then a layer of split crackers, 
then some potatoes, and so on, with alternate 
layers until the kettle is full; season with pep¬ 
per and salt. Put in one quart of water; after 
it begins to stew add one tablespoouful of flour 
made smooth in a little cold water. Cover very 
closely and stew three hoars. Add sliced onions, 
if agreeable, with tho other ingredients. 
Fish Pudding. —Take cold, boiled fish and 
mashod potatoes, an equal quantity ; mix well 
together, breaking the fish very fine; add two 
ounces of melted butter; seasou with salt and 
pepper. Buttor a puddu giliMh, put the mixture 
in, and bake iu a moderate oven until the top is 
nicely browned. 
To Fry Eels. —Skin, empty aud wash the eels 
as el can as possible; cut them into short pieces 
aud dry them in a cloth; seasou with salt and 
pepper, flour them tbieldy and fry them a fine 
brown in boiling lard; drain the eels and send 
them to the table with melted butter and a 
lemon. 
Stewed Cod. -Put into boiling, salted water, 
three pounds of fresh codfish, cut into slices an 
inch and a half thick, and boil them gently for 
live minutes ; lift thorn out and let them drain. 
Have ready, heated la a wide a tow-pan, nearly a 
pint of good broth, lay in the fish and stew it 
for five minutes; theu add four tablespoonruls 
of very line bread-crumbs, and simmer for three 
minutes longer. Stir well into the sauce a large 
tciispoouful of arrowroot, made smooth in a little 
water; seasou with mao©, cayenne, a dessert¬ 
spoonful of lemon juice and a glass of white 
wine. Boil the whole for two minutes, lift out 
the fish carefully, pour the sauce over it and 
serve quickly. 
MEDICAL PROGRESS. 
It is true, says the Manufacturer, that medical 
practice is still, in many respects, defective, em¬ 
pirical, tentative and even sometimes mere guess¬ 
work ; hence the carcfnlness of those who know 
the deficiencies of tho healing arts, while bold¬ 
ness Ju prescribing belongs especially to quacks, 
who act after tho maxim, “ kill or euro," aud 
mostly kill; but, luckily for the quacks, the sur¬ 
viving relatives of a diseased patient usually 
think that the sufferer died, notwithstanding 
the medicines he took, while, in fact, the patient 
who did not die, recovered, notwithstanding tho 
drugs ho swallowed. 
In the meantime, with all the deficiencies of 
the medical art, and the little benefit enjoyed 
often by single individuals, the good done by the 
clearer Insight into the causes of diseases, the 
study of preventutives aud of the correct prin¬ 
ciples of hygiene has been an immense blessing 
to mankind iu general. 
In order to realize this fully, we have only to 
look at the death lists of large European cities 
two centuries ago, and wo find that a large por¬ 
tion of the then mortal diseases have been de¬ 
prived of their dangerous tendency, aud several 
other diseases have become extinct. Many peoplo 
then died of fever and ague. Cromwell died of 
it. At present it is no longer mortal iu the tem¬ 
perate zone, and the reason is that improved 
drainage and cleanliness on the part of tho peo¬ 
ple in general have caused the disappearance of 
the moist, foggy aud unhealthy atmosphere 
which surrounded then the dwellings iu every 
densely populated district. 
Dysentery, or bloody flux, formerly caused 
many deaths: now it is seldom fatal. Small-pox 
was the most terrible of all diseases, carrying off 
victims by the hundreds, and scarring or blind¬ 
ing others by the thousand. Spotted fever, 
scurvy and the plague prevailed every year some¬ 
where, but now they all are diseases of the past, 
and this by reason of the more correct knowledge 
of their nature and the moans applied, resulting 
either in a total prevention, or at least in giving 
the disease a more mild form and favorable re¬ 
sult. Even cholera, which first appeared in 
Europe *45 years ago, has, by a better knowl¬ 
edge of its nature, lost some of its former 
infallible malignity. It ia the same with scar¬ 
latina; and we enter upon the treshold of so 
much knowledge respecting the nature of 
phthisis, that we may justly hope to see this 
scourge of families become more aud more rare 
and this by preventive measures, to be applied 
when there is a tendency in that direction. 
Preventative medicine is Blowly attaining such 
a degree of perfection, that the time is not very 
distant when the occurrence of an epidemic will 
be a reproach to city governments, while the 
chief functions of tho foremost physicians will 
be the preservation of tho public health. This 
assuredly will be a most noble calling, and the 
present boards of hoaltb, established incur large 
cities, is a move in the right direction, and has 
already beeu a benefit to the inhabitants which 
they cannot value at too high a price. 
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EUCALYPTUS TEA. 
It is to be feared that the cultivators of the 
now celebrated Eucalyptus or Australian “ Fever 
Tree” are yet likely to discover that it is a 
“specific” in all kinds of disoaso, and wo shall 
soon have uo further need of medical colleges or 
doctors. The editor of tho San Diego World 
gives his experience with it iu curing a cold as 
follows: 
Sorno months ago tho writer read in an English 
paper of a discovery bv some physicians in Eu¬ 
rope of the value of the Eucalyptus in early stages 
of cold and fever. Some weeks ago, beiug taken 
with a Bevoro cold, wo made a decoction of Eu¬ 
calyptus leaves and drank it on retiring to bed. 
Tho result was that it brought on a gentle per¬ 
spiration and sleep, and in the morning all symp¬ 
toms of the cold had disappeared. A fortnight 
ago a friend of ours was seized with cold and 
fever. He had aching pains all over his body 
aud to every appearance bad© fair to be confined 
to his room. We thought of the eucalyptus and 
told him of our experience. He went home and 
had a strong decoction made and drank freely on 
going to bed. II. worked like a cliurm, for ho 
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little weak from profuse perspiration, llis wife 
was Buffering from cold at the time and tried 
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One instance more in our own case. Last 
uight, just before retiring to bed, we were seized 
with a violent chill, accompanied with pains in 
tho back and legs. Thin was followed by a little 
fever. Those symptoms had presaged a very 
serious iIIiicbb a year or two ago, and w© thought 
ominously on the subject. Wo sent out to tho 
street, hail some loaves plucked and our favorite 
tea was made at onco. Wo drank about a pint 
and Boon fellaHlcep and to the credit of Eucalyp¬ 
tus we say we sro as well to-day as ever we wore 
in our life. Oar opinion is that the tea is per¬ 
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DANDRUFF. 
Whoever goes to Monsieur Tonson for his 
professional services in hair-cutting or beard- 
trimming (aud I hold that he should go for uo 
other) is likely to bo informed that lie has dan¬ 
druff !—ia recommended to he thoroughly Sham¬ 
pooed, have his head dreuehed with an odorous 
liquid, and to buy a bottle of the Professor’s 
Immaculate Com pound (price only one dollar) and 
take it home for daily use. No doubt but that 
after all this is done the patient feels better. 
Well, what is this dandruff ? Is it a disease ? 
Is it curable ? No, no, no! It is an evidence of 
a healthy scalp, and as to its cure, yon might as 
well attempt to stop your toe-nails frow grow¬ 
ing. It is simply Nature’s mode of renewing the 
scarf skin all over the body, and the reason why 
it is not shown on other parts is that the friction 
of clothing removes it as fast as loosened, while 
the hair of the head, if not often brushed and 
combed, or washed, prevents its escape. 
Now, if yon have any doubts as to the truth of 
what I have asserted, nib the inside of your 
lower limbs smartly with a black cloth, and you 
will find you have nibbed off a white powder 
which is of the same material as tho dandruff on 
your scalp, only more finely pulverized. 
I will offset ray advice against the barber’s, 
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a week, and wash the whole head in soft water 
as often as convenient. You may put a little 
soap or soda in the water if you wish, but I 
wouldn’t. Do not invest in any of the so-called 
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