1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
273 
Spring Suggestions. 
About the time that the pussy willows 
begin to show the fuzzy dots of incipieut 
catkins on their stems, the thoughts of 
the housewife turn to the Spring clean¬ 
ing and kindred topics. The actual work 
may be weeks ahead, but the good man¬ 
ager, like the good general, fights her 
battles beforehand. She will have the 
man of the house attend to any jobs of 
repairing before the rush begins out¬ 
doors, and will see that stepladder, 
whitewash brushes, window screens, 
etc., are in order. A pair of small cyl¬ 
inders are useful in moving heavy ar¬ 
ticles of furniture. By taking off legs 
or casters and substituting the rollers a 
cumbersome box lounge or stove which 
would tax the strength of two or three 
persons, can be rolled with ease without 
plowing into the carpet. Mine cost 
nothing, as they were taken from a piece 
of defunct farm machinery, and they 
save many a backache. 
The children’s shoes had made the 
paint on the doors and wainscoting of 
the sitting room look scratched and 
shabby. 1 should never think of stop¬ 
ping their play when the weather pro¬ 
hibits outdoor exercise for two active 
boys, but how to repair the damage 
without entirely repainting was a prob¬ 
lem. At last 1 thought of my old paint¬ 
box. A few trials with a tube of dark 
blue and one of yellow produced the 
exact shade of green to match, and half 
an hour’s work with a brush made all 
fair and smooth again. Verily a little 
paint and patience covei’eth a multitude 
of blemishes. 
In looking over the canned fruit after 
the Winter’s dampness, some of the 
labels are often found defaced or miss¬ 
ing. Try using adhesive plaster for 
these instead of paper. It is the work of 
an instant to stick the strips on the 
warm cans. Once on they never loosen 
and are always legible. 
As warm weather comes on the apples 
require frequent sorting to remove the 
specked and partly decayed fruit. We 
wonder sometimes what to do with the 
culls. The Spring apple is apt to be in¬ 
sipid and flavorless when cooked, yet 
we hesitate to throw away what we will 
vainly sigh for later in the season. The 
following recipes are excellent ways to 
transform this wasting material into 
Looth.some dainties and if put into cans 
they will help to bridge over the long 
days before the early berries are ripe: 
Apple and Orange Marmalade.—Cut 
llie apples in small pieces without peel¬ 
ing them, add about a pint of cold water 
for every quart of apples and cook down 
for half an hour. Press the pulp through 
a sieve, straining out the skins and 
cores. Add the juice of three oranges 
and the grated yellow peel of two to 
every pint of the apple pulp. For each 
pint add three-quarters of a pound of 
sugar. Boil the marmalade until it is 
thick enough to curl before the finger 
when taken out for trial. A cup of pre¬ 
served pineapple or quince preserves 
will give the flavor of pineapple or 
quince to a quart of apple pulp. 
Apple Ginger.—Tie a little ginger root 
in a bag. A quarter of a pound will do 
for eight pounds of apples. Put the bag 
of ginger into three pints of cold, clear 
water. vVhen the water is highly flavor¬ 
ed add about three-quarters of a pound 
ot sugar to every pound of apples. The 
three pints of water will be suflicient for 
six pounds of sugar. Add the juice of 
two iemons, laying aside the yellow peel 
cut in shreds. Clarify the syrup by al¬ 
lowing it to cool after it has cooked five 
minutes and mixing the white of two 
eggs and the shells in the cooied syrup. 
Return the syrup to the fire, let it boii 
up once, and then draw to the back of 
the stove. A scum wiii cover it. Strain 
into a clean saucepan, add the yellow 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use’‘Mrs.Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while Teething. It Is the Best.—Adr. 
peel of the lemons and put in quarters 
of apples. As soon as cooked, lift them 
out and put in more. Place the apples 
into jars and pour the syrup over them. 
M. K. COLEGROVE. 
“ Reading Maketh a Full Man.” 
I was much interested in reading 
the editorial comments on the amount 
of poor and worthless reading matter 
that Is being put before us in these days 
and will add, too often by writers of 
considerable fame. The comment of 
Solomon that ‘‘in making many books 
there is no end” is particularly true to¬ 
day, and he might have added periodi¬ 
cals. When I think what a mine of 
wealth these is before a young person 
in the matter of good reading, in the 
way of amusement, instruction and gen¬ 
eral knowledge, I feel constrained to 
add a few words. 
The mind grows by what it feeds on, 
and if the early diet is that which sim¬ 
ply entertains, without instruction, 
there will be no desire for anything bet¬ 
ter. A story or novel of the right kind 
may be as instructive as some of the 
most learned treatises and much pleas¬ 
anter to take. For instance, take the 
works of Dickens or Scott as portrayers 
of character, or books like Victor Hugo’s 
•‘Toilers of the Sea“ or ‘‘Les Miserables” 
for accurate description of the Isle of 
Guernsey, Paris, the Battle of Waterloo, 
as well as for the great moral lessons 
they teach; Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 
‘‘Oldtown Folks” with its pen pictures 
of New England home life a century 
ago, as well as some of the more recent 
works on our own South, before and 
after the Civil War, such as those of 
Thomas Nelson Page, Judge Tourgee or 
Geo. W. Cable, or Edward Eggleston’s 
‘‘Hoosier Schoolmaster” as a picture of 
the life in the early days of the Central 
West. Stories all, but to a careful read¬ 
er (and they should be read more than 
once), a liberal education. 
I have a great respect for the his¬ 
torical novel, which though not always 
true to the life, gives a correct idea of 
prominent characters and their times, 
and will attract because of the setting, 
and create an interest that will lead to 
the study of the history pure and sim¬ 
ple. Let me give an illustration; when 
a boy I read Miss Muhlbach’s historical 
works and Frederick the Great, Henry 
VlII. of England, Napoleon Bonaparte, 
and other lesser lights, became familiar 
acquaintances. When I came to study 
English and Continental history that 
study was a pleasure, and I found I had 
a correct knowledge of those characters 
and their times, and to this day as we 
are brought into close contact with all 
the world I have a knowledge of the 
men and events that had such an influ¬ 
ence in shaping the destinies of the na¬ 
tions, that is invaluable. Two books 
more I will note, first ‘‘The Ending of 
an Era,” by John S. Wise, a history as 
entertaining as a novel, written by an 
ex-Confederate although a Union man 
at heart, the reading of which cannot 
but help to give a true conception of the 
southern man’s position, and engender 
a feeling of charity and good will to¬ 
ward our southern brother on the part 
of those on this northern side of Mason 
and Dixon’s line. 
My older children have lately been 
reading a book called ‘‘The Conqueror,” 
If you use Grain-0 in place of 
coffee you will enjoy it just as 
much for it tastes the same; yet, it 
is like a food to the system, dis¬ 
tributing the full substance of the 
pure grain with every drop. 
TRY IT TO-DAY. 
At grocers everywhere; 15c. aud 5tSc. per package. 
by Gertrude Atherton, a life of Alex¬ 
ander Hamilton written in story form, 
and so written as to attract and instruct 
the reader as to men and events prior 
to and following the Revolution. It 
might have been difficult to start them 
reading a dry biography of Hamilton, 
but the story is attractive in the begin¬ 
ning and now they have an interest in 
and knowledge of those times which 
has created an appetite for more of the 
same kind. I have observed many 
times that persons who have read along 
the lines indicated above often have a 
wider and more accurate knowledge of 
men and things the world over than 
many who have actually traveled over 
the ground. And does opportunity for 
travel ever come to such readers, their 
ability to appreciate and enjoy is en¬ 
hanced many times. I might extend the 
list of good books far beyond what the 
editor will allow, but if I have awakened 
an interest for good reading in one soul 
I shall feel as if the above was not 
‘‘water spilled on the ground.” 
EDWARD VAN AI.S'I'Y.N’E. 
Rural Recipes. 
Canned Cherry Tapioca.—Cover a 
scant cupful of tapioca with cold water 
and let it soak over night. In the morn¬ 
ing place over the fire with a saltspoon- 
ful of salt and a pint of boiling water; 
simmer slowly until the tapioca is per¬ 
fectly clear. Stir a pint of stoned cher¬ 
ries into the boiling tapioca; add a cup¬ 
ful of sugar (more if the cherries are 
very sour); turn into a serving dish and 
set away to cool. Serve with whipped 
cream. 
Oxford Sausages.—These are very 
good on cold moi’nings. One pound each 
of finely-chopped veal, pork and beef 
suet. Mix through this one quart of 
biead crumbs, grated peel of half a 
lemon, a grated nutmeg, a sprig each of 
savory, thyme and sweet marjoram and 
a tablespoonful of powdered sage leaves. 
Make in cakes and fry in very little hot 
butter. 
Scalloped Ham.—To one cupful finely 
minced cooked ham (either fried or 
boiled) add one-half cupful fine bread 
crumbs, a good dash of pepper, one tea¬ 
spoonful dry mustard, one hard-boiled 
egg chopped fine. Make all very moist 
with fresh sweet milk. Bake about one- 
half hour and serve. It is good cold 
served in slices. Can be prepared sev¬ 
eral hours before baking. 
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