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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 20, 
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From Day to Day. 
PLEA FOR TRANQUILITY. 
Lord, in Thy abounding grace. 
Give to me one little place 
Where earth’s beauties I may see. 
With no man to envy me! 
Let my children breathe in health: 
1/et them know the poor man’s wealth— 
To live free beneath the sky. 
Shunning, dreading, no man's eye. 
Let the dear wife of my heart 
Share with me the greater part 
Of my hours, and grant that we. 
Free of care, may worship Thee. 
To our own give us true claim. 
Wronging none in right or name, 
Ixiving all things to their worth 
Till we leave Thy blessed earth. 
But if it should be Thy will 
We should strive and suffer still. 
Give us grace to keep unstained 
Till Thy peace at last is gained. 
Fame and wealth to others, then; 
This to me and mine. Amen! 
—Tudor Jenks. in the Outlook. 
* 
Try a paint brush for applying stove 
blacking, instead of the ordinary style 
sold for the purpose; it is easier to use, 
and keeps the hands cleaner. 
* 
Raisin ginger-bread is very good. One 
cup sugar, one-half cup molasses, one- 
half cup butter; sift together one tea¬ 
spoon each ginger, cinnamon and cloves 
and two teaspoons soda with two and 
one-half cups flour; pour one cup boil¬ 
ing water on the sugar, molasses and 
butter, then add the dry ingredients; the 
last thing beat in two eggs and one cup 
of chopped and floured raisins. This 
keeps soft for several days. 
* 
We see a great many striped materials 
used in the Spring costumes, especially in 
light colors. The skirt is often trimmed 
with bias bands of the material, or with 
ribbon velvet; the lowest band is usually 
put on about eight inches from the hem. 
Another new style noted, which gave 
-rather an unusual effect was a striped 
skirt trimmed at the foot with a band 
about 10 inches deep of the same material, 
but with the stripes horizontal instead of 
vertical. Many of the new Eton coats 
are made with the Japanese sleeve, which 
seems a part of the coat itself, without 
a shaped arm-hole, the general outline 
being that of a kimono. Two materials 
are used in many of the Spring jacket 
*suits, a Panama or voile suit having 
silk sleeves, or the entire jacket of the 
silk, with trimmings of the cloth. 
* 
A correspondent of Suburban Life 
gives the following instructions for wash¬ 
ing a white knitted shawl, so that it will 
not look yellow and draggled. Place 
the shawl in a clean pillowcase and tie 
up the open end. Prepare a suds of 
warm water, white soap and a * little 
borax. Put the case containing the shawl 
in the water and move briskly about, 
lifting it up and down and in and 
out of the water. Repeat in a sec¬ 
ond suds; and rinse in clear, warm 
soft water. Do not wring at all, 
merely press out some of the water 
gently, and then hang on the line still 
dripping. Do not open the pillow-case 
until both it and the shawl are dry. Be 
sure to select a day when there is a hot 
sun and strong breeze; which will 
quicken the drying, producing the best 
results. Thin shawls of ice wool are 
said to wash beautifully after this method. 
| * 
i When Aunt Hitty began to ask ques¬ 
tions she kept at least one person em¬ 
ployed with little chance for any word 
but direct answers, says the Youth’s Com¬ 
panion. 
“What’s become of that likely kitten 
you had last time I was here?” she de¬ 
manded of her small nephew. “I hope 
she wasn’t poisoned like that other one 
you had two years ago, was she?” 
“Oh, no’m, she-” 
“Was she drowned, then?” 
“No’m, she-” 
“Stolen?” 
“Oh, no’m, she-” 
“Well. I should like to know what 
made you give away such a handsome 
kitten.” 
“We didn’t; she-” 
“Well, what’s happened to her? Speak 
up, boy.” 
“S-s-sbe’s growed into a cat,” gasped 
the small nephew, stammering his haste. 
* 
We always make our succotash from 
green Lima beans and green corn, but 
this dish is made by old-fashioned Massa¬ 
chusetts housewives from bulled corn 
and dried beans, according to a recipe 
which, it is said, was originally derived 
from the Indians. A correspondent of 
the Chicago Record-Herald gives the fol¬ 
lowing as the recipe handed down for 
many generations in a Plymouth family: 
One quart of large white beans (not the 
pea beans), six quarts of hulled corn, six 
or eight pounds of corned beef, one pound 
of salt pork, fat and lean; chicken, 
weighing from four to six pounds; one 
large white turnip, eight or ten medium 
sized potatoes. Wash the beans and 
soak over night in cold water. In the 
morning put them on in cold soft water. 
When boiling change the water and 
simmer until soft enough to mash to a 
pulp and the water is nearly all absorbed. 
Wash the salt pork and corned beef. Put 
them on about 8 o’clock in cold water, 
in a very large kettle, and skim as they 
begin to boil. Clean and truss the chicken 
as for boiling, and put it with the meat, 
about an hour and a quarter before din¬ 
ner time. Allow a longer time if a fowl 
be used, and keep plenty of water in the 
kettle, Two hours before dinner time 
put the beans, mashed to a pulp, and the 
bulled corn into another kettle, with some 
of the fat from the meat in the bottom, 
to keep them from sticking. Take out 
enough liquor from the meat to cover 
the beans and corn, and let them simmer 
where they will not burn. Stir often and 
add more liquor if needed. The mixture 
should be like a thick soup, and the beans 
should absorb all the liquor, yet it must 
not be too dry. Pare and cut the turnip 
into inch slices, add it about II o’clock 
and the potatoes (pared) haf an hour 
later. Take up the chicken as soon as 
tender that it may be served whole. Serve 
the beef and pork together, the chicken, 
turnip and potatoes each on separate 
dishes, and the beans and corn in a 
tureen. The meat usually salts the mix¬ 
ture sufficiently, and no other seasoning 
is necessary. Save the water left from 
the meat, to use in warming the corn and 
beans the next day, serving the meat cold. 
This will keep several days in cold 
weather, and like many other dishes it 
is better the oftener it is warmed over, 
so there is no objection to making a large 
quantity. 
Canning Raspberries. 
Some time ago O. W. Mapes gave liis fam¬ 
ily recipe for canning raspberries, which, lie 
said, preserved the fresh flavor in the high¬ 
est degree. We have been asked to re¬ 
print this recipe, which has given satisfac¬ 
tion to all who have tried it. 
Our method of canning raspberries 
(Cuthberts) is first to make a syrup by 
boiling seven pounds granulated sugar 
in quarts water. Fill cans with 
fresh berries, putting in as many as 
possible without crushing the berries. 
Apply covers without the rubbers, and 
set in a kettle or boiler of cold water, 
so the water comes about two-thirds of 
the height of the cans. Bring to a boil 
and cook seven to 1,0 minutes after boil¬ 
ing begins. Now take the cans out of 
the water, remove the covers, fill with 
hot syrup brimming full, and seal up 
tight in the usual way. If prime berries 
are used they make a dish fit to set be¬ 
fore a king, or anyone else. 
o. w. MAPES. 
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