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Tho Ceda.ro of Lobixnsn.
Eagles, that whcol above our crests,
Say to tho storms that round us
blow
They ur.imot harm our gnarlod breasts,
Firm-rooted as wo aro bolow;
Thoir utmost efforts we defy.
They lift the sea-waves to tho sky,
But when they wrestle with our arms,
Nervous and gaunt, dr lift our hair,
Balanced within its cradlo fair,
,The tiniest bird has no alarms.
Bona of the rock, no mortal hand
Hero planted us; God-sown, we
grow;
,We aro tho diadom green and grand
On Eden's summit that Ho throw.
Whnn -wnlnrH in n dolmro rose.
Our hollow flanks could well enclose
Awhile tho whole of Adam's race;
And childron of tho Patriarch
Within our forest built the Ark
.Of Covenant, foreshadowing Grace.
jWo saw tho tribes as captives led,
Wo saw thorn back roturn anon;
As raftors, have our branches dead
Covered the porch of Solomon;
'And later, when tho Word, made man,
Camo down in God's salvation plan,
fTo pay for sin and ransom price,
The beams that formed the cross
we gave;
These, red in blood of power to save,
Were altars of that sacrifice.
In memory of such great events,
Men camo to worsaip our remains;
Kneel down in prayer within our
tents,
And kiss our old trunks' weather
stains; The saint, the poet, and tho sago
Hear, and shall hear, from age to age,
Sounds of our foliage, like tho voico
Of many wators; in these shades
Their burning words aro forged like
blades,
While their uplifted souls rejoice.
Laraartino.
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Homo Chats.
Every season has its appointed
work, and now is the timo that the
housowlfo begins to call for help in
putting up fruits and vegetables,
making wines and syrups, and, in
various ways, "gathering up tho frag
ments." It would bo well if theso
friends would save the recipes given
them by reliable authorities, through
the pages of reliable periodicals, past
ing' thom into a scrap-book that they
may bo had for reference In timo of
need. In most instances, the call for
directions is made just as tho time
"When the fruit is readv and waitlner
to bo used, and tho help does not como
in timo to bo of any value to them.
The better way would be, when you
find a good, thoroughly Tollable recipe,
Whether through a friend, or on tho
printed page, to at once write It down,
when its exactness may bo verified, or,
if in print, cut it out and paste at onco
in your scrap book. In this way, it
will bo at hand for instant reference.
Another mistake sonio women make
is to wait for a general canning and
preserving day, buying by tho quantity
and "making a day of it." Tho better
way is to put away whatever you may
have at tho time, even though it bo
but a small quantity, and in many
cases this is not only the "hotter," but
it is tho "best" way, for by so doing
ono does not have to rush her work,
worrying over tho fGar that she may
- not got it all cared for, and, in case
of interruptions, having to throw out
a lot of spoiled fruits. Many of our
best authorities urge and insist that
ono should only cook sufficient fruit
at ono timo to fill ono or more glasses
or jars, and thus got the best results,
with fewer burnt kettles and scorched
fruits. I am sure from experience that
this is tho easiest wav.
Another mistake too often made is
that of delaying the provisions abso
lutely necessary to satisfactory re
sults, until the last moment, and thon
having to worry and stew over lacks
which should have been attended to
long ago. One should have her jars
and glasses, bottles and jugs already
clean and sweet, well scalded and well
sunned, with, new corks, sealing wax,
rubber rings, mottle or glass tops, pre
serving kettles, measuring cups, su
gars, spices, ladles, spoons, funnels,
colander, flannel or cheese-cloth baes.
etc., all ready, as early in tho season
as possible, and theso necessities may
be collected, one by one, as money or
timo for shopping will permit, and
this gathering, little by little, will, in
the end, aggregate a very respectable
outfit.
One of tho greatest helps to success
ful housewifery is tho exercise of fore
thought and the looking after the lit
tle things in anticipation of the larg
or. Now is a good timo to begin the
collection for a home-made scrap
book, using only tested recipes, or
those vouched for by reliable parties.
You will find it pays. In many cases,
tho favorite recipes of your friend,
which never fail under her manage
ment, will prove but a disappointment
in your hands, owing to "conditions,"
or diverse applications of rules and
mothods, so it will be well to test all
recipes with a small quantity before
doing tho larger work. But "hold fast
that which is good."
The Children's Gardon.
Do not forget to give the little men
and women the seeds and space for a
garden of thoir own, and let thom run
it absolutely to suit themselves. If
they ask your advice, give it as plain
ly and as kindly as possible, but ex
perience is their best teacher. Let
them study out the "reasons" to suit
tnemseives, ana don't laugh if they
make mistakes, or show over-anxiety
about results by pulling up the plant
to learn how it grows. If they prefer
vegetable to flower seeds, give them
their choice, and don't insist on their
patterning their planting after your
own; you make mistakes, too, some
times. Don't throw money away on tho toy
garden toolsget them a set large
enough to stand usage, but still light
uuuugn 10 m me young hands. En
courage them to take pride in their
work and tho result of their labor, and
set them a good example by attend
ing well to your own planting and
hoeing.
Put two quarts of raspberries into a
stone jar or granite kettle, pour over
ono quart of pure cider vinegar; cover
and stand aside for two days; drain
off the liquor without mashing the
berries, and pour it over another quart
of fresh fruit, placed in the same jar
or kettle, and stand aside as before.
At tho end of two days strain this
carefully and pour it over another
quart of fresh fruit, and let it stand
one day. This time turn the fruit into
a jelly bag of two thicknesses of
cheese cloth, and press it until dry.
Wash the kettle, return the syrup, add
one pound of sugar to each pint of
liquid; stir until the sugar is dis
solved, boil five minutes, skim, bottle,
cork with new corks and seal the bot
tles. Raspberry vinegar makes a very
refreshing drink, diluted with water,
in hot weather.
Somo Requested Recipos.
Strawberry Wine. To the juice of
three quarts of strawberries (mashed
and strained), add one-half the quan
tity of red currant juice. Put to each
quart of fruit juico ono quart of wa
ter and ono pound of loaf sugar. Fer
ment In a clean, sweet cask, leaving
tho bung out; when fermentation has
finished, put into bottles and cork for
uso. Used for invalids and for flav
oring purposes.
Raspberry Shrub. Four quarts of
red raspberries to one of vinegar let
stand four days, then strain; to 'each
pint of juice add a pound of sugar
Boil twenty minutes; bottle and keep
in a dry, cool place.
Raspberry Vlnegar.--(Mrs. Roror.)
Somo Fruit Rocipos.
Gooseberry Jam. To eicht wounds
of gooseberries, tailed and topped, al
low one quart of currant juice and five
pounds of granulated sugar; put the
sugar and currant juice in a porcelain
lined kettle, boil and skim; then add
the gooseberries, let them simmer
gently for three-quarters of an hour,
then set away for two days. Bring
again quickly to a boiling point un
til every berry is perfectly transpar
ent. During the cooking stir fre
quently. Pour at onco into pots, and
when cold cover with paraffin or, oiled
paper, and keep in a dry place. ' This
may be served with a salad course.
"Mrs. S. T. Rorer.
Candled Cherries. Stone and weigh
the cherries. Allow to each pound ,of
iruit, one pound of granulated sugar.
Put the-sugar in a porcelain-lined ket
tle; add half a cupful of water, stir
until the sugar is dissolved, and slcim
when it reaches the boiling point.
Add the cherries; cover and push the
kettle over a moderate fire where tho
cherries may simmer gently until
transparent. Pour olf the syrup,
spread the cherries on dishes, cover
with glass and set in the sun to dry.
Bring them in as the sun goes down-'
if they are not quite drv. nut fhn
out the next day. They may then be
dusted with granulated Bugar and put
aside for keeping. All kinds of fruit
may bo "candied" in this manner
Old-Fashioned Peach Leather
Wash two gallons of peaches, cut them
in halves, and remove pits. Weigh
the fruit, and to each pound allow a
quarter of a pound of sugar. Put the
peaches in a porcelain-lined kettle
cover and stew slowly, stirring occa
sionally until the mass is smooth and
rather dark. Add the sugar and keen
cooking until, when vn,, w " .p
spoonful in a saucer and cool it it is
aU?oCtenbayilha lH r0li r ha5e liko
a sort ball. When done, turn into
tumblers, and stand aside to cool just
fn y?J? 7im iQUy- Thn cover with
lids that have been sterilized or w th
paraffin and paper. Apples an
quinces may be used the same way it
is realfy a fruit-paste. y "
For Curlntf Beof.
A correspondent send us the follow
ing recipe, for the excellence of which
he vouches, and adds that our reader?
should clip it out and put it in tS
ecrap.books, in order to have it hand v
when wanted: handy
''The tender side of a round is hth
but the other side will do Trim neat
Ly' fand, for every twenty poinds of
tlL? of salt, one "tea-
nf ,. V" ?UISPtGr, and a quarter
1 of a pound of brown sugar. Mix well '
and roll smooth with a rolling m
then divide into three equal parte SSi
rub well into the beef on three st
cessive days. Turn it each day in t h
brine it will make, for about ten days
from the start. The application of tho
mxture should bo done in a pored.
lain kettle, or a clean tub, so as to
preserve the brine; Push a little ex
tra salt into tho hole where the hamr
ing string goes through. Hang un in
a rather warm, dry place till it quits
dripping, then move to a cooler place
"Before the flies come, rub over with
red pepper, wrap in paper, put in a
tight muslin bag' and hang in a cool
but not too dry place, or it may rat
very hard. It will not hurt if the out
side molds, for this can be scraped
and scrubbed off,- and when chipping
It for use the outside should first be
shaved off. When sliced very fine it
is good without cooking; but better
when thrown into a hot pan and
stirred around a moment with a bit
of butter and a few spoonfuls of wa
ter; best, when put into a hot pan with
a bit of butter, stirred round until
crisp, sprinkled lightly with flour and
a cup of cream poured in and boiled
with it a fow minutes. A leg of mut
ton may be cured in the same way;
also a small piece of young beef's liver
is nice to add to the beef sometimes
for a change.
For Tho Dtxby.
In answer to a Querist, we give the
following, -copied from the Ladies'
Home Journal:
When baby has, a moyement that is
thin, green and contains curds and
mucus, the first thing to do is to
give the child a dose of castor oil.
Diarrhoea, with frequent movements
(summer complaint) means that there
is something irritating in the intes
tines, and that Nature is trying to get
rid of th9 material; therefore, to aid
nature, we give ihe castor oil. It is
very wrong to dose the baby with
medicine that will at once stop all
movements dnd so keep the poison
ous or irritating matter in the sys
tem. For a baby of six months, one
teaspoonful of castor oil will probably
Ve enough to clear out the intestines;
an elder child should have a larger
close l p to two teaspoonfuls. All
milk, should be stopped at once, for
while the intestines are in this condi
tion, the milk only acts as a poison.
Older children , should bo put on a
strict diet. also. Instead of milk, tho
baby may. bo fed on barley-water,
wheat gruel or granum made with
water only, an.d no milk. If the baby
seems weak, he may have a half-tea-spoonful
of liquid peptinoids in half
an ounce of water, cold, every three
hours, between meals; he should be
given all the pure water that has been
boiled and cooled that he will take,
whether with tho medicine dropper,
spoon or nursing bottle.
As soon as the movements become
thicker and less frequent, if he has no
fever, he may have a teaspoonful of
boiled milk added to his food, and the
quantity may be gradually increased
as he continues to improve, until he
is back again to his original formula.
If given early enough, the castor oil,
gruel and boiled water aro usually all
that is necessary to stop tho "summer
complaint." Care must, in all cases,
be taken to keep tho baby perfectly
sweet and clean, and clothing suita
ble to the changes in the atmosphere
is of the utmost importance.
Baby's Food.
To make oat, wheat or rice jelly
for the baby, take six tablespoonfuis
of the grain and soaic over-night, in
the morning place this in two quarts
of fresh, cold water, add a pinch or
salt, and cook in a double boiler for
four hours, down to ono quart, aJfflnJ
a little water from time to time. When
done, strain through muslin, and is
may be given to tho child when coia,
in the form of jelly. If the flours i or
these grains can be obtained, it
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