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THE BUBAL 
raise a calf or lamb, avoiding the evils of 
over-feeding, will often, out of the goodness 
of her heart, stuff a little child until it dies by 
a species of starvation, brought about by over¬ 
working its digestive powers. There can be 
no rule laid down for every baby of a certain 
age as to quantity. You must experiment, 
keeping on the safe side by uuder-feeding, un¬ 
til you determine just how much baby can di¬ 
gest comfortably. Some mothers have a most 
reprehensible habit of allowing their babies to 
have a partially filled bottle with them in car¬ 
riage or cradle all the time. This is positively 
wicked from its certain harmfulness, and is 
buying a few moments’ peace at the expense 
of hours of uneasiness to both child and mo¬ 
ther. Have two bottles; feed the baby, and 
at once lay the bottle in cold water, after first 
washing it; the next time yoa feed use bottle 
number two, which will have lain in cold 
water until it is perfectly sweet and clean. 
A great physician once told me that there 
was never such a thing known as a healthy 
and at the same time a cross baby. So, if 
your baby is cross, don’t feed him that rank 
poison “soothing sirup,” but set to work to 
discover the cause. It may be that you are 
keeping him too hot. He does not need to be 
swathed in flannels, and buried in blankets in 
hot weather. A mattiess is better than a 
feather bed for its cradle, and the pillow 
should be small and thin. Always put him to 
sleep in a darkened room, and one free from 
flies, and his nap will be long and restful. 
Remember, too, that his habits were formed 
during the first few weeks of his existence, 
and if you did not begin right you may have 
a severe battle to get on the right track. 
M. B. 
Farmer Brown. Thermometer 90°: For 
dinner, fried ham, hot biscuit and pie. 
Farmer Smith. Thermometer 90°: For 
dinner, cold meat, bread and butter, raspber¬ 
ries and cream. “You pays your money and 
takes your choice.” 
A CHEAP DRESSING-TABLE. 
I was so tired, of boarding that when Toni 
came home and told me of a pretty little cot¬ 
tage just out of the city that couid be had for 
#12 dollars a month, I cried at once, “Do let 
us take it,” and when the far-seeing and pru¬ 
dent Tom said “How shall we furnish it,” I re¬ 
plied, “Oh, anyhow, bare floors stained, 
kitchen chairs stained until they look like 
rarest mahogany, packing-boxes for bureaus, 
and so on. I have learned lots of dodges of 
that kind from the Rural.” So we took our 
cottage, and when I tell you that we only 
spent $150 dollars in its furnishing you will 
not believe that it is one of the “little, houses 
beautiful,” but it is, at least so my friends say. 
I was much amused at the remark of a friend 
of my school days, who when she saw our 
house, and was let into the secret of its cheap 
furniture, naively exclaimed “Oh dearl if we 
bad only known enough to do this we might 
have been married ages ago.” Considering the 
fact that she had been married at 18 as it 
was, I thought this rather funny. 
I shall not bore the readers of the Rural 
at present with anything except an account 
of my dressing-table, which may not be new 
to all of them. 
It was only a stout dry-goods box, 30 by 34 
inches, and 20 in depth, laid upon the longest 
side with the open end toward the room. In¬ 
side Tom fitted two shelves (it had to do duty 
for bureau and dressing-table both,) and over 
the top laid a board just a trifle larger than the 
box all around. This is nicely planed and 
stained to represent mahogany. At the back of 
the box, exactly in the center, a stout piece of 
wood is nailed about seven feet high, and from 
this descend obliquely two slender strips of 
wood to the two back corners of the box. Ac 
the very top a stout wooden peg about a foot 
long is inserted to support the curtain. 
The draping is Bombay cloth at nine 
cents a yard, the pattern a broad white stripe, 
and another of equal width composed of three 
narrow ones, one of pale pink, another of pale 
blue, and the third of ecru. Ten yards are 
required. The sides must be draped, and as 
the board projects over a little the tacking is 
hidden. In front the curtain is suspended 
from a narrow tiny brass rod, and can be 
drawn aside to get at the contents. Laces, 
ribbons, fans and handkerchiefs are kept un¬ 
derneath and shielded from dust by being en- 
sconsed in paste-board boxes. An ordinary 
bureau scarf can be laid across the mahogany 
stained board, and a mirror hung above, and 
you have as pretty an article for “my lady’s 
chamber” as any one can desire. a. g. 
Mohair —lustrous—is a favorite material 
for traveling wear. 
Use purl, or feather-edged ribbon instead of 
ruchmg for neck and sleeves. Fold to show 
both edges. 
Draperies, according to Harper’s lifter,, be. 
come less bouffant and more nearly straight 
as the season advances. 
ETERNAL VIGILANCE THE PRICE TO 
PAY. 
“Is it a fact that the laboring man in the 
city has more fruit and vegetables on his table, 
and for a longer time than the average far¬ 
mer ?” asks a writer in an agricultural paper. 
There is not the least doubt about its being a 
fact. But its being so is in no way derogatory 
to the farmer or his occupation; although the 
fact may not be as pleasant as might be de¬ 
sired. 
The average laboring man in town, labors 
apparently only for his daily bread. The 
markets which ho passes daily are sup¬ 
plied from the truck gardens of the 
South long before the average farmer’s 
“garden stuff” is fairly in growing or¬ 
der, and seeing these fresh vegetables 
and fair fruits, he will not resist the tempa- 
tion to purchase, as he returns from his work 
or to leave funds in the hands of his wife, if 
she does the marketing. In his case there is 
no farm to pay for, though his rent might in 
time buy the farm, and the rainy day that 
comes to all sooner or later is uncared for in 
many cases till it comes. Then there is some 
organization with which he is connected, that 
is bound to look after the necessities of the 
brotherhood. So whatever he desires to 
gratify his appetite, or please his taste or that 
of his family, is as readily purchased as 
though the contents of his purse were un¬ 
limited. While, even well-to do farmers 
would seldom think it “ worth while ” to 
pay 50 cents or even 15 cents per quart for 
berries that they would soon be able to get 
for six or eight cents, and not infrequently 
have tj sell them for these reduced rates be¬ 
cause the markets were overstocked so early 
in the season by foreign imports. 
In many cases the farmer’s garden is left 
till the field crops are put in, for garden truck 
needs a warm soil in which to thnve, and 
when the seeds are planted there are so many 
ways for them to be retarded in their growth. 
A Juno frost not infrequehtly makes sad havoc 
with many otherwise thriving plants. But 
this year, in our Northern region we find there 
are worse things than the inevitable June 
frosts. Gardens have been planted early and 
late; but all meet with the same fate in spite 
of the utmost vigilance. The ground is full of 
cut-worms, or earth-colored grubs. They are 
voracious feeders, and while the farmer sleeps 
they chop off alike peas, corn, beans aud 
vines, even climbing occasionally paper wrap¬ 
pers to cut off caboage and tomato plants. 
Many farmers have resorted to surrounding 
the plants with bottomless tin cans, with only 
partial success. 
After removing some extra fine plants from 
the hot-bed, and transplanting them with 
great care on a cloudy day, giving them plen¬ 
ty of water at the roots, and noticing how 
fresh they were keeping, I was much cha¬ 
grined the next morning to find one hill cut 
as with a knife and the plants lying helpless 
upon the ground. Replacing them with others 
I resorted to the can business, but unfortun¬ 
ately for us the temperature rose suddenly till 
the mercury stood 90 degrees in the shade, and 
my beautiful plants so well shielded with the 
cans were nearly cooked before I knew it. I 
am afraid the early cucumbers and melons in 
our garden will be a failure; but there are 
plenty of beets, radishes, cabbages and toma¬ 
toes in the hot-bed yet, so I still hope for some 
fruits and vegetables in spite of Mr. Grub, 
provided there is no long drought and the well 
does not run low. There are many difficul¬ 
ties in the way of a good garden, but then we 
remember the maxim, “There is no excellence 
without great labor,” and every occupation 
has its drawbacks as well as that of farmers. 
MAY MAPLE. 
Did you ever see a happy, contented per¬ 
son who ate all his appetite craved ? 
A full stomach aud a clear conscience never 
go together. 
NOTES FROM MY COOK-BOOK. 
“ My “ cook-book” has been steadily grow¬ 
ing through many years of practical house¬ 
keeping. It is one of the works of literature 
that may be truly said to “ be founded on 
fact,” for I never entered a recipe in it until I 
have tried it and found that it was not want¬ 
ing. Still it is a truth that the same recipe, 
in the hands of two different persons, will 
often produce very different results. There 
are some unfortunates who have no judgment- 
in measuring, or who, if they weigh, always 
throw in a little for good measure, out of pure 
generosity of heart. It is always best to fol¬ 
low a rule implicitly the first time, and then 
if you fail, or aro not entirely successful,treat 
it as you would a Butterick pattern—-alter it 
to suit yourself. So now for a batch of reli¬ 
able cakes, 
Angel Cake. —Sift together one tumbler 
of flour and one and a half tumbler of sugar 
with a teaspoonful of cream-of-tartar, four 
times. The last time sift it into the beaten 
whites of fifteen eggs. Flavor to taste, and 
bake in angel cake tins, uubuttered, for 40 
minutes When you take it out of the oven 
turn it upside down, so that the air can cir¬ 
culate freely, and when cold take out of the 
pan. 
Ice Cream Cake. —Cream together one cup 
of butter and two of sugar; add one cup of 
milk, the beaten whites of eight eggs, and 
lastly two cups of flour, with oneof cornstarch, 
well sifte.d, with two teaspoonfuls of baking 
powder. Bake in layers. For the icing beat 
the whites of three eggs very light ; boil three 
cups of sugar with half a pint of water until 
it candies ; add one teaspoonful of citric 
acid aud two of vanilla. When about half 
cool beat in the eggs, and beat all together 
until cool enough to spread. 
Bride’s Cake. —Cream together half a cup 
of butter with one and a half cup of sugar; add 
half a cup of milk; three beaten eggs, and two 
cups of flour sifted with a teaspoonful of cream- 
of-tartar. A light half spoonful of soda dis¬ 
solved in a very little hot water. A very 
inappropriate name for so plain a cake. 
Queen's Cake. —Cream a cup of butter with 
two aud a half cups of sugar; add five beaten 
eggs; one cup of milk, and three scant cups of 
flour through which have been sifted two tea¬ 
spoonfuls of cream of-tartar; lastly a light tea¬ 
spoonful of soda. 
Soda Sponge Cake.— Beat four eggs; add 
one and a half cup of sugar, beat until light; 
add half a cup of milk in which has been dis¬ 
solved a very scant teaspoonful of soda, and 
stir in one and a half cup of flour sifted with 
two teaspoonfuls of cream-of-tartar; add a 
very little salt, and two tablespoonfuls of 
melted butter. A cheap and very good cake. 
Ginger Snaps. —One cup of sugar; one and a 
half cup of molasses* one cup of butter or half 
butter aud half lard; half a cup of cold water; 
a teaspoonful of ginger, aud two small tea¬ 
spoonfuls of soda dissolved in boiling water. 
Flour enough to roll out If the little ones 
are home from school they will not keep more 
than 24 ho jrs in an unlocked box. 
Jelly Roll. —Beat four eggs, add half a 
cup of sugar and three-fourths of a cup of 
flour. Bake in a large pan about 10 or 15 
minutes, having the pan lined with buttered 
paper. Spread with jelly and roll lightly, 
covering with cloth afterward until cold. 
Custard Souffle. — Beat together two 
scant tablespooufuls of butter and two of 
flour; add one cup of boiling milk, and cook 
eight minutes; stir in the yelks of four eggs 
well beaten aud two tablespoonfuls of sugar, 
and set away to cool; add the whites of the 
eggs to the mixture when cold, and bake 20 
minutes in a moderate oven. Serve at once 
with sauce. susie y, 
BLACK CURRANT WINE. 
To each gallon of currants add one gallon of 
water, let them have a boil; strain, add one 
pound of sugar to each quart of liquid, put 
into a large jar, tie a piece of muslin over the 
top, let it stand for 40 days before corkiDg up. 
PICKLED CRAB APPLES. 
One quart of vinegar, three pounds of sugar, 
make into a sirup. Put your apples into a 
suitable stone jar, and pour the sirup over 
them. Set the jar into a kettle, and cook un¬ 
til a fork will easily go through the apples. 
The sirup need not cover them at first, as the 
apples will make some. This way keeps the 
fruit whole. reader. 
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medicines put together.”—li. A. McWilliams, 
Grand ltapids, Mich. 
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Price $1; six bottles, Worth $5 a bottle. 
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