1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
591 
bright comments and criticisms. The 
building of a huge chimney, 200 or 800 
feet high, and the moving of a building 
to a difficult place, its raising and the 
building of a basement beneath, have all 
been object lessons of value day by day, 
in the practical application of various 
mechanical principles. When he gets to 
high school six years hence, and studies 
physics, he will have the advantage of 
having seen many of its more compli¬ 
cated principles in practical, every-day 
use. In the last four years, this boy has 
visited Chautauqua twice, Buffalo and 
Niagara Falls once, been to the Lake 
Erie islands twice, taking in Sandusky 
and Toledo on one of the trips. He has 
been to the State Fair at Columbus twice, 
and attended a summer meeting of the 
State Horticultural Society at Zanesville. 
In all these trips, accompanying his 
mother, it has cost nothing for railroad 
fare, and the hotel and other expenses 
attending his going have certainly not 
cost more than $40 or $50. Could 1 have 
given him instruction and amusement of 
more value for the money in any other 
form ? Last week I had to go to Cleve¬ 
land, and took him with me ; the total 
expense for his trip was $1.45, and I be¬ 
lieve it was money well invested, judging 
from an educational point of view. 
During the Christmas vacation, he and 
an older brother spent two days visiting 
some cousins in Cleveland, and among 
the things seen were the firemen at their 
regular evening drill, the patients at the 
insane asylum at their regular work or 
recreation, the beautiful soldiers’ monu¬ 
ment, inside and out, and many stores, 
with their charming decorations and dis¬ 
play of holiday goods. For weeks after 
this trip, he had something fresh to tell 
of what he saw. The advantages I have 
given my boys in the way of short trav¬ 
eling trips, have been of great advantage 
to them in keeping their minds active 
and abreast with the times, and I notice 
that it gives them a kind of leadership 
among their schoolmates. They have 
gained resources in thought, and ammu¬ 
nition for use in argument, that are of 
great help to them. Travel and getting 
around among folks, give ease of man¬ 
ner, polish and self-reliance that cannot 
be got at home, and fortunate is the 
child in these days, whose parents have 
the disposition and means to give it 
such outside helps to education. 
L. B. PIERCE. 
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’ House Gown. 
This atti active looking gown is alto¬ 
gether free from the objections fre¬ 
quently made to house garments of a 
negligee character, in that it combines 
MOTHERS. —Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
the comfort of a house dress with a trim 
and graceful appearance. The full fronts 
and back are arranged over glove-fitted 
linings, that include the side and under¬ 
arm gores, thus presenting a close adjust¬ 
ment at the sides. The bolero jacket is 
shaped in the back, to show the fashion¬ 
able godets that fall from the yoke in 
the center. It may be finished separately 
if desired, or included in the neck and 
arm’s eye seams. A close fitting turn¬ 
over collar finishes the neck. Patterns 
for this gown are cut in six sizes, 32, 34, 
36, 38, 40 and 42 inches, bust measure. 
PRINTED PATCHWORK. 
Spin cheerfully, 
Not tearfully, 
Though wearily you plod. 
Spin carefully, 
Spin prayerfully, 
But leave the thread to God. 
The shuttles of his purpose move. 
To carry out his own design. 
Seek not too soon to disapprove 
His work, nor yet assign 
Dark motives, when with silent dread 
You view each somber fold, 
For lo, within each darker thread 
There shines a thread of gold. 
Spin cheerfully, 
Not tearfully, 
He knows the way you plod ; 
Spin carefully, 
Spin prayerfully, 
But leave the thread with God. 
—Credit Lost. 
. ...Bbuvkke: “Education has to do 
with the hand, the head and the heart.” 
-Australian Agriculturist : “ Let 
your pleasures be such as will bring no 
after-sorrow, either headache or heart¬ 
ache. He is a poor financier who dis¬ 
counts his future happiness.” 
....Professor Wagner (in Germany): 
“ It is foolish to say that woman's sphere 
is exclusively in the home, and it is to be 
hoped that the suspicion with which the 
woman’s rights question is regarded, 
will soon be dispelled.” 
... .Chicago Record : “ As to the new 
woman, the best-thing to do with her is 
to marry her, love her, and add her in¬ 
telligence and progressive notions to 
the comforts of home. ‘No family should 
be without one,’ as the advertisements 
say.” 
....Sunday-School Times : “Every man 
has nerves ; but one man controls his 
nerves, and we speak of him admiringly 
as a man of nerve, while another man is 
controlled by his nerves, and we speak 
of him pityingly as a nervous man. In 
the one case, the man is master ; in the 
other case, the man is a slave.” 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
Evaporated Tomatoes. —Has any one 
tried evaporating tomatoes? If so, are 
they nearly as good as canned ? A re¬ 
cipe was given me, to split them in 
two and dry in the sun. When wanted 
for use let them soak awhile before cook¬ 
ing ; then cook in the same water in 
which they are soaked. I intend to try 
it. it. D. B. 
Grapes for Winter Use. —A nice way 
to keep grapes is to remove them from 
the stems carefully, place a layer on the 
bottom of a stone jar, and cover with 
sugar; add another layer of grapes and 
sugar as before, until the jar is full, the 
top being covered with sugar about an 
inch thick. Simply cover the jar to keep 
out dirt, etc., and you will be pleased 
with the result. 1 have never seen this 
recipe in print, mbs. fred c. Johnson. 
Confidence. —There is an old proverb, 
“Have confidence, but be careful in 
whom you place it,” which it is well 
to consider. Not heeding the caution to 
beware in whom we confide, will often 
bring us into trouble. Naturally open- 
hearted, unsuspecting people are likely 
in their craving for sympathy, to put 
their trust in apparently loyal friends, 
and to them they relate their trials, 
small and great, their family troubles, 
perhaps, only to be betrayed by these 
deceivers, and maybe, ridiculed for it in 
their absence. These false friends will 
often lead them, by artful questions, to 
tell them things about their lives or ex¬ 
periences which 'would better never be 
told, unless to their nearest and most 
tried friends. But, on the whole, the 
persons who place their trust where it 
is betrayed, are much to be preferred to 
the cold, jealous, reticent ones who trust 
no one, hardly themselves, and who look 
on all the world with suspicion. Some¬ 
thing goes with the natural tempera¬ 
ment which makes one either lack trust 
in others, or be over-confiding in those 
who are undeserving of it. There is a 
happy medium between the two disposi¬ 
tions, which is most desirable to possess. 
B. c. D. 
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lx writing to advertisers, please always mention 
The Rural New-Yorker. 
For 
Stomach 
Or Liver 
Troubles, Take 
waste of harness and shoe-leather! 
Vacuum Leather Oil is best. Get a can 
at a harness- or shoe-store, 25 c 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. 
Sold only in cans, to make sure of fair dealing 
everywhere — handy cans. Best oil for farm ma¬ 
chinery also. If you can’t find it, write to 
VACUUM OIL COMPANY, Rochester, N. Y. 
ElfCDV ENDUED should have a box of 
Even I r AlfnlEn my Family Solder. 
Sent by mall for 10 cents. Address 
JAS. CUNNINGHAM, Dushore, Pa. 
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At World’s Fair. 
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IG FOUR ROUTE 
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ST. LOUIS RAILWAY 
TO 
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN POINTS. 
Through Sleeping Cars from 
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St. Louis 
VIA 
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Railway to Cleveland, Big Four 
Route to Destination. 
BE Yfill WANT Tft buy a B,1 KK y ’ Surrey 
SF IUU Vi Mil I IU Road or Spring Wagon. 
send to us for Catalogue and Price List. We have all 
styles. Our vehicles are first-class, and prices right. 
Kalamazoo Buckboard Co., Kalamazoo, Mich. 
We publish a Catalogue of 
SEWING MACHINES. 
If you are ready to buy a 
machine, send for it. 
CHICAGO SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, 
CHICAGO, ILL. 
ELEGANT CONNECTIONS 
With all Trunk Lines in New York State. 
Ask for Tickets via BIG FOUR ROUTE. 
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LANDS 
The Illinois Central Railroad Company offers for sale 
on easy terms and at low prices, 150,(XM) acres of choice 
fruit, gardening, farm and grazing lands located in 
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. They are also largely 
interested in, and call especial attention to the 000,000 
acres of land In the famous 
Yazoo Valley of Mississippi, 
lying along and owned by the Yazoo and Mlssissipp 
Valley Railroad Company, and which that Company 
offers at low prices and on long terms. Special induce 
inents and facilities offered to go to and examine 
these lands both in Southern Illinois and In the 
“ Yazoo Valley,” Miss. For further description, 
map and any information, address or call upon 
E. F. SKENE, Land Commissioner, No. 1 Park Row. 
Chicago, Ill.; or. G. W. McGINNIS, Assistant Land 
Commissioner, Memphis. Tenn. 
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 
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 pei'- 
fection. The illustration shows this 
Drier complete on an ordinary cook 
stove. It can also he 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. 
e 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 
$5. Or we will send it to any one who will send us a club of 12 new subscriptions 
at $1 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. 
