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CONDUCTED BY'EMILY MAPLE 
MOP-HANDLE PAPERS - NO 4. 
Fob a long time I have been auxious to obtain 
a washing maohine that would require leas phys¬ 
ical strength to eradicate the dirt than the old- 
fashioned wash-board. But all that I had yet 
seen, required strong arms, strong stomachs, 
and plenty of back-bone; though all were re¬ 
commended to be easily worked by a child of 
ten years. 
Last winter my eyes rested upon an advertise¬ 
ment recommending the Little Washer, as the 
best machine ever offered to the public. The 
olothes were cleaned by the water passing 
through and through the fabrio, and would 
require but little if any rubbing. I determined 
to have the labor-saving machine immediately ; 
and forthwith it came promptly to order. Ac¬ 
cording to direction, the clothes were to be 
soaked one night. In the morning the maohine 
was put into a boiler nearly full of water, into 
which a spoonful of powdered borax was dis¬ 
solved, and put over the fire. While the water 
was heating, the olothes were taken out of the 
soaking water, thoroughly soaped where soiled, 
with good home-made soap, and put into the boil¬ 
er and boiled fifteen murntes. The water was 
drawn up through a tin pipe, poured over the 
clothes, then waB drawn down again, and 
another jet spouted over. 
Well, the little thing worked to a charm, All 
the olotheB were taken out and put into the 
“ sudsing ” water, and the soiled parts were rub¬ 
bed a little, and the dirty streaks disappeared 
almost immediately. Plenty of water was used 
in rinsing, and the washing was done two hours 
sooner, with less wear and tear of body and 
clothes. 
Of course, I was exceedingly proud of my 
little maohim, and was almost ready to fall 
down and worship the inventor. 
But a few weeks ago my mother took the cou- 
celt out of me by following the directions for 
washing, only leaving (ml Oui machine ; and be¬ 
hold the work was done equally well. Ever 
since, the httle humbug has “lain upon the 
shelf.” It has not been useless, however. It 
has taught me that olothes can be well cleansed 
with one-fourth the rubbing usnally given them, 
thus saving the fabrio and our own strength. 
And there are, no doubt, many hard-working 
Bubal sisters, who, having not an overplus of 
silver dollars, will be induced to try the plan, 
and thus save llteir money, clothes and strength 
for other services, where they are more neces¬ 
sary to the happiness of the human family. 
May Maple. 
“ REGALIN.” 
We have seen and tasted samples of fruit pre¬ 
served by Mr. C. Amende’a “Begaliu." it is a 
ohemical salt, we should say from its taste, and 
is designed to preserve fruits, meat, vegetables, 
eggs and articles of like nature. It seems to do 
the work most satisfactorily. The fruit we in¬ 
spected had been in a state of preservation dur¬ 
ing six months, and the pears we tasted had a 
fine flavor, and were inuo wise affected injuri¬ 
ously by the preparation. We should think the 
powder (which is put up compactly in small 
boxes) would prove to be of great usefulness to 
housewives. The advertisement in another col¬ 
umn furnishes details. 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
Sweet Com Soup. 
This is very nice when properly made and sea¬ 
soned. The outer part only should be cut, and 
the rest scraped from the cobs, the same as for 
drying. Add as much water as there is corn, 
and boil slowly, fifteen minutes, pouriug in a 
httle more water should it boil dry- Then add 
three pints of rich milk to ten ears of corn ; add 
salt; butter as much as you choose ; let come 
to a boil and serve hot. I prefer the use of 
sweet cream to milk, in which case the butter 
may be omitted, or at least less used. 
Aunt Flora. 
Pepper Chow-Chow. 
Cut in half, and remove the seeds from twen¬ 
ty-five peppers; soak in salted water for three 
or four hours; ohop fine and add twice as much 
chopped cabbage as peppers ; one tablespoouful 
each of ground cloves, allspice, mustard seed, 
whole—and salt; mix thoroughly; cover with 
cold vinegar, and tie down. 
Wild Plum Marmalade, 
Wash, put int • a porcelain kettle, with water 
enough just to cover; let boil until soft, pour 
i nto a colander and drain; then press the pulp 
hrough and add a pint of sugar to a pint of 
pulp. Boil from twenty to thirty minutes, stir¬ 
ring constantly. 
Tomato Preserves. 
With a sharp knife remove the skiuB from 
Green Gage tomatoes; prick each tomato several 
times ; add an equal amount of sugar by weight; 
let stand over night; then pom* off the juice in¬ 
to a preserving kettle; add two or three shoes 
of lemon, and boil until it thickens; clarify the 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
sirup ; add the tomatoes, and boil gently) until 
they look transparent. e. m. 
Apple Float 
One pint of good, stewed apples, which are 
free from lumps, whites of three eggs, well 
beaten, four tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar. 
Beat the apple, eggs and sugar together until 
stiff enough to stand alone. Make a soft, boiled 
custard; flavor with vanilla; pour into a deep 
dish, and pile the float on top. 
Tomato Catsup. 
Wash and remove the stems from one peck of 
ripe tomatoes; crush, and put on to bofl in a 
porcelain kettle until the pulp is dissolved ; presB 
through a fine sieve aud boil five hours, adding 
two ounoes of salt, one ounce of mace, one 
tablespoouful of black pepper, and one teaspoon¬ 
ful of red, oue tablespoonful of cloves, seven 
tablespoonfnls of mustard, one of celery seed— 
tied in a bag ; stir almost constantly. When 
done, turn into & crock to cool, and when cold, 
take out the bag of celery seed, add one teacup¬ 
ful of vinegar. Bottle, seal and keep in a cool, 
dark place. Mary B. 
Head-Ache. 
Simple remedies are frequently the best for 
this distressing oomplaiut. A curd of sour milk 
spread upon a thin cloth aud applied to the head 
will many times give relief. Or, a mustard 
plaster on the back of the neck will often ease 
the pain. R. 
Corn Pone. 
No. 1.—Two cups of wheat flour; one cup of 
corn meal; two heaping teaspooufuls of baking 
powder; one even teaspoonful of salt; a cup, 
one-third full, of sugar; three eggs well beaten. 
Hweet milk added to the mixture suflicieut to 
make it run nicely from the Bpoon, This makes 
two cakes in flat tin. 
No. 2. —Beat one egg with a third of a cup of 
sugar; add one tablespoonful of melted butter; 
beat a httle and add one pint of sweet milk; two 
aud a half cups of meal; one-cup of flour; a 
small pinch of salt; oue teaspoonful of soda 
aud oue of cream-of-tartar. 
These are both good, well-tried recipes. No. 
2, however, I think the nicest. 
Mrs. Mary Olin. 
Cottage Pudding. 
By request we republish this recipe given in 
the Rural of August 11, 1877, page 90. One 
cup of white sugar; one-half cup of butter; 
two eggs ; two-thirds of a cap of milk; one tea¬ 
spoonful of soda and two of cream-of-tartar; 
three cups of flour. Sauce for the above: one 
cup of sugar; ono-half cup of butter; a table- 
spoonful of corn-starch. Mix together, add two 
cups of boiling water; boil two or three minutes, 
add wine, brandy or any flavoring you chose. 
The success of this pudding depends upon the 
sugar, butter aud eggs being well beaten, aud 
upon being served the instant it is done. 
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QUERIES ANSWERED. 
Ice Cream. 
“ Subscriber” wishes a recipe for eggless ice 
cream ; she finds it difficult to make it smooth. 
We append several from which choice may be 
made: 
No. 1. Two quarts of rich sweet milk; oue 
pound of granulated sugar, or a little more if 
liked very sweet; three heaping tablespooDfuls 
of corn starch ; wet the starch in a little of the 
milk ; scald the milk by putting it into a tin pail 
and setting it in a kettle of hot water ; when it 
boils stir in the BUgar and Htaroh, and let boil for 
a few minutes longer; strain, let oool, flavor and 
freeze. 
No. 2. One quart of milk; two quarts of 
cream; a pint and a half of powdered BUgar ; a 
tablespoonful of vanilla. 
No. 3. Two quarts of new milk ; a small tea- 
cupful of flour; put the milk on to boil in a tin 
pail in a kettle of boiling water, the same as 
above, reserving enough to mix the flour 
smoothly; when the milk boils stir in the flour, 
and boil ten minutes longer , adding a pound and 
a half of sugar just before taking from the fire : 
stir constantly after the sugar is added and only 
let remain long enough to dissolve it; strain 
through a towel, and when oool add a quart of 
cream, and flavor with lemon. 
No. 4. Take one quart of sweet cream and 
make very sweet with the best sugar; flavor, 
whip to a light froth ; skim off as fast as it is 
beaten, and put into the freezer. Continue 
boating until ail is a light froth, aud freeze at 
once. 
If the cream be properly beaten and scraped 
from the sides while freezing, providing it was 
free from lumps at first, we see no reason why 
it should not be smooth. 
Wanted.— A recipe for the preservation of 
pictures without glass, for I find it expensive to 
buy glass for large oueB. w. w. v. 
Ans.—W e take the following from our select¬ 
ed recipes: Dilute one-fourth pouud of Venice 
turpentine, with a gill of spirits of wine. If too 
thiok, a little more of the latter; if not enough 
a little more of the former. It should be of the 
consistence of milk. Lay one coat of this on 
the right side of the print, and when dry it will 
shine like glasB. A second coat may be neces¬ 
sary. 
of % SSUtk. 
Monday, Sept. 8, 1878. 
POLITICAL. 
Ben. butler having issued what his bitterest 
foes own to be a strong letter of acceptance of 
the curious nomination for governor lately ten¬ 
dered blm, Is vigorously cinvasslng Massachu¬ 
setts In Ms own behalf. Most of the high-toned 
papers and peoole have always been bitter la 
their denunciation of Mm and Ms views, and 
now fear Is adding to their bitterness. Ben., 
however, Is case-hardened to vituperation, seems 
to be maklbg good headway and Is about to go 
West soon to support that “ odious 11 greenback 
doctrine of Ms. The election up In Vermont has 
gone republican by about 17,000 majority, a de¬ 
crease on last years’—but this Is an “ off ” year, 
you should know. 
Kearney—Dennis of that name—has been swing¬ 
ing wildly round the circle lately In the East 
here. lie visited Hayes In Washington and thinks 
Mm a very good sort, of man In a private capacity, 
but poor stuff tor a president—some people who 
have never been thought crazy agitators have, 
so far as my memory serves, been guilty of a 
similar oplMon. He saw most of the Cabinet and 
doesn't think much of any part of the article— 
and here, again, It’s marvelous how the opinion of 
a lunatic sometimes coincides exactly with that 
of folks generally considered very sane Indeed. 
He Insisted on speaking from the steps of the 
Capitol, mainly because there was an antique 
Jaw against such a proceeding. The Quaker City 
next was shocked with his profanity, aud then 
Newark, N. J., and Jersey CRy—at least tne 
roughs or those places—listened to Ms ravings. 
Next he addressed a large crowd on Union Square 
in tMs city, aud several of the newspapers which 
he had been, vilifying, took a fearful revenge 
upon him—they published a verbatim report of 
what he meant tor a speech. Respectable papers, 
as a rule, omit all remarks objectionable on the 
score of .scurrility and protanlty, but had this rulo 
been followed in Dennis’ case, there wouldn’t 
have been as many paragraphs as there actually 
were columns occupied by his lucubrations. 
Lately he has got Into the habit of having the 
hat passed round after his harangues, ror the 
purpose of collecting enough to pay Ms way—and 
the newspapers are fond of poking fun and sar¬ 
casm at Mm there anent. But ir the devil should 
get Ms due, surely there's no reason why one of 
Ms Imps should not, and really there’s nothing 
out-or-the-way In this mode or scooping In the 
“ stamps.” As a rule, alt political speakers get 
paid—and well paid too—for their laudation of 
party men and measures. True, their pay is col¬ 
lected from the public by organized party man¬ 
agement, but Kearney Is his own party orgaMza- 
tlon, and perforce must differ somewhat in Ms 
methods from mere complicated organizations. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
What a rush Into bankruptcy there was a week 
ago of “lame ducks” In this State anxious to 
get the benefit of the lenient bankrupt laws of 
the United States as a nation! The reslstrars 
lii bankruptcy must have made a glorious haul 
of fees. Whole columns In the papers were 
crowded Into small type with the names of du- 
funct firms, though only the bare names of the 
most Important concerns were given. In the 
last two days here there were 535 names. Chicago 
beat this, 375 having filed their names on the 
laBt day of grace, while In steady Boston 234 did 
the same. The United States’ laws with re¬ 
gard to bankruptcy came to an end on the first 
of tfie mouth, and henceforth, for a while at 
least, the laws of each state must regulate 
bankruptcy proceedings. These differ consid¬ 
erably, some being leMent towards the debtor, 
especially In the South and West, othors In fa¬ 
vor of the creditor class, as In the Eastern States 
where capital most abounds. It hardly speakB 
well for the aggregate wisdom of our Congres¬ 
sional (Salons that they confess themselves un- 
able.to devise a satisfactorily uMforrn system of 
legislation on this matter. 
The other day Karus, the celebrated flyer, 
trotted at nartford, Conu., and was the Innocent 
cause of much swindling. Besldos the Inevita¬ 
ble betting, and Ha concommttant black-legging, 
at least four open swindles were allowed on the 
ground; namely, the pool-box, the wheel of for¬ 
tune, sweat-boards, and tfie pill-box trick. At 
the wheel several fools parted with over $100 
apleco In less than an hour. The sweat-board was 
well patronized by green-horns, and gamblers 
were kept profitably busy selling t-helr trade 
dollars, to bet with, for greenbacks. The pill¬ 
box man would show three or four empty boxes, 
pretend to put a $20 bill Into one aud offer to sell 
the boxes for $0. The dupe, seeing what he sup¬ 
posed a corner of the $20 bill sticking out of one 
of them, would invest Ms five, oMy to find a 
dollar Instead of a twcnty-doUur bill. As such 
tricks will be not uncommon at or near tfie ap¬ 
proaching tails, farmers and tlielr children will 
save the pilce of many a Rusal by carefully 
giving them all the 4 > go-by,” however certain 
they inay.fccl that their unsophisticated wits can 
get the better of the practiced trickery and 
knavery of the gentry who “ run ” such “ In¬ 
stitutions.” 
Yellow fever Is still on tfie Increase In severity 
In the South, while Its ravages are spreading 
over a much larger extent of country. Even 
the telegraphic details of the destitution, misery 
and deaths throughout the Infected districts are 
heart-rending—muoh more terrible, however, 
would be tbe sight of the woebogono scenes. In 
all the large and in most of the small towns and 
even villages throughout the North, societies 
have been organized for the purpose of collecting 
money to relievo the dire distress or our suffer¬ 
ing brethren of the South, but despite the liber¬ 
al donations hitherto given, upwards of a million 
dollars will be absolutely needed to prevent num¬ 
bers from dying from want before the first black 
frost puts an end to the pestilence. 
AH work Is at a standstill. No money is obtain¬ 
able by the poor except in the shape of charity, 
and If ever charity was, not a matter of choice, 
but of absolute, imperative duty on every citizen 
as well as on every Christian, surely now is the 
hour The Northern oltles are doing nobly, shall 
the brave, honest, generous-hearted Northern 
farmers be backward In this hour of a kindred 
people’s agony? Heaven and manliness forbid 
such a disgrace! Let every farmer and every 
farmer’s famffy contribute tbelr mite towards 
feeding tne hungry, tending the sick and bury¬ 
ing tbe dead throughout the now desolate re¬ 
gions of the once suDny South. Send on your 
contributions, separately or clubbed together 
from every neighborhood, to the Howard Asso¬ 
ciation In each of the afflicted towns, and they will 
he nobly used. Then the thought can never af¬ 
flict you in years to come, that you were craven 
enough to turn a deaf ear to the death cry of a 
noble people in the hour of their bitter agony. 
On Wednesday' last Sec. Scburz rendered an 
additional decision In the caBe affecting land 
grants to railroads. An appeal had been taken 
ror a reversal or suspension, and this was per¬ 
emptorily refused, so that the former decision, by 
which large tracts of excellent land were opened 
to settlement, must stand unless reversed by a 
decision of the courts. Tue land can be pre¬ 
empted through the regular government agents, 
who pay the price of It over to the railroad, and 
nothing except a previous bona-fide sale by the 
railroad company can prevent Its pre-emption at 
$1.25 per acre. All Information with regard to 
the lands thus thrown open to settlement can be 
obtained by means of a letter of Inquiry to the 
Department of the interior, Washington, D. c. 
Already an Immense number of applications have 
been made to “ enter ” the lands, and tho rail¬ 
roads are reported to be taking steps to appeal 
to the courts. 
Diaz has virtually abolished the zoilo. libra or 
free zone along the Rio Grande. This was a strip 
of Mexican territory,stretching along the frontier, 
Into which goods could be carried free of duty. 
This Immunity drew to It. a large number of smug¬ 
glers and other desperate characters who have 
been, In great part, the oause of our border 
troubles. A few towns only still retain this fran¬ 
chise. Now comes the report that Edison has 
mortgaged fils Inventive genius to the Western 
Union Telegraph Company lor 34 years, lor an 
annuity of jA.ooo a year,In return ror the exclusive 
ownership of all his possible Inventions. 
Some tunc back the Protestant Episcopal Bish¬ 
op of Michigan, Dr. McCoskry, an old man of 
upwards of seventy years, waB accused of immo¬ 
rality with a young girl ho had adopted and whom 
a short time previously had been married by Mm 
to a young man In the neighborhood. Letters of 
his, It was said, were In existence that would rully 
convict him—oh those letters! Just before the 
accusation was made, he had resigned his See 
and was on the point of starting for Europe. 
When thus shamefully accused, he withdrew his 
resignation, denied the charge and demanded an 
Investigation. Artcrwards, however, be deemed 
It prudent to again tender his resignation and 
avoid Investigation by promptly crossing the At¬ 
lantic. Last Tuesday, at a meeting of Episcopal 
Bishops, his resignation was not accepted, but 
he was deposed not only from Ms Episcopal 
office, but also from the ministry for having 
abandoned Ms diocese aud left the country while 
grave allegations touching Ms moral character 
existed, thereby declining to permit any Investi¬ 
gation Into the truth of the allegations. ’Tls 
fortunate that the flood-gates of another mon¬ 
strous scandal have not boon opened on the com¬ 
munity. So long as there was a hope of the In¬ 
nocence of the aged and hitherto blameless 
pastor, It was thought best not to speak of the 
matter here, now it Is mentioned as a bit ol news. 
foreign. 
On Tuesday last the excursion steamer Prin¬ 
cess Alice, returning from Gravesend to London 
with about S 0 O passengers, was run down off 
Barking by a screw steamer. In five minutes 
the vessel sank and the bosom of father Thames 
was a mass of struggling, shrieking humaMty. 
There was a great number of children on board 
and of these nearly every one was lost. The 
soene was horrible. Already about 640 bodies of 
the victims have been recovered, more have been 
swept down by the current to the Channel, and 
altogether the victims of tMs pitiful calamity are 
estimated at fully 050, 
Americans with antiquated claims to vast 
English estates, have hitherto had but slim 
chances of ever realizing a cent lor every dollar 
they may have been foolish enough to pay law¬ 
yers for Investigating and asserting their sup¬ 
posed rights. But now, even thulr slim chances 
are on the point of vanishing, owing to a new 
property limitation Act which goes into opera¬ 
tion with the commoncomont of next year. TMs 
Act debars all claims older than a dozen years 
by giving absolute possession of land to tenants 
who have uMuterrupt-edly occupied It for that 
period, without paying rent or in any other way 
acknowledging the title thereto or any other per¬ 
son. A law of this nature would be a boon In 
tMs countryi also, where old musty claims to land 
are often sprung, by God alone knows whom, 
upon those who have honestly paid for It and 
held It peacefully for years or even generations. 
The French harvest is very good in two depart¬ 
ments; good la 12; fair In 13; poor In 40; and 
