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Show Wemcrm Keep a daily account; it will be a most convincing truth of wastefulness If you are wasteful, and of your extravagance ex-travagance if you are extravagant, of your independence and pood sense if you possess these qualities. Bertha Ber-tha J. Richardyon. THE CANNING CORNER. There is as much of a diversity of opinion iii regard to various pickles Pi? ns there is in roRiird to mother's minoeinent. We all liUe certain foods that we are used to eat-fnjr. eat-fnjr. In the following recipes we will oaeh choose that which seems good to us. Cucumber Relish. TaUe two quarts of chopped cucumbers, two quarts of while onions. chopped. Put in a colander and sprinkle with a quarter of a cupful of salt. Let stand one hour, drain and wash, then drain again. Stir one tahlespoonful of turmeric into a cupful cup-ful of sugar; add to it one quart of vinegar and bring to a boil. Put in the cucumbers and onions and boil up once. Put away In jars well sealed. Oil Pickles. Take 100 cucumbers one-half to one Inch In diameter, slice without peeling peel-ing very thin, sprinkle one pint Of salt over them and let stand over night with one-half dozen small onions sliced thin. Drain, but do not wash, mix with one-fourth pound each of white mustard seed, black mustard seed, four tablespoonl'tils of celery seed and one-third of a pint of olivi! oil. Stir until well blended and add cold vinegar, good snappy vinegar, to cover. Put in glass jars and seal. Keep in a cool place. Those who like olive oil never tire of Hits kind of pickle. Canning Tomatoes Whole. Take a gallon of water, a cupful of salt and when boiling hot drop In whole firm, ripe lomaloes. Let cook until un-til lender but not mushy, remove with a skimmer or perforated spoon to the jar and fill, packing them well. They make their own juice. Seal carefully and in Ihe winter you may serve whole toinalces as a vegetable or salad. Crab Apple Jelly. Wash and core sullicient apples to weigh four pounds, add two quarts of colrl water, boil and cook for twenty minutes. To each pint of liquid add one-half pound of sugar. I'ut the juice In the kettle and Ihe sugar in the oven to heat, boll Ihe Juice for ten minutes, i add the sugar, cook three minutes j and pour Into the tumblers. |