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by wide. The front part of the box is five 
inches deep and the side pieces three inches 
wide, making it sufficiently large to hold a 
good-sized Bath brick, and leaving plenty of 
room on the board for scouring. When not 
in use, I bru h all the brick-dust down into 
the box, and hang the board upou the kitchen 
wall where it is out of the way. This arrange¬ 
ment is much handier than having a board 
lying about on a shelf or table, and also very 
much cleaner. 
1 wish “Justice’’would be kind enough to 
tell us how to make ottomans out of old tin 
cans. CANADIAN. 
RAM BUNGS. 
In the Rural of May 2d, I found an edi¬ 
torial which interested me very much. It was 
headed “A Cruel Fashion.” Cruel, indeed, to 
thus wantonly take life, which God alone can 
give. I have noticed the decreasing number 
of song birds for the past three years, and 
sorry am I for it, for what is more enjoyable 
than to open a window or door, early on a 
spring morning, and be greeted on all sides 
by the sweet warblers pouring out their morn¬ 
ing songs of praise. Could I become the Au¬ 
tocrat of Fashion, this wholesale slaughter 
would soon stop, and something which would 
be a3 pretty would take the place of stuffed 
birds on hats, etc.; something which would 
cause uo pain, much less death, to any 
living creature. 
Well, we had a week of warm weather and 
then came Winter again. Buoh a late Spring! 
or rather uo Spring at all, for soon the heat 
of Hummer will burst upon us, and the ex¬ 
treme change will be sadly felt by all. 
I have commenced house cleaning, begin¬ 
ning, as usual, at the top floor. Every closet, 
box and trunk were goue over, and there was 
a general sorting out of usable and useless 
articles. The former I put as>de to look over 
aud Cx up; the others were given to some 
pour person or put in the rag bag. Of old 
white muslin and linen I always keep a good 
supply ou hand for different uses iu case of 
sickness or accident. I keep a good roll of 
old flannel, too, for the same purposes. 
I stopped when I got the top floor doue and 
the stairs cleaned down to the next floor, for 
the weather turned so cold 1 was afraid to 
venture to do more; but I had plenty of sew¬ 
ing to keep me busy, and when more fine 
days come, 1 will go at the cleaning again, 
aud soon will have all iu “apple pie” order; 
but I would not have Charity Sweetheart or 
any one else think the cleaning gets done 
without any trouble or fatigue, for each night 
finds me pretty well tired out, and 1 some¬ 
times get discouraged, yet l know things must 
be doue, so 1 go at it as bravely as l can. 
One thing—I uever disturb but one room at 
a time, and entirely fiuish toat, even to the 
arranging of the ornaments, etc., before 1 go 
at another. 1 always strive, too, to have 
everything tidied up, aud uo signs of house- 
cleauing around when the men folks come 
home [fti; could not be done were you a 
farmer’s wife .—e m ], I would say to “Yel¬ 
low Myrtle," who in the Rural for May 2, 
asks for directions for crocheted Vandyke 
lace, that I will comply with her request as 
soon as possible. AUNT EM. 
GLOBES FOR GAS AND LAMP LIGHTS. 
Martha H. Davidson, speaking of the latest 
designs in gas-fixtures, saj's: Globes are found 
iu a variety of excellent shapes, the most pop¬ 
ular being the crown, melon aud straight Har¬ 
ing shapes. Those of cut crystal are the most 
cosily, and are very brilliant. The cut glass 
are less showy and expensive; the etched glass 
have delicate patterns onground surfaces,and 
the new satin-etched glass, which is clearer 
and richer in ornament, is likely to become 
very popular. Colored-glass globes are spar¬ 
ingly used, and have been entirely banished 
from drawing-rooms. One tinted globe in a 
hall, or one or two in a reception room, give- 
a pleasing bit of color without the suggestion 
of saloon or beer garden, which their too-lav- 
ish use calls up. Ruby, amber aud canary 
tints are most iu demand, aud they are often 
seen iu elaborate shapes. Some globes of 
opalescent glass in melon shapes are very 
beautiful. They have not color enough to be 
offensive, and they soften the light without 
obscuring it. 
PRESENCE OF MIND. 
Presence of mind is a quality much talked 
of, much honored, aud—little cultivated; yet, 
like most other good things iu this world, it 
requires cultivation to bring it to any degree 
of perfection, for in very few eases is it a nat¬ 
ural gift. Home people there are, doubtless, to 
whom it comes naturally and by iustiuet to 
do the right thing at the right time and place; 
but they are few in number. Then, again, 
some people are by nature cooler-headed than 
their neighbors, aud do not scream or other 
wist become useless Just when their services 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
are required. But this quiet composure, 
though very valuable, is not quite the same as 
presence of mind. The latter consists not only 
in having your wits ready foruse, butin know¬ 
ing how to use them, and being sufficiently 
calm and steady in mind bo remember and 
turn to account that knowledge. 
A WORD FROM A FARMER’S WIFE. 
We have taken the Rural New-Yorker 
for 18 years, and would as soon think of going 
without a time-piece as without the paper. 
Hard-working wives and mothers, let me give 
you one of my secrets for economizing time 
and labor. Instead of going through the hard 
work and care attendant upon soap-making 
every Bpring, leach the wood ashes aud set 
the lye away in a convenient place. Upon 
washing-day pour hot water into a tub, add a 
gill of lye, put iu the white clothes, the clean¬ 
est ou top, and press down with a short-hand¬ 
led pounder. Let them soak while preparing 
breakfast or doing the morning work. Then 
add more water, and rnb out the pieces. You 
will be surprised to see bow easily they come 
clean. The quantity of lye given will not in¬ 
jure white clothes, and it should not eat the 
hands. For prints and fancy stockings I use 
soap from the store. Burn bones for the hens, 
and give them also the soap grease, and they 
will more than pay for your hard soap. 
BROWN bread. 
Three cups of Graham, four cups of corn 
meal, a large spoonful of salt, one of molasses, 
one teaspoonful of allspice, and one of soda. 
Mix thoroughly with one quart of cold water. 
Bake in a covered dish three hours, or longer. 
AUNT ADDIE. 
TO REMOVE INK, FRUIT OR RUHT. 
Wet in cold water, and then cover with 
salts of lemon. Spread iu the sun a few 
minutes, and nuse at once. If one has not 
salts of lemon, the same end is attaiued by 
covering the stain with table salt, and then 
squeezing over it the juice of a lemon. Spread 
iu the stm for a while. Starch, instead of salt, 
answers the same purpose. Tea or fruit stains 
can be taken out by pouring boiling water on 
the spot, then covering with a paste of starch, 
and exposing to strong sunlight. 
Fresh stains of ink can be taken out by 
washing in skim-milk. Acid stains often suc¬ 
cumb to ammonia. Color may be restored to 
goods injured by whitewash, if immediately 
washed in strong vinegar. A. L. J. 
Obituary. Readers of the Domestic Depart¬ 
ment will be sorry to learn, as we are to know, 
of the death of Mrs. C. E. Jack, of Rockland, 
Pa. Hhe died of pneumonia, after an illness of 
but three days. 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
VEAL AND LETTUCE SALAD. 
Cut into small pieces about a pound of cold 
boiled or roast veal. The meat should not be 
minced and seasoned with salt and pepper. 
Hhred two heads of lettuce, chop two hard 
boiled eggs quite finely and prepare a dressing 
as follows: Beat the yelks of three eggs, add 
gradually four tablespoonfuls of oil and then 
as gradually five spoonfuls of good vinegar 
and a teaspoonful of celery essence, if you 
have it. Put the meat, lettuce and egg into a 
bowl, pour over the dressing, adding salt to 
please the taste, mix lightly and turn into a 
glass dish. 
COOKING RHUBARB. 
I find that rhubarb made into a sauce by 
baking is superior to stewiDg. Hkiu, cut into 
inch leugths, put into a small stone crock.add 
a generous quantity of sugar but not a par¬ 
ticle of water and bake iu tbe oven until the 
pieces are clear. A few pieces of lernou peel 
L think au addition. 
COOKING TOMATOES. 
Try adding two or three minced onions to a 
can of tomatoes aud see if the result is not 
appetizing. 
YOUNG BEETS. 
Cook young beets until about tender, skin 
and slice. Put into a sauce-pan two spoonfuls 
of butter, salt, pepper, a small minced onion 
and a half cup of not too strong vinegar and 
the sliced beets. Simmer about ten minutes, 
theu serve. 
VEAL OR MUTTON CHOPS WITH TOMATO SAUCE. 
Trim and flatten the chops. Hall’ fry, then 
take out, dip into beaten egg, then into crack¬ 
er dust and cook until well browned. Drain 
off the liquid from a can of tomatoes, put iuto 
a sauce-pan with a sliced onion and cook ten- 
minutes, strain out the onion, season with a 
spoonful of butter worked smooth in a tea 
spoonful of corn starch, salt aud pepper. Boil 
up and pour over the chops, which should be 
nicely arrauged on a platter. MRS. economy. 
llorsforri’N Acid Phosphate. 
Invaluable as a Tonic, 
Dr. J. L. Pratt, Greenfield, ill., gays f It is 
all that it claims to be—invaluable as a tonic 
iu any ease where ftojij topje j* 
Advertising. 
Take it 
This Month 
during the spring and summer months. 
The peculiar taint of scrofula lurks in the 
constitutions of multitudes of men, but 
can be expelled by the use of Ayer’s 
Sarsaparilla. M. J. Conway, 387 Hicks 
st., Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: “ Two years 
ago I was examined, at the Long Island 
Hospital, in this city, and my case was 
declared to be Salt Rheum. Large scales 
covered ray legs, and were, constantly 
dropping oft’; my eyes, also, were badly 
affected. My only relief was in warm salt 
water baths. I was unable to remain in a 
warm room, and could only sleep under 
very light bed-clothes, as the heat increased 
the burning and itching. The use of 
is the time to take Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. 
A. F. Willard, Rogers’ building, Boston, 
Mass., says; •* I know of no remedy of 
equal efficacy with Ayer’s Sarsaparilla in 
cases of debility, ami as a spring medi¬ 
cine.” Kick'd II. Lawrence, M. D., Balti¬ 
more. Mil., writes: “It affords me pleasure 
to testify to the success which Ayer’s 
Sarsaparilla has had in the treatment of 
cutaneous and other diseases, arising from 
a vitiated condition of the blood. Were it 
necessary, I might give you the names of 
fifty individuals who have been cured of 
long-standing complaints, by the use of 
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. It. is a specific for 
the most obstinate cases. Ayer’s Sar¬ 
saparilla gave me great relief. The itch¬ 
ing abated, and I continued to improve 
until the cure was complete.” 
is, without exception, the best blood puri¬ 
fier and prophylactic with which I am 
acquainted.” 
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