1898 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
253 
WHAT OPEN EYES SEE. 
Ribbon Frills. —Ribbons from three to 
four inches wide, in shot and shaded 
effects, are shown for frills on new “ old- 
fashioned ” frocks; they are 35 cents a 
yard. 
Canned Salmon —This is often among 
the stores in the farmer’s pantry. We 
like it escalloped. Pick it to pieces and 
remove any bones and skin, then proceed 
as you would for escalloped oysters. 
Salt codfish is nice prepared in the same 
way, first soaking the fish and picking 
it to pieces. l. h. 
Make-believe Paste. —These wet spring 
days, when the little ones are so restless, 
do you ever try to amuse them by allow¬ 
ing them to cut pictures from news¬ 
papers, catalogues etc., or forms of ani¬ 
mals from any paper, then giving them 
a dish of clean water allow them to wet 
and press the pictures against the win¬ 
dows, a board or any smooth surface ? 
What if they do get a few drops of water 
or scraps of paper scattered ? They are 
clean and easy to wipe or sweep up, and 
the happy laughter and the time other¬ 
wise gained will more than pay for the 
trouble. m. w. 
Coloring With Tea Dust. —We have col¬ 
ored both cotton and wool a very desir¬ 
able and pretty drab by boiling one- 
fourth pound of tea dust, or siftings, in 
one gallon of water, using an iron kettle. 
After thoroughly steeping, strain and 
add one ounce of copperas. Wash or 
thoroughly wet the articles and put 
them in the dye, lifting them occasion¬ 
ally and stirring, lest they become 
spotted. When of the desired shade, 
wash in suds and rinse well. If the tea 
be put in a thin muslin bag, room being 
left for the leaves to swell, it will save 
straining and can be used again if the 
strength is not all out. m. w. 
Salt-Rising Bread. —Does Will like salt- 
rising bread best ? Would you like to 
make some just as good as any that his 
mother ever made ? Using a thermome¬ 
ter, take a half bowl of water heated to 
100 degrees; put in a pinch of soda and 
one of salt Stir in flour to make a 
thick batter, cover and set in a kettle of 
water at 110 degrees, cover the kettle 
also and keep the water at 110 degrees. 
When the bowl gets full, take as much 
water or milk as you wish at 100 degrees, 
make a thick batter, stir in the yeast 
first, beat well, salt, let it rise and mix 
into loaves. Keep the loaves in a warm 
place until ready to bake. If the flour 
is very cold, warm it in the oven a little. 
If you like, mix in a spoonful or two 
each of white sugar and lard or either. 
If you wish to have your bread baked 
earlier, at night stir two spoonfuls corn 
meal in a half cup of hot water, put in a 
warm place, and stir into your bowl for 
yeast in the morning. m. 
Women's Work for the World's Fair.— 
This notice comes to us accompanied 
with a request for its publication, from 
the chairman of the Publication Com¬ 
mittee: “The prospect for a complete 
exhibit of books written by the women 
of New York State is encouraging. At 
Valued Indorsement 
of Scott’s 
Emulsion 
is contain¬ 
ed in let¬ 
ters from 
the medi¬ 
cal profes¬ 
sion speaking of its gratify* 
ing results in their practice. 
Scott's Emulsion 
of cod-liver oil with Hypo- 
phosphites can be adminis¬ 
tered when plain oil is out of 
the question. It is almost 
as palatable as milk—easier 
to digest than milk. 
Prepared by Scott Jt Bowne, N. Y. All druggists. 
the headquarters in the Bible House, in 
New York, the work of receiving and 
arranging goes briskly on under the care 
of the committee of ladies to whom this 
work is entrusted. To make this a thor¬ 
oughly representative exhibition of real 
historical value, it should contain every 
book written by women born, or resi¬ 
dent, in the State of New York. It is 
hoped that every woman who has not 
sent her books, will do so as soon as 
possible to the Wednesday Afternoon 
Club, Room 128 Bible House, Third 
Avenue and Ninth Street, New York 
City. 
N. B.—“ Old books, and those by 
writers not living are especially desired.” 
In New York.— Mrs. Mallon says that 
lately a very well-known woman ap¬ 
peared at tea with a bonnet made of 
point lace and having her diamond neck¬ 
lace draped over it. She comments: “I 
don’t think for vulgarity any new place 
or any new people could go beyond this.” 
Yet New York thrives on criticising the 
bad form of other cities. 
Utilizing Cheese Scraps. —This is a nice 
way of using up bits of cheese that can¬ 
not be placed upon the table, says Eng¬ 
lish Farm and Home : Take a quarter of 
a pound, or even a smaller quantity of 
cheese, trim all the rind off it, and pound 
it till it is in a paste. If it is very dry 
add a drop of salad oil, and season it with 
half a teaspoonful of English mustard, 
and half a teaspoonful of French mustard, 
the same quantity of tarragon vinegar, a 
sprinkle of cayenne pepper, a dessert¬ 
spoonful of a salad oil, and a tablespoon¬ 
ful of rich milk or rich cream. Four 
anchovies, boned and washed, can also 
be pounded with this mixture, which 
should be rather thickly spread on crisp 
little pieces of fried bread, and then 
sprinkled with chopped parsley. 
Return the Papers Please. —Am I grow¬ 
ing selfish ? Often I have loaned my 
papers and magazines and then never 
seen them again. As I can’t have many, 
1 have about quit lending them to any 
one with whom I am not familiar enough 
Hawthorne on the Woman's Building.— 
Regarding the Woman’s Exposition 
Building, Julian Hawthorne says in Lip- 
pincott’s : “ It was designed by a woman, 
and decorated by one, and it is no more 
than the truth to say of it that it is only 
less lovely than the Sex itself. But it is 
a mighty pledge, both in itself and in 
what it signifies, of what our helpmeets 
have risen to be in these latter ages No 
man can look at it without feeling more 
respectful towards his wife and daugh¬ 
ters. We need not concern ourselves 
about the ‘rights’ of these gentle, potent 
and incomprehensible personages: they 
are on a level with us at that point where 
we fancied ourselves most secure from 
rivalry; and, considering the small 
encouragement and facility that have 
been given them, it obviously lies with 
them how soon they may choose to sur¬ 
pass us. The only criticism that I have 
to make on their building is analogous 
to that which foreign critics make on 
our literature; they say it is not dis 
tinctively American; and I say this 
structure is not distinctively feminine 
I don’t know what a distinctively femin¬ 
ine building would look like, any more 
than I know what a distinctively Ameri¬ 
can book should contain ; but I put forth 
the remark in the hope that it may turn 
out to have something in it ” 
One cent will mail this paper to 
your friend in any part of the United 
States, Canada or Mexico, after you 
have read it and written your name 
on the corner. 
I» you name Thi B. N.-Y. to our advertisers you 
may be pretty sure of prompt replies and right 
treatment. 
Tried & True 
may 
well be said 
of the Superior Medicine, 
the standard 
Macbeth’s “pearl top” and 
“pearl glass” lamp-chimneys 
are carefully made of clear 
tough glass ; they fit, and get 
the utmost light from the 
lamp, and they last until 
some accident breaks them. 
“Pearl top” and “pearl 
glass” are trade-marks. Look 
out for them (and you needn’t 
be an expert 
Pittsburgh. Geo. A Macbeth Co. 
S OFT And durable leather 
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. 
ffl u n Bin Tim Before Buying send 
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/JL ilHI Machine, 
w" for a free Catalogue 
to THE RICHMOND CHECK ROWER CO., 
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GRATEFUL COMFORT1NO. 
COCOA 
BOILING WATER OR MILK. 
A DAY. Agent sample** free. Horse 
owners buy 3 to 9. 20 fast selling special¬ 
ties. H. H. Brewster, Box 612, Holly, Mtoh 
to say : “ Now take good care of them, 
and bring them hack.” I like to have 
others read them ; indeed, the homefolks 
laugh at me for wanting my reading to 
reach so far. But it’s a great help to 
sociability to have our friends interested 
in the same story or event that in¬ 
terests us. And every one likes to share 
a feast. ray. 
[Isn’t the difficulty here a bit of mis¬ 
conception as to real courtesy ? One can 
give the least familiar friend a reason 
for liking one’s magazine returned, with¬ 
out a hint of discourtesy One can even 
put it as a favor from the borrower, if 
need be, in which case the request is 
quite likely to be taken as a compliment. 
Human nature likes to be asked to grant 
easy favors.—E d ] 
House Slippers. —Take the foot of a 
stocking, folded flat as when new, for a 
pattern, and make the slippers out of any 
heavy woolen cloth that is elastic. Fold 
the cloth so that the fold shall come on 
the bottom of the foot, then cut the slip¬ 
pers a little larger than the foot of the 
stocking. There will he two seams, one 
at the heel and one on the top of the 
foot. Soles of thick paper or of heavy 
cloth may be made if desired. The foot 
shapes the slipper. The children like 
these home-made “ sneakers.” A. m. 
Please answer through your paper 
which is the best way to pack smoked 
meat away for summer use, and what to 
pack it in. e. w. 
Axs—Perhaps the chief factor in suc¬ 
cess lies in putting the meat away early, 
before “blown.” Sprinkle quite heavily 
with pepper, wrap, if desired, and bury 
in the oat bin. or in ashes. This is both 
simple and satisfactory. Many house¬ 
wives find it convenient to slice and par¬ 
tially cook one or two hams, and pack 
them in crocks, filling all interstices 
and covering the whole with melted lard. 
This is easy of access on occasion of 
haste, and will keep for months pro¬ 
vided the surface is always recovered 
with the melted lard after using any 
portion. _ 
Mothers. —Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv, 
blood-purifier, 
AYER’S 
SARSAPARILLA 
Its long record 
assures you that what 
has cured others 
will cure you 
•TutfsTiny Pills* 
• stimulate the torpid liver, strengthen Aj 
the digestive organs, regulate the ^ 
^ bowels, and are nnequaled as an anti- ^ 
■ bilious medicine. Dose small. Price, ^ 
25c. Office, 39 & 41 Park Place, N. Y. 
Alfred Peats 
WALL PAPER ? 
I sc for postage on 100 beautiful sam- 
na o 
Send 
g es ana out guide, “How to Paper and 
M>nomy in Home Decoration,” will 
be sent FREE. Handsome Gold Parlor 
Paper IO, 13 1-2, 15c per roll, all with wide 
borders and ceilings to match. Good Gold 
Paper, 5c to pc. Paperhangers’ sample 
books, $1.00. 
Send to the nearest address 
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OUR HAY CARRIERS 
are the beat salted for all kinds of buildings. Os* 
any Fork or Slings. Sell dlreot. 
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Information Free. 
You can get full Information as to the use, 
application and results from commercial 
fertilizers, through ‘-THE II O JVI E - 
STEAD,” JuBt Issued, which can be had 
free by sending postal card to 
Michigan Carbon Works, Detroit, Mich. 
Beware 
SANIKACTIHEHS OK WASIUN0 COM- 
POINDS are claiming they can wash 
clothes clean without the use of the 
washboard. But the only way to wash 
without tho use of the washboard is 
with tho ItOCKitK WASH EH (and any 
good soap or washing compound.) The 
ItOCKKlt WASHER is warranted to 
wash MKI H1ECKS IN ONE HOIK. 
Write for prices and full description. 
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Special prices to dealers and agent*. 
WALL 
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1 instructions how to 
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