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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 4 
From Day to Day. 
There are hermit souls that live withdrawn 
In the place of their self content; 
There are souls, like stars, that dwell 
apart, 
In a fellowless firmament; 
There are pioneer souls tuat blaze their 
paths 
Where highways never ran; 
But let me live by the side of the road, 
And be a friend to man. 
I see from my house by the side of the 
road, 
By the side of the highway of life, 
The men who press with the ardor of hope, 
The men who are faint with the strife. 
But I turn not away from their smiles nor 
their tears, 
Both parts of an infinite plan, 
Bet me live in my house by the side of the 
road, 
And be a friend to man. 
Let me live in my house by the side of the 
road, 
Where the race of men go by; 
They are good, they are bad, they are 
weak, they are strong, 
Wise, foolish, and so am I, 
Then why should I sit in the scorner’s seat, 
Or hurl the cynic’s ban? 
Let me live in my house by the side of the 
road, 
And be a friend to man. 
—Credit Lost. 
* 
Persons who complain that breakfast 
cereals do not appear to digest well twill 
find an improvement when such food is 
eaten unsweetened. Taken with cream 
aJlone, it is readily digested, whereas 
with sugar, it often ferments in the 
stomach. 
* 
while her bodk may be regarded as au¬ 
thoritative, it appeals more to the gen¬ 
eral reader (especially feminine) than 
the excellent books on China recently 
written by Lord Charles Beresford and 
Archibald Colquhoun, as these authors 
deal more strongly with the commercial, 
political and military side of the Em¬ 
pire. Miss Scidmore has also written 
Jinrikteha Days in Japan, and Java: The 
Garden of the East, two of the most de¬ 
lightful books of travel we know. 
• 
A small town in New York State re¬ 
cently had an unusual festivity in the 
form of a “tombstone bee.” The citizens 
met for the purpose of straightening up 
the tombstones in the old cemetery, and 
generally beautifying it, after which 
they wound up the day with social 
amusements. There are a good many 
neglected rural graveyards which would 
be the better for some such movement. 
* 
A Philadelphia artist asserts that 
women’s necks are becoming longer year 
by year. He claims that the average 
feminine neck has elongated at least an 
inch during the past five years, and he 
considers the tall collars worn directly 
responsible for It. This is a marked il¬ 
lustration of the doctrine of evolution, 
but It Is alarming to think that per¬ 
sistence in high cellars may result in a 
neck literally, and not poetically, like 
that of Annie Laurie, in its resemblance 
to a swan. 
* 
horses are from jumping, and, hard as it 
seems to obey such instructions, they 
should be impressed upon everyone who 
does much driving. 
Two Seasonable Queries. 
Unfermented Grape Juice. 
Give directions for putting up unferment¬ 
ed grape juice. a. e. b. 
Haywood Co., N. C. 
Pick over me grapes and put on the 
fire with water enough to cover. Mash 
while they are heating, until soft enough 
to express the juice. Put in bag, hang 
up, and squeeze with scrap -squeezers, 
until the juice is all out. Put back over 
the fire, adding one-third cupful of sugar 
to one quart of juice. Let it just bo ; l 
up, not (boiling it more than three min¬ 
utes, and then bottle or can. It is very 
convenient to put up in cans like other 
canned fruits, keeping it like them, in a 
cool, dark place. When using, about one- 
third of juice is used to two-thirds of 
water. 
Canning Sweet Corn. 
Will you give me recipe for canning sweet 
corn for family use? f. w. h. 
York, Pa. 
To can sweet corn, select fine, fresh 
ears. Remove the husk and silk, and 
carefully cut corn from cob. Pack into 
jars, pressing it down closely, and fill 
to overflowing. Put on the tops, and 
screw them down. Place hay or straw 
in the bottom of a wash boiler, stand 
the jars on top of this, and pour into the 
boiler sufficient cold water to half cover 
the jars. Cover the baiter tightly, and 
boil continuously for three hours, watch¬ 
ing carefully that there is sufficient 
water to make a full volume of steam. 
When done lift out the jars, and screw 
down the covers as tightly as possible. 
Stand aside to cool. When cold, screw 
again, and keep in a dark, cool place. 
It is said that in Norway a girl must 
have a certificate showing that she can 
cook before she is allowed to marry. 
This is all right, but is the bridegroom 
expected to show a certificate proving 
that he can provide the material to be 
cooked? Such a good rule ought to work 
both ways. 
* 
One of the unique delicacies furnished 
to the sick during the siege of Lady¬ 
smith was blanc mange made from laun¬ 
dry starch and flavored with Winslow’s 
soothing syrup. It doesn’t sound like 
an invalid’s dainty, but certainly was 
one When compared with husk bread, 
horse soup and locusts. 
* 
The Texas Cattle Association recently 
presented a girl living near the head¬ 
waters of the Guadaloupe with a silver- 
mounted revolver, as a recognition of 
her bravery. She lassoed a mountain 
lion and dragged it to death, ais it at¬ 
tacked her father’s cattle. She was un¬ 
armed, and thus forced to depend upon 
her lariat. 
* 
Everyone who tries to keep in touch 
with public affairs now feels an interest 
in China, and books upon the sorely 
misnamed Celestial Kingdom will be 
found of timely interest. Two which 
may be especially recommended to the 
general reader are Alone in China, by 
Julian Ralph, and China: The Long- 
Lived Empire, by Eliza Ruhamah Scid¬ 
more. The first iis not a new book; it 
is a collection of short stories and 
sketches by the famous war correspond¬ 
ent, giving a vivid picture of the inside 
life of the Chinese people. The story 
which gives its title to the book is that 
of an American girl who marries a 
Chinese diplomat, only to spend the rest 
of her life in the self-effacement of a 
Chinese woman, While another vivid 
sketch is that of a little Chinese girl, 
Plum Blossom. Miss Scidmore’s book 
has just been published. This writer 
has visited China seven times during 
the past 15 years, and has traveled ex¬ 
tensively through the country. She 
writes in a crisp and graphic style, and 
A good many women have an unclean 
habit of placing a coin between their lips 
while making change. When one thinks 
of the way money is handled, this prac¬ 
tice seems absolutely revolting, and the 
following incident, related by the Chi¬ 
cago Times-Herald, makes it seem much 
worse: 
A Chinaman on a Clark street car in his 
national costume, with a flowing pigtail, 
caused some amusement the other day, in 
which he was unconsciously assisted by a 
pretty American girl, who was his vis-a- 
vis. The conductor was taking up the 
fares, and the young woman, who was 
busy putting on her gloves, took a dime 
from her mouth and handed it to him with¬ 
out taking her attention from her gloves. 
At the same moment the Chinaman reached 
into his ear and abstracted a nickel from 
that repository. He gave the nickel to the 
girl in change for her dime, and she ab¬ 
sently put it in her mouth for safe keep¬ 
ing. The Chinaman saw the action, and 
clutched the conductor's sleeve. 
“Him swaller,” he gasped, “maklee him 
pocket.” 
The girl understood, and disgorged the 
coin, but she will not know where its pre¬ 
vious receptacle had been until she reads 
this account of the episode. 
* 
A recent fatal accident, which oc¬ 
curred on one of New York’s most 
crowded streets, illustrates a point fre¬ 
quently urged by experienced horsemen, 
namely, that the safest thing to do When 
a horse runs away is to remain in the 
vehicle as long as it holds together. In 
the case mentioned, a young husband 
and wife. Who had been celebrating a 
wedding anniversary by a drive and pic¬ 
nic lunch in one of the parks, were re¬ 
turning home, when the horse took 
fright, and became uncontrollable. The 
husband, devoting all his strength to the 
effort to control the horse, urged his 
wife to sit still, but she, crazed with 
fear, jumped from the carriage. Her 
skirt caught on the step, and in spite of 
frantic efforts at her release, made by 
policemen and others, she was dragged 
for some distance, receiving shocking in¬ 
juries, from which she died. Her hus¬ 
band, who remained in the carriage, sus¬ 
tained a few bruises in his efforts to aid 
Rural Recipes. 
Her apple pie is very nice 
In looks—the pastry flaky. 
But those that eat—if but a slice— 
Feel very sad and achy. 
—Harper’s Bazar. 
The heroine of the above scrap of 
verse deserves commiseration, as well 
as condemnation. Some women, suc¬ 
cessful in other cooking, appear quite 
unable to make good pastry. Cool 
hands, good materials, and a knack seem 
the prime requisites. Here is a recipe 
for a hot huckleberry cake, however, 
that will discount any kind of pie; it is 
given in Table Talk by Miss Bedford. 
Rub together one quart of flour, three 
tablespoonfuls of butter and two-thirds 
of a teaspoonful of salt. Beat together 
three eggs, add one cupful of milk and 
stir into the dry mixture with additional 
milk sufficient to make a very thick drop 
batter. Stir in one pint of huckleberries 
which have been picked over, washed 
and well drained, and three teaspoonfuls 
of baking powder, pour into a shallow 
buttered pan and bake in a quick oven. 
Split, butter, and serve hot with a 
pitcher of cream. 
Green apple slump is another season¬ 
able dessert. Stew and strain a quart 
of green apples and sweeten to taste. 
Make a biscuit crust with two cupfuls of 
flour, one heaping teaspoonful of baking 
powder, one tablespoonful of butter and 
one-half teaspoonful of salt, and moisten 
with sweet milk to a dough. Roll out 
one inch thick. Put the prepared hot 
sauce in a thick-bottomed saucepan, fit 
over it the crust and cover closely, first 
buttering the inside of the cover. Place 
where the sauce will simmer slowly but 
steadily for an hour. In serving put the 
crust on the dish, pour the sauce over it 
and serve with cream. 
Oatmeal cookies are something new 
and delicious. Cream three-fourths of a 
cupful of butter with one cupful of 
sugar; add two well-beaten eggs. Sift 
three-fourths of a teaspoonful of soda 
into two cupfuls of flour; add one-half 
a teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of 
now add to the mixture two 
uncooked rolled oats and one 
her, but no serious injuries. A majority cinnamon; 
of the fatal accidents with runaway cupfuls of 
scant cupful of chopped raisins sprinkled 
with a little flour. Drop by the tea¬ 
spoonful into a greased pan; bake in 
moderate oven. 
Baked Hamburg steak is very nice, 
and may be preferred to an ordinary 
roast at this season. One and one-half 
pound raw chopped beef, two cupfuls of 
stale bread softened with half a cupful 
of hot milk and cooled, two eggs, small 
onion minced, teaspoonful of salt, salt- 
spoonful of pepper and pinch of ginger. 
Mix well and shape into a square; place 
in baking pan with a tablespoonful of 
tomato, small onion and butter the size 
of a walnut on top of meat. Bake one 
hour basting frequently. The potatoes 
should be boiled 15 minutes, then drain¬ 
ed, pared and placed in pan with the 
Hamburg steak to cook 45 minutes, 
being turned and basted often. Medium- 
sized potatoes are best for this. Serve 
arranged around the meat. 
Here 'is a boiled spongecake, well 
worra trying: One and one-half cupful 
granulated sugar, two-thirds cupful 
water, boiled until clear; pour over (beat¬ 
ing while you pour) the whites of five 
eggs Which have been beaten very stiff 
in a large platter; now beat until cold, 
and add yolks of eggs beaten smooth, 
juice of a half lemon and one cupful of 
flour folded in gently. Bake in a slow 
oven about three-fourths-hour. Bake in 
oblong pan about two to 2 y 2 inches deep. 
Can be 'iced with any icing preferred, 
and will keep indefinitely. 
Sponge cookies are also good for keep¬ 
ing. Break eight eggs into granite or 
earthen saucepan; add one pound granu¬ 
lated sugar; set on stove and stir con¬ 
stantly until well heated through (not 
cooked); remove from stove and beat 
until cold; add pinch salt and one pound 
flour; any flavoring preferred; anise is 
the German favorite. Dip a teaspoon in 
water each time and put by the tea¬ 
spoonful on buttered tins; bake in mod¬ 
erately not oven. 
The Traveling Library in Ohio. 
In The R. iN.-Y. for July 7 an article 
on above subject was published. Since 
it was written several important changes 
have been made in our traveling-]ilbrary 
system. A bond is no longer required. 
The Library Commissioner finds that 
the farmers are very careful of the books 
sent out, consequently the bond is not 
necessary. The traveling library has 
met with phenomenal success. More 
than 500 libraries, made up of from 25 
to 50 volumes each, are circulating over 
the State. A large per cent of these li¬ 
braries go to Granges and farmers’ 
clubs. The range of reading is wide, 
and highly creditable to the readers. 
Prof. C. B. Galbraith and his wife are 
bringing to this work trained minds, 
earnest hearts and a loyal love and de¬ 
votion to their work. No one need go 
without books, the best books printed. 
No one need read trashy literature, of¬ 
fering as an excuse therefor the scarcity 
of better reading. The State stands 
ready to supply all with ’books, provided 
they are asked for. mrs. mary e. lee. 
T HE plague of lamps is 
the breaking of chim¬ 
neys ; but that can be avoided. 
Get Macbeth’s “pearl top” 
or “ pearl glass.” 
The funnel-shaped tops are 
beaded or “ pearled ” — a 
trade-mark. Cylinder tops 
are etched in the glass — 
“MACBETH PEARL GLASS”- 
another trade-mark. 
Our “Index” describes all lamps and their 
f roper chimneys. With it you can always order 
the right size and shape of chimney for any lamp. 
We mail it FREE to any one who writes for it. 
Address Macbeth, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
