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THE RURAL. HEW-YORKER. 
JULY 26 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
practical Departments: 
Rural Grounds. Notes from the (Illustrated).*53 
Draimure—R. C. Carpenter (Illustrated)...4»J 
One or our UmV W.. . Beat. M 
Animal food and Animal Hroduoe-L.• A. K .... -04 
were most interesting to us, and at the same 
time the work was rapidly nearing its comple¬ 
tion. Mrs Blackwell's house was a new one, 
and therefore easily kept tidy. But I could not 
help observing the careless way she had of 
• < platting” the mop against the base-boardB and 
f this of % fflbeh. 
ATI 1111 in PVHUDUU • . -v (It Piorvwu^ V*^v> —"O- 
*» leaving the muddy stain of the suds upon the 
KisscnaNow:* saui’i Carsons. ..l£l UU painted wood, which was already blackened 
S *™u.«e re «» <«*» }»»*}■ 
Catalogues. Ac., Received.. .. ful—of spatter-work, made by the too forcible 
Rural 1 1'arm™ cone near the (Illustrated).’.'.'. • .400, 461 U8e 0 f the mop-haudle. 
Veterinary : I might have suggested a little more care, but 
Inquiries answered by D. K. Salmon, D. V. M. was too well aware that criticisms from those 
^Tiie hi* t'Krenriofcowffor Mtu.of our rural population, are usually acceptable, 
What- i» . ..IS 
z... ^ fkl . . . 
WTiat i > Muck V... ► *... whon they come from the Rckal. N ew-Yobkek ; 
Rroyingthe CanadaThisife! ' i”Ii ^“ 458 and seeing tbe faults of others we often learn 
Saitpateri n^fjtufaps....... to correct our own. If a housewife observes 
Propaauiituf tiiu Wistaria. .j58 a slackness in any department of tbe domestic 
Miscellaneous . machinery, outside of her own domaiu. she is 
E ™' vw7, f*: G Rhea . 458 pretty apt to improve upon tbe mode and so cor- 
Friend Sard’s Miehap-Mrs. V. D. Covington. ... 45« reot tbe mfirmity whatever it may. be. And when 
North urntmri a od*Co.: Out! 458 i ca ll the attention of thousands of housekeep- 
Pitcher, N. Y.. ^59 erB, to those blackened baee-b >ardft, ana Bpat- 
« tered w&U«, I know that many of them will look 
PasaSi^aCo^T!?. 1 f *®'.rn about their homes, to see if the same fault is 
Donate Economy: theirs. Occasionally a housewife takes a cloth 
« ,n.,r Silflimrs- Annie L Jack.46* aud a pail of nice fresh suds, and washes away 
Mufl-riaiiuk Papers: No. i-iitiy Maple . 481 ^ HtailJ8 af ter the floor has been wiped dry, 
Do most ic Recipes .. 463 but itigbett6rtouse a little care in the first 
1 t _ work, aud thus save the extra labor, by being 
Sanitary t p*eoautionV.J59 8Ure that mop aud water are clean. There are 
A Serious Consideration.459 many conveniences for cleaning floors, for those 
G?vVvour Girls a Chance.; ^|g who feel disposed to have them. Mrs. White 
vfrg in?a *an rt^otfi* j r Sou Ui urn States . 459 ahowed mo a convenience which I should con- 
4?9 aider a triumph in the way of a mop. It oon- 
B revities. 459 sisted of a long-handled brush on the back of 
Sanitary Precaution* .459 8U re that mop and water are clean. There are 
v Serious Consideration.".W!.*””"!!.’! 459 many conveniences for cleaning floors, for those 
DvVv our Girls a- Chance.12§ who feel disposed to have them. Mrs. White 
,, |r - ..461,403,488 
Margaret's Victory—if. E- Clifford.. 482 
Talt^nT'la.ely TopicsNo.' 7-Rose Geranium. 463 
A Houseloil i Kolprm......... ^•v-av-.v 1M 
. Bi8t ed of a long-handled brush on the back of 
om uAuy: .. which was a box capable of holding a quart of 
Marmu’ot's Victory—ii. B- Clifford.’.'.*—' 48‘j water. The box was covered with rubber. 
Bric-u- Brae ...... ••• b'sc Geranium' 463 After pouring a small quantity of water upon 
Womanmid urn Cranchlae-Amanda L. Bcuoii... brush, and then all surplus water taken into 
Hauls for Correspondents . 40J box by means of a rubber valve ; and thence 
Reading tor the young : emptied into a pail, kept conveniently at hand. 
Pocket-Money for Young People ; No. lO-Stnrr ^ ^ tb ia manner every square yard, could be 
Engiisii Literature lor School Girls Sans thoroughly cleansed with clean water, applying 
New^r^mHoiol'^:::::;;:::::;:::::' ''"-'"' j«! soap where necessary. Mrs. Barton says she 
In what iioumy is Valley torgoi.••••• ™ J , always uses a large cloth, and her hand s. bhe 
aa'ie Fuzzier . ... . 466 considers a mop with a long handle a nuisance. 
Saht/nth Heading -• There ore no Btains, black and unsightly, on 
Tbypiminff the Dead to the Gaze of the Curious. 466 her walls or base -boards. Mat Maple. 
Irani;- for Correspondents . . 
Rending tn, ‘ the young : 
Pocket-Money for Young People: No. 10—Starr 
EnuiiNii Literature lor School Girls — Sans 
Souci ... 
News from Honolulu,...... iV ..^ : 
In whar County ii Valley torge?. 
Shi; la a Buckeye Girl... 
The Puizlur. . 
Satibath Reading: 
HxpoBing the Dead to ihe Gaze of the Curious. 
Pe, m. nulls ... . 
News Of the Week—Herman . 
Wii au * Humor 
Aaveri se - ots.. 
.484 , 467 . 488 
Domestic (EroEomD. 
CONDUCTED 3Y EMILY MAPLE 
SUMMER SIFTINGS. 
VNNIE L. JACK. 
“ But Robin red-breast builds his Dest, 
Singing a song of the joy to come.” 
So writes my charming friend, L. C. M., whose 
poems have a tender pathos and sweet touches 
of nature that cannot fail to endear her to the 
reader's heart. But the Rural finds the Bauoy 
fellow stealing his strawberries and cherries, so 
he revenges himself on me by spelling the word 
ro&biu'm my “ Kitchen Club ’ Meeting. Well, it 
is too warm to soold, aud the Rural ought to 
know best whether the pun was intended, or 
not. 
How warm the last week has been! It is the 
first time in my life I ever saw gooseberries and 
currants fairly cooked on the bushes, tho former 
especially being a serious loss as, spoiled and 
browned, they lie on the ground. “ 8 tins truck,” 
said a neighbor, looking at them. The currants 
are a fruit not to be despised, being a corrective 
to the system eaten fresli, and when nicely can¬ 
ned, a treat of some value in winter. They must, 
however, bo eaten to be appreciated, the acid 
taste being more grateful to many people than 
the cloying sweetness of some other fruits. Iu 
making jellies of any kiud, I am sure it is a great 
help to warm the sugar in tho oven while the 
juice is boiling. Sometimes I have made it too 
hot to touch, and even meltiug around the edgeB. 
It falls into the juice with a “ hiss ” as you stir 
it, but if it once comes to a boil you may take it 
off. Your jelly will be purer and form better for 
this simple process. Currant pies may be had in 
winter with the flavor of the fresh fruit, if all 
the small berries are canned. They do well even 
in uarrow-neoked bottles, if with plenty of 
syrup. 
MOP-HANDLE PAPERS.-No. 1. 
Not long since I had occasion to make a morn¬ 
ing call at the house of Mrs. Blackwell, and 
found her engaged in cleaning her dinmng-room 
floor. Bhe seated me near a window which 
overlooked a well kept and well arranged flower- 
garden, and begged permission *«u finish the 
work, as it would occupy but a very few moments', 
time. Of course, she was quite excusable, as 
all know that a farmer's wife who does her own 
work, cannot obey all of the petty rules laid 
down in many books on etiquette. We were old 
school friends, and therefore did not stand on 
ceremony, hut conversed upon topics whioh 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
Blackberry Pudding. 
Three pints of milk, five well-beaten eggs, 
three pints of blackberries, whioh have been 
previously stew T ed, with & little sugar; flour, 
salt, and two teaspoonfuls of yeast-powder. The 
batter should be stiff enough to drop from the 
spoon. The pudding Is nice, either bt iled or 
baked, aud may be eaten with a wine sauce fla¬ 
vored with nutmeg. E - K * 
Blackberry Wine. 
Press the juice from sufficient quantity of 
fruit to make two gallous ; wash the pomace in 
two gallons of water ; strain, dissolve ten pounds 
of white sugar in thiB, and add the strained, 
clear juice. Fill a clean oask perfectly full, 
aud cover the bung-hole with a piece of cloth ; 
let stand, filling up with Borne of the mixture, 
reserved for the purpose, until fermentation 
ceases i fill up agM*i drive in the bung tightly, 
and let stand in a cool place for six monthB. 
Then draw off without shaking the cask, put 
into bottles, cork tightly aud seal. 
Mrs. Clark. 
Blackberry Jelly. 
Place the fruit in a porcelain kettle with just 
water enough to keep from burning; stir often, 
aud let stand over a slow fire until thoroughly 
scalded; then drain through a jelly bug two or 
three times, if necessary to mako it clear; meas¬ 
ure, and allow as much sugar as juice ; boil the 
juice briskly for ton minutes, add the sugar and 
boil ten minutes loiiger. To test the jelly, drop 
a little into a glass of very cold water, and if it 
goeB to the bottom at once it is done. 
Blackberry Mash. 
Look over and wash two quarts of ripe ber¬ 
ries ; add two-thirds of a quart of boiling water 
aud cook ten minutes; sweeten to taste aud then 
Btir in a scant pint or sifted flour ; boil until the 
flour is thoroughly cooked; have a mold nicely 
buttered, pour in the mush and let it cool; serve 
with hard and wine sauce. e. m. m. 
Pathenia Pudding- 
One quart of milk; five eggs; five tablespoon¬ 
fuls of flour; bring tho milk to a boil, reserving 
enough to wet the flour; then stir in the wot 
flour while hot, when cool stir in the beaten 
eggs, reserving the whites of two ; bake one-half 
hour, and when cool spread over an ioiug made 
from the beaten whites and powdered sugar. 
Corn Pudding. 
Three dozen ears of corn scraped from the 
cobs; one and one-half pint of milk; three 
eggs ; two tablesptonfuls of sugar ; one teacup¬ 
ful of flour; two ounces of butter : a little salt; 
bake one hour and a half. 
Miss Sue. McOhain. 
political. e: 
Monday, July 14. y 
The Potter Investigating committee Is crawling c 
slowly through the mire of Louisiana politics, un- h 
til the people are pretty near tired as well as su- b 
premely disgusted with the mass of wholesale t 
perjury and political corruption laid bare. Nor a 
can It oe said that the Administration wholly es- C 
capes smirching, as It has liberally rewarded all 1 
those who took part In the alleged Hands in Flor- t 
Ida and Louisiana, or those connected with the ? 
count in the former suite, Noyes was made Min- t 
lster to France. Kasson Minister to Austria, McLin c 
Justice of Now Mexico, BLeriiS Commissioner of J 
the Hot Springs. Dennis went Into the Supervise £ 
lng Architect’s office, where he had nothing to do r 
but draw .hls pay. Cessna, the County Judge, t 
who took the affidavits in Alachua, was made a s 
postmaster. Black and Vance, the canvassers < 
there, went, one Into the Treasury and the other 1 
Info the Post Office. Howell, who was clerk of t 
Baker county, was made Collector of Customs. ] 
Bowles, who waB election officer In Leon county, 1 
where the democrats claimed there was a fraud i 
of seventy-four votes, went Into the Treasury. i 
Bell, another Couut.y Judge In a contested count, 1 
was made a timber agent. Humphreys, one of 
the electors, was made Collector of Pensacola. 
Leons, Sterns' secretary, was put into the Treas- i 
ury. Maxwell, a republican detective, was made 
a lieutenant in the army. Phelps went to Paris 
with McCormick. Varnum, one of Stems’ Cabi¬ 
net, became a Receiver of the Land Office, where 
Taylor, one of the clerks of the county courts, 
found a haven also. In short, wherever there was 
a charge ul fraud, places have been found for those 
connected with it. The list of those connected 
with the electoral count In Louisiana who have 
since been rewarded with office Is too long for in¬ 
sertion here, reaching, as It does, all the way 
from the members of the Returning Board down 
to Mrs. Jenks’ brother. 
Ills own forced confessions show E. L. Weber, 
the glib supporter of Anderson’s statements, to 
have been a thorough rascal. In 1876 he swore 
before the Boutwell committee that In East Fell- 
cluna a series or the most horrible outrages were 
perpetrated; now he flatly denies the truth of 
ills former statement; he wrote a letter to Kel¬ 
logg detailing some or those outrages, now be 
says it was false and merely intended to he pub¬ 
lished for effect; he cooly acknowledges that 
while a Slate Senator he was one of a gang of 
members of the legislature who were In the habit 
of selling, to the highest bidder, their joint votes 
In favor of measures; and though most of Ids 
alleged confederates deny their complicity, the 
fellow’s evidence damns himself, at any rate. 
From his evidence there Is no doubt but that he 
was bribed by Plnclihack and Kellogg, as stated 
here last week ; and there cam be little doubt 
but that his present evidence too has been paid 
for. Secretary Sherman has written another 
letter to the committee, renewing his request for 
I n investigation Into Intimidation in Louisiana, 
n the ground that they have admitted evi- 
lence that there was none. 
On Friday last. Senator Kellogg testified that at 
he last Presidential election the republicans in 
ome parishes of Louisiana were thoroughly 
errorlzed; that Packard got there more votes as 
loveruor than Hayes did as President; that the 
epubllcan Legislature was purchased by the 
lemocrats with the connivance of the llarlan- 
ifffVeigh batch of visiting statesmen; that much 
>t the evidence given by Anderson, Weber, Kelly, 
ind some of that poured forth by the sprightly 
ienks, was false; that he knows nothing what- 
iver about the forged certificates of election, 
lever having Inquired into the matter, as he 
lldn’t think it In the line of his duty. The first, 
iemocratlc Legislature In Louisiana has con- 
iucted Itself in a manner by no means satisfac¬ 
tory to the people of that, state. The members 
Uave done those things which they ought not 
have done, and left undone those thlugs they 
ought to have done; and therefore given cause 
for not a little popular dissatisfaction. 
After all, the workingmen’s party or the Ker- 
neyltes, of California, have not secured a ma jority 
ol the constitutional Convention of that State. 
Their vote was so heavy In San Francisco and 
other large towns that the telegrams at first 
conceded to them the State; but the farmers and 
other country folks have reversed the vote of the 
Cities, and the official returns give the follow¬ 
ing as the constitution of the convention -. Non- 
partizena, SI ; workingmen, 62; republicans, H; 
democrats, 6 ; Independents, 2. The non-parti¬ 
sans elected all their delegates at large; and 
Kerney Is keeping up his own courage and that 
of hlu followers by boasting that he will secure 
the next legislature; meanwhile the demagogue 
is about to visit some of the large cities east ol 
the Rocky Mountains, in most of the Northern 
States the workingmen’s party is as yet an un¬ 
known factor In politics, as Its real strength has 
not hitherto been tested, in this State both of 
the old parties are trying to obtain Its support; 
at present the new organization is split Into 
factions, which are bitterly bandying charges or 
corruption and treachery, and there Is little 
doubt but that Internal discord Is lea greatest 
danger. Meanwhile the situation of republicans 
and democrats la that of an armed truce. Each 
party Is learlnl of laying fully open the entire 
scope and tendency of Its views; nor will cither 
ol them do so until one or the other becomes 
overwhelmlngly;domlnant—in other words, each 
Is now on Its good behavior before the country. 
The republicans of Ohio are bitterly denouncing 
the action of tho late democratic legislature in 
so gerrymandering that State that It will return 
14 democratic Congressmen to 6 republicans on 
the basis of the vote of 1876, when Hayes hiui 
7,000 majority. In Indiana the democrats are 
equally loud In their complaints against the re¬ 
publican gerrymandering of that State a few years 
ago, so that 9 republican congressmen were re¬ 
turned In 1876 Against t democrats by the same 
vote that gave the democratic candidate for gov¬ 
ernor 5,000 plurality. Congressman Hunton, of 
Virginia, has had the primaries at Alexandria 
carried against him on the distinct ground of his 
having taken so prominent a part in the *• fraud ” 
business to the neglect of legislation needed by 
the state. Chester Arthur, Collector of Customs 
at this port for eight years, has been replaced by 
Gen. Merritt; and Naval Officer Cornell, by a Mr. 
Burt. Hayes tried twice to effect tbe removal of 
these officers, but was thwarted by the Senate. 
No sooner, however, has that body adjourned 
than be defies or dodges Its decision. Both offi¬ 
cers were favorites with the public, especially 
Arthur : both have been thoroughly efficient; 
against neither has any charge been even re¬ 
motely proved; most of the reforms advisable In 
their department, have been, from time to time, 
suggested by Arthur; yet, because they favored 
Conkfing’s re-election to the Senate by the legis¬ 
lature to be chosen this fall, they have been 
thrust aside to make room for Merritt, an apt pu¬ 
pil of Fenton, who will, It Is supposed, use the 
power of the Administration to antagonize Conk- 
Ung’B re-election. Even papers usually pro-ad- 
mlulstratlon either simply excuse or bitterly 
denounce this specimen of bogus Civil Service 
Reform; and the most Influential of them, like 
the N. Y. Times, 6 ays that the officers are merely 
suspended, as self-respect must* force senators to 
teach Hayes that he cannot, evade their deliber¬ 
ate opinion, emphasized Dy two decisions In this 
matter. The latest Civil Service decision is that 
postmasters may belong to political associations, 
but must not be officers ihereor. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
New York merchants are disgusted at Vander¬ 
bilt paying eight per cent. In these hard times on 
$40,000,000 of watered railroad stock—which on 
the real capital Invest ed Is a huge rate of Inter¬ 
est which tho trade of tho country has to pay. 
The public debt has been reduced about $24,ooo,- 
000 during the past year. It Is said that three 
thousand teachers are up In the White Mountains 
coolly studying their geography, geology, and hy¬ 
giene, especially tbe hygiene. Gen. Sherman 
has Issued an order instructing officers with re¬ 
gard to the legal bearing of the recent enactment 
against the use of troops as a posse comitatus. 
Jle explains away much of the supposed lorce of 
the recent law ; for, according to him, the army 
can still be used for the suppression of domestic 
violence, tbe execution or judicial processes un¬ 
der the Civil Rights law, the keeping ol peace at 
the polls, the expulsion ol Intruders from the 
Indian country, the preservation of government 
timber In Florida, the warning off ol such foreign 
vessels as may Improperly be in our parts, the 
putting down of Insurrection in the states and 
tbe protection of the rights of discoverers of gu¬ 
ano Islands. 
On the 10th a severe rain and wind storm pre¬ 
vailed over a great part of the Northern States 
from Nebraska to the Atlantic, producing a large 
number ol deaths by lightning, and doing se¬ 
vere damage to crops, railroads and buildings. 
The hearing In the case of Fiiz John Porter Is 
still in progress at West Point, under the charge 
01 Gen. Schofield. Geffis. Warren and Longstreet 
testified strongly In behalf of Porter, tfietr evi¬ 
dence going to show that Pope, whose orders he 
was cashiered for disobeying at the second bat¬ 
tle of Bull’s Run, did not know either the position 
of Porter or that of the Confederates; that Por¬ 
ter (Ud not receive the order at the time formerly 
btated, nor could he have made the movements 
olrected. A number of other officers and gentle¬ 
men spoke stroDgly us to Porter’s bravery aud 
loyalty. 
Contrary to expectation, the Orangemen’s 
meeting at Montreal, on the 12th lust., the anni¬ 
versary of the battle of the Boyne, passed off in 
comparative quiet. Most of the stores were 
closed, banks and public buildings guarded, 
troops massed tu large numbers at advantageous 
points, five hundred deputy marshals sworn in by 
tho mayor, the police placed early In readiness, and 
all preparations made to prevent riot arising from 
religious and party animosity, and which would 
certainly be aggravated by the swarm of tramps 
and other rascals that had swarmed to the city 
In expectation or plunder. The mayor, Baudry, a 
Catholic, bad prohibited a procession ; six protest- 
ant aldermen had received Horn the government 
the control of the troops. Instead ol leaving It In 
the hands of t he mayor, as usual in such cases; 
and this divided authority would, It was thought, 
add to the difficulties. After several minor out¬ 
rages on detached parties of Orangemen decora¬ 
ted with party colors, the body of them decided 
to obey the mayor’s order not to march in pro¬ 
cession, and after a day of excitement, were sent 
from their barracaded Hall to their homes In cabs 
provided by the municipal authorities. Several 
of the officers of tbe organization were arrested, 
and a test case, as to their right to march In pro¬ 
cession, is in their case t o he made. Elsewhere no 
i trouble was caused by scattered local Orange de- 
: monstratlons; but on the 16th, the anniversary of 
: the death of Ilackett, an Orangeman killed by a 
i mob last year. It la expected that another tiemon- 
r &tratlon will take place in Montreal. Not more 
s than two or three deaths, and only ten times that 
t number of cracked heads aDd broken bones have 
i resulted from the late unpleasantness. Cases of 
i death from sunstroke have been very numerous 
3 throughout the country during tho past week— 
r generally the result of Imprudent exposure ; and 
i nearly always avoidable by a Utile precaution, 
l For onco Gen. Howard himself has had a battle, 
or rather a brush, with the Indians. He attacked 
£ 400 Bannocks at Butler Creek, Oregon, captured 
a about 400 head of stock, anti, after a fierce stiug- 
u gle, routed the savages, with a loss to his own 
u command of 16 wounded and two killed; Italian 
d loss unknown. Per contra, tho Linattllas, in 
e northern Oregon, surrounded 59 white volun- 
j- teers, of whom seven only escaped to tell the tale 
