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THE RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
September 20, 
> 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day 
THE BATTLEFIELD. 
Over this soft turf, this rivulet’s sands, 
We’re trampled by a hurrying crowd, 
And fiery hearts and armed hands 
Encountered in the battlecloud. 
All! never shall the land forget 
How gushed the life-blood of her 
brave,— 
Gushed warm with hope and courage yet, 
Upon the soil they fought to save. 
Now all is calm and hush and still; 
Above the chirp of flitting birds 
And talk of children on the hill, 
And bell of wandering kine are heard. 
No solemn host goes trailing by 
The black-mouthed gun and staggering 
wain; 
Men start not at the battle-cry— 
O be it never heard again. 
Soon rested those who fought, but those 
Who mingled in the harder strife, 
For truths which men receive not now, 
Thy warfare only ends with life. 
A friendless warfare! lingering long 
Through weary day and weary year; 
A wild and many weaponed throng 
Hung on thy front and flank and rear. 
Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof 
And blench not at thy chosen lot; 
The timid good may stand aloof, 
Thy sage may frown—yet faint thou 
not. 
Nor heed the shaft too surely cast, 
The foul and hissing bolt of scorn; 
For with thy side shall dwell, at last, 
The victory of endurance born. 
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again,— 
The eternal years of God are hers; 
But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, 
And dies among his worshipers. 
Yea. though thou lie upon the dust, 
When thy color helped thee flee in fear 
Die full of hope and manly trust 
Like those who fell in battle here! 
Another hand thy sword shall wield, 
Another hand the standard wave, 
Till from the trumpet’s mouth is pealed 
The blast of triumph o’er thy grave. 
—William Cullen Bryant. 
* 
For inexpensive window curtains 
cheesecloth at 10 cents a yard is really 
very nice; it hangs prettily, and is cer¬ 
tainly in better taste than coarse, strag¬ 
gly-patterned scrim or lace. We like 
white or a creamy tone best, but a rather 
dull room with a cold northern exposure 
gains a sunny look by using yellow 
cheesecloth curtains. If the curtains are 
trimmed with a stenciled band across the 
bottom they are very attractive. White 
cheesecloth curtains may also be orna¬ 
mented by applying a band of flowered 
or figured material, four or six inches 
wide, across the bottom. The blue and 
white Japanese toweling is very nice for 
this use. 
* 
Here is a nice recipe for sweet pickled 
muskmelons: Select cantaloupes or musk- 
melons not too ripe. Cut them into ob¬ 
long pieces and remove the rind and soft 
part near the seeds. Prepare the spiced 
pickle in the following proportions: To 
every eight pounds of melon take one 
pint of vinegar and three pounds of 
sugar. Mix half a teaspoonful each of 
ground mace and cloves, one teaspoonful 
each of ginger, allspice and cinnamon. 
Tie this mixture into a small piece of 
cheesecloth and boil it with the vinegar. 
Cook the melon carefully in the hot syrup 
until it is tender, then skim out into a 
large bowl. Boil the liquor down and 
pour it over the fruit. Repeat this three 
or four times, and the last time heat all 
together, then put into jars and seal. 
* 
Sudden attacks of indigestion that, by 
gas formation, cause pressure on the 
heart, may usually be relieved by a sim¬ 
ple mixture of peppermint water and 
aromatic ammonia, half and half. The 
usual dose is one-half teaspoonful in a 
little hot water. This form of indiges¬ 
tion often causes acute suffering to old 
people, its symptoms suggesting an at¬ 
tack of heart disease, and if unchecked 
it may prove extremely dangerous. We 
do not believe in indiscriminate dosing, 
but the simple remedy suggested is a 
very useful thing, especially in an iso¬ 
lated household. Remember that it is 
peppermint water, not extract of pepper¬ 
mint, that is combined with the am¬ 
monia, and the water used with it should 
be hot. The dose may be repeated after 
a reasonable interval if it seems wise. 
The same preparation is a useful stimu¬ 
lant for a very delicate person subject to 
attacks of faintness. 
% “Well-to-do people are very slack at 
paying their bills,” observes a corre¬ 
spondent. This is one of the greatest 
troubles in dealing directly with the con¬ 
sumer. Many a poor little seamstress in 
the city skimps along on insufficient food 
during Summer, because bills for Spring 
sewing have not been paid while her 
customers go to Europe, or travel about 
in search of pleasure. This has always 
seemed to us a particularly despicable 
form of swindling, and yet the people 
who do it very often belong to the class 
of “our prominent citizens.” Local 
tradesmen often tell us that working 
people of small means pay cash, or ex¬ 
pect short credit only, while the well-to- 
do let bills run. This point must be 
well considered in a retail trade where 
there is either direct delivery or parcel 
post. There are some localities where 
prompt payment is general, others where 
there is a disposition to hold up bills, 
and the farmer must study his field just 
as the merchant does, and eliminate, as 
far as possible, the risk of loss. There 
is no object in working up a direct trade 
if payment is doubtful, and every retailer 
knows that it is the housekeeper who 
only pays when she has to who is most 
extravagant in her buying. These people 
do not have to wait until crops are all in 
for their income; they get it promptly 
every week or month, and their pay¬ 
ments to the farmer should be equally 
prompt. 
Florida Experience in Canning Fish. 
Cut the raw fish to pack closely in 
cans or jars, using as much salt as will 
be palatable, as salt is a preservative. 
Put on covers and seal tight, then cook 
in boiling water. Halibut, salmon, sea 
trout and clams kept perfectly when 
cooked 1 Yz hours, though the bones in 
salmon were not softened. I am told 
this takes five hours or more. When 
cooked, punch a small hole in top of 
cans, or loosen covers of jars to permit 
escape of air and steam. Then while 
still hot close hole with a drop of solder 
and tighten covers of jars. I then put 
back in kettle and cooked a few minutes 
longer, but am not sure that this is nec¬ 
essary. If a number of jars are to be 
cooked at once the family wash-boiler 
can be used with thin slats or straw to 
rest cans on, and water to nearly cover 
jars. Start with cold water not to break 
jars. Some kind of tongs to lift cans 
when hot will be handy. 
Smoked salmon kept well when packed 
in jars and filled with olive oil, sealed 
and cooked to drive out all the ah\ Per¬ 
haps fried smelts would be good the same 
way. I think it would keep if packed 
close in jars and cooked same as raw 
fish. It might be well to put a few drops 
of water in bottom of jar to insure steam 
to drive out air. Bluefish, sword fish, 
etc., might be put up for use when out 
of season. 
Many a farm has a big lot of chickens 
eating their heads off, waiting a profit¬ 
able market. Why not dress a few of 
these, removing most of the bone, put in 
glass jars, cook and put away for use 
when chickens are scarce? I think al¬ 
most any meat, fish or fowl can be put 
up this way. Being cooked in its own 
juice in sealed cans the flavor will be bet¬ 
ter preserved. I hope some one will ex¬ 
periment along this line and report re¬ 
sults. Go slow till you find out how 
long to cook each article. A. G. K. 
Diluting Vinegar ; Washing Portieres 
In answer to J. L. M., regarding 
trouble with pickles, will say that cider 
vinegar can be successfully diluted to just 
the right strength to suit your taste if 
you boil it after water is added. I use 
it for canning beans, beets and small cu¬ 
cumbers in the Fall, also for brine pic¬ 
kles in Winter and it never spoils. For 
brine pickles I usually add black pepper 
or the prepared spices with a little sugar, 
making a pleasing change from plain 
vinegar. 
J. L. M. may wash her chenille cur¬ 
tains in just warm water made “sudsy” 
with white soap, rinsing in water of 
same temperature, being careful not to 
pull out of shape. Don’t let them soak, 
but handle quickly; rinse as soon as 
washed. II' danger of colors running dry 
them in Winter when they will freeze 
quickly. This method of washing patch- 
work quilts is fine, and does away with 
all running of colors. Brush curtains 
when nearly dry with stiff brush broom 
to raise the nap. My curtains are plain 
tan and look like new. MRS. w. c. 
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