ns many as six bushels for your family; that 
will make you 30 pounds when dry. You must 
pare aud slice them, just like you do for pies, 
and spread them on platters and set'them in 
your range oven when the stove is rather 
cool. ” 
“But, Auutie, I should forget, and scorch 
them!” 
“You must not forget! We used to quar¬ 
ter and core and string them, and hang them 
over the stove to dry; some do that way now, 
but the hies rest on them and dust will stick 
to them, so of late years I dry them in the 
oven and put in bags, and hang up where they 
will keep perfectly dry.” 
“Well, I will dry six bushels; what about 
the rest P 
“Oh, put the hard, sound ones in barrels, fill 
up with sand—that will be Frank’s work— 
nail in the heads and set in the cold cellar till 
Spring; then they will sell atagood price; the 
mellow ones put where you can sort them 
over aud use for cooking purposes and to eat, 
either baked or fresh. There will be chances 
to sell apples by and bye.” 
“Now tbe cider question. We can never 
drink it.” 
“I hope not; but you can use it, neverthe¬ 
less.” 
“Not drink it, but use it—I don't uuderstaud 
that.” 
“I always boil down one barrel, it is very 
nice for sauce or pies, and even makes n nice 
drink for the men in hot weather. See, boil 
32 gallons of eiderdown to six.” 
“How do you manage to do it?” 
Her aunt explained the process in all its 
bearings. 
“Why not boil down more than one barrel; 
won’t it sell?’ 
“Oh, yes; it is worth a dollar a gallon,” she 
replied.” 
“There goes two barrels of cider; what shall 
we do with the rest? There are two more to 
dispose of;” she said. “You want a barrel 
of vinegar, that is a necessity, you know.” 
“Oh yes, cider vinegar! for pR-kles, for hot 
and cold slaw, for cucumbers, and boiled 
victuals! Utov do you make it?” 
“Have Frank carry one barrel upstairs, and 
set it close to the chimney as he can, without 
hitting. Iu the course of two or three weeks 
soak some thick paper in molasses aud put in¬ 
to the barrel, put a glass bottle iu the hung, 
and by spring you will havo sharp cider vine¬ 
gar. ” 
“But, Aunt Wilson, Frank will want some 
of your cider champaign made, he thinks it is 
so uico.” 
"That is easily made, and it is good, too. 
The rule is, to one gallon of cider, add a 
pound of sugar; have the cask full, so that 
as it ferments it will run over ut the bung- 
hole. When fermentation ceases, draw it off 
and bottle it up for use. The older it is, the 
better it grows.” 
“Thank you for your instructions, I shall 
learn in time so, perhaps, 1 shall know most 
as much as you do, but I do not believe 1 can 
ever tell what I know as nicely as you do, it 
is better than reading a receipt book to have 
you tell me; for i cau see just how you mean.” 
“I’m glad, Susie, that 1 am where 1 can tell 
you, for you seem to waut to know the best 
way to do work.” 
“Oh, I do waut to learn -o much! And there 
is so much to learn. It is all new business to 
me. You know Uuele Joe used to say, I 
should make a smart man a wife; i intend to 
change it. a little, aud make a smart man a 
smart wife.” 
GOLDEN GRAINS. 
He who works, aud feels he works, he who 
prays, aud knows lie prays, has got the secret 
of transforming life-failure into life-victory... 
1 WILL fraukly tell you that my experience 
in prolonged scientific investigations convinces 
me that a belief iu God—a God who is behind 
and within the chaos of vanishing points of 
human knowledge—adds a wonderful stimulus 
to the man who attempts to penetrate into the 
regions of the unkuowu. 
H a b it, like the ivy of our walls, cements 
and consolidates that which ltcamiot destroy. 
It is much better to go on and fret than to 
stop and fret... 
Rkmkmhkk that your pursuits in the vigor 
of life determine, in almost all cases, the hap¬ 
piness of your declining years. 
Our life is not too easy, perhaps; taken al¬ 
together, it will bear any little smoothing we 
can give it... 
Prior is one of the seven deadly sins, but it 
cannot be the pride of a mother iu her children, 
for that is a eompuuud of two cardinal virtues— 
faith and hope... 
In the morning fix thy good purposes, aud 
at night examine thyself wdiat thou hast doue, 
aud how thou hast behaved thyself, in word, 
deed aud thought; for in these perhaps thou 
hast oftentimes offended both God and thy 
neighbors. 
Few things are impracticable in themselves, 
and it is for want of application, rather than 
of means, that men fail of success. 
PohlfStic (RcOTTOMl} 
CONDUCTED BY MRS. AGNES E. M. CARMAN. 
ONE SUMMER. 
ANNE THRIFTY,—III. 
"W aykawee Ravine, where we halted, had 
broadened out between the steep banks into a 
grassy expanse, shaded by great trees am? 
beautified by ferns and shrubs. Tbe banks 
were overgrown with a tangle of wild growths 
and festooned with the white flowers of the 
wild clematis, borne in great profusion. The 
bed of the stream was of blue limestone. In 
one place up the bank it cropped out in suc¬ 
cessive ledges like steps, aud ihey led into a 
tangle of shrubs, where, under the highest 
ledge, we found a spring of clear, cold water. 
The boys aud little girls were paddling and 
splashing iu the shallow waters of the stream 
within five minutes after we reached its banks, 
frightening the little fish and splashing each 
Other, with shouts of merriment and an utter 
disregard of wet clothes, as their mothers and 
Aunt Helen had brought a second suit for 
each of them as a provision against the re¬ 
sults of their well-known love for the water. 
The flag-curtained wagon would answer for a 
dressing-room wheu needed, and, thanks to 
this plan, the children enjoyed the water with¬ 
out one fear of chiding from their elders. 
As for the rest of the party, some of us ex¬ 
plored the stream, gathering flowers aud look¬ 
ing for fossils, hundreds of the latter being 
imbedded in tbe soft limestone and hundreds 
more lying free along the bed of the stream, 
having been washed out of the day by the 
spring floods. Father called our attention to 
the varieties of oak growing in the ravine 
and Aunt Helen tried to explain how the 
fossils became stones. ^Mother, Aunt Esther 
and Aunt Mary sat in the shade to watch the 
little paddlers and have a good visit, ami 
when we returned to them, loaded with tro¬ 
phies of our explorations, we found the kettle 
already boiling tor tbe coffee and the table¬ 
cloth spread. In five minutes we had 
wreathed the cloth with ferns and flowers and 
excited so many fears for the safety of the 
cream and the dishes that we were driven 
away before leafy brauebes shaken iu our 
faces as though we had been flics, and only 
when we promised the most exact obedience 
were we allowed to approach the lunch again. 
When dinner was over and cleared away, 
Bertie introduced the society known as 
“Young America,” aud all the younger 
Thriftys ranged themselves in a line aud 
sang “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Then 
Jennie mounted an upturned lw>x and deliv¬ 
ered an oration appropriate for the occasion. 
Gertie uext read a poem of her own composi¬ 
tion, and some of the worst rhymes received 
tbe most applause. Satnime recited “ Puul 
Revere’s Ride,” a poem he had learned, a few 
verses at a time, in school. The closing exer¬ 
cise of our little entertainment was a panto¬ 
mime which we willed "The Third and the 
Fifth.” The Third showed all the children 
dancing in the wildest delight around a heap 
of fire crackers, torpedoes, toy pistols, etc. 
They danced out of sight behind the wagon 
and re-appeared in a moment representing 
the Fifth. Such lirapiug, such woebegone 
expressions, heaiis, fingers and arms tied up; 
and routs and dresses burned aud torn. This 
proved a grand success and we laughed until 
the tears came. 
A game of “Prisoners’ Base” was next pro 
posed, ami the children coaxed until we all 
consented to play. The game, as we played 
it, consisted of two companies of players ou 
two parallel bases about 25 feet apart. A 
"man” from oue side runs out challenging the 
other side to capture him; they pursue him 
and are perhaps themselves caught by others 
from tbe challenging side. For only those 
cau make captures who have touched their 
own bases later than the “men” they are try¬ 
ing to seize. But when a capture is made, 
captor and captive are allowed to go undis¬ 
turbed to the "prison,” usually a long pole 
lying on the ground behind which the prison¬ 
ers are placed. It then becomes part of the 
game to rescue prisoners, aud as the prison is 
very near the bast* of the enemy, this is the 
most ditlieult und exciting part of the game. 
Ettie and Freddie were made the captains 
aud they chose their “men,” und we began 
the game. The first sally left both compan¬ 
ies unbroken, but at the second Eltie captured 
her mamma, aud Freddie’s side put Aunt 
Helen into prison After an exciting battle 
Etlie’sside was victorious, Freddie and all his 
brave soldiers were iu prison, and a merrier 
lot of prisoners it would bo hard to find. 
I 
We ate supper in the ravine, and turned 
our faces homeward. Another road than the 
one by which we came led us out of the rav¬ 
ine, so we avoided the dangerous little hill. 
Old songs that we loved were sung on the 
homeward ride, and we all carry in our mem¬ 
ories a pleasant picture of the Fourth of July 
spent in Wayltawee Ravine. 
FORFEITS. 
For the benefit of the young people. I will 
give the following forfeits which I found very 
amusing the other evening, when some youhg 
people, ignoring my gray hairs, pressed me 
into a gamp requiring forfeits. 
To act the dumb servant: The person who 
has to pay the forfeit must act the answers to 
the questions put by the master of ceremo¬ 
nies; as, “How do you eat soup ?” Much 
merriment will be caused if proper questions 
are put. To an aspiring young journalist 
who had to pay this forfeit, the question was 
put, “How do you edit a newspaper ?” and his 
quick reply was an imaginary using of a pair 
of scissors and a paste brush. 
To go out of the room with two legs and re¬ 
turn with six; Quite easy, if you remember to 
bring a chair with you. 
Put one hand where the other cannot touch 
it: Put one hand on the elbow of the other 
arm. 
Spread a newspaper on the floor in such a 
way that two people can stand on it, and still 
not be able to touch hands: Place it on the 
doorway, half on one side and half on the 
other, and close the door over it. Thus, two 
people can easily stand on it, and yet will not 
be able to touch each other. 
Place a pencil on tbe floor so that one can 
not jump over it: Put it close to the wall of 
the room. k. 
TO REMOVE INK. 
Freddie Brow t n came running in from 
school the other day. and with the easy grace 
that belongs to boyhood, shied his hat at the 
table and knocked off a bottle of ink. I was 
paralyzed at the accident, but Mrs. Brown 
calmly took some cotton batting from her 
work-bag, and sopped up all the mk as quick¬ 
ly as possible, theu poured sweet milk on tbe 
spot and sponged it with fresh batting. This 
was repeated several times, using fresh milk, 
and not rubbing the place, but sopping it up 
carefully, so as not to spread the ink. Nearly 
every trace of it disappeared under this treat¬ 
ment when the spot was washed with clean 
water and dried with a clotln 
Freddie, who is a good boy, although a little 
wild, stood by with his childish face the pic¬ 
ture of woe. His mother spoke no word of re¬ 
proach. but he evidently took the lesson so to 
heart that 1 am quite sure he will hang up his 
hat in future. M. G. 
BAKED CALF’S LIVER. 
Lard a fresh calf’s liver with strips of salt 
pork. If you have no larding needle, make 
incisions iu the-liver about an inch apart, and 
with a blunt wedge of wood push in the strips 
of pork, which should be about three inches 
loug, aud scarcely as thick as your little fin¬ 
ger, leaving them to protrude half an inch. 
Put into a pan with a little water or veal 
stock, aud bake from 45 minutes to an hour, 
basting frequently, Dish the liver on a large 
platter, and surround with maccaroni, boiled 
and drained. Skim the gravy, add water to 
it, season with pepper and salt, and thicken 
with flour. Boil up once, squeeze iu a little 
lemon-juice, aud pour over the dish. Serve 
with stewed or baked tomatoes. 
VEAL POT-PIE. 
Take a neck or breast of veal and cut it in 
pieces about one to three inches, fry in an iron 
pot some slices of salt pork, roll the veal in 
Horn - , season it, aud fry brown in the hot fat, 
add water enough to just cover it, aud when 
tender cover with a paste like biscuit dough 
rolled out about half an inch thick. Put a 
hot iron cover on the pot, and cook gently un¬ 
til the crust is done. To dish it, lift out the 
crust, pour the stew into u dish, and lay the 
crust ou top. This is an excellent and cheap 
dinner. __ _ _ 
BOILING MEATS. 
If you are collecting materials for a home 
cook-book, which every housekeeper should 
do, this is a reliable piece of information to 
pmste Iu it: Put all kinds of salt meat into 
cold water, to cook, and any kind of fresh 
meat into boiling water, unless you want the 
latter for soup, when of course you use cold. 
A piece of salt pork boiled with a leg of 
fresh mutton, or with a piece of beef, gives a 
nice flavor to the former. Iu such case put 
the pork iu cold water, aud wheu it boils add 
tue fresh meat. If care in skimmiug is uot 
used, the scum will adhere to the meat aud 
make it unsightly. 
Some housekeepers, in boiling a leg of mut¬ 
ton, add rice and vegetables to make a soup 
also. This is a bad plan, for the meat will be 
cooked too much, and have the flavor of the 
vegetables, aud the soup will be greasy. If 
you like your meat rare, boil a leg of mutton 
weighing eight pounds, about an hour and a 
half. Plunge it into boiling water, and as 
soon as boiling recommences, throw in a 
tablespoonful of salt, and boil rapidly for five 
minutes, skimming carefully. Now set the 
vessel where the water will simmer slowly. 
After the meat comes out set the broth away 
to cool. The uext day take off the fat, add 
■ the bones of tbe'mutton, and such vegetables 
as you may like and boil from one to two 
hours. 
Tomatoes give a flavor aud richness to soup 
that is not very strong. Celery and rice are 
also nice with the broth in which a leg of 
mutton has been boiled. mrs. a. g. 
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Principal Samuel Bement, of tbe Bart¬ 
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several years, in coses of severe colds 
and throat affections, and have always 
found it a speedy and effectual remedy 
for these ailments.” 
“I should be unable to perform my 
clerical duties, without the use of Ayer’s 
Cherry Pectoral,” writes Rev. A. C. 
Kirk, "of Hilisville, Pa. 
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