Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1886 — HUSBANDMAN AND HOUSEWIFE. [ARTICLE]

HUSBANDMAN AND HOUSEWIFE.

Diseasrion of Toples Relating to the Management of Their Work. Hints on Farm Economy, Boe- Hairing, Stock-Breeding, and Household and Kitchen Work.

THE STOCK-RANCH. I The Temper of Breeding Sown. In selecting a sow for breeding, choose one that is quiet and mild in disposition. Sho may be the one that will lay on fat most easily, ana it wilL therefore, he necessary to feed sparingly, but sho will bo all the hotter as a hrcedor for this. •> ' ... , Extra Large Hone*. (n cities where smooth pavements make it easy to draw large loads, the use of single heavy horses is superseding that of the double team. The single horse coats less originally, and is less expensive to keep than a team. This advantage creates A demand for heavy horses, which will insure a profit in breeding them. They are a much surer sale when three or four years old than a lighter class of horses, however well .bred.

The Comfort of Animate. The degree of comfort he accords to animals in their daily winter life is what distinguishesjn one respect the thinking from the unthinking man. A ease in point would be as between animals tied up in stalls and wintering them in sheds secure from rain, wind, and snow. The stock have plenty of bedding day and night, and the horses should have blankets also in winter. If blooded cattle are kept, thebe should be blanketed in winter also, and if the animals so kept are not cleaned once a day the probability is, except in driving storms, they would be better m yards with good sheds than in the stable. Why? They could take the necessary exercise to keep their blood in motion and their digestion good The horse is a tropical and subtropical animal. The mule requires to be kept warmer than the horse, and the ass will soon pine and become worthless under extreme cold In fact, all our farm animarfk are natives of countries where green vegetation or other succulent food may be supplied the year round To prepare them for the inclement seasons—storms in the winter in the tropics, and the eolder weather of sub-tropical climates—nature provides the hog with a thick layer of fat under the skin, laid on during the summer and autumn, and also with a species, of wool under the bristles. Other farm animals acqnire a lengthening of the hair or wool to conserve beat, in additon to fat, to carry them through the inclement season Under the artificial treatment of civilized life the coat of hair becosms more and more lessened—finer and thinner—and especially so when kept in stables? particularly dark ones. Deprived also of exercise, the blood becomes stagnant and the animal is chilled, leading to various complications, not the least of which is indigestion and the power of assimilating food They eat ravenously, yet they lose flesh. Exercise, or, in lieu of this, artificial clothing or fire heat and grooming, counteract this tendency to disability. The thinking man attends to the necessary wants of the animal, and keeps the stables clean and tho ventilation good The unthinking man has his animals suffering irom scratches, grease, and other blood, disorders, stiffened limbs, impaired hoofs, diseased frogs, and various other disabilities that might De obviated by a little care arising from thought One of the most common errors on the farm is the neglect to furnish plenty of bedding night and day. It takes no more material to supply a bed six inches thick than one three inches. No more material will be fouled with the thick than with tho thin bed The saturated litter contains the really valuablo portion of the excrement as manure—an important fact to recollect In fact, if bedding is scarce—and it never is or should not be on the farm—the wet litter may be ' dried and again used Hence it is a sign of misdirected thought to see animals, 'either in the stable or out, on the bare floor or on the frozen ground Horses, cattle, and sheep will endure severe cold if allowed exercise. This they will take in a yard or in a shed. The action of moving about overr-slowly keeps the blood circulating at the eurfaoe, and the animal remains warm unless exposed to the wind. In a still atmosShere the bodily heat is carried about in the air. If blown away a chill ensues. Hence, animals in a grove or next a windbreak remain comfortable, except when exposed to rain. The most uncomfortable and most dangerous state for the animal is that of having the hair or wool saturated with rain. Drv snow does little injury if the animal be fully fed The question of whether the heat and health of the animal are best conserved by less food and better clothing and grooming in the stable, or with more food to keep up the animal heat outside, will depend upon the price of food Where corn is cheap, animals in good dry sheds, protected from tho wind, or, better, in the woods with dry sheds where they may retire during storms, as a rule hold better health and vigor'than when confined in stables with alack care. The solution of those questions each man mnst decide for himself, and the economical solution of these and other questions of farm economy is what marks the man of practical thought from his more impractical neighbor. The one is forehanded and saves money. The other haß a hard scrabble in proportion to his impracticality. One has stock vigorous in the spring. The other has to tail his cattle up in the spring. The one is a business-man who, barring accidents, would succeed in any calling in life. The other is always unsuccessful, or, as generally expressed, never has any luck. If you have not hitherto used the practical means necessary to insure comfort to your animals, either in or out of the stable, begin now. It will pay you. —Chicago Tribune.

THE FARM. Manuring on the Surface. Corn and potatoes may often be top-dressed Jto advantage after planting, providing line manure is used. The cultivation of these crops during the season will mix the manure with the soil much more perfectly than it could be if plowed under. ' . ' ' " Harrou+ing Com. One of the advantages from harrowing com is that a man with a smart team will run over fifteen acres or more per I ay. The smoothing harrow takes a width of eleven feet, and as only scratching the surface is desired no lapping is needed. Better than the Boiler. . A farmer who owned a roller to common with a neighbor rarely used it in spring, as he found his smoothing harrow answered a better purpose in leveling the surface with enough compactness for spring-plowed land, where the soil is sure to be beaten down by rains. The smoothing harrow slightly loosens tho surface, which admits warm air and moisture to the roots of the growing plants. Cutting Grain for Forage. It seems wasteful to some to go into a grain field and cut a bunch of two-thirds-grown oats or barley'to feed to the cows. But farmers who think this is wasteful will often feed three or four quarts of grain to a cow in winter and justly think the grain well used Yet the ripened grain has had the extra expense of harvesting and threshing before it can be used An armful of green grain, cut as forage will make a good feed for a cow. The same armful, allowed to ripen, would make very little grain and the straw would be of little value to feed The use of as much as possible as green forage is true eoonomy. Baling Hag. ~ Hay is necessarily bulky in proportion to its value, but baling makes it possible to ship it for considerable distances with profit to alt Were it not for baled hay ooming from points where land is cheap, hay would be dearer than grain in all our large cities. It is so in Its comparative nutritive value, and so far as possible is being superseded by grain straw and miß feed Relative Value of Labor and Land. The highest productiveness of agricultural land, and the highest productiveness of agrieuHnrpj labours m decent as tho extreme*

used, but various conditions determine whicHi can be most profitably employed in any given locality. Under certain conditions it pays heat to make labor as productive as possible, although by doing so tho land is not made as productive as it might be. r . The same reason that makes land cheap in any locality makes labor scarce and high, and the price of the prodnets low—that is, limited 'population. If land is cheap, the interest charge on its value is small, although the rate of interest may bis somewhat higher in a new country. Hnppoee we are fanning in the West, where land is worth 915 an acre; the interest charge on the value of the land, and the price of onr products, will be low, but labor will be scarce and high. It would pay us best to make the expensive labor as pfoduotive as possible by taking advantage or the low interest charge; consequently we use the labor in cultivating a comparatively large amount of land,' rather than in increasing the cultivation on a smaller area. These conditions account to a great extent for the large farms and inferior farming seen in the West Suppose we are farming in the East, where land is worth $l5O per acre; the interest charge, and the prico of our products, will be high, bnt laDor will be comparatively plentiful and cheap. It would pay ns best to increase the productiveness of the expensive land by taking advantage of tho cheap labor; conseauenfly we should use the labor in increasing le cultivation of a more limited area, ana thus save as much of the high interest charge as possible, i Those conditions account to a great extent for the smaller farms and superior cultivation seen in tho East We see the size of the farms gradually decrease, and tho cultivation increase as we travel from the West to the East If we go as far as parts of England and France we see the large farm of the West grow smaller all the way until it is but a highly cultivated garden of a few acres; but ail the time the value of the land has been increasing; the small French garden is worth as much as the large American farm, and the difference in the manner of cultivation is as marked as the difference in the value per acre. The practical application of these facts for farmers and persons interested in farming land is for them to ponsider the value of land in their neighborhood before they decide how they will cultivate it, and not tliink any particular system will pay them, because it pays som6'"one else in another place; it will not, unless tho conditions (such as tne fertility and adaptability of the soil, shipping facilities, distance from market, size of the market, density of population, and the like) are similar in bom places. The sum of these conditions is fairly represented by the value of the land in the respective localities, and as land increases in value, the manner of farming should be improved in order to get the full benefit of the improved conditions or increased value of the products, and the decreased cost of labor.— Country Gentleman.

the Dairy. Profit from Cows. It is a good cow that will pay her cost in a year’s sale of butter besides furnishing milk for family use. But it is only such cows that a farmer keeping but'one animal can afford to own. Usually poor families Keeping only one cow have that of superior merit In large herds owned bv slow farmers there will be a number of culls, whioh, like the lean kind in Pharoah’s dream, eat up the profits from the others. Cream on Milkmen's Milk. Much joking and some severe criticism has originated from the fact that from milk as usually delivered in cities cream will not rise as freely as from milk in the country. This is accounted for by the jolting which milk gets during its drive of several miles to the city over rough roads and city pavements. This breaks up the particles of milk, and what cream rises during this process mixes with the milk and does not again come to the surface. Country, .housekeepers have learned that milk yields more cream to be strained as soon as possible after it comes from the cow, and with no needless jolting. Milk Statistics of the Chicago and Northwestern Morning Train. A daily total of about 3,000 cans of milk is shipped to Chicago by the C. A N. W. R R, contributed by the following places: FBEEPOBT BRANCH. FarmName of station. Cans, ers Union 200 15 Coyne 100 11 Huntley 860 41 Freeman’s....... 130 15 Gilbert’s ..... 250 “3T Almora 30 Clintonville 90 Wayne...;Trr.-rrr.-.. - 00 77pox BIYEB BKANCH. Algonquin..... .T. 340 25 Dundee... ...600 —-53 McHenry..... 16 2 Terra Cotta 16 2 ON MAIN AIR LINE. Maple Park 66 Elberon 196 La Fox 81 ~ St. Charles ....... 180 Batavia.... 17 Geneva 10 Turner Junction 6 - .. Total... ...:2,728 Each can, oight gallons, weighing eighty-five pounds to the can. Price received, eighty cents per can. Cost of carrying, about seventeen cents per can. The distance from Turner Junction to the city is thirty ratios. The ten cars carrying the milk are there made into one train and ran in without stopping. The trip is usually niadd in less than forty minutes. The use of the railroad to the farmer and city 3 is clearly shown in this business. Elgin, it will be seen, contributes nothing to either of the three trains passing daily by its stations, but its farmers supply a large amount to the Borden Condensing Factory and the local creamery. The supply of milk coming into the, pity daily by the Chicago, Milwaukee and Bt. Paul Railroad is four car loads. The quantity varies a little with the season and the price.

THE NURSERY, I Ground-Bice Porridge. One cup of boiling milk. One full tablespoonful of ground rice. Four tablespoonfuls of oold water. A pinch of salt. Wet the flour into paste with cold water, salt very lightly, and stir into the boiling milk. Cook in a farm-kettle for fifteen minutes, stirring all the while. Sweeten slightly. This furnishes an excellent change of diet when farina or corn-starch proves too laxative. Lime-Water in Milk. It frequently happens in warm weather that the mother sees indications at sour stomach in her infant, showing that the milk becomes acid almost as soon as it is swallowed. A simple and usuallyeffectual corrective is to add a te.aspoonful of lime-water to each bottleful of milk-and-water given at his tri-daily meals, physician! sometimes advise this when an eruption resembling prickly heat appears on the infant's face and hands, betokening disordered digestion. 7 . . . ■ • Goal's Milk. Thig will; often agree with children whefi oow’a milk-'seriously deranges the stomach. It is most wholesome, and, to most tastes, most palatable when drank directly after milking and while still warm. In some cities and many country towns this may be obtained without difficulty. In France and Switzerland a “milkcure” is found in nearly every village, and is liberally patronized by traveling Americana, who never think of suggesting the establishment of like resorts in their own land. When given to infants who are not yet weaned, goat’s milk should be diluted with one-fourth as much boiling water as there is mi lie, Prothed Porridge. Two cups of boiling milk. Two tablespoonfuLs of arrowroot, cornstarch, or “new process” flour. Four tablespoonfula of cold water... 51 White of an egg, beaten stiff. Wet the arrowroot or flour With cold water, stir into the milk, and cook for half an hour in a farina-kettle after the water in the outer vessel begins to boil hard Stir often. Take from the fire, stir lightly and swiftly the whipped white Of egg, sweeten slightly, and serve os soon as it is cool enough to be eaten with comfort DO not neglect the precaution of dropping into boiling milk, at this season, & tiny 1 >it of soda not larger than a green yes.—Babyhood.

THE ORCHARD. «&£ . V i,, Wooding Value of Apples. The apple crop is very unevenly distributed this year. In some planes trees will be loaded, while fifty miles away there may be abeolnto scarcity. It is probablo that all onr good fruit wilt be wanted at paying prices either now or later in the season. In places ! where there is a superabundance farmers should take care not to sell the cullings for loss than their feeding value, which is at least ten cents per busheL Do Bees Spread the Yellow*? An intelligent fanner, who lias watched the spread of yellows among his peach-trees, advances the theory that this is often brought by beee passing from one tree to another when in bloom. It is a fact that bearing trees are more subject to yellows than those not in bearing. In seasons when frost destroy! peach buds there is less spread of yellows, though this may in part bo due to the greater vigor of trees that are not bearing a crop of fruit Discussing Pear Culture. At a recent meeting of farmers living near Boston the subject for discussion was “The Culture, Preservation and Marketing of Peara. ” H. P. Hapvren, of Nowton, spoke of tho importance of knowing just when to gather and market pears. Very little damage is done to the fruit by any particular species of insect The tree is very long-uved, having been introduced into this country over 20U years ago. Colonel John E liussell, Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, said he did not believe pear-raising to lie a part of the business or the farmer, for he would always lose at it; it belongs to the horticulturist and the gardener. E. W. Wood, of Newton, disagreed with the idea of Colonel Bussell that farmers do not find pears % profitable crop. It grows and bears quickly, the marketable varieties at least, and is annual, although for that reason it requires more care. The mistake made by the farmers is in trying to grow too many varieties in the effort to introduce new kinds. To grow for profit to sell in the Boston market the number could well be reduced to six, and can not well be raised above that figure; of course, when they are merely grown for family use by amateurs, so to speak, any number of varieties may be and are set out, so as to produce fruit from August to March. For market tho Bartlett is one of the best, because it ripens early, and is a constant and regular bearer. Winter pears require much outlay and detail in their marketing, and are not worth the trouble to care for them. Those who go into the pear culture frequently make an error in the trees that they set out, selecting about half Standard and half dwarf; in a few years tho dwarfs disappear entirely, and the nurseryman is blamed for furnishing bad trees, whereas the fault lies with the grower in suiting his trees to the nature of the land. Hon. J. F. C. Hyde, of Newton, agreed with the last speaker in the cultivation of only a small number of varieties for market and the desirability of a wide range of flavors for home use. Ho was inclinod to think that, as a rule, farmers had better not go into the culture of pears for profit ,He found that the fruit grows better near cities, and particularly near tne sea coast

THE APIARY. Bee Notes. A gentleman of Jackson County has a swarm of bees that gave him some trouble about staying in the hive. He concluded that the queen was out of pocket or dead, so he caught a wasp, extracted its sting, and tied it with a string. He then bored a hole through the head of tne gum, drew the string through the same, and confined the wasp inside with the same Since that time the bees have been doing very well —Atlanta Constitution. The golden rale, to “do unto others as ye would that they should do to you,” will do to tie to, by bee-keepers, farmers, etc. All owners of bees should use every precaution that their bees do not annoy or damage anunals or “persons. In the early days of our bee-keep-ing We set bee-hives near the sidowalk, and annoyed no one passing along, excepting a woman who indulged very freely in beer. The beee seemed to dislike her, and frequently stung her, when her ejaculations were more forcible than Boys would throw stones at the front of the hives, to see them rash out, and this angerod them. And we concluded that the bees should be placed where they would not attack any one, and at a distance from hitching posts where horses ire tied. —Prairie Parmer. When some stock-raiser sees a neighboring bee-keeper have tons of honey gathered from his meadows, he thinks hehaa been robbed, and his clover is less sweet for his cattle. He ponders over it until he concludes he is a much-abused individual, and mnst have redress in some way. He does not see what he has gained; forgetting that “crops will flourish all the more, when flowers mate by r.fled store.” Bees have a big job on their hands, fertilizing the crops of the farmers. Clovor would become extinct if it were not for their labors, and corn, buckwheat, and other plants are benefited by their presence. Many flowers have their own fertilizing insects, ana can not propagate without their agency. Dicentra spectabilis perfects no seod in this country because its fertilizing moth has never been imported. Messrs. Farmer, Gardener, Horticulturist, and Stock-raiser, the bee is your servant and appears to have been created especially for your benofit The honey that is secreted in the nectaries of flowers is apparently for no other purpose than a free lunch spread for the bees, inviting them to come and dine ; and aB they partake and fill their sacs with nectar, and pack their panniers Vrith bread, they act as messengers carrying the fertilizing agent to another flower.

THE HOUSEHOLD. System and Savings. When a woman gets married she knows she has a house Upkeep, and has no business to get married unless sho expects to keep house, and having once accepted the position of housekeeper, if not tit for it she should proceed at once and cheerfully to fi t herself. —^ You would despise yourself if tossed-into a great sea you made no struggle for a boat, a buoy, or the shore. So, when you find yourself almost overwhelmed with worries and care, and the steak is burning, the baby fallen out of bed, and your husband wants a sudden button sewed on—hold the babe with one arm, lift the steak with the other, aiid' tell John to bring you a needle and thread. Say no more. There is a time when silence is not only golden but diamonds, and this is one of them. Thoughts are ghosts when unspoken, and troop harmlessly about, but once Hpoken they are living, sentient beings; therefore do not speak of a trouble or annoyance, unless speaking of it can remedy it Very likely silence will in twentyifour hours lay the ghost, but once give it a voice and it may live forever. Next to silence is order. If that is heaven's first law it is twicefold the housekeeper and cook’s. “A place for everything and everything in its place” might well be framed and substituted lor “Home, Sweet Home” over our doors. To misplace a kitchen fork or spoon may burn to a cinder the most carefully prepared dish. The convenient holder lost from its nail may bum the cake or ruin the pie, and incense the cook. A cook table, fuH of drawers, where Hour, Bpicea, rolling-pins, and cake-cutters are kept, with bake pans hanging over it, will save you miles of travel and hours of time. A small shelf near the stove, kept for an extra pepper and salt dish, has saved me fifty miles’ travel. I think, in ten years. Only for ono day count how many times you go from cook table to stove seasoning various dishes, and you will see what this means. Before putting a stroke in your kitchen, stand bv the stove or range as the objective point braw a straight line from that to every object whioh is often used there, and place it the nearest possible. Keep, kettles and gridirons sp near that you need but to turn to reach them, and always, if possible, wash them as soon as used, because they wash easier and it saves time. i In finding places for kitohen utensils study every time to place them where it will take the fewest steps to reach them. The walk, walk, walk, step; step, step, all day, of : "some housekeepers, reminds us, of the tread-mill work of a horse on a wheel. The poor, dejected animal looks always down and counts the same rounds hopelessly, interminably. Thera is no use of it If .brains do not save steps in housekeeping, then brains should go to the wall and machine work come in. Ts a sane woman will go twice or thrice a day down cellar and bring up five of ten potatoes at a time, mstead of a peck, and wash them at oboe, then

my talk is not for her, fay I can not simplify housekeeping. ' *• A Japan server is the keystone of the kitchen arch, and a dumb waiter between the oellar and the pantry or kitchen is one of the exporting pillars; a ventilator over the atove ia i ■ r • • r In the sitting-room the greatest aid to simijjify housekeeping is a work table with folding leaves and the sides full of Bmall drawers, so that when tne housekeeper site down to sew she can put her hand at Quoe, and without arising, on crochet and knitting needles, tapes and darning ootton. and every possible need. I reitorata Put all the articles of everyday use at the point where they can be reached with fewest stepa Once a year weed out the foolish knicknaeks of beads and cardboard, and the liko, which seem to accumulate like frogs of Egypt over night, and drip from onr ceilings, cumber our walls, load our shelves, and require honrs of dusting. They are a delusion and a snare, and a caricature on true art at best I com mend to you, if muscles and nerves are overstrained, to learn to shirk, somewhat judiciously, but surely. Let reason come to your aid, and compel yourself to take a rest, even m a change of work. The acquiescence and approval of the mind is necessary to rest well. Do whatever you like or do nothing when overstrained, but don’t drive yourself with whip and spur. This is, in mental goology, the age of upheaval for women Did tilings are passing away and all things are becoming new. We are not the cause, but suffer from the effects. In feudal and monarchical times the limits of the labor of a lifetime were marked by social caste. The royal lady, the nobis dame, tho patient peasant, had her work, her fashions, and her sphere allotted to her when she was bom Her life was, as it were, pricked to a pattern with a pin. No “carking care o’ nights” troubled her about her business or profession, her career, or fall and spring styles. But onr heritage is unrest and ambition. We are different We stand the product of tho civilization of the nineteenth century. Civilization and not wo is to blame for the multitudinous cares and wide range of work it has given us. We marry a section hand; he is soon Councilman, then Mayor, then m the Legislature, then Governor, aurt then expects to be President Fully alive to these facts, we begin as a section hand’s wife, to not only do her work but to fit ourselves and make ready for all the grades to the White House. The combined duties of serf, peasant, landholder, and titled lady ara now thrust Upon us. Small wonder it is that women break down, and cry- with shattered nerves and bodily pain, becauso endurance is strained to its uttermost In closing, allow me to beg of yon, in the struggle with dust and dirt, sewing machine and cook stove, society and literature, to never forget or neglect the' supreme privilege and duty of motherhood. No equal attainment is given to men. To be the mother of kings was great To. be the mother of men, manly, full-framed, cleanly of soul and body, is a divine work —one beside which others sink into insignificance. This makes us heirs to the ages. See to it that no lesser work defrauds onr children and condemns us. —Mrs. IS. Gray, before the Kansas Social Science Association.

Some Hints for the Guest Chamber. A spare room would, to some minds, suggest a room that was not only unused by the family but was in reality spare in various directions. Possibly the idea of a few simple articles of absolute necessity originated in the description given in the Bible of the prophet’s chamber—the bed, the table, the stool, the candlestick, were, in all probability, the usual number of pieces allowed to a home, even in homes of the wealthy, in those days. Bnt now when guests are received, they should at least be treated as well as the family, and even a little extra attention would not be amiss. Have the room as pleasant and cheery as possible. If there is a closet in it, do not think it Decessary to fill it up with the family garments that look to the visitor’s' eye as if they were destined to hang there for years. A guest does not enjoy living in her trank, and merely a hook or two stranded off in a dark corner on which to hang her choicest garments are very unsatisfactory. A small writing desk conveniently furnished, with its ink-stand, pens, paper, and stamps, would certainly add to the comfort of those who may have been warmly welcomed. I have mentioned some of the necessities of the spare-room, trusting that all will endeavor to add the little touches, snch as a sow flowers in a vase, which go to show the delicate thoughtfulness of those who would applv the golden rule to themselves as well as to others. * . - ■ Worth Remembering. Freckles are said to yield to equal parts of lactic acid and glycerine, frequently applied. Probably It is effectual, as the same mixture dissolves diphtheritic false membranes. They may also be removed by touching them with a crystal of carbolic acid When dry. A cheap and effective disinfectant can be made by dissolving a bushel of salt in a barrel of water, and with this water slack a barrel of lime: This forms a sort of chloride of lime, which may be used freely in cellars, outhouses, etc. Tincture of capsicum in olive oil (one in six) makes a good household liniment for lumbago. It is said that sweet cream will disguise the taste »of piperine or capsicum. Medical World.

THE KITCHEN. Chocolate Blanc Mange. One-half box gelatine, well soaked; let one pint of milk come to the boiling point; ono cup grated, chocolate, twelve tablespoons sugar. Add the gelatine just before turning into the molds. To be eaten when cold, with sugar and cream. lemon Budding, r Three eggs, cue cup of sugar, one spoonful of butter, the juice and grated rind of two lemons, and a little salt Beat all well together, add a glass of sherry, and, lastly, add gradually one pint of milk. Bake half an hour m a moderate oven. Currant Cakes. One pound flour, one-half pound butter, three-quarters pound sugar, four eggs, onehalf pound currants, well washed and dredged; one-naif teaspoonful soda dissolved in hot water; one-half lemon, grated rind and juice; one teaspoonful cinnamon. Drop from a spoon upon well-buttered paper, lining a bak-ing-pan. Bake quickly. Beef Omelette-, .... This makes a delicious relish for tea, and is a good way to use steak that is not tender enough to bo acceptable when broiled Chop fine a pound and ahalf of raw beef; add pepper, salt and summer savory, or celery salt, if this seasoning is not liked. Mix with two woll-beaten eggs, press into a pan, and b&ke one hour. When cold, cut in thin slices and serve like tongue. Prune Pudding. A delicious prune pudding is made by stewmgapound of prntiee -till they are soft; remove the stones, and sugar to your taste; add whites of three eggs beaten to a stiff froth, make a puff paste lor the bottom of the pud-ding-dish; after beating the eggs and prunes together tjll they are thoroughly mixed, spread them on the ernst, bake for half an hour, or until you are sure the crust is done. — Boiled Chicken, Egg Sauce. Select a three-pound fowl, clean and singe it, wash it in lukewarm water and truss it firmly to have it more presentable when done. Cover it with boiling water; let it bod once, then draw to one side of the range, and leave it to simmer an hour. Remove the scum, which will discolor the fowl if allowed to remain. The slow boiling makes it tender. When done, sc rye with egg sauce in a sauce boat, and use the bfoth to make scrap for dinner. The egg sauce is made as follows! Cream an ounce of butter; add to it ono tablespoonful of dry flour, a Saltspoonful of salt, and half a spoonful of While pepper (black spoils its color). Stir it briskly and add half a pint of the chicken broth.’ Divide an ounce of hotter into little balls, roll them in flour and add them, one at a time; stir constantly, and care should be exercised pot to allow the sauce to brown or discolor. Chop three cold, hard-boiled eggs and add them to the sauce'before serving.— The f>u>K