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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
FES 44 
f or tije Pounij. 
WINTER’S JEWELS. 
tiring the last three weeks 
we have been favored with 
the fag-end of a Dakota 
“blizzard.” It was very 
cold, with considerable 
snow on the ground A 
few days since a rain fell 
which froze and coated 
everything with clear ice 
—ground, fences, trees and 
roofs, followed by a bright 
cold Winter day ; sun- 
shiuy but not warm 
enough to thaw, except 
in the most favored spots. 
Looking at this coating of ice my eye was first 
caught by a glint from the branch of a rose 
bush away out toward the front gate (I was, 
of course, by the warm coal fire.) It seemed 
a combination of violet, orange and red, with 
perhaps tinges of some of the other primary 
colors. This broken combination, throwing 
to my eye so beaut ifully tbe colors of the ex¬ 
tremes of the spectrum, may have resulted 
from the irregularity of the surface of the 
icicle which inclosed the twig. 
After noticing this gem, 1 turned my atten¬ 
tion to other parts of the yard Btars of 
burnished silver were there in great profusion, 
and 1 soon found one that shone with a most 
tempting glitter of gold, but far more dear 
and liquid. By changing my position slightly 
it would change from gold to red, with differ¬ 
ent, inexpressible tints while chaugiug, and 
at last to silver. I noticed one, not far from 
this, of a most delicate mingling of blue and 
green—much such a tint as you may have 
noticed in the sky at some time, but vastly 
multiplied in brilliancy. The beautiful 
effect was most gratifying to the sense, 
but it went farther and fell deeply into my 
mind. I looked back of tbe beautiful effect 
to the wonderful laws that make that effect 
• possible. The law that determines the re- 
fraugibility of the color-producing rays. The 
action of this la w is capable of demonstration, 
but its origin, how hidden from our most 
curious investigations! I followed the,rays to 
their source in the sun, but there I was com¬ 
pelled to pause. I thought of the time that 
had elapsed since those rays first set out 
through the iuterminable fields of ether, 
though they had traveled with a fleetness that 
we cannot conceive of. 
More wonderful, if possible, are the powers 
of mind, without which all the laws of nature 
would be of far less usefulness, and some to¬ 
tally useless. I could but wonder that all 
minds are not alike endowed; wny some are 
not tinged with poetic thought. But minds 
and men must lie put to different uses in this 
great busy, pushing world of ours, and think¬ 
ing, “What a great matter a little fire kin- 
dleth”—even though with ice for fuel and 
light for flame, I turned from the glorious 
gems without, to duties within. 
Fort Scott, Kansas. quill. 
THE RURAL RAISING. 
AS IMAGINED BY ONE OF THE COUSINS. 
In my father’s Rural of November loth, I 
saw an invitation to all to come or send some 
assistance to the Rural raising. I showed it 
to Aunt Christina, and we concluded to send 
our subscriptions at once. Knowing that tbe 
house is intended by you as a reception house 
to receive and entertain the Cousins and other 
relatives, and as Rural architecture has atr 
tained a high standard of perfection in the 
wilds of Western Virginia, I will venture to 
give you a few hints in regard to the style of 
the building; see that you boss tbe job your¬ 
self, and when the house is teu rounds high, 
put on the eave-bearers, which should extend 
so as to form cantilevers; surmount these 
with button poles; then cabin off with ribs, 
ridge poles, knees, and weight poles; make 
the chimney with cxib-jamstones; back-wall, 
and lath and plaster; then chink and daub the 
whole establishment snugly; built in this 
style, your cabin will surely be as much of an 
ornament to Park Row as Aunt Harriet's 
cabin is to Carlton Terrace and St. James’s; 
but should any of those stylish chaps up about 
Fifth Avenue pass by your establishment and 
turn up their noses and make any sneering or 
disparaging remarks, tell them at once that 
you are no shoddy aristocrat, that you don’t 
care a banbee for their mosaics, frescoes and 
cartoons; that you are enshrined in the affec¬ 
tions of thousands of faithful and true friends 
and relatives, whilst they are envied and de¬ 
spised, but flattered, by a few flunkies. Little 
do they know how congenial to the feelings 
of your nephews and nieces it is to be enter¬ 
tained in such a building, and 1 would here 
make an earnest appeal to all my Cous¬ 
ins through the country to help you by 
their subscriptions to the Rural, to build a 
house that will be worthy of their zeal; and 
of your devotion in their behalf. How I 
would like to be at your house-warming; and 
perhaps Auntie Christina and I could take a 
trip to see you about that time; but dou’t for¬ 
get to save all the Chips for that occasion. 
Until then I remain your loving niece, 
KATE HURLEY. 
THE DISCUSSION. 
Are you learning all you can about Beans 
and their culture? All the members of the 
Y. H. C. should find out what they can about 
the varieties and uses of beans in their neigh¬ 
borhoods and write something, if only a few 
lines, for the Discussion. “Uncle Dew” has 
written from Kansas of the beans that grow 
where he lives, and we want to hear from all 
the States, where the Cousins live. 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Uncle Mark:— My father takes the Rural 
New-Yorker. I am 14 yearn old and I would 
like to join the Youths Horticultural Club. 
Our farm consists of 490 acres. My brother 
and I bought three turkeys and we want to 
raise some young turkeys; please give, me 
some advice about it. My father intends to 
give my two brothers and myself five acres of 
land to plant for ourselves, what would you 
advise me to put in? I thought of corn. 
Our nearest railroad is 50 miles away and 
post office five miles. I want to save up 
enough mouey to get an Indian pony. How 
many of the Cousins ever saw an Indian pony? 
I have not seen a tree since I have been 
here. We have no fresh fruits, except water¬ 
melons and musk-melons. 1 hope you will re¬ 
member me in the Free Seed Distribution. I 
came from Newark, N. J.. last July. 
Yours truly, clarence h. taber. 
Potter Co., Dak. 
[To raise young turkeys, do not set the hen 
until about the first of April, so that when the 
turkej s are hatched they will find grass to 
eat. Do not handle the little turkeys, and do 
not feed them until they are 34 hours old, 
then for two weeks feed them on hard-boiled 
eggs, curds, or bread crumbs moistened with 
milk; after that they may be fed cooked corn 
meal, boiled potatoes and such things. 1 hope 
you will be very successful and raise enough 
to pay you well. Corn, I think, would be a 
good crop for you to grow’.— uncle mark.] 
Dear Uncle Mark:— My grandma takes 
the Rural. I like to read the letters of the 
Cousins very much, and I want to join tbe 
club of Cousins. I am 14 years old. My pa 
has bought a new faim of ICO acres nine miles 
from Petoskey. Grandpa raised the Rural 
corn, and it grew nine and ten feet high, and 
had four and five ears on a stalk. We had a 
nice lot of flowers from the Rural Treasures. 
I gathered six bushels of butter-nuts; if you 
will call in some time I wifi crack you some. 
Tbe snow is two-and-a-half feet deep, and still 
snowing. We are well surrounded with 
water; we are about three miles from Bear, 
Pine, and Michigan Lakes, and two-and-a-half 
miles from Horton Bay, 
Papa said I might have all the ground I can 
cultivate to make a garden, Grandmaraised 
the Blush, Beauty of Hebron, White Elephant 
and Telephone Potatoes. The Black Cham¬ 
pion Oats did not do as well as the Welcome 
Oats did. Is the Pyrethrum advertised in the 
catalogue the same as that used for insect 
powder? I want to raise some, as next year I 
want to raise cabbage for saur-kraut, for I 
have heard that people who eat plenty of it 
never have the dyspepsia. My grandpa has 
two nails from the old fort in Mackinaw. 
Hoping you will let me come again, 
I am, yours truly, 
Emmett Co., Mich. ANNIS horton. 
[Yes, the Pyrethrum hybridum will furnish 
the insect powder, but it is generally thought 
cheaper to buy it. I would like to call aud 
get some of those nuts; they must be plentiful 
in your neighborhood.— uncle mark.] 
QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
C. A., Kjellberg, Kans. —How can I tan 
a buckskin to make mittens of it? 
Ans. —If it is dry soak it in water until 
pliable; put the skin over a beam and scrape 
tbe hair off with a square edged tool, a flat 
file ground smooth, with the end square, will 
do. Make a solution of soap and oil, (curriers 
oil, or castor oil,) rub this into the skiu thor 
ougbly with a stone, the end of a stick or a 
pomace stone, repeat this process until the 
skin is soft and pliable. If an Indian tan is 
wanted finish by smoking the skin in a cool 
smoke. 
Wm. Jackson, III.—Are the Surprise and 
Landreth wheats the same? 
Ans.—N o, but Armstrong and Landreth 
are the same. 
!tti.$*cUanrou£ ^Mvcrti.sinrj. 
Frank Hlddftll’s Opinion. 
Frank Siddall’s name has become a house¬ 
hold word wherever purity in soap is prized, 
and washing-day Is robbed of its old fashioued 
terrors. By tbe introduction of the soap 
which bears his name, he has won a place in 
the grateful hearts of the women of America. 
The opinions of a man as shrewd and observ¬ 
ant as Mr. Siddall is known to be, are well 
worthy of consideration in forming judgment 
on a matter into which he has examined. 
Whether in a throug of invited guests, as at 
his “Silver Wedding,” or in the quiet comfort 
of his cozy home, it is pleasant to spend an 
evening with Mr. Siddall. Desiring to learn 
bis views concerning an important question 
of health, oue of our editors passed an hour 
with him and his family. To look at Mr. aud 
Mrs. Siddall and their son, nobody would 
suppose that they had ever been invalids. Yet 
they have, aud all three of them owe their 
present health to- 
Well, let them tell the story. 
“No,'’ said Mr. Siddall, “you would hardly 
think my wife an invalid. Cei’tainly she has 
not an emaciated or feeble appearance. But 
some time ago, there appeared on her side 
something which seemed to be a tumor. Two 
of her relatives had died of cancer, and she 
feared she was to be a victim of that terrible 
malady. The tumor, or whatever it was, in¬ 
creased in size and painfulness. The chafing 
of the dress against it was a continual remind¬ 
er of its presence, as well as a constant irrita¬ 
tion. We feared the necessity of the surgeon’s 
knife as a last resort. 
“But we tried another method. I had long 
known of Compound Oxygen. It had never 
made any impression on my mind until, after 
a good deal of disbelief, I had tried it for my 
sick headaches. With close application to a 
largely increasing business which took my 
whole time and thought, I had become a mar¬ 
tyr to this distressing complaint. It seemed 
strange that such an invisible agent us the 
gas which is inhaled through a tube could 
make its impress on that condition of the sys¬ 
tem which produces sick headache. But it 
did. After taking the office treatment, I 
found complete rest from brain weariness, 
and entire exemption from the nausea and the 
harrowing pains which make up that very un¬ 
pleasant combination known as sick headache. 
I became an entirely renovated man in my 
ability to attend to daily business. 1 bad also 
for a long series of years suffered severely 
from constipation. The Compound Oxygen 
treatment completely removed this trouble. 
“So we concluded to try Compound Oxygen 
for Mrs. Siddall. Dr. Starkey, after a care¬ 
ful examination pronounced the abnormal 
growth to be something entirely different 
from cancer. This was a great relief, even if 
the growth could not be entirely removed, 
and it gave great confidence in Dr. Starkey, 
for some practitioners would have tried to 
make it out as aggravated and alarming a 
case as possible, in order to magnify their 
skill in case a cure was made. In even the 
short space of a few days the effect was per¬ 
ceptible. Compound Oxygen was doing its 
work on tbe blood. The poison in the circu¬ 
lation, or whatever it was that bad caused the 
growth of the lump, was driven out of the 
system, Mo3t of the hard growth was absorb¬ 
ed into tbe circulation, and thus carried away. 
The hardness departed. Something like the 
core of a boil came out, painlessly. Within 
four weeks from the time Bbe began to take 
the Compound Oxygen the lump was gone, 
and the flesh had healed aud become as natu¬ 
ral and healthy as that on any other part of 
the body. 
“Mrs. Siddall is now as able as ever to attend 
to her regular duties, which she heartily en¬ 
joys. She is a wonderful help to me In my ex¬ 
tensive business, being at my office every day, 
transacting, with great efficiency, the affairs 
of her department, which consists in the 
supervision of 30 lady clerks.” 
And how as to your son, Mr. Siddall? 
“Well, he is now as hearty as need be; 
thanks to Compound Oxygen. H is blood was 
impure. For years he was my cashier, with 
constant duty and heavy responsibility. It 
wore on him. His appetite was irregular aud 
capricious. There were pimples aud blotches 
on his face, indicative of the condition of bis 
blood. There were dark spots under his eyes, 
and his general state was such that although 
he was not laid up in bed as a chronic invalid, 
there was danger that he would he. We tried 
him with thB troutmeut. Compound Oxygen 
soon did for him what it lmd done for his 
mother aud myself. It renewed bis blood 
and gave Jilin a heartier vitulity. The pim¬ 
ples, blue spots, and other indieutions disap¬ 
peared. His skin became soft and natural. 
His appetite became regular, aud his digestion, 
which of course, had been impaired, was re¬ 
stored to its proper condition,” 
Then, Mr. Siddall, you have no objection to 
be quoted as a believer, firm, thorough, and 
constant, in Compound Oxygen. 
tf Believer! "Why l consider that in the dis- 
cove rj/ of Compound Oxygen, there has been 
given to the world, something as valuable and 
as notable as Jenner gave it in the discovery 
of vaccination! Believer! Why, see our 
family experience with it. Believer! Yes, so 
much so that I never lose an opportunity to 
send those of my friends who need medical 
treatment to Drs. Starkey & Palen, aud all 
that I have heard from are enthusiastic in 
their approval of it. Not a word of disap¬ 
pointment from any of them. Believer! 
Well, I have induced four of my clerks to 
take the treatment. There is Mr. Johnson, 
for instance. Come round to the office in the 
morning aud see him, He had catarrh so 
badly that at night he had to take a handker¬ 
chief to bed with him, and to have a basin by 
the side of the bed in which to expectorate 
during the hours when most people are asleep, 
aud now, after but a few week’s treatment, he 
he is almost entirely rid of this trouble. His 
ears were clogged up with catarrh discharge. 
They are now entirely free from ic. 
"And so I might tell you till morning of 
such cases, and others of similar importance 
and value. You cannot speak too highly of 
Compound Oxygen. You may give my opin¬ 
ion of it as strongly as you please.” 
The writer called to see Mr. Johnson and 
found him at his post, not only free from ca¬ 
tarrhal annoyance, but grateful for it, and 
enthusiastic in his praises of Compound Oxy¬ 
gen. 
And now, if any one wishes to know all 
about this wonderful Compound Oxygen, let 
him write to Drs. Starkey & Palen, 1100 Gi¬ 
rard St., Philadelphia, and they will send him 
an interesting little book in which its discov¬ 
ery, nature aud action are fully described. It 
also conlaius a largo record of remarkable 
cures which have been made during the last 
twelve or thirteen years in all forms of 
chronic ailment.— Ado. 
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