THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
gmpunmn* ana guamntTu 
friends call, and she is busy in the kitchen. 
That hot water does spoil a fellow’s hands; but 
the dishes don’t come dean with cold—that I 
have fully discovered. I found beetles in the 
pantry to-day, and there are so many spider 
webs, 1 have no lack of curtains; the plaguey 
things must work nights. The flies arc legion. 
I take a towel and flack-flack , but am sure to 
knock down something that should not be de¬ 
molished. Have still plenty of raspberries 
and have discovered that they will keep fresh 
a day or two, free from mold, if covered light¬ 
ly with sugar and kept in a cool place. I find 
wine of rennet is a nice dessert, and a teaspoou- 
ful in a pint of new milk is quite enough to 
make the second half of my dinner, and it 
thickens quickly. 
11th. Went to tea at one of the neighbor’s; 
but I am so bashful, and there are young 
ladies there I— 
12th. I had uo idea bow much time my 
housekeeping took till to-dav. I watched the 
clock and found it took three hours to do the 
morning’s work. I was caught dreadfully, how¬ 
ever. to-day; for I had two handkerchiefs and 
a pair of socks dirty, and as the washerwoman 
failed to come, I thought 1 would try my hand- 
Bo 1 took a tub on the back stoop and a piece 
of soap and some hot water. 1 nibbed till mv 
knuckles were skinned aud was holding up the 
socks to see if they were clean, when a “ tropi¬ 
cal odor sweater than musk " met my senses 
aud Olive W inter came round the corner. Bhe 
is a bosom friend of Eunice, uud had been my 
partner in many a waltz last Winter. She 
stopped “ Oh! Mr. Brown! I beg your pardon.’’ 
Her light flounced dress caught the handle of 
my tub, as she advanced and threw mv suds 
over my feet, barely escaping her dainty gar¬ 
ments. I gallantly escorted her into the house 
with my sleeves rolled up and the suds running 
out of my slippers at every step, took a hand¬ 
kerchief from my coat and dusted a chair for 
her. Then I explained the situation, and after 
a short rest and many curious glances she left. 
But 1 have my suspicions it was a plot made 
up between those girls. 1 put a custard in the 
oven and went to the post-office; but forgot to 
shut off the draft. On My return 1 found the 
dish black and contents a cinder. 1 was sorry 
for I made that custard good aud wanted to 
taste it, for I put some flour in though the re¬ 
cipe did not mention any. But it did look so 
thin. However, it couldn’t stand fire— 
Ulth. Expected Eunice to-day so I swept up 
t he house and broke the broom handle in the 
attempt. Then I cleaned up all the dishes, 
and }>olished up the windows. I find 1 have 
done very little writing though I have had the 
house to myself, for I was all the time wonder¬ 
ing what to cook for the next meal. 
Later Eunice had arrived; she says every¬ 
thing “ looks nice," but I heard her tell one of 
the neighbors she bad cleaning vp to do that 
would take her a week. 
expect at some time in her life to have a cozy 
home to keep in order, from twelve-vear-old 
Nelly, who hates anything like work in the 
house just now. up to her cousin Amelia, who 
is just passing out of her “ teens,” and dotes 
on Java canvas embroidery, and thinks she 
has a hard time in life when she is obliged to 
dust the parlor furniture, or sweep a room; 
and yet sho considers her inexperienced self 
quite capable of caring for a fine establish¬ 
ment. 
The Rural New-Yorker visits many 
homes every week, and always with the hope 
of doing good to the v arious members of those 
homes; but from some chance words that I 
heard a while ago, I concluded our girls found 
but little to interest them; “just the stories 
aud occasionally a fashion article. Of course, 
the rest of the family liked it; for there were 
the fanner’s department for Pa. aud the do¬ 
mestic corner, and woman’s columns for Ma, 
and the trundle-bed company could study hor¬ 
ticulture with Uncle Mark;” and with this re¬ 
mark there was a general exit, to talk over the 
last party. Now, girls, we will try to have a 
little space for quiet talk all about home mat- 
tere. By others' faults we will learn to correct 
our own, and what of good others succeed in 
doing, wo will also t ry to accomplish. Obser¬ 
vation will teneli us many good lessons, and 
experience will make those lessons practical. 
Bo our criticising must be made in the spirit 
of kindness, aud praise meted out w here hon¬ 
or is due. 
While some of you may accept positions as 
housekeepers for yourselves and husbands ere 
many months have passed, others may be go¬ 
ing out to service to earn an houorable live¬ 
lihood. It is just as necessary for one to 
understand the details belonging to a home 
as for the other, and if one can be mistress of 
the situation independently, she is so much the 
better prepared to order a household when 
help is a necessity, and may be a treasure. 
And those who must sometimes serve will 
not only command the respect of their em¬ 
ployers, but better wages for doing the work 
well. 
Said Mrs. B. of one of “our girls” who 
serves. “ I never had a girl so nice as Matilda 
is about the dish-cloths; they always look and 
feel as though they had just come from the 
basket of fresh, clean clothes. There is never 
any danger of finding them dripping with 
greasy dish-water, or full of crumbs with a cold 
shiny ‘ feel ’ that makes me crawl when touch¬ 
ing it, as was the ease with the help l had last 
Fall. Each time when her dishes are washed 
and put away she takes some clean water and 
washes her towels, rinses, and wrings them 
nicely, straightens them out and hangs them 
on a line to dry. Bo she never has occasion to 
use soiled towels, and, of course, such work rec¬ 
ommends itself.” 
I have seen soap such as “Enquirer” de¬ 
scribes hereto be, made perfect by adding cold, 
soft water, and stirring until the required 
thickness is obtained. M. 
BAKED APPLE OR PEACH DUMPLINGS. 
Prepare the dough as for any dumplings. 
Peel and chop the fruit fine, fill the dough and 
pinch closely together. Have ready a baking- 
pan into which pour a sauce composed of one 
quart of water, two tablespoon fills of butter 
and sugar enough to sweeten; let it boil: drop 
the dumplings in and set into the oven. When 
brown on one side, turn carefully, and serve 
in the sauce. sirs, wm, t. c. 
PICKLED TOMATOES. 
Cut four quarts of tomatoes into a jar. 
Sprinkle with half a teacupful of fine salt. 
Let it stand VI hours. Then drain well and 
return to the jar. Add cold vinegar to cover, 
and mix thoroughly with it horseradish, 
spices, sugar, celery seed and mustard seed. 
MRS. E. D. P. 
NEW BUCKEYE 
(■rain and Grain and 
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AVOIDS ALL SIDE LASH OF TONGUE. Drill always 
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED, 
Inquirer asks: —Is there any art that will 
restore the new shade to a linen dress that has 
been washed and faded ! 
Ans — T t can be improved by rinsing in 
water in which hay has been boiled, to form a 
strong tea, and theu starching in gum-arabic 
water. 
“ Afflicted ” wishes a cure for hiccough that 
comes on suddenly, and without apparent 
cause. 
Ans. —Authorities are not agreed as to the 
cause of hiccough. In ordinary eases it comes 
on spontaneously, aud is of no consequence be¬ 
yond a slight inconvenience, but it may be ac¬ 
companied by labored breathing, or bo so per¬ 
sistent, and severe as to require active treat¬ 
ment. It is often seen in children and in 
adults who have eaten or drank immoderately 
or hastily after long fasting, in diseases of the 
stomach, intestines and liver, and in nervous 
persons troubled with flatulence. It becomes 
an important diagnostic sign in peritonitis, 
strangulated hernia ami other intestinal ob¬ 
structions. It, is also common in intermittent 
fevers. In nervous persons it may lie brought 
on by excitement, and generally disappears 
with its cause; if not, a few swallows of cold 
or acidulated water, cold sprinkling, or vivid 
emotion of any kind will put an end to it in a 
few moments. We have several times cured 
it by putting to the sufferer some startling in¬ 
quiry which for a moment distracted his atten¬ 
tion. Obstinate cases are on record, which 
required cold water baths, ice externally and 
internally, narcotics, etc. When intermittent 
it yields to quinine. If symptomatic, the 
nature of the disease will indicate the treat¬ 
ment. 
Mr. E. L. wishes to know how to clean kid 
gloves. 
Ans. —Rub with cream-of-tartar aud mag¬ 
nesia, equal parts, put on with a flannel cloth. 
Windsor soap aud milk clean light kids that 
are only soiled by wearing in dust. 
“ Inquirer" as to carpet rags. 
Ans.—I t takes three pounds of rags to make 
a yard, if coarse; two-and-a-half if fine, and 
cut in thin strips. Prices vary as to cost of 
weaving. In this locality it is ten cents per 
yard. 
Mrs. C. A. B.: —We would say pickles such 
as are sold by grocers, are not different from 
home-made except for the greenness which is 
often caused by some injurious substance. 
Shall be glad if any one can give a recipe for 
a pickle made of sweet com aud Lima Beans 
as requested by this reader. 
A.J. ./., has a Passion Flower in bloom, and 
asks the real meaning of its name. 
Ans.—T he Spanish settlers in South Ameri¬ 
ca called it so. because they fancied it repre¬ 
sented Christ’s death. The leaf was the spear; 
the anthers the five wounds; the tendrils the 
cords that secured Him; the column of the 
ovary was the shaft of the cross; the stamens, 
the hammers; t lie styles, the nails: the fila¬ 
mentous process, the crown of thorns; the 
calyx, the halo, the white and blue, purity and 
heaven; the three days it remains open, the 
time He remained in the grave and years of 
His ministry. 
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For “ Farmer’s Wife,” who asked in the 
Rural for breakfast dishes, I would say as a 
part of my experience that I do not milk in 
the morning. 1 have two children under five 
years of age to dress, and 1 often make pan¬ 
cakes with wheat flour, using two-thirds but¬ 
ter-milk to one of new milk, for mixing. Old 
potatoes are al ways useful, mashed or whole; 
new potatoes "e like in stew, scraped and 
lioiled with salt, pepper and butter added, and 
new milk to thin it. Mother taught me to 
prepare the breakfast as far as possible the 
night before. I have to skim milk, set the 
table aud dress my little ones while the food is 
cooking. Oatmeal makes us many a nourish¬ 
ing. dainty breakfast. I prepare it as directed 
in a Tate Rural i. e. without breaking the 
grain, and use enough water to make it the 
proper thickness. It is best with plenty of 
milk. “ An hour in the morning is worth two 
at night.” Ifauyof the family prefers cake 
to meat, a simple one is a “ Layer Cake,” the 
recipe for which 1 copy from my scrap-book:— 
Beat three eggs, one-aud-a-half cup of sugar. 
Bift one-and-a.half cup of flour with two tea¬ 
spoonfuls of Ivikiug powder. Stir well to¬ 
gether; add six teaspoonfuls of c aid water. 
Bake iu three tins iu a quick oven. I use jelly 
for filling or desiccated eoeoanut, which is a 
delicious addition. We do not care for cream 
nor fruits, but use it with sufficient sugar put 
over ic, the night before, and in the morning 
it will have formed a rich juice. “ Sept ” 
MRS. c. s. c. 
One cup of sour cream; two cups of sugar; 
a piece of butter size of an egg; carraway 
seed; one teaspoonful soda and salt. Mix soft 
aud bake in a quick oven 
MOUNTAIN CAKE. 
One cup milk; one-half cup butter; one cup 
sugar; two cups flour; two eggs; two tea¬ 
spoonfuls of croam-of-tartar; one of soda; 
bake in Gem-paus. 
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A pudding-dish filled nearly half full of nice, 
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sugar to be sprinkled over them. Butter size 
of a hickory-nut. Add cold water nearly to 
the top of the berries: lust, sift over them two 
tablespooufuls of flour, 
FOR CRUST. 
One teacup of sour cream; two-thirds tea¬ 
spoonful of soda aud a little salt. Mix as soft 
as can be rolled out; place over the berries, the 
same as for chicken-pie, and bake iu the same 
way. To dish the pudding cut iu pieces, lay 
on your dishes, and dip berries and juice over 
the crust for dressiug. T. G. T. 
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Take 1“ floury potatoes; boil and mash. Add 
flour, one egg and a piece ot buttei, wit h a little 
salt. Make into a paste aud roll into biscuits. 
They are improved iu lightness by a teaspoon- 
ful .of Hereford's Baking Powder sifted iu the 
flour. 
A BACHELOR’S HOUSEKEEPING 
EUNICE BROWN. 
August 10th.—Well, the bird is gone; the 
kittens are getting thin, and do not seem to 
thrive ou my experimental cooking. I thought 
of asking Joe Dallas to spend a Sunday here, 
but it would take me all my time to cook and 
wash the dishes, so l think I wont do it. 1 do 
not wonder Eunice looks grim when her lady 
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element into the system with the food of every 
day life.” 
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