WE RURAL MEW^ORKER, 
then inclose'a tablespoonful or so in a mashed 
potato, so that it looks like potato cake; dip 
in egg and crumbs and fry by immersion. A 
little dish of this kind disguises the fact that 
it is made of scraps, and is so appetizing that 
you may be sure of its meeting with a hearty 
reception. aunt alice. 
cups of rye flour, stir with a strong spoon till 
thoroughly mixed, pour into a greased baking 
pan, cover and set it in a moderately warm 
place to rise; when very light bake till 
thoroughly done, usually about an hour. We 
think rye bread is best the next day after it 
is made. gladdys WAYNE. 
T HE London Queen says that the old-fash¬ 
ioned scold among cultured and refined 
people is as obsolete as the branks and the 
ducking-stool, by whico she was checked and 
punished. Big words and furious tempers do 
not come into the order of modern life; and 
the woman of condition who should storm 
like a whirlwind through the house, scatter¬ 
ing the wildfire of reproaches and objurga¬ 
tions as she went, would forfeit her claim to 
be held as a true gentlewoman, and, no mat¬ 
ter what her wealth or inherited position, 
would be relegated by public opinion to 
the ranks of the essentially vulga r and Irre¬ 
deemably unrefined. But the race survives, 
though the manifestations be different; and 
the sco'd of the ducking-stool, the shrew of 
the street, is to be found in the discontented, 
the otherwise-minded, the persistently nag 
ging, the constitutionally depreciatory, the 
wilful makers of unnecessary crosses, which, 
after having made them, they bear with many 
sighs and audible groans, the general putters- 
to right from a higher moral platform than 
that inhabited by common-sense people of the 
world. All of these may be women ot gentle 
bearing, refined speech, perfect manners, but 
they are none the less survivals of the earlier, 
coarser type. 
BREAD. 
M Y method of bread making is not new, 
simply good yeast and flour, and com¬ 
mon sense. 
One cake of compressed yeast dissolved in 
about two tablespoonfuls of warm water, add 
one tablespoonful of salt, two of sugar, and 
one quart of warm water. Stir well and add 
two-thirds of a cup of sweet lard, mix well 
and stir in flour enough to knead without 
sticking (I u$p roller process). Put back in 
pan, cover and set in a warm place until 
morning, when the pan should be full. As 
soon as convenient I divide it into four parts, 
mold into loaves and put into tins When lull 
bake a nice brown in a moderately hot oven. 
M. E. THOMAS. 
A CCORDING to Paris fashions the style 
of dressing the hair is certainly lower 
than has lately been worn. One way of 
arranging is to have the hair twisted round 
like a rope, at the nape of the neck, with one 
or two curled ends escaping or falling care 
lessly. In front the fringe is massed together 
like a thick lock in the middle. Another way 
is to plait the back hair in two wide plaits, 
raised up with a comb, and then falling 
slightly on the neck. In fact, the nape is now 
covered, but the hair does not descend lower 
except in the case of curls being worn. 
( "1 OOD flour and good yeast are essential 
IT to successful bread-making. We may 
also add that yeast, wetting and salt, should 
always be thoroughly mixed before mixing 
with the flour, and that warm, dry flour pro¬ 
duces superior results. To make good, soft 
yeast: with two cups of boiling potato- 
water scald one cup of wheat flour, stirring 
till smooth. Then add two cups of finely 
mashed potatoes, a tablespoonful each of salt 
and sugar, beat well, add the strained hop tea 
obtained by steeping a single handful of hops 
in a quart of boiling water while the potatoes 
were cooking, stir, and when cool enough not 
to scald, add a cupTul or two ot good yeast, 
cover with a thin cloth aud set in a warm 
room to rise. When very light (usually next 
morning) I put it in the yeast jar which in 
the meantime has been washed, scald°d and 
dried, cover closely and put it in the cellar. 
If made while cooking potatoes for breakfast 
or dinner but little extra time is required in 
its preparation. 
To make wheat bread:—For each loaf 
required take six cups of sifted flour, and to 
two cups of lukewarm water add one-fourth 
of a cup of yeast and one fourth of a heaping 
teaspoonful of salt, pour this into the flour 
and with the baud mix quickly and thorough¬ 
ly, not kneading at all; then cover with an¬ 
other pan (this prevents a crust from forming 
on top) set it to rise, at bed-time, or if very 
cold weather, early in the evening. In sum¬ 
mer it may merely stand on the kitchen table, 
in cold weather it may if necessary be 
wrapped in a thick cloth aud a warm board 
be placed underneath. Early in the morning 
it is usually light and is put directly into the 
baking pans, using no flour except a mere 
dust rubbed on the board to keep it from 
sticking, not kneading it at all, aud haudling 
it only enough to form it into loaves. Cover 
and set it in a moderately warm place to rise. 
When light, bake about an hour—sometimes 
a little less. When done the loaves should 
lift light , the bread be fine-grained and 
spongy, sweet and delicious. 
Another good rule is to observe the same 
proportions as to ingredients, but on first 
mixing the bread, knead it thoroughly, then 
let it rise and in the morning make it into 
loaves without kneading, usiug no more flour. 
Some flour requires less wetting than other, 
so that it is sometimes found necessary to 
merely allow to each loaf two cups of wetting, 
including the yeast. After a little experi¬ 
ence, one need not measure the flour, but 
may pour the wetting into the center of a pan 
of flour, mix ’till of the proper consistency, 
then knead thoroughly aud set it to rise. My 
sister, a very successful bread maker, makes 
bread this way, only at all times of the year 
she leaves the bread upon the kitchen-table 
to rise, from first to last, never putting it near 
the fire until it is ready to bake; but she 
usually makes it rather early in the evening, 
in cold weather. 
To make rye bread; For one large loaf, 
take three cups of wetting—-about one-third 
cup of yeast, the rest luke-warni water—add 
a level teaspoouful of salt, pour all into a 
pan cootaibiuu oue cup of wbfttt, and seven 
BUTTON-HOLES. 
Some one not long since gave her way of 
strengthening every-day butt on-holes. I use 
coarse thread, as coarse as No. Ill spool cotton, 
and find it answers well, and does not look so 
bad as a ragged button-hole. 
MRS. L. H. NILES. 
APPLE CUSTARP. 
Pare, core and quarter tart apples, and 
cook carefully, not to break the pieces. 
Sweeten and put into a pudding dish. Make 
a custard of a pint of milk, three eggs, sugar 
aud flavoring. Pour over the apples and bake 
uutil the custard is firm. mrs. economy. 
THE VERY BEST GINGER SNAPS. 
One large cup of butter and lard mixed; 
onecoffeecup of sugar; one cup of molasses; 
one-half cup of water; one tablespoonful of 
cinnamon, one tablespoonful ot ginger, one 
teaspoonful of cloves, one teaspoonful of soda 
dissolved in hot water. Flour for a pretty 
stiff dough. Roll out thin and bake quickly. 
They keep well. 
OLD-FASHIONED GINGER BREAD. 
GOOD FRIED CAKES, ETC. 
If the pumpkins are frozen, the juice will come 
out much more readily. This will keep best 
in a wooden box or keg. 
PUMPKIN CHIPS. 
Pare a ripe, rich pumpkin, remove the 
seeds, and slice all the best part of it in equal¬ 
sized chips and as thin as you can cut them. 
Weigh, allow one pound of granulated sugar 
and a gill of lemon juice to every pound of 
the chips. Lay the chips in a large earthen 
vessel, strewiDg the sugar between them and 
putting the lemon juice over the top. Cover 
and let stand over night. Next day place over 
the fire aud boil slowly until the chips are 
tender, crisp and transparent all through. 
Spread the chips on a dish to cool and then 
put into glasses or jars, straining the sirup 
over them. Place a thin paper dipped in 
vinegar over the top and seal. 
AUNT ADDIE. 
One quart of good New Orleans molasses; 
three-fourths ot a pound of butter, one table¬ 
spoonful of soda, ODe gill of water, ginger to 
taste. In winter it will take more water than 
in summer. Mix with flour as soft as you can 
roll out. Roll about one-half inch thick. 
Cut in squares or cards and bake iu a flat pan. 
AUNT JEANNIE’S RECIPES. 
BROWN BREAD. 
T HREE cups of rye meal and five of 
Indian. Add a teaspoonful of salt and 
dissolve a teaspoon ful of saieratus in a pint 
of sour milk. Mix a little too stiff to stir with 
a spoon. You will require a little more milk. 
Put into a greased tin and bake three hours. 
The oven should be quite hot when first put in 
to prevent cracking on top, out afterwards 
it should be moderately hot. 
APPLE PUDDING. 
Pare and quarter enough tart apples to All 
an ordinary pie tin, adding a little water, 
perhaps two tablespoonfuls, and set on the 
back of the stove while you make the crust. 
Sift into a pint of flour one half teaspoonful 
of saieratus, and one heaping teaspoonful of 
cream-of-tartar. In this rub a tablespoonful 
of butter and mix rather soft with sweet 
milk. Roll out the size to cover the tin of 
apples, and place in the oven. When done 
turn on to a plate, which of course brings the 
apples on top. Spread with butter and cover 
with sugar. Very nice. fanny hay. 
DEFECTIVE VISION. 
A WRITER in the North American Re. 
view' holds that coffee is a frequent 
cause of defective vision. Children who are 
allowed to partake freely of coffee, he says, be¬ 
come fussy, noisy and half wild with mischief. 
They will advance rapidly in their studies, 
but hate work, and at times become in¬ 
different to their books. They grow rapidly, 
but not aright, and become men and women 
too soon. 
I am sure that few parents need the caution, 
or rather I feel that few should need it, for I 
have seen injudicious mothers allow their 
children to have the regulation cup of coffee 
which was served to the older members of the 
family. Bring a child up to have what my 
little one calls “white tea,” and he will have 
the warm drink which is perhaps necessary iD 
cold weather, without any of the harmful 
effects of coffee or tea. It consists of a table¬ 
spoonful of either coffee or tea, in a cup of hot 
milk sweetened and is both harmless and 
pleasant. mother. 
Take one pint of butter-nnlk, one egg, one 
cup of sugar, one large tablespoon heaping 
full of butter, a little ginger, one teaspoonful 
of soda. Knead as soft as you can roll, and 
drop in hot fat. 
For canker-sore-mouth, burns, chafes, slight 
flesh cuts, the white of an egg is the best 
remedy. 
For rattle snake bite I used a bottle with 
a large mouth to cup the wound, inserting it 
first in hot water, then immediately on the 
wound. After removing it, I washed the flesh in 
strong saieratus water, and a green, yellowish 
fluid came off. After repeating this several 
times, I put on a mixture of one teaspoonful 
of salt; the yelk of an egg and as much gun¬ 
powder as I needed to make a paste. This I 
spread on a cloth aud bound on to the wound, 
renewing it several times until it refused to 
adhere. I should have said that I bandaged 
the limb below the knee, and I also put ou 
worm-wood steeped iu viuegar. After two 
days, the swelling had disapeared and the boy 
played about as if nothing had happened. I 
have seen this recommended for the bite of a 
mad dog. mrs. viola griblin. 
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the juice. Add this to the first pumpkin aud 
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