1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
75 
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THE TASK OF PIONEERING. 
'HE first woman who undertakes a 
thing is likely to have rather a 
hard time of it, says the New York 
Ledger. She will meet with opposition 
and be the butt of ridicule ; but after a 
time society becomes accustomed to the 
new idea, then ceases to fret, and finally 
acknowledges her worth, and ends by ap¬ 
proving and receiving her with enthu¬ 
siasm. Pioneering is a thankless task ; 
but some one has to do it, and all honor 
to those who have the courage, the 
strength and the endurance to survive 
the ordeal. 
One of the most unpleasant phases of 
the life of the professional or business 
woman, is the way in which thoughtless, 
evil-minded and narrow-souled people 
strive to impress upon her that she is 
doing something unwomanly. It takes 
a man of more than average nerve, in¬ 
telligence and high principle success¬ 
fully to combat the prejudices of his 
kind. Very few men had the courage 
to hold out through thick and thin on 
anti-slavery lines when slavery was 
talked about and preached about as a 
divine institution. Very few men have 
courage to stand up as ardent and con¬ 
sistent Prohibitionists when the whole 
trend of the world is for personal free¬ 
dom and the rights of individuals to eat 
and drink and enjoy whatever they de¬ 
sire. Both of these classes have been 
subjected to abuse, injustice and some¬ 
times personal danger. 
And so it is with all forms of pioneer¬ 
ing. In short, the advance leader of 
any movement and the advance column 
The sleeves are one of the season's 
novelties, and are shaped in four length¬ 
wise sections. Evenly spaced rows of 
buttons outline the two upper seams, 
which may be omitted in favor of stitch¬ 
ing or pipings of velvet. Pattern No. 
0568 is cut in five sizes, 32, 34, 30, 38 and 
40 inches bust measure. 
lie perfectly fiat with no undue stretch 
or pucker anywhere. The man doesn't 
exist but likes a becoming tie. Dark 
blue brocaded silk becomes nearly every 
one, while lavender is very becoming to 
a blonde. M. w. f. 
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IN writing to advertisers, please always mention 
The kukal New-Yorker. 
FOR MIND AND HEART. 
“ Who dares not follow Truth_where’er 
Her footsteps lead, 
But says, ‘ O guide not there, nor there, 
I have not strength to follow where 
My feet would bleed, 
But show me worn ways, trodden fair 
By feet more brave-’ 
Who fears to stand in Truth’s broad glare, 
What others dared not, will not dare, 
Is but a slave.” — Anonymous. 
....James Parton: “An editorial is a 
man speaking to men, but the news is 
Providence speaking to men.” 
....Dr. Parkhurst in Ladies’ Home 
Journal, : “ There is nothing that gener¬ 
ates moral fiber 
as we are told.” 
like cordially doing 
_Jacob A. Rus in Review of Reviews: 
“ The best of laws is a failure with the 
selfishness of politicians, to whom the 
interests of the people are as nothing if 
they are not also theirs, at the helm.” 
.. . Bicycling World : “ It is only after 
years of effort that the world is shaking 
itself free from the idea that strength 
in woman is allied to grossness and im¬ 
morality, and that she loses her hold of 
moral force in the same ratio in which 
she gains command of nerve and sinew.” 
_Theodore Roosevelt : “ He who 
has not got wealth, owes his first duty 
to his family ; but he who has means, 
owes his first duty to the State. It is 
ignoble to try to heap money on money. 
I would preach the doctrine of work to 
all, and to the men of wealth, the doc¬ 
trine of unremunerative work.” 
_W. E. Manley in Tiie Arena : “The 
pleasures of sin are at best so short¬ 
lived, and its pains and penalties are so 
severe and enduring, that it is both 
foolish and demoralizing to speak se¬ 
riously of these ‘ pleasures,’ as is often 
done by ministers of the gospel, to the 
great injury of the cause of moral 
virtue.” 
of refor r, are placarded all over with 
the word “ Crank !” and according to the 
flippant paragrapher, the woman crank 
is the most dreadful specimen of the 
crank species. “From all such good 
Lord deliver us” is their constant and 
heartfelt prayer. They do not seem to 
realize, even if they have brains enough 
to realize at all, that this unusualness 
means simply nothing more nor less than 
thecuttingout of anew highway through 
the world’s wilderness, the clearing up 
of a new path where millions of feet 
may walk, and for which the coming 
race will bless the unappreciated toilers. 
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’ Basque Waist. 
Fancy red and black cloth set off with 
a broad-pointed collar of black velvet 
and decorated with small tailor buttons, 
make the stylish waist shown. A stand¬ 
ing collar, and a shield portion is pro¬ 
vided in the pattern, to be worn in place 
of the chemisette of linen here shown, 
when preferred. Hooks and eyes close 
the linings in the center, the right front 
being extended to close diagonally on 
the left, with buttons and buttonholes. 
MOTHERS. —Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
For 
Throat 
And Lung 
Troubles, Take 
AYER’S 
9% Cherry Pectoral 
Received 
Highest Awards 
At World’s Fair. 
When in Doubt, ask for Ayer’s Pills 
Electricity 
is Life. 
It has been well said " Elec¬ 
tricity is the steam in the human 
engine, which keeps it going 
and regulates its movements,” (~ 
As a curative agent for Rheu¬ 
matism, (lout, Liver and Kidney trouble, Ner¬ 
vous Debility, Indigestion and kindred complaints. 
Dr. Scott’s Electric Belt 
f'«r men and women has no equal, and is the cheapest 
cure in the world. 
Standard Belt, 36 Power, $3.00. At all 
druggists’, or sent postpaid on receipt of price. 
“ The Doctor's Story,” a valuable book, free. 
PALL MALL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, 
Room 12. 84(> Broadway, New York. 
Anpntc WAnfprl Qu/ck aalea ' Liberal pav - 
/*yCII YT Cl 11 LEU Satisfaction guaranteed. 
We Tan 
frisian.coon and gal 
t \e 
Cattle hides and all sorts 
of skins whole for ROBES 
and RUQS. Soft, light, 
moth-proof. Get our 
tan circular. We make 
galloway fur couta and robe*. If 
your dealer don’t Keep them get catalogue from us 
The Crosby Frisian Fur Co.,Box 46 Rochester.N.Y. 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
Coeducation in Chicago. —The Univer¬ 
sity of Chicago has not attracted merely 
the ordinary constituency of a Western 
college, says Robert Herrick in Scribners, 
but the equal privileges in graduate as 
well as under-graduate courses have 
drawn a cultivated and mature class of 
young women ; the intellectual stand¬ 
ards have not been lowered by the pres¬ 
ence of women, although it must be 
confessed that coeducation has, doubt¬ 
less, kept away many desirable men who 
prefer the traditional freedom of a uni¬ 
versity without women, to the more 
decorous life of a coeducational institu¬ 
tion. It might be said that the average 
ability and scholarship of the women 
have exceeded that of the men. The hys¬ 
terical feminine intellect, in my experi¬ 
ence, is not met with more frequently 
than the dissipated masculine intellect 
of our Eastern colleges. 
Get Ready for Christmas. —Now that 
Christmas is coming, it is worth while for 
the girl who is clever with her needle, 
and who has father, brothers and other 
masculine relatives to remember, to con¬ 
sider that she can make a comparatively 
small money outlay go further in neck¬ 
ties than in almost any other way, and 
be sure, furthermore, of downright 
thanks from the lucky recipients. Buy 
a piece of fancy silk of good quality, the 
exact length of a shop-made tie of the 
four-in-hand style, white lining silk of 
the same length, (it comes with cotton 
hack) the same of a white double-faced 
rather light weight canton fiannel, and 
a sheet of white cotton batting. These 
constitute the materials with which to 
work, barring, perhaps, a small spool of 
white sewing silk. Rip apart an old tie 
and cut carefully from it the various 
parts. Baste smoothly and make by 
hand, so that the tie when finished, will 
TO ANY ONEi 
sending us $10, we will send one barrel Elite Burning 
Oil (50 to 64 gallons) and one 00-gallon galvanized 
Iron Elite Oil Tank, free on board cars Titusville. 
Freight rates are reasonable. ELITE Is a perfect 
burning oil, made with care for family use, from 
BEST UENNSYLVANIA CRUDE. Tanks have pump 
and cover with attachment for lock; are strong and 
durable; nicely painted and decorated. Both tank 
and oil guaranteed. If not satisfactory, may be ic- 
turned at our expense and money refunded. Full de¬ 
scription of oil and tank mailed on application 
Address DERRICK OIL CO., Titusville, Da. 
MAGIC LANTERNS 
(Tr*A profitable busmens for a man with a smalt capital. Al«o, 
Lanterns for Home Amusement. 2B5 pa«e Catalogue, free. 
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^ We give tiie fol- 
4 lowinj; l*remiumH 
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♦ Watches, Solid Gold Rings, Banquet Lamps,# 
♦ Autoharps, Banjos, Accordeons, Violins, Smyrna^ 
♦ Rugs^ Lace Curtains, Imitation Cut Class Ware,< 
▲ Air Guns, also Tea, Dinner and Toilet Sets’, 
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Better than 
any other : Vacuum Leather Oil. 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. 
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FAMILY KNITTING MACHINE 
The simplest, the best, the ONLY satlsfnctory 
Family Knitter now in the market. The 
same machine we have sold tor twenty 
years at, #25. 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, factorv or homespun. 
BIUNSON KNITTING MACHINE CO., 
506 St. John Street, t’liilu<iel|>lilu, Pa. 
BOYS 
Responsible persons 
wishing to take a promising boy, two to ten 
years old, or boy baby, will do well to corre¬ 
spond with THE CLEVELAND PROTESTANT 
ORPHAN ASYLUM, 1460 St. Clair St., Cleveland, Ohio 
Salesmen Wanted. 
$100 to $125 per month and expenses. Staple line. 
Position permanent, pleasant and desirable. Address, 
with stamp, KING MFG. CO., G. 61, 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 
FARM FOR SALE. 
125 acres, half wood. Good buildings, orchard, etc. 
Price, $1,500. CUAS. EVERTON, Shadwell, Va 
A California Income-Yielding Home, 
with small capital. Large colony; fine families. 
Irrigation, Health. Fruit. Milk. Pork. Poultry, Honey. 
B. MARKS, Box 175, Omaha, Neb. 
A FARM 
IN KANSAS 
a big prolific farm cheap. Cheap because the 
owner is too busy and too far away to run it. The 
Mount Pleasant Stock Farm, at Colony, Anderson 
County, East Kansas—1,431) acres of land; tine build¬ 
ings. Write for booklet with surprising offer. Write 
li. LEWIS, 301 Congress St., Boston, Mass 
RAIL 
ROAD 
LANDS 
The Illinois Central Railroad Company offers for sale 
on easy terms and at low prices, 150,000 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 
rnents 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 upou 
E. P. SKENE, Land Commissioner, No. 1 Park Bow. 
Chicago, 111.; or. G. W. MCGINNIS, Assistant Land 
Commissioner, Memphis, Tenn. 
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Chop* Exactly 
as Shown. 
ENTERPRISE I 
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No. 5, $ 2 .— No. 10 , $3. The only perfect chopper ever made. All sizes, from the 
small family chopper to the largest power machine. Ask for it at the hardware 
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