one cup of chopped raisius rubbed into a pint 
of flour, two eggs well beaten together; then 
add flour aud raisins, and one teaspoonful of 
soda and a teaspoonful of salt and enough 
more flour to make a stiff batter. Steam 
three hours. To be eaten with pudding 
sauce or cream and sugar, as the taste 
dictates. “ This is the most convenient 
pudding in the world,” said she, as she 
placed it iu the pan, “for you can make it serve 
for two days as well as one.” 
“The second day slice the remainder, lay it 
on a plate and steam it. five or ten minutes 
before wanted, and it will be as good as new. 
It is also nice to make ou Saturday, and then 
the dessert is already prepared for Sunday.” 
The color, she said, was supposed to give 
the pudding its name.” 
She then made apple pies aud cookies that 
they might be ready to go at ouce into the 
oven when the bread was done. She always 
intends to do as much cooking as possible on 
Tuesday, as she thinks Wednesday morning 
the best, time to have the ironing done. In an 
hour the loaves were laid away iu the pantry, 
and while the other cookery was boing baked 
she brought in a spare-rib, placed it in the 
dripping-pan, sprinkled a little salt aud pow¬ 
dered sage over it. put in a teacup of water, 
and wheu the last pie was taken from the 
oven, the meat was placed in it that it might 
lie baked for dinner. And with baked pota¬ 
toes this meal was easily prepared, and, al¬ 
though unexpected company came iu, uo ex¬ 
tra work was required of the hospitable mis¬ 
tress, After dinner, while the helpful 
daughter put the kitchen in order, a dripping- 
pan of coffee was put in the oven to be roasts 
ed, aud as Mrs. Homespun cut out some gar¬ 
ments to make, she watched and stirred it 
frequently until, wheu a little was ground iu 
the coffee mill, it had the right color and 
brittleness to suit her practiced judgment. 
It was then removed from the oven, a table¬ 
spoon of butter was stirred in it. and when 
nearly cool a fresh egg, well beaten, was stir¬ 
red in and the coffee set by the fire to dry, be¬ 
fore being put away in a tight drawer. A 
quiet, busy afternoon followed until the sup¬ 
per hour, and the hungry school children ar¬ 
rived at the same time. 
Soon the whole family were summoned to 
the evening meal, where, with cheerful 
chattering, the children disposed of the re¬ 
mains of the baked spare-rib, supplemented 
with brown bread aud butter and canned Si¬ 
berian erab-apples, with a relish which was 
very complimentary to the cook. All but the 
tireless housewife devoted the evening to read¬ 
ing, but. she sat beside a basket of stockings, 
whose dilapidated heels seemed hi forbid such 
recreation, but she cheerfully took up the 
burden. 
A FEBRUARY FARM BREAKFAST. 
Tmx slices of cold, boiled ham; eggs poached 
and dressed with plenty of butter and a little 
salt (no popper). Place cold boiled potatoes, 
chopped fine, seasoned with salt and a trifle of 
pepper, over the tiro; add half pint of water 
for each quart of potatoes, cover aud cook fast 
for a few minutes without stirring; then add 
a good spoouful of gravy from the ham for 
civil quart of potatoes aud cook fast, stirring 
constantly, aud dish up immediately. If fried 
potatoes are set back and allowed to cool a 
little, they become leathery. Graham gems 
aud one kind of fruit sauce can bo added at 
one’s pleasure, with coffee and hot milk. No 
butter ou the table separate from the food. 
AUNT NINA. 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
PUSS. 
It may seem presumptious iu a Kentucky 
woman to tell the dwellers of pie land any¬ 
thing concerning pies. Yet so many remedies 
appear to keep pies from “boiling over,” that 
I wonder the pies continue to do so. While 1 
cannot, lay claim to having lieen brought up 
on them, yet. I’ve seen enough to know what 
they are, aud my experience with them has 
been in every way satisfactory. After rolling 
out the under crust, before trimming it off, 
place in the fruit, then place top crust on, and 
with both hands press the two together as you 
slip the pie around. Next, take a fork and 
press the edges all round and prick the upper 
crust. Place in a moderate oven. Never let 
the crust brown. Have it, when done, u flaky 
white. When the edge of the crust leaves the 
pan. and your best judgment says“’tis done,” 
with a knife slip off the pie upon a plate. Will 
it always slide? Yes, if the pan is slightly 
greased and the pie properly baked. Such pies 
are not to he regarded with contempt.. They 
have a place in the heart of man and boy, that 
nothing else (ills so well. 
1 remember asking a "wearer of the gray” 
how lie captured a squad of soldiers? He 
laughed, saying, “Wo were camped on a river, 
‘they’ were just across; our ‘boys’ placed pies 
along thejriver_bank and that brought them 
when nothing else would. While they ate the 
pies we surrounded and captured.” 
WATER INSTEAD OF HULK IN CAKE. 
Hearing that a confectioner had said: 
“Water is much better than milk in cake, but 
you can’t convince a woman that it is true,” 
I began to use it, having a mind open to con¬ 
victions, and the result left, no doubt as to 
uis being right about the water in the cake, 
though altogether wrong as regards the 
woman. For the past year iu all cake recipes 
calling for milk, I have substituted water, 
using cream-of-tartar and soda, or baking 
powder. 
A milk crock is very nice for cookingoat- 
meal, custard, hominy or fruit, in fact, any¬ 
thing requiring careful cooking. 
Its cheapness and it being easily cleaned 
commends it. . 
In baking thin cakes to be placed one on the 
other, to have them come out nicely, loosen 
the edge with a knife, trim the cake down on 
a cloth, then lay a wet cloth all over the bot¬ 
tom of the pan. The cake will drop out. 
TEA CAKES. 
Nice tea cakes are made with one egg, two 
cups of sugar, one cup of sweet cream, one 
cup of butter, teaspoonful of soda, two tea- 
poonfuls of cream-of-tartar. Season with 
nutmeg. Enough flour for a soft dough. 
Roll thin and cut in fancy shapes. 
SOUTHERN PUDDING. 
Three eggs beaten separately, two cups of 
white sugar, one cup of sweet cream, one cup 
of butter, two or three tablespoonfuls of flour. 
Flavor with letflkm and bake in crust. Will 
make three puddings. m. l. s. 
CORRECTION FOR FRUIT CAKE. 
In issue of January 2d, two pounds of but¬ 
ter and one-and-one-half pouud of lard should 
have been one pound of butter and one-half 
pound of lard. s. m. t. 
CUSTARD PUDDING. 
One quart of new milk, yelks of six eggs, 
one cup of sugar, one tablespoonful of corn 
star' h; flavor with vanilla. When cold beat 
the whites to a stiff froth, add one-half cup 
of sugar, spread ou the top and brown in the 
oven. 
SUET PUDDING. 
One cup of molasses, one of chopped suet, 
one cup of raisius, one of sweet milk, one tea- 
spoonful of soda; flavor with cinnamon and 
cloves. Steam three hours. 
VIRGINIA PUDDING. 
Quo quart of scalded inilk, two tablespoon¬ 
fuls of flour in a little milk, yelks of four eggs, 
the whites of two, aud a little salt. Bake one 
half hour. When cold beat whitesof two eggs 
to a froth, add a cup of sugar aud juice of a 
lemon. Ponr over the pudding. 
MRS. b. c. D. 
SPONGE CAKE. NO. 1. 
Mix one cup of flour and two heaping tea¬ 
spoonfuls of baking powder together. To one 
cup of sugar add three: beaten eggs, two tea- 
spoonfuls of milk, a pinch of salt. Stir all 
briskly together aud bake at once. 
no. 2 . 
Three eg , well beaten, one cup of sugar, 
two cups of Hot-. three-fourths of a cup of 
cream, two teasjxxmfuLs of cream-of-tartar, 
one teaspoonful of soda and a pinch of salt. 
DERICIOUS WHITE CAKE. 
One cup of sugar, one cup of sweet milk, one- 
half cup of butter, two cups of flour, two tea- 
spoonfuls baking powder, whites of three eggs 
IkMiten very stiff and added last thing. 
OSTING. 
Oue cup of sugar, white of one egg, one 
tablespoonful of water. Boil sugar and water 
together, take from stove and add the beaten 
egg while hot. mrs. s. b. baton. 
SALVE, 
One tablespoonful of lard, a piece of shoe¬ 
maker’s wax, the size of a hickory-nut, the 
same quantity of bees-wax and three table¬ 
spoonfuls of flaxseed oil. Melt all together and 
put in a box. It will keep for years. This is 
known at our house as “Grandpa’s salve.” 
Nothing can equal it for sores that have dirt 
in them. 
STARCHING, 
I tried the way May Maple gave for starch¬ 
ing shirts and have not been successful. The 
shirts did not get as st iff as they should and 
were far from being as good as laundry work. 
I followed her directions carefully. My way 
of starching with “elastic starch” looks better 
aud doc- nut take nearly so long. If any of the 
Rural readers have tried May Maple’s pro¬ 
cess, will they pleas*) report, as i am anxious 
to learn if I am at fault. Harriet brown. 
[Will Harriot Brown please tell jus what 
“elastic starch” is?— 
%n\ ©.state 
Worth Knowing. 
TU AT as a household remedy, lor 
■ ilM I , children and adults, Ayer's 
Pills are invaluable. 
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lumberman. Address VVTVFTELD If, SIM P«<>N, 
1 St. Paul Street, Baltimore. Md. 
MARYLAND FARMS.— Rook and Mao free, 
by C. E. SHANAHAN, Attorney, Easton. Mil. 
TU AT in Colds, with headache, baek- 
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a cure when other remedies fail. 
TU AT these Pills are sugar coated, 
• ilM I perfectly sale to lake, do not 
gripe, and contain neither calomel nor 
any other dangerous drug. 
I have used Ayer’s Cathartic Pills iu 
my family for the past, thirty-five years. 
For stomach or liver troubles, or any 
irregularity of the bowels, and in case 
of Colds, Ayer's Pills are unequaled. 
I am never without them. — Frank 
Tisdale, Montpelier, Yt. 
Ayer’s Pills, 
Prepared 1>y Dr. .1. C. Ayer &Co., Lowell, Mass. 
Sold by ail Druggists and Dealers iu Medicine. 
CANADA HARDWOOD ASHES 
For Sale, by the car load. Leached or tmlcached. Also 
Bone and Potash Fertilizers. Analysis guaranteed. 
Write to CIIAB. STEVENS, Napaneo, Out,, Can. 
WE WANT SALESMEN Lccal ft Traveling.’ 
**-WIU pay good salary and all expenses. 
Write fur terms, staling Experience and salarr wanted. 
BL.OA-N % GO., MaauXacturtra, 2*4 Gkerge St., ClociBoaa, 0. 
PURE MILK. 
WARREN MILK BOTTLES 
Patented March 23d, 1880. 
Adapted for the Delivery 
of Milk in all Cities 
aud Toirns 
A Long Needed Want 
at last Supplied. 
DESCRIPTIVE CIRCU 
LARS ON 
APPLICATION. 
A. V. WHITEMAN, 
R N. 
7'i Murray St., 
NEW fORK. 
FOR SA U E. —Cattle Ranches, Farms. Timber and 
Mineral Lands. All Southern States. Money loaned 
safely at8 per cent. W. IJ. Howcott. New'Orleans. 
500 FA RMS for Sale. In TIDEWATER. VmoivtA. 
Cheap aud Rich Lands. Healthy and Mild Climate. 
Fish and Oysters lit great abundance. 
E. C. LI NOSEY dr CO., Norfolk. Va. 
FARMS FOR SALE 
IN MICHIGAN. 
New Price List just Issued for Free Distribution. 
Over 200 of the finest Farms In the state fully describ¬ 
ed. Also a Map of Michigan, showing railroads, towns, 
cities, etc. 
GFO. W SNOVER. 
REAL ESTATE AND LOAN AGENT, 
103 Griswold Street, Detroit. Mich. 
We ocLL farms 
where. Cata. UK ur 
Phillips & YV ells,Tribune Bullding.N.Y. 
Country Rea 1 
Estate Every- 
CatatoKue FREE. 
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send for circular A. O. BE ISS. Centra Hn, Va. 
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_JFREE Catalogue. 
CO.. Richmond. 'Va. 
CipUO Hotels,Stores,Mills. Rnsluess Chances. Coun- 
r » n m o try Seats or Lands for Sole or Fj- change. in- 
clo6estamp for Lists. W. 8. Ilotehkin, Real Es¬ 
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VIRGINIA LAND AGENCY. 
Cheap Farms. Splendid Climate. Short MIDI Winters 
GoodMarkets. Descriptive Laud List Free. 
GRIFFIN & JERVIS Petersburg, Va. 
LORIDA 
Edition of MAP <fc PAMPHLET 
th f k disston land cos. 
303 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. 
GARDEN 
SEEDS FREE!! 
Everyone knows that NORTHLBN GROWN 
SKF.DS produce finer, earlier and larger Vegeta¬ 
bles than any others. We have bought tLT.OOO fl.00 lots 
of Garden and Flower S'-eds.grown in Minnesota and 
Dakota, right tinder the North star, and want you 
to try theta. We publish THE HOUSEKEEPER, 
85.000 , ireulath.n and iti Its ninth year ("nochick¬ 
en,” you See). Wo are ambitious to bring this Home 
Paper up to 150,'XX) circulation. Henco the oilers we 
make you: 
1st OFFER—Thk Hottsekeepfr is a monthly, 
$1.00 per year. If you send your subscription for 
1888 and SI.Ou, we will send you SI.' •) worth of garden or 
flower seeds. For every two additional subscriptions 
secured by you atjl.'W, wo will send, you SI "d In seeds 
as above, and will also semi $LOO in seeds to each 
subscriber secured. 
2d. —If you send your subscription to The Hottse- 
KBBPkk for 6 months at 50 cents, we will send 50 cts. iu 
seeds as above. For each two suInscriptions for 8 months 
secured by you at 50 cents we will send 50 cents’worth 
of seeds as abuve.and same amount to each subscriber 
3d.—Toany lady whoseiuLs her address fur a speci¬ 
men copy (free) of Tub Hocs-kebfek. and 6 cents 
postage, we will send a 25 cent (retail price) packet of 
the new and beautiful Giant Pansy (unported Trim, 
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Ou recetptof SUl'M’r.ptions, we mall catalcgne Of the 
well-known seedsmen Northrun, Bras Inn & Co., 
Minneapolis, Mum., with an order for amount due in 
seeds, which order win be filled Immediately when sent 
with your selection, to Northrop, Brs-lau * t o. The 
leading specialties of this catalogue trill be advertised in 
March Housekeeper and selections may be mo le from that 
list by all subscribers. Address BUCKEYE PUB. 
CO., Minneapolis, Minn. 
tfTTHIS OFFER WILL NOT APPEAR AGAIN, 
No. 307. PiUCESl.OO. 
l Tills Extra Strong, 
well made and finely 
finished Knife. Three 
blade-, only $1, Four 
bladed. Ebony Handle 
Knife. Brass Finished. 
3 lie. ; Four blades. Pearl 
Handle Knife. SI ( Three 
blades. Ivory Handle, 
50e. Mechanics’ and 
Farmers' Strong. Heavy 
TUree-bladed Knife, 7 5c, 
Pruning Knife. 30c. 
Flower shears. 75c. 
'.rape Shears. 75o. 
lady s Two blades. Pear! 
Handle. 30e.; Shell 
Handle, ‘J5c. Boy’s 
strong Knife. Two 
blades, 2 5c. All our 
goods are w.irranted to 
give satisfaction, if they 
do not. money will be re¬ 
funded. Sond for 3 •- 
page Illustrated Cata¬ 
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FOR MILKING COWS WITH SORE OR OBSTRUCTED TEATS. 
Send for descriptive circulars. We mail these tubes to any address on receipt of 25 cents. 
Mention this paper. Liberal discount to the trade. 
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DEALEKH IiV 8 EI .DS A. I> FARMERS’ REQUISITES. 
TUo Machine* are light.strong,^ 
coey-runniug, admirable 
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Fnrllcal * 11 - 1*7 
Tool*. 
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127 and 129 
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