THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
JUNE 441 
Domestic (ftonomij. 
CONDUCTED B Y EMILY MAPLE. 
HOSPITALITY IN THE HOME. 
The character of a private entertainment 
will have that tone about it and create just 
such an impression as is imparted by the 
person who gives it. Who has not observed 
this? A man may do much towards making 
his guests feel at ease; he may be cheerful 
and anxious to please; but, after all, the en¬ 
tertainment will savor of the atmosphere which 
can come aloue from her who is mistress and 
queen in her own household. 
I have in my mind’s eye a public man, risen 
from a low position to hights of fame he 
never dreamed of whon he married a young 
girl, innocent, true and loving, but with no 
higher ambition than to keep her husband’s 
heart, and be right royal in her own house¬ 
hold. bke was hapjjy in her humble sphere 
when her husband brought home his hard- 
earned money, and deposited it in her lap, with 
perfect confidence that it would not be wasted, 
but spent with far more judgment than he 
could have displayed, even had he the time at 
his disposal. Id a few years he sat upon a high 
pinnacle. The wealthy and the gifted paid 
him homage, aud on a certain day a friend 
came from abroad, a guest he delighted to 
honor, but who had come unexpectedly, and 
the husband took him home to dine with his 
family. It was a warm day iu summer, and 
his wife, expecting no guests, was totally un¬ 
prepared and expressed herself indiguantly 
that she should have been so treated. 
What a pity that she did not better compre¬ 
hend that that guest who was surrounded 
with wealth and all the luxuries it brings, 
cared more for the friendly greetiug and the 
manner of his reception than for all the dain¬ 
ties that could have been placed before him. 
It was kind in her to desire to entertain her 
husband’s friend sumptuously, but sad that 
she could not have understood that the hearty 
welcome, gracefully and easily giveu, would 
have compensated in a great measure for any 
lack in the material wants of hi6 nature. In¬ 
stead of going to welcome him with a smile, 
that could have spoken volumes of her heart’s 
interest in her husband and all whom he 
choose to honor, she went sullenly into the 
kitchen, and ordered the servants to do the 
best they could, and absented ber6elf from the 
heal! of the table when the meal was prepared. 
The foreign guest returned to his country with 
a feeling that something was amiss in his 
friend’s household, but what, he never could 
tell. 
I am here reminded of a story in the life of 
John Wesley. Ho had been preaching to a 
large crowd in the open air, and after the 
crowd had disappeared, a lady of rank in Eng¬ 
land pressed forward and said: “Mi-. Wesley, 
I shall be happy to have you dine with me to¬ 
day, although 1 am sorry we have nothing for 
dinnerand then she returned home, where a 
large number of guests were assembled to 
meet the distinguished man. But they waited 
and waited until hours had passed, when he 
was seen slowly to wend his way over the road 
leading to the mansion, and on reaching the 
entrance was greeted by the lady, who said : 
“ Mr. Wesley, wc have been long waiting for 
you, what could have detained you?” “My 
dear Madam,” was his reply, “ you said you 
had nothing for dinner, so I have dined with a 
poor woman, who gave me a good dinner of 
bread aud cheese, with a glasB of ale.” The 
groat man seized on this opportunity of teach¬ 
ing her a lesson which she doubtless never for¬ 
got. 
Why is it that we are all so anxious, rich 
and poor, to put forward that which it is true 
cannot be disregarded, the material comforts 
of life; but why seek to smother the hospi¬ 
table welcome, the cordial look, and the press 
of the hand, which i6 so welcome ? 
I once knew a very good mau iu the Episco¬ 
pal Church, of quite ordinary talents, who had 
such an affectionate way of shaking hands 
that everybody forgot all about his sermons, 
aud never rested until he was made a bishop. 
Fancy Free. 
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HORSFORD’S BREAD PREPARATION. 
I have received a number of inquiries from 
Domestic-Economy friends respecting Hors- 
ford’s Bread Prepartion, several of them ex¬ 
pressing much satisfaction with its use. Some¬ 
time ago I received a package for trial from 
the Rumford Chemical Works aud since have 
used it for biscuits, cakes, fritters etc., with 
the best of results. I did not mix the pack¬ 
age with twenty-five ponnd6 of flour as di¬ 
rected: for my family is small and we make aud 
eat few biscuits and cakes, but preferred to 
measure the soda and acid each time that I 
used it, with the little tin which accompanies 
the preparation. e. m. 
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DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
Clam Chowder. 
Open seventy-five clams and slice thin two 
onions ; ten tomatoes peeled and chopped ; one 
tablespoonful of minced parsley ; a teaspoon- 
fnl of thyme and sage mixed together; three 
tablespoonfuls of butter: salt and pepper. Put 
a layer of clams into the kettle in which you 
make soup, then one of tomatoes with a little 
of the onion;sprinkle with all of the season¬ 
ings and bits of butter. More clams, toma¬ 
toes etc, until all are in. Pour over the liquor, 
there must be about three pints, cover and let 
simmer half an hour then let boil briskly for 
fifteen minutes. While the chowder has been 
cooking, split open ten or twelve b- i ter crack¬ 
ers, soak in boiling milk until oft, butter, 
line a hot tureen with them, aud pour in the 
chowder. Pas8 sliced lemon with it. 
Long Island Sound. 
rrant Catsup. 
Four pounds of ripe currants ; two pounds of 
white sugar stewed together uutil quite thick ; 
then add a pint of vjuegar, a tablespoonful 
each of ground doves aud cinnamon, and a 
teaepoonful each of pepper and salt. Boil up 
and bottle. 
Cherry Catsup. 
One pint of pure cherry juice; half a pound 
of sugar; a tcaspooful each of ground cloves 
and cinnamon. Boil to a thick sirup and 
bottle. n. b. p. 
Raspberry Short-Cake. 
Chop up three tablespoonfuls of butter into 
a quart of sifted flour; add a small teaspoon¬ 
ful of salt, the beaten yelks of two eggs aud 
enough "loppered” milk into which a tea- 
epoonful of soda has been stirred to mix these 
ingredients into a soft paste. Roll quickly into 
two sheets—the crust intended for the upper 
should be the thicker—strew the under crust 
thickly with sugared berries, cover with the 
upper crust and bake about twenty-five min¬ 
utes. Cut in squares, pile upon a flat dish, 
split and eat with butter and sugar. 
Raspberry Rolly-Poty.'J 
One quart of flour and two teaspoonfuls of 
baking powder surou ivygether. two table- 
spoonfuls of butter; a little salt and sweet 
milk to make a soft dough. Roll out into one 
piece one-fourth inch thick. Strew thickly— 
leaving a margin at the sides—with ripe fruit 
sprinkled with sugar. Sew into a pudding, 
cloth, leaving room for swelling, put into a 
kettle of boiling water and keep boiling an 
hour aud a half. Eat cold with a hard sauce. 
Mary B. 
IStrawberry “Cake with Meringue. 
Make a good puff-paste; cut as large as a 
pie-tin aud bake in a quick oven until as brown 
as desired; cover with strawberries sprinkled 
with powdered sugar and then with a thick 
covering of meringue of the whites of four 
eggs and three tablespoonfuls of powdered 
sugar. Return to the oven and bake until the 
meringue is slightly browned. Let cool before, 
eating. 
Sweet Pickled Strawberries. 
Remove the calyxes from six quarts of ripe 
strawberries; put into a stone jar first a layer 
of fruit,then a sprinkle of cinnamon and cloves, 
thus alternating until all are iu. Bring to a 
boil two coffee- cups of vinegar with two pounds 
and a half of sugar, skim and pour over the 
fruit; let stand over night and in the morning 
drain off the sirup, boil up and pour over the 
berries as before. The next morning boil all 
gently for twenty minutes. Put into jars aud 
cover. Mrs. R. Bkayton. 
ftrtos of fljc ®Ufh 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Monday, June o, 1879. 
The majority of the committee on the State 
debt, appointed by the Constitutional Conven¬ 
tion of Louisiana, have presented a report recom¬ 
mending that only $4,000,000 he paid, and that 
the interest be reduced from seven to four per 
cent. The consolidated debt at present amounts 
to about $1 9 . 000 , 000 , to which sum it was reduced 
by a scaling process about four years ago. The 
bond-holders agreed to the reduction because at 
the same time an amendment was added to the 
Constitution which secured to them the full pay¬ 
ment of their principal and Interest as then de¬ 
termined. Now an attempt Is made to repudi¬ 
ate most of what was then acknowledged to be 
the legal debt of the State, an the pretext that 
the constitutional amendment was not promul¬ 
gated according to law, and that the Legislature 
which passed the Funding Act was an Illegal one 
supported by the Federal military power and not 
elected by the people. It’s everlastingly easy 
for a tricky customer to find an excuse for refus¬ 
ing to repay the money he lias borrowed and spent. 
The Catholic archbishops and bishops assembled 
in New York for the consecration of the new 
Cathedral have signed an address to the Catholics 
of the United States asking for subscriptions to 
enable Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, to dis¬ 
charge his liabilities. The address carefully avoids 
all defense and extenuation of the archbishop’s 
management of the binds, and expressly disavows 
all Intention of making the proposed relief a pre¬ 
cedent In other cases In which ecclesiastics may 
get Into pecuniary difficulties. The prelates dls- 
dlnctly point out that the movement Is simply one 
of charity towards the archbishop, and the tone 
of the appeal might he called excellent If It were 
not that It seems to Impose on the “ honor and 
charity of the creditors” some sort of obligation 
to meet the promoters of the subscription half 
way, “especially as so very large a proportion of 
the entire debt consists of accumulated compound 
interest.” But then the accumulation of com¬ 
pound interest Is an essential feature of the busi¬ 
ness of savings-banks which the archbishop un¬ 
dertook. AU Interest not drawn Is In law and 
morals a new loan, and to use the creditor’s fru¬ 
gality and forbearance In letting It, he as an argu¬ 
ment for his surrendering a part of his whole debt 
Is to put a very unfortunate construction on the 
prudence of the poor. The assets amount to 
$1,181,569, from which must he deducted $404,798 
of “doubtful” and “worthless” notes. The liabili¬ 
ties, after a surrender by some creditors of one- 
half their claims, amount to $2,490,681. 
Gen. James Shields of Missouri, the genial, old 
Irish soldier and democratic politician, died sudden¬ 
ly at Ottumwa. Ia., Sunday week. He did good ser¬ 
vice for his country in the Mexican war. for which 
he was promoted to the rank of brevet major- 
general, aud was also a general of the Union army 
In the war of the rebellion. He has been a mem¬ 
ber of the Illinois Legislature, Auditor aud su¬ 
preme court judge of that State, commissioner of 
the Illinois land office and governor of the terri¬ 
tory of Oregon. But his chief claim to political 
distinction lies in the fact that he has been sent to 
the United States Senate by three States—by Illi¬ 
nois for six years from 1849, by Minnesota, just 
after It became, a State In 1857, for two years, and 
by Missouri for a few weeks in the last Congress to 
fill the seat made vacant by the death of Mr. Bogy. 
Me was 69 years old, and up to within a few hours 
of his death, was able to attend to the interests of 
ids lecturing business, which has latterly given 
him support,. Mrs. Lucy stone Blackwell wishes 
to register at Boston as a voter under the new law 
allowing women to vote for members of school 
committees, and Insists upon being registered 
under her maiden name of Stone, The city sol¬ 
icitor has been consulted and says she cannot, be 
assessed or registered, except under the name of 
her husband, Simon Cameron Is running a tobacco 
farm near Lancaster, Pa. Judge Emerson sen¬ 
tenced John Miles, a polygamist, at Salt Lake 
City, Utah, this week to pay a fine of fioo and be 
confined in the Nebraska penitentiary for five 
years, but an appeal was taken to the Supreme 
Court of the territory, Miles’s bond being fixed at 
$5,000. This ease has attracted unusual attention 
from the fact of its being the second conviction 
under the laws of the Ini Led States, a lid that 
Mile 9 married three young women at the same 
time with the advice and consent of John Taylor, 
president of the Mormon church. 
Judge Baxter or the United States Circuit court 
decides that Memphis Is a city still, In spite of the 
action of the Tennessee Legislature repealing Its 
charter, which he declares to be void. Even if the 
legislative repeal was all right, Judge Baxter de¬ 
cides that it would not, wipe out the city’s debt, 
which was Its purpose In going into bankruptcy. 
The judge holds, not only that the receiver ap¬ 
pointed by the governor has no authority to act, 
but that the federal court may even proceed to 
levy and collect taxes, but he takes this position 
that the question may come before the United 
States supreme Court for final settlement. There 
were landed at the port, of New York during the 
last five months 49,592 Immigrants, as against 
28,145 in the same time last year. The number of 
cattle driven from Texas during tbe past to ye.are 
for shipment to western markets Is estimated at 
over 3,500,000, worth some $ 25 , 000,000 to the stock- 
raisers. The biggest drive was I 11 1870—soo.ooo— 
but this year’s will riot he more than 200 , 000 . 
Portions of Kansas and Missouri were swept by 
disastrous tornadoes late last week. In the form¬ 
er state over 40 people were killed and twice as 
many Injured. Irving, Frankfort and Delphos 
were the chief sufferers. The destruction of 
property Is very large. Hundreds of houses have 
been torn to pieces and the crops In the path of 
the cyclone are utterly destroyed. The track of 
the cyclone varies from throe-fourths to one mile 
in width at Intervals, as It occasionally left the 
ground for a short distance and again descended. 
Wherever it touched ground It swept every thing 
clean—bouses, trees and crops. Where It crossed 
Blue river It lifted every drop of water In Its 
course, and in passing over a well In Irving it 
scooped It dry. Dead horses, cattle and hogs are 
to be found all along the line of the storm. Huge 
trees, two aud three feet In dlamter, were twisted 
away, and In one Instance It swept along the bed 
of a ravine aud lifted out of Its narrow walls every 
stick of timber and carried them away. The bed 
of that ravine looks as If it had been swept by 
fire. Every article made of Iron with which It, 
came into contact was broken and twisted out of 
shape, seeming to confirm the theory that these 
storms are electric forces and not wind. All the 
bodies ol those killed In Missouri are covered with 
a thick, bluish, sulphurous mud. Their elothlng 
was striped off, or torn to shreds, their shoes torn 
off, and their foot, and bodies burned and blackened 
fearfully. 
A cyclone struck the earth four miles from Lee 
Summit, near Independance, Mo., Friday evening, 
and tore a furrow from the southwest to the 
northeast through the country 100 yards wide and 
and 10 miles long, leveling everything In Its track 
and killing and wounding several people. Much 
damage has also been caused in Holt and Noda¬ 
way counties, Mo., by the same cause. But, al¬ 
though the loss has been ho great In both Kansas 
and Missouri, it is more than outbalanced by the 
good done to the growing crops throughout these 
states by the rain accompanying the tempest,. 
Gov. Rt. John of Kansas has Issued an appeal for 
contributions In aid of those made destitute In 
that state by the cyclone. Money may be sent 
to John A. Martin at Atchison. 
A new colonization plan for assisting worthy 
poor to find farms In the West has been organized 
by a number of clergymen and laymen of different 
denominations in New York city, under the name 
of the Co-operative Colonization Society. An office 
will he opened where the deserving poor can apply 
for information and assistance. Mrs. Thompson, 
the well-known philanthropist, has furnished funds 
for the Immediate use of the organization. The 
Senate Committee on Finance has voted to post¬ 
pone consideration for further action on the War¬ 
ner sliver hill until the first Monday In December. 
New York pays for police department salaries 
$3,206,150 annually, aud adds $60,000 for supplies 
and $ 20,000 for alterations and repairs. The force 
consists of a president, three commissioners, a 
superintendent, tour Inspectors, 36 captains, 27 
surgeons, 140 sergeants, 147 roundsmen, 2,290 pa¬ 
trolmen and 78 doormen. The president of the 
commission gets a salary of $8,000; each of the 
other commissioners, $5,oOo; the superintendent, 
$5,000; each Inspector, $3,500; each captain aud 
surgeon, $ 2 , 000 ; each Hergeant, $ 1 , 600 ; each rounds¬ 
man and patrolman, $ 1 , 200 ; each doorman, $900. 
Cheap transportation is culminating. Rates on 
both grain and meats were given last week from 
Chicago to New York, by all rail routes, at twelve 
and a half cents per hundred pounds, and bargains 
were made as low as ten cents a hundred. The 
distance Is a trifle under a thousand miles. This 
rate then becomes a little more than one-fifth of 
a cent per ton per mile. Telegrams even report 
seven and one-half cents per hundred for the en¬ 
tire transmit. The wildest granger can hardly 
ask for lower charges than these. But if profit 
can he drawn from these figures, what shall he 
said of the tariff imposed on local freights? Fair 
business rates are doubt lean somewhere midway. 
Bills will be presented to the next Georgia Leg¬ 
islature levying a direct tox on dogs and whiskey, 
ad valorem—all for the benefit of public schools. 
The State will produce the present year more 
breadstuffs than for any three years past. 'Hie 
farmers are all In fine spirits, and pushing their 
business with that systematic energy which never 
falls to Insure success. 
FOREIGN. 
The route pitched upon by the International con¬ 
gress at Paris locates the canal across the Ameri¬ 
can isthmus near the railroad from Panama. This 
route, which utilizes the Chagres aDd the Obispo 
rivers, is rather more than in miles long, and it is 
calculated that ships can be locked through It In a 
day and a half. The projects which the congress 
finally chose between were those for a canal across 
the Mexican Isthmus of Tehuantepec, via the Ran 
Juan river, and Lake Nicaragua; the Panama 
route, and two other routes lower down ou the 
same isthmus,—one involving a mountain tunnel 
of from seven to ten miles long. The estimated 
cost ranged from $138,265 ,000 to $ 262 , 200 , 000 , the 
longest canal, that via Lake Nicaragua, costing 
the least, and that through the Ran Bias tunnel 
costing the most. The Panama line Is estimated to 
cost $208,550,000. Lesseps, who made a magnifi¬ 
cent success of the Suez canal, is the prime mover 
in thts undertaking and thinks that, now the route 
of the canal is decided upon, the money will he 
forthcoming to build It. This seems very improba 
ble without government aid, but the Intention to 
seek such Is dlsa vowed. 
Baron Monel Rothschild, the leading representa¬ 
tive In England of the great F.uropeau family of 
money kings, Is dead at the age of 71. He was not 
merely a fl nancler, but was conspicuous In politics 
and was elected to the House of commons from 
London for many successive years, as represent¬ 
ing liberal Ideas and freedom Of commerce. lie 
was not allowed to take his sent, however, till 1858, 
because he was a Jew, and he was the first man 
ol his race to alt In the Commons, lie has of late 
been closely connected with our syndicates In the 
handling of United States bonds. A great drought 
prevails in Ba rbary, and it is feared that the want 
of water for domestic purposes will give rise to 
epidemic diseases. Wheat sells for $3 a pound and 
barley for $2, but animals of all kinds may be 
bought at one-third their normal price. 
The Imports of colonial wool Into England have 
doubled during the last fifteen years, and now 
amount to about 4 oo,ow,oon pounds. Half of this 
is re-exported to the Continent. The home clip of 
this once staple commodity of ICngland-on which 
the Lord Chancellor Is supposed to ho seated 
—Is now of secondary Importance. When the 
Zulus rushed in on the small British detachment 
of col. Wood, and while there was yet an open 
road In one direction, col Weatherly, an English 
cavalry officer, clapped his son, a hoy of 13 who 
was wit h him, on horseback, kissed him, and told 
him to fly tor his life. The lad jumped from the 
saddle, striklug the horse a lash which sent It 
galloping off, and said: - “Father, I’ll die with 
you,” The lather handed his revolver to the 
child Just as the Zulus reached, over British 
bodies, the spot where they stood. Weatherly 
slew five Zulus before lie fell, but the son was 
killed at once. It Is said that the Prince of Wales 
has remitted twenty per cent, of his Cornish rents. 
This means some $7U,0(X). it Is said that the dis¬ 
sensions of the agricultural and manufacturing 
groups of protectionists In the German relchstag 
have been compromised by an agreement to raise 
the duty on grain to 89 pfennings aud reduce the 
duty on Iron to so pfeunlugs. 
The Austrian convention with Turkey relating 
to the occupation of Bosnia and Nova-Bazar has 
been published, and to the great surprise of the 
public the preamble declares that “ the fact of the 
occupation In no way prejudices the sovereign 
rights or the sultan.” This is a most dextrous 
and useful stroke on the part of Count Andraasy. 
It relieves the Porto of the heavy burden of con¬ 
fessing to the Mussulman^ or the empire that it 
has ceded territory to a Power which had Dot, as¬ 
sailed It in arms, which, to a good Mussulman, 
would have the air of sacrilege; It shuts the 
mouths of the Hungarians who have been declaring 
that the occupation would end In annexation, and 
the Magyars would be swamped by the Slavs; and 
it gives Austria the air of scrupulous moderation 
In carrying out the provisions of the Treaty or 
Berlin. On the other hand, however, nobody—or 
next to nobody—believes that the sovereign rights 
1 of the Sultan have the smallest prospective value, 
