1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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only cobs, and they away down to the 
barn, a horse but semi-occasionally, 
extra men dropping in all the time to 
see you about horses, and staying to 
meals, the eternal churning, and ironing, 
and baking, and washing, and tending 
to baby, no clothes to go anywhere, even 
if there were ways and means, and not 
a cent of pin money, and no prospect of 
any, now that the lynxes and skunks 
have eaten up her 50 turkeys and 200 
chickens—you know, John, you always 
forgot to get traps, though you said you 
would, 50 times or more ! ” 
“Cousin John’s” head had drooped 
lower. He looked as though he had, 
indeed, “trotted down to his place in the 
valley of humiliation.” Suddenly, he 
squared back his shoulders, and looked 
up. 
“ It’s all true,” he said, “ every word, 
and I feel like a fiend ! Hut, Helen, you 
have opened my eyes. Jt shall be my 
object in life to atone to Jennie. Come 
and visit us on your way back, and see 
if there isn’t a change ! And then go for 
me again, and finish up the good work !” 
Miss Majoribanks patted him on the 
shoulder. 
“ You are a man after my own heart,” 
she said. eleanor root. 
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’ Cape. 
Black astrakhan is the material repre¬ 
sented in this cape, the lining being of 
brocaded satin, which is rendered soft 
and fluffy by an interlining of wadding. 
The storm collar is made double and 
6600—LADIES’ CAPE 
stiffly interlined, to be worn raised or 
rolled over, as the weather indicates. 
The cape is of fashionable length, ex¬ 
tending to the hips, is of ample width, 
and may be cut with or without a seam 
in the center back, as best suits the 
fabric used. Pattern No. 6600 is cut in 
six sizes, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches 
bust measure. 
A NOVEL LAMP SHADE. 
IIESE certainly be the days of paper 
dolls, judging by the scores that 
are to be seen in every little girl’s out¬ 
fit. These seem, also, to be the days 
when crepe tissue papers are very much 
in evidence, in the making of this, that 
and the other article of decorative use. 
Fig. 257 shows a combination of the 
paper dolly and some handsome shade 
of cr£pe tissue paper. One of the jointed 
dolls is selected, and about its waist is 
gathered a disc of the tissue paper, the 
doll having been dressed, as suggested, 
with the same paper. Behind this is 
gathered another disc of the paper, and 
behind both is secured, at the center, a 
disc of cardboard covered smoothly with 
the tissue paper. The cardboard has a 
hook, made from a hairpin, inserted in 
it, or through it, and by this the shade 
is hung over the rim of the hanging 
lamp, to shade a reader, or to keep the 
light from a pair of weak eyes. d. 
MOTHERS .—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
SENSE AND SENTIMENT. 
Like some school-master, kind in being stern, 
Who hears the children crying o’er their slates 
And calling, “ Help me, master,” yet helps not. 
Since in his silence and refusal lies 
Their self-development, so God abides 
Unheeding many prayers. He is not deaf 
To any cry sent up from earnest hearts: 
He hears, and strengthens, when He must deny. 
He sees us weeping over life’s hard sums; 
But should He dry our tears, and give the key, 
What would it profit us when school were done, 
And not one lesson mastered ! 
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox in the Cosmopolitan. 
....Australian Agriculturist: “Do 
not regard small economies as ignoble. 
The smallest economy which helps you 
to keep out of dishonorable debt, is hon¬ 
orable.” 
... .Atchison Globe : “ If you need help 
in trouble, your friends will pray that 
you may receive it ; but if you need a 
punishment for wickedness, they will 
take off their coats and proceed to give 
it to you.” 
-Dr. Parkhurst in Ladies’ Home 
Journal : “ In whatever direction we 
look, and whatever improvement in ex¬ 
isting conditions we seek to effect, we 
come back to it again and again that the 
end is determined by the beginning, and 
that the foundations of all public better¬ 
ment have to be laid in the children.” 
....Kate Tannatt Woods in Ladies’ 
Home Companion: “The matrimonial 
scale has been uneven for hundreds of 
years. It has taken a mountain of 
womanly love, patience, tact, and down¬ 
right hard work to keep things half way 
respectable. Women have been the bur¬ 
den-bearers, while men have had the 
largest liberty.” 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
To Freshen Lace. —The black lace 
that is so limp and forlorn looking, can 
be made as good as new by a very simple 
process given in the Home Queen. Wash 
it in soft, soapy water, then rinse in 
clear water, squeezing it in the hand, 
instead of wringing it. Dip in cold 
coffee, in which a little gum arabic has 
been dissolved, and press smoothly on a 
window pane to dry. The coffee darkens 
it, the gum arabic gives it the required 
stiffness, and when dried in this way, no 
ironing is necessary. It is then ready 
to be used in any way you wish. 
Suitable Tools. —In keeping house as 
long as I have, there are many little 
things I have found out that make the 
work not easy to do, but less tiresome. 
One is to have suitable tools to work 
with in the kitchen, the same as a man 
does outdoors. Pans are cheap; don’t 
do with one or two for all purposes ; 
small dippers, with holes and without, 
are a great convenience, and cost but 
little. Another thing, take advantage 
of your work. “ Take it easy, and if 
you can t take it easy, take it as easy as 
you can.” Melted alum makes the best 
fastening for lamp tops, and knives and 
forks that go in to the handle with a 
shank. Have all the pieces very clean, 
heat the alum hot, pour it in the cavity, 
put together tight, and set away for 24 
hours, when it is ready to use. If well 
done, the results will be all that one can 
expect. AUNT HARRIET. 
The Water Pail.— “ It is a wonder 
to me how the human system resists dis¬ 
ease,” said an eminent physician and 
bacteriologist in a chat on domestic 
hygiene and sanitation, according to the 
New York Ledger. “I had occasion to 
make a professional call at a house the 
other day, and wanting some water, 
went to the family pail to get it. The 
pail was nearly empty, and as I tipped 
it up to see the condition of its contents, 
a spasm of nausea struck me. It is per¬ 
fectly safe to say that there was a quarter 
of an inch of slime and gelatinous de¬ 
posit in the inside of that time-honored 
receptacle. I went to the well to draw 
some fresh water, and the old oaken 
bucket was just as slimy, just as green 
and just as covered with sediment as 
was the water-pail. It was not exactly 
the thing to tell the family that their 
careless habits were in danger of costing 
them their lives, but all the same I 
wanted to do it. I slyly cleaned out 
bucket and water-pail before I was satis¬ 
fied to use the water to mix medicine for 
my patient. I would have enjoyed a 
microscopic examination of the coating 
on the inside of that pail just to see 
how many microbes, bacteria, infusoria, 
bacilli, et al., there were to the square 
inch. Untold millions, no doubt. It 
is not always easy to exercise proper 
care in regard to such matters, and from 
force of habit people have come to be 
indifferent about them, many times be¬ 
cause they are unaware of the dangers 
that threaten from such sources.” 
Do Not Withhold Good Words.— 
Our editor suggested that some of us 
might have helpful thoughts if we were 
convinced of our ability to express them, 
and had time to do it at our disposal. 
Right here comes a difficulty. Cannot 
you recall at once, women who are just 
bursting with things to say, yet bore 
you terribly ? At best, their talk is but 
as the babbling brook whose sparkling 
current bears on its tiny wave only chips 
and bits of moss. Am I hasty in bidding 
these be silent ? Perhaps, for even 
brooks have inspired songs as sweet as 
have broad rivers bearing their precious 
freight. It may be that even those 
whom we have deemed lacking in men¬ 
tal gifts, have lessened the tension of 
our lives when, otherwise, the strain 
would have been too great. 
I have read of Spurgeon, in regard to 
his Pastor’s College, that “he had the 
sanctified sense to see that if God did 
call a man to preach, he would also call 
men to hear him.” It is because I be¬ 
lieve that in some of your homes to-day, 
there are hearts breaking for messages 
which you are withholding, that I say 
to you, clothe your best thoughts in fit¬ 
ting words, and give them freely to 
father, mother, sister or brother. Do 
more. Write them, if you can, to those 
whose minds and hearts await them, but 
the spoken word is for us all. Do the 
duty that lies nearest, and then take up 
the next. I feel like writing personal 
letters to many whose words have helped 
me ; but, as I cannot do that, I pass the 
good word along, and so your influence 
goes far beyond your vision. 
PATIENCE STRONG. 
In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
Tmc Rural Nkw-Yohkkk. 
Colds 
Coughs and 
Bronchitis 
Cured by Taking 
AYER’S 
R Cherry Pectoral 
Awarded 
Medal and Diploma 
At World’s Fair. 
Use Ayer’s Hair Vigor for Color. 
Productive Farm 
to rent, on shares, or cash. Near Albany; over 200 
acres. Horses, wagons and implements on place. 
Especially adapted to hay, corn, cabbage and pota- 
toes. Special market for products at advanced prices. 
Only No. 1 party with sufficient money to work place 
advantageously need apply. Possession any time 
before April 1. Apply to 
MURPHY, LLOYD & BOYD. Attorneys, 
No. Ill Broadway, New York. 
Tfl F YP H A M fif— Have one of the best stock 
I U LAUIlnllUL farms in Michigan, but am 
unable to give it attention. Will exchange for small 
place of about five acres in good locality within 100 
miles of New York. This is a splendid chance for a 
young pushing man. Any difference in price can re¬ 
main at low rate of interest. Address 
D. A. BECKWITH, 280 Broadway, New York. 
BR E A K FA S T- 8 UiP P E R. 
EPPS’S 
GRATEFUL-COMFORTING 
COCOA 
BOILINC WATER OR MILK. 
SAVE * 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. t. 
GEARHART’S FAMILY KNITTER. 
PRICE 
$ 8.00 
J. E. GEARHART, Box JK, 
Knits a stocking heel and too 
in ten minutes. Knits every¬ 
thing required in tho house¬ 
hold from homespun or factory, 
wool or cotton yarns. Mostpruo- 
tical knitter on tlio market. A 
child can opernto It. .Strung. 
I>uruble. Simple, Rapid. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Agents 
wanted. Foriwirticulars anil sum- 
plo work, address 
Clearfield, Pu. 
WHICH CATALOGUE IendVou? 
Mandolins, Violins, Violin Music, 
Violin Cases, Violin Bows, 
Banjos, Banjo Music, 
Guitars, Guitar Music, 
Flutes, Flute Music, 
Cornets, Cornet Music, Harmonicas. 
Violins repaired by the Cremona System. 
C. C. STORY, 26 Central Street, Boston, Mass. 
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DISHES ? 
No need of it. The Faultless 
Quaker will do it for you end 
save time, hands, dishes, money, 
“ and pittience;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 at sight. 
Agents, women or 
men of honor de¬ 
siring employ¬ 
ment may have a 
paying business 
by writ: 
_Jerms to ___ 
, ie QUAKER NOVELTY CO., Salem, 0. 
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V toe descriptive circulars and terms to agents. 
We Tan 
fnsian,coon and galloway fur coutu and robes. If 
your dealer don’t Keep them get catalogue from us 
The Cbosby Frisian Fub Co., Box 46 Rochester.N.Y. 
Cattle hides and all sorts 
of skins whole for ROBES 
and RUGS. Soft, light, 
moth-prsof, Get our 
tan circular. We make 
WOULD YOU 
Like a permanent posi¬ 
tion and $ 150 month- 
ly,ifto write us at once. 
We will send you full particulars Free, or a valuable 
sample of our jroods in Sterling Silver upon receipt 
of Five Two cent ttamps for postage, etc. Address 
Standard SilverWare Qo., Boston, Mass* 
Salesmen Wanted. 
*100 to *125 per month and expenses. Staple line. 
Position permanent, pleasant and desirable. Address, 
with stamp, KING MEG. 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 
,DO IT YOURSELF! 
With Root’s Home Repairing Outfits for Half-soling and 
Repairing Boots. Shoes, Rubbers, Harness, Tinware, etc., 
at home. No. i, l smooth, solid iron lasts, 38 articles, *3; 
No. 2, same, excepting Harness and Soldering Tools, *2. 
lull description of these and “Root’s Simplicity Pro 
cess” of Harness-making. Boot and fihn« Repairing 
uiie. juaixiCjAl) FREE. Blacksmiths* and Carpenters* tools 
for home use at low prices. Agents wanted everywhere. 
The Root Bros. Co., Box 39 Plymouth, O? 
