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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 5 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
TIIE HILL O' DREAMS. 
My grief! for the days by an’ done, 
When I was a young girl straight an’ 
tall, 
Cornin' alone at set o’ sun 
Up the high hill-road from Cusheudall. 
I thought the miles no hardship then, 
Nor the long road weary to my feet— 
For (lie thrushes sang in the cool deep glen 
An' the evenin’ air was cool an’ sweet. 
My head with many a thought was throng 
An’ many a dream as I never told ; 
My heart would lift at a wee bird’s song, 
Or at seein’ a whin-bush crowned with 
gold. 
An’ always I’d look hack at the say 
Or the turn o’ the road shut out the 
sight 
Of the long waves curlin’ into the hay, 
An’ breakin’ in foam where the sands is 
white. 
I was married young on a dacent man. 
As many would call a prudent choice, 
But he never could hear how the river ran 
Singin’ a song in a changin’ voice. 
Nor thought to see on the bay’s blue water 
A ship with yellow sails unfurled, 
Bearin’ away a king's young daughter 
Over the brim of the heavin’ world. 
The hills seems weary now to ray feet, 
The miles lie’s many, and dreams be’s 
few, 
The evenin’ air’s not near so sweet, 
The birds don’t sing as they used to do. 
An’ I'm that tired at the top of the hill 
That I haven’t the heart to turn at all, 
To watch the curlin’ breakers fill 
The wee round bay at Cushendall. 
—Helen Lanyon in the New Ireland Re¬ 
view. 
* 
If any syrup is left from pickled 
peaches it will form the foundation of 
raisin jam, which is a delicious relish 
with cold meat. Steam a pound of 
seeded raisins for two hours. Bring to 
the boiling point a quart of the syrup 
from pickled peaches, add the steamed 
raisins and cook slowly for half an 
hour. Put away in jelly glasses. 
* 
A correspondent of “Suburban Life” 
says that spirits of turpentine will set 
the color in delicate wash materials. 
Before laundering, put half a gallon 
of cold water in a clean bowl; add one 
teaspoonful spirits of turpentine. Wet 
the material in this very thoroughly, 
wring dry and hang up in the shade. 
When perfectly dry the fabric may be 
laundered as usual, without injury to 
the delicate colors. 
* 
Old mahogany furniture can be care¬ 
fully cleaned with soap and water to 
great advantage. Put a few shavings 
of castile soap in a bucket of warm, not 
hot, water, wring out a piece of soft 
cheese cloth or small sponge, and go, 
over the furniture thoroughly, rinsing 
immediately and rubbing dry with a 
soft cloth. This is also a good way to 
clean a piano when the wood becomes 
clouded. This may be followed by 
wiping over with a well-oiled cloth, fol¬ 
lowed by a brisk rubbing with chamois. 
* 
Smothered cod or haddock is good 
prepared as follows: Cut fish into 
pieces half the size of a cutlet; put in 
cold salted water while the other in¬ 
gredients are being prepared. Cut 
bacon into dice, and fry one cupful to 
a crisp brown in a deep kettle; fry some 
chopped onion in the fat, then add the 
fish, and cover with cold water. Add 
one small pepper, a small handful of 
chopped parsley and salt to taste. Boil 
slowly, but not long enough to make the 
fish fall apart. Just before removing 
from the fire sprinkle half a cupful of 
cornmcal over the fish, add one cupful 
rich milk; let it boil five minutes longer, 
then serve. 
* 
Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson, better 
known to her many readers of a pass¬ 
ing generation as Augusta J. Evans, 
died at her home in Mobile, Ala., May 
9, aged 71. In 1856 she had produced 
her first book. “Inez.” This was fol¬ 
lowed by “A Tale of the Alamo,” “Beu¬ 
lah.” “Macaria,” “St. Elmo,” “Vashti,” 
“Infelice,” “At the Mercy of Tiberius,” 
and “The Speckled Bird.” Her last pro¬ 
duction was “Devota,” written in 1907. 
These books are extremely romantic, 
and to readers of this generation their 
highfaluting sentiment seems absurd. 
Yet many a mature woman of restrained 
literary taste now looks back at these 
half-forgotten hooks as her first en¬ 
trance into the world of imaginative lit¬ 
erature, and though the mysterious sor¬ 
rows of “Vashti,” or the sardonic dig¬ 
nity of “St. Elmo” seem humorous 
enough to a girl who wanders freely 
through our modern “best sellers,” they 
reveal their author as a woman of cul¬ 
ture and feeling, with a purity of moral 
tone that unfortunately is not copied by 
certain popular authors of the present 
decade. There are many girls, however, 
to whom this ultra-romantic style of 
sentimental writing is harmful; Jane 
Austen pictured the results of such 
reading more than a century ago in 
“Northanger Abbey,” and that delight¬ 
ful book still remains an antidote to all 
false sentiment 'and extravagant ro¬ 
mance. 
* 
“It’s funny how afraid rich men are 
of being cheated,” reflected Mr. Bates 
in the Youth’s Companion, “’specially 
when they get out in the country. Now 
last Fall one of the fur-lined overcoat 
kind came up here. He snipped off his 
words as if they’d been coupons, and 
though he’d come up for a rest, he 
seemed to think somebody’d charge 
him extry for it if he mentioned the 
fact. , 
“Well, the Bassett place up on Birch 
Hill was for sale, and lie took a fancy 
to it—looked just like the house where 
he was born, he said. 
“ ‘But don’t you let it out,’ he says to 
me. They’ll be asking some fancy price 
for it if they know I want it.’ 
“Well, I drove him up there after 
he’d made up his mind, and we found 
Isaac Bassett out in the yard. 
“ ‘I hear this place is for sale. How 
much?” says Mr. Millionaire. 
“Isaac opened his mouth, but that was 
as fur as he got. 
“‘I’ll give you nine hundred and fifty 
dollars for it; not a cent more,’ said 
Mr. Millionaire, slambang. 
“ ‘I’ll take it,’ says Isaac. 
“ ‘I ain’t mean,’ he says, after he’d 
made out a check and we started off, 
“nor dost, but I won’t be done,’ says 
he, ‘jest because I’ve made my pile.’ 
“I didn’t tell him,” chuckled Mr. 
Bates, “that he’d done himself.” 
“Had he?” questioned Mr. Bates’s 
companion. 
“Sure!” said Mr. Bates. “The farm 
was put on sale for the taxes, and all 
they asked was six hundred and fifty 
dollars. And I’ve heard that Isaac had 
privately offered it for six hundred dol¬ 
lars.” _ 
Dried Citron Melon. 
Can some one give me the recipe for 
dry-preserving citron melon, for making 
cakes and puddings? mrs. a. j. l. 
Cut the fruit in four parts, pare and 
remove the seeds. Put a piece of alum 
the size of the hickorynut in two quarts 
of water; put in the preserving kettle 
and add as much citron as the water 
will cover; boil until the fruit can be 
pierced with a straw. Drain and put 
in syrup made by dissolving sugar in 
equal proportion to the fruit, in just 
enough water to cover. Boil one-half 
hour; then spread on pie plates and put 
in a rather cool oven or heater, and let 
it dry perfectly. Put away in closed 
receptacles in a cool dry place. 
Would you judge of the lawfulness 
or unlawfulness of pleasure, of the inno¬ 
cence or malignity of actions? Take this 
rule: Whatever weakens your reason, 
impairs the tenderness of your con¬ 
science, obscures your sense of God, or 
takes off the relish of spiritual things— 
in short, whatever increases the 
strength and authority of your body 
over your mind, that thing is sin to 
you, however innocent it may be in it¬ 
self.—Susanna Wesley. 
The Rural Patterns. 
A pretty blouse closed in front is 
shown in No. 6326. The blouse is made 
with fronts and back. It is tucked in 
becoming lines and the closing is made 
with buttons and buttonholes at the left 
of the front. The Dutch collar finishes 
the neck. The long sleeves are made in 
one piece each and fit the arms closely, 
but the three-quarter sleeves are slightly 
6326 Blouse with Dutch Collar, 
32 to 42 bust. 
full and are gathered into straight cuffs. 
The quantity of material required for 
the medium size is 4% yards 21 or 24, 
3 /4 yards 32, or 3 % yards 44 inches 
wide to make with long sleeves; 3% 
yards 21 or 24, 2% yards 32, or 2% 
yards 44 inches to make with three- 
quarter sleeves. The pattern 6326 is 
cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 
42-inch bust measure; price 10 cents. 
An attractive coat for linen, pongee 
or woolen materials is shown in No. 
6325. The coat is made with fronts,. 
6325 Misses’ Coat, 14 and 16 years, 
side-fronts, back and side-backs. When 
the collar is used it is joined to the neck 
edge. The sleeves are made with upper 
and under portions and can be finished 
either with rolled-over cuffs or with 
stitching. The closing can be made in¬ 
visibly or by means of buttons and but¬ 
tonholes as preferred. The quantity of 
material required for the 16-year size is 
5J4 yards 27. 2)4 cards 44, or 2)4 yards 
52 inches wide. The pattern 6325 is cut 
in sizes for girls of 14 and 16 ye'rs of 
age; price 10 cents. 
Removing Grease from Wall-paper. 
What will take oil out of wall-paper 
where it has come in contact with fresh 
paint? The painting was done after the 
paper had been put on the wall, and wher¬ 
ever the paint touched the paper it made 
a big grease spot. mrs. m. e. is. 
Wfe have taken grease spots out of 
wall paper by laying a piece of blotting 
paper over the spot, and then applying 
a warm flatiron; the heat seems to draw 
the grease into the blotting paper. 
These were small isolated spots; we 
fear that the inquirer has a more diffi¬ 
cult problem. We should like more 
light on the subject from others with 
experience. 
Koumyss and Snow Pudding. 
One quart of milk, one and one-half 
tablespoons sugar, one-third yeast cake 
dissolved in one tablespoon lukewarm 
water. Warm milk to blood heat, add 
sugar and dissolved yeast cake. Fill 
beer bottles within one and one-half 
inches of top; cork and invert in a dish 
of warm water. Let stand at a temper¬ 
ature of 80° F. for six hours; chill and 
serve the following day. The above 
recipe is much simpler than the one 
printed on page 480, and will be much 
more nutritious, as new milk is used. 
This is the way I was taught to make it 
in the hospital where I took my course 
of training for a nurse. 
Here is also a recipe for snow pud¬ 
ding, which I used a great deal for my 
patients: One and one-third teaspoon 
granulated gelatine, one tablespoon cold 
water, one-half cup boiling water, one- 
quarter cup sugar, one tablespoon lemon 
juice; white of one egg beaten stiff. 
Soak gelatine in cold water and dissolve 
in boiling water. Add fruit juice and 
sugar. Set in pan of ice water and stir 
until mixture begins to thicken, then 
beat in white of egg, turn into a small 
mold previously wet, smooth on top 
and set aside to chill. Unmold and 
serve with soft custard. 
MRS. s. F. s. M. 
Varied Questions. 
1. What is the best black to put in oil 
for harness? 2. Your best recipe for mak¬ 
ing hard soap. 3. Could I make a sun¬ 
dial out of the dial of a clock, and how? 
4. What is the best tiling to use for dys¬ 
pepsia to help that gassy uneasiness before 
and after meals? f. b. 
1. Lampblack is the best black to put 
in oil for harness. 
2. This is an excellent hard laundry 
soap: Six pounds of washing soda 
and three of unslaked lime. Pour on 
four gallons of boiling water, let it 
stand till perfectly clear and soda is 
dissolved; then drain off and put in six 
pounds of clean fat. Boil until it be¬ 
gins to harden (about two hours), stir¬ 
ring frequently. While boiling thin it 
with two gallons of cold water previ¬ 
ously poured on the lime and soda mix¬ 
ture after drawing off the four gallons. 
This must he settled clear before it is 
drawn off. Add it when there is dan¬ 
ger of boiling over. When the soap 
ropes like molasses candy it is done. 
Before removing from the fire stir in 
a handful of coarse salt. Wet a tub or 
box to prevent sticking; turn in the 
soap and let it stand till solid; cut into 
bars and set on a board to dry. This 
makes nearly 40 pounds of soap. 
3. No; the numerals are differently 
arranged on the face of a sundial. The 
gnomon is set parallel with the earth’s 
axis, and the angle must correspond 
with the latitude of the locality. A 
correctly placed sundial means much 
more than merely setting a dial face 
with a gnomon to throw a shadow. 
The matter could not be well explained 
without diagrams. You will find the 
subject quite fully treated under the 
heading of “dials” or “dialling” in any 
cncyclopa;dia. A great deal of infor¬ 
mation, including the making and set¬ 
ting of dials, is given in “Sundials and 
Roses of Yesterday,” by Alice Morse 
Earle. 
4. “Dyspepsia” covers too wide a 
range of causes and symptoms for long¬ 
distance prescriptions. Your family 
doctor is the best person to consult. 
