JUNE 26 
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j Never Freezes in 
Winter Time. 
‘ *M5 Send for our 
Circulars and 
Price Li«(. 
tier all cuviim- yT 7 } p ... ;j(. 
stancesnever 
gets out of or- 
der. We warrant all our 
mills. Circulars and de¬ 
scriptive catalogues sent 
free cm application to the 
Phetos & Bigelow Wind 
HINTS. 
The latest fashion of engraving Initials on a 
spoon-handle Is to half cover It with flowers. 
To Clean 8thaw Hats.— Rub the soiled straw 
with a cut lemon, and wash off the juice with 
water. Stiffen with gum water. 
To Clean Black Cashmere.—Wash In hot suds 
with a little borax in the water; rinse In bluing 
water—very blue—and iron while damp. It will 
look equal to new. 
Slek-headache can often be greatly relieved, and 
sometimes entirely cured, by the application of a 
mustard plaster at the base of the neck. The 
plaster should not be kept on more than a quarter 
of an hour. 
A celebrated physician says: “Babies of six 
months may have beef tea or mutton broth once a 
day; at ten or twelve months old, they may have 
a piece of bread or of rare beefsteak to suck. 
This with bread and milk, oatmeal porridge, or 
boiled rice and milk, Is the best diet for a baby 
under two years old.” 
Industrial *§0tutus, 
QUEEN’S COUNTY (L. I.) FAIR. 
The Mineola L. I. Fair, to which we paid a 
flying visit last Thursday (first day), is always 
well conducted. Object as we may to the con¬ 
sideration which is always given to the speed 
ring, the course is always in fine conditiou and 
the accommodations ample for man and beast. 
We were glad to see many of our farmers care¬ 
fully examining the agricultural implements 
which were displayed by some of our first im¬ 
plement firms. The Spring exhibition of this 
society, however, makes flowers and fruits its 
chief attractions. The flowers were tastefully 
arranged and displayed in pleasing variety. 
The rage for new Coleus was well shown in 
the many remarkable seedling strains pre¬ 
sented. While we admired them all, the thought 
occurred as we looked at a Hdc specimen of 
Verschuteltii that that was at least the peer of 
any, though hundreds of the oddest markings 
and colors were shown in the new sorts. The 
heat and drought of the season cut short the 
strawberry display, which is usually at this 
fair a prominent feature. But visitors were all 
the better enabled to learn what they could 
not in more favorable springs; viz., which 
kinds of berries will best withstand both heat 
and drought. Of over 100 varieties we noticed 
that Golden Defiance was large and fine; 
Champion, fair; Sharpless, excellent; Seneca 
Queen, fail-; Miner’s Prolific, very good, re¬ 
taining its bright color; Pioneer, fair; Glossy 
Cone, fine; Black Defiance, very good; Cum¬ 
berland Triumph, excellent; Charles Downing, 
fair only. 
But there were four baskets of a bright red, 
large, handsome berry that all admired more 
than any other. It was marked •' Parry.” As 
the name wa^ new to us we inquired as to its 
origin of the exhibitor. “I gave the name 
myself," he replied. “A friend who gave me 
a few plants five years ago said that they came 
from Mr. Parry, and so I gave them that 
name. I have found them the most profitable 
of any berry I can raise on account of their 
extreme lateness and their general excellence.” 
Now, these berries were examined by sev¬ 
eral experienced and well-known small-fruit 
growers, and all agreed that they were distinct 
from any variety they had ever 6eeu. The 
four baskets easily took the first premium, 
though among 125 competitors. Mr. Geo. VV. 
Callow, of Jamaica, L. I., is the gentleman 
who exhibited them. We do not know that he 
has plants for sale, or that he would sell them 
if he had. We make these notes in the hopes 
that the variety will be traced to its origin and 
its value ascertained for different soils and 
places. We shall, at least, test it at the Rural 
Grounds—Mr. Callow having promised to send 
us a few plants. 
We debire to make one other note respect¬ 
ing the Mineola Fair, as a suggestion to fair 
managers in general. It is that the popular¬ 
ity of the fairs of this association are due not 
only to good mauugemeui in general, but in 
particular to the ample provisions made to 
supply refreshments in the way of ice cream, 
cakes, fruits, ice-water, lemonade, coffee, etc., 
all served in the tidiest manner, of first-rate 
quality ana at the same, or even a less price 
than such things are furnished at respeetaDlo 
restaurants. 
Dnnusiir (Lffotimnu. 
CONDUCTED BX EMILY MAPLE. 
PEN THOUGHTS FROM “EVERY-DAY 
HOUSE.” 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
The hot weather came suddenly upon us, 
ana the thermometer has been up among the 
nineties. There was no Spring this season, un¬ 
less it may be a spring from Winter into Sum¬ 
mer, for we no sooner saw the violets come 
and go, than the roses were budded. The 
bright dandelion that generally stays by us 
for a week, dotting the meadows with its 
cheery, homely beauty, seemed to suddenly 
go to seed, and we felt in sympathy with our 
three-year-old baby who would not be con¬ 
vinced that bis yellow pet6 had passed away, 
as he threw down the puffy seed balls his 
wiser sister was industriously blowing, and ex¬ 
claimed impatiently: “They a’in’t dandelions 
I tell you,” and could not understand the 
chauge from flower to fruition, thus exempli¬ 
fied. How strange and perversely observant 
children are with now a trait of character from 
one parent, then 6ome characteristic of the 
other, and how often some individuality uu- 
traceable to either. So little three-year-old per¬ 
sists in calling all the black or brown chickens 
“ birds,” while allowing that the white ones, 
that resemble their mother in color, are “ chick¬ 
ens,” and he seems to think they have no right 
to the same amount of food and respect, till I 
have sometimes thought he could not be a bet¬ 
ter judge of color if he had been educated at 
West Point. 
I hope all the Rural readers wlio are land 
culturists have a bed of asparagus. It is such 
a treat after the winter vegetables. There 
are many ways of cooking it; but even if 
boiled, just like potatoes, and a little batter 
added, it is very palatable—if there is not time 
for more elaborate methods. It is supposed to 
possess many curative qualities; but physi¬ 
cians assert its chief virtue is in the albumen 
it contains, and say that even the drunkard’s 
impoverished system may be recruited if the 
alcohol is withdrawn and raw eggs and aspar¬ 
agus substilued as artioleB of diet. I think I 
have remarked before that I do not consider 
that, as country people, we sufficiently value 
eggs for table use when we know that, pound 
for pound, they are more nutritious than beef. 
A dozen may be considered equivalent to two 
pounds of beet, as the shell is less in propor¬ 
tion than the bone of beef, while the percent¬ 
age of water is about the same in each—75 
percent. The white of an egg, weighing flOO 
grains, is chiefly albumen, and in its chemical 
properties resembles the fibrine of beef or 
gluten of grain. The yelk weighs 300 grains, 
and is composed of one-tbird albumen and 
two-thirds oil, resembling meat as food in hav¬ 
ing fat mixed in with its albumen or fibrine. 
Simple boiled eggs are the very best diet for 
children, after milk, and when as cheap as 
they are at this season of the year, they form 
quite an important item of domestic economy. 
DISH WASHING-INSECTS. 
After reading “ Marguerite’s ” letter on the 
scieuce of dish-washing, the subject started a 
train of thought to my mind, and still holding 
the Rural, idly in my lap, I thought, can it be 
possible that dish washing can be elevated to 
one of the line arts ; that all the disagreeable¬ 
ness of this task lies in onr own imagination P 
I was just reveling in a deligthful dream on 
the beauties of this cleanly art, when a cry 
from babyland startled me, aud down i came 
from those airy visions with a dull “thud" to 
the realities of earth once more, where I found 
a pair of bright, black eyes looking at me 
from the crib, as swimming in tears they 
seemed to reproach me for daring to forget, 
even for a moment, that 1 was not of the 
“earth’s, earthy.” As soon as peace was re¬ 
stored, I took my pen to give some of the 
Rural sisters, who may be situated like my¬ 
self, a sketch of this dish-washing art, under 
many difficulties. After breakfast, 1 put away 
all eatables, and pile up the dishes and then 
take the young "lord of the manor,” and try 
to persuade him into the land of dreams. 
About the time I have succeeded and laid him 
away very gently in his crib, some miserable 
dog will come by the fence barking for dear 
life, or some other noise awakes the baby, 
and after trying in vain to get him asleep 
again, 1 feel so chagrined and tired that I could 
cry. 
By this time the dish-water is cold the fire 
gone out and baby just trying himself to help 
the work along. By diut of giving him all the 
tinwaie to pound and singing to him at the 
top of my voice, 1 at last get the dishes 
washed, but 1 cannot say that 1 admire the art 
followed under such difliiculties. I have 
neither a well nor cistern, and as I have to 
carry water from my neighbor’s—about a fur¬ 
long from my house—1 am as sparing of it 
as I consistently can be. I never use soap on 
dishes, as I cannot bear the slippery feeling it 
gives them. 
To free a room of bed-bugs, touch all you 
can with a feather duster dipped in carbolic 
acid, remove all clotbiug and then fumigate 
the room and bedding with brimstone, which 
can be done, by putting some hot coals on a 
pan and throwing on the brimstone. Close up 
the room lightly aud in 24 hours the bugs will 
have vanished. If you are troubled with auts 
in the pantry, place fresh tansy leaves around, 
here and there. 
Catarrh Snuff. 
Goldenbeal,.10 grains; gum myrrh, 6 grains ; 
sulphate zinc 10 grams ; blue stone 6 grains. 
Strong and Durable 
WILL NOT 
SHRINK, SWELL, 
WARP, or 
RATTLE in tlic Wind 
ALSO, IQ E 
BUCKEYE 
• I VC FORCE 
Powder fine and snuff in the nostrils three or 
four times daily, according to severity of at¬ 
tack. Mrs. W. J. Galpin. 
Knitting Yarn, Convenient Boxes and Cake 
Chests. 
I think the New York Mills’ knitting cotton 
would suit Mrs. Mary Wager-Fisher. I have 
used the unbleached and the white for several 
years, and have always found it soft, very 
smooth and as durable as home-prepared. 
Our merchants now offer it of various colors. 
I cannot speak of the dumbility of the colored ; 
but it looks nice. It comes in half-ponnd 
bunches, costing 85 cents each, at retail. 
When our farm-house wa6 built it was not 
customary to provide many closets or cup¬ 
boards, and ours, though roomy, had only one 
of each. Being bothered for places to keep pat¬ 
terns,! one day thought I might utilize some of 
the cheese-boxes iu the wood-house chamber ; 
and to improve thelooksof tbefirstleut a piece 
of old ticking three inches deeper than the 
box, and long enough to go around it, and 
joining the ends drew a cord through the 
edges; then, placing it round the box, I tied 
one under it, the other on the inBide. This 
was merely to protect the cover, which I made 
in the same way of some firm, smooth cloth. 
In fact an old camlet cloak furnished that. I 
then placed a quantity of corn husks on top of 
the cover with some cotton from an old quilt 
over them, and a piece of the brown cloth 
over all, letting it extend to the inside. 
By using small tacks I succeeded in securing 
it, although the wood was thin. For a finish 
to the edge 1 cut a strip as deep as the rim, 
notched the edges, laid it in box plaits aud 
sewed it fast, and, lo! I had a much needed 
receptacle and a convenient low seat for my 
chamber. Another I painted of the color of 
the wood-work of auother room, and cushioned 
the top, covering it with cloth to correspond. 
Hike the last the better, as ihe cloth on the 
edge wears out too soon. 
A Cake Chest. 
I had long used jars, but found them incon¬ 
venient because crumbs from one loaf would 
adhere to another, and if frosted it would surely 
be crumbled off on the edges. I could find 
only small chests in the tin shops, and I 
wanted one large enough to contain a batch 
of cookies and several loaves of cake; so 1 
took an old boiler to my tinuer and had him 
make a tray with a strong handle at each end. 
This is placed far enough from the top to ad¬ 
mit cakes as thick as I ever bake, and leaves 
the lower portion just right for two heaping 
pans of cookies or fried cakes. He added 
hinges to the cover. I painted it outside and 
inside except the tray. It cost only eighty 
cents and is entirely satisfactory. 
Oswego Co., N. Y. Faith Ford . 
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DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
Beef-steak Cakes. 
One and one-half cap of sugar, one cup of 
bntter, one cup of sweet milk, three eggs, two 
teaspooufulsof cream-of-iartar,one teaspoonful 
of soda, three and one-fourth cups of flour. 
Divide equally : To one-half add one-half cup 
of chopped raisins, cinnamon and cloves to 
taste. This makes four round tins. Put to¬ 
gether in alternate layers of dark and light. 
One egg for icidg to put between layers. 
Economical Jelly Cake. 
One egg, one cup of sugar, one tablespoon 
melted butter, one-fourth cup of sweet milk, 
one teaspoou eream-of-tartar, one teaspoon of 
saleratus, one and one-half cup of flour. 
Surprise tune. 
One egg, one cup of sugar, (rounded), one- 
half cup of butter, one cup of sweet milk, one 
teaspoon saleratus, two teaspoons creaui-of-tar- 
tar, two aud a half cups of flour, two teaspoons 
lemon extract. 
Flies ou Gilt Frames. 
After house cleaning this spring 1 applied 
onion water to all of my picture frames. This 
is, I believe, a sura preventive against flies in¬ 
juring them. Boil three onions in a pint of 
water; strain and use when cold. It in no 
■way harms the gilding. Mrs. G. L. A. 
To keep Eggs. 
I have kept eggs from June to Christmas by 
greasing each with a little melted lard and 
packing, small end down, in a barrel of wheat 
bran. a. l. 
Dried Apple Cake. 
Soak two cups of dried apples over-night. 
Chop flue and boil in two cups of molasses un¬ 
til 6oft. Drain off the molasses, add to it, one 
cup of butter, two eggs, one cup of sour milk, 
two teaspoons of saleratus, four cups of flour, 
spices of all kiuds. Add the apples last. 
WATERTOWN 
Wind Mill. 
Send for Descriptive Circulsrs to 
H. H. Babcock&Sons. 
WATERTOWN, N. Y. 
I. X. L. WIND MILL. 
lor Simplicity. Durability and 
Power this mUI ha« no eyual. It 
runs eipially 
jsm. Ne Plus Ultra 
JMfc <^15 AUTOMATIC 
gjtEg3[Wind Mill. 
New ten-foot diameter of 
uj/T <f‘V '{Ayr win'd. One-horse power : ele- 
Vfftlfff gout and dural tie; made ex- 
i,| crossly for raisin* water for 
M farm and house uses. Vuice 
$6*1.00. Any person can set 
/jf™ KEVV4NEE illFCJ CO. 
l l *n 3o Broadway, >. Y. 
Thk request often made by publishers that readers 
will mention their Journals when answering advertise¬ 
ments, seems to us a very reasonable one. Such men¬ 
tion is a helpful and friendly act to the Journal men¬ 
tioned and enables the advertiser to determine which 
Journals are the best advertising mediums. Reference 
to oqr advertising columns will show there is not one 
advertisement of an exceptional or ambiguous charac¬ 
ter admitted. In so far as this is possible we hold 
ourseives responsible for their high-standing and 
trustworthiness. 
Molasses Cake. 
Two eggs, one cup of sugar, one cup of mo¬ 
lasses, one-half cup of butter, two teaspoons 
of saleratus, dissolved in one cup of boiling 
water, spice, three cups flour. Rosa Bud. 
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( '■ ■>'/-, Victorions at all fairs. Over 7.000 in 
S \ uitijal use In every State and Terri- 
"*———**cory of the U. 8. It is a section wheel— 
has been made by the preeeut Co. for 
ten years; iu all that time not one has 
blown down without tower breaking— 
•fsnfet a record no other mill euu show. We 
leave it to the public to determine their merit. Mills 
sent on 3ti days’ trial. Best h eed Miffs, Corn Shelters. 
&c„ &c. Catalogue free. 
CHALLENGE 
MELL CO., Batavia, Ill. 
IMPROVED CALIFORNIA 
t WIND MILL. 
Simple, Strong, Durable, Rosette Wheel 
and perfectly Self-regulating, avoiding 
lull wearing joint-. Also, Steven's Pony 
Feed Griraer and a perfect Rotary Mo¬ 
tion attachment, without gearing, the 
power being communicated by the lift 
or uj> stroke of Pump Rod. Can bo used 
for cutting feed, churning. Ac' The 
best, cheapest and most useful power in 
the market. Full particulars, circulars, 
Ac., sent free. Address the Manufac¬ 
turers. CLARK & CO., Soman auk 111 
Adams Wind Mill, 
Works in a lighter breeze 
than any other. ii«?t erns 
itself perfectly, Its op¬ 
eration can not be inter¬ 
fered with by ice or sleet 
storms. ell mnile, 
s*iroti*> Du rube. II- 
lnstratea circulars of all 
our goods sent free Ad¬ 
dress MAiiSEl LLES 
MFG. CO., Miirseilles, 
La Salle Co., Ill. Send 
for Catalogue “ O.” 
