MARCH 43 
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THE ROBAL NEW-YORKER. 
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TO REPAIR VERY OLD CARPETS 
Carpets that are considered, past mending 
may be made to do longer service with “the 
least bit of labor.” if one doesn’t mind patches. 
Have these as nearly the color of the carpet 
as possible and paste them on with flour-paste. 
Use plenty of paste and “spot" the pieces 
down well, and allow time to get thoroughly 
dry before beiug walked upon. When the 
edges wear up, a little more paste will fix them. 
OONDTJOTED BY EMILY MAPLE, 
Garden, Flower & Field Seeds, 
Reliable, fresh and pure, at reasonable prices. 
(Established 1839.) 
A. C. KENOALL, Successor to 
STAIR A-KENDALL. 
Cleveland Seed Store, Cleveland, Ohio. 
PEN-THOUGHTS FROM EVERY-DAY 
HOUSE. 
MRS. ANNIE L. JACK 
One of the members of our family has a 
great horror of hash, always qualifying 
the dislike with the added phrase “except 
at home." I improved a dish the other 
day that was well received, and the hash- 
hater especially seemed to appreciate it. 
As a good method for using up cold mutton 
or beef it is really excellent. Take auy bones 
there may be in the meal; put them in the 
s'ew kettle, over-night, with a head of celery, 
and au ouion stuffed with cloves with water 
to cover it. lu the morning, when required 
for use, strain off the liquor. Then cut your 
meat flue as for hash, add popper and salt 
to taste, and two ounces of onion to every 
pound. Place in a deep dish a layer of mashed 
potatoes, a layer of the meat and another of 
potatoes. Pour over it your gravy; cover and 
bake for au hour in a moderate oven; take off 
the cover a few minutes before serving, in 
order to give it a “ handsome brown.” Serve 
iu tho dish in which it Is baked. 
Speaking of celery reminds me that this 
vegetable ought to he at hand in every farm¬ 
er’s cellar; hut if It is not procurable. It has 
been proved that old unsalable celery seed im¬ 
parts flavor to soups—aud can be bought very 
cheap of seedsmen. A few days ago we pre¬ 
pared too much at once for the table, and 
found it could be kept for several days by 
rolling in a clean, damp cloth aud putliDg in 
a dark cool place. When once more placed in 
water for a while, it became as crisp and cold 
as ever. I think, apart from any medicinal 
virtues ascribed to it, there is nothing iu 
mid-winter that so brightens a table, aud 
whets the appetite as the green and yellow, 
crisp, nutty stalks of this only half-appre¬ 
ciated vegetable. 
t>bl.; small ones, $1 26; ehe-aper by 
ALFRED VAIL, Waterloo, N. Y. 
.flu Annual Catalogue of Vegetable and 
Flower Seed for I 8*0 rich in engravtDgs, from 
photographs, of tho otmlHAls, wilt be sent FltEK, to 
all who apply. My yUl customers need not write 
for it. I offer one of the Hugest collections of veg¬ 
etable seed ever sent out b>- unr seed bouse In Ameri¬ 
ca, a lunzo portion of which wore grown on my six 
seed forms. Full ilirtctUm* /nr cultivation on each 
jutehage. All seed MMirotmVa In be both fresh atnl tru * 
to iui mo' ; go far, that should it prove otherwise, Iivvl 
refill the otiler gratf '. The original Introducer of the 
Hubbard Squash. I'hlnne.y’s Melon, Marblehead Cab- 
CAT-TAIL MILLET 
ALSO KNOWN AS 
“HOKSE ” or “PEAK!” MILLET, 
Stic, per lb. by mail. 26c. by express- Cliufas, 50c. per 
<jt by mail. Send for price-list of many new and im¬ 
proved Staudard Seeds. 
MARK W. JOHNSON, & CO,, 
27 Marietta Street, Atlanta, Ga. 
THE CANNING QUESTION 
I have always put up tomatoes in quart cans 
of glass, and have had them as good in twelve 
mouths as the day they were put up. Many 
housekeepers complain that they have poor 
luck iu canning tomatoes—so many cans spoil¬ 
ing—and think they are rather difficult to can 
aud keep. I agree with Mary Wager-Fisher 
that the Melville is the cau, but that will not 
last forever, at least the rubbers will not. They 
become so hard that they are good for nothing. 
I have several now that cannot be used on this 
account. My cans were bought 10 to 12 years 
ago. 
But where can the Melville be found ? I have 
not seen one for sale iu three or four years. I 
would like to get some more of them and new 
rubbers for my old ones. Has the company 
given up manufacturing them ? The Mason 
aud Gem are about the only ones io be found, 
and I am always iu trouble with them, as I am 
obliged to buy new bauds every year. If we 
could get the Melville and extra rubbers at 
the same time, thej' would last a long time. 
Aunt Mary. 
T 0 Great Seedling 
MINER’S For Tale. 
The best variety of his 10,000 Seedlings t and 2 
year old plants of black and white grapes are now 
offered. 
AU particulars furnished free on application to 
M1W. T. B. .MINER, 
Linden, N. J. 
I£ you desire Reliable Seeds, send stamp for this 
beautiful Catalogue with Colored Plates. 
Name this paper. W, H. REID, Rochester, N. Y. 
SOUTHERN COW PEAS. 
I will send by mail 4 oz. for 10 cts.; 8 oz., 15 cts.; IS 
or... 25 cts. By express or freight, t peck $1.00; half 
bushel, $1.76; 1 bushel. $3.00. Address, 
W. MASON, Sand Spring-. Limestone Co , Ala. 
T HE ALBANY SEED STORE. , 
JaSstabiisliecL 1831. 
49th YEAS.. 
PRICE & KNICKERBOCKER, Sneccgisors to 
My Annual Priced Catalogue is now ready and 
wUl be mailed free to all applicants. It contains all 
the leading and most popular sorts of 
VEGETABLE, FIELD, 
AND 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
Besides all the desirable novelties of last season, and 
nearly everything else in my line of business. 
ALFRED BRIDGEMAN, 
876 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 
To Starch Mourning Calicos. 
If the lady who wished to know how to 
starch dark calicos would use coffee instead of 
water, or dissolve a piece of logwood in.the 
water before stirring iu the starch, T think she 
would bo pleased with the result. 
Mollie Crump ackbk. 
To Grease Boots. 
Cut part of an old rubber shoe in flue strips, 
add hog’s lard, place on the stove with the rub¬ 
ber, dissolve, then set away until cool. 
S. F. Baumgartner. 
Adding Water to 8mi»»ge. 
Do not add water to your sausage if you wish 
it to keep well. Seusou it before putting 
through the machine. It will then be already 
mixed. Aunt Mary. 
General Catalog-ue of Jteliable 
Flower, Vegetable and Field 
Seed, Vegetable and 
Flowering Plants and Small 
Fruits, 
MAILED FREE. SO Pages— 450 Illustrations. 
80 STATE STREET, Albany, N, Y. 
LOG CABIN SKETCHES; OR JESSIE 
SEABRIGHT’S DIARY, NO, 10. 
MAY MAPLE, 
Oct. 10, 18—The forests have put on their 
royal purple, crimson, russet and gold. I 
feel like going into cuthUBiastic raptures over 
the natural beauty of these grand old woods; 
the dim old aisles arc carpeted with the gayest 
matted-green mosses, iutermingled with scar¬ 
let berries and autumn leaves. And Bertie 
aud I have gathered a host of these leaves to 
ornament our cosy e.abiu tho coining winter. 
I have made some handsome rugs; one to put 
down in front of the stove, and another by the 
lounge. These are made by drawiug rags 
through coarse coffee sacking with a large hook; 
a drab or brown background and a central fig¬ 
ure of Roses and buds, or a bunch of Fuusies, 
make a cheerful combination most pleasing to 
the eye. These rugs were much admired at 
our county fair and drew first premiums. I 
used cotton rags for all but the central figures; 
aud for these 1 used old bright flaunels, bits of 
faucy delaines and ineriuos. lu front of Ber¬ 
tie’s erih up-stairs, is a rug made of old, woru- 
out stockings, that is really pretty and so 
warm aud soft to hi6 little foot, while he is 
dressiug; llic stockings are cut lengthwise, in 
strips about half a finger wide. These 6trips 
were hasted ou to a piece of bagging, “shin- 
gle-fashiou” and then raveled at one edge, 
making a long mossy fringe of loops. The 
most of the old socks were a gray mixture, 
but Bertie's wero of a bright red, blue aud 
white, and there was enough of these to mix 
iu, to break up tho inonotouy that oue color 
would have presented. Not a hit of the head¬ 
ing shows, aud the edge is neatly faced with 
cloth. It is really an ornament to the room, 
besides being decidedly useful. 
I thought our little cabin was about as nice 
and convenient as it could well bo made. But 
last week J -hu and I went to watch with a 
neighbor at some distance, lie has oceu very 
ill all summer; the physicians say his affliction 
was brought on by over work. lie has never 
allowed himself a day of rest for many years. 
Always at work from earliest dawn till late at 
niaht: there were no Sabbaths or holidays in 
Comhliioil C-Atolomio «»1 
JDoiira, Cow Peas 
Prickly Comfrey, Ac. 
Our seed catalogue containing de¬ 
scription, prices, arc., of above will 
b« sent to all who apply, enclosing 
vUmp. K. II. ALLEN & I'O.t 
P. O. Box 376 New Yurk City. 
Sent free to all who apply by letter. 
~ Peter Henderson & Cc 
9 35 Cortlanclt Street, New ' 
QUESTIONS ANSWERED 
FRESH, PURE SEED 
Our New England-grown Seeds have secured an en¬ 
viable reputation, and we again invite the attention oi 
Fnrimtrs. Gardener*, Florist*, aud otners to 
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table Seed* have a special reputation for excellence, 
and our stock or Flower need* )R unsurpafSfcd in 
all the choicest varieties. Seeds sent by mail to all 
parts of the country, and guaranteed to roach pur¬ 
chasers. New Catalogue for 1880 sent free. 
Mending Rubber Shoes <& Boots. 
Can you give me a recipe for mending the 
above ? 3. r. Baumgartner. 
An8. —We will republish directions given in 
Rural of Jau. 11, 1879. Dissolve four ounces 
of pure India rubber and an eighth of an ounce 
of powdered aspbaUum iu five or six times the 
quantity of benzine. Put together iu an old 
tin can, cover tightly, and let staud three or 
four days; then work It well with a stick, add¬ 
ing benzine if necessary, so that the mixture 
will be of about the consistency of honey. 
Scrape the polish from the rubber; apply the 
cement to each part; let dry half an hour; put 
on another coat; let dry ten minutes when the 
parts may be pressed together. 
Apple Jelly from Cider. 
Will some of our readers please give E. R. 
Shunkland their experience in making jelly 
from cider? 
Blue on Silk. 
Please give me a recipe for coloring blue on 
eilk. mbs. a. s. Otis. 
Ans —Use Leamon’s Aniline blue dye. This 
can be purchased from any druggist for 25 
cents. 
Verdigris and Mildew. 
Please tell me how to remove verdigris from 
linen, also what will take mildew out of linen? 
ELLEN L. POTTER. 
Ans.— 1. Wo do not know. Try a weak so¬ 
lution of oxalic acid, tubbing well. 2. Wet 
the clotli and rub ou soft soap and chalk mixed 
together aud place iu the sun, or, dip into a 
solution of chloride of lime and water, an even 
tablespoonful to three quarts of water, and lay 
iu the sun. 
BERRIES 
Our l mx* llluntratnd CnUliwoe* 
rury thing toe Finn tod OnrOoa Malle* 
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. BENSON, MAtrLE A OO- 
225 Church St, Fhllxduu. IN* 
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^ the largest and best 
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,jr Strawberries. 1-000,000 
rf Miner's Great Hrolifie.. 10 
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WSL- grown at Pomona Nur- 
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tree. 
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THE DIN6EE & CONARD GO’S 
For 1880, 
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