1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
THINGS THAT S’PRISE YOU. 
There’s lots o’ thing that s’prlse you, 
When you’re little just like I. 
When you bump your head, they tell you, 
“ Oh, you’re too big to cry ! ” 
But when there’s pie for dinner, 
And you want another bite. 
The big folks say, “Oh, no, indeed, 
You are too little, quite ! ” 
Then when there’s company, you know, 
They wash you up so clean, 
And tell you little bits o’ folks 
Must not be heard, but seen. 
But next thing that you know about. 
You hear ’em say, “ Now, dear, 
Stand up and say your little piece 
For Mrs. Smith to hear.” 
That’s just the way things s’prise you, 
When you’re little just like I. 
But I s’pose you’ll understand ’em 
When you’re older, by and by. 
ANNIE HAMILTON DONNELL. 
PATTERNS FOR R. N.-Y. READERS. 
Write the order for patterns separate 
from other matter, give bust measure 
and pattern number, and inclose 10 cents 
Each pattern is complete with instruc¬ 
tions for cutting the garment and put¬ 
ting together. 
6323. Ladies’ Paquin Skirt. 
The shape is of the circular variety, 
and fits smoothly in front and over the 
hips, the top edge being held easy when 
sewed to the belt. The lower portion 
presents the undulating ripples now 
fashionable, while the back falls in full 
godet or organ-pipe folds, from back¬ 
ward-turning plaits at the top. A deep 
6323.-THE PAQUIN SKIRT. 
under facing of canvas, grass or hair¬ 
cloth, is generally used around the front 
and sides, tvhile the back is lined 
throughout with the same fabric. Some 
prefer a stiff interlining throughout all 
the skirt, supplemented by a lining of 
taffeta or cambric. Pattern 6323 is cut 
in sizes from 22 to 30 inches waist 
measure. 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
Sunday School Thermometer.—A. I. 
Root, in “Gleanings,” describes a Sunday 
school thermometer which he saw in a 
Cincinnati Sunday school: 
It is a piece of board perhaps four feet long, 
lettered and graduated. Through the center of 
the board lengthwise a groove is cut about where 
the glass tube would come in a thermometer. In¬ 
stead of a glass tube, however, it has a large, 
round cord stretched on pulleys, one pulley at 
each end of the scale. This cord, half its length, 
is dyed or painted black. The other half is left 
white. The superintendent, by pulling on the 
cord at the back of the instrument, runs what 
appears to be the column of mercury up or down, 
and this is the record of attendance. The pupils 
all watch eagerly to see whether the attendance 
on any Sunday is high or low, the figures running 
from zero to 250 or 300 degrees. (In smaller 
schools, say 25 or 50, the scale may be made ac¬ 
cordingly.) The secretary, after he has counted 
up the pupils, makes the thermometer show the 
number present where all can see it, and the high 
or low temperature, as you will notice, rests en¬ 
tirely on the efforts of the pupils and teachers. 
That contains a good suggestion for Sun¬ 
day school workers. Why not have a simi¬ 
lar thermometer for each member of the 
family, showing the degree of faithful¬ 
ness with which he attends to his duties? 
Profitable Games. — Many games 
nowadays help us to gain knowledge 
very pleasantly. Many of us are famil¬ 
iar with the game of authors, and know 
how it fixes in our memories names of 
writers and their works. Boroff’s litera- 
MOTHERS .—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s [Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
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ture cards, and Carroll’s graded literary 
cards, give facts about the authors and 
“memory gems” from their writings, in 
addition to this. There are history 
games, which make history a delight, 
and a zoology game to interest us in 
animal life, while sectional maps, draw¬ 
ing stencils, geography and number 
games, all give pleasure as well as profit. 
All these are described in the catalogues 
of educational publishers. 
Some of the best games need not be 
purchased. Our parchesi and checker 
board is homemade, and we have had 
many a good game of “ hoppity,” or 
halma, with buttons on a brown paper, 
on which the squares were marked. 
Some of these seemingly nonsensical 
games, develop one’s faculties wonder¬ 
fully. H. M. L. 
An Evening Gamp:. —The following 
game will give the young folks an oppor¬ 
tunity to display their knowledge of his¬ 
tory and current events, and may be 
made interesting to the older ones. A 
writer in the Household describes it: 
“ Let a number of paper slips be pre¬ 
pared with the name of some well-known 
person upon each. One of these is fas¬ 
tened upon the back of each guest, who 
is not supposed to know the name he 
bears. The fun consists in finding out 
whom you represent by the leading re¬ 
marks of the others. For instance : I 
represent Susan B. Anthony—although 
I do not know it. I am told that ‘I am 
an eloquent old maid,’ that k I do not 
like the men,’ that ‘I want to vote,’ etc. 
Another-ds told that ‘ he is fond of fish¬ 
ing’; is asked ’how he enjoyed the de¬ 
lights of Buzzard’s Bay,’ is questioned 
in regard to the tariff, and finally in this 
manner is made aware that he is the 
representative of Grover Cleveland. The 
fun is greater if the names are unsuited 
to the persons who bear them. Tom 
Thumb, on the back of a fellow six feet 
tall ; Chang, the Chinese giant, person¬ 
ated by an exceedingly small young 
man, are amusing incongruities.” 
FOR MIND AND HEART. 
Don’t look on life through a smoky glass; 
The world is much as you take it; 
’Twill yield you back a gleam of light 
Or a glow of warmth if you make it. 
However fortune may seem to frown, 
However may scorn the scorners, 
Still face your fate with a fearless eye 
And a mouth curved up at the corners. 
-—Martha Sperbeck White. 
•.. .The Watchman : “Is not partisan¬ 
ship a sin in a Christian man, when it 
will lead him to sacrifice the interests 
of his city to the ascendency of his fac¬ 
tion ? ” 
-Washington Star: “‘Hit sut'ny 
am s’prizin,’said Uncle Eben, ‘ter see 
how much mo’ some ob my neighbors 
knows ’bout ruimin’ de guv’ment dan dey 
does ’bout runnin’ dah fahms.’” 
IMlvntising. 
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The Rural New-Youkek. 
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with Vacuum Leather Oil. Get a cai 
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free; use enough to find out; if yon 
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the whole of your money. 
Sold only in cans, to make sure of fair dealing 
everywhere—handy cans. Best oil for farm ma¬ 
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