To remove grass stains, wash the stained 
places in clean, cold, soft water, without soap, 
before the garment is otherwise wet. 
The fine siftiugs of coal ashes are excellent 
to scour knives with. 
a iu your own town. Terms and •$0 outfit 
mercifully protect them and us all against any 
similar terror and calamity In future, and bless 
them a thousandfold for the truly extraordinary 
sympathy they have shown us. 
“Kunersdorf, Aug. 18, 1880.” C. Drkssler and 
Wife. 
Some of the features of taxation In England are 
peculiarly Just and desirable. If anybody leaves 
you |500 you have to pay $10, and If he dies with¬ 
out a will then pay $ir. to get this $50»; The Gov¬ 
ernment fee on a $50,000 legacy is $1,000, and $1,600 
If there be no will, and If the legacy be $ 1 , 000 , 000 , 
then the Queen's fee la $T7,500, or, without a will, 
more than $ 100 , 000 . if you study and become a 
barrister, the admission costs you $250, or as much 
as you are likely to earn the first year. When you 
graduate in medicine you pay $50. If you become 
a mere notary public to administer oaths It costs 
you $140. When you execute a lease to rent your 
house for anything above $150 a year, you pay 
about seventy cents. If you want arms and crest 
on your carriage, you pay $11, and If you get these 
arms “granted” to you, and In a measure fully 
recognized, yon have to pay $50 license, one car¬ 
riage Is taxed $n a year. Your dog costs $1.25 a 
year. For a license to carry a gun you pay $2.50, 
The tax for every male servant Is $ 4 . 
is to save all the old tissue paper patterns, cut 
the paper the size you want, dip into the white 
of an egg on both sides, put three or four folds 
over the jar and tie down. When dry it makes 
them air tight. 
In making quince jelly, you can use as much 
pippin apple as you have quince—it makes 
better jelly. Be sure to cut the cores out or it 
makes the jelly ropy. Miss Pollie. 
the dusky twilight through which he hoped to 
surprise Immortality.” If he has found the un¬ 
discovered country he has sent no message back 
to them. They wait; and we must all wait. 
---- 
BEIC-A-BRAC. 
It rested ’tween two rows of corn, 
And wildly to itself it said— 
“ How can 1 help but feel forlorn— 
I’m nothing but a pumpkin head!’’ 
“ SUE'S PET.” 
The following colloquy took place outside a 
house In an American city, between some coun¬ 
try visitors, unable to obtain entrance, and a Ger¬ 
man living next door: 
“ Jane at home, did you say ?” 
“ Netn, chanc’a nod ot home,” 
“ Where Is she v” 
“ She'e gone the cemetery down.” 
“ When will she come back 7" 
“ Oh, she won’t come back already any more ; 
she’s gone to stay ; she’s det I” 
Cicrho said: “ Nothing should be done hastily.’ ’ 
The old chap was wrong. If you see a man com¬ 
ing at you with an axe, get away as nastily as you 
can. _ 
A man has invented a chair that can be adjusted 
to eight hundred different positions. It is de¬ 
signed fora boy to sit in when he goes to church. 
WHY HE WEFT. 
As an Illustration of the case with which the 
one step can be taken from the sublime to the 
ridiculous, the following anecdote of the great 
French caricaturist, “ Cham,” is good 
Once they were talking before “ Cham" of the 
effect of a powerful painting upon the mind, and 
some one said, enthusiastically, “ The palmer 
with his brush can bring tears to the eye as 
well as the poet with his lyre," 
“ That Is indeed true,” replied M. de Noe; “ I 
was in Ary Scheffer’s studio yesterday, and he 
was showing me one of his pictures, and, though 
I am not usually' In the melting mood, I fairly 
wept for ten minutes.” 
“ Ah, I heard that Scheffer was treating a very 
pathetic subject, and you found his wonderful 
brush-” 
“ Oh, that Isn’t It; he stuck his wonderful brush 
In my eye while gesticulating.” 
Fitting emblems are not always appreciated. 
The neighbors of a poor fellow who died erected 
a tombstone to fils memory aud had placed above 
It tbe couveutloual while dove. The widow looked 
at It through her tears aud said—“ It was very 
thoughtful to put It there. John was very fond of 
gunning, and It was an especially suitable em¬ 
blem.” _ 
“ Politics Is all a humbugs. Bey told me all I 
bad to do vas to bay oud some moneys, and I 
vouldgit electedshust like a nodlnks. Yen 1 vent lo 
de bolls, vat you tlnk dat man at de bolls be told 
me? lie shust told me, * Don’t you got excited 
und I vasn't do nodluks, but shust talking to my 
friends dat 1 tought vas agoing to vote for mo. 
Und den he said again, ‘ Ve don’t vaut no oxclte- 
rnent round here to-day but vat I care for him 7 
Nodlnks. 1 shust talked und talked mlt eferybody. 
und tings vas glttlu’ on bully. How many votes 
you tluk I got? Dree, shust dree, one lu A in¬ 
stinct, and two in B lnstluot, and one of dein was 
scratched. You shust wait; It efer 1 find de mau 
who scratched my name off dat dloket I scratch 
him, you bet. Oh, yes, I vas beat.”—Cincinnati 
Gazette. 
Indknticai*.—I n one or the most recent strikes 
an employer was using his best eloquence to con¬ 
vince the workmen how wrong they were. “ You 
do the work, It Is true,” said he; “ that is labor. I 
pay you wages for your work; that Is capital. 
Therefore our Interests are IndentleaL” “ Yes, 
shouted a workman, "about as Identical as the 
Interests of a milkmaid aud a cow 1” Without ap¬ 
plauding the logic of the workman, the cleverness 
of the retort must be admitted. 
Weakness and sickness changed to health and 
strength with Hop Bitters, always. 
domestic (6 to no mu. 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE. 
VARIETIES. 
The papyrus manuscript recently discovered In 
the cave ot a hermit near Jerusalem, and said to 
be the work of St. Peter, has been submitted to a 
committee sent out by the Biblical Society of Lon¬ 
don, aud they have come to the conclusion that 
the papyrus Is lu reality the work of the great 
apostle. They have ottered $100,000 for the docu¬ 
ments In vain. 
Large numbers of false turquoises have lately 
come from Vienna to Loudon, and are still arriv¬ 
ing. The detection Is difficult, the back of every 
specimen having been peeked out and tbe holes 
filled with black cement, to imitate tbe matrix of 
the genuine stone. 
AMAZEit the other day at the rapid growth of a 
fungus, a botanist calculated that It had devel¬ 
oped 10 , 000,000 cells in one day, or 110 cells a sec¬ 
ond. Professor Gray, however, cites an Instance 
where a century plant formed 2 , 000 , 000,000 cells lu 
twenty-four hours, or est.jst a second. 
The following public expression of gratitude 
was recently inserted by a Saxon farmer and his 
wife in the columns ot a German newspaper: 
“Thanks, most heartfelt thanks, to ail those who, 
upon hearing of our misfortune on Monday, Aug. 
10, when a sudden Hash of lightning felled our two 
cows and she-calf to the earth, at once rushed to 
our assistance. Thanks more especially to the 
master butchers, Messrs. Thomas, ltelohel, aud 
Fischer, who kindly slaughtered the dying animals 
on the spot, thus preserving us from the cruel loss 
of finding tUe 111 rated beasts unfit for human con¬ 
sumption. Thanks, finally, too, to all those who 
speedily came from far and near, and bought up 
the meat with such avidity that by five In the 
afternoon there was not a scrap left. May heaven 
PEN THOUGHTS FROM EVERY-DAY 
HOUSE. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
HOUSEKEEPING HELPS. 
“Yes baby,” I said, talking foolishly to the 
little one, who lay on the lounge beside me. 
“ You must look at mother and be eoutent. I 
cannot hold von, and write, and that is one 
result of having a scribbling mamma." The 
little two-month-old babe smiled serenely at 
this small talk and was quite satisfied, so long 
as I chatted to her. now and then, between 
sentences. Yet youug as she is, I find when 
we have visitors who dandle and jump her in 
their arras sho, would soou learn to like that 
kind of gymnastics. But she thrives well 
with warmth aud quiet and will lie for an hour 
at a time beBide me as I write or sew. I think 
the habit babies form during the first weeks of 
their existence decide the fact as to Lhe amount 
of care thev will need from the arms of mother 
or nurse. But they like to be talked to, for 
ours smiles sweetly when I tell her to “be 
good and let me write for the Rural,” prov¬ 
ing that we are social animals even in infancy. 
We have just been been putting np our 
pickles and trying a recipe for making them 
green, that I saw iu a Western paper, which is 
said to be destitute of poisonous properties. 
Five grains of saffron in a quarter of an ounce 
of water ; four grains of indigo carmine in half 
an ounce of water; mix and leave standing 
separately hours; then pat together and the 
result is a fine green—to be mixed with the 
vinegar which is to cover the pickles and then 
be poured off aud fresh cold vinegar put on. 
I tried a little and succeeded in securing a veiy 
nice color, but to my mind nothing is better 
than grape leaves placed in layers in the 
pickle jar, between the cucumbers. They im¬ 
part a natural greenness aud we know they 
are safe. In speaking of grape leaves, I am 
taking it for granted that every reader, 
whether owning a small plot of ground, 
or a large farm, indulges in the cultivation 
of that luscious fruit, which in its rich¬ 
ness embodies the wealth of a Sommer’s sun¬ 
shine. As an ornament to a table for dessert, 
what is more beautiful than its variety of color ? 
aud its flavor how pleasant to the taste! Bet¬ 
ter for the children than puddings or pies, 
and less trouble to the housewife. Plant 
grapes and plant the best of which the Rural 
gives us good description and advice. 
W hat housekeeper—by this I don’t mean 
women who simply live in the house and let it 
keep itself, but those who feel au honest pride 
in housekeeping—does not appreciate any little 
help in household affairs she may receive from 
those more experienced than herself. This is 
especially the case with youbg housewives. 
1 well remember what a time I had after the 
war was over, and the servants gone, to find 
out what was put in biscuits besides soda— 
whether water or milk was used. Now I can 
make good biscuits with a pint of rich butter¬ 
milk or thick milk, a fufi teaspoonful of soda 
well crushed aud spriuklcd on the Hour; a 
pinch of 6nlt, laid the size of a turkey’s egg, 
and flour euough for a soft dough. It is always 
best to test the milk before using. If it be not 
old, do not use quite so much soda. This is 
also a good recipe for egg bread, but do not 
make the corn dough too stiff to run. 
Try dipping your butter paddle in cold wa¬ 
ter, rubbing it with salt, rinsing off before 
working the butter. This is much better than 
dippiug iu hot water especially iu Summer. 
In tying up preserves always use several 
folds of paper to exclude the air. A nice way 
SAUSAGE. 
Nine pounds of fresh pork, six teaspoonfuls 
of black pepper, eight of salt and ten of pow¬ 
dered sage. Mix thoroughly, cook a bit to see 
if properly seasoned, and pack in jars, cover¬ 
ing with melted lard. If you prefer to keep iu 
skins, empty them, cut them into lengths, 
scrape with a dull knife, put to soak in salt 
and water, letstand three days, then turn them 
inside out and soak two days longer. Again 
scrape, rinse well in soda—baking—and water, 
wipe, tie up one end, blow into it, and if 
whole and clean, stuff with meat. 
Uologtiu SOunmge, 
Five pounds of leau beef, two pounds of lean 
pork, one pound of fat, salt pork, ten teaspoon¬ 
fuls of powdered sage, one teaapoonful of 
cayenne pepper, three of black, a grated nut¬ 
meg, two teaspoonfuls of powdered cloves, 
and salt to taste. Grind the meat, season, 
stuff into beef-skins, priek each in several 
places, put into warm water, bring to a boil 
and boil slowly oue hour. Take out the saus¬ 
age and let dry in the. sun. Rub the outside of 
the skins with melted butter. If you wish to 
keep them longer than a week, rub the outside 
with black pepper. You can peel off the skins 
before sending to the table. Marx B. 
HINTS. 
To cure au ingrowing toe nail—keep a notch 
cut in the middle of the nail at the top. Al¬ 
ways cut the uail straight across, instead of 
iu at the corners. 
To darken hair—apply strong, cold black 
tea every morning. 
To clean kid gloves—wash in deodorized 
benzine. Dry on the hand ; rub with a clean 
cloth while drying. 
Cookies. 
Two cups of sugar ; one of butter; twoVeggs ; 
one-half cup of sweet milk ; three teaspoon¬ 
fuls of baking powder. Flavor to suit the 
taste; mix stiff ; bake in a quick oven. 
Tea Cake. 
One cup of sugar and two eggs beaten well 
together, half a cup of butter, half a cup of 
sweet cream, two cups of flour, and three 
teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Laura. 
To Clean Horns. 
Could you inform me how to clean and 
polish horns ? Boiling does not seem to give 
the desired effect. A Subscriber. 
Ans.— Horns are whitened or bleached by 
rubbing with powdered pumice-stone and 
water, exposing to the sun while still moist, 
repeating the process until the desired effect 
is produced. They may also he whitened by 
immersing them for a short time iu a weak 
solution of sulphurous acid or chloride of 
lime. To prepare horn for ornamental pur¬ 
poses, saw it into plates or sheets, remove the 
pith, soften by soaking and boiling in water, 
after which expose it to a powerful pressure. 
A flue polish may be given it as follows:— 
Scrape the horn perfectly smooth, rub with 
very fine saud-paper, then apply charcoal wet 
with water on a piece of woolen and lastly 
rub with rotten-stone or putty powder. Finish 
with a little sweet oil rubbed on with soft 
leather. 
Cenienr for Iron. 
What will close up a crack iu a stove door ? 
M. A. B. 
Ans. —Mix finely-pulverized iron—procured 
at the druggist’s—with liquid water-glass to a 
thick paste and apply to the crack. 
Turkey Red. 
R. J. W.—The directions for coloring the 
above are so complicated and lengthy that our 
space will not permit of their publication. 
The process is one not likely to be attempted 
ou a small scale. However, if you still wish 
the method please send your address aud we 
will mail it to you. 
QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
Nothing purifies aud enriches the blood and de¬ 
stroys all poisons In the system like Hop Bitters. 
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times its cost in medicines and plasters, which at 
best give but temporary relief. Sold by Druggists 
nr sent hv mail on receipt Ql price ,82, Out book. 
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this new discovery and it large record of most 
remarkable cures, sent free. Write for it. 
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Garmore’s Artificial Ear Drums 
RESTORE THE HEARING amt perform the 
work of the Natural Drum. Remain in position 
without aid, and are not observable. All Con¬ 
versation mid even whispers heard distinctly. We re¬ 
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SUBSCPIPTIONS. 
I will receive subscriptions to the Rural New- 
Yorker at $2 per year. To Induce my old pat rons, 
as well as ray new ones, to renew with me, l will, 
In addition to the premiums already offered to 
each subscriber by the Publisher, give to each 
subscriber two pounds silver hulled buckwheat, 
a new and distinct variety, postpaid by me. 
Write address plainly. Forward money oy bank 
draft, or P. O. money order on Jamestown, N. Y., 
except la small amounts, which. If properly folded, 
usually come safe. Address, 
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