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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MAY 47 
3Pomrstir (tronomy. 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE. 
LADIES AND HOUSEWORK. 
It is a mistake to suppose that to be a lady 
implies ignorance of all that pertains to the 
kitchen or to the Household iu any of its de¬ 
partments. 1 once heard a mother say with a 
toss of the head, on hearing that her daughter 
would tease the laundry womau to let her iron 
the little things, like pocket handkerchiefs and 
napkins, "cb! I am afraid I shall never make 
a lady of her.” 
Florence Nightingale, with all her philan- 
trophy, was well versed in the arts of culinary 
life by practice, or she would have been at a 
loss to know how to nurse the sick soldier her¬ 
self or to guide others. 
There is nothing in the act of domestic labor, 
in any of its departments, which can prevent 
the person so occupied from allowing her mind 
to be engaged in something elevating. Burns 
followed the plow and composed his Higland 
Mary; verses which have made him immortal. 
Bunyan, in Bedford jail, wrote the Pilgrim’s 
Progress, and, while so occupied, made tagged 
boot-laces to support his wife and children. A 
girl may eat the bread of luxury and be clothed 
in velvet and satin and if she be without any 
aim or object iu life, her miud may become a 
foul mass of hideous deformity, so that the 
atmosphere around her will be painful to all 
the pure-minded. It is not the outward act 
Which degrades, but the thoughts of the heart. 
Solomon understood this well when lie said, 
“ Keep thy heart with all diligence ; for out of 
it are the issues of life.” Teach your children 
that an hour spent in physical labor in the 
home, may be as conducive to a good develop¬ 
ment of muscle and sinew, as an hour spent in 
a gymnasium. The dignity and great impor¬ 
tance of labor should be intelligently imparted 
to the young, and that strength, and beauty 
will be developed by a proper exercise of the 
body. 
Children educated to look on household, or 
any labor as honorable will he respectful to 
servants who will love them and be more likely 
to treat them with the kindness aud deference 
which their higher social position entitles them 
to. If the servant sees that her mistress looks 
with disdain on her child for wishing - to work 
in the kitchen, the effect would be to lower her 
own self-respect, and this would work au evil. 
What we need is to increase self-respect in 
servants without which their daily tasks will 
have a tendency to lower instead of elevating 
them. The servant should have a room with 
its book shelf, its work-basket, pictures on the 
wails and the many nameless things which go 
towards malting a room home-like, and attrac¬ 
tive, which are eloquent when alone, elevating 
the thoughts of the occupant unconsciously. 
I know a few women at the heads of families 
who appreciate the great importance of lo®k- 
ing well to the comfort of their servants, and 
at the same time seek to supply the soul’s 
needs, knowing that even if no higher motive 
than thankfulness for kindness, control her ac¬ 
tion, such a servant will not be as likely to be 
unfaithful to her responsibilities, as the ser¬ 
vant who is made to feel that her comforts 
and needs have no part in her mistress’s 
thoughts. There is nothing in servitude in it¬ 
self degrading, for we are all, both rich and 
poor, dependent in some sense. 
It will be far better for all, when the servant 
knows that coal-oil should not be used to kindle 
tires with, thus endangering the life of herself 
aud others. Will it not be a relief when a 
mother can leave her infant with a nurse who 
cares or has the sense to kuow that the child 
should be fed before hunger makes it irritable ? 
Will it not be a comforting thing for pareuts 
to feel sure that their children are in no dan¬ 
ger from hearing superstitious stories about 
ghosts or, far worse—what every parent shud¬ 
ders to contemplate—the impure stories which 
the low, the vulgar, the ignorant revel in ? 
Let ns therefore, seek by words and actions 
to raise, not to lower, the minds of the domes¬ 
tics in our homes. Don't fear that they are 
going to know too much; doa’t be afraid to 
Jet them see that you are dependent upon them 
for comforts and that you appreciate most 
highly their faithfulness. Thai pretty, neat, 
modest girl may be a mistress herself : let her 
learn as a servant that self-respect which will 
enable her to dignify any position in life. 
Fancy Free. 
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CHIPS FOR THE HOUSEKEEPER’S 
BASKET. 
Use kerosene to clean unvarnished furni¬ 
ture. 
Try benzine for removing paint spatters on 
window glass. 
Blaukcts, and indeed lhmnels of any kind, 
should not be washed with soap which has 
resin iu it. 
If cheese gets too 'dry to eat, grate it, pour 
on brandy and pack into jars. 
An excellent wax varnish for furniture is 
made by dissolving over a gentle heat, three 
ounces of wax in one quart of oil of turpen¬ 
tine. 
Use waste paper for cleaniug stoves, tinware, 
knives, spoons, windows, mirrors, lamp-chim¬ 
neys, etc. 
Dissolve four or five pounds of washing soda 
in boiling water and throw down the kitchen 
sink to prevent the pipes stopping up with 
grease, etc. Do this everv few weeks. 
Sweet oil is recommended for polishing 
pianos. Apply with a chamois skin and rub 
with different skins as they become saturated 
with the oil. It requires one or two hours of 
hard rubbing to restore an instrument to its 
original luster. 
TO RELIEVE CORNS ON THE SOLE OF THE 
FOOT, 
Cut a piece of stout card-hoard to fit the in¬ 
side of llie sole of the shoe. The card-board 
must be large enough iu every way to prevent 
it shifting under the foot in walking. Cut a 
round hole in it. exactly where the com rests 
but a little larger than the corn. This ar¬ 
rangement relieves the corn from the pressure 
and allows of its cure and at the same time 
gives immediate relief in walking. 
Remedies lor Corns. 
A bit of linen dipped in turpentine and 
wrapped around the corn night and morning, 
if persevered in. will give relief. Arnica ap¬ 
plied likewise will alleviate the pain. Lemon 
juice is also beneficial, softening the hard skin 
so that with a blunt knife a considerable por¬ 
tion of the corn may be removed. The easiest 
way to apply it is to cut off a piece of lemon, 
then nick it so as to Jet in the toe with the corn 
and bind ou at night. Repeat twice or thrice. 
A good corn plaster can be made by dissolving 
by heat two ounces of yellow wax in two 
ounces of purified ammonia and just before it 
3s cold add six drachms of acetate of copper. 
Spread this ointment on a piece of soft leat her. 
Before applying, soak the corn for some time 
in a solution of soda aud pare as closely as 
possible. Corns arc entirely owing to con¬ 
tinued pressure on some one part. At first 
they are the production of the outer skin alone, 
but by gradual thickening they become con¬ 
nected not only with the true skin beneath, 
but even with the adjacent muscles, and, like 
many another evil, prevention is better than 
cure. Mrs. Clayton. 
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DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
Bakod Rhubarb. 
If rhubarb be baked according to a recipe 
given in a Rural of last year, it will be found 
much better thau if slewed. 
Wash and peel the rhubarb, and cut each 
stalk into square pieces. Place in a porcelain 
sauce-pan ; cover the pic-plant with sugar, 
and add enough water to moisten the sugar. 
Cover the. pan, and bake the rhubarb until it 
becomes tender and clear. The oven should 
be only moderately heated, as the pie-plant 
will lose its shape unless baked slowly. It 
should be vowy cold wlieu served. It is best if 
prepared in the morning and kept in a cold 
place until wanted. 
Strawberry Short.Cake. 
Stir two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder into 
one piut of flour. Rub one-fourth of a teacup 
of butter into the flour. Mix 6oft with sweet 
milk. Roll iuto two thin cakes and bake on 
round pie-tins. As soon as taken from the 
oven, put one of the cake6 on a large plate. 
Butter the cake, and cover it with strawber¬ 
ries; spriukle thickly with sugar. Then put 
the other cake on the strawberries, and pro¬ 
ceed as before. Set the short-cake into the 
oven for a few minutes, which will increase 
the juice of the berries. 
Any good biscuit dough will answer for fruit 
short-cakes, only that it must be a little richer 
with shortening, than for plain biscuit. 
Lyons, Iowa. Mrs. M. G. R. 
Pressed Corned Beef. 
Soak over night, and the next morning put 
to boil in cold water. Boil gently four or five 
hours : let stand in the liquor in which it was 
boiled until somewhat cool, but not cold. Take 
out of the pot and with a knife and fork di¬ 
vide aud shred it into bits, mixing the fat and 
lean together. Season with pepper and a little 
ground cloves. Pack into a small pan—ar¬ 
range a heavy weight on top to press it down, 
and set it aside until the next day. It is excel¬ 
lent cut in thin slices for luncheon or tea. 
_ E. M. 
Essence of Herbs for Gravies, Soups, etc. 
Take of winter savory, sweet, marjoram, 
lemon thyme and sweet basil each ouc. ounce; 
grated lemon peel and eschalots each one-half 
ounce; crushed Celery seed onc-fourth ouucc, 
aud proof spirit one pint. Shake frequently 
for two weeks, when the clear liquor may be 
poured off from tiie sediment. A very little 
will give a superior flavor to soups, gravies, 
etc. Mrs. Atkinson. 
Remove the cloth, and when ready to serve 
pour over a sauce made by adding to a cup of 
boiling water three even tablespoonfuls of but¬ 
ter mixed with one dessert spoonful of flour, 
the beaten yelk of an egg. the juice of one 
lemon and two dozen capers. Boil for an in¬ 
stant and turn over the fish. Mart B. 
Maple Sugar and Sirup. 
We are indebted to Mr, W. I. Chamherlain 
of Hudson, Ohio for a sample of sugar and a 
jug containing two gallons of sirup manufac- 
tu red according to his directions in Rural of 
March 22. The light color of ihe sirup is 
noteworthy and we do not thiuk the quality 
of either can be excelled. 
Boiled Cod. 
Sew the fish up in a thin cloth and cook in 
boiling \vater twenty minutes to the pound. 
'i \fills Of fljt ©Iffli. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Monday, May 12,1879. 
The ’longshoremen’s strike Is virtually over here, 
most of the steamer lines ha ving taken on their 
•old hands at old rates. Out. In WJnnepeg ],n*o rail¬ 
road operatives are ou strike against a reduction 
of wages by the Canadian Pacific railroad, on 
April 23d the body of Harry Burrell, of Little Fall.-, 
X. Y., well known in connection with the manu¬ 
facture of dairy Implements, was stolen from the 
tomb In which It, had just been deposited. It was 
soon recovered, however, and now the body-snatch¬ 
ers aro penitent In -quod.” By the way, al¬ 
though no definite announcement, of the matter 
has been made, there is no doubt taut that the “ re¬ 
mains "of A. T. Stewart have been restored to his 
friends, and now resl In the grand new cathedral 
donated by Mrs. Stewart to Garden City, Long Is¬ 
land. Legislatures seem to have hit upon a new 
way of drawing extra pay, by refusing (luring the 
regular sessions, to pass appropriation bills, thus 
rendering aii extra session necessary to carry on 
the government, State or national, aud pocketing 
the comfortable mileage and big pay lor little 
work durlug such extra sessions. The Texan leg¬ 
islature is the last to adopt this method of liulng 
their pockets with the earnings of their constitu¬ 
ents. The government seems determined to dam 
that tide of Immigration Into the Indian Territory 
and to roll back the first wavelets that have passed 
the frontier. Sheridan has been ordered to see to 
the matter, with full powers and Instructions to 
tolerate no “humbug.” Kansas folks, however, 
seem not to think much of the government’s back¬ 
bone and are still pushing the project ahead. At 
last the police are certain t hat they have captured 
one of the robbers of the Manhattan Bunk or this 
city. It will be remembered that some mouths 
ago this Institution was burglarized In day-light 
one Sunday morning, and cash and securities to 
the amount or nearly three million dollars were 
stolen. Congress lias since Issued fresh bonds in¬ 
stead of those stolen, on the bank guaranteeing 
that no loss should accrue the government, and 
the legislature or .New York has replaced the sto¬ 
len state securities on the same condition. The 
other day John Dobbs, alias Kerrigan, a notorious 
burglar, tried to pass $5,ooo worth of the bonds In 
Philadelphia, and was arrested and handed over to 
the police authorities of this city. 
The report of the Commissioners of immigration 
at this port for the year ending March 31 shows 
an Increase In the number of Immigrants who 
landed here of 60 per cent over last year; or . 98,000 
instead of 54,ooo. The immigration or 1S7S was 
the lowest In 30 years. Of all the Immigrants to 
this country since 1847. 70 per cent have landed 
at this port, and since that date Germany has 
sent more settlers here than Ireland, although It 
is only within the last ten years that the annual 
Influx of the former has exceeded that of the lat¬ 
ter. From 1874 to 1878, 2,973, 769 Protestants have 
come among us against 2,699,080 Catholics, and 
the disproportion both In religion and nationality is 
yearly increasing. The Castle Garden authorities 
estimate that since the establlsnmeut of the depot, 
the Immigrants have brought with them *3S9,ooo,- 
000 ; to say nothing of the rapid development of the 
wealth of the country by their labor. 
The exodus of the colored people from the south 
still continues. Lately a convention of whites 
with a few colored men among them met at Vicks¬ 
burg to discuss the causes of the movement and 
try to put. an end to It. The resolutions they re¬ 
ported attribute the emmlgratlon to; “ The low 
price of cotton and partial failure of the crop of 
tho past year; the rotational system of planting 
adopted to some sections whereby labor was de¬ 
prived of intelligence to direct It and the absence 
of economy to make It profitable; the vicious sys¬ 
tem of credit fostered by the laws permitting la¬ 
borers and tenants to mortgage their crops before 
they were grown, or even planted; apprehension 
on the part of many colored people produced by in¬ 
sidious reports that their civil and political rights 
are In danger; the false rumors diligently dis¬ 
seminated that by emigrating to Kansas the col¬ 
ored people would obtain land, mules and money 
from the goverment without cost to themselves, 
and become Independent farmers; many retail 
country storekeepers engaged In the business of 
selling whisky to laborers and tenants, whereby 
their morals have been corrupted, their labor 
rendered Insufficient, and the pleasant relations 
between them and their landlords and employ¬ 
ers destroyed.” They agree that many mistakes 
have hitherto been made both by “whites” and 
1 blacks” and counsel burying t be past and start¬ 
ing afresh on a more friendly line. This burial 
of the past, however, all experience, even that of 
the late Confederacy, shows to be a most difficult 
kind of entombmeut. 
FOREIGN, 
Journalism has nothing more unique than the 
Semla Svabodr, “Landand Liberty,” the organ 
of the Russian Nihilists. Their conspiracy differs 
from any other In history in publishing a news¬ 
paper twice a month, with its subscription price 
f4.50 a year, under Its caption. This sheet has 
been In clrcuiaNon for a year, and goes every¬ 
where. nigh officers of the state find them folded 
In their official papers, soldiers come across them 
In their knapsacks, they are picked up In the Im¬ 
perial palaces, copies are suddenly discovered in 
the police stations, literally no place In St. Peters¬ 
burg Is free from them, but editor, publication 
office and carriers remain a puzzling secret to the 
police. The place, where two printing presses 
were concealed was bet rayed by one of the car¬ 
riers. and the next number of the paper announced 
the carrier’s sentence and his execution. Tie had 
been stabbed in his hotel. An editorial In the 
same Issue spoke of the “ Inconvenience" to the 
editor of having lost his “editorial portfolio" by 
this betrayal, but the loss, the article went on to 
say, was avenged. From such Incidents as these 
alone a fair conception can be formed of the dis¬ 
turbed state of society In the Empire of the czar. 
Herman. 
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VARIOUS. 
The Prussian Ministry of Agriculture has just 
issued the annual return of the ravages of dis¬ 
eases of all kinds among the flocks and herds of 
Prussia during the past year. Foot-and-mouth 
disease caused the death of 18,589 cattle, 2435 sheep, 
and 2047 pigs, or In all 23,701 animals, many of 
which were slaughtered. There were 1980 cattle 
attacked by pleuro-pneumonta, which died or 
were slaughtered. Inflammation of the spleen 
caused the death of 70 horses, 1903 cattle 1327 
sheep and 202 pigs. There were as many ns 2818 
horses, which died or wore killed on account of 
glanders or farcy. The pock carried off 3888 sheep, 
and 85 cattle and horses, while 1309 sheep died of 
scab. Finally, besides 132 cattle, 33 sheep, 16 pigs 
and 6 horsas found suffering from rabies, there 
were killed 1098 dogs, attacked by rabies or hydro¬ 
phobia. 
Dr. Russell, who, at the opening of the war of 
the rebellion, visited this country as correspondent 
of the London 'I’lmes, and is popularly known here 
as “ Bull Run Russell,” Is to be knighted and to 
receive a valuable appointment. This has been 
effected through the Influence of the Prince of 
Wales and Duke of Sutherland, who are attached 
friends of Dr. Russell. 
It removes wrinkles and softens the 
skin. The regular use of Murray & Lanman’s 
Florida Water at the toilet tends to prevent and 
remove wrinkles, tho softneas of the skin produced 
by It. taking away the natural Inclination of the 
cuticle to form into ridges and furrows. 
Oh, why will you let that Invalid friend suffer 
that Hop Bitters will so certainly cure. 
THE MARKETS. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
NEW York, Saturday. May 10th. 1879. 
BEANS and PeAb.—T here has been some activity 
Iu marrow beans at 2*c. decline. Some holders Kill 
asking flic. Prime mediums are scarce and Arm, 
trade mainly at S5AD0c. Pea and w. klndney dull, 
the latter preferred fur snlo at inside figures. lied 
kidney tending higher. late prices named for lots to 
arrive. Black r**y. Green pern* strong at *1.80. 8. 
B. K. peas quiet at fJM per 2 bush. bag. Canada 
field, in bulk and bond. 75c. Beans, marrow, prime, 
>1.37 .q ; fair in good, *l.25ai.36; medium, prime, #1.30 
tol.S’LS ; fair to Rood. Il.2ival.25; pea, *1.20601.36; 
white kidney. *l.30<$1.60; red kidney, prime, *2-85(33, 
black. $2,108*2.15. 
Exports for week, 1,115 pkgs.; receipts do.. 4,424 
bush. 
Beeswax.—T here is a light trade In progress, with 
Western and Southern quoted at 2f@25c. 
Exports for week, LOGO lbs. 
Butter —Arrivals of 8tate moderate. Very little 
of late receipts left over, but there Is some accumu¬ 
lation of poor State while that ta dimoult to place. 
There Is some trade In lines whore quality favors 
wholesale buying, but tiueh lots are not plenty. As 
we are so close to pasture, flavored and tinted stock, 
dealers do not look for a sharp, large demand for 
present style of quality. Exporters are looking at 
some marks, but at the moment sellers will not 
Bhade rales down to their views, as the grade wanted 
can be better sold for local or Eastern use, Wcst- 
e n dairy made ta not showing Its usual nuperlorlty 
to State.’Western creamery lend* the beat, trade; 
some selections for fancy grocers’ use. 20u. Arti¬ 
ficial coloring I* generally condemned : few succeed 
in the art, and there Is not much time for profitable 
experiments. 
New Butter. —Slate pails and half tubs, choice, 
15c.-.good to prime, i:k<lHHc.; fair to good, llatfiki.; 
Welsh tubs, choice, J6c.: good to prime. IJkfaUJic.; 
fair to good, lhdiWc.: Slate, tubs, poor to fair. Huullo ; 
Slate creiwnerv. best, 18c.: good to prime, lfietrie,; 
fair to good, lfAalKe.; Western do,, Ileal. l-SbU'Je.; 
good to prime, 166017c.; fair 10 good, 14*10e.; imita¬ 
tion creamery, Kv«,i:>c.; Western, dairy, beat, ItaiUo.; 
good to prime, llualHe ; fair to good, I0@llc.; poor to 
t dr. 6»10c.; factory, best, l'{"»12qc.; good to prime, S 
fiMOc.. fair 10 good. T®Sc. Old ranges, State, 7@12c.; 
Western. 5®8c.j grease, .Vafe. 
Exports for week, 5,127 firkins. Receipts, 21,090 
pkgs 
Cheese —The rereints have been somewhat freer, 
but the exporters have stood ready to take all of the 
choice grades aud have met steady prices. The old 
Kook is pretty well cleared out, arid the advices 
from the other aide, are encouraging, Khippers ou 
the new make. 
Prices for new are fitftRJc. tor best; 6@Hqc. for 
good; 4®5*c for half skimmed, and 5k*3Ho. for 
skimmed; and for old as follows: for tine 
1<>«»; tVft7c. for enod:Av«6c. for fair; 2i«3o. for skimmed; 
30(6. for half skimmed; Western factory, dne, 7(SI7Ko ; 
good and prime, batne.; do. full skimmed, 233 c.; 
do half skimmed at 3(^4 xc. 
Receipts tor week. 14,561 boxes. 
Liverpool cable, 42s. 
Steam. SOB. 
Cotton.—T he tendency has been upward again 
the past week, with speculation brisk, and the for¬ 
eign markets following the improvement. Latest 
prices are for May, 12.40®12.42c.; June, 12.51Ciil2.52c.; 
July, 12.69c.; August. 12.81c.; September. 12.52012.530.; 
October, ll.f6nrll.77o.: November, ll.37Csll.38c.; De¬ 
cember. 11.26®l 1.27u.; January, 11 29<i*l 1.30c. 
Quotation* for spot cotton aro based on Amer¬ 
ican standard of classification, and on cotton In store 
running In quality not more thau half a grade 
a’-ove or beluw tho grade Quoted : 
rdinary . 
t T p , '> **< 1 * 
10 lh- III 
A r Or leans, 
11 1-16 
CtllU. 
11 1-16 
Strict ordinary. 
n fi-ni 
H 7-16 
11 7-16 
Good ordinary_..... 
11 11-16 
11 13.16 
11 13-16 
Strict good do....... 
11 1548 
12 1-16 
12 1-16 
Low middling. 
12.bC 
12 q 
12* 
12 7-16 
Strict low middling... . 
12 6-16 
12 7-16 
Middling..... 
12 7-16 
12 3-16 
12 9-16 
Good middling.. 
12V 
IJ* 
12 K 
Strict good middling.. 
13 
13* 
12* 
M (idling Fair.. 
13 11-16 
1313 16 
13 13-16 
Fair . 
14 11-16 
14 13-16 
14 13-16 
STAINED. 
Good ordinary.U 3-16 1 Low Middling... 
... .11* 
Btrict good ordlnary.ll 
9-16 | Middling . 
... .12* 
