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mope or sulk in the presence of other birds. 
Others are furiously jealous of other birds’ 
singing and have been known to break a 
blood vessel in efforts to drown the other 
song. The food should be summer rape seed 
mixed occasionally with canary seed or oats 
In summer a bit of groundsel or a cabbage 
leaf, and in wintpr a bit of sweet apple will be 
appreciated. But lump sugar, or bread is, 
neither of them, good for the favorite, but a 
lump of salt is very good between the bars, 
and a bag of fine muslin filled with sulphur, 
and suspended in the cage, will keep away 
vermin. Two large teaspoonfuls of seed are 
enough for a day, and if too much is given at 
one time the bird eats the best and wastes the 
rest. When moulting, a rusty nail in the 
drinking water is good, and when the little 
creature is ill, he will squat down in the cage 
or on the perch, and with dull eyes half 
closed, the feathers will hang loosely from 
his body. If when you blow the feathers on 
the stomach the parts below are full of tiny 
red swollen veins, your pet has eaten too 
much, or has a cold. Give magnesia in the 
drinking water, pouring it down his throat if 
necessary; or, better still, if he will not drink 
water, give a drop of castor oil. If he has a 
cold in bis head, hang the cage in a warm 
corner, put a feather through his nose and 
give a drink of warmed water with a little 
oatmeal in it. for the “pip” apply fresh 
butter and sugar, and for fits plunge him into 
cold water for an instant. These little pets 
are very domestic—our last favorite would 
answer a warbling call given by its mistress, 
imitating her notes. But one day the cat 
found the cage on the window sill and suc¬ 
ceeded in devouring the pretty inmate. 
Kobins always were my favorites among 
bird pets, and I have often caught the fledg¬ 
lings and put them in a cage where for a 
while the mother bird continued to feed them, 
sometimes even succeeding in opening the 
cage door and allowing the half-tamed bird 
to escape. The cage should be open only in 
front, as it is a very inquisitive bird and will 
watch everything that goes on instead of 
singing. The perches should be covered with 
wash-leather, and the roof of the cage be 
arched, and covered so that the bird will not 
injure himself beating his wings and flying 
about. The food should be fresh, lean meat, 
a mixture of green food, tree buds and elder¬ 
berries. If he takes cramp in the stomach, 
meal worms are the best cure; if he is melan¬ 
choly, chop up a marigold in his food; if 
moulting, give saffron, and green worms are 
always acceptable, or ant eggs, and grains of 
wheat. 
Cats are so fashionable as pets, that I hardly 
dare venture to advise their management, as 
each one will have a way she thinks best. A 
well-known literary lady of Boston, a dear 
friend of mine, has the cat brought in to be 
admired during her receptions, and callers ask 
affectionately after “Richard’s” health di¬ 
rectly after they inquire for his charming 
mistress. 1 own cats are no favorites of mine', 
there is something treacherous about the most 
playful gray kitten. Its soft,deceitful eyes fast¬ 
ened on a poor fluttering bird are so much like 
those of a flirt of either sex on a victim, that 
1 never see one without thinking of the other. 
But though we all know that their favorite 
food is a helpless bird, or a mouse, we do not 
know what to do with them in case of disease. 
“ As hard as giving pills to a sick cat,” is a 
familiar expression, but if the animal is rolled 
up all but its head, you may pour down its 
throat the necessary decoction, a little at a 
time. Wear gloves in handling a sick animal, 
and especially if it is a fit, for which there is no 
better cure than to make a small slit in the thin 
part of the ear, and place tnatpartof the head 
in warm water, when there will soon be symp¬ 
toms of relief. 
It is said that to keep cats in good health they 
must have grass to eat. This is proved by the 
fact that they eat it with great voracity if de¬ 
prived of it for a few days. Too high feeding 
is often the cause of illness and it is best to 
give less and lighter food while the animal 
appears dull and quiet. 
It is a duty when one has a pet to give it the 
best possible care—to study its needs, and if we 
can make its imprisonment pleasant by our 
loving attention it will soon learn to acknowl¬ 
edge our care. All domestic pets soon know 
the hand that is invariably kind and gentle, 
not hot and cold by turns, alternately cruel 
and kind, but the tender care that never for¬ 
gets the wants of helpless things. 
■ «»t 
Harper’s Bazar thinks that during this 
time of danger from sunstroke or heat apo¬ 
plexy, it is well to know something of the 
symptoms of the disease and the readiest rem¬ 
edies. Sunstroke does not always take place 
under the sun’s rays, but often when shielded 
from their direct force, and quite as oft6u in 
the dead of night, where the ventilation is 
poqr and the heat great, Raiq and pgijseft 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
§17 
and exhaustion often precede.it, with 'vertigo 
and dim vision, or a sense of everything’s be¬ 
ing of a uniform color, red or green or other, 
as it may be; the pupils are often contracted; 
the person becomes rapidly unconscious, and 
the temperature rises immensely, recovery 
being rare when the temperature has exceeded 
107°. There are other symptoms, but these 
are the most usual; partial paralysis often fol¬ 
lows the prostrate condition of the nervous 
system, and it has been found in atal cases, 
which are more than half of all, that the blood 
has lost the life of its organic constituents. 
The treatment consists of cold douche on the 
spine and iceonthe head, of stimulation of the 
surface, with blisters and electricity especially 
at the back of the neck and spine, with ene¬ 
mas of brandy and purgatives, aud when the 
breathing is difficult, with frequent turning 
upon the side and face. All of which may be 
done with safety before the physician arrives, 
and without waiting for him, but no time 
should be lost in securing the best medical ad¬ 
vice. 
Of the duties of husband and wife, one to 
the other, the Queen advises the young mar¬ 
ried woman to try and realize when she re¬ 
turns from the honeymoon trip, that holiday 
is over, and workaday life has begun. She 
need not be unhappy because she is busy, on 
the contrary; but she has duties, and must 
take them up, and one of them is the happi¬ 
ness of her companion, which is practically 
in her hands. 
To begin with, try and arrange your house¬ 
hold to suit his taste and wants; study his 
ways and wishes, and let him see you do so. 
One of the virtues a man greatly affects is 
punctuality, therefore try and cultivate it. 
Always be ready in time, and have all your 
arrangements ready. If he is late, wait, of 
course. But when he sees you wait, he will 
seldom, if ever, keep you waiting. If men 
grieve or annoy you, try and take it patient¬ 
ly, and as a mistake on their part; never treat 
it as a willful uukindness or inattention, and 
above all remember men are not as women, 
and things that set a woman’s nerves all 
a-tingle, and send the hot blood straight to 
her head or her heart, are passed by, by men 
with utter unconcern, even if they chance to 
notice them, which they often do not. In 
fact, few things astonish men more about 
women than the way the latter resent and get 
excited over words and events the former con¬ 
sider the merest trifles. 
Remember, if your husband is to like home, 
he must be taught to look for his comfort 
there. If he is a smoker, don’t say he may 
smoke all over the house, but fit him up some 
tiny corner where he can have his pipes and 
his writing table—his room, to be invaded by 
no one, not even by yourself, without his per¬ 
mission. Many a nerv ous, overworked man, 
whose temper is a burden to himself and all 
around him, would be softened and necome 
genial if he knew that a cosy little den awaited 
him at home, cool iu summer, warm in win¬ 
ter, his wife trim aud neat as in early days, 
ready to meet him with a pleasant smile. 
That some husbands are not amenable to 
such treatment may be true enough; where is 
the general rule without an exception ? But 
the critical time of young married life is the 
first year or so, and on this depends almost 
entirely the future of the couple. 
AN EXCELLENT HOT-WEATHER DESSERT. 
Put enough gelatine to soak in a very little 
cold water to make three pints of jelly. Di¬ 
rections come on each box as to quantity. Put 
over the tire iu a clean sauce-pau the juice of 
three large lemons—four small ones—the thin 
yellow rind of two, one coffee-cup of sugar, 
and not quite three pints of cold water—the 
juice of the lemon to make full measure. 
When at the boiling point add the gelatine, 
stir until dissolved, and strain through a thin 
cloth into an earthern dish. Put aside to 
harden. In summer, if you have not ice, 
make the gelatine the day before wanted. 
Make a boiled custard of one quarto! milk, 
the yelks of four eggs and a cup of sugar. 
Flavor with vanilla and add a very small 
pinch of salt. Place this where it will get cold. 
When wanted cut the gelatine into squares, 
and serve in dessert dishes with the custard. I 
aim to make a cake that will use the whites, or 
if I do not care to do that, after the custard is 
made I heap the beaten whites on top and 
slightly brown iu the oven. 
MRS. ECONOMY. 
CHICKENS AND GUMBO. 
Cut up two young chickens and just 
brown in a small quantity of butter ; 
then put into a saucepan with one quart 
of finely-chopped okra, four large toma¬ 
toes cut iu slices and two onions chopped 
flue. Cover with hot water, simmer for three 
Hours. AM mere water as needed aud keep 
the saucepan closely covered. Season with 
pepper and salt and thicken with a very small 
quantity of flour, rubbed smooth in a little 
butter. 
CHICKEN PUDDING. 
Dress and cut into pieces two young 
chickens, put into a sauce-pan with a very 
little water, season and boil until almost 
tender. Then take out the pieces and 
put into a pudding dish. Have ready one 
quart of green corn, carefully scraped from 
the cob, add to it three well-beaten eggs, one 
pint of sweet milk, season, pour over the 
chicken, dredge thickly with flour, strew 
bits of butter over and bake 45 minutes; the 
fire must not be too hot. The liquor from the 
boiled chicken I free from grease, add a little 
cream to it, and thicken with flour. Some 
like it served with the pudding. 
MRS A. B. C. 
ESCALLOPED TOMATOES. 
Put into a buttered baking-dish a layer 
of cracker crumbs then a layer of sliced 
tomatoes seasoned with bits of butter, pepper 
and salt, then a layer of crumbs and so on un¬ 
til the dish is full, finishing with crumbs. 
Bake about an hour. 
FRIED TOMATOES. 
Cut into rather thick slices, dip each piece 
first into flour and then into beaten egg and 
fry brown in hot dripping. Season the flour 
liberally with pepper and salt. Serve very 
hot. 
FRIED MACARONI. 
Boil some macaroni in salted water until 
tender. Put into a skillet two or three table¬ 
spoonfuls of ham-grease, when hot. add a 
minced onion, a teacupful of cooked tomato 
and the macaroni. Season and ■-tir until 
somewhat browned. mrs, c. 
VEGETABLE SOUP FOR THE SICK. 
Two potatoes, two tomatoes, a small spoonful 
of minced parsley and celery leaves, one table¬ 
spoonful of rice aud a quart of water. Boil 
gently, closely covered until the vegetables 
are very tender. Strain through a sieve. 
Serve with a piece of nicely toasted bread. 
Season to suit the patient’s taste. 
RAW BEEF FOR THE SICK. 
Chop fine fresh lean steak—the very best 
cut—sprinkle with salt and pepper and put 
between thin slices of bread. mrs. a. e. j. 
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