1894 
399 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
last season, as my salesman lost his with a stuffed dogf, two in a pony car- 
hook, and several weeks’ sales had not riage and some more enjoying a drive 
been drawn off. But we sold 3,030 with a dog in harness. A lady in a 
hasketsofcurrants, 450 of raspberries, 60 bloomer bicycle suit is seated on her 
of cherries, 400 baskets of pears, 85 of wheel. The figures are all very natural. 
peaches, 80 of quinces, 85 bushels of 
apples, S}4 bushels of walnuts, and 4,300 
pounds of grapes; also some eggs and 
vegetables.” 
I left Miss Wooding with a high ap¬ 
preciation of her ability as a fruit 
in wax, being life-size and serve, not 
only to lend charm to the scene, but to 
display the different styles of summer 
clothes for sale in the store. The gravel 
of the drive is real, and there are the 
whitewashed stones so frequently seen 
grower, and convinced that hundreds of around drives; there is some real sod. 
other women may do equally well in the 
same line. It would seem as if $40 per 
month and board coupled with light, 
pleasant employment, might secure some 
bright young fellow who was honest 
and willing to work for his employer’s 
interest. Charles pierson augur. 
A PRETTY MANTEL. 
I T is wonderful how many pretty ar¬ 
rangements may make a home attrac¬ 
tive, if only a little taste and ingenuity 
are exercised, and there are willing 
hands to execute. In a country home, 
where money is not always a superfluity, 
a pretty mantel may be constructed that 
bids defiance to filthy lucre. Even the 
“almighty dollar” with ail its power 
often fails to turn out anything so very 
satisfactory as this proved. It was an 
old-fashioned mantel — high, and the 
wooden sides or supports ran down to 
the floor like the ones over cld-fashioned 
fireplaces, forming a place for a fire- 
board ; only there was no fireplace back 
of this one. This space was filled in with 
a dark maroon velvet paper. A strip 
the full width of the paper, was also 
pasted above the mantel, extending the 
whole length, and forming a beautiful 
background for brie-^-brae of any de¬ 
scription. A plain, pine molding was 
next procured, gilded and tacked around 
the edge of the paper over the mantel. 
That is not necessary around the fire- 
board. 
Or a handsomer molding might be 
chosen, taking the exact measurements 
of the mantel or the size the frame is to 
be ; as it is really a tort of frame, only a 
three-sided one, passing only up the ends 
and across the top of the paper. They 
will miter the ends of the moldings 
where it is bought, so that there need be 
no trouble whatever in fitting it together. 
The mantel described was draped with 
Japanese cr6pe — but the drapery is 
merely a matter of taste, and Japanese 
fans were tastefully arranged on the 
wall over the mantel, and also one or 
two carelessly placed cornerwise in the 
space underneath. The sum total of ex¬ 
pense was very trifling, and the mantel, 
when finished, was very pretty indeed. 
SARAH ROUNEY. 
A BIT OF THE COUNTRY. 
O NE of the large dry goods stores of 
New York has its show windows 
fitted up to represent a country house at 
the seaside. There is a long piazza, a 
drive and a bit of lawn gotten up to look 
very real. In fact, there is enough that 
is real to make the illusion quite satis¬ 
factory, and there is a continuous crowd 
enjoying it, many of whom, no doubt, 
will have no other summer outing than 
this glimpse of make -believe country. On 
the piazza, grandma is sitting in a rocker 
with baby in her arms ; two gentlemen 
and three ladies are also enjoying the 
sea breeze produced by a hidden electric 
fan. There are two children romping 
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, 
Wlien she had Children, she gave them Castoria, 
OuK new cash terms are attracting 
a great many subscription club work¬ 
ers. There are good wages in it. Are 
you interested ? If so, write for them. 
and numerous pots of flowers and vines * 
are in the flower bed bordering the ^ 
piazza. Under an evergreen tree, is an ^ 
old hen hovering her brood of chicks, ^ 
and the taxidermist has done his work { 
so well that a close scrutiny is necessary < 
before one decides that they are stuffed, ^ 
as is the pony and three dogs. Some * 
stuffed birds are suspended from fine ^ 
wires and swing in the stiff breeze kept ’ 
up by the unseen fan. A careful | 
inventory shows that the only creatures ^ 
endowed with life, besides the flowers, 
are several rabbits here and there on the 
lawn, and a canary bird in a cage. But 
for all that, it is good to look at and ' 
makes one breathe deeper, and who 
shall say that the sigh of satisfaction 
does not refresh just as much as a breath 
of country air ? 
The only thing to mar the scene is 
one of those ugly “keep off the grass” 
signs. This incongruity shows how 
habit and surroundings after a while get 
the better of our imagination. Flights 
of fancy should carry us away from dis¬ 
agreeable things, and when we build 
our castles in the air, let’s make them 
beautiful and costly, for there’s no fear 
of a mortgage. o- 
FOR MIND AND HEART. 
If yon gee the hot tears falling 
From a brother’s weeping eyes. 
Share them; and by kindly sharing, 
Own your kinship with the skies. 
Why should any one be glad 
When a brother’s heart Is sad?"— 
—Jioaton Transcript. 
... .Froebel : “ Always let the food be 
simply for nourishment—never more, 
never less.” 
....Chicago Herald: “Paradoxical as 
it may appear, good husbands make the 
best kind of wives.” 
... .Eva C. Lemkrt : “ Individualism, in 
the use of opportunities, is the great 
lever which is to lift a fallen world 
toward its rightful Owner.” 
....Philip wS. Moxom : “Time spent in 
recreation, or in seeming idleness, is not 
necessarily wasted; proper recreation 
and rest of body and mind are necessary 
elements of a true economy. “ Take 
rest,” said Ovid ; “ a field that has rested 
gives a bountiful crop of corn.” On the 
other hand, time spent in work is not al¬ 
ways saved ; work is wasted if it be done 
at the expense of needed recreation. 
Often time is wasted because it is de¬ 
voted to work that were better left un¬ 
done.” 
....New York Sun: “Man stands in 
need of the help of woman in the busi¬ 
ness of life, and in the management of 
the affairs of the world. Woman gives 
man the benefit of her reason, her judg¬ 
ment and her experience, as man gives 
woman the benefit of his; and the wis¬ 
dom is as often on the side of the woman 
as on that of the man. The woman’s 
mind differs in some respects from the 
man’s mind; the mental qualities and 
powers of the one supplement those of 
the other.” 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
A Handy Wood-box.^—One of the greatest 
step savers we ever had in our house is a 
wood-box made in the partition, between 
the wood-house and the kitchen. It can 
be filled from the wood-house and the 
wood taken out from the kitchen. It 
has a lid with hinges in each room. An¬ 
other is a small shelf in the inside cellar- 
Mothers.—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
way, high and out of the way, for set¬ 
ting butter plate and small pitcher o^ 
milk or dish of sauce. It keeps cool 
enough except in very warm weather, 
and saves the steps of going up and 
down. B* 
I This shelf we offer as an amendment 
to the “step saver” hint criticised be¬ 
low.— Eds. 1 
Misusing the Stairway.— In a recent R. 
N.-Y., a contributor gives a few items of 
advice about saving steps and time, all 
of which were good with the exception 
of one : “ Put articles which were to go 
upstairs on the stairway until you are 
going up and then carry them all at 
once.” Evidently that woman has never 
been tripped by things which some one 
else had put on the stairway until they 
happened to be going up. It is a com¬ 
mon practice with careless housekeepers, 
but it is too dangerous, too nearly crim¬ 
inal, to be recommended to any one. 
Possibly, if there were only one person 
in a house, that one might risk it; but 
with little children running up and 
down, or any other person who may be 
hopelessly injured by falling down stair¬ 
ways which are dangerous when clear, 
no one should recommend putting dry 
goods, pails or pitchers on the stairway. 
One might put them nearby the stair 
door, but don't put them on the stairs for 
any one to fall over. Alice e. pinney. 
In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
THB RUHAL NBW-YOBKBR. 
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are always ready for use. Win 
make the best perfumed Hard Soap 
In 20 minutes willioiit hoiliiia. 
It la tlie bent for cleansing waste 
pipes, disinfecting sinks, closetdi 
wa-shing bottleis, paints, trees, etc, 
PENNA. BALT M’P’Q CO- 
Geu. Agts., Pblla., Pa. 
a riCC CANNOT SEE HOW YOU DO 
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d heavy work; guaranteed forlOxearij with 
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r Shuttle, Self-Setting Needle and a complete 
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75 000 DOW fQUse. World’s Fair Medal awarded machine and attach* 
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FDrr Cot This Out and send to-dav for machine or large free 
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OXFORD MFG. CO. 342 WaUiAAve. CHICAGO,ILL. 
THEMARYJANEDiSHWASHER 
Saves two-tblrds the time, labor and 
trouble. No wetting the hands. No dis¬ 
agreeable work. Pleases everj body. Only 
Kl<3. Every family should have Mary 
.Tane. Circulars free. Agents wanted. 
J K. Purintou & Co., Des -Moines, la. 
A Paradise on a Small Scale 
Is what the farm of Mr. A THKlSS, at River Edge, 
N. J.. may justly be called. Here Is to be found a 
complete sanitarium for the curing of all chronic 
diseases, partly by means nt hot ana dry-air baths, 
a system discovered bv Mr. Thelss. The aroma < f 
the herbs bereanouts being especially Inducive to 
the restoration of nealth. and chronic Ir.vallos, de¬ 
clared incuraoie by doctors, will dnd a certain, speedy 
and sure cure here. Tne farm Is situated In the 
hea'tblest and most beautiful part of .New .Jersey, 
one nour 8 rloe Irom New Vora, and abounds with 
fruit and Perries. Boarders accepted, entitling them 
to the baths free of charge. This is absolutely the 
only place lu the United (States where all cnronlc 
diseases are permanently cured. Apply to 
A. TIIB188, River Edge, N. .1. 
Old' Leather 
New Again. 
New leather always new if you u-se 
Vacuum Leather Oil. 
It won’t mend cracks, but will keep 
leather from cracking. 
If there are cracks in it the oil won’t 
mend them. 
25c. worth is a fair trial—and your money back 
if you want it—a sw(^l) with each < an. 
For p.iinphlet, free, ** llow TO Takk Caiik OF 
LeaTHBK, ■ scud to 
VACUUM OIL CO.. Rochester, N. 
Beecham’s pills are 
biliousness, bilious headache, 
dyspepsia, heartburn, torpid 
liver, dizziness, sick head¬ 
ache, bad taste in the mouth, 
coated tongue, loss of appe¬ 
tite, sallow skin, when caused 
by constipation; and consti¬ 
pation is the most frequcTf 
cause of all of them. 
Book free; pills 25c. At 
drugstores,or write B.F. Allen 
Co.,365 Canal St., New York. 
Every Lady’s Dress 
8bonld be bound with 
Pantasote Skirt Binding. 
This Is light, durable and waterproof, though It 
contains no rubber. Sold by Hearn, Simpson, Craw¬ 
ford & Simpson and O’Neill, New York; John Wana- 
maker, FUiladelphla; Albany Dry Goods Company, 
Albany; D. .McCarthy & Sons, Syracuse; Ohas. 
Simons Sons Company, Baltimore, and other large 
drygoods stores everywhere. 
THE PANTASOTE LEATHER COMPANY 
39 Leonard Street. New York. 
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, but this is the 
only genuine lamb’s wool. 
THB RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
nor Pearl and Chambers Sts., New York. 
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THB KUBAI. NBW-YOKKBK, 
Cor. Chambers and Pearl Streets, New York 
