June 10, 
462 THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
From Day to Day. 
OFT IN TIIE STILLY NIG1IT. 
Oft in the stilly night, 
Ere slumber's chain has bound me, 
Fond Memory brings the light 
Of other days around me: 
The smiles, the tears, 
Of boyhood’s years, 
The words of love then spoken; 
The eyes that shone, 
Now dimmed and gone, 
The cheerful hearts now broken. 
Thus in the stilly night, 
Ere slumber’s chain has bound me, 
Sad Memory brings the light 
Of other days around me. 
When I remember all 
The friends so linked together 
I've seen around me fall, 
Like leaves in wintry weather, 
I feel like one 
Who treads alone 
Some banquet hall deserted, 
Whose lights are Hed, 
Whose garlands dead, 
And all but be departed; 
Thus in the stilly night 
Ere slumber's chain lias bound me 
Sad Memory brings the light 
Of other days around ine. 
—Thomas Moore (1779-1852). 
* 
When cooking a pot roast or beef 
loaf pour a can of tomatoes over it. It 
will absorb much of the flavor and be 
delicious. 
Fried salsify is a delicate dish, worth a 
little extra trouble. Parboil, drain, roll 
lightly in a floured cloth, and then fry to 
a delicate brown in deep fat. Drain from 
the fat, and give a little dusting of cay 
enne pepper, Serve with a garnish of 
lemon. 
* 
Dainty walnut wafers are made thus: 
Break two eggs into a bowl, add one cup 
of granulated sugar and stir well. Mix 
in thoroughly one cup of chopped Eng¬ 
lish walnuts and three-quarters of a cup 
of sifted flour. Drop on buttered pans, 
allowing plenty of room for them to 
spread, and bake in a quick oven until a 
delicate brown. 
jfc 
White washing belts are a very satis¬ 
fying part of the Summer wardrobe. They 
are of linen, duck and canvas, and cost 
from 25 cents to $2.50. A great many of 
the linen belts are embroidered; some are 
finished with a gun metal or nickel buckle, 
others with a crocheted ring. Some pret¬ 
ty and inexpensive belts are made of two- 
inch I lamburg insertion lined with a color 
and edged with narrow linen binding. A 
pretty adjunct to a cotton shirtwaist dress 
is a belt of the same material, edged with 
white linen binding. 
* 
Before canning or preserving, be sure 
that there are plenty of fresh rubber rings 
for the jars. There is no economy and 
much risk in using old rubbers, as their 
object is to obtain an elastic cushion under 
the lid, and this elasticity is gone after 
a year’s use. When fruit is canned in the 
jars, it is possible to prepare a large 
quantity at once by cooking one batch in 
a washboiler over a fire, and another in 
a pan of water in the oven. The cans are 
set in cold water, which is allowed to 
come to a boil. 
* 
A box of assorted rubber bands is a 
small investment, but a great convenience 
in the household. Many an untidy pack¬ 
age is made and kept neat and compact 
by this agency. When putting away rem¬ 
nants of fond in the ice-box, it is often 
a convenience to cover open vessels with 
tissue paper, held in place by an elastic 
band; this will prevent strongly flavored 
articles from contaminating other food in 
the same compartment. Waxed paper is 
an excellent material for wrapping up food 
in the ice-box, or for picnic lunches. 
* 
We recently tested a prune pie which 
was a sudden inspiration on the part of 
the cook. A pie tin was covered with a 
rich crust and then half filled with a 
layer, of stewed prunes and their juice, 
the stones having been removed. Over 
the prunes a custard was poured, made 
by beating up one egg and a teacupful of 
milk, a little nutmeg being grated over 
the top. 'file pie was baked until the 
custard was set, and was pronounced deli¬ 
cious. Little patty pans lined with pie 
crust and filled with the same material, 
are prune fanchonettes. 
* 
The sleeves with full puffed top now 
fashionable are fitted very closely at the 
wrist, and to secure this fit a small open¬ 
ing should be left fastened by buttons and 
loops. The opening is made at the. thumb 
side of the sleeve, and the little buttons 
used must be inconspicuous. Where it is 
impossible to match the dress material 
“ring buttons” are used. Little brass rings, 
such as are used with hooks in place of 
eyes, are covered by buttonholing with 
twist of the same color. The ring is then 
crossed from side to side with the silk, 
twisted and meeting at the center, so that 
the ring may be sewn on. Buttonholed 
loops of twist fasten over them. 
* 
An example of business reciprocity is 
thus described by the Youth’s Companion: 
The owner of the Makepeace Flour .Mills 
looked sternly at the provision dealer, who 
had for some years supplied the wants of 
bis household. 
“Those last apples you sent us were 
good,” he said, with a keen eye fixed on 
the other man’s face, “but they were in 
undersized barrels, my wife tells me, 
smaller than ever before. She says that 
the three barrels would scarcely make 
two and a half of the proper size. How 
do you account for it ?” 
“1 can’t,” said the provision dealer, with 
apparent distress of mind. “I snum, I 
can’t! There I bad my wife send me 
down three of your barrels that we’ve 
been getting flour in, and just packed the 
apples in aijd headed ’em with burlap. For, 
says 1 to her, ‘1 believe in reciprocity, and 
I’m bound he shall have just as good 
measure of apples as we get of flour,’ I 
says. Now don’t it beat all?” 
Thou wilt find it less easy to uproot 
faults than to choke them by gaining vir¬ 
tues.—Ruskin. 
Cherry Recipes; Cotton-Seed 
Oil. 
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\Ve have grown tired of canned fruit, and 
if you can give information on the following 
points it will be appreciated: How to make 
candied cherries. How to prepare cherries 
like the Maraschino cherries on sale in deli¬ 
catessen shops, or as near like them as an 
amateur can hope to prepare them. Any 
other method of keeping cherries full meated 
without shrinking. 
What is the comparative nutritive value of 
cotton-seed oil and olive oil? It has been 
staled that cotton-seed oil is very desirable 
for table use, being much cheaper than olive 
oil, but I have an idea that good machine oil 
might come under the same recommendation. 
c. D. L. 
We arc unable to give directions for 
making candied cherries, and hope some 
reader of The R. N.-Y. may be able to 
supply the desired information. Mrs. 
Rorer gives a recipe for “conserved fruit,” 
which may be found desirable. For this, 
make a syrup from a pound of sugar and 
a half-pint of water; stir until the sugar 
is dissolved, then boil quickly for three 
or four minutes. Try by dipping a little 
in cold water; if it forms a small ball 
when rolled between the finger and thumb 
it has attained the desired degree. Throw 
the fruit to be conserved, a little at a 
time, into this syrup; let it simmer for a 
moment, then lift out with a skimmer, 
draining free from all syrup. Sprinkle 
sugar thickly over boards or tin pans, 
place the fruit over it in a single layer, 
sprinkle over thickly with granulated 
sugar, and place in the oven or sun to 
dry. When dry, make a syrup as before, 
and just before it reaches the “ball” de¬ 
gree add the fruit; stir with a wooden 
spoon until it begins to grain and sticks 
to the fruit. When cold, sift off the 
sugar and put out again to dry. When 
dry, place in layers in boxes, between 
sheets of waxed paper, and keep in a cool, 
dry place. 
The process of making Maraschino 
cherries is a trade secret. The liqueur 
Maraschino, in which they are preserved, 
is distilled from fermented cherry juice 
flavored with cherry stones from a cherry 
growing in Dalmatia. 
We can give a family recipe for cherry 
preserve that keeps the fruit “full-meat- 
ed,” and it can be highly recommended for 
its delicious flavor. Pit the cherries, 
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