NOV <7 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
763 
Domestic Cccmamij 
CONDUCTED BY EMU-Y MAPLE. 
PITHS. 
To each quart of apple-sauce add a small 
spoonful of butter. You will find j our sauce 
improved. 
Ono of the most dangerous things in a sick¬ 
room is an over-wise nurse. 
Remember the children’s birthdays. Make 
them red-letter days for them; a simple gift 
or a little treat answers as well as more costly 
gifts. It makes them happy, and that is the 
main point. 
As a rule sick people eat too much. Did it 
ever occur to our readers how little food a 
convalescent child or adult requires? 
According to Mrs Beecher, a plain, but 
good, Mack silk dress is to be chosen over all 
other dresses for traveling purposes. 
Mothers often fall into the habit of chiding 
their children for every little offense. It is 
“Don't do this and don’t do that.” from morn¬ 
ing until night. The command becomes odious 
to the child and ho pays as little attention to 
his mother's remonstrance as to a cat's mew. 
As a to-hc-looked-for result the mother loses 
all control of her child and makes both»hiin 
and herself peevish and misex-able. 
PEN THOUGHTS FROM EVERY-DAY 
HOUSE. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
The frost has turned the leaves of many 
gorgeous shadings such as only a Canadian cli¬ 
mate can show, and we know now that 
Autumn will soon pass away and Winter 
reach us. So, everything beiug stored, we 
turn our attention to the household, and as we 
" Open the camphor trunk 
Anil bring the mittens down” 
we realize the loug hibernating process that is 
before us. Let us determine that we will not 
remain dormant; that we will strive our best, 
whatever our advantages, to make the most ot 
them, and to learn before Spring some noble 
truths, some richer gleams from the suu of 
knowledge that is to eniighten the world. It 
is a season of leisure to enjoy and to prepare, 
und among all other things we must not forget, 
the children, mentally and socially as well as 
physically. 1 was quite interested iu Mary 
Wager-Fisher's account of a birthday party, 
aud, contemplating giving a little entertain¬ 
ment, I wrote for her “party" recines, to 
which she kindly responded as follows: 
CHICKEN SANDWICHES. 
Cook the fowls very tender; skiu and bone, 
aud return the meat to the pot with the broth 
iu which they were cooked; boil down, aud 
set away to get cold. This should be done the 
day before the sandwiches are required. Turn 
the chicken into a wooden tray, chop flue and 
season to taste. Cut slices of bread very thin, 
trim the edgas neatly, aud between two slices 
of bread place a layer of the chopped meat. 
Sandwiches which are to be served iu the after¬ 
noon or evening may be prepared in the morn¬ 
ing, placed in a tight box iu a cool room, so as 
not to become dry. When tongue or ham is 
boiled for any use it should be allowed to cool 
in the water in which it has been boiled. 
The cakes on which tin* names of the little 
guests at the birthday party wore written 
were “Shrewsbury Cakes.” They are always 
delicious, will keep perfectly good for many 
weeks, but must bo made ou a cool, or cold 
day, in a cool room. 
SHREWSBURY CAKE. 
Two cupfuls of butter, one pint of sugar, 
three pints of flour, four eggs, half a tea¬ 
spoon of mace. Not ft particle more of flour 
must tie used. Roll thin, cut into small cakes, 
and bake iu a quick oven. For marking the 
cakes, dip a small brush (eamelVhair) iu the 
yelk of an egg, and write the name across 
the cake, which, for this purpose, must be 
frosted. 
DOMINOES FOR A CHILD'S PARTY. 
Bake any kind of sponge cake in a very 
thin sheet; when cold, cut into small, oblong 
pieces; frost the top aud sides. When the 
frosting is hard, mark the lines and dots with 
a small oamelVhair brush, dipped in melted 
chocolate. 
The birthday cake, with the Lima Beau iu 
it, was very like “ angel cake”—a flue, light, 
white cake, frosted, with colored caudles 
stuck ou top. 
BILL OF FARE FOR DINNERS IN A 
WESTERN FARM HOUSE. 
FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER. 
Monday: Baked beans, baked (iotatoes, 
pickled beets; baked Indian pudding, 
Tuesday: Potatoes steamed, boiled beef 
piccalilli; pumpkin pie and fried cakes. 
Wednesday: Beef soup thickened with rice, 
cold boiled beef, mashed potatoes; steamed 
flour pudding. 
Thursday: Boiled dinner. Cabbage, pork, 
carrots, turnips; green-apple pie and cheese. 
Friday: Boiled potatoes, salt pork sliced, 
freshened, rolled in flour and fried; onions 
stewed with tomatoes; dried-apple pie. 
Saturday: Potato soup, raised biscuits; 
raspberry tarts. 
Sunday: Potatoes, beef-steak; oat-meal 
with cream and sugar. aunt rachel. 
APPLE BUTTER. 
In making apple or pear butter, fill the ket¬ 
tle about one-third full of cider, set it over the 
fire and begin pariug, quartering aud coring 
the fruit When the cider comes to a boil 
skim it and add what fruit there is ready, and 
continue to add fruit as fast as prepared until 
the kettle is full. As it boils down add more 
fruit until there is enough. Watch closely, 
and when it needs it stir steadily until done. 
It will be thicker and not so strong totbe taste 
as when a larger quantity of cider is used and 
boiled down so strong. Some say a few pieces 
of silver thrown in will keep the butter from 
burning. When I find a way to do anything 
that, is as good as the old way, and easier, I 
always want others to know it, so that they 
maybe benefited by it, and I kuow this is a 
quicker and, I think, a better way to make 
apple or pear butter than some others that are 
followed. 
Apples or pears stewed in cider need no 
sweetening, and make a sauce well liked by 
some. 
Sweet pears may be p.eserved in cider when 
sugar is scarce by boiling the cider dowu one- 
hall' or two-thirds, then adding the fruit and 
cooking slowly until done. 
Pears make a good, rich cider, that is better 
for some purposes than apple cider, lora 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
cucumber pickles. 
Noticing an inquiry in the Rural concern¬ 
ing cucumber pickles, 1 will give my way of 
preparing them: Put some spiced vinegar in a 
jar, with a little salt iu it. Every time you 
gather the cucumbers pour boiling vinegar on 
them, with a little alum in it. When cold put 
them in the spiced vinegar. Keep the same 
vim-gar for scalding all. When you have 
enough, take all from the spiced vinegar, and 
scald them m the alum vinegar for two or 
three minutes. Then put them back into the 
spiced vinegar. This is Mrs. Beecher’s recipe, 
and by following it I find the pickles keep 
hard all Winter. If the vinegar is too strong 
it should be reduced. 
red cabbage. 
Cut the heads iu quarters, boil until a little 
tender, not soft; drain, then pack in a jar 
and cover with vinegar, a little salt aud pep¬ 
per, aud all kinds of spices. 
green tomato sov. 
Two gallons of green tomatoes sliced, 
Without peeling: twelve good-sized onions, 
also sliced; two quarts of vinegar, one quart 
sugar, two tablespoonfuls of salt, two table, 
spoonfuls of ground mustard, two tablespoou- 
fuls of black pepper, one tablespoonful of 
allspice, one tablespoonful of cloves. Mix all 
together, and stew until tender, not very soft, 
slowly stirring often, lest they should scorch. 
Put iu small glass jars or pickle-bottles. 
This is a delicious sauce for all kinds of meat 
aud fish. MRS. L. R. ANDREWS. 
CLEANSED WATER. 
When well-water is too hard to wash with 
aud the cistern fails, it is well to know the best 
way to render hard water soft. Everybody 
has, or ought to have, a barrel to store water iu 
when needed. Fill this barrel with well water 
on Saturday, tie up about three quarts of 
wood ashes from the kitchen stove in a thin 
cotton flour sack or other bag, aud put this iu 
the barrel. By Mouday all the limy par¬ 
ticles will have been separated from the water 
and settled to the bottom, and the water wil 
then be ready for use. Some make lye in a 
kettle and pour iu a boiler of water aud skim off 
the froth that rises; but the way of cleansing, 
the water in a barrel with a hag of ashes is 
much loss troublesome. This way of preparing 
water for washing makes white clothes look 
exceedingly well, but is apt to fade calicoes 
and shrink flannels unless they are carefully 
handled. Calicoes should bo washed out quick¬ 
ly ami plunged immediately into hard water; 
that retains the colors, while soft water makes 
them run. A little practice aud observation 
make washing day move off easily, if oue uses 
head work instead of all hard rubbing. 
AUNT RACHEL. 
WHY T1IE SOaP WAS NOT GOOD. 
There may be several reasons why the soap 
will not “come." The ashes of oak will 
make soap without lime, if the lye is strong 
enough to bear up an egg, without boiling by 
adding a sufficient quantity of grease and 
stirring it occasionally. But ashes from 
other woods, such as heecli and maple, re¬ 
quire that about two quarts of lime should be 
put into the bottom of the leach to neutralize 
the acid in the ashes. If the lady who had 
trouble with her soap will put a pail or two 
of water into her soap, she will either have 
soap or the grease will separate so that she 
can skim it off, and thus save it. My method 
is to use a salt barrel for a leach (one is 
almost always to be had), put in a handful of 
straw, or of any other material that will 
strain the lye; then put in some lime—air- 
slaked will answer, but of it more will be 
required—about a milk-panful, aud then fill 
the barrel with ashes While filling, add 
water, so that the ashes can be packed solid, 
but not water enough to start the lye. I use 
a stick of stove wood four or five inches 
across, nr any other thing that is at hand, to 
pack down the ashes. When nearly full. I 
leave a basin large enough to hold six or 
eight quarts of water. By adding water 
slowly, so as to get the ashes thoroughly 
saturated, but not enough to start the lye be¬ 
fore two or three days, the lye w ill then be 
strong enough to make soap without much 
boiling, if clean giease is used. You can 
make a half barrel of good soap; then draw¬ 
off lye enough to cleanse the grease to make a 
half barrel of soap from the scraps, waste 
meat, boues, etc.: then empty aud refill your 
leach, and draw off lye enough to make up 
your grease. You can get lye enough to fill 
half a barrel, and then you can run off lye 
that will answer to wash young apple trees 
with. Salt is used to make hard soap. I have 
added lime when boiling, and have Lad my soap 
make. Ashes must be made of sound wood; 
oak is the best; elm. ash and basswood next; 
beech and maple are the poorest. It is a good 
plan to add three or four pounds of resin to the 
barrel while boiling your soap; it will save 
that much grease aud your bauds. 
JOHN m'lean. 
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING SOAP. 
Some time since a woman inquired in the 
Rural why her soap did not “come’’ after 
boiling it two days. If she had no lime in 
the leach, that was probably t he reason. With 
wood ashes there should be new lime to expel 
the carbonic acid and render the lye caustic, 
so as to take hold of the grease. So soon as 
the lye begins to run. the grease can all be 
put iuto the kettle, lye being added in such 
quantities as can he collected from time to 
time, and the whole should be set to boiling. 
Bones, scraps, rinds, etc., make good soap 
grease. To test the strength of the lye, take 
a fresh egg, if the ive will bear it up it is good, 
Have no fear of putting in too much grease, 
as what the lye does not use up will rise on 
top of the soap as it cools aud may be skimmed 
out. If all these directions have been ob¬ 
served and the soap does not come as it ought, 
dip some of it iuto a smaller kettle, add a 
little water to it aud boil. Sometimes the lye 
is too strong, although not often. If the soap 
cornea thin and weak, dissolve two or three 
pounds of sal-soda and stir it iuto it iu the 
barrel. This will thicken it and make it wr sh 
much more easily. If the lime has not l een 
mixed with the lve, you can add it to the scan 
while boiling. Aunt Edith. 
WEAK EYES. 
Some oue inquires thro gh the Rural if 
there is auy remedy for weak eyes. I doubt 
if there is anything much better than the 
regular and careful bathing of the eyes every 
uight just lie fore retiring aud the first thiug 
iu the morning, with cold water. 1 have 
beeu told there was nothing so good as gin tor 
weak or inflamed eyes. My informant said 
it was recommended to her as the best eye¬ 
water one could use, and that she had found 
it to be so. I suppose it would need to he used 
several times a day, hut in small amounts 
Weak salt water was my father’s remedy, 
while tny mother had great faith in a wash 
made by steeping rase petals iu boiling water 
for a few minutes. She generally gathered 
the petals every Summer and put them away 
foruse. a. l. 
The Rural New-Yorker will be sent 
from this date until January 1st. I8v>, fer 
$3.00. 
Prof. Honlo rd’s Unking Powder, 
is pot cr is uiass bottles. 
haviug wide mouths to admit a spoon. Bot¬ 
tles are preferable to tin cans, as they are 
safer, cleaner and preserve the strength of 
baking powder much better. Almanac aud 
Cook Book free. Rumtord Chemical Works, 
Providence, R. I.— Adv. 
llorMord'i Ltd Phosphate. 
For Overworked Professional Meu. 
1>r. Chas. T. Mitchell, Canandaigua, N. 
Y. t sa\s; “l think it a grand restorer of brain 
•oree or nervous energy.” -Adv. 
DYSPEPSIA. 
Sedentary habits, mental worry, nervous 
excitement, excess or imprudence iu eat¬ 
ing or drinking, and various other causes, 
induce Constipation followed by general 
derangement of the li\or, kidneys, and 
stomach, in which the disorder of each 
organ increases the infirmity of the others. 
The immediate results arc Loss of Appe¬ 
tite, Nausea. Foul Breath, Heartburn, Flat¬ 
ulence, Dizziness. sick Headaches, failure 
of physical and mental vigor, distressing 
sense of weight and fullness iu the stomach, 
and increased Costiveness, all of which are 
known under one head as Dyspepsia. 
In every instance where this disease does 
not originate from scrofulous taint in the 
blood, Aykr’s Pills may be confidently 
relied upon to effect a cure. Those cases 
not amenable to the curative influence of 
Ayer's Pills alone will cert a inly yield if 
the Pills are aided by l lie powerful hlood- 
purifving properties of Ayer’s .Sarsapa¬ 
rilla. 
Dyspeptics should know that the longer 
treatment of their malady is postponed, 
the more difficult of cure it becomes. 
Ayer’s Pills 
Never fail to relieve the bowels and pro¬ 
mote their healthful and regular action, 
and thus cure Dyspepsia. Temporary 
palliatives all do permanent harm. The 
fitful activity into which the enfeebled 
stomach is spurred by “bitters,” and alco¬ 
holic stimulants, is' inevitably followed 
by reaction that leaves the organ weaker 
than before. 
“Costiveness, induced l>y my sedentary 
habits of life, became chronic; Avan's Pills 
afforded me -peedy ivlief. Their occasional use 
has since kept, me all right." Hermann Ruin-q¬ 
uo ft, yietcurk, y. •/. 
“I was induced to try Ayer's Pills as a 
remedy for Indigestion, Constipation, and 
Headache, from which l had long been a suf¬ 
ferer. 1 found their action easy, and obtained 
prompt relief. They have benefited me more 
than all the medicines ever before tried.” M.V. 
Watson, to- Sltila St., Chicago, lit. 
"They have eutirely corrected the costive 
habit, and vastly improved my general health.” 
Rev. Francis B. IIaRLOWE, Atlanta, Get. 
"The most effective and the easiest physic I 
have ever found. One dose will quickly move 
my bowels and free my head from pain.” W. I. 
Page, Richmond, Pa. 
“A suffer-r from Liver Complaint, Dys¬ 
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years, AVer’s Pii.i s have benefited me more 
lhan any medicine l have ever taken.” P. K. 
Rogers. .Wvdmorr, Brown Co., hid. 
“For Dyspepsia they are invaluable.” J. T. 
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