|tUsceUanp(»u«f 
scalp shines through, and the ears stand out, 
with a strong resemblance to a—well, what 
the little girl called—“ a long-eared horse.” 
For another class I refer you to a humorous 
cut on the last page of a late Rtjral : 
“ Fact,” 
“ Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as 
one of these.” 
Allini Ray. 
woman’s faith. With quiet manner and tearless 
eyes, she entered the president’s room, and 
when she emerged with pallid but calm face 
she had spoken the healing word “ live.” 
“ He will live ” she said, and through all the 
trying hours and days that have followed, her 
glowing faith has never seemed to waver. It 
has given the president what no surgical skill 
could give, and its continual ministration is be¬ 
yond the remedial power of all medicines. It 
was that rare and thrilling spectacle of a wo¬ 
man made great by suffering and answering 
with unflincliing heroism to the demands of a 
supreme moment. All honor to her, she 
richly merits all that the people have in their 
hearts to give her. And if the President lives 
—as all true hearts pray he may, regardless of 
political bias, will not the nation owe—under 
the providence of the great Giver of Life—the 
saving of its most precious life to the heroism 
of Lucretia Garfield ? 
to which fasten the work before turning so as 
to preseiwe each rib separate and unbroken at 
this place. The turning is to form the ribs. 
The border is simply three rows of common 
shell crocheting. 
To complete the set there should be a mat 
for meat platter, for gravy boat, vegetable 
dishes, tea-pot and hot water pitcher. Each 
mat to va ry in size to suit the dish placed up¬ 
on it. 
[The above article was written for our “Fair 
Edition,” but, like other matter, was unavoid¬ 
ably crowded out. As the Fairs are not yet 
over, it will still be timely, although we regret 
its non-appearance in former issue.—R. C.] 
PROFESSOR 
A POOR TRAVELING DRESS, 
What would one think of a mother who 
provided for her daughter’s traveling outfit, 
over a very long, rough journey, where she 
was to meet all vicissitudes of climate and 
weather, only a flimsy ball dress ? It might 
be very beautiful in fabric, and adorned with 
abundance of the choicest flowers and spark¬ 
ling gems, but it would be a miserable failure 
as a traveling dress, and we should almost 
think the woman deficient in sound sense who 
should provide it for such a purpose. 
But is it any more sensible to send our girls 
out over the rough journey of life with only a 
stock of accomplishments to meet the wants 
of this every-day working world ? How many 
dear girls marry without the slightest prepa¬ 
ration in the way of domestic knowledge and 
self-reliance in managing home affairs. It is 
fondly hoped that skill will come to them and 
that they will manage somehow to keep a 
house in respectability and comfort; but O 
that ball-rlress traveling suit ! How poorly it 
answers in the wear and tear of the road. 
Don’t buy everything for the girls. Trust 
them with the money after giving them as 
much good advice as you please. Let them 
learn how to buy by actual experience. If 
they make some mistakes let them abide by 
them just as you have to. .Said a boy of a 
brother skater who had met with a tumble: 
“ Let him fall down. That’s the way to 
learn." It is the way wo all learn a great 
many things. If Jenny’s pretty blue cambric 
fades out white, let her bleach it and make 
the best of it; but learn the lesson also of 
avoiding that alluring, deceitful shade in the 
future. 
Let her learn to make bread from the be¬ 
ginning to the end of the process, and teach 
her the most thrifty, excellent short-cuts to 
perfection in all departments of cookery. 
It is not needful to go through the tedious pro¬ 
cesses ou r grandmothers used to beating eggs 
to a froth with a luiife, waiting all day for 
broad to rise, and so on, iu a world where egg 
beaters are to be had, and Vienna yeast-cakes 
which will answer the purpose of rising in an 
hour or two. 
Let her eschew cream-of-tartar and soda 
when good baking powder is to be had, and 
adopt all similar improvements. Life and 
time are too precious to be needlessly wasted on 
these old-time crudities. Housekeeping need not 
and should not bo half so hard to the girls at 
the present time as it was for us, if they only 
will take hold and fit themselves for the busi¬ 
ness before actually in the whirl of it. What 
merchant would send out a ship under a cap¬ 
tain who know nothing of navigation ? Would 
not there be likely to come disaster and dis¬ 
tress enough in such a case ? Should not the 
home pilot be equally qualified ? Olive. 
yftOSPHAT/c 
There is nothing n in this age and coun¬ 
try that yields a more poteut influence over 
people in general, than <h - ess, and for that rea¬ 
son, if no other, should neatness and taste be 
exercised in the selection and “ make up ” of 
our clothing. 
Although many go to extremes in dress, 
there are those who keep the extreme in an 
opposite direction. Not that they don’t wear 
enough clothing, but they are so fearful lest 
some one should think they are trying to “keep 
in the fashion,” that they make of themselves 
oddities and subjects of ridicule. There is no 
necessitj r for following every whim of fashion; 
neither is there any excuse for a person per¬ 
sisting in having his or her clothes cut “ just 
so,” and being of just such a quality for all oc¬ 
casions, regardless of their ill-fit or unbecom- 
ingness. 
I have 9een mothers with grown-up daugh¬ 
ters who were refined ladies, persist in dress¬ 
ing in a stylo that attracted attention and rid¬ 
icule, and was a source of mortification to tho 
daughters. And such people are often quick 
to accuse their children of being ashamed of 
them. 
Wo all love to see the dear old lady, who, in 
spite of being old-fashioned, is neatly and be¬ 
comingly attired. It is better to wear a fresh, 
neat handkerchief around one’s nock than 
cheap, coarse lace, or a soiled, crumpled niche, 
because lace or niching is fashionable. 
There is a great tendency with the younger 
people to ape every fashion, without regard to 
expense, good taste, or becomingness; this is 
greatly to bo deplored, as it is apt to make a 
strong impression, either favorable or unfa¬ 
vorable. How important it is that one should 
be careful, tasty an l neat iu tho arrangement 
of the toilet. It matters not if one is poor and 
cannot afford to buy expensive clothing, keep 
the coat or dress carefully brushed and re¬ 
paired, and if a woman, don’t put a lot of 
trimming on a cheap dross, that will attract 
attention to its cheapness. Tho more severely 
plain the better, taking care that it fits well, 
and is of some quiet, modest color. 
It is to bo wondered at that some mothers 
think it necessary to make their little girls’ 
dresses so short ; when they sit down, tho little 
things vainly endeavor to pull their scant 
skirts down over their knees, and when they 
rim or jump around in their play, one lias a 
full view of their underclothing, to tho belt. 
We hear a good deal of ridicule of women's 
dress from the masculines; one tells us how ab¬ 
surdly long or short some women wear their 
dresses; another points out. the bail taste of 
some fleshy or thin woman in the fit or style 
of her garments. But did it ever occur to any 
of my sisters how equally absurd some men 
dress ? 
Walking through one of the fashionable 
thoroughfares of the city, not long ago, I could 
not but observe some of the masculine cos¬ 
tumes. About nmo-tonths of all the men I 
met wore pantaloons that touched the pave¬ 
ment behind with every stop, and in many 
cases they were frayed and soiled, just as some 
women’s dresses are. A very few that I mat 
wore pantaloons that were really quite short, 
and caused their feet to look just as large and 
clumsy as some women’s do, with short dresses 
on. 
I observed quite a number who were rather 
fleshy, and they invariably wore pantaloons 
that were “ skin-tight,” with exceedingly 
short coats that did not add to their appear¬ 
ance from a rear view; these wore open in 
front, displaying a huge watch chain dang¬ 
ling on the expansive vest-front. Surmount¬ 
ing this was a high “stove-pipe hat,” than 
which a more absurd hat was never worn by a 
woman. 
Another class was exceedingly thin, and in¬ 
variably wore pantaloons—one leg of which 
contained cloth enough to comfortably cover 
both legs of the wearer, and they wore, os a 
rule, ulster or long overcoats that were open 
from a little below the belt behind, causing 
the coat-tails to flap around equally as un¬ 
gracefully as a woman’s illy-draped or tight 
skirts. And then, how their shoulders were 
padded ! One has to smile, to soe the win 
moving from tho mil shoulder so far back un¬ 
der the pad, and imagine the kind of a flgure 
there is hidden under all that cloth and pad¬ 
ding. With this costume is worn a large Der¬ 
by hat, and the hair is cut so short that the 
Young children are wearing indoors shoes 
of untanned leather. 
Shirring is the leading feature in the mak¬ 
ing of dresses. 
Ladies new dressing-mirrors, framed in 
plush, pointed by hand, have the following 
appropriate quotation; 
Plush covers for small tables are made up 
of small scraps of several shades, each with 
its own or a fanciful edge embroidered upon 
Made from Professor Horsford’a Acid 
Phosphate. 
Recommended by leading physicians. 
Makes lighter biscuit, cakes, etc., and 
is healthier than ordinary R«klng ’ > "w- 
der. 
In cans. Sold at a reasonable price. 
The H orsford Almanac and Cook Rook 
■ent free. 
Ilumford Chemical Works, Providence, R. I. 
Improved Cornell Corn Sheller. 
OR. 1881 , 
Will shell more corn with 
less Inbnr than any other 
mxchine 111 market. 
The only Sheller made 
Spiral Springs for the 
Pressure Bar. 
Every Machine Warrant¬ 
ed to do as good work 
As any Sheller Made 
rr Ask bo see th* Cor¬ 
nel! Sheller. try It and you 
will buy t>o other. 
Address orders to 
TREMaM, VVA I fe.R'1 A Co., Ithaca, PI Y. 
Evening shawls in rich colors come so cheap 
this year that there seems to be no excuse for 
wearing knit breakfast shawls. 
Pocket-handkerchiefs for day use have a 
narrow hem of porcelain or of dark red, and 
sometimes the entire center is in small blocks 
of ecm with white. 
A fancy prevailing to some extent in 
bracelets is to wear one set with 
a stone corresponding to the month. 
A bracelet for January has a gar¬ 
net; one worn in February, an amethyst; 
March, has jasper: April, sapphire; May, 
agate; June, emerald; July, onyx; August, 
camelian; September, chrysolite; October, 
aquamarine: November, topaz; December, 
ruby. 
Cider and 
Wine Mills, 
We make thebeetand 
cheapest 
Cider & Wine 
MILL 
Mrs. Myra Brad well, the editor of the 
Chicago Legal News, demonstrates what a 
quick-witted, energetic woman can accom¬ 
plish in business. Not only does she edit and 
publish one of the most valuable and success¬ 
ful periodicals devoted to the interests of the 
legal fraternity, but as soon as the Illinois 
Legislature adjourns, she goes to Springfield 
personally, and makes a careful copy of all 
the enactments of the session, and publishes 
them in a well-bound volume. She has done 
this at the close, of the last four sessions of the 
Illinois legislature. The Legislature could 
not do a handsomer thing than to authorize 
Mrs. Brad well to print the laws oflieially here¬ 
after, and pay her the money for so doing, 
which is now paid to others for doing the same 
work much later and not more perfectly than 
she does it.—Woman’s Journal. 
In tlie market. Also 
Cider Press Screws, 
i Send for prices. 
RIUM8EY A CO. 
Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
FARMERS and OTHERS 
With a sprint? nr running water on their 
premises, cun have an unfailing supply 
at anv point by using a Hydraulic Ram. 
More than rOj different styles of l.ift 
ami Kiirre Pnmps, Ilvdrnulio 
Until*, etc. 
Send for ctreu'*-s and prices. 
KC'I*>KY\ (l ., 
Seneca Falls, N. Y„ C. S. A. 
THE AMERICAN FRUJ DRIER. 
_ Portable, 
matlon fret. 
Address, AMERII AN FRC1T t> It IE It CO., 
Chnntberttburit, Fit., U. 8. A. 
The corner stone of the new building of 
Lasell Seminary, Aubunidale, Mass., was laid 
June 9, with a poem by Florence, daughter 
of Louise Chandler Moulton. 
THE FUND FOR MRS. GARFIELD, 
MARY WAGER-FISHER. 
The gift of a quarter of a million of dollars 
to Mrs. Garfield is one of those spontaneous 
movements of a people as beautiful as it is gen¬ 
erous, and has its value and significance in its 
spontaneity. Every such national movement 
tends to allay factional strife and to cement, 
strengthen and sweeten national union, while 
in this instance it, at the same time forms an av¬ 
enue for popular expression of admiration and 
love for a brave little woman whose heroic be¬ 
havior during a time of intense time has elic¬ 
ited the highest praise from all the civilized 
world. The objections raised by some parties 
(there are people who always object to every¬ 
thing noble and generous) to the inexpediency 
or inapproprintenees of making this gift to 
Mrs. Garfield, except in case of the death of 
the president, possess nothing justly tenable. 
Mrs. Gai'fiold, ever since the nomination of her 
husband to tho presidency, and especially 
since his election, has been constrained by 
force of circumstances to give her time and 
her strength to the public, and such was the 
demand made upon her, that for weeks she 
hovered, on the verge of the grave, brought 
there by tho tremendous strain upon her ner¬ 
vous system, aggravated by the unwholesome 
sanitary environments of the executive man¬ 
sion. Then came tho terrible second of July I 
The President’s life hung on so slender a 
thread, that a million breaths were bated for 
fear that precious hold would break. Every¬ 
thing seemed to depend upon how the lov¬ 
ing wife would take it. The wounded sover¬ 
eign was harrowed with anxiety, until hour 
after hour sped by, and at last she came, still 
weak from her long ill Unas i hut utrong in her 
LORD’S PRAYER I 
We will teach you thin 
style of 
shorYhand; 
In reply to inquirer for information in re¬ 
gard to silk worms we say : That we do not 
recall or find by referring to several previous 
issues any description, but the one by Mary 
Wager-Fislier in April 2nd number. Address 
as there stated, Women’s Silk Culture Asso¬ 
ciation, 1,32S Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
By sending a three-cent postage stamp your 
communication will be recognized and we 
hope to your benefit. 
How can I succeed in removing warts from 
my hands ? Having tried remedies unsuccess¬ 
fully. B. A. R. 
A ns. —The best remedy that we know of is 
to touch them with caustic ; this, of course 
produces an unsightly black spot but it is pre¬ 
ferable to endure this for a short time than to 
suffer the constant annoyances occasioned by 
these excrescences. 
W ill you please tell me where I can get the 
best and finest steel needles for hand and sew¬ 
ing macliine-work. A. S. 
For hand sewing the “Milward” needles are a 
good make, and probably the best that can 
be obtained at any first-class fancy goods 
store. Sewing machine needles are for sale 
at all machine stares, and are often to be 
found in dry or fancy goods stores. The 
nearest city or town will no doubt have what 
you require. 
) v * V by until or personally 
l*'' for Silo, anil wnarantea 
— \ * i -i. satisfaction. Sic notion* 
0’ r ‘ \ procured for pupils 
--- 1 when competent Send 
for circular. CHAFFEE & BI LL, lls»ve«o,N.Y. 
per day at home. Samples worth $5 free, 
Address Stinson & Co., Portland, Me. 
$5 to $20 
tp a week, $12 a da.v at home easily made. Costly 
^ outfit free. Address True & Co., Augusta, Me. 
The People have Proclaimed 
THE CLYDESDALE 
The Kins: of Draft Horses 
•-wciAliRiroa.” 
Musa*. 
POWELL *> it OTHERS, 
Sfbingboro, Crawtobd Co., t'a . the most extensive 
importers in America of CLYDESIHLES, the l est 
breed of Draft Horses in i he World. Largest and fin 
est collection on the American Continent. 
Also breeders of Trottiug-Breit Roadsters, and Im¬ 
porters snd Breeders of Holstein and Devon Cattle. 
Catalogues sent free. Correspondence solicited. 
W* Mention the Rural New-Yorker. 
Mothers with sickly, fretful, nursing ohil 
dren, will cure the child and benefit them- 
selves by taking Hop Bitters daily.— Adv. 
