NOV. 6 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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1. By getting qpol too quickly after exercise, 
either as to the whole body or any part of It. 
2 By being chilled, and remaining so for a long 
time, from want of e xercise. 
To avoid colds from the former, we have only 
to go to a fire the moment the exercise ceases, In 
the Winter, lr in the Summer, repair at once to 
a closed room, and there remain with the same 
clothing on, until cooled off. 
To avoid colds from the latter cause, and these 
engender the most speedily fatal diseases, such as 
pleurisies, croup, and tnllammailon of the lungs, 
called pneumonia, we have only to compel our¬ 
selves t.o walk with sufficient vigor to keep off a 
feeling of chilliness. Attention to a precept con¬ 
tained in less than a dozen words would add twenty 
years to the average of civilized life. 
Keep away chilliness by exercise; cool off 
slowly. Then you will never take cold, Indoor or 
out. 
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THE CHARITY OF EXTRAVAGANCE. 
Whbnkvek the laboring men are out of employ¬ 
ment they begin to hate the rich. They feel that 
the dwellers In palaces, the riders in carriages, the 
wearers of broadcloth, silk, and velvet, have hi 
some way been robbing them. As a matter of fact 
the palaco-bullders arc the friends of labor. The 
best form of charity Is exiravugance. When you 
give a man money, when you toss him a coin, al¬ 
though you get nothing, ibe man loses his man¬ 
hood. To help others to help themselves Is the 
only real charily. Whenever 1 see a splendid 
home, a palace, a magnificent, pile, I t hink of the 
thousands who were fed, of the women and chil¬ 
dren clothed, of the firesides made happy. 
A rich man, living up to his privileges, having 
the heat uouae, the best furniture, the beat horses, 
the finest grounds, the most beautiful flowers, the 
best clothes, the beat loud the best pictures, and 
all the books that he oau afford, is a perpetual 
blessing. '1 he prodigality of the rich la the provi¬ 
dence of the poor. The extravagance of wealth 
mattes It possible for the poor to save. The rich 
man who lives according to ills means, who Is ex¬ 
travagant In the best and highest sense, Is not the 
enemy of labor. The miser who lives in a hovel, 
wears rags and hoards his gold, Is a perpetual 
curse, lie Is like ono who dams a river at Its 
source. 
The moment hard times come, the cry of econ¬ 
omy Is raised. The press, the platform and the 
pulpit'unite In recommendlug economy to the 
rich. In consequence of this cry, the man of 
wealth discharges servants, sells his horses, allows 
his carriage to become a hen-roost, and after tak- 
lug employment and food iromas many as he can, 
congratulates himself that ho has done his part 
toward restoring prosperity to the country. 
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WHAT “WIFE" MEANS. 
says Uuskln: What do you think the beautiful 
word “wife" comes from? It la the great word 
In which the English and Latin languages con¬ 
quered the French and Greek. 1 hope the French 
will some day get a word tor it instead of that 
/kilting. But what do you think it comes from? 
The great value of the Saxon words Is that they 
mean something. Wife means “weaver." You 
must either bo house wives or house moths, re- 
me in in r that, lu ilio deep sense, you must either 
weave men's foriunes and embroider them, or feed 
upon and bring them to decay. Wherever a true 
wlie cornea, home la always arouud her. The stars 
may be over her head, the glow-worm lu the nights 
cold grass may be the lire at her feet, but home Is 
where she is, and lor a uoble woman It stretches 
far around ner, better man houses colled with 
cedar or palmed with vermilion—shedding its 
quiet light lor those who else are homeless. 
This, 1 believes Is the woman’s true place and 
power. • 
A SDN GLEAM. 
After a Summer evening’s shower how entranc¬ 
ing It Is to behold the gorgeous embellishment the 
declining sun Imparts to already lovely nature. 
Then, the recent somber, dusty roaas glisten 
like dark amber; and the tiny brooks are trans¬ 
formed into streams of purple wine. From every 
meadow-blade hangs a rich diamond, and a 
myriad of gems tip the tree leaves. 
The wooded mountain-tops are magically beau¬ 
tified Into masses of emerald; and if from the 
opaline clouds owings a rainbow, we think we 
have discovered where the rlowers keep their colors 
stored I 
Amid all tills, the sweet evening anthem of the 
happy birds sounds through the fragrant air, aud 
we, too, tleud our thankfulness to the ureat Giver 
of all goodness. 
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home Adornment.— Nature is active In adorning 
her dumlnions; aud man, to whom this beauty is 
addressed, should feel and obey the lesson. Let 
1dm, too, be industrious in adorning hla domain— 
in making his home, the dwelling of his wife and 
children, nor only convenient and comfortable, 
but pleasant. Let him, as tar as circumstances 
will admit, be industrious In surrounding It with 
pleasant objects: in decorating it, wlihin and 
without, with things that tend to make It agree¬ 
able and attractive. Let industry make borne the 
abode of neatness and order—u place which brings 
satisfaction to every Inmate, and which In absence 
draws back the heart by the fond ussocfailons of 
content. Let this be done, and this sacred spot 
will become more surely the scene of cheerful¬ 
ness and peace. Ye parents, who would have 
your children happy, he industrious to bring them 
up In tho midst of a pleasant, a cheerful, and a 
happy home. Waste not your time in accumu¬ 
lating wealth for them, but plant in their minds 
and souls, in the way proposed, the seeds of virtue 
ami prosperity. 
Chrkrpulness.—C arry the radiance of yoursoul 
in your face; let the world havo the hen elit of It. 
i*t.your cheerfulness be left for good, wherever 
you are, and let your smiles be scattered like sun¬ 
beams—“on the Just as well as on the unjust." 
Such a disposition will yield you a rich reward, 
for Its happy effects will come home to you and 
brighten your moments of thought. Smiles are the 
higher and better responses of nature to the emo¬ 
tion of Hie soul. Let the children have the benefit, 
of them, these little ones who need the sunshine of 
the heart, to educate them, and would find a 
level for their buoyant nature in tbe cheerful, lov¬ 
ing faces of those who lead them. Let them not 
be kept Horn the middle aged, who need the en¬ 
couragement they bring. Give your smiles also 
to the aged. They come to them like the quiet 
rain of summer, making fresh and verdant the 
long, weary path of life. Be gentle and indulgent 
to all, love the true, the beautiful, the just, the 
holy. 
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Every woman cannot be beautiful, but can he 
sweet-tempered; and a sweet temper gives a 
loveliness to the face more attractive, In the long 
run, than even beauty. Have a smite and kind 
word for all, and you will be soon more admired— 
nay, loved—than any mere beauty. A sweet tem¬ 
per is to the household what sunshine Is to trees 
and flowers. 
CORRESPONDENTS’ CORNER. 
If Bertha II.’s sister will send her address to us, 
we will forward it to .Miss “ M. D.” who writes 
that she will give the information required con¬ 
cerning the games. 
HINTS. 
Brooms should always he hung up, and kerosene 
cans should always be set into an old tin dish 
which Is past using for baking purposes. 
To Clean Black Materials.— Take the article 
you wish to clean, on the side you lutend to make 
up as the right side; brush well all the dust out of 
It; then take a piece of black flannel or an old 
black woolen stocking (It must always be black); 
dip It into cold coffee, and sponge well the ma¬ 
terial all over alike; then fold up each piece or 
breadth nice and even, aud let it remain damp lor 
three or tour hours. Iron on the wrong side, and 
the old dusty, shabby dress will look just as fresh 
and bright as new. I have tried this receipt on 
black silk, puramtas, lusters und merinos, and 
consider It the best I havo used. It neither 
streaks, deadens the gloss nor rots the material. 
To Raise the Pile on Velvet.— When the pile 
Is pressed down, cover a hot smoothing-iron with 
a wet cloth, and hold the velvet firmly over it; the 
vapor arising will iaise the pile of the velvet with 
the assistance or a light whisk or clothes brush. 
Scorched Linen.—P eel and slice two onions, 
extract the juice by pounding aud squeezing; cut 
up halt an ounce of tine white 3oap and add to the 
juice; two ounces or fuller’s earth and a half pint 
of vinegar ; boll all together ; when cooi spread 
over the scorched linen and let It dry on It; then 
wash and boll out the uuen and tne spots will dis¬ 
appear, unless burned so badly as to break the 
threads. 
Be reserved, hut not sour ; grave, hut not form¬ 
al ; hold, hut not rash; humble, but not servile ; 
patient, but not, insensible; constant, hut not ob¬ 
stinate ; cheerful, hut uot light, leather be sweet- 
tempered than familiar; familiar rather than In¬ 
timate ; and Intimate with very few, and with 
those tow upon good grounds. 
To Glean Brass.— Salvers and flower pot vases 
in dally use, look better than new by always fol¬ 
lowing the proper Algerian recipe, from a native 
of Tunis, strew the salver over with sand, and 
squeeze some of the juice of half a lernou over it 
suflieient to wet It, then rub round aud round as 
hard as you can aud ror some time ; carefully do 
the edgo in the same way, and remember to be 
equally careful about the back, or else it becomes 
a mass of vlrdlgrla. Theu wipe all the sand and 
lemon juice off with a clean rag or cloth, and 
squeeze some more lemon juice over the tray, rub 
it on, and then dry. Twice a week Is necessary. 
This recipe should not be used on engraved trays. 
Tub white wheaten loaves, considered so desira¬ 
ble, are by no means the most nutritious, as some 
of tne most nourishing principles of the wheat are 
lost lu the whitening process. By this process the 
flour Is deprived to a great degree of its gluten 
and phosphate, both important elements of food. 
Whole meal flour has been offered to the public 
but its dark color bas Interfered with Its sale. 
Bread made of such flour needs no yeast, as enough 
carbonic acid Is evolved In lls preparation to se¬ 
cure sufficient lightness of the dough. Some per¬ 
sona have supposed that a lack of the phosphates 
In the flour generally used by Americans was one 
of the causes of the defectiveness of the teeth so 
common in this country. 
Exercise.— Exercise Is a necessity; It prolongs 
life and greatly Improves living; it better tits us 
for our duties; without It, we do not more than 
half live. He only w ho exercises sufficiently can 
know tho Joy of good health, good appetite, good 
digestion, refreshing sleep. It causea the blood to 
circulate quickly, freely and equally, and will 
drive away the blues. It Increases respiration, 
thus bringing a larger quantity of elixir of life, 
oxygen, to purify and vitalize the blood. It rounds 
and hardens the muscles and educates them Into 
every-ready, ralthful and efficient servants or the 
will. It Umbers the joints and strengthens every 
part of the body. It Invigorates the mind and 
renders It active and efficient in all Its operations. 
Restoring Faded Flowers.— The majority of 
flowers begin to wither after being kept in water 
for 24 hours. A few may be revived by giving them 
fresh water with a pluoh of saltpeter in It; and 
even quite withered flowers can bo restored by 
placing them in a cup of boiling water deep enough 
to cover at least one-third of the stems. When the 
water has cooled the flowers should be bright and 
erect again. They may now he inserted in fresh 
cold water, after havlnx ahomned their sterna by 
about an Inch. Thln-petalled, white and light 
hued flowers, however, do not revive so completely 
under this treatment, as deep-hued thlck-pe- 
talled blossoms. 
Take Hop Bitters three times a day, and you 
will have no doctor bills to pay. 
Domestic (groitomii. 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE. 
PEN THOUGHTS FROM EVERY-DAY 
HOUSE. 
ties so it is well not to use over-large vessels. 
Keep closely covered in a cool, dark place. 
Mary B. 
Spiced Apple Pudding. 
Three teacupfuls of bread crumbs, a pint of 
new milk, three teacupfuls of apples chopped 
fine, a teacupful of sugar,,two well beaten 
eggs, a tablespoonful of ground cinnamon, a 
teaspoonful of mace, half a teaspoonful of 
ground cloves. Pnt the milk into a tin pud¬ 
ding dish, let come to a boil, stir in the bread 
and let soak before adding the other ingredi¬ 
ents. Add the whipped whites the last thing. 
Bake 45 minutes. Eat wi*h sauce. a. l. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
“Economy!" I sighed as I said it: lam sure 
every one who has to practise it must be tired 
of the word. For the crops are garnered and 
average only one-third, a mid winter thaw 
and subsequent frost having proved the ruin 
of the fruit buds in this warm valley, while 
those on more exposed situations were unin¬ 
jured. Tbe eonsequerce ip, that we have to 
live in tbe hope of a future that will give us 
better returns. “It is uo fault of ours,” I say 
to the children. “ God giveth the increase, 
and we can but do our best." But the lesson 
is a hard one to learn, where the sons are 
steady workers almost to manhood, and the 
daughters of the house almost to woman’s 
estate. So many wantB and needs—food, 
dre68, education, and the thousand other 
things that every housekeeper knows of. We 
are tempted lo say, “ How many idlers have 
to spare, and know not the need of economy!" 
Yet perhaps it is the very Icbsou we need, the 
best training our children can have, to teach 
them habits of carefulness in a too careless 
age, habits of saviDg among much waste. Who 
knows? the very thiug we think so hard may 
be a blessing in disguise. Of course, we have 
plenty and to spare for a poorer neighbor, but 
we feel the necessity of inculcating habits of 
carefulness in a year when the crops are but 
one-third, and try therewith to be content. 
The children will be as healthy, the old gar¬ 
ments will 6erve another season, the hearth- 
tire be just as bright, let U6 hope, and we will 
look foi ward to the Winter with cheerfulness 
and try many devices to make “ends meet." 
"Pay as you go and practise what you 
preach," is the best of mottoes—it ought to be 
engraved in every farmer's home, and taught 
by example to his children. So we are not to 
be down-hearted if times are hard. It will 
only teach us to exercise our ingenuity and 
look forward. I wa6 delighted some years ago 
to see for myself that motto in Edward E. 
Hale’s Sunday school, so often quoted, the last 
clause of which reads— 
” Look forward and not backward 
Aud lend a hand." 
And among the many readers of the Rural 
there lire those, t am sure, who ueed cheerful 
words of promise; who iu their lives have to 
practice economy and demy themselves many 
things their hearts long for. But the lesson is 
not lost, aud when times improve, or worldly 
goods coma to us again plentiful and abundaut, 
we shall feel able to appreciate them better for 
the years of self-denial, during which we have 
been called on to exercise economy, 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
For Burn.-* or Scald*. 
Varnish the wound with the white of an 
egg. The application of the egg is more 
soothing than sweet oil and cotton, the com¬ 
mon remedy for burns. 
Pickle lor Curing Meat. 
To five gallons of water allow eight pounds 
of salt, three pounds of sugar, three ounces of 
saltpeter, and two ounces of potash. Boil all 
together until the impurities from the sugar 
and salt rise to the top, skim, pour into a tub 
to cool and when cold pour over the meat. The 
meat should he killed at least 34 hours before 
paekmg and a very good way is to sprinkle 
with a little powdered saltpeter as soon as the 
meat is cut np—this removes surface blood. 
Lard, 
Leaf laid, skin carefully, wash, drain, cut 
Into bits, put into a tin pail and Bet into a pot 
of boiling water. After melting, throw in a 
small quantity of salt to make the sediment 
settle, then simmer for half an hour or until 
clear. Strain through a coarse cloth into jars. 
Tie over bladders or paper and cloth, the latter 
dipped in melted grease. The other fatly por¬ 
tions, wash, drain, cut iDto bits and put into 
au iron kettle over & slow fire. Add a small 
te&cupiul of water, to prevent burmug. When 
the bits ot fat are reduced to fibers, take out 
with a skimmer. W r atch constantly and 
toward the last stir constantly. The fire 
should be moderate from first to last. Sprinkle 
in a little salt, and when the fat looks clear, 
take from the fire aud when cool enough, 
strain through a sieve or coarse cloth inlu jars. 
When Btrainiug lard, do not press the cloth as 
long as the clear fat will run through, und 
when you do squeeze it, straiu that part iuto 
another jar. Lard keeps best in c-mall quanti¬ 
Lemon Zest. 
Rub loaf-sugar over the surface of lemons. 
The frictiou breaks the oil-ducts and the sugar 
absorbs the oil. Put into fruit jars in the lump 
or ponnd flue. Keep tightly eorked. This is 
very fine for flavoring custards, creams, etc. 
Coffee. 
The best cup of coffee is made by using a 
mixture of two-thirds Java and one-third 
Mocha. 
Delmonico is said to allow one and one-half 
pound of coffee to a gallon of water. The 
water is filtered through the coffee—it is not 
boiled. 
Fried Mush. 
This simple breakfast dish is much improved 
if the slices of mush are first dipped in beaten 
egg and then in cracker crumbs, frying in a 
mixture of lard and butter to a light brown. 
The meal should be thoroughly cooked and 
the mush allowed to become cold before slic¬ 
ing. 
Cod-llith Balls. 
Cut the cod into pieces, soak in iuke-warm 
water for an hour or longer. Remove the bones 
and skin, shred, put over the fire in cold water. 
As soon as the water begins to bubble turn off 
and pour over cold water. As soon as it is hot 
it is done. While the fish is cooking make ready 
some mashed potatoes. Allow as much again 
potato as fish and mix together while both are 
hot—this last is particular. It does not make 
any difference if the balls are cold when fried, 
but they must be hot when the ingredients are 
put together. 
Hop Bitters purifies the blood, and removes all 
pimples and eruptions. 
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Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and 
Sprains, Burns and Scalds, 
General Bodily Pains, 
Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet 
and Ears, and all other Pains 
and Aches. 
No Preparation on earth equals St. Jacobs Oil as 
a safe, sure, simple and cheap External Remedy. 
A trial entails but the comparatively trifling outlay 
of 50 Cents, and every one suffering with pain 
can have cheap and positive proof of its claims. 
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