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December 24, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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From Day to Day 
CRI STM AS .TOY. 
“What means this glory round our feet," 
The Magi mused, “more bright than morn?” 
And voices chanted clear and sweet, 
“To-day the Prince of Peace is born.” 
“What means this stir?" the shepherds said, 
"That brightens through the rocky glen?" 
And angels answering overhead 
Sang, “Peace on earth, good will to men." 
’Tis eighteen hundred years and more 
Since those sweet oracles were dumb; 
We wait for Him, like them of yore, 
Alas! He seems so slow to come ! 
But it is said, in words of gold. 
No time or sorrow e’er shall dim, 
That little children might he bold 
In perfect trust to come to Him. 
All round about our feet shall shine 
A light like that the wise men saw. 
If we our loving wills incline 
To that sweet life which is the law. 
So shall we learn to understand 
The simple faith of shepherds, then ; 
And. kindly clasping hand in hand. 
Sing, “Peace on earth, good will to men.” 
—James Russell Lowell. 
* 
Horehound candy comes in season with 
the Winter coughs and colds. Here is 
Mrs. Janet McKenzie Hill’s recipe for it: 
Three-quarters of an inch square of 
pressed horehound, two cupfuls of boiling 
water, three cupfuls of sugar and one- 
half teaspoonful of cream of tartar. Pour 
boiling water over horehound, which has 
been separated into pieces; let stand one 
minute, then strain through double cheese¬ 
cloth. Put into a granite kettle with re¬ 
maining ingredients, and boil until, when 
tried in cold water, mixture will become 
brittle. Turn into a buttered pan, cool 
slightly, then mark in small squares. 
Small square packages of horehound may 
be bought for five cents. 
* 
Among new silk fabrics is crepe man¬ 
darin, which is heavier than crepe de chine, 
but soft and clinging in its effect. The 
surface is rough and shaggy, but is said 
to be so closely woven that it will not 
vear rough. *It is 24 inches wide, and 
costs $1.25 a yard. Another novelty is 
heather silk, a heavy, coarse weave for 
street suits and coats; $1.50 a yard. Bur- 
mah silks, which are new and handsome, 
have plain grounds embroidered in large 
coin spots in contrasting colors; $1.25 a 
yard. The twilled Liberty silks are now 
woven 40 inches wide, so that but seven or 
eight yards are needed for a dress, and 
there is a great saving in matching the 
goods when making up; $1.25 a yard. 
Printed foulards 23 and 25 inches wide are 
05 cents a yard; twilled foulards 23 inches 
wide 55 cents a yard. There is a wide 
range of color in these materials. 
* 
Scarfs and centerpieces of ramie cloth 
are among the beautiful fabrics now dis¬ 
played in linen departments. This mate¬ 
rial may be described as looking like linen 
turning into silk; it has a very glossy 
silken finish. Ramie, or grass cloth, is 
woven in China from the fiber of a peren¬ 
nial plant, Boehmeria nivea, which belongs 
to the nettle family. It is cultivated in 
China, India, Jamaica, Mexico, and to 
some extent in the Southern States. For 
a long time manufacturers of the fiber had 
some difficulty in separating it from the 
wood and bark, the Government of British 
India offering a large reward for the best 
means of overcoming this; apparently the 
efforts made have been successful, if we 
may judge from the beautiful materials 
now on sale. The ramie scarfs and cen¬ 
terpieces are embroidered in Japan, with 
raised flowers, delicate spaces of drawn- 
work being mingled with the massive em¬ 
broidery. Prices for these pieces are from 
$6.50 to $10 each. 
* 
Creamy sauce, made according to Miss 
Parloa’s recipe, will harmonize admirably 
with the Christmas pudding. Ingredients 
called for are one cupful powdered sugar; 
one-half cupful butter; one-fourth cupful 
cream or rich milk; one teaspoonful vanilla 
or other flavoring. Cream the butter as 
for cake, beating tbe sugar into it until 
it is perfectly smooth; then add the milk 
or cream, beating it in, a little at a time, 
until all is taken up. Add the flavoring 
last; then stand the bowl containing the 
sauce in another larger bowl containing 
hot water; stir and beat the sauce until 
it is smooth and creamy, and serve imme¬ 
diately. This sauce should not stand after 
the beating, or it becomes too thick; we 
mix all the ingredients except the flavor¬ 
ing beforehand, and then give the beating 
in the hot bath when we are ready to 
serve the pudding; it takes a very short 
time. This is a rich and delicious sauce, 
much superior to the boiled sauce with 
cornstarch thickening. 
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We have always considered one of the 
great mistakes of a holiday family din¬ 
ner, such as many housekeepers are pre¬ 
paring for now, is its arrangement at 
some unusual hour of the day, which will 
throw all the regular meals “out of kil¬ 
ter.” Many of our friends serve the 
Thanksgiving or Christmas feast at four 
o’clock in the afternoon. Breakfast is late, 
there is a “quick lunch” at noon, dinner at 
this hybrid hour, and a buffet supper be¬ 
fore bedtime. If the housekeeper does her 
own work, she has some meal on her mind 
all day long; if she has help, her domes¬ 
tics are in an aggrieved frame of mind, 
feeling that they are imposed upon. Of 
course the family digestion suffers from 
the irregular meals, and the next day 
brings physical depression, rather than the 
sense of pleasure and relaxation that 
should follow a well-spent holiday. We 
think much the same is true of irregular 
Sunday meals, which are the custom in 
some families, though less, we think, on the 
farm than in town. Many a “blue Mon¬ 
day” may be traced to this cause. Old and 
delicate persons are especially susceptible to 
this cause, and we think that the family 
comfort is much increased by arranging 
Sunday and holiday meals as closely as 
possible in accordance with the weekday 
schedule. 
The Work of a Stormy Day. 
It is my desire to thank Ellen Goodell 
Smith for her kind and appreciative let¬ 
ter printed upon page 818. While it con¬ 
veys much encouragement to us as work¬ 
ers, I regret that she spends so much 
thought upon our personal selves rather 
than upon our occupations. True, I drew 
the picture of our condition, but for a 
twofold purpose. First, to show to those 
in like circumstances that though many 
avenues of industry are closed to them in 
the crowded towns, there are broad fields 
of industry open to them in the country, 
where there is also a chance for the re¬ 
newal of health and strength. Second, to 
prove to the many who are making an un¬ 
seemly scramble after the ojd man’s bread, 
that they may be driving to the wall bet¬ 
ter material than they themselves are com¬ 
posed of; that, though time may have set 
its seal upon a person, there may still be 
a genius that is better than strength, a 
genius that may move a load it cannot 
lift; that intellect is and always will be 
superior to brute force. 
Surprised at the interest my letter cre¬ 
ated, I will say that after three Summers 
of hard work we are fully satisfied with 
the results of our experiment. There has 
been great recompense in making a com¬ 
fortable and pleasant home from what ap¬ 
peared to be a ruin. There has been 
much satisfaction in making a lawn where 
cabbages grew, and in turning the weedy 
places into a garden; in planting trees and 
vines and trimming and training them into 
things of beauty and benefit; in selecting 
the young oaks and maples in the fence 
rows to shade the herds which we hope 
will some day reappear upon our New 
England hillsides, and to beautify the land¬ 
scape for a generation we know not of. 
And there has been a little pride in taking 
our share of prizes at the agricultural 
fair. What I wrote concerning our ability 
to earn a livelihood was pure sarcasm, but 
it is often easier to earn a living than it 
is to get it after it is earned. However, 
we have had our daily bread with sea¬ 
sonable accompaniments, and do not fear. 
Many little comedies have lightened our 
toil, and I am happy to say no_$erious 
tragedies have hindered it. 
As to the “point” of your letter, dear 
friend, you say that a “new leaf must 
be turned; that we must apply Nature’s 
laws to the cleansing and building up of 
our inner temple,” etc. If by that I must 
abstain from bacon and greens, I simply 
cannot. I have the habit, and it seems 
good for me. We have not neglected the 
laws of hygiene to any great extent, and 
if my ability to lead a party up the moun¬ 
tainside after dinner is any evidence, I 
am likely to live, as an Irish philosopher 
once said to me, as long as I can see any¬ 
body else living. We cannot turn back 
the wheels of time nor stay their motion, 
but so long as they do not creak, we do 
not count their revolutions. p. m. o. 
Crown Roast of Pork.—Cut pieces con¬ 
taining six cutlets from each side of a 
rack of pork; remove the ^backbone, and 
make an incision between the ribs, trim 
each rib above the eye; turn the eyes of 
the cutlets inside, and the rib bones out¬ 
side and sew the two pieces together. 
Mix a cup of sausage meat with a cup of 
stale bread crumbs softened in cold water 
and wrung dry, adding an egg beaten 
slightly. Put the crown in the baking- 
pan and the sausage meat inside the 
crown; dredge with salt, pepper and flour, 
and bake about two hours, basting every 
10 minutes in slow oven, after the out¬ 
side of pork is seared over. Brown in 
frying pan enough small onions, peeled, to 
fill the crown; add stock and let cook un¬ 
til tender, glazing the onions with stock 
as it cooks away. Dress the crown on a 
serving dish, filling the center with onions 
and placing parsley around. Serve with 
tomato sauce or apple sauce. This is a 
Boston Cooking School recipe. 
BAKIN6 POWDER. 
Imparts that peculiar lightness, sweetness, and. 
flavor noticed in the finest cake, skoi t 
cake,biscuit, rolls, crusts, etc.,which 
expert pastry cooks declare is 
unobtainable by the use 
of any other leav¬ 
ening agent. 
Made from pure, grape cream of tartar. 
Bad grocer 
confesses h i s 
badness by sell¬ 
ing bad lamp- 
chimneys. 
Macbeth. 
You need to know how to manage your 
lamps to have comfort with them at small cost. 
Better read my Index; I send it free. 
Macbeth, Pittsburgh. 
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BY USING THE 
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ROCHESTER RADIATOR CO. 
39 Furnace St., Rochester, N. Y. 
t lour 
dealer 
Titde-Mirlc 
Is liuarnnteod to go twice as far 
as paste or liquid polishes. 5-llaf 1* the 
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It gives a quick, brilliant lustre and Does 
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for it. 
Polish 
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UTAH, 
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February, March and May. 
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