NOV 25 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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now I’ve tried my powers—and they ain’t a 
few neither. I’ve coaxed and I’ve drove (or 
at least f ried ter), and what good has it done ? 
I’ve talked by the hour ter them gals. Says I, 
you’ll feel cheap, says T, ter not know how ter 
make bread. Then a refrain, “ Over the gar¬ 
den walla ” would ba my only reply. Again 
I’ve said, says I, “ you ought ter be ashamed 
ter not know bow ter bile potatoes; but for all 
that, that gal of mine would sing, “ Sorae- 
bcdy’s waiting for somebody.” Well, I’ve 
done my duty, leastwise I’ve tried hard 
enough, the whole neighborhood knows, and 
I reckon I’m exempted from tryin’ any 
farther. Still, I must say the ’prentice plan 
is new ter me, and the fact is,I have not much 
soul left for trying new-fangled notions, but 
if the Rural sisters will try this and it works 
all “ chick,” tnen I’m with you soul and body. 
I suppose I ought ter say ter the editor that 
I’m not used ter writin’ for the press, but 
whatever mistakes I’ve made they’re not in 
spellin’, because I've had a university pro¬ 
fessor look it over, so I’m confident the 
spellin’s all rite. Yours trooly, Aunt Em. 
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FRAGMENTS. 
The fresh outside peel of a lemon or orange, 
it is said, will remove tar from the hands. 
Fried breaa cut into little dice mav be 
passed with, but never served in soup. 
Ink can be entirely taken out of white 
goods with milk, if the milk be applied the 
inomeut after the spilling of the ink. 
A newspaper spread over the kitchen 
table when washing up the dishen, etc., will 
Keep the table clean a long time without much 
trouble. 
Wk have often put two or three shovelfuls 
of coal into a paper bag and in that way car¬ 
ried the coal up-stairs to replenish the fire—a 
hint to those not over strong. 
The best way to keep codfish boneless or 
with bones,is to cover it with a brine the same 
as one would fresh meat. It then cannot dry 
or harden and is consequently more quickly 
freshened. 
AN OLLA-PODRIDA. 
MARY WAGKR-FISHER. 
Breakfast- Mushes; Warmed-up Potatoes; 
Broiled Ham; Beaten Potatoes; Sunday 
Pudding j Dutch Cake; Canned Fruit; Bed 
Caps for the Children; Enlarging Frocks 
and Coats; How to Make a Sleeve. 
Always, if you have cream, have some 
kind of mush for breakfast—oat-uieal, cracked 
wheat, corn, graham, or coru-moal mush. 
Anyone of these well cooked, is delicious, is 
very nutritious, fattening and easily digested, 
as a rule. Where there are children, these 
dishes are indispensable. It is quite as cheap 
to have a variety as to have odo kind all the 
time. Whole wheat, can be boiled in a double 
boiler for 24 hours, and is very nice With 
one of these dishes nicely prepared, the break¬ 
fast is never an entire failure. 
The best, way to my miud to warm up 
mashed potatoes from yesterday’s dinner, is 
to put a bit of frying fat iu a skillet, and 
when hot—the blue smoke rising from it—put 
the potato iu it like a great pancake, and 
when browned, turn over quickly with a 
shovel and brown Che other side; send to the 
table as hot as an omelet. 
Now, if you want the best mashed potatoes 
you ever ate, yon will not mash them at all, 
but beat them. After they arc boiled, drain 
and turn into a dish (which you can atter- 
ward set iuto a pan of hot water or over a 
steamer to he made hot) and with a fork 
break and beat them, adding at first some 
butter and salt, and when thoroughly beaten, 
add milk, and beat np until light. Unless 
you have potatoes in abundance you had bet¬ 
ter not prepare them in this fashion, as twice 
as much lu quantity will be eaten in this way. 
If you have ham, cut it in thin slices 
and broil. 
One of our standard Sunday puddings is 
made of apple and tapioca. A large coffee 
cup of tapioca thoroughly dissolved in warm 
wa ter—set on the back of the stove—if the 
tapioca remains lumpy it is not the best in 
quality. Cover the bottom of the largest 
pudding dish with pared and cored apples, 
good ones, over these sprinkle two or three 
tablespoonfuls of granulated suvar; into the 
tapioca stir salt and sugar nntil it tastes 
good, and then pour over the apples. If the 
dish is not full, fill up with hot water and 
bake. Make n Saturday and eat on Snnriav 
with cream or without it. If you do not find 
it too irresistibly delicious you may have 
enough for dessert for Monday’s dinner if you 
set it away in a cool, clean place. 
When you are to serve canned fruit, it is 
better to open the jar an hour or so before 
meal time, and turn out the conteuts for an 
airing. To make a Pennsylvania Dutch cake 
take bread dough enough for a loaf, and knead 
into it a. Bma.ll cup of granulated sugar, a table¬ 
spoonful of nice lard, or butter, and a cupful 
of nice raisins, well atoned. I usuallv have 
the raisins first steamed to cook and swell 
them. Have the raisin3 well distributed 
throughout the dough: set to rise again until 
light and bake. Some people add an egg, but 
I don’t like the cake then as well as without it. 
Caps crocheted of red yarn are not only 
extremely fashionable for boys and girls, but 
are also very bright and pretty, comfortable 
and easily made. The most easy way to make 
one is to begin at the top and crochet around 
and around, widening with stitches enough to 
shape the cap to fit over the back of the head; 
after the cap is large enough to come to the 
top of the ears, continue to crochet for a 
finger deeper ail around, but not enlarging 
any; this extra width is to be rolled over, 
forming a pretty roll around the base of the 
cap. giving it a stylish finish. On cold days 
it admits of the cap being pulled over the ears. 
For the top, make a rosette or pompon of the 
yarn, or a large tassel fastened to a cord, a 
finger long, twisted of the yarn. An ounce- 
and-a-half of worsted—Germantown or Berlin 
wool—will make a cap for a five-year-old 
head. Crochet an elastic loop stitch, and if 
the cap 18 well made, it is quite handsome 
enough for “best bonnet" or cap for any boy 
or girl under 13 years of age. These red caps 
are worn by blondes and brunettes alike. 
Sometimes they are made of blue yarn, but 
are not so pretty nor so serviceable. Young 
ladies wear them in the evening and for 
driving. 
Frocks and coats that are small for children 
can often be enlarged by ripping out the 
sleeves, giving more arm-hole room, lengthen¬ 
ing and enlarging the sleeves, or putting in 
new ones. 
In making a sleeve, always sew the inside 
seam first. Then lay the sleeve flat, the two 
parts together, and join the back seam, keep¬ 
ing the parts flat and straight. If the sleeve 
is not perfectly cut, the top end of one piece 
or the other will project, and this projection 
must be trimmed off. If either part is pulled 
down to make the ends even, the fit will be 
bad. A well-fitting sleeve is always a test of 
a dressmaker. 
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HOUSEHOLD THOUGHTS, 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
HOUSE-CLEANING is the prevalent topic 
when two neighbors meet, and it is Burprising 
how much can ba said about it. I notice as a 
great fault the rushing to get through that 
seems to possess every one. Why not be con¬ 
tent to take one thiug at a time ? Half of the 
ills of life come from want of dalibsration— 
too much haste in our work and play; iu our 
eating and sleeping. Now that the season for 
out-of-door wook is past let us take our time 
with the Winter, Let the young people form 
habits of regular study aud have some system 
in their efforts. The system, of “study at 
home” of Boston or Chautauqua is useful for 
the young people of oountry places, and by it 
very valuable assistance is rendered to those 
who endeavor to improve without direct 
tuition. In the meantime let every girl in the 
land learn to cook and keep house; to prac¬ 
tice economy and take care of a family. To 
know how to care for t.bo sick, or the needs 
and requirements of young children, is an art 
that must not be despised. How many women 
would have giveu all their accomplishments 
in exchange for the knowledge of how 
to take care of their first child or sick hus¬ 
band, both of whom may have suffered from 
the wife and mother’s lack of knowledge. 
Therefore I say, take time, girls, and learn, 
and the Winter will be well spent. 
GLYCERINE IRRITATING THE SKIN. 
If Mrs. E V. would mix glycerine with an 
equal bulk of water before applying it to her 
skin, she no doubt would get relief from its 
use. Owing to the strong affinity glycerine 
has for water, it absorbs all of the moisture 
from the surface of the 6kin it comes in con 
tact with, drying and parching instead of 
healing it. But when mixed with water it 
may be applied to the most teuder surfaces 
without the person experiencing a burning 
sensation. a. E. grant. 
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