1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
575 
to appear. She waited almost two weeks 
before they began to come up. They 
came slowly—but surely, she found to 
her joy, for the box was finally filled 
with about a hundred tiny plants. 
As soon as she could handle them, 
they were transplanted into a larger 
box, placed in a sunny window, and 
they did look so promising. But the 
little green fiy came—came to stay. 
Patty thought she would separate the 
plants, put them in thumb pots and then 
she would have lovely, strong plants, of 
course. So she had 80 little pansies in 
80 little pots. The story of how one 
dropped off and then there were 79 and 
another dropped off, etc., need not be 
told in detail. The plants were treated 
to tobacco smoke and to a good dose of 
Persian insect powder, and the green fiy 
lived and waxed strong in numbers. 
Then Patty set pots and pansies and 
green fiies outdoors and it rained. Not 
one gcod thrwer, but a pretty steady 
downpour for several days. After it 
was over she found her pets pretty thor¬ 
oughly soaked, and the green fiy gone, 
with the exception of one or two hiding 
down in the very heart of an opening 
leaf. She determined to get the plants 
in a bed immediately. Under a north 
window, she cut out a small crescent (in 
imitation of Chicago crescents) dug it 
out and went off to the pasture lot for a 
wheelbarrow load of rich earth. It was 
pretty heavy to wheel, but she got it 
there, filled her crescent, set out her 
pansies, and, to prevent old hens from 
scratching them out, she put a low wire 
netting fence around them. 
She gloried in doing it all herself and 
then—she went to bed with a sick head¬ 
ache. Poor Patty ! she still had weeks of 
watching and waiting before her treas¬ 
ures would blossom and she no longer 
thought of giving them away—not more 
than one or two anyway. It’s all very 
fine to say, “ Love conquers all things,” 
and “Labor conquers all things.” If 
not wisely directed even the two com¬ 
bined can accomplish very little. 
DOCIA. DYKENS. 
HOME CANNING AND PRESERVING. 
A S so much time and work are re¬ 
quired in the preparation of our 
winter’s supply of fruits and vegetables, 
I often think, when weary at the task, 
that it would be cheaper to buy them 
already put up, were our dollars and 
dimes but plentiful enough. Yet I am 
not sure, because I have so much con¬ 
fidence in what I put up myself, and we 
have our fruit and vegetable garden for 
summer use, and can make it enough 
larger to allow for the winter supply, a 
great deal cheaper than we could buy 
the fruits and vegetables in the market. 
Then, those dollars and dimes might fur¬ 
nish extra help during the busy season 
when, with my personal supervision, I 
think the work might be as satisfactory 
to me as though I did it all myself. 
I have found that the most important 
things about canning and preserving are 
that the fruits or vegetables should be 
handled when in a sound, fresh condi¬ 
tion ; not allowing ripe strawberries or 
currants to stand, even overnight, after 
stemming before cooking. Then the 
vessels used must be all right—use glass, 
earthen, stone, granite, or porcelain- 
lined ones to cook in. Use silver or 
wooden spoons, and use only good rub¬ 
bers on the cans. Cooking the fruits and 
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, 
Every reader should tell one friend, 
at least, that The Rural New-Yorker, 
will be sent for the remainder of this 
year for 25c. How many have you told ? 
vegetables in the jirs preserves the shape 
and saves handling or danger of burning. 
ONE OF THE R. N.-Y. FAMILY. 
PATTERNS FOR R. N.-Y. READERS. 
These patterns retail for from 25 to 40 
cents each, but we can furnish them to 
subscribers only, at 10 cents each. The 
patterns are the latest styles, every pat¬ 
tern is complete and guaranteed to be per¬ 
fect. Write the order separate from 
other matter, give bust measure and pat¬ 
tern number, and enclose 10 cents. Full 
instructions accompany every pattern. 
We do this for the accommodation of 
subscribers, and patterns will not be sent 
to nonsubacribers. Any two patterns 
given to old subscribers who send one 
new subscription. 
6176. Ladies’ Surplice Waist. 
The full fronts are gathered at the top 
and arranged on the front edges of the 
broad, rolling collar. A frill of lace that 
widens at the shoulders, hangs grace¬ 
fully from the free edges, which are 
trimmed with insertion. Fashionably 
wide sleeves are neatly finished at the 
wrists by fiaring cuffs, which are trimmed 
with lace and insertion. Belt and rosette 
of ribbon. For ordinary wear this waist 
may be made of lawn, percale, cambric, 
Swiss, mull, gingham, sateen, challie, 
crepon or other soft fabrics. A frill of 
the material may take the place of the 
lace here shown, the shaping being pro¬ 
vided by the pattern. Pattern 6176 is 
cut in five sizes, viz. : 32, 34, 36, 38 and 
40 inches bust measure. 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
To Whiten Yellowed Garments.— White 
garments that have grown yellow, may 
be beautifully whitened by soaking over¬ 
night in buttermilk or whey. Use a stone 
jar and wash, boil and blue as usual. 
8 E. n. 
A Word About Hash.—Hash, well made, 
is a very convenient dish for supper or 
any meal when a little meat is wanted. 
Whether it is relished or not, often de¬ 
pends on what it is made of, and how it 
is put together and cooked for the table. 
Years ago, before the West had been 
reached by railroads, the farmers living 
there had tjdraw their grain to the lake 
ports for a market. In a certain locality, 
this meant a 40 or 50-mile trip from home, 
an absence of three days, and entertain¬ 
ment during that time at the country 
hotels built along the roads for that pur¬ 
pose. For breakfast, the standing dish 
was hash, presumably made from the 
pieces gathered from the plates of the 
travelers who had taken their meals 
there the day before. There seems to 
have been a patent on the material or 
the process which stamped the word hash 
on their memories, and to this day, many 
of these men will never taste hash. The 
power of association is too strong for 
them. But hash well made, of good 
material, with or without potatoes, sea¬ 
soned with salt, pepper and butter, is an 
inviting dish. Pickles or chow-chow 
should always accompany it. 
AUNT RACHEL. 
Mothers. —Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
BORROWED BITS OF WISDOM. 
While life’s sammer time Roes by, 
Dark wUh cloud or bright with sun, 
We've a mission, you and I, 
Let Ufa 8«e it bravely done. 
There are loving words to speak; 
There are burdens we may bear; 
We can help the worn and weak— 
Work is walling every where. 
—Eben E. Rfxford. 
....Atchison Globe: “ Tnere are so' 
many different kinds of married luck, j 
that a man can say anything he pleases | 
about marriage, and prove it by giving 
an example.” 
... .Etictetus: “A man undisciplined in 
philosophy blames others in matters in 
which he fares ill; one who begins to be 
disciplined blames himself; one who is 
disciplined, neither others or himself.” 
-Emperor William: “I cannot wish 
anything more pleasant for the men of 
my nation than that the women may, 
like the Empress, devote their attention 
chiefly to the three great C’s: Church, 
Children and Cookery.” 
-Louis Albert Banks, D D.: “Teach 
a man that life is only a soulless mech¬ 
anism, a chemical combination, no 
higher or of more worth than the ox, 
and the believer will think no more of 
destroying that life than the butcher 
thinks of taking the life of a bullock.” 
....The Housekeepek : “Life in the 
business world means roughing it more 
or less. There may be none but angel 
places in that glad day when woman 
shall have fully come into her rights, 
but at present neither the business world 
nor the domestic world afford such 
places exclusively.” 
-Harper’s Bazar : “ Many of us do 
not take seriously into account the fact 
that a capacity for enthusiasm and sus¬ 
tained effort for work is the only foun¬ 
tain of youth left upon the earth. The 
person who works with unfailing energy 
and real delight in work for the work’s 
sake, forgets to grow old.” 
_Belva a. Lockwood: “Our wealth 
is measured by our wants; our poverty 
by our meanness and want of apprecia¬ 
tion of the blessings around us. The 
average poor are probably as happy as 
the average rich; the capacity for hap¬ 
piness lying within themselves, the only 
difference being that the happiness in 
the two cases is the result of a different 
combination of circumstances, and is 
measured by different standards.” 
In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
Ths Rubal Nbw-Yobkbb. 
Cures 
OTHERS, 
WILL 
Cure You. 
AYER’S 
Old Leather 
New Again. 
New leather always new if you use 
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 swob witli eacli can. 
For pami)hlet, free. •'1U)W TO Takk CAKII OF 
Lkathbk,'’ send lo 
VACUUM on. CO.. Rochester. N. 
in PRIZES 
Divided Into 4 1st prizes of $150 
eaeh.and 4 ‘4d prizes of $100 each 
will bo given for best de.slgns for 
WALL PAPER 
Send 2c. for complete detail information. Desiprns 
must l)e entered before Nov. 15,1894. Desijfiis not award¬ 
ed prizcH will be returned, or Ixmpht at private huIo. 
No matter where you live,don’t pay retail ]>iices for 
wall paper. Wo make a specialty of the mail order 
business and sell direct to coii»*uiiierH at factory prices. 
SPECIAL FALL PiiiCES; fef,fczC:;: 
At these prices you can paper a small room for 50c. 
Send lOe for ))ostago on sninples of our new fall paper 
and onr book “How to I’liper and Keonoiiiy In Homo 
Deeorutloii,” will bo sent at oiifo, showing how to got 
$50 elfeet for $.5 investment. 
If you want paper ne-xt spring send 10c. postage, now, 
and'we will send samples (d’ tliese pi izo designs Jlareh 
lst,’05. Kxplain what you want. Send toneiirvat address. 
ALFRED PEATS , DEPT. 21. 
S0-;!2 W. ISth St., 136-138 W. Madison St., 
NKW YORK. CUlUAUO. 
THEMARYJANEDISHWASHER 
Saves two-tblrds the time, labor and 
trouble. No wetting the hands. No dis¬ 
agreeable work. Pleases everthody. Only 
8(13. Every family should have Mary 
Jane. Circulars free. Agents wanted. 
J K. ruriiitun & Co., Des .Moines, la. 
SOLD!%v 
UNDER A 
POSITIVE GUARANTEE 
to wash as clean as can bo done on the 
Wiislihoiird and witli much more ease. This applies to 
Territrs IVrfect WiimIiIiik Miudiliie which will ho sent 
on trial at wliolc.-’^ale i)ri(!e; if notsatisfactory inoney re¬ 
funded. AtfciitH VVanted. ForexcluHive territory, terms 
and prices write PORTLAM) .>1FU. (!0.) Rox H^rurtland, 31kb. 
CANNOT SEE HOW YOU DO 
IT AND PAY FREIGHT. 
.Buys our 2 drawer walnut or oak Im- 
■proved High Arm Slngorflewiniif machlna 
1 finely tinisbed, nickel plated,adapted to light 
and heavy work; guaranteed for 10 iflara; with 
I Aiitoronlie Bobbin Winder, flelf-Thrftadlng Cyllo- 
[dor Shuttle, HoIf.SoUing Noodle and a complete 
of Stcot At tuehments; shipped any whereon 
80 Day's Trial. No money required in advance. 
75,000 now in use* World's Fair Medal awarded machine and attach¬ 
ments* Buy from factory and save dealer's and agent's profits, 
rnrp Cut This Out and send to-day for machine or large free 
I* ntC catalogue, testimonials and Glimpses of the World's Fair. 
OXFORD MFG. GO. 342 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO,ILL, 
14 KARAT 
GOLD PLATE 
I'l.'T THIS Ot’T and send It to us 
with your inline and address ami we 
will send you this watch by express 
forexaininution. A Onarnnlrs 
For 5 Years and chain and 
charm sent with It. You ex¬ 
amine it and if you think It 
a bargain pay our sample 
price, $2.50, and It Is yours. 
It is beautifully engraved 
and warranted the best time¬ 
keeper ill the World for the 
[0 ^ money and equal in appear- 
% ante to a genuine Solid 
l\-,4 Gold Watch. Write to-<lay, 
this offer will not appear 
again. 
THE NATIONAL MFG. 
& IMPORTING CO., 
Wa, 334 DEARBORN STREET, 
Chicago, III. 
Sarsaparilla 
MAKES 
THE 
WEAK 
STRONG. 
AMERICAN GARDENING, 
In connection with THE RURAL N E W- 
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amateur or professional gardener and fruit 
grower. If you haven’t seen Ambhican Qahi>- 
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to 170 Fulton Street, New York City. 
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