1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
735 
to a piazza, where, in summer, I can sit 
to shell peas or pare apples, and enjoy 
at the same time the “view” and the 
fresh air. 
On the east side of the room, in close 
proximity to the sink, are the pantry, 
diningroom and cellar doors. Further 
along is a stand, with a drawer in it, on 
which is a good oil stove with oven, and 
also a small, one-wick stove ; beyond the 
stand is the door leading upstairs. 
On the south side of the room, are two 
windows with plants in them, and an 
outside door which, being opposite the 
north door, will insure me a fine breeze 
through, in summer. Between the win¬ 
dows, is a rather light pine table with 
leaves, to supplement the bench in time 
of need. Above the table are a calen¬ 
dar, and a small rack for the book or 
paper I wish handy when I have a spare 
minute ; above the rack is a small shelf 
to accommodate a clock with a gentle 
voice. 
The west side of the room has a win¬ 
dow on each side of the chimney, and 
the very best range there is on the mar¬ 
ket, with a copper tank for heating 
water, shelves on the funnel, a rack for 
drying dishcloths and towels, and a 
nickel-plated teakettle. Though I burn 
coal mostly, I find the woodbox, at the 
right of the range, comes handy ; it is 
made of white pine, oiled and shellacked, 
three feet long and 20 inches high and 
14 wide, with a hinged cover. To the 
right of the woodbox is tne door to the 
wood-and-coal shed. 
There are two or three common chairs, 
and one low, rattan rocker, in the room, 
but no cushions or braided rugs, to col¬ 
lect and disseminate dust and microbes. 
The table and stand are furnished with 
casters so that they may be easily moved 
to other parts of the room, if desired. 
Vines are planted on the south side of 
the house to grow around, but not across, 
the doors and windows. I have brown 
holland window shades, and, in the sum¬ 
mer, wire screens, the exact size of the 
windows, nailed in for the season, so 
that I can open a window at top or bot¬ 
tom at any time, with no thought of flies 
or mosquitoes. In summer, also, I have 
screen doors at the two outside doors and 
the shed door, the two former being re¬ 
placed in winter by storm doors. 
_'L. ROBBINS. 
PEN POTPOURRI. 
Life is worth living when our secret thought 
Hides no least wish or impulse, hope or aim, 
That can bring disappointment, sorrow, shame, 
Or hurt to any fellow being’s lot. 
Life is worth living when we strive to be 
Of greater use to-morrow than to-day, 
Molding ourselves from rough unsightly clay 
To something lovely for the world to see. 
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Youth’s Companion. 
_Dr. Parkhurst in Ladies’ Home 
Journal : The ultimate worth of a man 
is the keenness and vigor of his moral 
intentions.” 
....Harter’s Bazar: “Man gets his 
knowledge of practical affairs from con¬ 
stant experience, and wonde s that wo¬ 
man does not get hers without any ex¬ 
perience.” 
....Theodore Roosevelt: “The man 
of ignorant and vicious voters forms a 
trenchant weapon forged ready to their 
hand, and presents a standing menace to 
our prosperity, and the selfish and short¬ 
sighted indifference of decent men is 
only one degree less dangerous.” 
.... Haryot Holt Cahoon : “ No human 
being stands so firmly on his own feet as 
not to need the aid, the sympathy and 
sustaining influence and encouragement 
of some one person, at least, who be¬ 
lieves in him.” 
-B. O. Flower in the Arena : “There 
is no truth of major importance so little 
discussed, or about which there is such 
widespread ignorance, as the all-im- 
poriant one relating to an intelligent 
conception of the duties, responsibilities 
and obligations of parenthood.” 
MOTHERS .—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— AcLv. 
....Harper’s Weekly: “The natural 
man is apt to judge the usefulness of all 
enterprises by their capacity to pay an 
annual cash dividend. Enterprises that 
pay large cash dividends he thinks well 
of, and enterprises that don’t he sniffs 
at.” 
....Harper’s Round Table: “It is 
worth while for us all. even when suffer¬ 
ing pain, to refrain from frowning and 
wrinkling up our faces, and saying im¬ 
patient words. Every passing thought 
and feeling write themselves upon the 
countenance, and the young girl is mak¬ 
ing day by day not only the woman she 
will be in character later on, but the 
woman she will be in looks.” 
A GRANDMOTHERLY MONTH. 
Grandma October 
Is quiet and sober, 
And she’s grown rather faded and gray; 
But she is so kind, 
We boys, you will find, 
Like her better than pretty Miss May ; 
For she brings us ripe nuts, 
just as brown as brown 
eyes, 
And great rosy apples, and 
sweet pumpkin pies. 
— Youth's Companion. 
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’ Inverness Cape. 
The back is shaped with a center seam, 
and joins the fronts in shoulder and 
under-arm seams, the fronts of the under 
6561—LADIES’ INVERNESS CAPE 
cape being deeply hollowed to allow the 
arm to pass through. Deep pockets are 
at convenient depth on each front and a 
comfortable turnover collar finishes the 
neck. The upper cape is circular in 
shape, the neck edge being included in 
the collar seam, buttons and buttonholes 
being provided to close the fronts when 
necessary for protection. A garment of 
this kind will be found serviceable for 
traveling or general wear, being very 
convenient to adjust or remove. Pattern 
No. 6561 is cut in six sizes, 32, 34, 36, 38, 
40 and 42 inches bust measure. 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
Parents’ Examples. —When one par¬ 
ent is in any way a bad example for the 
children, it is certainly the duty of the 
other gently, but firmly, to warn the 
children against such bad habits ; not in 
a fault-finding way, but lovingly and 
with sympathy. Children are the best 
observers we have, and there is no use 
trying to keep the truth from them. 
Teach them to honor, love and obey that 
parent and overlook the fault as far as 
possible. A good example set by the 
other parent will prove a wonderful 
boon to both children and wrong-doer. 
Of course, we have the law of heredity 
to contend with, and while the children 
are young, before the habit is formed, 
is the time to commence to influence 
them against bad habits. Do not be 
talking and harping about one’s faults 
all the time, but when the opportunity 
affords, a gentle, loving talk will do 
much good. And while the teaching is 
being done, it is well to tell them we, 
too, have faults, and it is the duty of all 
to forgive as well as encourage to do 
right. f. c. G. 
Why We Have Two Ears. —It was a 
saying of a wise man that we have two 
ears in order that we may listen twice 
as much as we speak. A teacher once 
quoted this remark to her pupils, says 
the Philadelphia Times, and not long 
afterward, to see how well her instruc¬ 
tion was remembered, she asked : 
“ Why is it that we have two ears and 
only one mouth, Frances ?” 
Frances had forgotten the philoso¬ 
pher’s explanation, but she thought the 
question not a very hard one. 
“ Because,” she said, “ we should not 
have room in our face for two mouths, 
and we should look too crooked if we 
had only one ear.” 
“ No, no,” said the teacher, “ that is 
not the reason. You know, don’t you, 
Rosy ?” 
“ Yes, ma’am,” answered Rosy. “So 
that what we hear may go in at one ear 
and out at the other.” 
For Wife Beaters. —They have a way 
of treating wife beaters in Germany, 
which appears very sensible, says The 
Newcastle Chronicle. When a man is 
convicted of this offense, he is not locked 
up at once, but is allowed to continue at 
his work all through the week. At the 
week’s end, he is looked after by the 
police, who put him into prison until 
Monday morning. His wages are taken 
from him and delivered up to his wife. 
On Monday morning, he is handed over 
to his employer. If he will not then 
work, he is thrown into jail again, where 
there is no doubt he will have to work a 
great deal harder than he does when at 
his usual employment. We might ship 
our wife beaters over there, for certainly 
they are not the material from which 
American citizens should be made. 
&Hi$MUnncou0 
In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
Tub Rural New-Yorker. 
Quickens 
The Appetite 
Makes the 
Weak Strong. 
RS 
■n THE ONLY GOLD MEDAL 
m ^Sarsaparilla 
Has Cured 
Others 
And Will Cure You. 
Leather gets 
hard and brittle—use 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. 
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. 
SAVE H YOUR FUEL 
By using our (stove pipe) RADIATOR. 
With its 120 Cross Tubes, 
ONE stove or furnace does the work of 
TWO. Drop postal for proofs from 
prominent men. 
TO INTRODUCE OUR RADIATOR, 
the first order from each neighborhood 
filled at WHOLESALE price, and secures 
an agency. Write at once. 
Rochester Radiator Company, 
27 Furnace St., ROCHESTER, N. f. 
GEARHART’S FAMILY KNITTER. 
— JKnits a stocking heel ami too 
in ten minutes. Knits every¬ 
thing n quired In the house¬ 
hold from homespun or factory, 
wool or cotton yarns. Most prac¬ 
tical knitter on tho market. A 
child can operate it. Strong. 
-Durable. Simple, Rapid- 
PRirr Satisfaction guaranteed. Agents 
i'-"5vuE2d wanted. Korparticu.arsandsam. 
$ 8.00 Jt. pie work, address 
J. E. G 1 .ARI 1 ART, Box E, Clcarflcld, I’n. 
BRANSON 
FAMILY KNITTING MACHINE 
The simplest, the best, the ONLY satisfactory 
Family Knitter now in the market. The 
same machine we have sold for twenty 
years af. No excuse now for 
buying worthless toys. Complete with full 
illustrated book of instructions. Knits any 
article wanted in the home of wool or 
cotton, factory or homespun. 
BRANSON KNITTING MACHINE CO., 
BOO St. John Street, Philadelphia, I’a. 
? DO 
YOU 
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tor descriptive 
^The QUAKER 
DISHES ? 
No need of it. The Faultless 
Quaker will do it for you end 
save time, hands, dishes, money, 
and patience;no 
scalded hands, 
broken or chip¬ 
ped dishes, no 
muss. Washes, 
rinces dries and 
polishes quickly. 
Made of best ma¬ 
terial, lasts a life¬ 
time. Sell atsight. 
Agents, women or 
men of honor de¬ 
siring employ¬ 
ment may haven 
paying business 
by writing now 
circulars and terms to agents, 
NOVELTY CO., Salem, 0. 
With Root’s Homo Repairing Outfits for nalf-soling and 
Repairing Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Harness, Tinware, etc., 
at home. No. 1, 4 smooth, solid iron lasts, 38 articles, C3; 
No. 2, same, excepting Harness and Soldering Tools, $2. 
Full description of these and “ Root’s Simplicity Pro 
cess” of Iiamess-mnking, Boot and Shoe Repairing 
Soldering, etc., given in our catalog, a book full of 
money-saving,eye-openingideas, worth dollars to any 
one, MAILED FREE. Blacksmiths’ and Carpenters’tools 
for home use at low prices. Agents wanted everywhere. 
The Root Bros. Co., Box 29 Plymouth, O. 
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for Coughs. 
D RAUGHTING or Surveying taught by mail. 
Fays $50 to $100 a month. Positions secured grad¬ 
uates. Uses your spare time only. Send 2 cent 
stamp for either catalogue. Box 309, Trenton,N.J 
ROYS! 
wishing to take a pi 
BOYS! 
Responsible persons 
, promising boy, two to ten 
years old, or boy baby, will do well to corre¬ 
spond with THE CLEVELAND PROTESTANT 
ORPHAN ASYLUM, 1400 St. Clair St., Cleveland, Ohio 
NOW READY. 
UNUSUALLY LOW PRICE 
nun o.r cnt ctsmp fo n r.npv 
QOMPLETE 
CATALOGUE 
OF GUNS AND 
SPORTING GOODS 
E. C. MEACHAM ARMS CO., st. ilouis, 
We Tan 
frisian, coon and galloway 
jjrour dealer don’t Keep th< 
be Cbosby Fbisian Fub Co., Box 46 
of skins whole for RO 
and RUGS. Soft, lit 
moth-proof. Get 
tan circular. We m; 
.fur coats and robes, 
them get catalogue from us 
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All About the Hundred Fine Families 
on the delightful Dos Palos Colony in Central Cali¬ 
fornia. Fruit, Honey, Alfalfa, Health, Irrigation, 
Society. B. MARKS, Box 175, Omaha, Neb. 
Wanted on Salary 
where make big money and control 
for tbeir profit a growing and per¬ 
manent sale to stores. Used on every horse. For 
territory write E. HUNTER CO., Racine, Wis. 
Salesmen Wanted. 
$1U0 to $125 per month and expenses. Staple line. 
Position permanent, pleasant and desirable. Address, 
with stamp, KING MFC. CO., G. 51, Chicago. 
IF YOU WANT 
a good, safe, seven per cent 
investment, secured by first 
mortgage on an improved 
farm worth three times amount loaned, write to 
Willis A. White. 239 First Ave. N., Minneapolis, Minn 
FOR SiLUE. 
Valuable Fruit and Dairy Farm, 
in the Peach belt of Orange Co., N. Y., near New Jer¬ 
sey line. 200 acres (limestone and oxide of iron soil), 
!5 acres black onion land. Large house, barns and 
outbuildings; five acres Apples; 1,400 choice Peach 
trees in bearing, will pay for farm in five years. Near 
two railroad stations. I'A hour to New York. Price 
low; half on mortgage. Photos of farm may be seen. 
Address A. FARMER, 866 Hancock St., Brooklyn,N.Y. 
