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tened two weights that alternately press 
upon the clothes as they are set in motion 
by the adjustment of a belt running from 
a neat little engine near by. This engine 
also turns the wringer. Somebody must 
have invented a soap in which the cleans¬ 
ing properties of kerosene have been 
combined with the best qualities of soap 
in such a way, that the washerwoman 
may freely use it with no danger of 
anything hut good results. Somebody 
else must have made a perfect bluing, 
one that will utterly refuse to settle to 
the bottom of the tub, and color the 
clothing in streaks. Then will wash 
day be “made easy.” s. e. h. 
With the Aid of Kerosene. 
The first things essential to make 
washing day easy, are plenty of soft 
water, a good wringer and at least two 
wash tubs. After many years’ practice, 
I have settled on the plan of using hard 
soap and kerosene, and, with me, it robs 
washing day of its proverbial discom¬ 
forts. Directly after breakfast the boiler 
is put over the stove with one pail of 
water, half a cake of hard soap, shaved 
fine and two tablespoonfuls of kerosene. 
I let this come to a boil and add two or 
three pailfuls of water, as may be re¬ 
quired, and put in the cleanest clothes 
dry ; let them come to a boil and remain 
over the fire 20 minutes. I take them 
out and put in the towels and other things 
and leave them in the same way. Pour 
enough water over the clothes in the tub 
to cool them sufficiently to enable one to 
wring them out of the suds, and put 
them at once in the rinsing water which 
has been blued and made ready for them. 
After standing a short time, the clothes 
may be wrung out and are ready for the 
line. Nothing need be rubbed unless 
sometimes a collar or wristband may be 
the better for it. Some very particular 
persons put the clothes in a tub be¬ 
fore rinsing and pour boiling water over 
them, letting them stand in it until cool 
enough to handle before wringing them 
out to be rinsed. I think this method 
especially nice, for women who do their 
own work, as they can wash in this way, 
without being exhausted at the end, as 
is often the case when the old method of 
rubbing the clothes by hand through one 
or more waters is practiced. 
There are many machines that are a 
great help about washing, but usually it 
is harder work to operate one of them 
than it is to do the work by hand, and it 
is seldom convenient to have a man to 
work it. I never use any chemicals, as I 
think they are liable to injure the fabrics. 
Good soft soap, when one has it, is well 
enough, but one is apt to use it too 
lavishly. Colored clothes are washed out 
of the suds, after the white ones have 
been disposed of; and I think washing 
may be more satisfactorily done this way, 
in one third of the time, and with much 
less outlay of strength than in the usual 
way. In using kerosene, the only skill 
required is to use the right amount of it, 
a tablespoonful to a pail of water being 
about the right quantity, and a little 
practice soon teaches one how to manage. 
Putting the clothes in the boiler dry 
saves time and labor, and answers every 
purpose. AUNT kachel. 
....Good Things: “The world is too 
full of people anxious to tell of the les¬ 
sons taught them by the school of ex¬ 
perience, for any one to be ignorant.” 
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, 
That stove mitten is something that 
should be in every kitchen. We send it 
as a premium for one new subscription. 
If any one is not pleased with it after 
getting it, we will pay 35 cents for it. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
HOME CONFERENCE. 
Lime as a Fruit Preservative. 
L. M., Malvern, Ark —In The R. N.- 
Y., of March 24, it is stated on the au¬ 
thority of a French gentleman (Monclar), 
that lime is a good preservative of fruits 
and vegetables. Is the lime used quick 
or slaked ? 
Ans.—Q uicklime is the form used for 
the preservation of fruits and vegetables, 
though if this form of lime he allowed 
to remain in contact with air, it will 
very soon change to air-slaked lime, by 
the absorption of moisture from the air. 
I am not sufficiently well acquainted 
with this method of preserving fruit to 
determine how far any change in a 
specific form of lime would infiuence the 
result. [prof.] e. n. voorhees. 
What Use for Combings? 
S., Harwinton, Conn. —What is the 
best use to make of hair combings ? Is 
there any sale for them ? If so, where ? 
Ans. —So far as we know, there is no 
sale for combings. Wigs, false fronts, 
etc., are made up from hair cut from the 
head. The trouble in preparing comb¬ 
ings ready for use would make them 
cost too much, and hair cut from the 
head is easily obtained. A great many 
now have their hair cut when it begins 
falling out after sickness. Then there 
are certain European countries where 
the peasant girls sell their hair to deal¬ 
ers. Short hair is gaining favor, scme- 
what slowly among women, and this 
adds something to the crop of cut hair. 
The only use we could suggest is that 
hair makes a nice filling for pincushions. 
1 )d any of our readers know of any 
other use ? 
To Prevent Buffalo Bugs. 
Reader — What can be done with 
dresses, jackets, stockings, mittens, etc., 
to keep them from Buffalo bugs ? How 
can we keep the bugs out of carpets ? 
Ans. —Cheap moth-proof paper bags 
can he bought in many drug stores. New 
fiour sacks, tightly tied, would doubtless 
be nearly as effective, and entirely effec¬ 
tive if the contents were sprinkled with 
benzine every month or two. I do not 
know how effective the moth balls sold 
by druggists would be. Boxes or draw¬ 
ers are rarely tight enough to keep out 
the clothes moths, or the Buffalo bug. 
Clothing placed in such receptacles 
should be treated with the benzine at 
least once per month if any signs of the 
pests are found. For more detailed in¬ 
formation see my answer to A. P. R., in 
The R. N.-Y. fpr July 29, 1893 m. v. s. 
PRINTED PATCHWORK. 
If your work la made more easy 
By a friendly, helping hand, 
Say 80 . Speak out brave and truly. 
Ere the darkneas vail the land. 
Should a brother workman dear 
Falter for a word of cheer? 
—Boston Transcript. 
... .Emerson : “ There is always a best 
way of doing everything, if it be to boil 
an egg.” 
....Emerson: “If the wants, the pas¬ 
sions, the vices are allowed a full vote 
through the hands of a half brutal, in¬ 
temperate population, I think it but fair 
that the virtues, the aspirations, should 
be allowed a full vote, as an offset, 
through the purest part of the people.” 
_E. II. Farrington: “The woman 
who said she put on her meat in plenty 
of water, and if it all cooked away she 
called it a stew, if not, she called it soup, 
is a type of many cooks, not only those 
who hire out, but those who spoil the 
food for their own households.” 
.... Eleanor Kirk : ‘ ‘ Every woman 
should desire and determine to look her 
best, but she should be independent in 
her tastes and a law unto herself, and 
this is what she is rapidly getting to be. 
Dame Fashion and Mme. Grundy have 
been relegated to back seats, and my 
Mothers.—Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
word upon it, they will never speak from 
the platform agaih.” 
.... Anonymous : “There is no particular 
harm in riding a hobby if you don’t take 
up the whole road.” 
....Abby Morton Diaz: “If a woman 
were to make a cake for the first time, 
she would consult a reliable cook hook ; 
if a man started to raise poultry, he 
would subscribe for a magazine on that 
special subject; but men and women 
think that they can bring up a family of 
children'without any preparation on the 
subject whatever.” 
... .Mass. Plowman : “ The time to gain 
politeness is during one’s childhood and 
early youth. One never loses the in¬ 
fiuence of that age and it is well to begin 
with children and teach them the beauti¬ 
ful art of politeness. It is one of the 
best aids the wage earner can have, and 
no parent is too poor to give it to his 
children.” 
....Seneca: “We all complain of the 
shortness of time ; and yet we have more 
than we know what to do with. Our 
lives are spent either in doing nothing at 
all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, 
or in doing nothing that we ought to do. 
We are always complaining that our days 
are few and acting as if there would be 
no end of them.” 
Taking the Baby Out.—When the baby 
is taken outdoors, see that its eyes are 
protected from the sun. If awake, baby 
likes to look around and see this world 
which is yet so new to him ; and if 
asleep, there is still need of something 
besides those delicate little pink eyelids 
to shield the eyes from the bright sun¬ 
shine. Pat yourself in baby’s place, and 
see how you will enjoy a ride lying down 
with the sun pouring in yo'.ir eyes. Is it 
any wonder the little face frowns ? g. h. 
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OLD 
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the old arm 
thing In fact 
out and needs 
cushions or 
chair, any- 
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reupholBterlng, can be 
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keeps hoots, 
shoes, 
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soft, tough, new-looking, and long- 
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them also. 
25c. worth is a fair trial—and your 
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dyspepsia, heartburn, torpid 
liver, dizziness, sick head¬ 
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THEMARYJANEDISHWASHER 
Saves two-thirds the time, labor and 
trouble. No wetting the hands. No dls- 
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«T K. Puriiitoii & Co. lies .Moines. la. 
Stove-Polishing Mitten. 
This is really one of the best things 
for a small article that we have seen in 
a long time. It is simply a mitten with 
lamb’s wool front. The blacking is ap¬ 
plied with swab, and the stove then pol¬ 
ished by rubbing with the mitten. You 
can get in all the corners and angles, 
and nothing else pol¬ 
ishes BO well. Never 
soils the hand. Price, 
by mail, with renewal 
subscription $1.25; or 
given to any old sub¬ 
scriber for one new 
subscription. If the men had to polish 
the stoves, there would be one of these 
in every house. There are poor imita¬ 
tions of this mitten made, hut this is the 
only genuine lamb’s wool. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
lor Pearl and Chambers Sts., New York. 
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