Fifth row, k 5, o, u, k 2. o, n, k 6. 
Sixth row, k 10, o, n, k 2, o. u, k 1. 
Seventh row, k 3, o, u, k2, o, n, k 8. 
Eighth row. Bind off four stitches, k 12. 
Explanation of terms: k signifies knit plain; 
o, put thread over needle; n, narrow or knit 
two stitches together; p, means purl or seam 
stitch. AUNT EM. 
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A gentle pang, as peacefully they say. 
His purpose stands, though mine has passed away... 
Patience and strength are what we have 
now; and all the time an earnest discontent 
until we come to what we ought to be .... 
The saying is credited to Plutarch that 
five great enemies to peace inhabit with us, 
namely, avarice, ambition, envy, anger, pride. 
If these enemies were to be banished we should 
infallibly enjoy perpetual peace. 
The secret of good manners is to forget one’s- 
self altogether. The people of really fine breed¬ 
ing are the ones who never thiuk of themselves, 
but only of the pleasure they can give to 
others. No adornment of beauty, of learning 
or accomplishment goes so far in its power to 
attract as the gift of sympathy... 
Domestic Camoimj 
CONDUCTED BY MRS. AGNES E. M. CARMAN. 
A HANDY WOOD-BOX. 
is quite a relish. It is a good thing in cooking 
to make two days’ dinners as neatly as possi¬ 
ble at the one time. Then the next day’s time 
can be spent in many profitable ways away 
from the kitchen. In Bummer especially this 
Is necessary aud lal >or-sftving. 
The autumn flowers are brilliant and beau¬ 
tiful—they please the eyes, but do not touch 
the heart, and f find myself singing the old 
refrain; 
"Return darling lilies and white roses 
And bring back the Summer days again.” 
FRENCH LACE. 
The directions for this pietty lace were 
taken originally from the Household. It is 
very different from any pattern that I ever 
made before. Cast on 13 stitches, knit across 
plain. 
First row, k 3, o, n, k 2, o, n. k 4. 
Second row, k 2 over four times, k 2, o, n, k 
2, o, u, k 3. 
Third row, k 5, o, n, k 2, o, n, k 1, p 1, k 1, 
p 1, k 2. 
— — i. n - o 
WASH BENCH. 
Fig. 379. 
The above illustrations show how I combined 
the two. The box is four feet long, three 
high and 21) inches wide. I used turkey-red 
for covering, tacking a flounce around the 
top. ONE OF THE AUNTS. 
KITCHEN TALKS. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
The corn meal kept In a wooden building 
adjoining the house had a habit of turning 
sour from heat till the Scientist of the family 
put a large, smooth limestone in the middle of 
the barrel, aud it has kept it safe through the 
hot weather. He advised tin- young ladies 
who wear tortoise-shell combs to rub them 
with sweet oil. to keep the tooth from break¬ 
ing. 
The Amateur Cook cut a leg of mutton the 
other day that had been cured in the same 
way as a ham. Six pounds of stilt, eight 
ounces of saltpeter and live pints of molasses 
will make enough pickle for one hundred 
weight. The legs should be kept in the pickle 
three or four weeks, according to size, and 
then hung up for a day or t wo to dry before 
they are smoked. Where people keep sheep 
and prefer mutton, this recipe is worth keep¬ 
ing to try in cool weather, for anot her season. 
If slightly boiled and fried in a flour batter, 
meat prepared in this way comes in useful 
when fresh meat cannot be had, aud it is the 
most tantalizing thing in life to have extra 
people come in at diuutu* time when you have 
just enough and tin more, aud no butcher is 
within hailing distance Then, instead of a 
pudding, there is nothing better than a table¬ 
spoonful of wine of rennet mixed in a quart 
of warm milk; flavor with vanilla, or auv 
other favorite, set awhile on ice and eaten with 
sweetened cream. Our family are very fond 
of rice, and it is a cooling and healthy diet iu 
Summer. When we use it simply boiled oue 
day, I take out a dishful, mix it with a good 
custard aud a few currants, bake, and serve 
cold the next day. We tire of rice baked iu 
the oveu with milk, though iu cold weather it 
PijefffUattcouh pUvcrtbinfl. 
When Baby was sick. we gave her Castorla 
When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla, 
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla, 
When she had Children, she gave them Castorla 
Fig. 380. 
The above is a drawing of a wash bench the 
writer made when a lad of fourteen. It has 
been iu constant use eighteen years without 
repair. 
The outside boards for top are plump one 
inch thick, six iuches wide. Middle four aud 
a half iuches wide aud a little thinner. White 
wood (poplar) was used. Pine is as good or 
better. The boards are fastened to three and 
and a half inch square oak sticks, 2n inches 
loug, with No. s clinch (wrought) nails. 
Holes were first bored through the boards so 
as not to split them when driving the nails. 
Holes one-and-one-half inch in diameter 
were bored in square sticks for the legs, be¬ 
fore the boards were fastened on. to avoid 
boring for nails. The bench is 18 inches high 
and four-and-one-half feet loug. 
Boys don’t let your mothers or sisters use 
chairs or that old warped plank of a bench to 
put the tubs ou auv longer. Go at it and 
make oue that the tub will sot level on and 
never slip. When done give it a coat of paint. 
A PROTEST. 
The Rural has beou iu our home for over 
It) years, and we think it is just the best pa¬ 
per of its kind published. There is some¬ 
thing in it to interest each member of the fam¬ 
ily. aud many are the toothsome dishes that 
have come to our table from having read 
'“Domestic Economy.” But there is just one 
thing l feel 1 must say in regard to the wine 
ami brandy, that are iu some of our recipes 
1 think the time has gone by when such things 
are needed to give our delicacies the desired 
flavor. Why not let our influence be on the 
side of temperance iu our part of so good a 
paper, and reject all such recipes “lest we 
make our brother to offend?” MRS e. w. l. 
♦ ♦ ♦ 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
COCONUT CAKE. 
Five eggs, three cups of sugar, oue cup of 
butter, one cup of milk, oue teaspoouful of 
soda, two of eroam-of-tartar, four cups of 
flour, babe like jelly cake. Icing: One-half 
pound of white sugar to the beaten whites of 
two eggs, add the cocoauut and place between 
the layers. 
The above will answer for chocolate cake, 
with the following icing: one cup of sugar, 
oue fake of chocolate aud whites of two eggs 
whipped together. 
ONE EGG LAYER CAKE. 
Oue egg, oue eup of sugar, one tablespoon¬ 
ful of butter, half a cup of sweet milk, half a 
teaspoouful of soda, oue teaspoouful of cream- 
of-tartar. A little more ..than one cup flour. 
This makes two layers. Canadian. 
OYSTER FRITTERS. 
Drain the liquor from the oysters, to a cup 
of this liquor add a cup of milk, three beaten 
eggs, a little salt, and flour enough to make a 
thin batter. Chop the oysters, and add to the 
batter. Have ready in a frying-pan a mixture 
of beef-drippings and butter; heat very hot, 
and drop the oyster-batter in by the spoonful. 
Skim out as soon as they are delicately brown¬ 
ed, aud send to table at once. 
OYSTER OMELET. 
Beat six eggs, whites and yelks separately; 
to the yelks add a half cup of thin cream or 
rich milk, a little salt, and 24 small oysters 
chopped fine. Put two spoonfuls of butter 
into a frying pan, and heat while mixing the 
omelet. Add the whipped whites to the other 
ingredients, mix lightly, and when the butter 
is hot turn into the pan. Shake to prevent 
burning. When “'set” in the middle, turn one- 
half over the other, and turn onto a hot plat¬ 
ter. MRS. P. BELL. 
CAKE FRITTERS. 
Here is a good way to use up stale cake. 
Cut dry cup or sponge cake into rounds or 
diamonds with a cake cutter. Fry these 
pieces in hot fat. the same as you would frit¬ 
ters. Dip, very quickly, half of the pieces into a 
dish of boiling milk. Spread these pieces 
thickly with jelly, jam or preserves, cover 
with the dry pieces, put a little of the jam or 
jelly on top and serve. mils, economy. 
QUINCE CHEESE. 
You can use small, imperfect fruit for this 
preserve. Pare, core aud slice the quinces 
and cover with cold water. Stew the skins, 
cores aud seeds with just enough water to 
cover until tender, theu strain through a thick 
cloth, pressing out all of the juice. Drain off 
the water from the quinces, put into a preserv¬ 
ing dish, add the liquor strained from the par¬ 
ings and cook slowly, stirring and mashing 
the fruit with a wooden spoon. To each quart 
Of this mass, add a pint of sugai*. Cook until 
very thick. Put into jelly tumblers. It 
should be thick enough to turn out firm so 
that it can be cut into slices. 
SWEET-TOMATO PICKLE. 
Seven pounds of ripe tomatoes peeled and 
sliced, three pounds and a half of white sugar, 
one ounce each of powdered cinnamon and 
cloves, and a quart of good vinegar. Mix 
aud cook oue and a half hour. Bottle and 
seal. mrs. i. s. 
BIRD'S NEST PUDDING. 
Pare aud remove cores of eight quick-cook- 
iug tart-apples, put into a pudding-dish so 
that they will till the ttottom, make a custard 
of a quart of milk, yelks of six and whites of 
two eggs sweetened and flavored to taste. 
Pour over the apples and bake slowly until 
apples are tender and custard “set ” Make a 
meringue of the whites aud four spoonfuls of 
powdered sugar, spread over the top and re¬ 
turn to the oven until delicately browned. 
lemon meringue pudding. 
Soak two cups of fine bread crumbs iu a 
quart of milk. Beat a half cup of butter and 
a cup of sugar to a cream, add the yelks of 
four eggs, beat, again then stir into the bread 
aud milk. Add the grated rind of a lemon 
and bake in a buttered dish until firm and 
lightly browned . Whip the whites stiff, add 
three spoonfuls of powdered sugar. The 
juice of half a lemon, spread over the pudding 
when done and return to the over to brown. 
Eaten cold. mrs. c. 
“Pot-roasting” is au economical aud not- 
to-be-despised method of cooking meat. 
Apple-saUCE that is passed through a col¬ 
ander is voted “best" at our house. 
As a rule lima beans are uot cooked loug 
enough. The best that we have eaten this 
seasou our hostess told us had beeu cooked 
slowly for four horn's. 
Here is au excellent recipe for good rice 
pudding: One quan of milk, two tablespoon¬ 
fuls of rice, two of granulated sugar; mix and 
stir often during the baking. A pudding of 
any size cau Ik* made by increasing the quan¬ 
tities, but the exact ratio should be preserved. 
Add a little salt if liked. 
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