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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
NOV 22 
Messrs. Leonard Bros., of Mt. Leonard, Mo., 
had undertaken a well-advertised auction sale 
of quite Rood Aberdeen-Angus and Galloway 
cattle, hut bids were so slow, low and far be¬ 
tween that they felt compelled to announce 
their withdrawal. cowman. 
Wk have received a large number of in¬ 
quiries about the Pulvermaeber galvanic belts 
and bauds, which are very extensively adver¬ 
tised through the mails and in the press. The 
concern will, most likely, send on the goods 
on receipt of cash; but the articles do not 
come up to the pictures of them given in most 
of the advertisements, and, while they may 
have a good effect in certain ailments, especial¬ 
ly in those of a nervous character, in which the 
imagination has a great deal of influence, they 
will certainly not do one-tenth of the good 
that is claimed for them. There is nothing in 
modem physics ■> ore mysterious than elec¬ 
tricity in its various manifestations. Where 
there is mystery, there are always opportuni¬ 
ties for humbuggery and bamboozlement, and 
not a single opportunity of the kind has re¬ 
mained “unimproved” in electricity, galvan 
ism, magnetism, etc. One would not be far 
from the frozen truth in saying that rrine- 
teuths of the electric health restoring appli¬ 
ances advertised so liberally in the press and 
through the mails, are sheer humbugs, and the 
other tenth a disappointment in most cases. 
The Pulvermaeber uppliunces belong to “the 
other tenth.” 
To Many Inquirers.— We do not recom¬ 
mend the Penny Publishing Co., of this city; 
nor W. H. llemball, Philadelphia, 
Pa. Again, we say that the gun advertised 
by the World Manufacturing Co. is worth 
what is asked for it—612. Be cautious in deal 
ing with J E Shephard & Co . Cincinnati, 
Ohio. The “Royal Templars of Temperance,” 
whose headquarters are at Buffalo, N. Y , and 
of whom we had occasion to speuk in the Eye- 
Opener of Novembers, j* the name of a mutual 
benefit insurauce order, with Grand Masters, 
Councilors, Supreme and otner Councils, Chap 
tors, etc., etc., etc., etc. We are informed by 
an old and trustworthy friend that lie has 
been a member of it for years, and that it is 
quite reliable. It always gives us more plea¬ 
sure to praise than to blame a concern; but 
that is u pleasure we must generally forego in 
characterizing the people inquired about in 
this department. 
HUsceUaneoua. 
CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
Creaming Milk By Centrifugal Force. 
—A treatise of some 00 imges, giviug a his¬ 
tory of the various steps, describing and illus¬ 
trating the principles involved, and showing 
the different machines now employed in the 
process. A little book well worth reading; 
by J. D. Frederickson, Little Fall?, N. Y. 
iot" lUomni. 
CONDUCTED BY MISL RAY CLARK. 
SUMMER BOARDERS. 
CARRIE V. 
Our summer boarders hev gone, and I 
dinged and dinged at our men-folks to build 
an ice-house, so’s we could hev ice duriu’ the 
hot summer mouths of another year. But 
John sed, “it was an expense we couldn't 
afford, an' beside it was mighty onsartin 
buildin' what we didn’t know much about 
anyway.” I handed him a Rural, an’ soz 1, 
“There’s how to build uu icc-house. Follow 
thetout, au' you’ll bev one that you needn’t 
be ashamed of.” The truth is our John likes 
his ease too well, an’ his motto is, “never do 
to day what you can put off till to-morrow,” 
an’ somehow he manages so thet but very few 
of bis to-morrows ever come; consequently a 
good many jobs are left over an' never get 
done. Now, I'd set great store on hevin’ au 
ice-house, an’ sumhow it lied yot to be built, 
an’ it bed yot to be begun to-day too. I lied 
sumtbiu’ ahead of thet, and 1 was determined 
to get. it, au’ T spoke right up sharp-like, an 
sez I, “There’s u hull lot of old boards lyin' 
around thet can lie picked up; an’ there’s thet 
old board fence you talk ot replacin’ with a 
wire oue; und t’other things wont cost much; 
an’ the work wo can do ourselves, an 1 I’ll jest 
take hold an’ help, on that ice-house—it'll be 
built, an’ it’ll be filled.” Now, w hether John 
saw the force of my argument, or whether he 
saw no way out of not doing thet job, I don’t 
know, but the fact is we hev an ice-house, an’ 
a good oue it is. Our John is a rare hand, 
for when he does a thing, he doe6 it good; the 
trouble is in gettiu’ him to do it. Well, 
we got thet ice-house, an’ we got it filled 
with the best ice thet froze all thet Winter. 
An' in the Spring I sez to our Bailie 
“You an’ I’ll get the sewin’ done up, an' the 
house cleanin’done early, an’ when the season 
opens we’ll take some of those city folks who 
hanker after flndiu’ a nice, cool, an’ qniefc 
place for the summer. We’ll just tuke some 
of ’em at one dollar apiece a day. There’s the 
parlor bedroom, an’ we’ll nut a bed up in the 
parlor too, an’ in the front chamber, an’ in tbe 
north room, that makes eight that we can 
lodge beautifully. An’ ez we hev a clump of 
trees bard by, au’ a strawberry patch, raspber¬ 
ry bushes, cherries an’ currants, alBO, lambs, 
chickens, an’ a patch of peas, with plenty’of 
good Jersey milk, an’ lots of (ce, an’a river an’ 
lake close by, we can make them pretty toler¬ 
ably satisfied.” Now our Bailie can sing like 
a lark in the morning, but she hez an’ eye to 
business for oil thet. an’ too she’s real handy 
Axin’ up nice little dishes an’deckin’off a table 
to look real purtv. She an’ I planned an’ 
worked. an’ when time was ready we just bed 
put in the paper an advertisement tbet told 
the whole story, for one night when the teach¬ 
er bed called, I sed to Bailie, “kind ’o bring 
up what we taik of doin’, an’ ask bis advice 
on tbe best way to do it.” Now he’s dretfu! 
accommodatin’, an’ right straight off. sez he, 
“I’U write one that’ll fetch'em ”. llis home 
was in the city, an’ he knowed exactly what 
city folks wanted; an’ ho wrote a real smart 
article, au’ it did fetch ’em Several young 
ladies drove out to our house one day un’ 
looked about an’staid to dinner an’ then en¬ 
gaged to come the next week an’ take the 
front chamber, if I’d put a lounge in 
it for the third one to sleep on; an’ the north 
room too. So thet made five already engaged 
at one dollar apiece a day for the summer. 
Then the next day, on there came fire young 
men, an' one of them bed a letter from his 
Ma savin’ “es I hed kindly engaged to take 
her daughter with her friends for the season 
she hoped I’d take her son un’ his friends for 
the season also.” I hesitated quite u little, 
thinking thet wu# more proper, but calculated 
to take ’em all the while, because they were 
likely lookin’ boys every one of them. Well, 
finally it was arranged, an’ I hed engaged 
those five young men at one dollar a day for 
the Summer. Now thet made ten at one 
dollar apiece a day, for the Summer; said 
Summer to bo eight weeks, or July nu’ Au¬ 
gust. Bailie an’ I began to look our summer’s 
work fair an’ square in the face. John 
hooked the horses to tbe platform wagon an’ 
drove us to town. We bought some tickea’ 
some dishes and some groceries; an’ the next 
week we were ready to earn our money— 
thet meant black silk dresses for Sallie an’I 
an’ an overcoat for John, next Winter. 
When the next week come, on come our 
boarders. There were ten es likely young 
people es were in ail the country round about 
us. They come to have a jolly, good time, 
an’ we kuow’d to hev young people injoy 
themselves they must hev fun goto’. I sug¬ 
gested that they go ahead an’ amuse them¬ 
selves es best they could; swingin’ in the 
hammock, ridiu’ on the hayrack, rowin’ on 
the river, or doin’ anythin’ their fertile brain 
could find to do. It would bev jest pleased 
you to see them take to my words an’ five up 
to ’em every day out of the seven. It was 
tellin’ every time they came to table, hungry 
as bears, thet all hod exercise a plenty, an’ all 
were growin’ fine an’ vigorous. Bailie an’ l 
worked dretful hard, but things got on so 
cheery like thet we felt real encouraged, an’ 
John, ef I do say it, hed somehow acted real 
handsome the hull Bummer through. When 
work an’ heat wou'd like to overcome me, 
Sallie would sing “Cheer up, mother, cheer up! 
The silks are acomiu.” An’ when Sallie’d get 
a lee tie discouraged like, I’d say “She 
rode to town, in a silken gown.” an’ no one 
can tell es them thet knows, how cheered, an’ 
encouraged like we’d get. it was rather tough 
keepto it up eight weeks steady, but we were 
workin for the money," an’ thet money was 
sure to come. When however the last week 
hed come, we detarmined to make it the best 
one of all. an’ those ten took bold of the fun 
stronger then ever an’ enjoyed themselves 
right well. They hed a lot of friends down 
from the city an’ we set the tables out on tbe 
lawn, an’ the ten waited on them, and it would 
bev done au old miser good to see them eat; 
they did enjoy the victuals so! F’or this extra 
feast they paid us handsome, an’ a general 
good feelin’ abouuded; beside it was a good 
advertisement for us auother year. 
An’ now the season bed ended, an’ John an’ 
Bailie an’ 1 were restin’ on our oars so to say. 
Why, we hed never made so much money in 
so short a time before durin our whole lives! 
an' when the work was done up after dinner, 
an’ Sallie an’ I’d set down with our white aprons 
on, we’d talk it over, an’ reckon up how much 
we’d be; then when Jobn'd come we’d talk an’ 
reckon agaiu- 1 declare’t was realcomfortiu’. 
At last, however, them city boarders hed 
gone, (bow they did hate to go, an’ too they 
sed they’d be back another season) an’ the bills 
were all paid, for man like those ten boarders 
paid every dollar before leavin’ our door, an’ 
with the money in our pockets. Bailie, an’ I, 
an’John, was on our way to the city to buy 
the “silken gowns” for Sallie an’ I, an’ thet 
overcoat for John. 
We concluded to get real serviceable goods, 
an’ bev our dresses made genteel and be- 
comin’, for “our ten” hed pressed us to come 
an’ see them at their home durin’ the Winter. 
Now we did not Intend to go visitin’, but I’d 
calculated we’d call, es maybe they wouldn't 
like it if we didn't, an’ they were real genuine 
good people like, an’ t’was worth our while to 
take to them like, an 1 yet not lie over- 
presumptious. Because we know there’s a 
power of difference between city folks an’ 
countryfolks, an’ if each one knows his place, 
the association may be mutually beneficial. 
If we enioy our visit, an’ they treat us well, 
perhaps I'll tell you about it. 
THE FOUR SUNBEAMS. 
Four little sunbeams came earthward one day. 
Shining and danclnir alons on tbelr way, 
Resolved that their course should be blest. 
“Let us try,” they all whispered, “some kindness to 
do, 
Not seek our own pleasuring all the day through, 
Then meet In the cve at the west.” 
One sunbeam ran In *it n low cottage door 
And played “hldc-and seek” with a child on the 
floor. 
Till baby laughed loud In his glee. 
And chased with delight, his strange playmate so 
bright, 
The little bands grasping In vain for the light. 
That ever before them would flee. 
One crept to the eoueh where an Invalid lay, 
And brought him a dream of the sweet summor day, 
Its bird song and beauty and bloom; 
Till pain was forgotten, und weary unrest, 
And In fancy he routned through the scenes be loved 
best. 
Far away from the dim, darkened room. 
One stole to the heart of a flower that was sad, 
And lovt d and caressed her until sbe was glad 
And lifted her white face again. 
For love bringseoutent to the lowliest lot, 
And Dnds something sweet In the dreariest spot, 
And lightens all labor and pain. 
And one, where a little blind girl sat alone 
Not sharing the mirth of her play fellows, shone 
On hands that were folded and pale, 
And kissed the poor eyes that bad never known 
sight. 
That never would gaze on tbe beautiful light 
TUI angels had lifted the velL 
At last, when the shadows of evening were falling, 
And the sun, their great father, bis children was 
calling, 
Four sunbeams sped Into the west. 
All said: “We have found that In seeking the pleas¬ 
ure 
Of others, we fill to the full our own measure,”— 
Then they softly sank to their rest. 
m . K. B. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
A rainbow of gorgeous colors is one’s first 
impression; not a perfect rainbow, by tbe way, 
for tbe first three colors of tbe spectrum are 
wanting, but green, yellow, orauge and red 
run through a thousand graduations of hue. 
There is sulphur yellow and tawny orange, 
Pompeian red and terra-cotta, in fact as a 
young woman weariug a steeple-crowned hat 
and an enthusiastic expression, observed — 
“some of the colors were just too aesthetic for 
anytbiug.” To those who only know the old- 
fashioned yellow chrysuuthemums of country 
gardens, such an exhibition would indeed 
be a revelation. The name Chrysanthemum— 
meaning.golden flower—becomes a misuomer 
to many cases. By the way, this flower is 
called by many of the country people “Arti- 
mishal.” I am not at all sure of the correct¬ 
ness of my orthography, but 1 have aD idea 
that this name is a corruption of an Old Coun¬ 
try term, and Means “After Micbtelmas.” 
Can auy one tell me if this expression is cor¬ 
rect? Or is it a corruption of Artemisia, the 
old name? 
This family of plants is indigenous to China 
and Japan, though the original varieties 
would have as much difficulty in recognizing 
their maoy-hued descendants as an early Briton 
confronted by a dandy of the Victorian era. 
Chrysanthemums were introduced into Europe 
about 17t54, and have undergone many changes 
during their cultivation. They are divided 
into three great classes: Japanese, Chinese, 
and Pompon. These, again, form many sub¬ 
divisions. At the recent show in New York 
there were standards 15 feet high, but to my 
mind, these are not so graceful or pretty as 
the natural busby form of the plant. The 
Japauese varieties are chiefly noticeable tor 
the long, irregular* and sometimes struggling 
petals, which give a very fluffy effect to the 
flower. A very handsome form of this class 
is Golden Dragon; the profusion of fluffy yel¬ 
low flowers makes it very striking. Abd el- 
Kader forms a fine contrast with it; the flow¬ 
ers are rich maroou-emuson Hero of Mag- 
dala shows two distinct colors; tbe petals are 
blood red, with the reverse side buff. Kata 
Kauka offers a peculiarly aesthetic bronze- 
buff. I cau particularly recommend these 
flowers to our Rural sisters for tbe gJorifica 
I tiou of their autumn gardens. They are very 
easy to grow, only requiring rich soil, a few 
hours sunshine during the day, and occasional 
watering through the very hot weather. In the 
middle of October, they may be potted in 
large pots, aud protected from the fro R t. They 
do well in a cool room and are excellent for 
city gardens. 
fn the Chinese class. Virgin Queen and 
Empress of India are very fine whites; 
Fresny is a light salmon, very' curiously 
fringed. Of yellow flowers, Jardin des 
Plantes, Gloria Mundi and Guernsey Pride 
are very charming, while Baron Beuist and 
.Alfonso attract ns among the crimsons But 
the Pon pons—“little darlings” as the French 
word expresses—sre most charming. Bob is 
a saucy little crimson, flowering profusely; 
Commodore Nutt is a bright little yellow with 
anemone centre. Comete Biela is yellow, 
tipped with red Perle, a dainty white. New 
York had the pleasure of seeing two ehrysan- 
tbenum shows this Autumn—both, I believe, 
unusually fine. We may hope to see a 
wakened appreciation of tbischarming flower, 
which is not as widely known and grown as it 
deserves. emily l. taplin. 
Maywood, N. J. 
Domestic Ccotromi) 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLR. 
PITHS. 
Beware of the inquisitive woman. 
Don’t let the children go to bed with cold 
feet. 
“Marrying for money,”—was there ever a 
greater mistake! 
It is not to a girl’s credit to be able to state 
that she knows nothing about cooking. 
Are you as careful to bid the members of 
your own family a cheery good-morning, as 
you arc the guest who sleeps beneath your 
roof? 
In this broad land wekuow of two children, 
aged ten and five years, who have never been 
whipped, boxed or slapped. Love, not fear, 
has guided them; their pareuts have treated 
them as companions, talking and reasoning 
with them as if they were grown. Few things, 
in way of obedience, have been exacted of 
them; but when they were told that a thing 
must be done, they knew there was no es¬ 
cape, though the heavens and eurth fell. 
Were they refractory, a few hours’meditation 
in bed would bring them to tbelr senses. 
They have been taught that if they told of 
their faults they would never be punished or 
scolded, and their mother sometimes thinks 
that the rule works too well, for it seems at 
times as if they did wrong for the sole purpose 
of telling her of it. As a result of such a 
training, these children at e absolutely truthful 
in thought and word, fearless, affectionate 
and just, considerate and loyal to each other 
and to their parents. 
LEAVES FROM A WESTERN HOUSE¬ 
KEEPER’S JOURNAL, 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
A barrel of pears came to the house unex¬ 
pectedly during Aunt Dorcas’s visit, and we 
had to go to work aud cau all we could before 
they spoiled. “Dear me!” she said, “how 
you Eastern people do waste sugar. Sure 
enough, it’s cheap this year; but tbe way you 
put it into canned fruit just spoils it.” We 
asked Her method, and she answered: “ 1 do 
not use any sugar at all, and lam sure you 
cannot keep the freshness and flavor of the 
fruit, if you do. Why, some of you folks 
make a sirup and boil it down till it is nearly 
pound for pound, aud all taste of the fruit is 
lost, and that is the reason the young lady 
you told me about, took ) our eaoned pears for 
peaches. Tture was no real difference to the 
flavor, I suppose, and Lite substance seemed 
about the same.” And so it came to pass that 
Aunt Dorcas put up some pears, aud grapes, 
tomatoes, and other autumu fruits for us, 
and did not use a particle of sugar, and,* 
strange to relate—at least so it seemed to 
housekeepers hereabouts—it is all keeping, 
and auy of the cans we open are marvels for 
freshness and real fruity taste. She was very 
particular to reject all imperfect fruit, and 
to'be quick with the canning after preparing 
the pears, for they would soon discolor after 
peeling. Some kinds of fruit she cooked 
slightly, but aoy that was likely to become 
soft by handling with a spoon, was put raw 
into the glass cans, and they were then tilled 
with hot water, and set into the wash-boiler, 
which was full euough of water to come up to 
the necks of tbe jars, after a few shingles had 
been put in to raise them from the bottom of 
the boiler. There is a great difference in the 
time the fruit requires to boil, and she sat and 
watched the clock, giving them time about 
as follows, if my memory serves me correctly: 
pears in halves, fifteen minutes; apples ten 
minutes; peaches only took eight, and plums 
ten minutes. W hen they were done and taken 
out, she opened the lids a moment to let out 
the steam, saw that they were quite full, and 
set them away to cool in a sheltered place. 1 
asked why she was so careful in tbe cooligu 
