1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
59 
WHAT OPEN EYES SEE. 
Gasoline Sad-Iron. —Our subscribers 
are inquiring eagerly as to that gasoline 
sad-iron. If the makers will speak out, 
it will be to their advantage. 
A Reviewer's Opinion. —That keenest 
of critics, Dr. Trumbull, describes Mary 
E. Wilkins in a phrase, as “ grimmest of 
New England realists.” 
A Wadded Slumber Jacket. —To keep 
the baby’s hands warm throughout cold 
nights, I made a wadded jacket of cheese¬ 
cloth, with sleeves long enough to come 
down over the hands and pin at the bot¬ 
tom. A. w. T. 
Appreciation. —I would like to thank 
Miss Alice A. Smith for her excellent 
recipe for plum pudding; also for her 
original idea of coloring half of the hard 
sauce with cranberry sauce. I tried 
both recipes on Christmas day, and every 
one liked the results. e. h. crosby. 
Sweet and Sour Yeast. —It is just as 
necessary to have sour yeast for dough¬ 
nuts, biscuits, pancakes and brown bread, 
as swept yeast for wheat bread. Take a 
quart of water, stir in flour enough to 
make a thin batter, set to sour. Rub the 
shortening into the flour, use as you 
would sour milk. o. e. 
English Pork Pie. —Cut in small pieces 
10 pounds of fresh pork ; add one-eighth 
of a pound of white pepper, half a table¬ 
spoonful of Cayenne pepper, one-fourth 
of a pound of common salt and sufficient 
water to prevent burning. Cover with a 
stiff, rich paste made in the proportion 
of five ounces of lard to one pound of 
flour. d. v. B. 
In Small Installments. —Representative 
Belknap of Michigan thus tells the story 
of one of his Christmas presents: “I 
have four little girls, and one year they 
waylaid me at every point for a penny 
or a dime. I carried a lot of loose change 
in my pockets, and so I shelled out the 
pennies without thinking any more about 
it. When Christmas came my wife gave 
me this watch, and the girls gave me the 
chain. It cost $47.50, and I had paid for 
it on the installment plan.” 
The Best Gargle. —For catarrhal sore 
throat take a small handful of sage and 
simmer slowly in a little water one half 
hour; strain, add one teaspoonful of 
vinegar to one teacupful of the tea and 
sweeten with honey or loaf sugar. Gargle 
with this several times daily, and swal¬ 
low a little. Persevere for weeks or 
months if necessary. It cured me after 
being treated by home physicians and 
specialists in Buffalo without receiving 
any permanent benefit. a. l. w. 
General Excellence Among Writers.— 
A household publication claiming 500,000 
subscribers, has lately offered a series of 
$5 prizes for articles on selected topics. 
We are glad to note this report, which 
coincides with our own experience in 
similar circumstances: “We were much 
pleased with the general excellence of 
nearly all the work submitted in this 
competition.” The fact is the more no¬ 
ticeable because a prize of $5 is considered 
by no means large enough to call out 
the best talent. 
Mrs. Gladstone Et Al. —The “ personal ” 
column of one issue of the Witness con¬ 
tained the four following interesting 
bits: That Mrs. Gladstone’s name is on 
the voters’ list at Niagara Falls, Ontario, 
her ownership of three acres of land in 
that place entitling her to the franchise ; 
that the Duchess. Boloquine, of Milan, 
Italy, lately sold her magnificent jewels, 
miniatures, fans and laces for $600,000, 
and has begun the erection of a children’s 
hospital in the suburbs of Milan, in the 
convalescent ward of which she intends 
to serve ; that Dr. Eastman and his wife 
(Elaine Goodale) of the Indian schools at 
Pine Ridge Agency, have been discharged 
from the employ of the Government for 
sending out sensational reports of prepa¬ 
rations for an Indian outbreak; that 
Professor Garner, the well-known en¬ 
thusiast on the subject of monkey 
language now in Africa, has with him a 
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, 
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, 
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, 
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria,; 
phonograph with which to secure records 
of the so-called monkey speech. In a 
letter from a point on the Congo the Pro¬ 
fessor says that he has had a number of 
conversations with a chimpanzee. He 
expects to return to England with a 
gorilla fully trained as a servant. 
An English Hunting Pudding. — One 
pound each of grated bread crumbs, 
raisins and currants, two ounces of 
citron, one ounce each of dried lemon and 
orange peel, one nutmeg, one teaspoon¬ 
ful of salt, one pound of beef suet 
chopped fine, one-fourth of a pound of 
sugar, six eggs ; boil in a bag or steam 
in a pudding dish eight hours. Serve 
with a boiled sauce made of one cupful 
of sugar, one of water, half a cupful of 
butter ; thicken with one tablespoonful 
of flour, and flavor with lemon, d. v. b. 
The children shall go to bed at eight 
o’clock; 
We’ll read only the best; that is, what 
suits us best; 
Every call shall be returned, and new¬ 
comers all visited ; 
Weeds shall not be allowed in our gar¬ 
dens, our plants shall bloom early and 
late ; 
We’ll make hay while the sun shines, 
lend a hand sometimes but borrow of no 
one; 
Our housekeeping, if not perfect, shall 
be the best according to our abilities ; 
We’ll laugh when we feel tearful, sing 
when the sun is behind the clouds, unless 
we are alone, and then—we’ll do just 
what we please; 
We’ll put the writing desk in order, 
every book in its place, every rubber on 
its own tack, and every unseasonble gar¬ 
ment out of sight. 
A Neat Underskirt. —Some time ago I 
saw a pretty and serviceable underskirt 
in the sales department of the Women’s 
Educational and Industrial Union in 
Boston. The skirt was made of pressed 
gray-brown flannel. It was gored, with 
the hem turned up for about two inches 
on the right side. All of the seams and 
this hem were feather-stitched in zephyr 
the exact shade of the flannel, and a 
dainty knitted lace pattern of the same 
worsted was sewn round the bottom. 
The charm of this garment lay in its per¬ 
fect neatness and the absolute match 
between flannel and worsted. The price 
was $3.75. Any girl with dainty fingers 
could make one for herself or a friend at 
a fraction of this price, if she could afford 
to give her time. I. c. 
Saving our Strength. — We farmers’ 
wives might have more leisure in winter 
if we would follow the sensible example 
of our husbands. Instead of spending 
every spare minute of the winter days 
splitting wood, and of the winter even¬ 
ings husking corn, they hire some one 
to help and get the corn out of the way 
in the fall. We wives, on the contrary, 
think we must save every penny we can, 
and we spend our spare minutes, day¬ 
time and evenings, sewing or knitting 
for the family. If we can get help that 
is endurable (and are we more difficult 
to suit in this respect; or is housekeep¬ 
ing more of an art than farming ?) let us 
hire more work done and give ourselves 
more time to play with the children or 
take the air. A few years more and we 
cannot have our babies. a. b. p. 
Mothers Teaching Deceit.— Often we 
hear mothers tell their children to put 
such a thing away before papa comes. 
“You know he does not allow you to 
have it,” says she. If it is wrong for the 
child to have it at all, is it not just as 
wrong before papa comes as afterward ? 
Is not that teaching the child to be de¬ 
ceitful ? We should teach children to do 
right because it is right and not teach 
them simply to keep from being detected 
in wrong. They will learn enough of 
that without parental aid. I would also 
advise that some other way should be 
chosen to punish a child than by sending 
it to bed supperless for the night and 
without a “Good night!” Would the 
gnawing of hunger cause you to feel 
penitent, or rather angry ? [Is it the 
aim of punishment to incite to penitence, 
or to reform?—E d.] mks. w. v. j. 
A Wee One's Misapprehension.— My wife 
and five-year-old daughter were with me 
once on a trip, and on a Sunday we took 
a drive and got into a cemetery. Natur¬ 
ally our conversation drifted to a little 
daughter we lost a year ago. One of the 
first things to attract our attention after 
we entered the cemetery was an open 
grave, dug fora child, We walked up to 
it and stood for some moments looking 
at it. The memories it evoked were 
painful indeed, and my wife broke down 
and cried bitterly. Little May took me 
by the hand and led me out of ear-shot 
of her mother, then she said while her 
chin quivered and her eyes filled with 
tears: “ Papa, why don’t you put me in, 
cover me up, and take mamma home ?” I 
was astounded. I bent down to kiss her, 
and she whispered : “Tell mamma good¬ 
bye for me; I can’t do it.” The child 
actually thought that we had come to 
the cemetery to bury her, and that she 
was standing beside her open grave. It 
was the most magnificent exhibition of 
nerve I have ever witnessed.—Boston 
Transcript. 
Good Housekeeping Resolves.— Resolved 
that, in 1893, 
Not a rent shall go undarned ; 
The cash account shall balance ; 
We’ll help to rid the world of shams ; 
Not a button shall beg to be sewed on; 
IN writing to advertisers please always mention 
Thb rural. 
AYER’S 
HAIR VIGOR 
Keeps the scalp 
clean, cool, healthy. 
The Best 
Dressing 
Restores hair 
which has become 
thin, faded, or gray. 
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co. 
Lowell, Mass. 
•Tuft’sTiny Pills* 
• The dyspeptic, the debilitated, wlieth- 
er from excess of work of mind or 
• body or exposure in malarial regions, 
will find Tutt’s l’ills the most genial 
restorative ever offered the invalid. 
J Alfred Peats J 
• WALL PAPER • 
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A pies and oui guide, “How to Paper and A 
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5 
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ples and oui guide, “How to Paper and 
Economy in Home Decoration,” will 
be sent FREE. Handsome Gold Parlor 
Paper lo, 12 1-2, 15c per roll, all with wide 
borders and ceilings to match. Good Gold 
Paper, sc to pc. Paperhangers’ sample 
books, $1.00. 
Send to the nearest address. 
ALFRED PEATS, Wall Paper flerchant, 
136-138 W. Madison 8 t 30-32 W. Thirteenth St. 
CHICAGO. NEW YOKK. 
WHAT’STHF! 
MATTER? 
FARM 
COVERED 
WITH STUMPS 
\Y f ork* on either Standing Timber or Stump*. I ulla 
r.n ordinary Grub in one and u hali’minuteR. Makes a 
clean sweep of two acres at a sitting. A man, a boy ami a Dorse 
can operate it. No heavy chains or rods to handle. The crop on a 
few acres the first year will pay for the Machine. You can not 
longer afford to pay taxes on unproductive timber land. Clear it, 
raise a bountiful crop with less labor and recuperate your old, 
worn out land by pasturing. Send postal card for illustrated Cata- 
logue, giving price, terms, testimonials and also information con. 
cerning our New IXL Grubber. Address the Manufacturers, 
JAMES MILNE & SON, SCOTCH GROVE, IOWA. 
OLD COINS 
813,388 Paid 
For 149 Old Coins. Save all 
you get, coined before 1878, 
& send 2 stamps for Ulus- 
trated list. Shows the 
highest prices paid. W. 
VON BERGEN, 95 Scollay 
Square, Boston, Mass. 
WANTED. 
“Honesty is the best pol¬ 
icy.” Nobody contradicts it 
Your dealer can get lamp- 
chimneys that almost never 
break from heat, or those that 
break continually. Whichdoes 
he get? Which do you get? 
Macbeth’s “pearl top” and “pearl glass” are 
tough against heat; not one in a hundred breaks 
in use. The glass is clear as well as tough. 
They are accurate, uniform. 
Be willing to pay more for chimneys that last 
till they rot, unless some accident happens to them, 
Pittsburgh. Geo. A. Macbeth Co. 
T EATHER kept soft but 
L-' stocky 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. Y. 
BREAKFAST-SUPPER. 
EPPS’S 
GRATEFUL-COMFORT INC. 
COCOA 
BOILING WATER OR MILK. 
MAM FACTI HF.K8 OF WASHINti €091- 
POl’NDS are claiming they can wash 
clothes clean without the use of the 
washboard. But the only way to wash 
without the use of the washboard is 
with the ItOCKKK WASHER (and any 
good soap or washing compound.) The 
KOCKF.It WASH KB is warranted to 
wash IH» PIECES IN ONE 1101 K. 
Write for prices and full description. 
ROCKER WASHER CO. , 
Ft. Wayne, Ind. 
Special prices to dealers and agents. 
C0METHING TO HAMMER ON 
O FOR FARMERS. 
HT ANVILS. 
Save your bills at the Blacksmith's and Machine 
Shop by haring on the farm one of these celebrated 
ANVILS— -fully vmrranttd, and of the best material. 
Beat Hardened Cast Steel Face and Horn. 
^ All sizes, from io lbs. to 90 lbs., at from $ 2 . 00 to $ 8.00 
each. Larger sizes at 9 cts. per lb. Address, for Cir¬ 
culars, &c., FISHER & NORRIS, 
Original and Only Manufacturers, Trenton, N. J. 
NEW BECKER 
WASHING MACHINE. 
A fair trial will convince the most 
skeptical of Its superiority over all 
Other Washing Machines In the mar¬ 
ket. Circulars free. Made by 
N. C. BAUGHMAN, York, Pa. 
Mention The Bubal Nkw-Yorkjsr. 
WE SEND FREE 
with this beautiful Organ an Instruction 
Book and a handsome, upholstered Stool! 
The organ has 11 stops, 5 octaves, and is 
made of Solid Walnut. Warranted by us for 
IS years. Wo only charge #45 for tills beau¬ 
tiful instrument. Send to-dav for FKKK illus¬ 
trated catalogue. OXFORD .11 Hi. CO Chicago. 
PROFIT 
FOR FARMERS. 
NOT BIG MONEY, 
BUT SURE MONEY. 
Will you TRADE a little time and trouble FOB 
CASH? Clean and honorable work for winter months. 
Even the busy man has time for It. This means 
DOLLARS. DON’T throw It aside Write a card 
for particulars to AXTELL, BUSH & CO., 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 
IO DAYS FREE TRIAL 
in your own home. First class Sewing 
Machines shipped anywhere to anyone at 
wholesale prices. All latest improvements. 
Warranted five years. Complete set of 
attachments FKBE. Send for catalogue. 
Standard Singer Machines. *0.50 to *15.50 
850 Arlington Sewing Machine for *19.50 
860 Kenwood Sewing Machine for (23.50 
€5811 litYKUS’ UNION. 160 W. Van Huron St. K 70 Chicago. 
KNIFE SHARPENER! 
The Bon 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 82, New Oxford, Pa. 
THIS $11 to $17 CDCL 
SEWING MACHINE rntt 
1 to examine In any home. Went any¬ 
where without one cent In advance. 
Warranted the best sewing machine 
ever made. Our terms, conditions and everything 
far more liberal than any other house ever offered. 
Vnr for full particulars, etc., cut this advertise* 
OPIUM 
Morp 
to 20 
DR. J. 
hine Habit Cured In 10 
days. No pay till cured. 
STEPHENS, Lebanon,Ohio. 
ENGINES 
If you want to buy a strictly first- 
class outfit at low figures, address 
The W.C.LEFFEL CO. 
(jri-enmouat At. SPUING FIELD,0. 
