1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
543 
nurse to tell when it is necessary to be 
taken. To put a child’s crying down to 
hunger or illness, is a tradition of the 
nursery that has survived many a better 
theory, and bids fair to outlast many 
more. A little discipline rightly applied 
often effects a rapid and lasting cure for 
unexplainable fears. Babies, as a gene¬ 
ral thing, do not need medicines other 
than pure air, cleanliness and nutritious 
food. 
The only time a mother is really ex¬ 
cusable for drugging a child, is when 
one sleepless night has followed another 
for weeks. Few babies sleep well until 
their second year, and when a mother 
has no one to relieve her, and, moreover, 
has both hands full of work through the 
day, it is no wonder she acts against her 
better judgment. Though did she but 
know it. a harmless nerve sedative will 
serve the purpose better. Bromide of 
potassium put up in five-grain powders, 
one dissolved in a wine glass of water 
and given the child through the day and 
evening, will insure a good, healthy 
sleep. If the dose is too large, the child 
will become languid and break out in 
pimples, but no harm will come of it. 
After a couple of days’treatment, stop 
giving it, but put the child to bed at the 
same hour in a cool, dark room, and very 
likely he will fall asleep from force of 
habit. 
Habit is the keynote of successful train¬ 
ing for children. Regular hours for 
meals, regular bed hours, regular exer¬ 
cise ! A regular bed hour strictly ad¬ 
hered to, wil do more to encourage sleep 
than medicine. A warm bath on retiring 
6466—LADIES’ BLAZER 
and a dark, cool room are better sopo¬ 
rifics than opiates. 
THE IN TERES TEO SCHOOL DIR EC TOR 
(Scene.—School-room. Close of the first day. 
Children in the outer hall. Enter school director). 
I RECTOR (to young lady teacher): 
“ I have called to see whether there 
is anything that you need.” 
Teacher : “ No, everything is very 
satisfactory ; but I have been so amused 
to-day, at the different pronunciations, 
by the pupils, of the word—yes.” 
D. : “ How do they pronounce it ?” 
T. : “I will show you” (calling). “Child¬ 
ren” (enter several children). “Dick, my 
boy, can you bring up some coal, for me, 
before you go home ?” 
Dick: “Yip.” 
T. : “ Pearl, will you tell your mother, 
that I say that you have been a good 
girl to-day ?” 
Pearl (looking bashfully down): “Yis.” 
T. : “Danny, will you try to come a 
little earlier, in the morning ?” 
Danny: “ Ya-as, I had to help me 
mither a dale this morning.” 
T. : “ John will you remember to bring 
your book, to-morrow ?” 
John : “ Yaw, dat I will.” 
T. (as the children pass out) : “ There 
are other ways. I shall try to teach the 
correct pronunciation of that, as well as 
other, words ; but I shall have a task.” 
D. : “Weill I hope you may be success¬ 
ful.” (After a moment’s silence). “If I 
should ask you to take a school of one, 
with me for the pupil, how would you 
pronounce the word ?” 
T. (with a little hesitancy): “ Yes.” j. 
MOTHERS. —Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup” for your children, 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
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. 
Ladies' Blazer. 
This handsome jacket is made of steel 
gray faced cloth, the rounded cutaway 
fronts being faced to turn back in 
pointed lapels that may be worn open as 
here shown, or close across the bust. 
The rolling coat collar joins the lapels 
in notches. The close fitting back has 
center and side back seams that end 
just below the waist line, where the 
godets are inserted and roll gracefully 
in folds to the lower edge. Full sleeves 
are disposed in plaits at the top, the 
lower portions fitting the arm below the 
elbow. All edges are completed with a 
double row of machine stitching in tailor 
style, which, with the seams, must be 
well pressed on the wrong side, laying a 
damp cloth between the garment and 
the hot iron, to assure a perfect finish. 
The pattern is cut in six sizes, 32, 34, 
36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust measure. 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
Love Envieth Not. —“ Merit and for¬ 
tune do not often meet in the same per¬ 
son.”—Old Proverb I beg leave to differ 
with the teachings of this old maxim ; 
merit and fortune meet more often in 
the same person than the envious, slan¬ 
dering world allows. If a person inherit 
a small fortune, the first things he 
encounters are the suspicious looks and 
sneering words of some of his acquaint¬ 
ances ; perhaps those who envy him 
his good forture, and who let no oppor¬ 
tunity pass to show their ill will. He is 
accused of being proud and over-beai- 
ing ; and, indeed, those who are what 
we call rich, are often made ugly by the 
ill-bred manners of those who have less 
means at their command. The rich are 
often much more amiable than they are 
given credit for being, aunt bachel. 
Lifting With the Hands and Arms. 
—Probably the majority of persons who 
have burdens to lift and to carry, have 
never been taught how to lift, and un¬ 
necessarily strain themselves because of 
their lacK of the proper knowledge. 
Even without the training nurses receive 
in lifting patients, or pupils in gymnas¬ 
tics, much may be done in hand and arm 
practice at home if one will only think 
about it. Almost unconsciously, if one 
is bent on saving the back and abdomen 
from strain, the strength of hands and 
arms is greatly increased by the effort 
to limit the exercised force to those mem¬ 
bers. Burdens are carried much more 
easily and less harmfully, when the body 
is carried erect. Every woman realizes 
how wearisome it is to work in a bent 
attitude, and the wise one either lowers 
her whole body to her work, or elevates 
her work to her stature. There is such 
a think as lengthening or shortening 
the legs of inanimate things ; but some 
people toil on, and break their backs, 
grow round-shouldered and consump¬ 
tive, as though they had never found it 
out. m. w. F. 
CRUMBS FROM DIFFERENT TABLES. 
It matters little where I was born 
Or if my parents were rich or poor, 
Whether they shrank at the cold world’s scorn 
Or walked in the pride of wealth secure. 
But whether I live an honest man 
And hold my integrity firm in my clutch, 
I tell you, brother, plain as I am, 
It matters much ! 
—From the Swedish. 
_W. D. Howells in The Outlook: 
“ Among silly people, there is a habit 
of talking sentimentally with children 
about their beaux and ‘fellows.’ Such 
talk is very pernicious. Why can’t these 
unthinking people let the children alone? 
The little friendships between the boys 
and girls are very precious. A little 
girl has a fancy for a little boy, just as 
she would have for a little girl. Why 
must the older people step in and spoil 
all the sweetness of the fancy by giving j 
it a sentimental interpretation ?” 
....Bruveke: “Two persons cannot 
long be friends if they cannot forgive 
each other’s failings.” 
... .Rabbi Joseph Silverman: “Woman, 
do not waste one-third of your life in 
learning arts to use in fascinating man, 
another third in striving to keep charms 
that are fast fleeting, and the remainder 
in deploring the fading of those charms.” 
_N. Y. Press: “It is possible for 
woman to achieve political emancipation 
and a greater degree of social freedom 
without any depreciation of womanly 
qualities. But it is not amiss to warn 
them that freedom brings dangers to be 
avoided as well as opportunities of high 
advancement. Of much more import¬ 
ance to women than the ballot, are the 
graces that are natural to her, beneficial 
to her children, and of inestimable value 
to the world.” 
Better than 
any other : Vacuum Leather Oil. Get 
a can at a harness- or shoe-store, 25c a 
half-pint to $1.25 a gallon ; book “How 
to Take Care of Leather,” and swob, 
both free; use enough to find out; if 
you don’t like it, take the can back and 
get the whole of your money. 
Soi l only in cans, to make sure of fair dealing 
evervwhere—handy cans. Best o 1 for farm 111 a- 
chinerv also. I f \ oil can’t find it, write to 
VACUUM OIL COMPANY, Rochester, N. V. 
the Leading Conservatory of America^ 
Carl. Faelten, Director. 
Founded i n 1853 by 
E.Tourj6e._^ . T n | 
Send for Prospectus 
giving full information. 
Frank W. H ale. General Manager. 
HHtettUuncou# §UUnti£infl. 
lx writing to advertisers, please always mention 
The Rural New-Yorkkr. 
Quickens 
The Appetite 
Makes the 
First Lessons in Agriculture. 
By F. A. Gulley, M. 8. This hook discusses the 
more important principles which underlie agri¬ 
culture in a plain, simple way. It is just what 
the practical farmer, without a knowledge of 
chemistry or botany needs. Cloth, $1. 
Country Roads. 
I. P. Roberts and others. Expert opinions 
upon laying out, constructing and maintain¬ 
ing’ public highways. Highway laws. Illus¬ 
trated. Paper, 20 cents. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
Weak Strong. 
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Sarsaparilla 
Has Cured 
Others 
And Will Cure You. 
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for Coughs. 
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styles. Our vehicles are first-class, and prices RIGHT. 
Kalamazoo Buckboard Co., Kalamazoo, Mich. 
and Bicycles, at Factory Prices. Work guaranteed and 20 to 40 per 
cent saved. Our goods received the highest awards at the World’s 
Fair. Our 1895 Mammoth Illustrated Catalogue is free to all. Itshows 
all the latest styles and improvements and reduced prices It has 200 
pages and Is the largest and most complete catalogue ever Issued. 
Bend for Catalog. M. Alliance Carriage Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Write to-d»j. 
We Pay Freight 
on Buggies, Car¬ 
riages & Harness 
when shipped to localities s,,, ; cified in our Money-Saving Catalogue. 
We also ship goods Subject to Inspection, and require no payment 
in advance. In any case, whether cash is sent with order, or paid 
after inspection, we pledge ourselves to refund all moneys paid for 
goods which are not equal to representation in every respect. We aim 
to have buyers say that goods arc: even better than we represent 
them to be, and we never fail to secure this excellent endorsement. 
We sell a good, durable buggy at 845.00; and a fine one, good enough 
Not "A" grade, nor "AA" grade, bin for any body, at 851.50. Open Buggies as low as 8:t£-5<>, anc other 
•uiierior in finish and furnishing to goods at equally favorable figures. Warranted Two Yearn. Write 
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EVAPORATE YOUR FRUIT. 
Every farmhouse has some fruit, some time during the season, that goes to 
waste, and that would be most valuable during the winter months, if it were dried 
and put away for use. But you have no convenient way of drying it, so it is 
thrown out and lost. Now what is 
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needed to save all this waste is a small, 
cheap, convenient drier that can be 
readily brought into use. The U. S. 
Cook Stove Drier fills this need to per¬ 
fection. The illustration shows this 
Drier complete on an ordinary cook 
stove. It can also be used on an oil or 
gasoline stove. It has eight galvanized 
wire-cloth trays, containing 12 square 
feet of tray surface. The dimensions 
are: Base, 22x16 inches ; height, 26 
inches. Sent by freight at the receiver’s 
expense. Weight, crated, about 27 
pounds. It is always ready, and with 
ordinary care, will last a lifetime. The 
thrifty housewife can make it pay for 
itself several times over in drying fruit 
for home use, and may he able to dry 
fruit enough with it to exchange for all 
the groceries needed for a large family. 
Wo have sold hundreds of these during 
past years for $7 ; but we have been able 
to get a reduction this year, and can now send it and The R. N.-Y., one year, for 
35. Or we will send it to any one who will send us a club of 12 new subscriptions 
at 31 each. It is one of the things that should be in every home where fruit is to 
be had, and, at the reduced price this year, we expect to ship at least one thousand 
Address THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
