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V*I RURAL «EW-r«RKER, 
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A TALK TO THE GIRLS. 
I WAS very much interested in what our 
little friend says in “Our Aim in Life” 
under Domestic Economy (in the issue of 
March !)) Yes, we must all have an aim in 
life if we would succeed The man or the 
woman who drifts along from clay to day 
wi'hout caring for anything or anybody—who 
is willing to float with the crowd—who never 
takes the trouble to think or act for himself or 
herself, will never amount to anything. The 
use of our muscles strengthens them and gives 
them more power. So with our reason, our 
mind, our intellect. The more we use them, 
(not abuse them) the greater power and 
strength they gain. 
Our little friend spoke of the desire to learn; 
to obtain knowle Ige, and from what I know 
of her I am sure she is on the right track. 
But don’t imagine because Miss So-and-So is 
studying this or that “ology” and you are 
not, that, consequently, she knows ever so 
much more than you do. Perhaps she knows 
more of that one thing than you do, but if 
you study each thing as you come to it earn¬ 
estly and as thrroughly as you can, conquer¬ 
ing as you go, you will finally succeed. The 
number or kind of books one studies does not 
determine how much one knows. It is how 
much one can grasp and understand; how 
much one can assimilate, as it were, that 
determines this. 
Studying by rote, committing long pages to 
memory is not, as many suppose, the best way 
to learn. Of course, it is better to learn that 
way rather than not at all, for perhaps the 
understanding may come later. But to take 
paragraph by paragraph and understand it, 
is the true way. Perhaps in a month you 
might not be able to repeat a single line ver¬ 
batim ; but, if you thoroughly understood 
what you studied, you could at once, in your 
own words, explain it. Don’t try to do too 
many things at once, but do what you do, 
thoroughly. Study your grammar, the con¬ 
struction of sentences, and punctuation. These 
three things will be of great importance to 
you in all your after life. Read—broaden 
vour knowledge in this way. Don’t read all 
the trash you come to, but read every good 
thing you can fiud time to read If a thing is 
worth reading at all it is worth giving your 
whole attention to it. The habit of “ skim¬ 
ming” th ough dozens of trashy novels should 
not be indulged in by any one who cares to 
improve. Some say, “Oh! I only read them 
for pastime or recreation ”—but do not do it 
for “pastime” even Go out of doors and take 
a brisk walk if you do not feel like reading 
anything that will require thought. Have a 
romp with your dog. Play with baby—or. if 
you cannot do any of thes« things, get your 
needle and thread and mend up some neglected 
garment, or write a lef.er to some neglected 
friend or relation. If you are not in a con¬ 
dition to read anything that will benefit you, 
you certainly are not in a condition to read at 
all. “We must either progress or retrograde” 
as our dear old Sunday School Superintend¬ 
ent used to say to us every Sunday of our 
lives, (and I remember wondering if [ “ retro¬ 
graded ” every week where I’d fiua'ly get to). 
It is so in all things. We do not stand still. 
If we do uot improve with the days and weeks 
as they come and go, we go backwards. Time 
d~es not stanl stiff. and even if we did not go 
backwards, it would soon have left us far 
behind, carrying others ahead in the inarch of 
improvement 
Read the daily papers—not accounts of 
murders and crimes, but topics of general in¬ 
terest throughout the country or State. Know 
what is going ou around you; keep yourself 
posted as to all important events relative to 
both National and State Government; for it is 
just as important for a girl to know who rules 
her as it is for a boy. If you do this you 
need never resort to the poor old weather for 
a topic of conversation (uuless your acquain¬ 
tances don’t know anything about these 
things.) To beep up with the times is import¬ 
ant for many reasons. Suppose you vveie the 
finest musician in the world, you couldn't be 
forever at an instrument, and it would be, as 
well as seem, very egotistical always to talk 
of thooue thing you excelled in. Suppose you 
were the best botanist in your State, you 
could not talk “botany” to everybody, for 
everybody couldn’t appreciate it. Suppose 
you were a fine Latin or Frsnch scholar, you 
could not talk Latin or French to every one 
you meet, for nine out of 10 could not under¬ 
stand you. 
The greatest gift one can ask for is “ Adapt - 
abi'ity ” To be able to put yourself in nar- 
mony with whatever condition you meet 
with as you journey through life, is the great¬ 
est blessiug possible. To be able to sit on a 
rickety chair and talk to a dirty youngster 
with as much ease as to rest on the softest of 
velvet couches and converse with a cultured 
friend, or vice-versa, is a gift which some pos 
sess; aud some, too, whom 1 know have had 
very little chance for education, outside of 
what they have gained by their own hard 
work and determination. Always come down 
to the level of the one to whom you are talk¬ 
ing, or else try to get up. 
Talk to a child so that he or she cau under¬ 
stand you. If any one talks of something you 
do not understand, be brave enough to own 
the fact; ask for the information you crave, 
and remember it when received. That is, of 
course, supposing you are alone in conversa¬ 
tion with one or two. If you hear thiDgs 
spoken of where you cannot ask for informa¬ 
tion, go as soon as you can do so and endeav¬ 
or to find out. If you do this always , you 
will learn far more than you ever dreamed of, 
and your knowledge will be far more varied 
and extended than it could be by studying 
from a text book. Keep your eyes and ears 
open. “He that hath ears to hear, let him 
hear, etc.” Many of us, with bright eyes,too, 
go along from day to day seeing nothing but 
what is called to our notice, while others take 
in everything that comes along. Perhaps 
they don’t say anything about it at the time, 
but what they have seen (or heard either) is 
stored away for some time in the future. 
Wake up ! Use the faculties God gave you. 
Make the best of what you have. Nobody 
need be stupid in these days uuless born an 
idiot, aud even then, with a little trying, he 
needu’c be as big an idiot as some “other 
feller,” dora harvey vrooman. 
KITCHEN TALKS. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
T HE bread was white and sweet, but 
the last panful of biscuits were sour. 
“The dough was too long standing before 
the fire,” said one. 
“ The biscuits were too slow cooking in the 
oven,” said another cook. Then we talked of 
the different degrees of beat of the oven for 
baking, and how to ascertain the proper tem¬ 
perature. 
“ I used to put my hand in ana hold it till I 
counted 20,” 1 said; but an easier and less 
troublesome plan is to sprinkle a little flour 
ou the baking sheet. If it browns in two min¬ 
utes the heat is about right. The temperature 
cannot be easily told by the thermometer; but 
one of 550 degrees is good to begin with. 
Some of the family are fond of potato scones, 
which are very nice for breakfast or tea. 
They are made by rubbing one pound of cold 
boiled potatoes through a sieve. The “dough” 
is put on the baking board and eight ounces of 
flour are scattered over it. Next, it is worked 
with the rolling-pin till smooth, then rolled 
and cut into squares or corner-shaped cakes 
the thickness of half a dollar. These are 
placed on a clean, hot stove and, when a litrle 
brown, turned over. When done, serve hot in 
a napkin. 
There are some who insist that the soup 
course at c inner takes away their appetite, and 
who do uot believe that it is nourishing; but 
this is a mistaken idea, and a good soup shou’d 
be taken every day. as it he’ps the food 
to assimilate.. It should not be regarded as 
a luxury, or as used only by the poor; but it 
should be considered indispensable to a com¬ 
plete dinner. A soup, or rather, stock kettle 
should be on every kitchen range to hold all 
the bits of meat and bone*. Some people are 
careful to remove the albumen or “scum” as it 
is called. A favorite soup which has a very dis¬ 
tinctive flavor is made from a calf’s or sheep’s 
head. There is one thing certain—in a large 
family there is nothing more economical than 
soup, yet itisotten found that several mem¬ 
bers of such families refuse it for one reason 
or another, and as one of the rules at table is 
that all must have a serving, the refusal of it 
by any sometimes leads to waste. 
A good potato soup can be made in three- 
quarters of an hour with a little soup stock. 
Notbiug is needed but six large potatoes, a 
li'tie chopped parsley and celery and a table¬ 
spoonful of browned flour put in with the 
seasoning. It is a soup that some of the 
children prefer to any other. 
What a steady care the three meals are. 
They crowd upon us during the short days of 
winter, and in country places, where no 
markets exist, happy is the household that 
has been forehanded enough to have sufllcieut 
stored away to last the season through. 
What shall we have for dinner cannot be 
settled by any of the cook books. To decide, 
needs constant and intelligent thought wheu 
the means of the household are so limited as 
to make economy necessary. Meanwhile the 
kettle boil*, and the sunshine streams into the 
windows There is a feeling in the air of 
mild brightness—and an old Scotch neighbor 
tells me that “the back o’ winter is broke” 
I am sorry when spring comes for one thing, 
and that is, the loss of our long, quiet even¬ 
ings. But every drawback has its eotupensa 
tions, amt the lingering rays of sunshine, the 
long spring days, should be full re-oiupenso 
for ihe length and quiet of winter evenings,^ 
BABIES. 
U T> ABIES are natural travelers ” said a 
J) friend, and I was quite inclined to be¬ 
lieve it when 1 found with how little fatigue 
ray own five-months-old baby endured a jour¬ 
ney of 2,500 miles. Three days aud three 
nights we were on the wing—of course, we 
took a sleeping car. A nursing baby is at 
home with its mother almost anywhere, and 
when baby was once behind the curtains, 
away from the glitter and light he was quiet, 
and asleep even sooner than in his own home, 
for after the first night the motion of the 
train had a lulling effect How I dreaded to 
expose the baby to the dangers of such a trip ! 
Fears of colds and contagions rose up like a 
night-raare ; but it was run the risk or rever 
see a dear friend again in this life, so at a few 
hours’ notice we were off. Older babies— 
these who can walk—are harder to take care 
of on a journey. One mother kept her babe 
of 17 months quiet with a 
SCRAP-BOOK 
In which the little one’s favorite pictures were 
pasted. The leaves of the book were perhaps 
12 inches square, and were made of differently- 
colored cambric, and pinked around the edges. 
These were fastened into strong cambric- 
covered covers, and the baby bad a very ser¬ 
viceable picture book to occupy herself with. 
The best 
TOILET-POWDER 
ever used for a chafed child is sub-nitrate of 
bismuth. It will adhere to the flesh until it is 
healed uuless washed off. s. e. h. 
DOUGHNUTS. 
One quart of flour, one cup of sugar, one 
teaspoonful of salt and one of soda, half a tea¬ 
spoonful of cinnamon or the same quantity of 
grated nutmeg. Mix these ingredients 
thoroughly together, then stir in one pint of 
sour milk, partly cream, and roll out. Cut 
in shapes and fry in hot lard. mrs. b. c. 
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING. 
A scant half-pint of sifted Indian meal, a 
half-pint of molasses, two tablespoonfuls of 
butter, one quart of milk. Bring the milk to 
a boil in a double boiler, or pail, set within a 
dish of hot water, and then stir in the meal. 
Beat until smooth, add the molasses and but¬ 
ter and stir until the mixture thickens. Add 
a little salt and pour into a buttered earthen 
dish. Bake slowly two hours, then stir up 
from the bottom and bake a half hour longer. 
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Sold everywhere. 
More of It Used than of 
all other makes combined. 
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CARAWAY SEED COOKIES. 
One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, four 
egg®, whites and yelks beaten separately, one 
cup or creamy sour milk, oue full tea-spoonful 
of soda aud one of salt, two table-spoonfuls of 
caraway seed aud about seven cupfuls of 
sifted flour. Mix salt, soda (made smooth) 
and butter aud seed through the fleur. Beat 
the yelks of the eggs with the sugar, then lhe 
whiles and drop the mixture into the flour. 
Stir in the milk slowly, mixing all thoroughly 
together. Roll out, sprinkle sugar over the 
top and cut in rounds or strips. 
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