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CONDUCTED BY MRS. AGNES E. M. CARMAN. 
CONCERNING FRUITS. 
MARY WAGER FISHER. 
Unwholesomeness of raspiberries ; danger of 
eating grapes ; canned fruit. 
There is a great deal of nonsense written 
about the things under the sun, and this 
paper may be a further contribution to the 
pile in the opinion, at least of persons whose 
stomachs never complain of what is showed 
into them. And some of the nonsense is anent 
the exceeding wholesomeness of ripe fruits. 
That perfectly ripe fruits, in a general way 
are wholesome, may be quite true, but that 
all ripe fruits are wholesome for everybody, 
is very far from being true. In my own im¬ 
mediate family I have for 10 or 12 years, 
made it a point to observe the effect of fruits 
in their season, and I have arrived at these 
conclusions : strawberries eaten without milk 
or cream, are far more wholesome than 
with either or both ; strawberries and cream 
eaten at night, almost invariably result in a 
coated tongue for the eater on the following 
morning. 
It is a well-known fact that strawberries 
act like a most virulent poison upon some per¬ 
sons. Raspberries we long ago condemned as 
utterly unfit to eat; and every time that the 
rule of exclusion is broken we bewail our 
weakness in allowing the berries to be brought 
to the table. The juice of raspberries is de¬ 
licious and wholesome, but the seeds are an 
utter abomination, and it is an insult to every 
digestive organ in the body to be subjected to 
their rasping effect. I cannot but think that 
the frequent use of uncooked raspberries in 
summer-time is the source of much summer¬ 
time ailment. It is reasonable enough to sup¬ 
pose that whatever in the way of seeds passes 
into the stomach unmasticated, and on which 
the juices of the stomach cannot act must be 
unwholesome. A diet of cherry-stones, which 
some children indulge in, is pernicious in the 
extreme, and a youngster in my neighborhood, 
who filled his stomach with a pint of cherries 
swallowed whole, nearly lost his life in getting 
rid of that particular meal. Two people in 
my neighborhood have died within five or six 
years, from eating grapes, the seeds of the 
grapes getting into the appendix, which is the 
term commonly given to a small intestine, 
which leads from the large intestine. It is 
but a few inches long, and comes to an end 
like a pocket, or cxd-de-sac. What its use is 
in the digestive economy has not been made 
out, but when a grape seed, or bit of oyster 
shell, or any similar unyielding substance 
slips into it in its passage through the body, 
the result, I believe, is uniformly fatal, and 
death ensues in four or five days, after intense 
suffering—cramps, inflammation and swelling 
of the bowels. No remedy avails anything— 
the pain finally ceases and then the end is 
nigh. I have known of three young men of 
brilliant promise, who have been slain by the 
grape seed—a post-mortem in each case re¬ 
vealing the cause of death. One child, whom 
I know, who is very fond of grapes and still 
does not intend to be a victim to the seeds, 
chews the grapes and thoroughly masticates 
the seeds, while many adults eschew the seeds 
altogether, which method seems to the ordi¬ 
nary grape eater as a very sorry one, indeed. 
But there is a great deal in habit, and the 
child who masticates the grupe seeds, and has 
never eaten grapes in any other way, enjoys 
them fully as much as any one I know. Of 
course, we are never out of the reach of dan¬ 
ger from some quarter, and “ in the midst of 
life we are in death.” Still, it is but the part 
of good sense to avoid unnecessary harm, if 
we wish to keep well. To be continually in 
mortal terror of some impending calamity is 
very unphilosophic—one might better die and 
be done with it. The best we can do is to do 
the best we know', and leave the outcome 
“ with Providence.” 
As a cheerful finale to the foregoing lugu¬ 
briousness, let me tell how I manage glass- 
jars in fruit canning, never cracking the jars. 
Of couise, I have the jars near-by on a table, 
each one mated with its proper cover and 
rubber band. Into a tin pail, or pan, large 
enough to hold two or three jars lying side¬ 
ways, I pour quite warm water until it is 
about half full, and stand it on the back of 
the stove, or range. I then rinse the two or 
three jars in the water, leaving two lying in 
it ; stand up tne third one in the water and 
fill it with the fruit, on the top of which I put 
a piece of firm white paper, cut to fit. With a 
fork or spoon I lift out from the water the rub¬ 
ber and cover, and adjust them properly. Then 
with the end of a clean towel I lift the filled 
j ir from the pail of water, aud supporting the 
bottom vyith ti>3 Qthar end of tbo tjQVY^], b?9r 
it to a table where it is wiped clean. Another 
empty jar is added to the pail of water, and 
one that is already warm is filled like the 
preceding. Of all the methods I have tried, I 
find this the most expeditious, safe and easy. 
The paper covers I cutout in quantities and keep 
them in a small paper box which reposes in the 
basket which holds jar covers, clamps and 
rubber bands, which occasionally through 
carelessness, become divorced from their 
proper partners and find lodgment in this 
basket. The paper on top of .course just fits 
the inside of the neck of the jar, and when 
mold gathers on top, as it sometimes does, the 
paper receives it and the fruit is saved. Over 
jelly glasses I paste tissue paper, when dry 
with a sponge or soft brush, wet the paper 
with cold water—it dries as tight as a drum¬ 
head. Very good jelly can be made of the. 
peach skins, boiled to a pulp in a little water; 
strain through a jelly bag, and proceed in the 
usual way, to a pint of juice, a pint of sugar 
TWO WINDOWS. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
I have been visiting for a few days 
in the city of Montreal, and while 
there saw two windows under the same cir¬ 
cumstances, but so entirely different that I 
cannot help writing of them as an encourage¬ 
ment to some flower lovers who have to dwell 
in cities and think it is quite impossible to 
cultivate plants. In one there was nothing 
but immaculate lace curtains and stiff Hol¬ 
land blinds, that were always drawn down to 
keep the light from the carpet. There were 
pretty transparencies in the window aud fancy 
tassels to the shades, but no living thing could 
be seen in all the cold stateliness. Then I 
called on another friend, situated in about the 
same pleasant circumstances, with plenty of 
servants aud a taste for all that is beautiful in 
nature and art. The front windows of her 
drawing-room were full of plants that did not 
require full sunlight, and a fern hung its 
graceful fronds from a center urn; while on a 
shelf in front of it were two pots of Chinese 
primroses and two of mignonette, a myrtle 
aud an azalia. Yellow jessamine and salvia, 
alternating, filled the inside row. The jessa¬ 
mine, to my great surprise, dropped its golden 
blossoms in as rich profusion as if in a garden 
bed in August. As both houses were heated 
by furnaces in which coal was burned, I could 
not help wondering what caused the difference 
for my first friend was a flower lover and de¬ 
plored the use of gas aud furnace heat as 
the reason for not cultivating flowers. Afresh, 
thrifty ivy grew in the western window of the 
successful florist’s house, and a tradescantia 
grew thrifty aud green in a large bowl of 
water, where a bed was made of sand and 
charcoal at the bottom, and on this it seemed 
to thrive. 
“How are you so successful?” I asked; 
and she replied : 
“It is only by keeping a temperature as cool 
and as even as I possibly can. Our rooms 
are well-ventilated and large, and I think the 
open chimney, with the fire in the grate, is 
good. I water them myself with tepid soft 
water, and once a week put in a little am¬ 
monia. As I dread dirt and muss, I am very 
careful, and keep, a sponge to clean off the 
leaves, and an inner curtain is hung up when 
any extra dust is expected from the sweep¬ 
ing.” The earth for potting was compost 
procured from a commercial florist. 
These windows went to prove to me that it 
it is not necessary to dispense with coal and 
gas iu order to have plants thrive, though I 
cannot say if all kinds would do as well, 
my friend limiting herself to a few special 
favorites. The ivy mad^ its growth chiefly 
out-of-doors during the summer, being set 
out in the back balcony aud watered with 
soap suds and a little plant food such as is 
sold at the druggist’s. She told me that she 
keeps some of her hyacinths in the refrigerator 
to retard their growth, and has a window full, 
in bloom in April and May. 
There is no better time than now to think 
about and prepare for the future of our 
plants. Good drainage, judicious watering, 
with ventilation and cleanliness, will be sure to 
give a reward in flowers and leaves next win¬ 
ter, that can be quite healthful if cared for 
through the early autumn months, and will 
cheer and brighten the home life wonder¬ 
fully during the wintry weather. And let 
those who object to flowers, try once the effect 
of a few plants in their homes, and they will 
find it pays in more ways than in ‘money- 
making. 
IN SEASON. 
Put the rubbers on fruit cans while they 
are empty and cool. 
Clean new potatoes by rubbing them with a 
piece of coarse crash. It is more quickly done 
than with a knife. 
Remove stains from the hands with fresh 
juice of pie-plant. Bruise the stalk in your 
palm and apply. 
Cut the feet from worn-out stockings, and 
the legs make capital protectors for the wrists 
and shirt-sleeves of the men and boys who are 
binding gram. 
STRING BEANS. 
Prepare for cooking and let stand in cold 
water two hours. Melt two tablespoonfuls of 
butter in a kettle with a half tablespoonful of 
saleratus. Dip the beans into the kettle. 
Cover tightly and let them steam, with no 
more water than adheres. Stir often, and 
when they are dry and seem ready to stick to 
the kettle, cover them with water. Add salt 
to taste. Cook till very tender, add pepper 
and the sweet cream from a pan of milk with 
milk enough to make a thin soup. Serve with 
crackers. mrs. levi niles. 
ALMOND CAKE. 
Two cups of sugar, two and one-half cups of 
flour, one-half cup of butter, whites of eight 
eggs, two teaspoons of baking powder. 
FROSTING. 
Whites of two eggs, sugar to thicken, one- 
fourth pound of almonds. Blanch the almonds 
by putting them in hot water’; when ready 
remove the skins and shave in thin slices. Stir 
this in the frosting and spread between the 
layers and on the top. 
SPONGE JELLY CAKE. 
One cup of sugar, one of flour, three eggs, 
two tablespoonfuls of sweet cream, one-half 
teaspoonful of soda. Bake fifteen minutes. 
Spread with jelly while warm and roll. 
DELICATE CAKE. 
One coffee-cup of sugar, one tablespoonful 
of butter, one teacupful of sweet milk, white 
of three eggs well beaten, one teaspoonful of 
cream-of-tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda; 
flavor with lemon. aunt rachel. 
EXTRACTS FROM PRIVATE LETTERS. 
I think the Farmers’ Daughter Number was 
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but maybe it was all the patient would bear. 
You know the old saying is that the way to 
become wise is to first know that you are ig¬ 
norant. I think such discussions are calcu¬ 
lated to do good by making people think. 
MRS. b. c. D. 
I think the aim of the Rural is quite as 
much to improve the farmer’s home-life as 
the cultivation of his soil. I can never forget 
the shock my sensibilities received during a 
visit I made at one time in the country. The 
first morning I came down to breakfast, I 
found it waiting for me, the table neatly 
spread, the wife and daughter nicely dressed— 
presently the “lord and master of the house” 
came in without his coat and barefooted , and 
sat at bis table, dressed, or rather undressed, 
like that, and ate his breakfast ! ! 
MISS M. A. p. 
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