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TShe  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
graded  schools,  the  over-crowded 
education  factories  where  the  city  chil¬ 
dren  arc  put.  through  the  elaborate  ma¬ 
chinery  that  is  necessary  to  handle  help¬ 
less  humanity  in  large  masses.  The 
school  is  no  substitute  for  the  home,  much 
less  the  city  school  for  the  farm  home. 
In  cities  the  little  children  have  to  be 
sent  to  the  school,  the  kindergarten,  or 
y  nursery,  to  keep  them  out  of  dan¬ 
ger  while  the  parents  are  at  work  or  at 
play,  but  in  the  country  where  the  chil¬ 
dren  can  he  out-of-doors  they  do  not  need 
to  be  caged.  The  projection  of  urban 
ideas  and  methods  of  education  into  the 
country  makes  needless  difficulties.  The 
little  children  not  only  do  not  need  to  be 
sent  to  school,  hut  are  much  hotter  off, 
educationally  and  otherwise,  if  allowed  to 
stay  at  home.  There  is  no  good  reason 
normal  children  of  normal,  intelli- 
pictures  of  trees,  fruits,  and  homes,  and  large 
she  told  of  her  longings  for  a  home  there. 
Although  they  are  well-to-do  people  own¬ 
ing  hundreds  of  acres  of  land,  many 
horses  and  cattle,  still  it.  was  not  a  home 
country  to  her.  They  have  lived  here  17 
years ;  her  husband  still  owns  a  valuable 
farm  in  Nebraska,  but  his  stock  keeps  the  da 
them  without  much  effort  on  his  part.  It 
is  home  enough  for  him,  while  the  wife  is 
homesick  for  what  Colorado  cannot  give. 
The  outlook  for  crops  is  very  dark ; 
very  little  moisture  since  last  Septem¬ 
ber.  with  wind  and  sunshine  to  take 
what  little  there  was.  Mote  than  one 
woman  longs  for  a  sight  of  green  fields, 
flowers,  woodland  and  brooks.  “We  live  "'’-7 
out  of  tin  cans.”  remarked  our  teacher, 
“it's  tin  cans  for  everything  at  our 
house.”  Many  think  it  cheaper  than  to 
buy  fruit  and  put.  up.  Last  year  was  the 
most  favorable  year  for  gardens  and 
crops  ever  known  in  Colorado,  so  much 
moisture,  but  little  was  put  up  about 
here.  I  have  string  beans  put  up  two 
years  ago  that  are  fresh  and  good,  also 
some  of  last  year’s.  Beans  of  all  kinds 
did  well ;  no  rust  here.  The  Colorado 
potato  bug  is  a  thing  of  the  past — have 
seen  none  for  three  or  four  years. 
7  saw  in  the  distance  three  antelopes 
yesterday ;  they  are  rare  here  on  the 
plains.  They  are  pretty  creatures  and  it 
is  against  the  laws  to  kill  them.  Coyotes 
and  wolves  are  numerous,  and  some¬ 
times  badgers  are  seen.  Rattlesnakes 
are  not  so  common  as  in  early  years  of 
the  settlement  of  the  plains,  hnt  they 
are  many  yet.  My  husband  killed  one  a 
short  time  ago  with  six  rattles.  Two 
wore  killed  near  here  last  Summer  with 
11  and  13  rattles,  they  were  old  settlers 
sure.  We  have  no  robins,  but  English 
sparrows  galore.  The  meadow  lark  and 
white-winged  blackbird  are  the  sweetest 
singers  we  have.  Rabbits,  both  jack  and 
cottontail,  arc  very  numerous  this  Spring, 
more  so  than  I  have  ever  seen  them  about 
here,  or  in  fact  anywhere.  What  is  called 
flowering  currant  in  the  East  is  the  wild 
currants  here;  they  endure  heat,  drought 
and  wind  that  kills  other  things.  Fur¬ 
ther  north  along  the  South  Platte  River, 
gooseberries  grow  wild,  and  cherries, 
also.  I  hear.  There  are  automobiles  ga¬ 
lore  here.  A  man  asked  yesterday  if  they 
had  them  in  York  State  (with  a  grin), 
and  his  wife  wondered  what  they  could 
do  with  10  to  20-room  houses  in  the  East. 
A  five-room  house  here  is  large.  A  man 
from  Iowa  built  one  of  1-1  rooms.  (Small, 
some  of  them),  and  another  has  13  rooms, 
but  only  half  are  plastered.  The  true 
Westerner  knows  very  little  about  the 
East,  that  is  as  far  as  Ohio,  Pennsylvania 
and  New  York.  If  you  speak  of  the 
East  they  take  it  as  Iowa  and  Illinois. 
Many  speak  of  them  as  “back  home." 
The  great  mail  order  houses  of  New  York 
City,  Chicago  and  Kansas  City  do  a 
great  business  in  Colorado.  I  never  knew 
a  country  that  began  to  equal  it.  Not 
only  in  groceries  and  clothing,  but  farm 
machinery,  furniture,  carpets,  in  fact  al¬ 
most  everything.  They  not  only  get  as 
good  or  better  articles  cheaper  after 
freight  is  paid,  but  a  fair  deal  in  weight 
and  every  way. 
ilKS.  FIIEDEKICK  C.  JOHNSON. 
into  a  stewpan  with  just  enough  milk  to 
cover  them ;  let  them  come  up  to  a  boil 
and  boil  for  five  minutes.  Drain  and 
chop,  then  mix  with  two  cups  of  finely 
sifted  bread  crumbs,  quarter  teaspoonful 
of  salt,  a  pinch  of  pepper,  cloves  and  a 
good  grate  of  lemon  peel.  Moisten  with 
beaten  yolks  of  two  eggs,  shape  into 
rissoles  and  fry  a  golden  brown.  Arrange 
on  a  hot  dish  with  rolls  of  crisp  streaky 
bacon. 
Braised  Beef  Heart. — Make  a  stuffing 
from  two  cups  of  bread  crumbs  two 
slices  of  salt  pork  chopped  fine  a  pinch 
of  powdered  sage  and  a  saltspoon  of  pep¬ 
per.  Mix  and  stir  in  a  beaten  egg.  Soak 
the  heart  in  cold  water  changing  it  sev¬ 
eral  times  or  until  it  is  clear.  Stuff  the 
heart  with  the  bread  mixture  and  bind 
with  a  strip  of  cheese  cloth;  cook  in 
boiling  water  to  cover  and  very  gently  for 
three  hours  or  long  enough  to  make  the 
meat  tender.  Do  not  shorten  the  time 
and  be  sure  to  keep  the  temperature  low 
in  order  not  to  harden  the  meat.  Toward 
the  last  of  the  cooking  reduce  the  broth 
to  about  two  cups.  Take  up  the  heart 
and  thicken  the  gravy  with  two  rounding 
tablespoons  of  flour.  Cook  five  minutes 
and  season  more  if  needed. 
Protect  Your  Family 
W  A  musty,  dark  cellar  is  3  menace  to 
W  the  whole  household.  Clean  out  the  M 
r  rubbish  and  paint  the  walls  and  ceilings  a  1 
snow-white — at  the  same  time  disinfecting 
them — with  the  world’s  most  powerful  germicide 
Comes  in  powder  form.  Ready,  when  mixed  with 
water,  to  put  on  with  brush  or  sprayer.  Will  not 
blister,  flake,  orpeelotf.  Will  not  laintfood  products. 
Use  It  Instead  ot  Whitewash 
in  dailies,  barns  and  poultry  bouses  to  kill  vermin 
and  prevent  roup,  white  diarrhea,  glanders,  foot  and 
mouth  disease,  etc.,  from  becoming  epidemic. 
10  lhs.  (10  gal.  1  tor  $  1  plus  itrllvery  charges 
30  10s.  (20  c  .1. )  for  *2  clnbvored  free 
60  Ilia.  (60  gal.)  for  tj-l  delivered  freo 
Trial  package  SJ cents  postpaid. 
L  Vour  dealer  has  Carhola.  If  not,  send  liis  noma  i 
t  aud  your  order  to  ns.  M 
V  CARBOLA  CHEMICAL  CO.  # 
7  E.  42nd  St  Dept  R  New  York  City 
Jelly  Cake  With  Variations 
Every  housekeeper  knows  bow  to  make 
the  old-fashioned  jelly  roll  and  slice  it  off 
golden  and  warm  when  guests  come  unex¬ 
pectedly  or  a  warm  cake  is  wanted  for 
Supper,  but  few  of  them  use  the  same 
cake  with  variation  for  many  other  occa¬ 
sions.  Cake  without  butter  appeals  to 
the  busy  housewife  as  it  does  not  fall 
readily,  and  can  be  made  in  a  hurry  with¬ 
out  danger  that  it  will  not  turn  out  right. 
Of  course  it  is  not  good  unless  perfectly 
fresh, 
•Tellv  Coke  With  Nut.  Filling. — Make 
the  cake  as  usual  and  just  before  rolling 
fill  with  a  stiff  fudge  icing  made  by  boil¬ 
ing  together  two  cups  of  brown  sugar, 
one  cup  of  sweet  milk,  lump  of  butter  the 
size  of  an  egg  and  a  teaspoon  of  vanilla 
when  done.  Boil  until  it  is  thick  without 
scorching  aud  then  beat  as  you  do  fudge. 
Just  before  it  threatens  to  get  too  hard 
turn  in  a  cup  of  nut  meats  of  any  kind 
anil  spread  on  the  warm  cake.  Roll  aud 
slice  with  a  hot  knife. 
Jelly  Cake  With  Fig  Filling. — This* 
cake  is  better  not  rolled,  as  the  icing  will 
run  out  and  get  too  soft  in  the  hot  cake. 
Cut  the  cake  in  squares  and  cover  each 
piece  with  the  filling  just  before  serving. 
Make  a  boiled  white  icing  with  a  cup  and 
half  of  white  sugar  boiled  to  a  thread, 
and  then  beaten  into  one  egg  white  also 
beaten.  Stir  till  thick  and  then  add  one 
cup  of  washed  and  chopped  figs.  Stir  till 
almost  cold  and  then  heap  on  the  cake. 
Jelly  Cake  With  Fruit  Filling. — Make 
a  plain  boiled  icing  and  add  one  half  cup 
each  of  chopped  dates,  figs  and  raisins. 
If  this  makes  it  too  stiff  add  more  icing  or 
reduce  the  quantity  of  fruit. 
Jelly  Cake  With  Chocolate  Fudge. — 
Make  the  fudge  by  the  first  recipe  and 
just  before  removing  from  the  fire  add 
half  a  10-cent  cake  of  chocolate.  The 
nuts  can  be  added  or  omitted.  Cocoa  can 
be  used  instead  of  chocolate.  Cut  the 
cake  in  squares  and  place  the  filling  on 
each  piece. 
Jolly  Cake  With  Whipped  Cream. — 
This  is  the  best  of  all  ou  the  farm  where 
the  cream  is  thick  enough  to  whip  up 
stiff  and  firm.  Cut  the  warm  cake  into 
individual  pieces  at  the  lust  moment  and 
bring  to  the  table  with  generous  helpings 
of  whipped  cream.  For  an  extra  touch 
chopped  nuts  can  be  sprinkled  on  top  of 
the  cream  or  bits  of  candied  fruits,  but  it 
is  very  good  with  the  plain  cream. 
HILDA  RICHMOND. 
Bran  Bread. — One  simple  recipe  is  to 
make  the  sponge  as  usual  with  white 
bread,  and  when  it  is  well  risen  knead¬ 
ing  in  enough  bran  to  make  a  bread 
dough.  For  another,  soak  one  yeast  cake 
in  one  cupful  of  tepid  water  and  when 
dissolved  stir  it  into  a  mixture  of  one 
cupful  of  graham  flour,  one  cupful  of 
bran  and  half  a  teaspoonful  of  salt.  Set 
in  a  warm  place  and  let  it  rise  for  an 
hour.  Then  beat  in  a  quarter  of  a  cup¬ 
ful  of  melted  butter  and  knead  in  another 
cupful  of  bran.  Shape  into  two  loaves, 
place  in  greased  pans  and  when  they 
have  risen  to  twice  the  original  size  bake 
in  a  moderate  oven  for  about  forty-five 
minutes. 
Embroidery  Designs 
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within  :WXJ  miles 
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money  to  the  goods. 
No.  937  is  a  design  for  embroidering  an  oval 
doyloy  twelve  indies  in  length.  Three  trans¬ 
fers  are  given.  Price  of  transfer  pattern  10 
cents. 
51  Barclay  St.,  New  York 
cause  sonic  parents  are  incompetent,  care¬ 
less  or  cruel.  Yet  there  can  be  no  doubt 
that  this  is  very  frequently  the  effect  of 
our  system,  to  make  children  practically 
orphans  by  turning  them  over  wholly  to 
the  school. 
A  A  C  IT  C  C  FROM  IMPORTER 
W  V  I  n  El  Ci  TO  CONSUMER 
Five  pounds  of  the  best,  coffee  yon  ever  drunk,  sent  on 
absolute  :u>d  unconditional  FREE  TRIAL  bv  piurel  post 
prepaid,  wholesale  price  if  you  Ulm  it— noUilng  to 
pay  if  you  don't.  Write  lor  particulars. 
Colombian  Coffee  Importing  Co. 
Dept.  R.  97-99  Water  Street  New  York  City 
FROM  INSIDE  WITH 
IRON  CEMENT  NO.  7 
Write  for  Catalogue 
SMOOTH-ON  MKG.CO. 
Jersey  Ctty,  N.  J. 
f  blitter  in  a  stewpan  heat 
l.  add  one  onion  sliced  thin, 
carrots,  three  slices  of  tur- 
-  nip  and  cook  slowly  for  three  minutes, 
.  then  add  the  flour,  stirring  all  the  while, 
trm  Conditions  Stir  one  quart  of  stock  into  this,  and 
printed  from  the  when  it  boils  add  the  tongues,  one  tea- 
for  June,  is  an  in-  spoon  of  salt,  one.  saltspoon  of  pepper  and 
om  O.  F.  Cook  of  a  bouquet  of  sweet  herbs.  Simmer  gently 
Industry,  Washing-  fur  two  bom's.  Cut  three  carrots,  three 
turnips  and  four  potatoes  into  cubes,  boil 
i  a  farm  is  a  cruel  the  potatoes  in  salted  water  fifteen  min- 
'  the  normal  child-  ulcs,  and  the  carrots  and  turnips  one 
no  previous  eugenic  hour.  Place  the  tongues  in  the  center  of 
ke  good.  Many  ex-  a  arrange  the  vegetables  around 
igout  people  do  not  them,  strain  the  gravy  and  pour  over  all. 
ed  farm  conditions,  Garnish  with  parsley  and  serve. 
oIcrs.  and  needs  to  Calves’  Liver  in  Casserole. — The  liver 
eolation  of  eugenic  should  be  left  whole  weighing  two 
Many  of  our  edu-  pounds.  Lard  with  strips  of  salt  pork, 
less  the  urban  chil-  Place  in  the  casserole  on  a  layer  of 
*****  -w  OM  <..P  Of  Ml. 
St  they  can  The  ery’  one-half  cup  each  of  turnip,  carrot 
pressing  and  cities  and  onion  (all  measured  after  chopping), 
get.  capable  men.  and  a  little  parsley.  Surround  with  the 
S  S?  Xa'uS  »»"><•;  ■  -a...  tea-spoon  . . 
I  cast  almost  exclu-  fouitli  as  much  pepper,  and  a  cup  of  hot 
okfi  With  no  recog-  water.  Cover  and  cook  in  a  moderate 
nal  value  of  rural  oven  for  one  hour, 
sands  ot  misguided  n  t  •  i»  • 
United  States,  are  Ca,ves  Brains.— Clean  the  brains 
dor  that  their  chil-  thoroughly  and  let  them  lie  in  cold  salted 
advantages"  of  the  water  for  an  hour.  Drain  and  put  them 
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