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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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built into the wall surrounding both 
garden and orchard. As we sat there 
resting and enjoying our fruit, we 
whistled a great many tunes, my sister 
the soprano and I an alto. We liked to 
whistle very much, but my mother did 
not like it; so we could not indulge 
much our whistling propensities at 
home; but here, with the blue sky 
above as, the soft green grass, the 
sweet flowers all around, we were quite 
in a whistling mood, and trilled out 
tune after tune. 
All at once, I chanced to look down, 
and there were snakes, attracted by our 
music, probably, and only striped ones 
at that ; but just as terrible to us as if 
they had been anacondas—for we were 
not much accustomed to seeing them ; 
11 snakes were drawing nearer and 
nearer, their heads erect and waving 
from side to side. My sister saw them, 
too, and we gave a wild jump into the 
street, and ran as if our heads were 
afire, to the wagon, and hardly dared to 
breathe till we saw my father coming, 
lie saw us running, and hurried to see 
what was the matter. With a stout 
stick he dispatched them, and told us 
that they had their nest, probably, in 
that corner of the garden, and our 
whistling had charmed them, and that 
they were harmless little things. But 
it was a long time before we dared to go 
there again, and even now, we find our¬ 
selves looking askance at that corner of 
the garden. sakaii isham coit. 
HOMEMADE CORDIALS. 
URING the early summer months, 
while berries are plentiful, a good 
supply of cordials should be made, says 
the Home Queen. No housewife, who 
has once tested their medicinal qualities, 
will be content to pass a year without 
them. Our grandmothers were better 
versed in this art of preparing home 
remedies than the housekeepers of the 
present day, and we are forced to admit 
that our “ more advanced” ideas do not 
offer any home recipes to take the place 
of these strengthening and nourishing 
cordials for the family medicine closet; 
and now is the best time to test these 
recipes which have been handed down 
through many genei-ations of pi-actical 
housewives. 
The medicinal qualities and curative 
properties of fruits are great, and many 
calls for the doctor might be avoided by 
their proper use. In making cordials, 
the purest and best sugar should be used; 
the spices should be strong and pure. 
No liquor of any kind should be added. 
Blackbei’ry, raspberi-y and dewberry 
cordials are old and reliable l’emedies 
for bowel complaints. Strawberry, cur¬ 
rant and grape cordials are excellent 
stomach tonics ; and cordial made from 
ripe elderberries is said to be almost a 
specific for dropsical affections. 
Blackberry Cordial. —To one quart 
of blackberry juice, add one pound of 
good white sugar, one tablespoonful 
each of cloves, cinnamon, allspice and 
nutmeg. Boil until a rich syrup is 
foi-med, then put in bottles and seal 
while hot. Give in teaspoonful doses to 
children of five yeai’s or over, sevei'al 
times a day, less to younger children, 
and tablespoonful doses to an adult. 
Dewberi-y cordial, prepared in the same 
manner, is also very efficacious in obstin¬ 
ate cases of diarrhea and dysentery. 
Straw berk s' Cordial. —Mash a quan¬ 
tity of lfipe strawberi-ies, and let them 
stand several hours. Stx-ain and add two 
pounds of the best white sugar to each 
quart of juice. Boil 15 minutes, and add 
one tablespoonful each of cinnamon and 
nutmeg. Bottle and seal w’liile hot. 
Currant Cordial. —To one quart of 
ripe currant juice, add two pounds of 
white sugar, a tablespoonful each of 
nutmeg and cinnamon, and boil 20 min¬ 
utes. Bottle and seal while hot. This 
cordial is excellent to clear the system 
of impurities. Put one tablespoonful in 
one-half tumbler of water and drink. 
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ODDS AND ENDS. 
Summer Hints. —Wild black cherry 
wine, or better still, jelly, is a specific 
for bowel trouble, and we find nothing 
bettei-. Put a teaspoonful of the jelly 
into a cup, pour on two tablespoonfuls 
of boiling water, stir until dissolved, and 
drink. It may be i-epeated in two or 
three hours, if needed. We find the wild 
cherry phosphate one of the best of 
drinks, and very healthful, cooling and 
invigorating. We think it more eco¬ 
nomical than lemonade, equally as good, 
and it has the merit of always being pre¬ 
pared with the addition of sugar and 
water. We got a $1 bottle early last 
summer, and during the hot weather, 
often made no other drink for entire 
meals, often gave a glass to a thirsty 
caller, and we still have half of it. In¬ 
deed, it was so satisfactory that we shall 
invest in another when this is gone. 
C. R. D. 
A Fly Portiere.— Now that fly time 
is here, an ingenious contrivance for 
keeping out the troublesome pests, is 
MOTHERS .—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best. — Adv. 
described by a writer in the Household. 
She says: “Persian insect powder used 
at night in the dining room, will rid it 
of those flies that are already in there, 
and a mosquito netting portiere in the 
doorway leading to the kitchen, will 
keep out many that want to get in. This 
portiere will need about 2% yards of 
mosquito netting, enough for the entire 
length of the doorway, with something 
to spare for a deep hem at the bottom, 
and a running at the top. Into the hem, 
sew at regular intervals, small marbles, 
enough to weight it sufficiently to keep 
it in place. Run a shirr at the other 
end wide enough to take in a curtain 
stick, run the stick through this, and 
arrange the gathers evenly. Tack the 
stick over the doorway on the side where 
the door does not open. This portiere 
is also useful for a bedroom.” 
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