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THE RURAL HEW-YORKER 
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ness gave way under a cross. While you are 
in every possible way to try to restore your 
physical vigor, you are to remember that 
more soothing than any anodyne and more 
vitalising than any stimulant, and more 
strengthening than any tonic is the prescrip¬ 
tion of the text: ‘Cast thy burden upon the 
Lord, and He shall sustain thee.' ”. 
Domestic Cctmutmj 
CONDUCTED BY MRS. AGNES E. M. CARMAN. 
PITHS. 
Cheese that is easily crumbled is digestible, 
and may be eaten without fear. It is the 
India-rubber article that gives one a fit of the 
blues. 
A feather duster is a delusion and a snare— 
it. is simply a “flirter.” 
A piece of lemon is excellent for cleaning 
the hands. 
It is a mistake to put spoons in the holder 
handles down. 
A very thin coat of what Ls known as French 
picture varnish will restore chromos and oil 
paintings to their original brightness. 
Lazy pot pie are abominations—dead weights 
to tje carried upon some one’s overburdened 
shoulders. 
Buttermilk and lemon juice are harmless 
cosmetics for removing sunburn and freckles. 
Don’t reprove children before company—it 
hardens them and lessens their self-respect. 
HOUSEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA.—IX. 
MARY WAGER-FISHER. 
As the Winter sped on some things develop¬ 
ed differently from what had been predicted. 
No ants appeared in the closets, for which I 
was very glad, for I have a profound respect 
for the extraordinary intelligence of these 
small creatures, anil never kill one purposely. 
But mice appeared, and gave us considerable 
trouble. We had no trouble to catch them, ns 
the trap wo mnke use of never fails—a bowl 
turned up with one edge resting on a loop 
formed of a whalebone, or flat strip of steel, 
with a bit of eheese held in the two tied-to¬ 
gether ends: but the trouble lay in knowing 
what to do with the miee after they were 
caught, for there was not one of us who could 
kill the pretty, furred animals, with their 
bright eyes, and the upshot was that they 
nearly all escaped. But they seemed to 
learn wisdom from their experiences, and 
finally remained away. 
The water, too, instead of becoming 
worse, became much better after the lake 
was filled from the rains, and we gradually 
became somewhat reconciled to it, as the 
only fault it retained was muddiness after a 
heavy raia—and when it rains in California it 
rains a regular down-pour. During the first, 
half of January, it was wlmt the people 
called “very cold.” The•raorcury would fall 
in the night, to or 2 s and the ground 
would be frosted. The Calla Lilies were 
scorched by the frost, and the rose gerani¬ 
ums—but they all quickly recovered. For a 
week or so, 1 did not cut the geraniums, 
for my flower vases, and 1 found a graceful 
substitute for green leaves in the bed of car¬ 
rots in the back yard, the tops of which 
were beautifully green all the time, and we 
didu’t cure for the roots. A friend often 
brought me, in January, flowers ouce or 
twice a week—great bunches of violets, roses, 
carnations, etc., but from February 1st the 
violets, primroses, narcissus, etc., were 
abloom in our own garden. I gave myself a 
whole holiday on February 8 —a 'glorious 
sunny day—and taking the laddie with me, 
wo wont off to the hills buck of Berkeley, 
uud one of the first shrubs I discovered in 
full bloom was the wild currant—Kiln's 
sanguiueum—and further on I was fairly 
carried out of myself at great clumps of 
lupin in bloom, and I came home with my 
arms full of flowers, topped off with the 
graceful acacia that made all the country 
round aglow with its yellow niaguiflceuco! 
Wo took a simple luucli with us—dried Cal¬ 
ifornia figs—three pounds for 25 cents and 
dry bread—and 1 spread a shawl over a 
clump of sage brush which made for us a 
nice seat. But it was uncomfortably hot in 
the sun to sit for long. 
Berkeley, where the State University is 
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla, 
When she wan a Child, she cried for Castorla, 
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla, 
When she hail children, she gave them b’asturln, 
located is one of the most enchanting sites in 
the world, its groves of Live Oak and the ador¬ 
able panorama spread out seaward. While 
the experimental grounds—gardens in which 
grow cinchona camphor tree, Chinese bamboo, 
and the olive, where it is a jiurpotual Summer 
the year around, but foggy throughout June 
and July and bad “for the lungs”—could I 
ever console myself with the blizzards and 
cold and winds of a Pennsylvania Winter, and 
the scorching heat of its Summer?—were ques¬ 
tions I often asked myself. But in California 
people complain as much of t he weather as we 
do elsewhere, and say that, after a few years 
of residence here, they feel the cold as much 
as ever they did East. I sat at my writing or 
sewing all Winter, on sunny days, in an up¬ 
stairs room, with a large window fronting the 
South, without ever a fire, and needed none. 
A friend told me that she always, for 10 
years, had spent Christmas with friends liv¬ 
ing in the foot-hills, about JO miles from San 
Josd; und that for Christmas dinner they 
never failed to have asparagus, lettuce and 
greeu pirns, fresh, and from gardens in the 
neighborhood, and at that time raspberries 
were quite plentiful in the market. On one 
New Year’s Day, they found 04 varieties of 
garden and field flowers in bloom—but that 
was an 1 ‘exceptional’’ New Year’s—and as us¬ 
ual all the bad weather was “exceptional." We 
got used to tho word, however. It all suited me 
—and I had decidedly “exceptional" health. 
But the laddie had only contempt for a Winter 
without snow, and feared that he would be¬ 
come “unhurdy misfortunately" and not like 
the Winters at home. But all Winter his ra¬ 
diant face glowed with perfect health, a child 
who has never known an ache or pain—for 
which Heaven bo thanked. Anaximander 
found the climate not altogether “delightful”; 
it tended to the development of bronchitis—and 
it was a common remark that, the coast cli¬ 
mate gave everybody, soon or late, catarrh or 
neuralgia But we could, both of us, work 
mentally as never before, and tin ability bo 
do tins u as another marked characteristic of 
the “climate." 
Our housekeeping went on much as usual in 
“California fashion," except that after a little 
we found that it consumed too much time to 
prepare three meals per diem, and we resolved 
to have an early five or haif-past-five-o’elix-k 
dinner and take a “standing lunch.” Usually 
the luncheon consisted of u pudding baked 
during the breakfast getting. Some friends 
of mine who are artists and very busy women, 
said that for luncheon—when Mr. A., the 
husband und father, was not, at home—they 
had hot milk—not scolded—und bread and 
fruit, und as everything was done so in a rush 
with them, they found such a repast just the 
tiling for easy digestion; the milk cold did not 
agree with their stonmehs. But when Mr. A. 
was at home more had to be prepared, as 
usual! The mercy ouly knows why a man, 
who works no harder than women, should re¬ 
quire his “regular” meat meal three times u 
day, with all the circumstance of cloth and 
china ! When in camp, and where no woman 
are around, he can lean against a tree and 
gnaw r a bone and munch bread and cheese, 
and feel never aggrieved—even cook a meal 
und wash out his stockings and shirt. But if 
his wife is around, he lapses 4 L once into help¬ 
lessness. It, comes, I suppose, from his hav¬ 
ing lieeu “spoiled” by being “codified!" But 
our informal lunch worked sat isfactorily, and 
after the early dinner until half-post seven 
t’wos the laddie’s hour. We saw tie' man on 
horseback dash through tho street lighting 
the street lamps, and then— 
(Continued in nest paper.) 
NEBRASKA BEDSTEAD. 
I send you a sketch of a bedstead that we 
made. 1 put tw r o narrow ticks on it close 
together, then double a heavy quilt and throw 
it across the middle. The bedstead is very 
light, the slats aro of laths, and I can shove it 
together, put one tick on top of tho other, and 
cover it with a lounge spread in less time than 
jt takes rne to tell it. it is a great con veuiouce 
where lumber is scarce and t he houses are os 
small as they are here in Nebraska. It should 
be very low to admit of one tick being placed 
on top of the other when not in use. 
ANNIE WRIGHT, 
CHERRY PIE AND OTHER SEASON¬ 
ABLE DESSERTS. 
Always let a fruit pie be a “fat” one. Use 
the deepest, pie dish you can get, line it 
with paste and fill with successive layers of 
cherries and sugar, and cover and bake in a 
moderate oven. A little flour (about a table¬ 
spoonful in all) dredged over the different lay¬ 
ers will cause the juice to thicken and it wifi 
not be so apt to run out. A mixture of the 
sour pie cherry and the Black Tartarian 
makes the best pie. 
Straw berry tarts are made by mashing a 
pint of berries thoroughly with four table¬ 
spoonfuls of sugar, mid two well-beaten eggs, 
line patty-pans two-thirds full and bake. 
Strawberry fool is a dessert greatly liked by 
many. Put a quart of berries over the fire in 
a porcelain saucepan with a quarter of a 
pound of white sugar, cover closely, and stew 
gently for ten minutes. Shake the pan occa¬ 
sionally to keep them from burning, remove 
from the fire, nib through a hair sieve with 
the back of a wooden s|>oou. Set away to 
cool, and then stir a gill of rich cream. Place 
on the ice until thoroughly cold, and serve. 
Strawberry Blanc-nmnge is also very nice. 
Put a quart of berries on a dish and sprinkle 
over them a quarter of a pound of sugar, let¬ 
ting them stand for several hours. Meantime 
have made a blanc-mange of gelatine, sweet¬ 
ened to taste, and stir into it the juice that 
has oozed from the berries. When all is 
mixed thoroughly, put in a mold that has been 
wot with cold water, and set in a cold place 
until needed for use. Place the strawberries 
around the base. 
For strawberry ice-cream mash a pound of 
fully ripe berries with half a pound of pul¬ 
verized sugar. Rub through a sieve. Mix 
with a pint of cream and freeze. For straw¬ 
berry water-ice, rub one pound of berries and 
half a pound of currants through a sieve with 
three-quarters ot a pound of sugur, and freeze. 
It is almost a pity to use oranges when other 
fruits are so cheap, but this recipe will do for 
the season when oranges are the most plentiful 
and the cheapest fruit: peel and slice a dozen 
oranges and arrange in a glass dish with grated 
cocoanut ami powdered sugar in successive 
layers. A small grate'll cocoanut and half a 
cup of powdered sugar will be sufficient for 
the above number of oranges. 
A salad or Macedoine of fruits can be made 
most exquisitely w here many different kinds 
of fruits can be obtained at ouee. Arrange 
cherries (stoned), berries, currants, raspber¬ 
ries, pineapples and bananas in such propor¬ 
tions as your taste may direct, with sugar be¬ 
tween each layer, add the juice of three 
oranges to a large dishful, and serve very 
cold. You may puss around cream with it 
for those who like it. 
Strawberries should never be washed unless 
they are very sandy, and then you hail better 
not buy them, ns washing destroys their flavor. 
You may say that you don't know who picked 
them, but Marion Harlaud says you might as 
well say you don’t know who washed them 
and in what, as she once saw a housekeeper 
wash berries in a wash-hand basin! There is 
no doubt that washing lessens the flavor of 
the fruit. There are so mo people who suffer 
from dyspepsia after eating berries. If they 
would eat unwashed berries without sugar, 
tho trouble would be lessened. palmetto. 
- M l — 
FOR THE SICK ROOM. 
SACK POSSET. 
Pound or roll one Boston cracker or a soda 
biscuit, and set it over the fire in a pint of 
cold milk; simmer 15 minutes. Beat one egg 
with a wine-glass of wine, a spoonful of sugar, 
a little salt and a dash of nutmeg. Turn this 
into the milk, stirring constantly, boil up 
once and take from the fire. 
WINE WHEY. 
Bring to a boil one cup of new milk, and 
stir in half a glass of sherry wine. Boil a 
moment and strain. Sweeten if liked. This 
is very nutritious. nurse. 
to renovate mens’ straw hats. 
As tho season for straw hats is at hand, 
often old ones of last year’s wear will be found 
that might be made to render considerable 
service yet, if cleaned and a new band applied. 
Wash these old hats with rain-water and Palm- 
oil soap, which will remove the dirt aud 
grease, and make them look bright and clean. 
DASH. 
MRS. HOMESPUN’S RECIPES. 
YEAST. 
Eight fair-sized raw potatoes grated, a 
tablespoonful of salt, the some of sugar, a 
teaspoonful of ginger and throe tablespoonfuls 
of flour. Stir this into the grated potato. 
Have a handful of hops boiled, and pour the 
water on this, then turn on boiling water 
enough to make this a thick paste, and with a 
pood fire cwk all tire minute*. Cool and put 
in enough yeast to raise it. Stir down repeat¬ 
edly as it rises, and then _cover well and set 
away in a cool place. 
POT-PEE DUMPLINGS. 
A quart of flour with two teuspoonfuls of 
baking powder sifted in it. Rub in a piece of 
butter the size of an egg, add a pinch of salt 
and wet up with sweet milk. Stir thick with 
a spoon. Drop this in chicken or beef broth, 
cover nrnl cook 15 minutes without removing 
the cover. The same recipe may be used for 
strawberry shortcake. 
fruit CAKE. 
Two pounds of seeded raisins, one pound of 
currants, one-fourth pouud of candied citron, 
one tablespoonfui of cinnamon, one of allspice, 
one of cloves, one or two nutmegs, five eggs, 
one cup of sour cream, one cup of melted but¬ 
ter, a teaspoonful and a half of soda, three cups 
of brown sugar, one cup of molasses or sorg¬ 
hum, flour to make this thick. Bake slowly 
three hours and a half. This makes a large cake 
that will last u year if one wished to keep it 
that long. 
£fti$fcUancou,'p SUU'crtisinci 
Pain in the Side 
Is a symptom of disease. It may be 
caused by Rheumatism, or by Neuralgia, 
but it usually indicates a disordered con¬ 
dition of the Stomach, Liver, or Kid¬ 
neys. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla corrects the 
action of the vital organs, and removes 
every trace of disease from tho system. 
Last fall and winter I suffered from a 
dull, heavy, pain in my side. I did not 
notice it inuen, at firsL hut it gradually 
grew worse until it became almost un¬ 
bearable. During the latter part of this 
time, disorders of the Stomach and Liver 
increased my troubles. I began taking 
Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and. alter faithfully 
continuing the use of this medicine for 
some months, the pain disappeared and 
I was completely cured. — Mrs. Augusta 
A. Forbush, Hav erhill, Mass. 
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, 
Prepared bv Dr. .T. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Maos. 
Bold by all Druggists. Price $1; six bottles, $5. 
MAKE HENS LAY 
S heridan sooNDiTioN powder isabsoiute- 
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a modtclny to be given with food. Nothing on earth 
will make hens njr like it. It cures chicken chol¬ 
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mall free. Sold everywhere, or sent by mall for 
25 eta. in stamps. 2,*i-lb tJn cans, 31 ; by mail, 
8120. Six cans by express, prepaid, for $5. 
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HIRES’ 
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Packages. 25 els. Makes 5 gallons < >t 
a delicious, sparkling aud wholesome beverage. Sold 
by all druggists, or sent by mail on receipt of 25 cents. 
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