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MOOSE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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SILK COSTUMES. 
Black silks, say the latest letters from 
Paris, are lhe prevailing costumes, although 
all shades, from blue-green to violet-blue, are 
in vogue. These black silk costumes are the 
favorites of the mod/ate*, who exercise all 
their skill in making them novel and stylish. 
A favorite style is to trim the front breadth 
cn tablin', with Hat trimmings. The lower 
row is carried around the skirt. The over¬ 
dress is not worn in front, and in the bock is 
puffed iu panders, something as we described 
last week. The sleeves are quite small at the 
wrists ; the corsage is with basques. 
FOR DINNER DRESSES, 
the front width is covered with flat medal¬ 
lions of passementerie, which is almost as 
lino as lace. The buck widths are flounced 
to the waist. A beautiful dinner dress, made 
of light, creamy brown, or rather a cream 
color with a brownish tinge, was made with 
lengthwise puffs, six inches wide and gath¬ 
ered SO ns to leave a ruffled edge, up the front 
width, one in the center, and one over the 
seams. The back width had three flounces, 
not overlapping. The Bounces had the lower 
edge turned up an inch and a-half on the 
right side, with u bias fold stitched in. The 
heading for each flounce was a bias band, 
with a cord on each edge. The polonaise 
Was one of the newest and prettiest descrip¬ 
tion. The front buttoned a few buttons be¬ 
low the waist, Witll black velvet buttons. 
Falling open, it extended to about ten inches 
from the bottom of the skirt, and sloped up¬ 
ward, round mg to the waist, where it joined 
at the side seams, a short basque just falling 
over the pnnier, and merely showing it was 
not a round waist. The only trimming was 
a bias band with heavy corded edges. The 
sleeves were coat, with a deep ruff, and a 
puff was arranged around the neck. A very 
pretty shape for 
A BLACK SILK POLONAISE, 
has the front falling open from the waist to 
a few inches from the bottom of the dress; 
slanting then a little upward, the two fronts 
almost meet in t he back, where t hey are car¬ 
ried tip parallel, and meeting the back forms, 
which are carried down about twenty inches 
and gathered in a puff, they are all tied with 
a bow and ends. The only trimming is a 
wide, bias baud. 
THIN COSTUMES. 
To ladies of little leisure we would advise 
buying ready-made white lawn suits, if they 
are situated so as to be able to exercise any 
choice. All the large stores here display 
them, never more tastefully made than now. 
The prevailing style is an underskirt with 
one flounce on the bottom, about eight inches 
deep ; this is trimmed with a tiny little ruf¬ 
fle ; the flounce is gathered with a heading ; 
above arc three overlapping ruffles. The 
overskirt is trimmed with a flounce live inch¬ 
es deep, finished with a small riilfla ; a band 
of inserting is stitched between the flounce 
and a small standing ruffle. The waist is a 
loose basque, to be worn with a sash orna¬ 
mented in the same manner as the skirt. 
.Such suits can be bought for $13 and 810. 
White pique suits are trimmed with em¬ 
broidered pique ruffles. Theyeome in sets; 
price, 815 and *18, and as high as 830 a suit, 
unmade. The making of these, however, is 
but little work. 
Thin muslin and organdy suits have a ruf¬ 
fle on the lower skirt, edged with Valenei- 
emies ; above are two puffs and Valenciennes 
insex-ting. The overdress has an apron-front 
of pull's and inserting* the back is long, 
draped and edged with a ruffle. The corsage 
is amass of puffs and inserting, to suit the 
figure. 
WRAPPERS AND WRAPS. 
The neatest wraps, for morning wear, for 
ladies who go out to do then- marketing, is a 
linen, brown or buff, belted polonaise. Braid¬ 
ed reversarc brought down the front below 
the belt, where they turn, and widening, form 
a pocket; they are exceedingly pretty and 
convenient. '1 he belt is also embroidered. 
All wrappers are made with a Spanish 
flounce. Around the neck, and extending 
down each side of the front to the flounce, is 
a bias baud, corded, and a ruffle on each side. 
Pockets are large, square, with a ruffle and 
1 urge pearl buttons. Batiste cloth is a good 
material; it comes in alternate thick and 
tlfln fine stripes, with fern leaves and small 
figures in colors. Price, 35 cents. 
BONNETS AND CAPS. 
A pretty spring bonnet is of white horse 
hair, with the diadem front of sapphire-blue 
velvet. A high wreath of forget-me-nots is 
placed in front. In the back is a sapphire- 
blue velvet bow, and arranged on it three 
sky-blue ostx-ich tips and a cluster of rose¬ 
buds. 
The Yronne isa new and fashionable shape, 
something like a Normandycap, The crown 
is of block china crape; on the top is a butter¬ 
fly bow of block velvet, mingled with lappets 
of Valenciennes. The front is lined with pink 
frills, and twined up so that nothing but the 
pink shows. The bonnet has no flowers nor 
Rtrings, and is very becoming and uncom¬ 
mon. 
Children’s Normandy caps are of white, 
muslin over covered silk. In front they are 
higher than in the hack, and are trimmed with 
high frills of lnce, edged with Valenciennes. 
Around the caps are standing and falling 
frills of muslin and laee, with ribbon between. 
The tops are ornamented with Valenciennes 
diamonds. 
NOVELTIES. 
Fr ise :of black tulle, full and high, worked 
witl jet, are placed around silk dresses, and 
extc d down the fronts to the belt. They 
are very soft and becoming. 
Italian lace, very soft and sheer, two inches 
deep, is fluted and mounted on muslin bands 
for frills, and sold at 85 cents a yard, ft, 
does up very nicely, and is good until worn 
out,. A variety not so wide Is sold at 50 cents. 
Frills of crepe lisse, which is so soft and 
silky, are very much used. They come iu 
all imported dresses. Price, 85 cents. 
Bilk stockings, for summer, are white, era 
bx oidered elaborat ely up the sides in colors, 
or are of alternate stripes of red and blue, 
red and white, terminating half way up the 
length In points. They are to be worn, of 
course, with slippers and low shoes. 
In Lisle thread and Sea island cotton, 
stripped stockings arc the most fashionable 
kind. Light brown, with crimson and blue, 
ai-e pretty contrasts. 
DOMESTIC BREVITIES. 
To Wash Black Calico. — Seeing an in- 
quiry in your paper how to wash black calico, 
and but one answer, L will toll how mother 
washes it:—Make a clean suds of soft t water 
(or brook water will do, if not too strong 
with lye), wash the Calico through it; then 
poqr boiling water into sweet, skimmed milk 
till there are equal parts of each ; turn the 
calico wrong-side out and rinse through this 
compound. Dry iu the shade ; sprinkle, and 
when moist through, iron on the wrong side, 
and I think it will give satisfaction.—Mas. E. 
.J. K,, Madison , Iowa. 
I have had Borne experience and have 
always been successful, 1 give my method : 
i put the dress iu the washing machine and 
pour boiling hot suds upon it; rub it out 
and, if necessary, mb again on the wash¬ 
board ; then have some warm, hard water, 
with a little salt in it ; rinse the dress and 
dry immediately. If Hoosier Girl hasn’t a 
machine, sho can wash it just the same in a 
tub, only she will have to let the water cool 
before she can mb it out. All that is needed 
to insure success is to have the water boiling 
hot.—Mas. J. S., Spring Prairie, Wis. 
Boiled Indian Padding.— The following 1 
know to bo good:—One pint Indian meal ; 
one pint thick, sour milk; one cup sour 
cream; one teaapoonfuT Boda, and salt, un¬ 
less boiled in pork water, which improves it 
very much for some—I prefer clear water. 
Stir into the batter, fruit; raspberries are 
best—rlried or fresh. If sour fruit is used, a 
trifle more soda is necessary. Put into a bug, 
and tie firmly, allowing from two to three 
inches for it to swell. Boil one hour ; a little 
over will not hurt, but is not needed. The 
water should bo boiling when the pudding is 
put in, anil be kept boiling. Serve with 
cream and sugar. —E.C. C., Whitewater, Win. 
Designs Wanted.—I know, in the many 
beautiful homes of the Rural New-Yorker 
readers, there must be many rustic picture 
frames, brackets, baskets, nice pincushions, 
watch-pockets, comb cases, tidies, mats, &c., 
which would be easily made, and gladly 
made, if we but knew how. Please tell us 
how, through the Rural, and you will great¬ 
ly oblige, not only one, but, doubtless, very 
many will say, “Amen,” to my plan. Will 
some one please tell me how to make a what¬ 
not i Would also like to have some designs 
for handwork, and patterns for watch-pock¬ 
ets.— Lula Howard. 
To Color Scarlet with Cochineal ,—Dissolve 
one ounce of cream tartar in wann water ; 
stir well, and after the heat has been raised 
a little add one ounce of pulverized cochi. 
neal; stir well; then .add two ounces muri¬ 
ate of tin ; stir well, when it boils, add one 
pound yam or cloth, previously wet; move 
it about bi-iskly a few times, then stir it slow¬ 
ly till it boils, twenty minutes ; then rinse in 
water, and dry in the open air.—E mma, No¬ 
ble. Co., Ohio. 
Jmtijfitipal Sffi'tptic.T 
WHAT SOCIETIES ARE DOING. 
Ladies' Bamboo Work Stand .—We give on 
page 285 an illustration of a neat work stand 
made of varnished bamboo. The upper part 
is an oblong basket with a high, curved cover, 
which is lined with blue silk reps. The cot¬ 
tiers are ornamented with blue tassels of the 
same material. We give this more as a de¬ 
sign by whidh an ingenious young man or 
woman may be guided in making a similar 
stand of any sort of wood—rustic work. It 
will be good exercise, and something more 
valuable than anything that cotdd be pur¬ 
chased may bo made. 
Egg-Bag .—We give an illustration on page 
285 of an egg-bag which is a great conveni¬ 
ence iu boiling eggs—saving the necessity of 
dipping the eggs out of a kettle after they are 
boiled. This net is fillet work, made of gray 
and white linen thread. The bottom is 
straight, worked across a couple of pieces of 
whalebone. The top of the bag is drawn by 
a linen cord, at the ends of which are a couple 
of tassels. The details of the work need not 
be given—the picture is suggestion enough to 
any housewife. 
Canning Peaches. — John F., Henderson, 
N. ()., asks our readers to inform him the 
best and cheapest method of canning peaches, 
either for sale or family use. 
REMEDY FOR INGROWING NAILS. 
A CORRESPONDENT of the British Medical 
Journal writes: — About twenty years ago 
I applied a bit of compressed spongo to afford 
temporary relief, and was delighted to find 
that it effected a radical cure. I make the 
sponge us solid as leather, by wetting and 
then winding string very .tightly round it 
and drying it thoroughly. Of this I cut a 
small pyramidal piece, less than a grain of 
rice; this I insert beneath the nail, and secure 
it by strips of adhesive plaster, applied longi¬ 
tudinally, to avoid compression. The sponge 
soon becomes moist and swollen, It eping the 
nail from the irritated flesh. Any gnunfla 
tions should previously be destroyed with 
strong nitrio acid. I have adopted this plan 
upon many occasions, and have never found 
it lu fail, 
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ASTHMA REMEDIES. 
A lady at Hofaoheads, N. Y., calls for a 
New England Poultry Club. The Annual 
Meeting of the Now England Poultry b’lub was 
held al the Club rooms, Worcester, Mass., Fri¬ 
day, April tl. It was voted to hold their next 
Annual Exhibition at Mohanies’ IdI, Worces¬ 
ter. Jim, 20-22, INTI. The following named gen- 
I N*men wore* cloot.cd ottlrpf* for the nusuinff 
year - I’fes. A 1>. VVarrln, Worcester, Mass. 
T to -/’rai’te. P. Williams, Taunton, Mass.; A. 
Noyes. Bangor, Me,; VV. f 5. Gannon, Manches¬ 
ter, N. II.; II. A. Blsscll, nichvllle, Vt, ; N. 8. 
Vollver, Pa' r i.-kel, It. I., p. \v, Hudson. No. 
Manchester < t. see. ami ’Veras. - (». H. Es- 
tnbrook, ..ester. Mass. /•>. Com. W. J. 
'Vheeler, 8. Woodard, b. It. Rockwood. W. G. 
Maynard, 14, P. Lawrence, II. It. Verry, G. I*'. 
Lawrence* (\ Hartshorn, Woroestcr, Mass.; II. 
8. Ball, Shrewsbury, Ma s . p. A. Blsoo, Leices¬ 
ter, Mass. 
National Coin m tin rlnu iuielely. A. Society 
with this name was recently organized by the 
breeders anti fancier* of pigeons In New York 
< ii y, and the following officers elected for 1873; 
mn.-Wiu.ttM Krawtox, Jr.,West Farms,N. V. 
I icc-PrcH Is.—w r m. h, Churchman, Wilmington, 
I,tel-; Andrew Sheld. Brooklyn, I.. I. (K. ID; T. 
8. i. iddess, Baltimore, Md.; Joseph M. Wade, 
Philadelphia, Pa. See. - A. H. Estes, N. Y. City. 
trna. Benjamin Ahorn. N, V City. Be. Com. 
P. C. I lie gel. N. V. Ci!\ . L. Burlingame, N. Y. 
ill.; J. E. Komis, Baltimore. Md.; H. S. Ball, 
Slirowhlmry, Mass.; E. 1*.Tiffany, Hartford, CL; 
A. C. Castle, Cleveland. O.; F. F. Pole, Mitchell, 
<*nt., Canada; A. p. Miller, Jefferson City, La. 
V meeting ho adopt const imf,ion and by-laws is 
to be held at >1 Murray st., Now York, May 14. 
'fhldli'Hcx Co., Dias*., Hurt. Sec. Officers for 
l«73; Pres. Johnathan Ladd, Lowell. rtce- 
VTes'ts. J, <>. Peabody. Lowell; Geo. !’. Morey, 
Lowell; Levi Sprague, Lowell; Amos B. Flench, 
Lowell; John I!, Moore, Concord. Trustees.— 
Edwin Sheppard, Lowell ; Arthur Clements, 
Itraeut; Albert M. Gray, Lowell; E. Dana Ban¬ 
croft, Ayer; Isaac Holden, Draent; George E. 
.Metcalf, Lowell; E. II, Warren, Chelmsford; 
Daniel 8. Gray, Lowell. Treas. Joshua Merrill, 
Lowell. See. John II. lloole. Lowell. This So¬ 
ciety bolds three Exhibitions this year--the first 
Juno llm second, an Early Fruit and Gladi¬ 
olus Exhibition, Aug.37; the third,a Fall Exhi¬ 
bition, Hopt. 17, 18. Premium list, can bo ob¬ 
tained by addressing the Secretary. 
'fain# Poultry Wn. The following are the 
ollirers elect, for 1873: Pres.- Ai uwor NOYKS, 
Bangor. Vlee-I'res'ts. E. Dana, Jr., Portland; 
.1. B. Straw, Lewiston : tl. Leavitt, Hkowhegan ; 
Ezra Mariter, Wlnlnrport; Daniel Uundall, Isl¬ 
and Falls; Seward Dill. Phillips; J. II. Ilnyes, 
Bangor; 8. T. Holbrook, Oxford;.). A. Lord, 
Kcuuehuuk : Frank Buck, Orland. Sec. W. P. 
Albert on, HalioweU. Trias. Fred F. Harris, 
Portland, Dire furs.- Fix’d Atwood, Winter- 
port; It. <>. Connni, Portland: If. M. Hlght, 
Skowlieguu ; W. E. Letglono, Augusta; /,. A. 
Gilbert., Green ; Allen Carter, West Hampden. 
Exhibition at Portland, Jan, 13 hi, 1874. 
Norfolk Co., Max*,, lu. sue -Officers elect 
for 1373 . Pres. -Hen. UknuvS. BUSSELL, Mil¬ 
ton. Ilmmninj Pn>. Hon. Marshall P. Wil¬ 
der, Dorchester. FI cr-Prr 'I*. lion. Otis Cary, 
Fox boro ; A. W. Gtieever,'Wrerd Imm ; John (j. 
Adams, (.honey; VV. K. Mann. Sharon; Alfred 
VV. Whitcomb, Itandolpli ; Theodore Lyman, 
Brookline. Car. and lice. Sec. 1L O. Hildreth, 
Dedham. Trias. -Chattnocv c. Churchill, Ded¬ 
ham. b'lnance Cow. and Auditors. Ira Cleve¬ 
land, Dedham ; Col. Eliphlel Stone, Dedham ; 
Win. .1. Stewart, Hyde Park. Col. Stone was re- 
eh-eted as member of the State Board of Agri¬ 
culture. 
euro for asthma. 1 give a recipe which is 
said to be a certain euro; Quo pint of best 
brandy ; half pint fine table salt ; dissolve’ in 
the brandy. Dose, a tablespoonful in a wine¬ 
glass of water, once an hour, for three hours, 
each day, or as may be required. W. H. P., 
Durham, N. 1". 
Klkoampane, angelica, comfreyand spike- 
wood roots, with hoarhound topis; of each, 
one ounce ; bruise and steep in one {tint of 
honey. Dose, a tablespoonful token hot 
every few minute* until relief is obtained ; 
then, several times daily until a cure is ef¬ 
fected. A tea mude of the leaves of the 
common chestnut (the leaves that fall from 
t he trees in autumn) is said to cure asthma ; 
sweeten well, and use as a common drink.— 
Mrs. S. L. P., Collinsville., Conn. 
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THE NECESSITY OF CLEANLINESS. 
Illustrating the necessity of cleanliness 
and of keeping the pores of the skin open, 
that if a coat of varnish or other substance 
llaiiquleii Co,, Miinn,, Hurt. Hoe. Officers 
elect tor 1873: Pres. A. D. BitiGOS, Vice- 
Pns'ts. Col. J. M. Thompson, Clark \v. Bryan 
amlWm. L. Smith. See. J. K. Taylor. Treas. 
Gtldon Bill. Directors. J. F. Bussell, D. B. 
Wesson, Dexicr Snow, c. L. Coveil, E. B. Vin¬ 
ton, I. P. Dickinson, K. Dickinson, Mrs. George 
3’. Bond. Mrs. J. E, Taylor, Mrs. VV. L. Smith, 
Mrs. A. D. Briggs, Mrs. J. E. Bussell, Mrs. Cluis. 
A. Nichols, Mrs. II. 8. Hyde, Mrs. B. 1'. Warner, 
Mrs; V. L. Owen, Mrs. H. R, Vatlle. Mrs. C. VV. 
Bryan. 
The Page Co., Iowa, Ag. hoc. lias resolved, 
by unanimous vote, that the next Fair of that, 
Society shall be held in I be interest, of Agricul¬ 
turists, ami that there shall be no liorse-nielng. 
This Is a good example for other count y socie¬ 
ties to follow . First c.-tabllsh the fact whether 
Agricult ural Fairs can be made t.osueeeed legit¬ 
imately; if they '■annul. aUniubin all pretense, 
ami let such as want them have horse-races, 
“ pur® and simple.” 
A Missouri Kinte Parmer*' Convention lias 
been railed by Hie Secretary of the State Agri¬ 
cultural Board of Missouri, at Jefferson City, 
Dot. 1, “ for the purpose of consultation and 
deliberation as to the prospects, condition and 
wants of the great farming community of our 
State, and to effect a permanent State Organiza¬ 
tion that will facilitate a united and harmoni¬ 
ous concert, of action among farmers in the 
future.” 
impervious to moisture bo applied to the 
exterior of tho body, death will ensue in 
about six hours. The experiment was once 
tried on a child in Florence. On occasion of 
Pope Leo the Tenth’s accession to the Papal 
chair ; it was desired to have a living figure 
represent I he. Golden Age, and so a child was 
gilded all over, with varnish and gold leaf. 
The child died in a few hours, if the fur of 
a rabbit or the skin of a pig lie covered with 
a solution of india-rubber in naptha, the ani¬ 
mal ceases to breathe in a few hours. 
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MILK AS A MEDICINE. 
Franklin Co., Me., Ag. Hue.—Officers elect 
for W711: Pres. - Dr. P. I)v kirF armington. Vicc- 
Pris't.— J. W. Lofchrop, Ghestervllle Farmer*’ 
Club; M. J.North, North Wilton Farmers’Club; 
E. B. Hatch, East, Wilton Formers’ Club: J.O. 
Ryes, North Jay Farmers' Club; J. F. Wood, 
Farmington Farmers'Club. See. 8. G. Foster, 
Wilton. Teens.- -Maj. Boren Adams, East Wilton. 
8trafti>nl Co., N. II., \«. Hoe—Officers elect 
for 18,3: Pres. John 8.11 a i n es, Somersworth. 
Directors.—To till vacancies In the Board Judge 
Hall and Ezra H.Twumhly, Dover; Charles 8. 
VVhltoliouse. Rochester: Luther Days, Milton. 
Fail' to he held Sept. 23-526. 
North Franklin Co., .Wo., Vg. Hoe, — Officer* 
for 1873: Pres.— Skwaiiu Dill. I iee-Pres’ls. - 
J. M. Kentpf,oi), 8. D. Davis, Lionel True. See. 
llarry P, Dill. Teats. Stephen .Morrill. Trus¬ 
tees.- Joint Dyer, Adam Hunter, <'. t >. Dill, L. B. 
Bunnell. 
An interesting article recently appeared in 
the London Milk Journal, concerning the 
value of milk as a remedial agent in certain 
diseases. Several physicians of high standing 
regard it as a specific for diarrhea, dysentery, 
and incipient cholera. The milk should not, 
be boiled, but, heated sufficiently to bo agree 
ably warm. It is also recommended as of 
great value in typhoid fevers—as cooling and 
nourishing, and as promoting sleep. 
The Folk Co., Iowa, I ml it*. Amh’h is to hold 
a Fair in June, for the exhibition and sale of 
fruit, nursery stock, works of ail, machinery 
and livestock. Tho date of Hie Fair Is not yet 
fixed. 
The National Horse Breeders’ Ass n of Jack- 
son, Mich., have selected June 17 20 as I lie days 
when their next Annual Meeting will beheld. 
The amount of premiums offered Is 8152,000. 
The Newburgh llay, N. V., Hurt. Hoc. holds 
its next Annual Exhibition at Newburgh, Sept. 
23-525. The premium list is issued, but mu a 
name and address of an officer is upon it. . 
