ARNOLD 
washing?” asked a lady from a distant State 
who was paying ns a visit. “All my friends 
in the central part of the State, whore I have 
recently been, use it, and you have no idea 
how much labor it saves and how white the 
clothes are.” 
Being ever ready to learn, especially if the 
knowledge will lighten labor, inquiry was 
made ns regards the method of proceeding, 
and next wash-day the test was made, which 
proved so satisfactory in results that the 
method has ever since been followed, with 
constantly recti mug thankfulness for the in 
formation. Hoping that it may prove of ben¬ 
efit to many others, 1 append the method of 
using: Place the wash boiler on the range, 
half or two-thirds full of cold water, add two 
tablespoonfuls of kerosene, and soap, either 
soft or hard, finely shaved, stir thoroughly 
and put in the tluest and whitest of the wash¬ 
ing. As soon as the clothes come to a boil 
remove to the tub, when it will be found 
that a very small amount of rubbing 
will be required. Put the remainder of the 
clothes in the boiler, adding a litt.o more ker¬ 
osene if thought necessary, though this 1 sel¬ 
dom do. The same suds will do to wash the 
colored clothes. After rubbing, return the 
white clothes to the boiler, adding clean water 
and as soon as you are ready, take them again 
from the tub, wring; rinse in another water 
which is slightly blued, and they are ready 
for hanging up. 1 have used various washing 
compounds and soap but have never found 
anything so cheap and satisfactory and at the 
same time such a labor-saver and olothes- 
whitener as kerosene, and no unpleasant 
smell remains after the clothes are ironed. 
I send a cure for a felon, which 1 have never 
known to fail, and which if generally 
known and applied may save a “world of suf¬ 
fering.” As soon as the difficulty becomes 
apparent apply a poultice made of equal 
quantities of hard soap, salt and spirits of 
turpentine. Persist in the treatment till a 
cure is effected. If the skin above the felon 
is hard and callous, remove the poultice at in¬ 
tervals and soak the linger in strong lye made 
by pouring hot water on wood ashes, using 
the lye us hot as can be borne. This will soft¬ 
en the skin, as well as help to drive away the 
felon. MRS. w. c. G. 
BWLEY HANDY 
WAGON 
$ml,$ atul ££lant$f. 
1887—SPRINC -1887 fT\T\ T1 f| 
Now is the time to prepare f1 » I J li If V 
your orders tor new aud rare I |\ 
Fruit, and Ornu meiinil I I I I j |i L 1 
Trees, shrubs. Evergreens, A AlOJMIv 
Rosea, Grape Vines, etc. Be- 
sides many DeUruhle Novelties, we offer the largest 
ami most complete general stock lu the U. H. Cata¬ 
logues sent to all regular customers free. To others: 
No. 1. Emits, the.; No. Omnnii-nml Trees, etc.. Illus¬ 
trated, lac.: No. tl, Strawberries ; No. t, Wholesale: No 
c,Roses,nee. ELLWANGcK & BARRY, 
M*. Hope Numeric*, If oclieeicr, N. Y. 
HATCH El, Qll’S ESSAYS 
On QRAlS8KH, MEADOWS, 1A ST DUES and LA WAT?. 
Mailed to any address on receipt of :> iw o rent stamp. 
Mr. (loo. Mlwanger ot Mount Hope Nurseries, 
writes: "Your Essay is the most pmetical and tnutruct- 
tec on Lawns ami itrasses that f know of." 
DANIEL HATCH El.O If, 1 lien, N Y. 
itlhccUaucousf ^ihcvti.siiui 
S Y.HAINES & CO.PHILADELPHIA.PA, 
I A IRVIEW \ URSI R IKS 
EsTAJIt.lXIIKO IN IMS’. Ur, I'If ST tN TtIK ST\Tf. 
IO.ikh) ttlohe Reach: 75,l)0O Peach, leading kinds; m,(too 
Lawson (Comet) Pear: Wilson.Ir B. B., Raneoeas it. B., 
May King and other Strawberries: Kay's amt other 
Currants; Millions of Fruit Trees and Small Fruit 
Plants. Catalogues free. 
11. l’KRKINS Mtiorrstiinn, \ J. 
Cfl Varieties of Evergreens nud Forest Trees and 
jfV Tree Heeds. I will not bo undersold Special 
prices on Largo trees By the carload. Lists tree. 
GEO. FINNEY, Evergreen, VVls. 
A P n 14 ? stinted for the first two weeks of 
ll/l I I tils growth is stunted for life So 
with plants, tusui" your crops by 
applying the right fertlliier. Rowker’s till) and Drill 
Phosphate. 
AnfB'ViAB* Dl ANTC by m vii, . • ' 
rLAWIO N in guru, and « full 
stock of other t.rntie*. Isiryt utock 
.•slritwberrirnsnd Rnsplniries, 
Brie and other It Inch berries. As- 
punt gits Roots. oU- Dm, Catalogue 
T,contnins ss I. w” A sCt eolloc'ns .1 instructions 
for planting. JOEL HORNER A SON, Merchantvllle, N J. 
YOU SALE. 400 barrel* Morning Star Pota 
toes. J. A. ROBINSON, Belcher, N \. 
FOIC SALE. I have a flue lot of tin* celebrated 
Empire State Potatoes, which l offer at $1.00 per bush¬ 
el. <2.30 per bid., f. O, b. here. 
K. O. COPPi Clifton Spring*, N'. Y. 
HIGH CLASS GARDEN SEEDS. 
Special Oiler. I 4 following 
choicest new varieties By mail 
for 75 cent**. Golden Self- 
Blanching Celery, All Seasons 
('iilih.ige, I vrplgmim l.ettuee, 
JT Reditu* I ('.tollI Musk Melon, 
M \V9H s ”aKer» Suv.tr Corn. King of the 
J7 y.fj‘4 \ iKaW i iarden Lima*, Alaska Pen. Sear- 
>IaU , i /.aLJ !• t Wiixbush Henn. Golden Clus- 
ter Pole Beau, Mammoth Salsify, 
*• # ‘ Beauty Tomato and Cbartln’s 
Raitlsb, Catalogue mailed on reecR.l of Sets In slumps. 
Win. C. BECK ERT, Sfcdsmn li. u i koiii nv. Pa. 
MAPLEWOOD OATS. 
The most productive variety known. Entirely new. 
Sample and full particulars sent on application to 
MAPLEWOOD STOCK FARM. 
aTtica. new York. 
JWWHIjXi N^KAWBHHH.Y. 
Best and most productive. Full description, etc., free. 
Beautiful eolonsl plate for a two cent situnp. Also 
other new varieties. Address originators. P. M. 
AUGUR A SONS. Nurserymen, Mtildli tUdd. Conn. 
W Smi ^otatocs ™p™<CAT.ix.ooi’B FUee. 
N0RTH1RN StEO I I A. C. SABIN, 
asjietialtu. !■■■ Guotwoop. Iowa. 
estern j.J_rad quartfrs 
For Earhart Cl ACDDSTODlCC 
and Curiiiu n n H3rDCR|\|CO 
For < RIMSONCI.es C TO A UIO C D Dl C 6 
TER and .1 EAYEI.LW I H A W B t “ IfI CO 
and many other SoveWta. Also full stock of standards. 
JOHN SAUL’S CATALOGUE. 
OF 
NEW, RARE and BEAUTIFUL PLANTS for 1887 
IS NOW READY. 
Plant lovers will And a large collection of verv Beau¬ 
tiful and rare Plants, as well as uoveltieM of'merit. 
This rich collectlou Is well grow n, and offered at very 
low prices. 
ORCHIDS A very large stock of choice Fast Indian, 
American, etc. 
Also, Catalogues of Roses. Orchids. Seeds. Trees, etc. 
JOHN SAUL. AYnshitigton, D. C. 
The Ht**t on Wheel*. I .tglit, strung, conven¬ 
ient and low priced. Handy to get Into anil out 
of. Handy for -ingle horse or pair. Handy for 
one person or more, liuiidy to load or unload. 
■S'rwf for Etrr fYrriiVfr, " Itotr Li /nn'i'h'txr tILrrr/. 
front the mtinufarhirrr." 
BRADLEY & CO. 
4 8ST 
tin can in an effort to boat! the procession with 
a band. 
With the haps and mishaps of packing, sneli 
a fresh experience to ns, the talk rmturnlly 
turned in that direction. Mrs. Lender told 
of her first experience as a mover. She had 
gone front a country town to a lonely farm 
where there was a new house, with its doors 
still off the hinges and only leaned in their 
places. In (he middle of the first night after 
their arrival a thunder storm came up and 
dashed the door of the room where she was 
sleeping against the bed and flooded the floor 
with rain. “Hut," she said with a pleasant 
laugh, “1 liked even that better than boarding 
with my husband’s people, ns we had been do¬ 
ing." 
A lecture in our church called the minister’s 
family away soon after tea, and Mrs. Leader 
and Nannie staid but a little longer. Kind 
wishes for our summer, and regrets that our 
way and theirs would part so soon, were spo¬ 
ken by all, as they thanked us for the pleas¬ 
ure the “mover’s spread” had given them. 
“Joe and Ralph will talk of this for weeks,” 
Mrs Kay said In her cordial tones as she 
helped the boys into their overcoats and 
straightened their hats in a fond way mothers 
have of doing such things for their sons. 
When they were all gone we realised that our 
home-]ite In the little house was at, an end. 
And as we were leaving two tlays later the 
robins t hut tripped in the yard as we gave it 
a last look, told us that the winter, too, was 
ended. 
THK KND. 
MOTH INFESTED CARPETS. 
If carpets are badly infested, they should 
be taken up aud beaten and swept thoroughly. 
Before relaying, scrub the floor with hot 
water, getting plenty of it. in the scums and 
crevices. Give the floor time to dry and then 
with a feather or small brush, smear kerosene 
under the base-boards and in the cracks. 
Place all around the edges a strip of tarred 
paper, or heavy paper soaked in melted tallow, 
either of which will prevent, the insects from 
getting underneath the edges where the de¬ 
struction generally begins. If their ravages 
are just beginning, aud the carpet does not 
otherwise need taking up, put a wet cloth 
over the spots infested, and press heavily with 
a very hot iron. The steam thus driven 
through the carpet will destroy all eggs and 
lnrvue. 
PELTS AND WINGS. 
A subscriber asks how to dress skins so as to 
use them as floor mats, and also how to pre¬ 
serve the wings of birds. 
The hide must be in a moist condition, but 
not too wet, in order to enable the operator 
to remove the thin inside skin. Furriers use 
a sharp knife for this purpose, but hunters, 
aud people who are not provided with furri¬ 
ers’ implements, rub it off with a stone. It 
must be thoroughly taken off. The dressed 
surface is then cleaned with sawdust. The 
Indians tnelc the skin smoothly ou u board or 
other smooth surface, soften the inside with 
water mixed with the brains of the animal, 
and then with a stone, orstiek, or bone, shaped 
for the purpose, rub off the inside skin, work¬ 
ing it well while drying to prevent stiffening. 
After the wing of a bird has been severed from 
the body, slit the skin the length of the first, 
joint; luyitopen and takeout all the fat; then 
with a small brush paint the inside of the skin, 
ami the joint with arsenic. Do this lightly, 
fold back the skin and sew the edges together 
again. mrs. a. g. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
1,000 HOUSES 
PAINTED WITH 
ESSEX PAINT! 
THK PARMER AND Pr.ANTElt'S KNIFE. 
l^l VE FOlt 'll IUKK l)OU ,A It.?. 
*' ^ ^ ' " IN h I" " "'''ll:! 11 Ml.. i M 
!t| \ II EH A G 1 ( 0 * 11 , :»o * s f , Toledo* Ohii», 
SEEDS. 
EVERY OSE WHO HAS . I HARDEN 
Should read u copy of my 
Catalogue of Seeds, &c. 
Mulled free. It cuUlalns a complete priced List of the 
Best varieties in cultivation. besides nil the desirable 
novelties of lust .season, and nearly everything else In 
my lluc of Business. 
AUKCD ItlUDGKH IX, 
37 East I 9th Street. New Y'ork ( ity. 
A KEYV WHO HAVE USED IT: 
W. L. GILBERT. Ksu.. Ft. C. W. U- R. 
HENRY ROWERS Kao . YONKERS, N. Y. 
Hon. J W. MARVIN. Dew River. 
V others Iti this place. 
C. C. WEST. Eso., Washington, I). ('.. and o'hers. 
ALEX. WATERS, K-v . West Winstep, Ot.. 
|h others In this place, 
il. THOMPSON, E-s 1 - Esmcv, Or.. «others. 
C. H.PERKINS, Eso., Pt R. t 11 s. fo. 
Resldenees in Anbury Park. Newport, Linn Branch, 
1' lsh-*rs Island. New London, atld In Tact every Mate In 
the Union, are pnlht»sl with It, and great satisfaction 
Is Riven. 
Price* nnd Sample* lree by 
THE ESSEX P4INT WORKS, 
ESSEX, CONN., tJ. S. A. 
The above ground courser in « colors oolv, as durable 
as the filler. 
81.40 per Gull. By lihl. 
t 'ontains as much of the Fire Proof Metal as the .GO 
Paint, made of Pure Linseed Oil Only (Campbell & 
Thayers), especially recommended for Burn*. 
Faetorit**, etc. 
WANTED -one dealer Inat-owu tosell these goods 
| MANILLA) 
mifiaakiMGJ 
ytt'-TK via 
J‘TK h ,"t!.WATER-PROOF, rnx-« 
or rattle. 1» *l.io A **l U*»TITl'TK for PLASTKK 
•*f If gilf thr C oaU OuUn»l» the bullifin<. CAICPETS 
8ht|tl KITCaAuraMiiie. double tiie of oil .:lntl\» r L AUlo^ao 
ptcl}^ W.H. FAY & CO.CAMDEN.N. J. 
»x. Louis. Minneapolis. Omaha. 
Minneapolis. 
Omaha. 
MAKE HENS LAY 
QltEHIOAN 'tt CONDITION I'OV *'1BR 1« ab»olut« 
O ly pure and highly concentrated It In strictly 
» nindtolnu to be Ml von with food. Nothing on jjarth 
Will make hen* lay like It. It cure* chicken chol¬ 
era and all dl*ea*u* of him,. Illustrated book by 
mail free. Sold everywhere, or uut by mall for 
25 Ota. In Mtampa. 2V-IB tin cans, $1; by mall, 
$1.20. Six cans by expreas. prepaid, for $5. 
I. S. JohtvMou A Co,. P. O. Box 21 t H Boston, Maas 
Ad weaver organs 
' FT p Aiv tin* Kt wst lti Tviiv. Stylo, V 1 nI.:’ Hnd (T-IOT 11 
(UffljlutrL aioko up of »uy sooda mode. Guommrol for Cyvers. 
bend tor Cnt.itoKUi', teatlraouMo noil turma, tVixi, t) 
Weaver Oruun anti I’laun Co., 
l uotorjr, Y ark, I*r v 
1 /Y/Y/N KI.FGANT l.AHGK 
vV/U TlIUKIsl l HUGS 
Given to the LADIES "f purvhasci-s of Sample 
Harness with n view of un agency in territory where 
we have no tUKUI. Send for full particulars. 
SHE It WOOD HARNESS GO., s> raense. N. Y. 
Know All Men; 
To wit: Teachers, preachers, public 
speakers, actors, singers, lawyers, “ and 
the rest of mankind,” that Ayer’s 
Cherry Pectoral is considered the best 
preparation ever discovered to heal ami 
strengthen the vocal organs, weakened 
or injured by over-straln. 
Principal Samuel Dement, of the Mart- 
ltd t. School, Lowell, Mass., writes: "I 
have used Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, for 
several years, in eases of severe colds 
ami tlimui affections, and have always 
found it a speedy ami effectual remedy 
for these ailments.” 
“ I should he unable to perforin my 
clerical duties, without the use of Ayer’s 
Cherry Pectoral," writes Kev. A. C. 
Kirk, of HI 1 lavilie, I’a. 
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, 
Prepared by I>r. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Maaa, 
Sold by all Druitgisls. Price$1 ; six bottles, $0. 
\ > I /!$7 6 to Si 1 54)par month tuwdly made. 
\ k i[■ / This is a rsi» chime**. Apply At onco 
' -..xm-H WILBOT CASTLE * to., UaOiwUr, «. 
i heaper Ilian Paliil. 
CREOSOTE WOOD STAINS. 
For Ontbutldlnks, Shingles, Fenees, eti*. Duralile, 
Strong Preservatives of the* Wood. Can !>•• applltsl 
with n Whliovvash Brush by any boy. In all colors. 
MAMI'Bl, CA HOT, Sole M vm e.vrrt iiEit, 
Send for Circular. TO KILBY ST , BOSTON. 
$ 65 - 
A MONTH told TCAPUCDC 
Board for Three stu I CMUrlCHO 
dents or live men In each county. 
I* w. ZIEGLER A CO . Philadelphia. 
EPPS’S 
GRATEFUL-COMFORTING 
COCOA 
NEW FRUITS 
NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, and WEST 
New Plum. Newberries 
Lending varieties nil other fruit*. 
INTRODUCERS SHIPPER’S PRIDE PLUM 
CATALOGUE FREE. WILItVA CO.. CAYUGA. N. Y. 
