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be well to warn you. Cut the corn from the 
cob, and let it be young; for a quart bowlful 
of this put a piece of butter the size of an egg 
in the frying pan; when hot, put in the corn, 
cover closely and set it where it will simmer 
slowly. Cook 15 minutes; add no water, but 
stir occasionally; the steam will cook it suffi¬ 
ciently if kept covered. Now add a cup of 
hot cream, or rich milk, season with salt and 
pepper and stew five minutes longer. 
In Virginia,‘cornis'stewed as follows: Make 
two cuts to the grain of tender, well filled 
corn ; make also an incision, lengthwise of 
the ear in each row. Cut from the cob, scrape 
and put the latter to boil for 20 minutes. 
Take them out and pass the water through a 
sieve, add the corn and stew 15 minutes. Sea¬ 
son with salt, pepper, cream and butter. 
Flannel cakes, waffles and corn bread are all 
in order as the weather grows cooler. It is of¬ 
ten a convenience to know how to use sour milk. 
It makes the very nicest cakes. Stir an even 
teaspoonful of baking soda into a quart of sour 
milk, add a teaspoonful off salt, a tablespoon¬ 
ful of sugar, and flour to make a batter. Drop 
by the spoonful on to a hot greased griddle. 
This summer I put up “peach sirup”,.the recipe 
for which some of the Rural sisters may like 
to know. When canning, preserving and 
otherwise using peaches,I put the skins over 
the fire with water to cover them and cooked 
them slowly until very tender, then threw 
them into a colander placed over a 
stone pot and let them stand all night. In 
the morning I measured the juice and put 
it over the fire, boiling it 20 minutes, then I 
added half a pound of sugar to each pint of 
sirup, boiled five minutes longer and sealed in 
pint jars. It is delicious with waffles or cakes. 
For waffles made with sour milk, mix a tea¬ 
spoonful of salt, two of sugar, and two table¬ 
spoonfuls of melted butter, into a quart of sour 
milk; add sifted flour to make a stiff batter. 
Dissolve a teaspoonful of soda in a little warm 
water and add it to the batter with three 
beaten eggs. palmetto. 
LAMPS. 
Whether it is because people do not un¬ 
derstand or do not care, I cannot say, but this 
I have seen that too many house-keepers are 
careless in regard to their lamps. The lamp 
itself should be kept clean and this may be 
accomplished by pouring out the oil, refilling 
with hot soap suds and a little sand, then by 
shaking, all sediment adhering to the lamp 
will be quickly and easily removed. A lamp 
should never be filled quite to the top, for the 
oil will feed up the wick and run over the out¬ 
side of the lamp and so soil the hands; besides, 
the lamp will not look neat or nice. Then 
again, the oil should never be allowed to get 
very low for fear of an accumulation of 
gases which might result in an explosion. 
Great care should be taken to select the best 
oil. An oil that burns slowly and gives a 
bright, steady flame is the kind to be desired. 
It should also be thin, clear and sparkling, 
for a thick, muddy-looking oil is consumed 
quickly and gives a poor light. The best oils 
are of a very high fire test, thus precluding 
any danger of explosion from ordinary heat. 
Although oil remains fluid at an ordinary 
temperature, yet it congeals somewhat in 
very cold weather, that is, enough to prevent 
its being readily 'drawn up by the wick. 
When found in this state it must be placed in 
a warm room. 
I have heard of people washing a wick, but 
this seems to me unnecessary if good oil is 
used, yet if it must be cleaned, lay it on a 
smooth board and rub off with a cloth, then 
dip in vinegar to prevent its possible smok¬ 
ing. In putting in a new wick be careful to 
have it fit the burner perfectly. Keep it 
neatly trimmed, not by cutting but by pinch¬ 
ing off very evenly the part that has been 
burned. You will find by doing this that the 
flame is always even. See that all the little 
air-holes in the burner are open, for this is 
important to the insuring of a good 
draft of air. Occasionally boiling the 
burners in soap and water will effectually 
cleanse them. Above all things, have a clear, 
clean chimney. Wash it in hot soap-suds and 
allow it to drain for a few minutes. If the 
suds are very hot the glass wiU dry off imme¬ 
diately,leaving the chimney as bright as new. 
If the suds are not sufficiently hot it will not 
break the chimney if it is rinsed with very 
hot water. I have usually done this, and 
have never broken one, yet I have been very 
careful to pour the water on gradually. 
Never turn the light down, thinking thereby 
to be economical. This is no economy for the 
oil feeds up the wick faster than the flame 
can consume it and spreads itself over the 
outside of the lamp. Then it creates a disagree¬ 
able and unhealthy gas, especially noticeable 
on coming out of the clear air into the house. 
Before extinguisbing a light turn the wick 
quite down, remove the chimney,and blow out 
the flame. The light is usually blown out 
without either turning down the wick or re¬ 
moving the chimney, thus permeating the 
whole room with its noxious fumes, which 
may be detected for several minutes after¬ 
wards. Besides, the flame might be blown 
down the wick into the oil, and we all know 
what the consequences would then be. 
This list of requirements in regard to the 
management of lamps may seem appalling at 
first, but each is a small thing in itself, and 
what I have said may suggest to some house¬ 
keeper the reason why she has poor lights. 
MRS. M. W. F. GRIFFITH. 
A NOVEL WEDDING GIFT. 
“May I ask what you are making?” inquired 
I of a friend, who with her four pretty daugh¬ 
ters seemed to have started a bag factory, so 
surrounded were they by innumerable bags of 
every description. 
“A wedding present,” said they, in chorus. 
Now, this seemed to me so novel a wedding 
present that I hastened to glean suggestions 
for the Rural readers. I could‘not in many 
issues of the Rural tell you of all the varie¬ 
ties of bags that this ingenious family were 
making; but as Christmas is looming up in 
the near future, and as it is always best to 
take time by the forelock, I will tell you of a 
number of the most useful. 
There were duster bags for bed-rooms, and 
the inside of the dining-room door, made of 
the pliable gray linen, which is so soft and 
easy to work in etching stitch. A piece about 
15 inches by nine had a pocket 14 inches wide, 
plaited in a box-plait to fit the back. It was 
bound with garnet braid, or old gold, or car¬ 
dinal, as the furnishing of the rooms might 
require,and a casing was stitched in for a roller 
at the top. “Duster” was worked in with 
wash flax, in antique letters, and a tiny dust 
pan and broom outlined on the bottom or 
lower part. It was hung to the wall or door 
by two rings. A very aesthetic dust bag was 
of openworked grenadine, lined with pale 
blue silesia and tied with ribbon to match. 
Take apiece a yard long and half a yard wide, 
line it, double, and tie a few inches from the 
top, leaving half of one side open to put in the 
duster,which should be of cheese-cloth feather- 
stitched. A collection of dust bags with 
pretty feather-stitched dusters would delight 
the heart of any housekeeper, and make a 
most acceptable Christmas present. 
A parlor dust bag can be made of Chinese 
silk of any preferred color. Make in the 
shape of a straight bag 30 by 10 inches, 
doubled and pointed at the lower end. Leave 
an opening large enough to admit the hand, 
in the seam which should be at the back, to 
slip in the duster. Ornament both ends with 
crewel tassels of a contrasting color, and 
suspend by a brass ring through which the 
bag is drawn 10 or 12 inches. 
A traveling bag in itself would make a 
very nice gift for Christmas. These bags are 
far preferable to a leather valise for ladies* 
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use, ana contain space tor an amazing amount 
of baggage. They are better without 
handles, and can be carried with a shawl- 
strap. Take a piece of heavy gray duck 18 
inches wide and 30 long. Make a two-inch 
hem at each end, and if you wish to adorn it, 
work a simple design in black around the 
four sides. Lap the hems, and close with four 
smoked pearl buttons, and button-holes. Bind 
the raw edges with black braid, and fit in a 
circular piece of the duck eight inches in 
diameter with the initials embroidered in. 
Youjmay have an outside pocket with a flap 
that buttons down for the safe transportation 
of small articles, such as handkerchiefs, hair¬ 
pins, and little things that may be required 
frequently on the journey. 
If the Rural does not disdain my sugges¬ 
tions, I shall tell you more of this subject 
later. MRS. c. a. henry. 
CANS FOR FRUIT. 
In the Rural of Sept. 15, Mrs. N. E. Baker 
gives her method of preparing jars for can¬ 
ning fruit, as an improvement upon that of 
Mrs. Wager-Fisher of Aug. 18. Thinking the 
method I have used for the past 10 years, is 
'much simpler, I hone the Rural housekeep¬ 
ers will try it. After the jars are thoroughly 
cleansed, it is not necessary to dry or heat 
them. Stand them on a table on a piece of 
flannel or anything all wool, and for con¬ 
venience have the table near the stove. Fill 
your jars to overflowing directly from the 
kettle on the stove, while the fruit is boiling 
hard, and put the tops on immediately, always 
screwing them tighter as they cool. I have 
never broken or cracked a jar in this way, 
and have put up hundreds, and have never 
had any fruit spoil unless there was an imper¬ 
fection in the jar or top. The safest plan is 
to try the jars beforehand by putting a little 
water in, screwing the tops on tight, and in¬ 
verting them to see if they leak. The leak¬ 
age can easily be stopped by hammering the 
edge of the zinc top where it has been bent, 
or putting two old elastics on one jar. 
MRS. J. M. E. 
TOMATO PIE. 
Line a round, shallow pudding-dish with a 
very thin piecrust; peel and cut into slices 
half an inch thick,about eight good-sized toma¬ 
toes. Place the slices in layers in the dish,sea¬ 
soning each layer with salt, pepper, bits of 
butter, and dredging with flour. Cover the 
whole with a thin crust that should be lightly 
brushed with milk, to give it a rich brown 
color when baked. Bake in a quick oven about 
three-quarters of an hour. This makes a nice 
dish for lunch with cold meats. 
MRS. M. W. F. GRIFFITH. 
TOO LATE FOR THE CAKE SPECIAL. 
FOREST HOME CAKES. 
My favorite cake is something quickly and 
easily made, and one rule rings many changes. 
1. One cup of butter, two of sugar, three of 
flour, four well-beaten eggs, one-fourth tea¬ 
spoonful of saleratus dissolved in a little wa¬ 
ter. Beat thoroughly after the ingredients 
are well mixed and flavor to suit the taste. 
2. One cup of butter, two of sugar, one of 
sweet milk, three of flour, two eggs, two tea¬ 
spoonfuls of baking powder, sifted through 
the flour; flavor with nutmeg or lemon. 
No. 1 is often used for marble cake, by 
taking half the recipe for the dark, using 
brown sugar, aud yelks of four eggs; the 
light part, takes the whites of four eggs, and 
white sugar; drop in alternate spoonfuls into 
the baking-pan. Makes one loaf. This can 
also be used for ribbon layer cake, gold and 
silver cake, etc. 
If a fruit cake is desired No 1 is used, with 
the addition of half a cup of milk, half a cup 
of chopped raisins, and the same of citron or 
currants, with spices to suit the taste. 
MAY MAPLE. 
Wells,Richardson & Co’s 
rSTRENGTH 
EXCEL/S IN J PURITY 
( BRIGHTNESS 
Always gives a bright natural color, never 
turns rancid. Will not color the Buttermilk. 
Used by thousands of the best Creameries and 
Dairies. Do not allow your dealer to convince you 
that some other kind is just as good. Tell him the 
BEST is what you want, and you must have Wells, 
Richardson & Co’s Improved Butter Color. 
Three sizes, 25 c. 50 c. $ 1 . 00 . For sale everywhere. 
WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO. Burlington, Vt. 
(33 Colors.) DIAMOND DYES 
are the purest. Cheap¬ 
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s?' Durable Dyes ever made. 
One I()c. package will color 
1 to 4 pounds of Dress Goods, Garments,Yarns, Rags, 
etc. Unequalled for Feathers, liibbons, and all Fancy 
Dyeing. Also Diamond Paints, for Gilding, Bronz¬ 
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and sample card mailed for 10 cents. At all Druggists 
WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO., BURLINGTON, VT . 1 
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EMBROIDERY SILK 
Factory Ends at half price; one ounce in a 
box—all good Silk and good colors. Rent by 
mail on receipt of 40 cents. 100 Crazy Stitches 
in each package. Send Postal note or Stamps 
to THE BRAINERD & ARMSTRONG SPOOL 
SILK CO., 621 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
or 4G9 Broadway. New York. 
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iMTEJOSTTIOliT THIS ZE’-A-tE’SEES. 
Cake-making has taken a back seat in my 
experience since the advent of nursery days, 
and the small skill I may once have possessed 
in that line, has vanished for want of sufficient 
practice. However, I recollect a few princi¬ 
ples and am convinced that the success of a 
cake depends much more upon the method of 
mixing than upon any given recipe. My sis¬ 
ter-in-law who has reduced cake-making to a 
fine art, mixes cake with her hands when she 
wishes something particularly nice. She 
creams butter and sugar together and adds 
the milk and flour alternately in small 
quantities. The frothed whites of eggs are 
added last. A favorite recipe of hers which 
may be used as the foundation for almost any 
kind of cake either in loaf or layers is called 
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The blood is the regulator. Regulate the 
Regulator with Warner’s Log Cabin Sar¬ 
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la;gest bottle in the market—120 doses for 
$1. Your druggist sells it. Buy it for your 
family’s benefit as well as your own. 
ASTHMA 
Any one who wants to be 1 
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Du. TAFT BROS., Rochester, N. Y, 
DR. TAFT’S ASTI1MALINE 
rilDCn never fails to Cure. 
VUiICUcan send us their 
bottle 1 
DEXTER CAKE. 
One small cup of butter, two cups of sugar, 
three and a half cups of flour, whites of five 
eggs and yelks of four, two tablespoons of 
baking powder, and one cup of milk. Flavor 
cake with lemon and icing with vanilla. 
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AYER’S CHERRY PECTORAL is the 
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Mrs. L. 1’. Cutler, 47 North Washington 
sq., New York City, says : ” When I was a 
girl of 17 I had a cough, with profuse night 
sweats, and Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral cured 
me. 1 have recommended this preparation 
in scores of similar cases.” 
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, 
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. 
Bold all by Druggists. Price $1; six. bottles, $5. 
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The Original, Beware ol Imitations. 
AWARDED HIGHEST PRIZE AND ONLY 
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