MAY 24 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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supply goods at a lower price than a small dealer 
can. But It Is not wise to buy an article that does 
not suit you, and In order to be suited It la, of 
course, sometimes necessary to go from shop to 
shop. There is one sort of clerk by whom those who 
are not very strong-minded are 111 danger of being 
Imposed upon—the clerk that tries to bully you 
Into buying what you do not want. At the outset 
it is best to recognize the fact that the business of 
the clerk is to show you goods, but that you are by 
no means under obligations to buy. If you wish 
to look at goods with a view to future purchase, 
say so, and tbe clerk, If he la obliging, will show 
them to you cheerfully without urging you to buy 
at the time. > T o good woman will unnecessarily 
consume the time of clerks, as she values her own 
time too much to waste It. 
In buying many articles, the buyer Is no Judge 
of their quality, and under such circumstances It 
is best to trust, to the experience and honesty of 
the person of whom you buy. Especially Is this 
true of silks and the liner class of fabrics. There la 
nothing gained, as a rule, in pretending to be 
wiser than you are, or assuming to yourself capa¬ 
bilities that you do not possess. In 99 cases out of 
loo the average woman might as well buy black 
silk for her frock with her eyes shut and her hands 
tied as to look at It and Anger It for halt a day. 
In buying ready-made clothing look well at the 
sewing, it there are ruffles, examine the hem¬ 
ming. It you are buying suits for children, ask 
for pieces of the same to patch elbows and knees. 
Before having the art icles worn, Bee that the but¬ 
tons are well sewed on, and fasten the ends of all 
seams so that there will be no ripping. 
If you wish to have yourself and your children 
look the htsT possible, and close economy be at the 
same time desirable, you will avoid the purchase of 
light-colored fabrics in goods that cannot be 
washed, if you are over tall, or over 9tout, ohoose 
dark garments if you wish to diminish the appear¬ 
ance of your size. Do not buy light-colored mixed 
goods. Buy black or brown for yourself; navy- 
blue, bottle-green or dark maroon are all good 
colors for y oung girls. Whatever color is most be¬ 
coming that adhere to, and don't change It for the 
Bake of a “ change,"’ unless you have plenty of 
money, for a different colored frock necessitates a 
difference of hat, gloves necktie and wrap, may¬ 
be. Moreover, It Is pleasant and It gives one Indi¬ 
viduality to be associated with a certain kind of 
dress and a Axed way of arranging the hair. 
For little girls or misses, a Ane dark gingham is 
In better taste and better style for a frock than 
any llghtecolored fabrics that come under the head 
of “ mixed Summer goods." For afternoon frocks 
for youug or middle-aged women they are prefer¬ 
able to lawns or to linens, and if a modest pattern 
be chosen they win look well for several seasons. 
In buying bonnets or hats never Invest In a cheap 
white straw. E-pecially for children do not choose 
such, nor white straw trimmed with cheap light- 
colored stuff and flimsy artlflctal flowers. Select, 
Instead, a stout brown or black straw or good qual¬ 
ity and simply trimmed. Such a hat will look 
well until worn out, arid Dot be spoiled by rain or 
damp weather, if one child outgrows It It will do 
for the next one. Train your children to pi efer 
plain substantial things to cheap and showy ones. 
For hoys front lliree and a hair years of age up¬ 
wards, It. is fashionable as well as sensible to make 
their drawers of the same material as that used 
for their frocks. 11 ready made suits of cloth aro 
bought you can And flannel of a similar color for 
the drawers. 
stockings are a very expensive item tn a child’s 
wardrobe, and any suggestion as to how the knees 
may he saved wilf, 1 am sure, he acceptable to 
mothers. “ creepers ” are sold at (he shops Tor this 
purpose, hut they can be home made. To a square 
or oh long pi e ce of thick cloth, la rge enough to cover 
the knee well, two elastics are attached at each 
end to the opposite corners or the cloth—the elas¬ 
tics passing around the underside of the leg, one 
above and the other below the knee, bt log of a 
lengi h to hold the cloth flrmly to the knee. An¬ 
other method some mothers employ Is to take a 
part of the leg of worn-out stockings and draw It 
over the knee of tbe youngster after his stockings 
are on. An old stocking Is also the best material 
to use ror lining the knees of stockings, because of 
Its elasticity. It Is an economy and a convenience 
to buy stockings of one color “year In and year 
out,” as you then have to supply yarn of but one 
oolorfor all the darning. “Odd ” stockings can 
be p tired and mended more easily and satisfacto¬ 
rily accomplished. 
in brief, if you are obliged to he economical, con¬ 
fine your wardrobe and that of your children to 
one or two plain and modest colors, if you wish to 
be tastefully attired. Avoid “ fancy ” things and 
things "rauclfut,” as they prove in the end to be 
not only extravagant, hut a snare and deluflon to 
weary of, and then to he hung away to he food for 
moths until they become fashionable again, which 
they never do—quite. 
ANOTHER WEEK FROM MRS. CLAY’S 
JOURNAL. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
Fkidat.—S weeping up-staira takes a part of the 
morning. Sometimes I wish our bed-rooms could 
he brighter and more cheerrul, though there Is no 
need to say tuat about Nora s for she has a wom¬ 
an’s knack of making “things pleasant In one 
little place.” like Mrs. Wnltney’s Barbara. But 
the rooms are small, the furniture eld, and I 
should like to have them renovated according to 
my taste. But the children are satisfied: they are 
not yet tall enough to touch their heads against 
the top of the floor, as one of ray neighbor’s sons 
can do. 1 often think one 1ms the greatest pleas- 
use while they are so content, before worldly am¬ 
bition coui'-s In and dors away with their sweet 
trust and confidence, But 1 was talking of bed¬ 
rooms. It stems better for me to hltoaouar- 
woman once a month and have tbe up-stains put 
through a process of soap and water early In the 
morning. It Beems to make everything fresh and 
clean; for carpets cannot cover everything, and t 
like best those rooms of our house where the floors 
are of hard wood, with rugs Instead of carpets, 
which are so easily washed that the work is not 
considered a task by any of the family. And 
every year these floors Improve In richness of col¬ 
oring, needing only a yearly coat of boiled linseed 
oil. I rejoice In these pretty wooded floors and wish 
every woman who has to scrub or even use a paint¬ 
ed floor could have them, also for bed-rooms and 
living-room especially. And as ihe “ melancholy 
days ” are robbed of their terroi'3 where carpets 
are dispensed with, the sooner the day of hard- 
wooded, polished floors comes, the better for all. 
I was told to-day that Lonsdale “said a had 
word.” Where do children pick up vulgar or pro¬ 
fane expressions ? Ido not wonder in families 
where tho parents are addicted to this distressing 
sin, hut even where they are not, the young boys 
seem to learn, these things hotter than their les¬ 
sons. Perhaps they think It manly; If so, the 
sooner they are taught differently the happier will 
he the lot of those around them. I used to wash 
the children’s mouths when they were little and 
threaten them with soap for the purpose, as a 
punishment for using rude aud vulgar expressions, 
llow hard It is In a family to watch all the say¬ 
ings and doings of each member and administer 
the right treatment. 
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PASTRY. 
CHIEF COOK. 
Sifted flour of the finest quality; butter 
washed the day before in cold water; a heavy j 
broad-bladed table-knife; a large wooden spoon; 
Ice or loe-cold water and a marble slab to work 
on instead of a pie-board, are necessary to make 
such puff paste, as is seen at the best confection¬ 
ers’. Take one pound of flour and one pound of 
butter, cut the butter Into four equal parts and 
then cut oae quarter or the butter into thin, very 
thin, slices. Do not touch It with the hands, the 
object being to keep It as oool as possible. Then 
make a douga with the flour, butter and cold wa¬ 
ter, dredge the slab and roll the dough quite thin. 
Cut another quarter of the butter as before, lay 
the chips on the dough, told It over after dredglog 
with flour, roll thin, add another quarter of the 
butter, dredge and roll, and then add the last In 
the same manner, hut this time leave it one-bair 
to three- quarters of an Inch thick. Cut the dough 
into as many pieces as la required for the number 
of plea, or tarts, and as nearly of a size as may be. 
Place on a plate upon Ice tlU wanted, say for three 
or four horn's. For making the crust for pies or 
tarts, use a small rolling-pin, only three Inches 
loDg, by two Inches thick, and with this roll the 
middle of the bottom crust quite thin, leaving the 
edges three times as thick. The top crust may bo 
nearly as thin as the middle of the bottom one. 
nave the fllUng thoroughly cooked before It Is put 
In the pie, and always bake in tin, and then let 
the oven be so hot that ten minutes time will bake 
It, For tarts or open top pies, bake the crusts, let 
them get cold, and put In the rrutt just before 
serving. This makes the flnost puff paste. Cheaper 
kinds are made by adding more and more flour to 
the pound of butter as above, and again by sub¬ 
stituting half butter and half lard, or all lard for 
the original pound of butter. 
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THAT QUESTION. 
“ It Is baid learning old dogs new tricks.' 1 
The above ought to he an answer toM. W.-F. 
•• old-fashioned people ” do not care to cut. beans 
In halves and oarry a half at a time to their 
mouths, as 1 knew a would-be lady to do. But 
when the lady of the house stepped out of the 
room she “shoveled them into her mouth as If that 
receptacle were a granaryas a little four-year- 
old grandson Baid after the extra-nice lady had 
left, “Oh! grandmamma, I wish you could have 
seen Mra. M— shovel the beans Into her mouth 
after you went out.” 
What were saucers made for ? Farmer. 
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DOMESTIC RECIPE8. 
Indian Bread. 
Four cups of corn-meal, two cups of graham (or 
white flour), two cups of sweet milk, two cups of 
sour milk, one or one-half cup of molasses, one 
teaspoonful of saleratns. Steam two hours and 
then hake slowly one hour. If made thinner, by 
leaving out part of the meal, and a pint of ber¬ 
ries added (dried or canned ones will do), It 
makes a delicious plain pudding. Eat with cream 
and sugar. 
Ginger Drop*. 
One cup of molasses, one cup of brown sugar, 
one cup of cold water, one-half cup of butter, one 
teaspooDtul of saleratus, one teaspoonful of ginger 
(cinnamon Is very nice In place of ginger). Stir 
rather hard and bake In a qulek oven. Drop on 
buttered tins. 
Ginger Cookie*. 
Two cups molasses, one oup butter or lard, one 
teaspoonful saleratus, one tablespoonful ginger, 
flour to knead. Roll and cut In squares with a 
knife. 
Waahlngiou Cake. 
One cup of sugar, one halt cup of batter, one- 
half cup of sour milk, two eggs, one-half tea¬ 
spoonful of saleratus, one and one-half cup of 
flour, lemon to taste. 
It you wish cream cake, make two loaves, split 
open twice, and spread between the layers the 
following cream: one-halt plntof milk, one-fourth 
cup of sugar, one egg, one half cup of fliur; boll 
the milk, beat together egg, sugar and flour, and 
add enough cold milk to stir; stir the mixture 
into the milk and let It boll till done; then add 
one-half tablespoouful of extract of lemon; spread 
when cold Exfkkibnce. 
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continually, from the first dose.— Adv. 
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S HAI.F A MILLION A #NI ■ TT% TV Rf-g 
WEETiPOTATO PLANTO P A R PT.TK 
Also Cabbage atul Celery Plants ill large supply. M. Ji @ S JL r ’X_3 JL SLJ h 
A II Illntll li tPltll AVf I'MIIO l**lt*0 
Also Cabbage and Celery Plants in large supply. 
All Plants packed with extreme care 
Circular, with, prices, free. 
J. T. LOVETT, Little Silver, N. J 
THE PINGEE & CONARP CO’S 
The only establishment making a SPECIAL 
BUSINESS OF ROSES. 50LARCE HOUSES 
tor ROfjE$ alone. Wo tii iivor strung Pei Plants, 
mutablefor imn> -flute blr.atn,safclyby mail,postpaid, 
at all poait-otflccs. 5 splendid varictie*, your choice, 
all labeled, fur $ I j 12 for 82; 19 for S3; 28 for 84 j 
38 for $5; 75 lor *IOt IOO for *13. We GIVE 
AWAY.tn Premiums aud Extras, mem: ROSES 
than tnout.establishments grow. Our NEW CUIDE, 
•twmrhte tt'**, 70 pp. •ityantiyilluetratea, 
describes Bun newest and choicest varieties —free to all. 
THE DINCEE & CONARD CO. 
Rose Growers, West Grove, Chester Co., Fa. 
Bntd«iiNrten of U TTY ITT’17 T T 
Strawberry. I511P W XiLL, 
The Finest New Strawberry before the Public. 
Having scoured a larger stock than I expected. I am 
able to offer this superb novelty at $1.00 per dozen; 
*4.00 per !00. I can sell steadily through May. 
Potted plants ready by .Tune 1st. I invite correspond¬ 
ence from those wishing to buy la rite quantities. The 
attention which I have called to tbe Bidwell has brought 
into market much doubtful stock. 1 can warrant 
mine a« genuine, Catalogues free. 
t ornwnif-on-lliulsoii. hi, Y. E.P.HOE 
SHijwdtaneou.si. 
The Literary 
Revo! ut ion. 
To keep in good humor the good people who delight 
in good books; to wake up the slow booksellers who 
are inclined to go to sleep in the summer, instead of, 
like a 'possum, In tlio winter j und to prevent our 
friends, tile fllinon book publish¬ 
er*, from for- vUl'dJ) AJillllS.CT.gettliig us, 
we hare concluded to publish a few more cheap books. 
If wo are to name biin at aU, wo must, of course, head 
q li 1,-ivcTvno the list v itii the immortal 
9IltlKt,b|IC(ll * bliikcspenfe, ar„l will give 
you either Ills “ Merchant of \ coke " or “ Hamlet, or 
any one of his fourteen other principal plays, in benu- 
Tif111 type, fOr 3 Wot,. it ^1' |l 1*00 | b,-i|4e 
the same priceyou may have J n lt-'l Vi III >w. 
Macaulny'K “ Lite of Frederick the Grout," framer price 
#1.-', or Cwlylo’s "Pobvrt Burns,’’ or Lamartine’s 
Quecm Wash ijitfton Irvi n^.' c Sf* 7 
Scots,” or Thomas- Hughes’s “Manliness of Christ ” 
Washington Irving’s wonderful, delight I"1.1 k telofore 
inaueusilb'o ’’Sketch Book,” which contain* the incom¬ 
parable Hip Van Winkle, yap cun \ I> i iv* , > 
have for a dime. Forth* -nine price -X IJHUc. 
GPrtm t.-ti wo wil) give you ” Tom Brown 
*•“111 01 lib II at Rngly," the b(,l boy’s 
book ever written, except •• Kobm-on I'rusoe,” which 
yon can have lil.-sj / for lb cent*. To 
eliarm those who V 1 ILM.H . delight in il.-tion, 
we give also for n> eeut* each, Cooper’* • ■ Iau-t of the 
.101 Mohicans," one of the most justly 
A/utJilt l is celebrated American novels, and 
Charles Kingsley's “Hypatia,” Mvihinaua 
which worthily ranks at the very -DU 1111 llr». 
front of f nuonx historic d Action. These are only sped 
mens of the cheap books v. . i„ihU*li, all in good 
type, neatly printed, and arts not in the broad side or 
nnv other ‘‘Hide” or " *4110x1:' ’ style, but handy pocket 
volumes, of coinse In paper binding Our motto, how¬ 
ever, has always been that a book worth rending iS 
worth preserving, as wi ll a* worth owning, and our 
large list ,.f *fand*nl books, tn which we (Uo making 
additions, withApuod unpiecu dt-rhed in the hi.-tory of 
publishing, are all elegantly and strongly bound, in 
cloth or better -tyle, and so d id prices proportionately 
low with those in paper covers. Wo j**uc these few 
only in pam-Lb-c form, as specimens of tie- /futility of 
our good literature, and those special terms will not be 
SfSSWd 5,000 Booksellers 
United State* and Canada are prepared to cither .ibnii 
dantlY -amply or lltyrmlly flnruicr our publication--. 
We give liberal terms to clubs whore no bookseller nets 
as agent. Descriptive Catalogue, and illustrated pamph¬ 
letdescribing book-making and type-sett ing by steam, 
will be sent free, on re,[uesl AMERICAN BOOK 
EXCHANGE. 764 Broadway, New York. 
Joux B. Aloes. Manager. 
>plo who delight 
MOQUETTE CARPETS. — We 
have just placed on sale 300 pieces 
American Moquette Carpets at the low 
price of §1.40 per yard—the cheapest 
carpets ever 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. 
Best BODY BRUSSELS Carpets, 
§1.25, §1.40, §1.50 and §1.60—-the latter 
for the choicest patterns. 
TAPESTRY CARPETS.—Hav¬ 
ing exhausted onr first offering of 75 
cent Tapestry Carpets, we have placed on 
sale for a few days, another lot of the 
SAME GOODS at the SAME LOW 
PRICE. These goods are equal to 
those 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. Pull satisfaction guaranteed or 
the money refunded. 
J. £ J. DOBSON, 
CARPET MANUFACTURERS, 
40 ami 42 WEST 14th ST., NEW YORK. 
John Van Gaasbeek, Manager. 
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