C/»«?  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
R-13 
nnm  employs  the  hose  with  excellent  re¬ 
sults.  A  dry,  sunshiny  day  shmrkJ  1>p 
chosen,  and  the  furnace  fiNv*d  of  ashes 
anti  sool  as  far  as  possible.  Then  the 
hose  may  be  intj-odncod  and  a  tfRirougih 
Hushing  of  all  pipe?,  nooks  and  cran¬ 
nies  in  its  internal  department,  given. 
a  hundred  miles,  I  believe,  Down  between 
many  and  over  some  hills  winds  the  road, 
along  which  the  settlers  nrnst  travel  (o  get 
to  the  little  town  which  contains  the  post, 
office,  11  miles  awa.v,  where  we  gel  our 
mail,  I  think  you  can  guess  we  don't 
get  our  mail  quite  as  ofl<n  as  those  do 
into  crop  for  the  reason  that  the  hills  arc 
almost  too  sleep. 
As  we  go  on  farther,  part  of  the  way 
through  the  woods,  then  into  the  open 
again,  here  are  some  farm  lands,  wbonf- 
lields  and  corn  fields.  The  wheat  does 
specially  well.  We  only  have  ft-SO  acres. 
don’t  think  all  of  this  State  has  such  deep 
snow.  Not  a  dozen  mi  I — i  from  here  they 
said  it  was  only  2%  feet  deep,  a nd  not 
every  year  is  it  so  had  he  in-.  Old  settlers 
sa.v  they  hud  never  seen  the  snow  so  deep 
before.  Must.  n.  a.  q. 
who  have  it  delivered  at  the  house.  Sower  and  yon  would  think  that  was  enough  if 
times  it:  is  two  weeks  or  more  before  w- 
can  get  our  mail,  and  sonnet  inn-s  sriwt  so 
long.  It  just  depends  on  when  wo  or 
some  of  our  neighbors  lm]ipen  to  go  (.o  the 
post,  office.  The  neighbors  take  turns 
about  carrying  each  others  mail.  We 
«w  ts >t  going  that  war  trow,  so  we  go  mi 
our  road  to  tin-  west,  circling  a  few  hills 
so  as  to  keep  almost  on  a  level,  anal  gaz¬ 
ing  to  the  southwest  we  (ran  see  llie  Pay¬ 
ette  Hives*  winding  its  crooked  way  for 
miles  and  miles.  We  are  passing  through 
a  pasture  field  which  in  Summer  hns  an 
abundance  of  Iwuutiful  wild  Mowers  of 
many  kinds.  This  is  not  plowed  and  put. 
yon  had  (o  walk  over  it  many  times,  on 
account  of  the  hills.  Some  people  earn 
pare  the  hills  of  Idaho  to  the  -mountains 
of  Switzerland.  1  think  the  hills  would 
be  all  right  if  all  we  had  to  do  with  them 
was  to  look  at  them,  and  had  an  airship 
for  traveling  over  thorn. 
.lust  now  the  fen  are  saying  the  snows 
broke  down  so  much  of  their  fence;  even 
the  wire  fences,  for  the  snow  was  very 
heavy.  We  believe  it  would  have  broken 
in  tin-  roofs  of  houses  if  the  men  had  not 
kept  busy  removing  it  from  lie-  roofs  the 
week  1  hat  it  snowed  so  much.  There  were 
two  or  three  burns  that  went  down.  Hut 
•Mm  barb  Puffs.  One-  cupful  finely 
chopper!  rhubarb,  on  -  cupful  sug.-ir,  two 
Inblespooriliils  butter,  one  teaspomiful 
baking  powder,  one-quarter  cupful  milk, 
two  eggs,  sufficient  flour  to  make  a  thick 
batter;  cream  butter  and  sugar,  add  wefl- 
b eaten  eggs,  milk,  flour,  rhubarb  and  bilk¬ 
ing  powder ;  half  fill  we]  I -greased  cups 
and  steam  for  half  an  hour.  For  the 
sauce  cream  together  one-half  cupful  but¬ 
ter  and  one  cupful  powdered  sugar,  then 
add  by  degrees  one  whipped  egg,  heating 
unlil  perfectly  smooth.  The  hist  thing 
before  serving  stir  in  three  tablespoon- 
fuls  boiling  water. 
Embroidery  Designs 
\u.  922  1m  ii  ill-sign  fur  nutmilili-rlrvg  ii  tin  ml 
1- i-relili-1'  ruse  In  eim  Iu|h-  h f y it-.  J'Ih-  m-iillnjii-d 
<-<"ge  Ii*  In  lin  pailili-il  o ml  Inil  Innhnleil.  Hit-  lias 
lo-i  is  to  tic  worked  in  until  no  ii  rid  tin-  leaves 
-  mi  tie  worked  solidly  or  ns  eyelets,  (lie 
llowers  solidly,  or  mb  I'retieh  kimts.  'Ph>-  ribbon 
!•<  in  In-  worked  solidly,  the  stems  are  to  be 
on llint-d.  Price  of  iraiisfer  (in t torn,  10  vents. 
ly-v/. ,  - ..’ii-.- 
After  a  thorough  drying  the  furnace  will 
work  like  new. 
When  carpets  or  rugs  are  taken  from 
(lie  floors  pound  them  with  a  beater  made 
from  a  section  of  hose  nailed  to  a  piece 
of  broom  handle.  They  ni ay  then  he 
washed,  scrubbing  on  a  table  outside  with 
stiff  brush  and  hot  water;  then  Imng 
on  a  line  and  rinsed  with  Ihe  hose. 
Washing  quills  and  com  for  tables  is  sim¬ 
plified  by  making  no  effort  to  wring 
tlieiii.  Simply  wash  in  the  usual  way,  pin 
securely  to  a  line  and  rinse  all  soapsuds 
from  them  with  the  hose.  The  quilts 
will  dry  more  evenly  and  be  fi-ss  likely 
to  lump  Hum  by  the  usual  method.  Mat¬ 
ting  too  may  lie  cleaned  by  laying  on  the 
grass  and  washing  with  the  hose.  Dry 
quickly  as  possible. 
MAT  HE  E.  S.  II  YM  HUS. 
sis 
A  Homestead  in  Idaho 
Taut  I. 
Some  have  expressed  a  desire  to  know 
more  about  our  Ida  bo  homestead.  One 
asked  what  is  the  particular  drawback 
to  Ibis  (dace.  I  had  referred  to  it.  but 
did  not  explain.  Tome  with  me,  let  mo 
show  you  .the  place,  let  us  take  a  walk 
across  it,  and  see  wliat  pom  think  is  the 
particular  drawback.  T  have  shown  you 
the  house,  so  we  will  look  at  the  yard 
first.  It  is  almost  a  level  spot,  sloping 
down  on  three  sides,  tin  it  grow  Blue 
grass,  poppies,  roses,  hollyhocks,  sweet 
peas  and  u  few  other  flowers.  A  number 
of  small  fruit  Irons  were  almost  ruined  in 
last  Winter’s  snow,  which  was  over  five 
feet  deep.  As  (he  crust  formed  on  top  of 
the  snow  und  then  sank  down  it  broke 
the  trees  badly,  1  hough  there  were  some 
that  escaped.  To  the  smith  is  no  Alfalfa 
field,  and  us  wc  go  to  the  west  we  see 
some  of  (lie  garden.  We  raise  brans  and 
pens  in  abundance,  also  cabbage,  toma¬ 
toes.  and  almost  any  of  the  common  vege¬ 
tables.  Now  \ve  go  down  a  hill  and  cross 
the  creek,  along  who  h  grow  hushes  and 
ferns  and  many  green  things,  and  the 
clear  water  ripples  over  the  pebbles  ami 
rocks  the  year  around.  Then  up  a  hill 
and  we  see  another  garden  where  we  raise 
st raw-berries.  Last  year  wc  added  the 
Everbearing  kind,  which  we  like  quite 
well,  as  we  had  ripe  si  raw  berries  till 
We  Know  That’s  True,  Father— Every  Word  of  It” 
You  folks  in  the  country  know  that  there  is  nothing  in  the 
world  so  comfortable  and  homelike  as  plenty  of  good,  bright  light — 
and  nothing  so  depressing  and  gloomy  as  poor,  dim,  smoky  light. 
For  years  people  had  to  stand  the  poor  light— disagreeable  smell  and 
danger  of  kerosene  lamps — because  they  couldn’t  get  anything  better. 
But  these  last  few  years  have  so  changed  living  conditions  that  up-to-date 
Ib-re  we  go  up  a  large  hill,  so  large  that 
it  wie  once  tin  mg, Id  im  possible  to  get  il 
wagon  road  to  (lie  trap.  But  tlii'ne  in¬ 
terested  and  energetic  men  ihpught  they 
could  and  they  did.  The  hill  is  something 
like  ,‘MK)  feel  higher  than  we  are,  ami  not 
quite  straight  up.  The  road  is  1h rough 
the  (lines,  winding  this  way  and  that, 
like  the  letter  S.  then  anolher  S  on  lop  of 
the  first,  because  the  hill  is  too  steep  to 
go  straight  up.  We  must  Mop  and  rest 
about  half  way  up.  When  wc  reach  the 
top  v.e  shall  lie  over  4,-100  foci  above  sea 
level.  Here  we  onmc  iirmutrl  the  crown 
of  I  lie  hill  lo  I  lie  other  side,  and  see  what, 
a  picture  is  spread  out  before  ns,  We 
are  on  the  dividing  line  between  the  lim¬ 
ber  and  tin*  prairie  lands.  To  the  south 
are  the  rolling  hills  for  miles  and  miles. 
Hirst  there  is  a  slope  down  about  half  a 
mile,  t  heii  hills  rise,  and  just  beyond  are 
oilier  and  higher  hills,  and  of  hers  higher 
and  1  art  her  away,  many  without  number, 
continuing  for  miles  and  miles.  We  cun  see 
Cooking  Plant*  in  (A*  World 
