1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
43 
WHAT OPEN EYES SEE. 
An Inquiry. —Will “Agnes Chase” tell 
where she found 60-inch cretonne at 50 
cents ? I have sent to Chicago, New 
York and Cincinnati and can get nothing 
better than 30-inch at 50 cents in blues 
or browns. M. b. furness. 
Good Apple Sauce. —Have two dishes, 
one for the whole quarters, the other for 
pieces. Cook the quarters carefully, 
putting in sugar before cooking. This 
toughens them ; cook the pieces until 
they can be mashed fine, adding sugar 
just before removing from the fire. 
MRS. w. B. 
A Poet-Laureate in Petticoats. — Miss 
Willard proposes Jean Ingelow as Eng¬ 
land’s poet laureate ; concerning which 
Rev. E. E. nale says, with approbation : 
“ A queen should have a woman for her 
laureate. Victoria is to look among the 
women of England, to know who has 
written, or who can write, such poems 
as shall honor a reign, now more than 
half a century long, which has a litera¬ 
ture of its own, as in all other regards it 
has its own distinctive history. This 
woman is Jean Ingelow.” 
□ Two High-Class Journals.— For many 
years the reliable Good Housekeeping 
has had almost a monopoly in its peculiar 
line of work, and perhaps no household 
journal is more frequently quoted. 
Lately, however, a strong competitor has 
entered the lists against it. “Food” is 
now in its second volume, and perhaps 
no strictly household publication has 
ever used so good a class of matter. “ A 
yard of sweet clover ” is a tasteful floral 
piece that accompanies its Christmas 
number. Food and its enterprising man¬ 
agers well deserve success. 
Wholesale Potted Meat.— The weather 
is uncertain, and there is on hand plenty 
of fresh meat that will surely spoil be¬ 
fore it freezes. Just boil or bake, or 
brown down ; it gives a delicious flavor. 
Season well to keep. When cool enough, 
remove from the bones, pick in fine 
pieces that it may be thoroughly seasoned 
(you may have to add salt and pepper), 
have it only juicy enough to mix ; then 
press it into a stone jar as solidly as you 
can, cover with lard or butter, and set in 
a cold place. It will keep for weeks, if 
when you cut out a portion, you spread 
lard well over the place to keep out the 
air. It is fine served cold for tea; also 
for sandwiches, picnic meat, etc. o. e. 
An Auxiliary Nurse; Patented.— A patent 
of one of the later months of 1892 con¬ 
sists of a maple frame, made up with an 
adjustable drilling “body,” the whole 
known as the “Baby Caretaker.” This 
article is capable of six modifications, 
whereby it may become a cradle, a swing, 
a guard, a perambulator, a high or low 
chair, a self-walker to preserve the baby 
from a broken nose. A drill seat receives 
the child, a stiffened drill back sup¬ 
ports him ; holes through the drill allow 
him great freedom of leg, if desired, and 
a “ twist of the wrist ” straightens it into 
a cradle. The whole may be folded and 
tucked under one arm while the baby is 
tucked under the other, and the family 
go off to the woods for a summer-day pic¬ 
nic. The price of this aid toward bliss 
and freedom from care is from $3.75 to 
$4.25, according to size. 
One Literary Courtship.— One of the 
most beautiful of the unknown wives of 
well-kcown men as yet pictured in the 
Ladies’ Home Journal, is Madame Vic- 
torien Sardou, wife of the author of “ La 
Tosca.” Lucy H. Hooper thus tells the 
story of the courtship of M. Sardou. 
“He was planning a grand historical 
drama, the scene of which was to be laid 
in the early years of the reign of Louis 
XIV. durinsr the troubled period of La 
Fronde. But while working out his 
original plan he got into the habit of 
making frequent visits to Versailles for 
the purpose of consulting the erudite 
director of the palace on the different per¬ 
sonages and events of the reign of Louis 
XIV. The director’s second daughter, 
M’lle Anne, was then in the first bloom 
of youth, and was a remarkably beauti- 
When Baby was Blok, 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, she gave them Castorla 
ful as well as a most intelligent girl. 
She was at that time a dazzling blonde, 
tall and striking looking, and remark¬ 
ably graceful. Very soon the visits of 
M. Sardou to the home of the erudite 
director increased and multiplied in an 
astonishing ratio, and it speedily became 
evident that the fair daughter, and not 
the learned father, was the magnet. In 
fact, his historical studies were almost 
wholly laid aside in favor of the fascinat¬ 
ing story that he read in the blue eyes 
of Mademoiselle Anne. And so it came 
to pass that one fine day, in the historic 
precincts of the chapel of the palace at 
Versailles, the lovely blonde and the 
famous dramatist were united in holy 
matrimony. The great drama of the reign 
of Louis XIV. never has been written.” 
For Thoughtful Grandchildren to Do.— 
If grandma or grandpa is troubled with 
cold feet—and when are they not ?—why 
not get or make a small box for a foot¬ 
stool, covering it in any desired manner ; 
only there should be a frill long enough to 
cover a drawer close to the top, in which 
to put a hot brick. This is something 
that will be appreciated by them. A. A. c. 
The Best, Though Not New. —Bend a wire 
into the shape of a hair pin; have a 
board with two holes for the ends of the 
wire to keep them in place. The wire 
should be as long as you wish the width 
of the rug. Cut the rags as for carpet, 
and wind about the wire. Lay the frame 
on the rug foundation, which should be 
heavy, and stitch between the wires, 
then cut at each edge. Such rugs are some¬ 
what like chenille, very pretty and dur¬ 
able. JENNIE. 
Two Cold-Weather Hints. —When you 
wish to produce perspiration, try corn on 
the cob, boiled and wrapped in flannel. 
Pack it around the patient. Also remem¬ 
ber that equal parts of tar and turpen¬ 
tine, mixed, are excellent for colds in the 
head or throat, or croup. Have a dish of 
coals and drop the mixture on them, a 
blanket being first thrown over the pa¬ 
tient’s head. The eyes are to be closed 
and the smoke inhaled as much as pos¬ 
sible without strangulation. A. A. c. 
Bean Soup. —When your beans are ready 
to put into the oven to bake, reserve 
a pint of the cooked beans and what por¬ 
ridge you may not need in the baked 
beans. Put the pint of beans through a 
colander or mash fine ; add to the por¬ 
ridge, with a pint of water, a few small 
onions sliced and fried brown, celery- 
salt, pepper, salt and butter to taste. Let 
all simmer together about 20 minutes, 
then add sweet milk enough to make the 
necessary quantity of soup. Let it boil 
up and serve. E. c. G. 
In Warning. —“Women make the 
homes.” Yes ; they have a good deal to 
do in that line; but do they do their 
best ? I look back to the years long 
gone and think that if I had done this 
way or that way or some other way dif¬ 
ferent from the course I often followed, 
how much better, pleasanter and happier 
my home might have been ! When I 
think of the many impatient, fretful and 
cross words to my children, I wonder 
if that is the reason why they seem to 
care so little about coming home now. 
And the thought makes me feel sad in¬ 
deed. M. J. R. 
Specific Use of Lemons.— The advice 
given, in The Rural New-Yorker for 
November 13, by “ F. M.”, is likely to be 
mystifying to nine out of ten. I think 
“ F. M.” meant to say that prospective 
mothers should eat but little meat, and 
this should be game, fish, eggs, veal or 
lamb. Nor should they eat bread or rich 
pastry ; because these articles are bone¬ 
forming foods. On the other hand, they 
should eat all kinds of fruit, especially 
lemons and sour apples, all kinds of 
vegetables, rice and tapioca, these being 
flesh-producing foods. mabel h. m. 
Down with the Hoop Skirt.— Those who 
feel the possibility of the approach of 
the hoop skirt are filled with dismay and 
wish anti-hoop skirt regulations might 
be made and enforced as quarantine re¬ 
gulations are, says Mrs. McGuirk. New 
York flats, elevated stairs, hammocks, 
stage faints—none of these are planned 
with a view to hoop-skirts. Indeed, 
woman’s entire life would be a nuisance 
if these abominations ever prevail again. 
But it is hard to believe that the American 
woman of to-day will submit to the in¬ 
trusion of crinoline. The New York 
woman has a little something to say 
about fashions herself, and if she ever 
realizes that crinoline does not agree 
with her style of walk, and that the 
athletic figure she had been cultivating 
and the Delsarte manoeuvres she had 
been rehearsing will have to be laid 
aside, she will put her little foot firmly 
down and the hoop-skirt may as well 
drop anchor off Fire Island. 
Scent Sachet. —To make a pretty scent 
sachet, take two pieces 12 inches square 
of china silk, of pretty contrasting colors: 
sew all round in a seam, leaving enough 
open space to turn, then turn and com¬ 
plete the seam with invisible stitches. 
Chain stitch diagonally across each corner 
with floss four inches from the corner, 
and finish each with fancy ornament. 
Then make a small opening in the center 
of one square, and bind it; run a cord 
through it, and fill with cotton and sachet 
powder, and it is ready to hang up. 
To Sell the Bustles.— It remained for 
one of our greatest city stores to intro¬ 
duce an economic scheme which may now 
be safely followed, no matter what may 
have been its ludicrous seeming before 
this worthy example was set. The bus¬ 
tle has gone out, you say? Yes; but above 
a huge pyramid of them on holiday week, 
swung a wall pocket in pale pink satin 
with many ribbon bows. It bore a legend 
in large letters, thus: “ This beautiful 
wall pocket is made upon a 5-cent bus 
tie.” Isn’t this enterprise ? No longer 
need the farmer’s girl be ashamed of her 
five-eent economies! 
IN writing to advertisers please always mention 
Thb Rural Nkw-Yokker. 
FOR THROAT 
AND LUNG 
complaints, 
the best remedy is 
AYER’S 
Cherry Pectoral 
In colds, 
bronchitis, la grippe, 
and croup, it is 
Prompt to Act 
sure to cure. 
FROM THE “F vCIFIC JOURNAL.” 
“A great invention lias been made by Dr. 
Tutt. That eminent chemist has produced 
Instantaneously and is perfectly harmless.” 
Price, SI. Office, 39 & 41 Park Place, N. Y. 
Alfred Peats 
| WALL 
PAPER 
Send 5C for postage on IOO beauti¬ 
ful samples and our guide, “How 
to Paper and Economy in Home 
Decoration,” will be sent FREE. 
Ilandsome Cold Parlor Paper, 10,121-2,15c 
Per roll, all with wide borders and 
ceilings to match. Good Gold Papers 
5 to 9c. Will refer you to more than 
twenty thousand well satisfied 
customers. Paperhangers’ sample 
books, $ 1 . 00 . 
Send to the nearest address. 
ALFRED PEATS, 
Wall Paper Merchant, 
136-138 W. fladison St., Chicago. 
30=32 W. 13th St., New York. 
OLD COINS 
813,388 Paid 
Far 149 Old Coins. Save all 
you get, coined before 1878, 
& send 2 stamps for lllus- 
trated list. Shows the 
highest prices paid. W. 
VON BERGEN, 95 Seollay 
Square, Boston, Mass. 
WANTED. 
IMirP SA73 BHTC CAKH0T KKK HOW 
WlrC xou ao it fob thb uouby,. 
A j ft £ov» % tsc.00 Improved Oxford SUj.v 
Sewing Machine) perfect working nit 
able, finely finished, adapted to light sodhtavv 
work,with a complete set of the latest Improved 
attachments free. Each machine guaranteed for £ 
vears. Hoy direct from our factory,and save dealers 
and agents profit. Send for JUtKlf CATAWM1UB. 
SUftt. COm'ASX. UEf’X T 64CiltCAtiOe ILL. 
If you look at a dozen com¬ 
mon lamp-chimneys, and then 
at Macbeth’s “pearl top” or 
“pearl glass,” you will see 
the differences—all but one— 
they break from heat; these 
don’t; you can’t see that. 
Common glas3 is misty, milky, dusty; you 
can’t see through it; Macbeth’s is clear. 
Tough, clear glass is worth fine work; and a 
perfect chimney of fine tough glass is worth a 
hundred such as you hear, pop, clash on the least 
provocation. 
Pittsburgh. Geo. A. Macbeth Co. 
K EEP Eeather new with 
Vacuum Leather Oil; 
25c, and your money back if 
you want it. 
Patent lambskin-with-wool- 
on swob and book—How to 
Take Care of Leather—both 
free at the store. 
Vacuum Oil Company, Rochester, N. V. 
A DAY. Agent samples free. Horse 
owners buy 3 to 9. 20 fast selling special¬ 
ties. E. K. Brewster, Box 612, Holly, Mich 
of 1st quality can ever 
be sent by mail. May¬ 
hap you know it. By freight, prepaid if 
preferred, we ship safely 4, 5 or 6-ft. trees, 
2-yr. Roses of rare excellence—every thing! 
You actually pay less than for the puny 
stuff. 1,000 acres Nurseries. 20,000 acres 
Orchards. Exact information about trees 
and fruits. Stark Bros., Louisiana, Mo. 
¥2£*&uC£Ai 
FRUIT TREES 
Pear, Plum, Cherry, Apple, Peach, Sic,. 
LARGEST and BEST STOCK in the U. S. 
Planters and Dealers should get our prices before 
placing orders. 
Niagara Nurseries. Established 1839. 
E. MOODY Sc SONS, Lockport, N. Y. 
THE H O O S I E R 
^Broadcast Hand 
Seed Sower sows all 
kinds of Grain and 
Seeds. Send for cata¬ 
logue of Seed Sowers 
and Sickle Grinders to 
C. A. Foster Nov¬ 
elty Co., 
ELKHART, IND. 
RELIABLE 
you want Purr, Fresh &R\IC 
ScedsCheup x direct from Wll 13. 
growers, send for our Beautiful 
i tins'll Chita login; mailed Free. 
Pkt’s only 2 and 3 cts. Market 
Gardeners ask for kij ft 211 rtf 
Wholesale Brice List. i;ly[lkl 
ALNEER BROS. 
E,OCgC£-’OItX3, ILIs 
E. R. HARDY, Abingdon, Knox Go., Ills., 
Tanner and Maker of Galloway Coats, Robes, Rugs, 
Gloves and Mittens, etc. Also makes all kinds of Fur 
Coats, from $15 to $325. Ladles’ fine Coats and Capes 
from Galloway and Angus Fur. 
PORTABLE BATHS . 1 
Best ever known. WheUaaU *n«l Retail* J 
Agents Wanted Kverjwh***. 
Send for Circular*. 
E. J, KN0WLT0N. jj 
Ann Arbor. Mink. y 
ADVICE TO DYSPE TICS. 
C CONTENTS : Dyspepsia and Its causes. Experl- 
J ence of a sufferer. Liver complaint a twin dis¬ 
order. Constipation a result of dyspepsia. Food to 
be taken. Food to be avoided. Mailed free to any 
address. JOHN H. McALVIN, Lowell, Mass., 
Fourteen years City Treasurer 
are the best suited for all kinds of buildings. Use 
any Fork or Slings, Sell direct. 
FOWLER & FARRINGTON. 
Taughannock Falls, N. Y 
HARD WOOD. 
STEEL AXLES. 
HEADQUARTERS for ^ 
DUMPING 
G R E AT P OPULA R PRICES 
VARIETY WIDEa" 1 * NARROW 
TWO and FOUR WHEELS. 
HOBSON 8tC0-.Tatamy, Pa. 
KNIFE SHARPENER! 
The Boa Ton Knife Sharpener will sharpen any kind 
of knife or scissors quicker than by grinding on a 
stone. Agents make big money selling to families. 
Sample, 25 cents. Address UNION NOVELTY 
CO., Box 42, New Oxford, Pa. 
Morphine Habit Cured in 10 
to 20 days. No pay till cured. 
DR. J. STEPHENS, Lebanon,Ohio. 
BCiYTV Organs, 833 up. Waafe&gts 
"sLAI IS Cat’lgfree.Dan’lF.Beatty.Wash’ton.N.J 
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