1891 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
79i 
the thought of one will come the memory 
or picture of a bright smile ; with that of 
another, a pathetic glance or sad expres¬ 
sion. Some are disfigured by an angry 
flush, or a fierce frown, but these are not 
pleasant to look upon. 
With the memory of a sister long years 
dead, come two pictures; one is of a 
young girl dressed for evening company, 
with the scarlet berries of the mountain 
ash outlined against her dark hair. The 
other picture (a few weeks later) is tnat of 
the parlors of my childhood’s home. In the 
center of one is a casket, holding all that 
was mortal of the same dear sister. At one 
end of the room stands my father leaning 
against the piano, his face of a peculiar pal¬ 
lor it always wore in moments of extreme 
mental or physical pain. There are no 
other figures In the picture as it comes to 
me, although I know the other members 
of the family, mother, sisters and brother, 
were there, and sympathizing friends were 
grouped about the rooms. 
Our impressions are not always received 
as a picture. Some persons impress us as 
possessing noble characters or a high order 
of intellect; some as of a practical turn ; 
others as altogether frivolous. 
“ First impressions are most lasting” is 
an old saying, and although this Is true in 
a great many instances it is not infallibly 
so. One person, on meeting a stranger, 
may gain an entirely different Impression 
from that received by others. Tne wife of 
one who was our dear pastor for years, im¬ 
pressed me at our first meeting in a most 
favorable manner; so much so that I said 
to an acquaintance, “Mrs. F. is certainly a 
very interesting, well-informed lady.” 
“ Only ordinarily so,” was the reply, with 
a contemptuous up tilt of the nose, which 
indicated that my discernment was very 
much at fault. Time passed, and instead 
of changing my first impression, only 
strengthened it, and the one who had ques¬ 
tioned its correctness was heard to say, in 
some conversation regarding our pastor: 
“ Mrs. F. is certainly a very superior per¬ 
son.” 
I smiled a little to myself as I recalled 
her criticism of my first impression of the 
lady in question; but I did not think it 
worth while to recall to her memory her 
own previou-ly expressed opinion. 
What portraits of ourselves are there 
hanging on the walls of the mind ard-gal- 
leries of those who are or have been our 
associates t Are they pleasant to look upon, 
or painful pictures ? Have we cultivated, 
or are we improving the talents or powers 
that were given us, so that the good im¬ 
pressions we may make on others may be 
not only a fleeting impression but a lasting 
reality ? mbs. belle h. Gardner. 
New York. 
A COLORADO HOUSEKEEPER’S 
BOOKCASE. 
HE RURAL had been a welcome week¬ 
ly visitor for several years before 
we left our Eastern home, and now in our 
far away western Colorado home it is still 
the same. 
We are on a preemption claim of 160 acres; 
are just getting started again, ani are ob¬ 
liged to economize in many ways. The 
water here is very hard, so that, instead of 
washing the flannels every week, I have 
them worn one week, then pin them on the 
line, and let them get the sun and air for 
two days and nights; they are then ready 
for another week’s wear, after which they 
should be washed. I hope not many of the 
sisters have to use hard water for washing 
flannels ; we expect to have a cistern filled 
with rain and snow water by another win¬ 
ter. 
When I have only one or two fine shirts 
In the weekly wash I do not starch and 
iron them until I have five or six, then one 
making of starch does for all, which is quite 
an item in time and saving of starch. I 
always use cold starch with a tablespoon¬ 
ful of kerosene well stirred in it. 
A very substantial and neat-looking book¬ 
case and writing table can be made from 
l&imttattflmai gnimtijsiag. 
In writing to advertisers please always 
mention The Rural. 
two soap boxes, a good-sized dry goods box 
and two boards as wide as the soap boxes 
are deep, and as long as you want the 
shelves to be high. Put a shelf length¬ 
wise in each soap box; allow the top of one 
of the boxes, to be the top of the book case, 
nail a board on each end of the top box for 
uprights, then fasten the other one below 
between these uprights allowing a space 
between the boxes wide enough for another 
shelf, and still another space below the 
lower box. 
Turn the dry goods box on its side, with 
the open part in front; mark and saw out 
a semi circle on the side next the floor; 
nail two cleats on the top of the box, just 
far enough from the center to come inside 
the ends of the upright boards before men¬ 
tioned, which are to be nailed to the cleats. 
This will allow for a shelf on the top of the 
dry goods box for the largest books. The 
object of sawing out the semi circle on the 
under side of the box, is to allow one, when 
writing, to sit as at a table. One of the 
boards could be taken off the under side, if 
preferred. A shelf may be put in the large 
box also; this will serve for magazines 
and papers, if desired. A scrap pocket or 
bag may be tacked on the end of the box. 
When done, the case may be papered, 
stained and varnished or painted. As there 
are no backs to the shelves, of course they 
must be placed against the wall. Curtains 
in front, both above and below, finish it 
nicely. This can be made at a very small 
cost, and a woman handy with hatchet and 
nails can make it. mbs. e. d. davison. 
Colorado. 
A SATISFACTORY DUMB WAITER. 
AVING used several dumb waiters 
and had occasion to repair them to 
keep them in running order, I comply with 
the request for a drawing and description 
of one to be used between a farmer’s kitchen 
and cellar. To construct one is not difficult. 
The essentials are three wheels, each six 
inches in diameter and a larger one, say, 18 
inches—all grooved to 
hold a rope, two heavy 
sash weights and suit¬ 
able rope, besides a box 
of which the waiter is 
made. Let the box be 
two feet to 2j^ feet 
square by five feet long. 
Standing it on end place 
in it two shelves. Com¬ 
mon, cheap clothes line 
pulleys will do for side 
wheels, instead of 6-inch 
wheels. Hang these 
with their tops one inch 
below where it is desired 
to have the top of the 
dummy appear,and have 
them half way from the 
wall to its front. Attach 
the ropes they are to 
carry at the middle of 
the box, outside; to the 
other ends attach the 
weights. Here Is the 
mechanism of the dumb waiter, and it 
would run as smoothly as oil without an¬ 
other bit of work, were there anything to 
handle it by. For this purpose a large rope 
and wheel are needed. Fastened to one side 
of the box (within) this rope is passed up 
through it and over the large wheel sus¬ 
pended just above the waiter. Thence it 
runs loosely down through the opposite 
side of the box, over a wheel in the cellar 
and completes its circuit in the box where 
it may be nailed to its other end. This 
rope may be either pulled or pushed, and 
the big wheel makes easy the raising and 
lowering, however heavy the load. 
The dumb waiter completed, the entire 
plant may be boxed in as cheaply or as 
elaborately as one desires. Three inch, 
matched Georgia pine makes a neat, inex¬ 
pensive boxing; walnut or ash Is still more 
beautiful. If it be desired the casern nfc 
into which it comes up, if in a dining room, 
may be faced with a thick, bevel edge mir¬ 
ror that slides into the floor when the 
waiter is needed, being supported on pul¬ 
leys after the manner of the waiter’s side 
wheels, only smaller. For summer use the 
waiter should be made proof against files 
with a screen door. hollister sage. 
Connecticut. 
SOME REMINDERS. 
ILL The Rural New-Yorker give 
a farmer’s daughter a chance to 
say a word to her sisters ? 
Dear sister: Your life may be one of 
hard work, but remember that you may be 
quite as pure in character, as noble in heart, 
and just as unselfish as the girl who does 
not need to toil so hard. 
Remember that you have a duty to per¬ 
form for yourself; no one can teach you 
patience, love, or virtue unless you are will¬ 
ing to learn these lessons. 
Take at least half an hour a day for read¬ 
ing; read something that will make you a lit¬ 
tle better and give you something to think 
about beside your own troubles. 
Look and listen for the beautiful in life. 
Don’t let the birds sing without your hear¬ 
ing them. Don’t crush the flower in your 
path as though it were a useless thing, but 
remember that it is one of God’s works, and 
all His works are beautiful. You will not 
see the beauty in the field and sky nor hear 
the music in the sweet* st sounds unless 
you look and listen. Our eyes were not 
given us that we might see our neighbors’ 
faults nor our ears that we might listen to 
gossip; but rather that we might see and 
hear the beautiful things in life. 
Don’t be satisfied with work half done ; 
but whether you boll a potato, sweep a 
room, or paint a picture, be sure to work 
out the best that is in you. No one likes to 
employ a careless worker, but skilled labor 
is always sought after and admired. 
Don’t let the chief aim of your life be to 
excite the admiration of others, but rather 
strive to be useful and helpful to them ; 
try to make the world just a little better 
because you live in it. 
Remember that your first duty is at 
home, and that your parents have the best 
right to your service. Be agreeable and 
pleasant to your brother, so that he won’t 
need to find amusement away from home. 
And, above all, wear a thankful heart; it 
is the best ornament you can put on. 
MOLLY M. 
The old-fashioned poke bonnet is again 
here, direct from Paris. One of the last 
Paris shapes is merely a revival of the bon¬ 
net of more than 50 years ago ; it is of vel¬ 
vet, with high brim in front, panache of 
ostrich feathers on one side, and velvet ro¬ 
sette, with strings tied under the chin. 
Certainly it has not the frilled cap affected 
by our grandmothers, which filled up the 
sides of their bonnets, and the shape is 
more cut back from the face, but otherwise 
the resemblance is great. It is the real 
old poke bonnet of the past, disguise the 
fact as we may, and conjures up visions of 
ladies in skimpy garments, with abbre¬ 
viated waists, sandalled shoes, and head 
gear with nodding plumes, picking their 
way daintily, with held-up gowns, along 
the streets. 
In writing to advertisers please always 
mention The Rural New-Yorker. 
CONSUMPTION 
in its 
early stages 
can be cured 
by the prompt 
use of 
flyers Cherry Pectoral 
St soothes 
the inflamed tissues, 
aids expectoration, 
and hastens 
recovery. * 
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co. 
Lowell, Mass. 
Fig. 282. 
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla, 
When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla, 
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla, 
When she had Children, (he gave them Castorla. 
The Convenience of Solid Trains. 
The Erie is the only railway running 
solid trains over its own tracks between 
New York and Chicago. No change of cars 
for any class of passengers. Rates lower 
than via any other first-class line.— Adv. 
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TUTT’S 
TINY LIVER PILLS 
have all the virtues of the larger ones; 
equally effective; purely vegetable. 
Exact size shown in this border. 
nipvrT MILLS, Drag Saws, Circlo Saws, 
riUllC I House Powers, for Farm orMill use- 
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Suppose the “Pittsburgh” 
gives more light than 
any other lamp and 
is a hundred times 
cleaner; in fact, 
almost takes 
care of itself 
— what lamp 
will you read by this winter? 
Let us send you a primer. 
Pittsburgh, Pa. Pittsburgh Brass Co 
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, 10 Buys a $65.00 Improved Oxford Singer 
Sewing Machine; perfect working rtlU 
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PAIN Troops 
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Water will run from It pure and olean. It oovers doable 
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GUNS 
DOUBLE 
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PISTOLS 75c WATCH ho. BICYCLEn 
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than elsewhere. Be¬ 
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D iCK’S warmer shoes; 
Worn everywhere; woven by hand; wool- 
lined ; seamless Where dealers have none, 
we mail postpaid. Ladies size. SSI 
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wanted. WM. H. DICK. 
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PATENTS 
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