MARCH 22 
48! 
THE RURAL HEW-YORKER. 
from ours, and thus we can exchangethoughts 
as the girls exchanged magazines. And if the 
task is properly set about, there is no doubt 
that any girl can so elevate her surroundings 
that she will look back afterward with sur¬ 
prise at her former discouragements, though 
uo doubt now obstacles will arise: and if any 
farmer’s daughter or wife, or house-keeper 
would plan how improvements can be made, 
door-yards cleaned up, gardens made more 
beautiful aud the in-door arrangements be so 
disposed as to conduce to comfort and neat¬ 
ness as well as ornamentation, the work will 
he looked forward to with pleasant expecta¬ 
tion and met with satisfaction. The farmer 
holds more of independence uudof home com¬ 
fort. in his power than any other man, and 
the members of his household should lend 
their best efforts toward making it the ideal 
life. 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
BAKING POWDER. 
One ounce of tartaric acid, eight ounces 
of cream of-tartar, five ounces of soda, five 
ounces of flour. Mix thoroughly in the follow¬ 
ing manner: Pulverize the acid aud mix with 
the cream-of-tartar; pulverize the soda and 
mix with the (lour; then add all together and 
mix well by sifting through a flour sieve seve¬ 
ral times. I can vouch for its quality if you 
get good cream-of-tartar. 1 have used it for 
years, o. k. terry. 
CANNING SQUASH. 
Has any lady of the Domestic Circle canned 
squash and been successful? I cannot succeed, 
and if auy one has done it will she please tell 
me her method. 
AS TO KEEPING PICKLES 
I have always had success in this way: After 
the cucumbers have been in brine 2f> hours 
wipe them thoroughly and pack them in glass 
caus. Heat vinegar to the boding point with 
a few cloves to keep it. Wrap towels, wrung 
from hot water, under and arouud the cans, 
fill them up with the hot vinegar, and screw 
ou the covers. The pickles will be crisp green, 
aud thorougly pickled. I have kept them in 
this way two years. mrs. a. a. 
CURE FOR CORNS. 
Auy one troubled with corns may cure them 
permanently with very little trouble. Procure 
some iodine. After soaking the feet, nib the 
corn with it, and repeat the operation every 
few days, and the corn, with a little coaxing, 
will leave its resting place. This is a certain 
and painless cure for these common nuisan¬ 
ces. A few cents 1 worth of iodine will cure a 
dozen. The bottle should be kept out of the 
reach of small children. 
TO CURE HAMS. 
Rub them over with molasses. Have ready, 
on the stove, where ic will become hot, a ket¬ 
tle with a quart of salt in it. With a long- 
handled iron spoon dip some salt on the bam, 
aud rub it well with the hand all over, es¬ 
pecially around the boue. Keep using the 
hot salt, in this way until you have been over 
the hams very thoroughly. Then put them 
away in some convenient place, where they 
will not. freeze, and in about ten days repeat 
the operation. After three ribbings, they 
may be hung in the smoke house and smoked 
according to taste. They will tie fouud of a 
flavor superior to that of those which have 
boon pickled. This method requires more la¬ 
bor thun to put them in brine to cure, and 
probably would not answer in very warm 
weather. The salt should always be hot and 
well rubbed in by hand, although some use a 
wooden paddle. 
cream cake. 
Two fresh eggs, one large teacup of brown 
sugar, one small one of sour cream, a small 
teaspoonful of soda, with flour sifted in until 
it is quite stiff Flavor with a little uutmeg 
or cinnamon. This makes an excellent every¬ 
day cake, and may be quickly made. 
AUNT RACHEL. 
CORNS AND BUNIONS. 
If ‘‘F. A. D.” will put one teaspoonful of 
powdered saltpeter into one ounce of sweet- 
oil and rub the mixture well into the bunions 
each night, she will find it will relieve the 
swelling while it is only inflamed, but should 
it fester she must apply u poultice of raw, 
grated carrot, renewing it often till it has 
drawn all r.lie inflammation out. For corns, 
one ouuce of glycerine and 12 drops of car¬ 
bolic acid, well shaken together and rubbed 
ou every night, give much relief. Never cut 
a corn, but pick it off with a uoedle. 
AUNT EM. 
Horalord’* Acid Phosphate, 
In Debility from Overwork. 
Dr. G. VV. Collins. liptou, Iud., says: “ I 
used it in nervous debility brought on bvover¬ 
work in warm weather, with good results. 
Ado. 
A Safeguard. 
The fatal rapidity with which slight 
Colds mid Cough’s frequently develop 
into the gravest maladies of The throat 
and lungs, is a consideration which should 
impel every prudent person to keep at 
band, as a household remedy, a bottle of 
AYER’S CHERRY PECTORAL. 
Nothing else gives such immediate relief 
and works so sure a cure in nil affections 
of this class. That eminent physician. 
Prof. J’. Sweetzer, of the Maine Medical 
School, Brunswick, Me., says:— 
"Medical science has produced no o' het ano¬ 
dyne expectorant so good as Ayer’s Cuekry 
Pectoral, li is invaluable for diseases of the 
throat aud lung*." 
The same opinion is expressed by the 
well-known Dr. L..J. Addison, of Chicago, 
III,, who says:— 
"I ham never found, in thirty-five years of 
continuous study and practice of medicine, any 
preparation of so great value us Ayer’s Cherry 
Pectoral, for treatment of diseases of the 
throat and lungs. It not only breaks up colds 
and cures severe coUgbB, but is more effective 
than anything else in relieving even the most 
serious bronchial and jiuluionary affections.” 
AYER’S 
Cherry Pectoral 
In not a new claimant for popular confi¬ 
dence, hut a medicine which is to-dav 
saving the lives of the third generation 
who have come into being since it was 
first offered to the public. 
There is not a household in which this 
invaluable remedy has once been in¬ 
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abandoned, and there is not a person 
who has ever given it a proper Trial 
for any throat or lung disease suscep¬ 
tible of cure, who has not been made 
well by It. 
AYER’S CHERRY PECTORAL has, 
in numberless instances, cured obstinate 
cases of chronic Bronchitis, Larnygitis, 
and even acute Pneumonia, and has 
saved many patients in the earlier stages 
of Pulmonary Consumption, it is a 
medicine that only requires to be taken in 
small doses, is pleasant to the taste, and is 
needed in every house where there are 
children, as there is nothing so good as 
AYER’S CHERRY PE< TORA L for treat¬ 
ment of Croup and Whooping Cough. 
These are all plain facts, which can bo 
verified by anybody, and should be re¬ 
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Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral 
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ANNUAL REPORT, FEBRUARY, 1884. 
AMMONIATED SUPERPHOSPHATES. 
Extract from page :!2. 
“The AVERAGE COST of the Nitrogenous Superphosphates (68 samples) Is *41. Hi. the a>. rage ‘ ESTI- 
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