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TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
October 8, 
From Day to Day 
SIGNS OF FOUL WEATIIFR. 
The hollow winds begin to blow : 
The clouds look black, ihe glass is low, 
The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep. 
And spiders from their cobwebs peep. 
Last night the sun went pale to bed, 
The moon in halo hid its head : 
The boding shepherd heaves a sigh 
To see a rainbow in the sky. 
The walks are damp, the ditches smell; 
Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel. 
Hark! How the chairs and taule crack! 
Old Betty’s joints are on the rack. 
Loud quack the ducks ; the peacocks cry : 
The distant hills are looking nigh. 
How restless are the snorting swine; 
The busy flies disturb the kine; 
Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws. 
Sits, wiping o'er her whiskered jaws. 
Through the clear stream the fishes rise, 
And nimbly catch the incautious flies. 
The glowworms, numerous and bright, 
Illumed the dewy dell last night. 
At dusk the squatted toad was seen 
Hopping and crawling o’er the green. 
Dr. Jenner (1749-1823.) 
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Women's sweaters and golf vests for 
outing wear on cool days seem more pop 
ular than ever this Fall. Some of the 
sweaters have bloused fronts and fitting 
belts; others are Norfolk style with straps 
and belt. They all have full sleeives. 
Prices range from $2 to $5. Such a gar¬ 
ment is a great comfort in giving added 
warmth when driving, or to put under a 
tain coat. 
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Baked corn and beans can be made 
while sweet corn is in season, or in the 
Winter, using canned corn. Prepare a 
pot of Boston baked beans and begin cook¬ 
ing in the usual way. About half an hour 
before the beans are to be served, take 
from the oven, remove the pork and thor 
oughly stir in the corn, which has pre¬ 
viously been cut from the cob, then re¬ 
place and continue the baking. 
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A Reader asks what is the composi¬ 
tion of the “bath bags” sold by dealers in 
toilet supplies. They can be made by 
combining one pound of fine oatmeal, one 
pint of new clean bran, two-fifths pound 
of powdered orris root, two-fifths pound 
of almond meal, one-fourth pound of 
grated castile soap, one ounce of sachet 
powder. Mix well, put in muslin bags, 
loosely filled and use like a sponge. 'The 
use of this mixture has a softening and 
g effect on the skin. Such bath 
often quite salable at a fair. 
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Here is a southern breakfast dish that 
will be eaten with a relish at any time: 
Cut large but not over-ripe tomatoes into 
three thick slices; do not peel, as the skin 
holds them together. Dust with salt and 
pepper and dredge lightly with flour or 
dip in egg and bread crumbs. Have ready 
in hot frying pan some butter, or half 
butter and half drippings, lay in the slices 
and fry slowly. When brown on one 
side, brown on the other, but not so 
well cooked that they cannot be lifted 
without breaking; lift with a cake turner 
on to a hot dish. Stir into the remain¬ 
ing fat two tablespoonfuls of flour, and 
when smooth add slowly a pint of hot milk. 
Stir constantly until it boils. Season with 
salt and pepper. Cover a platter with hot 
boiled rice, seasoned; place tomatoes on 
top of rice, and pour gravy over all. 
Serve hot. 
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A Visit to the dentist at this season, 
before cold and wet weather sets in, may 
save the children much suffering and some 
absence from school later on. The “tooth 
carpenter,” as the Japanese put it, does his 
most effective work in preventing tooth¬ 
ache, rather than curing it. A little in¬ 
spection now, followed in the case of 
chalky teeth and poor enamel, by the reg¬ 
ular use of milk of magnesia as a wash, 
may save the juveniles from many painful 
experiences as they approach maturity. 
There are few cases where the proper care 
of a child's teeth causes much pain, if the 
dentist: is at all competent, though some 
may feel less forgiving than the little 
Chicago girl taken to a dentist, who re¬ 
moved an aching tooth. That evening at 
prayers her mother was surprised to hear 
her say: “Forgive us our debts as we for¬ 
give our dentists.” 
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A Friend tells us that for two years she 
has put up red raspberries after the fol¬ 
lowing recipe, with much success; it is 
r.ew to us: Fill fruit jars with freshly 
picked raspberries, scattering sugar 
through them, at the rate of one cupful of 
sugar to the quart jar. Do not mash the 
fruit. When the jar is full pour in slowly 
enough cold water to filter through the 
berries, until the jar is brim full; then put 
on rubber, and screw down the lid tight. 
Stand the jars bottom up in a pail or 
similar receptacle, and pour boiling water 
over them until they are entirely covered. 
Care must be taken that the hot water 
is not poured directly on the jars, or they 
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may crack. Allow the jars to remain 
thus until the water cools, then remove, 
and give the lids another twist to make 
sure that the are screwed tightly. Our 
friend says that, treated thus, the berries 
remain whole in a syrup that retains the 
delicate flavor of the fresh fruit. 
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Mr. Appleby had read somewhere 
that a judicious planting of old files in 
the exposed parts of one’s garden would 
protect it from the depredations of chick¬ 
ens, says the Youth’s Companion. He 
decided to give the plan a trial. By visits 
to all the carpenter and blacksmith shops 
he succeeded in getting a large collection 
of old files. These he placed just below 
the surface of the ground in his garden, 
with special reference to the spots where 
an old hen and chickens belonging to his 
next door neighbor had been doing the 
most damage. A few days later one of his 
friends, who knew of his plan, met him, 
and asked him how it had succeeded. 
“For several days I was a good deal 
encouraged,” said Mr. Appleby. “They 
didn’t seem to know what was the matter 
with the garden. Then all at once they 
began to do more mischief with the grow¬ 
ing plants than ever before. I watched 
that old hen, and after a day or two I 
caught her. She was sharpening her bill 
on the files!” 
Some Wisconsin Recipes. 
Hickorynut Cake.—One and one half 
cupfuls of sugar, one-half cupful of butter, 
one cupful of sweet milk, one cupful hick¬ 
orynut meats, two cupfuls flour, whites of 
four eggs, one teaspoonful baking powder. 
Soft Gingerbread.—One cupful of mo¬ 
lasses, one-half cupful sugar, one-third 
cupful melted butter, one cupful hot water, 
one teaspoonful ginger, one of cinnamon, 
two and one-half cupfuls flour, one tea¬ 
spoonful soda dissolved in the hot water; 
lastly two well beaten eggs. 
Roll Jelly Cake.—One cupful of flour, 
one of sugar, one-half cupful sweet milk, 
one heaping teaspoonful of baking pow¬ 
der, three eggs stirred in without beating, 
two tablespoonfuls of melted butter. 
Hot Water Sponge Cake.—One and one- 
half cupfuls sugar, three-quarters cupful 
boiling water, poured over it, when cool 
add three well beaten eggs, one and one- 
half cupful flour, a heaping tablespoonful 
of baking powder. aunt rachel. 
I pray you, O excellent wife, cumber 
not yourself and me to get a curiously 
rich dinner for this man and woman who 
have just alighted at our gate. . . . 
. . These things, if they are desirous 
of them, they can get for a few shillings 
at any village inn. But rather let that 
stranger see, if he will, in your looks, 
accents, and behavior, your heart and 
earnestness, your thought and will, that 
which he cannot buy at any price in any 
city, and which he may travel miles and 
dine sparely and sleep hardly to behold. 
—Emerson. 
Notes From a Vegetarian House= 
keeper. 
Nut Butter—Nuts are grown in all parts 
of the United States, and no one has to 
go far to get one variety or the other. 
They are of great value as a food. Peanuts 
are best made into butter. Being provided 
with a little hand mill that can be at 
tached to the table, prepare the peanuts foi 
grinding by roasting in the oven (or boil¬ 
ing.) Care should be taken not to roast 
too much or scorch, as too much cooking 
spoils them. After they are roasted re¬ 
move the skins by placing in a coarse 
bag and rubbing with the hands or on the 
wash board, or on a 3-16-inch wire 
screen. Then grind in the mill, having 
your mill adjusted for fine work for but 
ter or coarse for meaj. Put the butter 
into well covered jars. As you use it thin 
with water or milk. Add only a little 
water at a time till it is of the consistency 
of cream. Add a little salt if desired. Do 
not mix with water more than you will 
use at a meal, as it will not keep long after 
water, is added, but will keep a long while 
if placed in a cool place and nothing added 
to it. Too much nut butter should not 
be eaten at once, as it is very rich, and one 
can easily' over-eat. All nut butters arc 
made the same way. They are expensive 
to buy, but cost little to make. 
California Olives.—Olives are richer 
in oil than any nut. They are usually 
eaten raw, aftei the brine in which they 
are put up is soaked out. They are some¬ 
what improved in flavor by cooking and 
may be used with baked beans instead ot 
pork. They may be had in California at 
50 to 60 cents per gallon. Many send di¬ 
rectly here for them for their own private 
use, thus avoiding the usual exorbitant 
prices charged in the East. w. s. r. 
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