1885 
understood perfectly well what I wanted, she 
stood flushed and firm, and cried and looked 
at the frying-pan and evidently grew more 
and more determined not to touch it. 
Her papa drew her attention to some¬ 
thing eke for a little while, and when she 
was quite good-natured replaced the fry¬ 
ing pan, and, putting it back on the floor, ask¬ 
ed her to pick it tip,as if it were great tun,and 
kept her piekiug it up in play for five minutes 
or more. When it is necessary, as sometimes 
in taking medicine, he uses force of will, but 
never strikes her. I do not believe I could 
ever have puuished her into picking up the 
frying-pau.aud if I had continued trying, her 
temper must have beeu sadly injured. A 
child cannot have too strong a will—the more 
will the better, if he or she only learns to con¬ 
trol it. I often say now, “Well! if Pet will 
not do this, mamma must,” and as she delights 
to be helpful, this usually brings her to terms, 
and if it does not 1 let the matter pass without 
apparent collision. I am satisfied that great 
harm is done to children by their parents’ 
mistaken sense of duty in persisting to pun¬ 
ish them when they are angry. The value of 
obedience cannot be overestimated. It is the 
corner-stone of a happy family life, and of a 
happy childhood; but there are other ways to 
obtain it without making life a continual bur¬ 
den to all concerned. There is a little box of 
old white rags for any emergency which Pet 
is privileged to scatter about when she pleases. 
!Sbe can also strip the little clothes-bars which 
contain pieces of her wardrobe, and two 
shelves in the pantry covered with tin¬ 
ware she considers her especial field of labor. 
When we bake she hasa bit of dough to work, 
even though she swallows soma of it aud gets 
the rest on her clothes. 
I am anxious now to get her some Kin¬ 
dergarten gifts to play with,aud to have a lit¬ 
tle blackboard and some colored crayons as 
soon as she knows enough not to eat the cray¬ 
ons. One of the richest doweries we can give 
a child is the remembrance of a good and 
happy childhood. 
FOREST HOME NOTES. 
Motiieu has been looking at all the worn 
clothes, and making the repairs needed; not 
only in the garments recently worn, but those 
that may be wanted by aud by, when the 
weather is warm and work accumulates, 
when one feels least liko doing it. She is 
anxious that all the odds and ends of gax-ments, 
old or new, should be put into some shape to 
be disposed of in an orderly manner. The 
uesv pieces that are not desirable for patches 
are put into blocks for the old fashioned bed 
quilt, or prepared for the “hit-aud-miss” stripe 
in the next web of carpet. The worn-out 
garments she rips apart, has them washed, 
then saves patches, carpet rags, and paper 
rags, aud each sort is packed away in a paper 
bag, till they can be properly disposed of. 
There are always some garments that are not 
quite fit for carpet rags, aud which seem 
wasted if given to the ragman; these are torn 
into wide pieces, and braided into rugs, mak¬ 
ing the braid about the width of one’s finger. 
If I do the braiding, I make the strands about 
three times as heavy. The result may not be 
quite so pretty, but it takes less time to dis¬ 
pose of the rags, and the weight of the rug, 
when finished, holds it down. 
After all the repairing aud clearing away of 
the rubbish is done, the spring sewing comes 
next, but there are very many this year who 
must wait for purses or credit before the new 
stock can be bought. So, perhaps, before the 
Spring really opens, there will be a short time 
during which the unusually busy housewife 
will (iud herself with nothing to do. Then is 
the time for the flagging energies to rest. 
Read all the good books and papers you can 
find. Exchange with your friend, being care¬ 
ful of the works you may receive. Don't let 
buby or the children handle them roughly, 
for that would show a lack of loyalty to your 
friend, aud exhitiit also a disagreeable trait iu 
your character. Careful, trustworthy friends 
may exchange books for years, and be a great 
advantage to one another. What you read 
uow will give you many pleasant thoughts 
next Summer, when you are so hurried with 
work that you do uot have time for iueutul 
improvement. MAY maple. 
“NEVER TOO LATE, ETC.” 
I have lived nearly three score years. 1 have 
visited some of the furthermost parts of the 
earth, hut had yet to learu from “Stock 
Drover,” through “Auut Rachel’s Helps,” iu 
the Rural of April 11, that any kind of free- 
and-easy shiftlessness was a sigu of hospital¬ 
ity. I felt sorry to pity “Stock Drover,” who 
could prububly enjoy himself better iu some 
third-rate liar room tbau in a tidy farm-house, 
where it would uot seem just the thing to use 
the floor or stove for spittoon purposes. 
Rural readers, mayhap, can take heed, 
and thereby learu the art of “doing the agree- 
TBY 
IT. 
able” to the stranger within their gates, bars, 
or rail feuce gaps, as the case may be. But 
never! Rural readers, never! let it be done 
by any kind of slip-shod slovenliness, for none 
except those with perverted.taste would habitu¬ 
ally seek such surroundings, l. r. macombjkr. 
WANTED.—A B1LL-OF-FARE FOR A 
COUNTRY COMPANY DINNER. 
Is the “First Company Dinner, ” described 
by A. L. Jack in R. N.-Y., to be given in city 
or country ! If it is to be given in the coun¬ 
try, we should meet with one great obstacle 
that would prevent the dinner being given— 
the purchase of so much food ready made; 
as the distance is so great that we could not 
obtain it fresh from the city, and there is 
so much said about the canned fruits, fish, 
puddings, etc., that I should feel embarrass¬ 
ed at putting them before guests. We seldom 
have company from the city when the subject 
of canned food is not mentioned, and always 
in derogatory terms by the city visitors. If 
the very best dessert is bought canned the ex¬ 
pense is no trifle. I have seen plum pudding 
bought in tin cans that was Teally very nice; 
but it required two hours’ boiling and a sauce 
to be made, taking considerable time and 
attention. We in the country would like a 
menu that would not be beyond our reach. 
The greatest objection I have to food in tin 
cans is that I do not know how long it has 
been put up. 
IRONING WITHOUT FLAT IRONS. 
Fold coarse towels, sheets and table-cloths 
iu the shape you want them after being ironed; 
pass them through the wringer as tight as 
possible; unfold, and hang to dry where the 
wind does not blow very hard—they will need 
little or no ironing. 
TO REMOVE STAINS FROM WHITE ARTICLES. 
One ounce each of hartshorn and salt of 
tartar well mixed. Put them iuto a pint of 
soft water aud bottle for use, keeping tightly 
corked. Wash the stained parts with a little 
of this mixture, after which process wash iu 
the usual manner. 
FOR CHAPPED HANDS. 
Pure castor oil rubbed on the hands thor¬ 
oughly before retiring is an excellent remedy. 
MRS. S. B. EATON. 
■ «♦«- 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
MISSOURI COOKERY. 
To cook egg plants halve them, remove 
contents from skin, place in frying-pan and 
cook a short time. Season with butter, pep¬ 
per, salt and bread crumbs. Return to the 
halved skins aud bake. Another: Peel, slice, 
lay iu salt water for six hours. Prepare 
nice bitter, dip each slice iu it and fry. 
SALSIFY. 
Scrape aud wash. Put into a saucepan 
with butter, salt, pepper and water; cook 
uutil tender. Cut into inch pieces. 
MEXICAN DISH. 
One cup of rice, two or three tomatoes, 
one or two red peppers, salt, one half pound of 
ham or chicken cut very tine. The beauty of 
this dish is the firey flavor. c. D. H. 
DRYING SWEET CORN. 
I saw a request of how to dry corn. I cut 
mine from the cob, when it is just right for 
cooking, aud dry quickly in the oven with 
closed doors, and it is almost as good as fresh. 
MRS. DELIA CROUP. 
QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
GILDING FRAMES. 
Subscriber asks how to regild old picture 
frames. 
Ans. —Try some of the liquid gilding to be 
had at all artists’ supply stores. Gilding with 
gold leaf you would find very difficult aud 
unsatisfactory. 
KALSOMINK. 
C. B. asks for a good white kalsomine; 
also how to “kill” the old whitewash, so that 
the new coat will adhere. 
Ans. —One pouud of white glue, 10 pounds of 
white zinc, five pouuds of Paris white, watei. 
Soak the glue over night iu a gallon of water, 
iu the morning heat over the fire, adding 
more water if necessary until the glue is dis¬ 
solved. Put the two powders iuto a pail and 
pour over hot water, stirring constant!), uutil 
the mixture is of the consistency of thick 
cream. Add the glue water, mix, adding 
more water if necessary. Apply with a liue 
whitewash brush. To “bill” old whitewash: 
scrape and wash off all the lose lime, ihen, 
give the walls a thorough washing with a so¬ 
lution of two ounces of sulphate of zinc to a 
gallon of water. 
llorslord'N Add Phosphate 
Iu ('uustipiKiou. 
Dr. J. N. Robinson, Medina, O.. says: "In 
cases of indigestion, coiistipitjon and nervous 
prostration, its results are happy. ’—Adu, 
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3 Horse Power, . *250.00. 
5 " *• 800.00. 
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10 ** “ 5 *.00. 
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Lighter Draft with Driver Riding than ordi¬ 
nary Plow with Driver Walking Turns 
sffiiare corner without baching. 
The Plow Is always under control of the Driver; 
s-lniple in construction, easy to Handle.and indispen¬ 
sable to every farmer. Write for prices. 
ELKHART IRON WORKS 
ELKHART, IND. 
Mention Rural New-Yorker. 
^-ALL RIGHT 
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HAY CUTTER 
TILJ i The be*t In t he world. 
The leniie iiSteel.and tempered.and 
l| 4 fastened to lever with three Soils, 
ll.iE.dcan Leei-sily taken on to sharpen. 
V _llThe length of cut is regulated by the 
lever to which the kntfc is bolted. 
The 1/i^l -r tin- !i« raise.I. the 
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You can ride and plant FI tv .-1 crr.t err dau. 
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Three Rivers. Mich. 
OUR SILKY POTATO PLOW. 
__ and attachments Draws the 
Xfth /urrotes, Cot'er* the reed, tnil- 
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Farmers wanting Haying Tools, send 
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His Disronnt for Early Orders. 
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Ebony H»ndU\ Brass 
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•—AND— 
The Fight Renewed 
against that feeling of indolence and de- strength and vigor follow the use of 
bility, common to every one in the Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Sirs. Ann H. Farns- 
spring and summer months, is of no avail worth, a lady 79 years old. So. Woodstock, 
without the aid of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Vt., writes: “After suffering for weeks 
By its use, impurities are expelled from with prostration, I procured a bottle of 
the blood, and new life is infused into the Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, and before I had 
vi m-. It .simulates and strengthens nil taken half of it my usual health returned.” 
the digestive and assimilative organs. Thos. M. McCarthy, 3G Winter st.. Lowell, 
C. A. Wheeler, Hotel Clifford, Boston, Mass., writes: “I have been troubled, for 
Mass., says: “A few bottles of Ayer’s years, with nervousness, and pains about 
Sarsaparilla, taken in the spring, make me niv heart, especially in the morning. I 
feel well and strong the whole year.” also suffered greatly from debility. I have 
C. J. ilodemer, 145 Columbia st., Cam- been cured by Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, and 
bridge port. Mass., says: “ I have gone am uow able to do very hard work.” 
through terrible suffering from dyspepsia; Henry H. Duvis. Nashua, N. H., writes: 
but I have cured myself, and saved a “ I have found relief from that feeling of 
great deal of money in doctors’ bills, by languidness, prevalent during the spring, 
the use of by taking Ayer’s Sar- 
Ayer’s Sar saparilla. 
•aparilla.” It will help you. I have taken it for years.” 
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Maas., U. a. A. 
For sale by all druggists. Price $1; six bottles for $5. 
