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ly, besides cooking for extra farm help! 
Many of them have a baby that is sick, or 
what some people call a “very fretful child.' 1 
That faithful mother hurries through with 
her work to gain time for her neglected child, 
yet she would not willfully wrong that little 
one for the world. Work must be done, and 
“babies must weep. 11 
In a dairying community, where farmers 
all own large farms, and are what is termed 
“well off,” three or four hired men are need¬ 
ed to do the necessary every-day work, and in 
haying time all the extra “hands” in ihe 
neighborhood are engaged, and so it is no un¬ 
common occurrence for the farmer’s wife to 
cook dinner for 18 men. and often more. In 
such a locality there are few girls who go out 
to work, and not a washerwoman is to be had. 
Almost every farmer can recall some time 
in bis life when he hus tried to solve the prob¬ 
lem, “Where can l get some one to help iu 
the house;” and after traveling all over the 
town, at last finds the girl, but her sister, her 
cousin, or her aunt,’* could not spare her, and 
he goes home tired and disappointed. His wife 
sees no other way but to wash for the family 
and the four hired men. bake all the bread, 
which is no small task, be-idos doing a large 
amount of other cooking Many times i have 
heard inquiries concerning the health of the 
farmer’s wife, and beard him reply, “Well. I 
don't know; she seems to be all run down,” 
which expresses the situation exactly, For it 
is run. run, and hurry, hurry, all day, and 
taking care of a teething baby all night. And 
when it takes its nap, the bread must be 
kneaded, or it will not be good, when, if she 
could have bought good bread, she could have 
slept, while baby did, aud got a little rest. 
She must iron while baking to save fuel, and 
hurry to accomplish ull possible while the 
child sleeps. Those hungry men will be com¬ 
ing to their dinner, and everything must be in 
readiness. Many prescribe a smiling, cheer¬ 
ful expression of countenance on the part of 
the wife, to prevent her husband from having 
dyspepsia. Think of it! A farmer at one of 
the recent club meetings said: “If the women 
Hod more work than they can do, they must 
let it go,” In old times t hat would meun bar¬ 
barism. for women then inode the cloth and 
clothes that would give the tailor of the pres¬ 
ent day an epileptic tit. It would not do then. 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
pusceUaneou.d gdlvertwlttg 
Mid-Summer Offering 
CLUB PREMIUMS 
SCALLOPED POTATOES. 
Pare potatoes and slice thin. Mince two or 
throe onions, put a layer of potatoes into a 
pudding dish, cover with tine bread crumbs, 
strew over a part, of the minced onion and 
season with bits of butter, pepper and .-alt. 
Continue the same alternation of potatoes, 
crumbs, etc., until the pan is almost full, then 
pour over new milk until moistened, cover 
tightly and bake one hour. A good supper 
dish for farm hands. 
CABBAGE SALAD. 
Here is another supper dish that I have 
fouud acceptable to workingmen: Choose a 
firm head of cabbage and slice very fine; mix 
with it three or four spoon fills of minced onion 
aud season with salt. Make a sauce of three 
beaten eggs, half a cup of sweet cream, a 
spoonful of butter, a teaspoonful of mustard, 
and a dash of Cayenne pepper. Put into a tin 
and set iuto a dish of boiling water. Stir con¬ 
stantly, and when thick turn iu half a cup or 
more of vinegar. Take up at once and when 
cold pour over the cabbage. 
TOMATO SALAD. 
When tomatoes are ripe I substitute sliced 
tomato for the cabbuge—the tomatoes should 
be peeled without scalding, sliced and the 
liquid poured off—adding the onion and cover¬ 
ing with the sauce, the same as in the cabbage 
salad. 
When I have any cold vegetables left from 
dinner, such as new potatoes, string beaus or 
beets, 1 drain them from any liquid, chop them 
up together, add onion cut up fine, and pour 
over the same salad sauce. You c*n vary 
these cold supper dishes, by adding any bits of 
cold fish, lamb, veal or chicken that you may 
happen to have on hand, and you will find it 
an economical and appetizing method of using 
up a little of this and that of any vegetables 
or meat that you may find in your pantry. 
COUNTRY COOK. 
OF THE 
Rural New-Yorker 
Things Useful and Needfol 
Every Family—A Little Lei 
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by Securing Clubs 
FOR, THE 
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LIBERAL INDUCEMENTS!! 
Who can afford to do without a scale, when 
two subscribers to the Rural New-Yorker 
will entitle them to one? 
is iwt, a (lye, but, by healthful stimulation 
of the roots and color glands, speedily 
restores to its original color hair that is 
Turning Cray. 
Mrs. Catherine Dkamek, Point oj 
flocks. Mil., had her hair suddenly 
blanched by fright, during the late civil 
war. Ayer’s Hair Vigor restored it 
to its natural color, and made it softer, 
glossier, and more abundant than it had 
been before. 
« Scalp Diseases 
Which cause dryness, brittleness, and fall¬ 
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annoying sores, are all quickly cured by 
Ayer’s Hair Vigor. H cored Herbert 
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neglected, may result in Incurable bald¬ 
ness, is readily cured by Ayer’s Hair 
Vigor. As 
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Ayer’s Hair Vigor has no equal. It 
is colorless, cleanly, delightfully per¬ 
fumed, and lias the effect of making the 
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Ayer’s Hair Vigor, 
PREPARED 11V 
Or. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. 
Sold by all Druggists. 
the above scale is properly called “Stop 
Thief!” aud retails for $1.50. We will send it 
to every one of our subscribers who sends us 
two subscribers at $2 each. Ir. weighs from 
one half ouuceto 10 pounds. Manufactured by 
Jones, of Binghamton, Binghamton, N. Y. 
A DESSERT FOR A HOLIDAY. 
Beat the whites of six oreight eggs to a stiff 
froth, then add a small teacupful of currant 
or any other jelly aud beat thorougly together. 
Drop a large spoonful—cone-shaped—into 
saucers, and pour sweetened cream around 
GACb. p c i 
FURNITURE POLISH. 
Take equal quantities of linseed oil, turpen¬ 
tine, vinegar and spirits of wine. Put into a 
bottle, shake vigorously, and rub on with a 
soft rag—linen is best—and polish with a eleau 
MRS. a. 
and fur recreation sing, "Rest for the Weary.” 
For what farmer with uny self respect would 
listen to the reading of the Declaration of in¬ 
dependence with tiuclean garments on aud an 
empty stomach i If a laundry and a bakery 
are a necessity in the city, they would be a 
life-saving Institution iu the country. When 
at last the farmer’s wife has finished her race, 
but not her work, friends look upon her, with 
her tired hands folded over faithful heart, and 
say, “.Strange dispensation of Providence! 
She was so young 11 The Minister at the fune¬ 
ral says; “God in His infinite mercy has taken 
her home.” If cleanliness is next to godliness, 
let us have a place of worship and a laundry 
in every school district. It is said that the 
agitation of thought is the beginning of wis¬ 
dom. Let us think. Mary edwood. 
QUESTIONS ANSWERttD 
CALICOES AND STOCKINGS FADING WHEN 
WASHED. 
In answer to several correspondents who 
have inquired what will “Bet” and prevent 
colors iu calico and cotton stockings from, run¬ 
ning and fading when washed, we would say: 
Dissolve an ounce of sugar of lead in a pail of 
cold water, put in thn articles to be washed 
and soak several hours. Then use tepid water 
only, aud do not rub a particle of soup on the 
goods. A very little soap may be used in the 
water, but it must be of the best kind It is a 
good plau to buy a piece of white Castile-soap 
aud keep for such purposes. Hang to dry iu a 
shady place. Some calico will dry without 
the colors “running,” but after it is sprinkled 
and folded down, it will look bad. All such, 
of course, must be taken from the line while 
damp and ironed at once. Bear in mind that 
soap, hot water and sun fade the colors of all 
wash goods. .Sugar of lead is poisonous, and 
must be used with care aud put out of the reach 
of children. 
LEMON AJ-in VANILL4 EXTRACTS: ROOT ISiCKK. 
1 Please gi vo recipes for the above extracts. 
2. Is root beer intoxleatiug? .Some of my 
neighbors claim that it is healthy, and not iu 
toxicatmg: others that it will intoxicate. 
Please give me an answersoon. 
M. II. ROBERTSON. 
Ans.— 1. For lemon extract take the peel 
of six plump lemons aud a quart of white 
whiskey or brandy. IJso the thin yellow peel 
cnly, cut into thin strips and half fill two or 
three wide-mouthed bottles with it. Pour 
equal quantities of the spirits over the peel, 
cork tightly and shake every day for a 
mouth. It can then be used, and if kept 
corked will remain good for any length of 
time. 2. For the vanilla, procure two vauilla 
beans and half a pint of the same liquor as 
you use for the iemon. Split the beans, cut 
the huiks iuto bits and put with the seeds into 
a bottle, cover with the spirits, cork tightly 
and shake frequently. It may be used after a 
mouth. 2. Root beer will not intoxicate a 
person. 
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Medlenl \ssoclut.ton. to the/.llleersof which he refers, 
rile Science of Life should be read by the younu for 
Instruction,and by the afflicted for roller, it will 
benefit all. -f,on<Ion lancet. 
There is no member of Hoe Ray to whom The Hclcnre 
of Lire will not be useful, whether youth, parent, 
Kuardinn instructor or clergy man. Argonaut. 
Address the Peabody Medical Institute, or Dr W. If, 
Parker, No I Dulnm.h Street, Boston Mass who may 
he consulted on all diseases requiring skill and expo 
parlance Ghroute and obstinate ttT' » T dls 
eases that have baffled the skill of iILAX/ all 
other physicians a specialty Such ffivTrvyciTNX tti 
treated successfully without an 1 JJ. Z OXiJLJ! 
Instance of failure. 
Mention this paper. 
RAMBLING HINTS, 
Loo shells clear coffee as well as the egg 
itself. 
But your clothes in warm water over-night: 
in the morning wring them from this into a 
boiler containing strong hot suds, to which is 
added salsoda the size of a small hickory nut. 
Boil them one -half hour, dip them into cold 
water, nib them out, rinse iu clear, cold water, 
then In water slightly blued, uud you will be 
surprised to see how easily your washing is 
done 
Never put blueing in babies’ clothes which 
come next the skin, as it causes painful chafing. 
tie.) soaking salt fish before cooking, add 
a little vinegar to the water; it improves the 
fish. 
Don’t waste your time scouring your bread- 
pans; bread never bakes as welliu abrighttin. 
Indeed, the best bread pans—if one can afford 
This has a Wood Frame, all the Latest Im¬ 
provements, and greater capacity than auy 
other Wringer. It is Blmple, Durable, and 
adapted to the frailest as well as the strongest 
fabrics. It saves time, strength, clothes', aud 
is an article indispensable to the household. 
We give this Wringer for Six Subscribers. 
is a combined, portable force pump, 
;iue, sprinkler, window aud carriage 
bug destroyer etc., and evidently one 
gflBL of the most useful 
nUj Implements. As ii- 
^Illustrated in the cut, 
it will throw water 
forcibly ugainst a 
' / . second story 
We wtil %*ntl yoti a watch oranhaJn 
«T MAIL Oft EXPRESS. G. O D„ to b« 
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'our watclie* an 1 gave you 30 pe: 
cent. OnUiogtu of 2N) styles frsa. 
I»f»» W *?M Wi .uuurta keiiuMl 
tTAKOARl) AMEIUUAK i’O , 
win¬ 
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the garden or lawn, 
and saves its cost 
the first season. A 
little effort among 
one’s friends will en- 
>e a Club of 15 Subscribers 
soouie as u premium this 
DIPHTHERIA 
M lfll Improved Root River. Package, 
I \ 25 els. Makes5 xalloiiH of a delicious 
ill spark link and w hull •Home beverage 
JU Bold l»y all Druggists, nr sent bv mall on 
receipt offset*. C.K.U'uk*. 4 h n. Del.AVe..Phll«, I'a, 
Dr. Hutton says diphtheria is caused by 
oehlesis, or crowd poison, and that a small, 
ovi-i crowded, ill-ventilated house, may prove 
a diphtheria factory. He also thinks that 
many patieuts die for want of food aud stiniu- 
auts to tide them over the crisis. 
floraford’* Acid Phosphate. 
.4 Valuable Nerve Tonic 
Dr. C, C Olmstead. Milwaukee. Wis .says; 
‘ 1 have used it in my practice ten years, ami 
consider it a valuable nerve tonic.” 
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