THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
344 
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Back Supporting Shoulder Brace 
a Is so constructed that it 
Tv*. gives a strengthening 
X.S\ support to the back, anil 
/ v '! draws the shoulders back 
i 1 so as to expand the chest. 
; i throwing tlw body into an 
v yJ. erect and graceful posi- 
a tion. Price #1.30 by mail. 
jA a ‘. Give waist measure. Send 
\ \ for circular and iilustra- 
\ i > ted price-list of 
\.,/ Hygienic 
Undergarments 
•A to 
_b \ Mrs. A. FLETCHER & Co. 
^tjent.s ‘Wanted 
a week In your own town. Terms and #5 outfit 
House i America. Dealers supplied 
Axmua M i Uaud Co, Northford. Ct 
with 
0 Jim best insecticide ever used for the destruction of the Potato Bug. Cotton Worm, and Cauker worm 
Sold by aU wholesale druggists and stores hroiighout the I'niied Mates. It not obtainable of nearest dealer 
send direct to sole manufacturers. lIBilllMiHAV’S 1 .ON DON P1KPI.K l (>., 1. niilrd. i 
T1 , Op .Hark l.anc, London, England. DO Wilier m , V. V. I”. O. 15o\ GOO. 
the head and make the hair grow ? Are there not 
simple remedies that will answer the purpose aa 
well as expensive hair restoratives ? Carbolic acid 
Is good for diseases of the skin; will It Injure the 
hair if it la made very weak or put In oil ? 
Mrs. I. T. 
Ans -a weak solution of horax or ammonia is 
excellent for cleansing the head and hair, and a 
tea made of rosemary will promote growth. 
While not feeling confident enough to recom¬ 
mend the use of carbolic acid, we would say that 
our own judgment favors It. 
that choice, healthful vegetable, asparagus, Is with 
us for six or seven weeks. Cut every morning fresh 
from the garden, It- is Indeed a luxury, a dainty 
dish, and can be prepared In so many ways that 
children care but little for meat while It lasts. Mrs, 
Henderson, In her " Dinner Giving, - ' gives the sim¬ 
plest way of cooking as followsTie the stalks 
in bundles, keeping the heads one way. and cutoff 
the stalks so that they may be of equal length. 
Put them into well-salted boiling water and cook 
until they are tender. While boiling, prepare 
some thin slices of toast, arrange the asparagus, 
when welt drained, neatly upon it, and pour over 
a white sauce, as for cauliflower. Time of cooking 
asparagus, about eighteen minutes.” 
The points of the shoots, cooked like peas, form 
a very choice dish and a novelty. As a breakfast 
dish, or for children, It Is very nice cut Into small 
pieces the size of peas, with an ounce of butter, a 
tablespoonful of cream, the same of gravy, and a 
little pepper and salt. Boll In Just as much water 
aa will cover it first, then pour this off and add the 
above Ingredients, also three well-beaten eggs, 
stir over the fire a minute to set the eggs, and pour 
over slices of bread that, have been dipped In boil¬ 
ing water and butter. Aa a blood purifier and a 
diet to supply albumen, asparagus is a valuable ar¬ 
ticle of food, containing more of this element than 
anything except eggs. 
Pi£CCtkttC0U0. 
PtereUiittfouiSi, 
No matter what your feeling or ailment Is, Hop 
Bitters will do you good. Prove It. 
goraestic (foiwmjr. 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE. 
COOKING VEGETABLES. 
To have vegetables In perfection they must be 
gathered for the day’s use before sunrise while 
they are cool, and then kept cool in a cellar or In 
cold water till the time for cooking them. If, 
however, they are stale when brought to the 
kitchen, cut off all the stems fresh and put them 
In cold water till wanted. Boll In 30ft water to 
preserve their color, but Lt only hard water can 
be got, add a little soda. Salt the water, let lt 
boll, put In the vegetables and ball briskly ; then 
take them out as any delay after they are done 
spoils them. To get rid of snails, slugs and worms, 
which sometimes lurk among the leaves, wash In 
warm salt water, but at once put them In cold 
water to maintain their crispness. Beets must 
not be cut or the color and flavor will boll out. 
Turnips must be boiled in their aklns; potatoes 
must be put in the pot. tilled with cold water three 
hours before boiling, then set on to boll In the 
same water. If these directions are carefully 
followed, many people will come to a knowledge 
ot the capabilities of an Important branch of food 
but little understood by nine out of ten. 
Chief Cook. 
-♦ 
BOBBINS' WASHER. 
The Blssell Manufacturing co., writes to us as 
follows: 
“ If you will notice the directions and notes 
given below, you will perceive that lt is only 
through negligence and carelessness that clothes 
ever rust or tura yellow. 
When the washer la In operation, always raise 
the lid by placing a stick across the boiler, or 
leave lt off entirely. 
In every instance give full time to the operation 
of the washer. 
Dry the washer thoroughly immediately after 
using by placing lt on the top of the stove. 
if the cover la kept closed, the effect, of the alka¬ 
li will yellow the clothes, while, if it la raised or 
removed so as to admit the air freely the effect, 
will be to bleach the clothes thoroughly. 
The washer must not bo allowed to cool while 
wet. Take lt in pieces and dry thoroughly the 
moment tt la removed from the boiler. With this 
care lt will last altfe-ttme.” 
From our own experience with this washer, we 
must believe that where lt does not give satisfac¬ 
tion It Is because the person using lt ages not jol- 
low directtOTis. And to tuts we may add that 
many women expect too much of the machine. 
He ply «o Mr», Wager Fisher. 
First, I would say some persons think them¬ 
selves posseased of snilioient Independence to act 
In such small mailers as they please. Second, U 
the knife Is clean enough to out the food without 
contaminating lr, the rule that rorblds its being 
carried to the mouth Is one of extreme folly. Fin¬ 
ally, fathers and mothers who have handed down 
to their grown-up daughters any claims to superi¬ 
ority must have many qualities that such 
daughters would do wen to notice, admire aud 
cultivate. And by so doing they would cultivate 
the heart, so that such a small mannerism 
as drinking rrom a saucer could not. materially 
affect them. Grown daughters who would allow 
themselves to feel morUjlHl, must be lacking In 
good sense. In natural affection, and tu tme 
nobility of soul. From such deliver us. e. m w. 
fig. 240. 
uable numbers that are now missing would have 
been saved. 
Fasten a small tin can Inside a larger one by 
passing a couple of wires through the top ot each 
and you have a good glue pot. 
Paste-board boxes to make covers of may be had 
of any dry goods or boot and shoe merchant for the 
akklhg. 
ASPARAGUS. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
This season of the year Is noteworthv. The 
budding lilacs and flowering bulbs, the tender 
grass and fresh leaves brighten the days. The 
housewife finds amid the cares of the dinner-table 
a pleasant variety. Crisp lettuce, spinach and 
cress Infuse added brightness to the meal, and 
HOW TO BIND THE RURAL. 
GEORGE SINCLAIR. 
Any agricultural paper that la worth Its sub¬ 
scription price Is worth preserving. An article 
that we pass by as being of no special value to us 
FIG. 239. 
now, may contain Items of Information that will 
be of great service to us at some future time. 
The farmer who receives the Rural. every week 
and takes care of It has an ever Increasing fund ot 
practical Information. But lt may trouble him 
somewhat to find any particular Item when he 
wants lt if his papers are thrown together loosely; 
then, too, the leaves get ragged and torn from fre¬ 
quent handling. It la a great convenience to the 
reader to have the papers bound, and any one can 
bind his own Rural at the cost of a very few cents 
per volume. 
If you would have a neat book you must begin to 
take care of your paper as soon as It, comes—keep 
It neat and clean. A pleoe of newspaper large 
enough for outer leaves or covers should be sewed 
on at the time you sew and cut the papers; this 
will answer a good purpose and may be torn off at 
any time. 
It Is a good plan to sew the papers together In 
pairs, as lu Fig, 239, when you are ready to bind. 
Open them at the middle, place the backs together, 
pass the thread through both papers at A, back 
again and i brough at A, down on the other side to 
C, then back to A and tie. 
Take three pieces ot tape, or three strips ot strong 
cloth half an inch wide ; give them a coating of 
paste and dry them. 
Sew the papers to the tapes, passing the thread 
around the tapes and through the papers Inside of 
the threads by which they are fastened together 
Round the backs a little and give them a coating 
of thick glue. For covers, take two pieces of paste, 
board a little larger than the leaves, glue the 
tapes to the Inside of the covers, glue a piece of 
clot h over each tape to hold It firmly. For the 
back use a strip ot strong cloth wide enough to lap 
onto the covers an inch or more and long enough 
to turn in and rasteo on Inside covers. Cover the 
boards with dark cambric, letting It lap well on In¬ 
side around the edges. 
Cover Inside with white paper. 
This makes a cheap but neat binding, colored 
leather for the back and marbled paper on the cov¬ 
ers will make a more stylish binding. 
The work Is all done with common glue. 
Put your book under a firm weight for a few 
days. 
I have Just finished binding a lot. of agricultural 
papers aud feel well paid for my trouble. It I had 
attended to lt at the end or each year, several val- 
COLORING RECIPES. 
To Color Yellow. 
Get a halt bushel of hickory hark; boll It In 
brass or copper with water enough to cover the 
bark. When the strength Is out, take out the 
bark and put in one-tourth of a pound of alum. 
Put In your rags, keep them hot one hour, then, 
take out and dry. 
To Color Cotton Blue. 
Dissolve one ounce ot copperas In hot water; 
put lt In a tub or kettle large enough to hold the 
goods, let them be In one hour then take out and 
rinse. Take one ounce ot prtisslaie of potash dis¬ 
solve lt In water enough to wet the goods or rags, 
add ODe tahlespooiitul. ot nil ot vitriol; stir well 
and dip one hour. Have the liquid a Utile warm. 
To Color Green. 
Put some of the yellow rags In this blue dye 
after you take out the blue rags. 
_ Mrs. F. A. 
To Color Colton Chrome-Yellow. 
The direct ions given are for coloring 15 pounds 
of goods. Dissolve eight ounces of white sugar 
ot lead In a tub with water enough to work the 
goods. In another tub. with same quantliy ot 
water, dissolve eight, ounces of chrome. Put goods 
first Into the augur of lead water, take out, wrlrg, 
shake and return. Do t his five times. Tnen put 
through the chrome water in the same way. Re¬ 
turn to the sugar of lend tub, treat, as before, 
ltlnao well and dry, K. i. j. 
-— —— - 
It Is Impossible to remain long sick or out of 
health where nop Bitters are usod. 
Trade 
LONDON PURPLE. 
jYlarls: 
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oy * irtue of its groutor fineness 
Professor 0. K. Bessey <ayK It quickly kills both the 1 .arvsn and the Winged insect*." 
Professor A. J. Cook says: “ With this cheap poison we have no louver reason o f.-ar such enemies os the 
canker worm, etc.” 
X’rofOM-or J. L. Budd says •. A single application placed every one of the pests on their backs over the 
ground, sillier dead or In a rtyinu condition, in less Ilian six hours. 
BAUGH'S $25. PHOSPHATX 
BAUGH S ECONOMICAL FERTILIZER. 
Price $30. Per Ton of 2,000 Pounds. 
Ur - CONSULT YOUR OWN INTERESTS AND SAVE MONEY BY USING THESE FERTILIZERS. 
Circulars (riving guaranteed analysis ) 1> 4 fT/i | , c L'/Axy^i 
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Wells. Richardson & Co’s 
UTTER COLOR 
It (lives Butter theullt-edged color the year round. The largest Butter Buyer*recommend Its use. 
Thousand* of Dairymen any IT IS PElt FI5CT. Used by all the hest Creameries. Awarded the Inter¬ 
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WELLSi flK'llARDSOY Jk CO., Proprietors, Burlington, 
lt coats, who uses It. where to get It. 
USE )fONLY>fTHIS>KHE^rmSTJf AND >f-TH E BESTJf 
rj. ITLLl Oi l i-A c lUill, 
City. 
VAN SICKLE’S 
Shir Sling, Ha y & Grain I n loader 
HAS ISTO EQUAL. 
J Its Kconoiny, 
W One-half time, labor and ex- 
Its Capacity, 
jAia Double that of any Horse- 
ySf WfSfj Fork ‘ _ 
Tts Convenience, 
ff Unparalleled in Changing-. 
^ /A - 
|| / W'k Its Adaptation 
jfj[ ^ .fl, ’w To all kinds of farm produce. 
Wdilfl lla Its Facility. 
vr UH H M A boy twelve years old can 
Y\ lr I u a operate it easily. 
wV J3 Its Cleanliness, 
vk V 25 loads unloaded and did 
not scatter one bundle. 
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to Five satisfaction. For descriptive circular, address 
G. VAN SICKI.K A SON, 
SbortsvlUo, N. Y. 
O A Gold aud Silver Chromo Cards, with name, 10c. 
A/V post paid. Geo. I. Rf.eji & Co., Nassau, N. Y. 
IT DlYfl to sell our Rubber printing Stamps. Samples 
11 laid free. J. M. MITTEN & CO , Cleveland. O. 
—w _ _ _ A MONT FT for A cents mi our new 
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will also knit a great variety of fancy work for which 
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CARPETS. 
MOQUETTK CAR PETS. — We 
liave just placed on sale 300 pieces 
American Moquette Carpets at tlie low 
price of $1,40 per yard—the cheapest 
carpets ^ver offered. They cannot be 
had elsewhere in the city. 
WILTON CARPETS at $2.25, 
full five-frame, and equal in quality to 
anything offered in this market at $2.75 
or $3 per yard. 
AXMINSTER and MOQUETTE 
Carpets from $1.50 to $2.50. 
Beat BOOT BRUSSELS Carpets, 
$1.25, $1.40, $1.50 and $1.60—the latter 
for the choicest patterns. 
TAPESTRY CARPETS.—Hav¬ 
ing exhausted our first offering of 75 
cent Tapestry Carpets, we have placed on 
sale for a few days, another lot of the 
SA31E GOODS at the SAME LOW 
PRICE. These goods are equal to 
th se sold elsewhere at 90 cents and $1. 
We have other goods varying in price 
up to $1.15. 
We have also on exhibition a superior 
TAPESTRY CARPET, equal in 
Texture and Quality to anything made 
either here or in Europe. 
INGRAINS—We have of the best 
Extra Superior Grade a very full line 
from 75 cts. to 90 cts. per yard. Also, 
a line a grade lower at 65 cts. to 75 cts. 
—all wool. 
Persons in want of CARPETS will 
do well to call on us before purchasing. 
Every Carpet is warranted as repre¬ 
sented. Full satisfaction guaranteed or 
the money refunded. 
J. & J.lOBSON, 
CARPET MANUFACTURERS, 
40 and 48 WEST (4th ST., NEW YORK. 
John Van Gaasbeek, Manaerer. 
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Pt:KFWri.Y K1ATURF. THK If FARING 
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