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Grandma smiled for answer, as she went 
on making grandpa comfortable in her 
quiet way ; but Nell noticed her hand trem¬ 
bled a little as she.softly smoothed back 
his hair after he had seated himself before 
the fire, and put his feet upon the foot¬ 
stool Nell had placed for him. 
They had just come back from church- 
grandpa, Nell and the rest. The day, in 
early December, was cold, and grandpa 
(chilled in spite of his many wraps) was 
glad to get back to the cheery room and 
grandma, who, with Nell’s help, soon di¬ 
vested him of great coat and other wraps, 
for the out-door cold had rendered almost 
helpless the aged fingers, once so strong to 
aid in the battle of life. Grandpa attended 
to, Nell -began taking off her own wraps, 
and grandma, turning the leaves of the 
great Bible, slowly read. 
“ The shadow of a great rock in a weary 
land.” u Yes : those were the words, I 
don’t know when I have heard such a good 
sermon. I only wKh you could have been , 
there grandma,” and Nell giving her veil a 
final pull stood folding it. 
Grandma did not answer. Her eyes were 
fixed on the page of the sacred volume ly¬ 
ing before her and Nell fancied the placid 
lips were trembling a little. Then she re¬ 
membered how many Sabbath days had 
come and gone, since grandma had crossed 
the church threshold to listen to the ser¬ 
mons preached weekly by her beloved pas¬ 
tor. Poor Nell! she stood like a culprit, 
with tear-filled eyes. It was only a 
moment, and the dear old [lady looked up 
smiling. 
“ I was thinking a little ” she said. 
“Yes: I know, grandma, and I made 
you think ; I am so sorry, but I forgot how 
long it was since you had been at church, 
I am so thoughtless”—and Nell bent to 
touch with her lips the aged cheek ! 
“Don’t let it trouble you for a moment 
dear.” and grandma patted the curly head, 
for impulsive Nell, (church dress and all) 
had dropped on the floor close by grandma’s 
chair. 
“ When you spoke,” the dear old lady 
continued, “T seemed to see it all—the 
church, the quiet, listening congregation, 
and even hear our minister as he read the 
text: ‘ The shadow of a great rock in a 
weary land.’ ” 
Nell’s eyes rounded with astonishment. 
Her words fell fast. 
“ Why ! grandma didn’t I make you feel 
bad telling you about it, and don’t you 
feel bad to stay at home Sunday after Sun¬ 
day, when you so loved to go to church ?” 
“ Why should I, dear ?” and grandma 
smiled down into the eager face. 
“You always bring me back the text, 
and I have so many blessings already. A 
happy home, with grandpa living still; 
loving children, and grandchildren to cheer 
and cherish us: a reasonable degree of 
health and strength, and, above all, in this 
book (and her hand touched reverently the 
Bible lying on her lap) I have my ‘shadow 
of a great rock iu a weary land.’ ” Grand¬ 
ma had finished ; she seemed to lose her¬ 
self in thought, and Nell gathering up her 
church wraps, quietly left the room. Tell¬ 
ing it all over to Ned on their way to 
church in the early twilight, Nell said: 
“ It was like two sermons from the same 
text, Ned, and grandma’s was the best.” 
EMILT STEEDMAN, 
A MISTLETOE NOTE. 
I N the RURAL of January 11th reference 
is made to the mistletoe. Virginia 
Girl’s English correspondent is right in say¬ 
ing it is not found here. The American 
plant, Phoradendron flavescens, is known 
to botanists as False Mistletoe. It is a par¬ 
asitic plant, belonging to the same tribe as 
the true mistletoe—Viscum album—but it 
is not nearly so handsome. The leaves are 
smaller and of less substance, duller in 
color, while the berries are fewer and small¬ 
er, yellowish in hue, instead of the floury 
whiteness seen in the English plant. The 
difference could be noted iu the New York 
markets at Christmas: a good deal of the 
Southern plant was in the market, but it 
sold poorly at $8 to $10 a case, while the 
English mistletoe, which is largely import¬ 
ed, sold at $25 a case. Of course, the Amer¬ 
ican plant is a mistletoe, but it is not the 
mistletoe, and must not be confounded with 
the sacred plant of the Druids. 
COTTAGE MAID. 
NEW AND GOOD. 
IN the line of domestic economy an effort 
which called forth from the good man that 
praise which is sufficient meed to any 
housewife for special work, was born of 
some com muffins which had been neg¬ 
lected at table in a very significant way. 
The housewife pressed her lips together, 
and determination sat on her brow. Those 
muffins should be eaten, and they should 
be good ! Remembering the gusto with 
which her mother’s bread pancakes were 
eaten, and knowing her better two-third’s 
fondness for moist eatables, she combined 
available materials as follows: Equal 
quantities of dry bread and corn cakes, 
soaked over-night in sufficient sour milk to 
moisten well. For every half pint of milk 
add one egg, two table-spoonfuls of flour, 
one-half tea-spoonful of soda and a little 
salt. Bake on a not too hot griddle. 
Another time sour milk was scarce, and 
half water was used for mixing with fully 
as good results. penny wise. 
EXPERIENCE NOTES. 
My experience with kerosene as a dress¬ 
ing for oil-cloth is that though excellent 
otherwise, it very soon causes the surface 
to crack off, and I should think it might 
have the same effect on shoes. I shall try 
it, but very carefully. 
In utter disgust at the total depravity of 
lamp chimneys, I have lately been driven 
to temper them after the directions so 
often given, putting them into cold water, 
heating gradually, boiling for several 
hours then cooling slowly. I find, that al¬ 
though it is quite a little fussing, it pays, 
as the chimneys will then last several 
months. Besides, whatever improves the 
“temper” of the chimneys improves my 
own also—at least for the time. c. v. 
CIDER CAKE (VERY OLD RECIPE). 
One egg, one half cup of butter, two- 
thirds cup of molasses, one cup of brovn 
sugar,four table-spoonfuls boih d cider in a 
tea-cup--then fill the cup with boiling water, 
three scant cups of flour, one cup of stoned 
raisins (dusted with flour), two scant tea¬ 
spoonfuls saleratuS, two-thirds of a tea¬ 
spoonful each of cloves, cinnamon and all¬ 
spice. This will keep over a month. When 
making fruit cake, if a portion is baked 
in a round jelly tin, it makes a nice center 
layertoput between two light-colored lay¬ 
ers. Put together with jelly or frosting. 
Chocolate is nice. 
DRIED APPLE FRUIT CAKE. 
ONE cup of sugar, two eggs, one cup of 
sweet milk, one and one-half cup of butter, 
two tea-spoonfuls soda, tw r o tea spoonfuls 
each of cloves, cinnamon and allspice, three 
cups of sour dried apples soaked in water 
overnight, chopped fine and simmered one 
hour in two cups of molasses, one cup of 
raisins, one-half cup of citron, four scant 
cups of flour. This makes two large cakes. 
MAY’S FRUIT CAKE. 
Six eggs, two cups of sugar, one cup of 
milk, one cup of butter, one pound of fruit 
(raisins, currants, citron), "three cups of 
flour, one nutmeg, three tea-spoonfuls of 
cinnamon, two tea-spoonfuls of cloves, and 
two tea-spoonfuls of baking-powder. 
PORK CAKE. 
One pound’of fat pork chopped very fine, 
one pint boiling water, two cnps of sugar, 
two cups of molasses, one pound of raisins, 
one table-spoonful of cinnamon, one tea- 
spoonful each of cloves and saleratus four 
cups of flour. 
LIGHT FRUIT CAKE. 
Four eggs, two-thirds of a cup of butter, 
one cup of milk, one cup of stoned raisins, 
two cups of sugar, three cups of flour,three 
tea-spoonfuls of baking-powder. 
CHOCOLATE PUDDING. 
boil, stir in three beaten yelks of eggs, one 
tea-spoonful of vanilla. Beat the whites to 
a stiff froth and brown in an oven. Serve 
cold. 
SUET PUDDING. 
Two TABLE-SPOONFULS of molasses, one 
cup of brown sugar, one cup of raisins 
chopped, one cup of suet chopped fine, one 
cup of milk or cold coffee, spices if liked, 
about two cups of flour, one-half tea-spoon¬ 
ful of soda, two tea spoonfuls of bilking 
powder. Steam one hour. 
GRAHAM PUDDING. 
One heaping cup each of Graham and 
wheat flour, one cup of molasses, one cup 
of thin, sour cream, one cup of chopped 
raisit s, one table-spoonful of soda. Steam 
two hours. Eat this pudding with * 
cream and sugar or any sauce preferred. 
If any is left steam over, it is just as nice, 
and will keep nearly a week in cold 
weather. 
BAKING POWDER BISCUITS. 
Three cups of flour, three table-spoon¬ 
fuls of butter or lard, two table-spoonfuls 
of baking powder, a pinch of salt, milk 
enough to make a soft dough. Cut with a 
one-half pound baking powder can—which 
is just the right size. Bake 20 minutes. 
sweet fern. 
CHICKEN SALAD. 
Cut the meat from a chicken into rather 
small pieces, season with Depper, and salt 
and a small quantity of vinegar and set 
away in a cold place. Next cut into small 
bits, crisp celery in quantity half as much 
as chicken and set aside in the cold. Make 
the following dressing : The yelks of two 
raw eggs, one tea-spoonful of mustard, one 
of sugar a small tea-spoonful of salt, a lit¬ 
tle Cayenne, juice of half a lemon, a-third 
cup of vinegar and half a pint of oil. 
Beat the yelks with an egg beater until 
light, add the dry ingredients, then the oil 
a few drops at a time until the dressing be¬ 
comes hard then add a little vinegar. 
When the last of the oil and vinegar has 
been added the mixture should be very 
thick. Stir in the lemon juice and set on 
ice or where it is cold. Just before it is to 
be served, mix the chicken and celery to¬ 
gether with half of the dressing. Arrange 
on a flat dish, garnish with blanched celery 
leaves and pour the remainder of the dress¬ 
ing over. MRS. c. 
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table-spoonfuls of moistened corn starch, 
and three-fourths cup of sugar. Take from 
the fire and stir in the beaten yelks of three 
eggs and one tea-spoonful of vanilla. Beat 
the whites to a stiff froth, add three table- 
spoonfuls of sugar and spread over the top 
and set in the oven to brown. Serve cold. 
BREAD PUDDING. 
One heaping cup of bread crumbs, put in 
the hake dish and pour boiling water on, 
enough to soften. Mash flue with a spoon, 
add one egg, three cups of milk, four large 
table-spoonfuls of sugar, a little nutmeg, 
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