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THE RURAL WEW-YORKER. 
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er’s best friend.” Press all seams, except on 
silk goods. Some people have gowns made of 
lovely materials, yet look absolutely dowdy, 
because they fail to do this very thing. 
DORA HARVEY VROOMAN. 
WHAT ROCKS STRAND BEGINNERS IN 
HOUSEKEEPING ? 
J UDGING from observation and confiden¬ 
tial chats, I should say that the first is 
ignorance, which looms up in an unselfish 
mother’s love for her dear children. It is only 
by persistent teasing that the little daughter 
is permitted to wa«h and wipe the dishes,even 
for amusement, and when she might do it 
well, Mamma picks up the scattered ones, to¬ 
gether with the iron-ware, and cleans them 
herself, thereby teaching the child to be care¬ 
less and unmindful of the lesser matters. Per¬ 
haps when she is a dozen years old she is al¬ 
lowed to make a cake; but is not taught to 
scrape all the dough into the baking tin, and 
enough is scraped into the pail to mat e one 
or two nice patty-pan cakes. But it is work the 
child likes in making the pastry, and she soon 
becomes an adept in that line though a very 
wasteful one. But how is it about the bread? 
Not one girl in a dozen can make a decent 
loaf when she is 16 years old, no matter what 
her circumstances may be, and at that age 
nearly every Miss considers herself fit to be a 
bride. In this locality nine out of a dozen 
are married very close to their 16th birthday. 
What wonder that the young housekeepers 
are soon discouraged and give up in despair I 
The mother has done all the work instead ot 
putting the daughter into the harness by ner 
side. 
“ Mamie goes to school, and has so many 
studies that I know she must be worn out 
when it comes night, so I do not ask her to 
help me,” says a fond mother. And Mamie 
comes home, throws her bools down, catches 
up a novel and flees to the hammock, or per¬ 
chance strolls off down the street with her 
mates. And the already tired mother be¬ 
comes more and more tired, as she goes on 
with her self-imposed duties, creating for 
Mamie the rock of inexperience that will grow 
to a mountain of sorrow ami discord when 
she goes to housekeeping on her own account. 
I often wonder how experienced mothers 
can be so thoughtlessly unkind to their 
daughters when they know that it is not an 
uncommon occurrence for very young girls to 
take the reins of government into their own 
hands, and not a few women encourage their 
little daughters into making early marriages, 
and yet never give them any real experience 
in the ways of domestic economy. 
“ Let the girls have a good time now while 
they are young and care-free; they’ll have 
hard times enough at best,” says the over-in¬ 
dulgent mother. 
Most assuredly the hard times will come 
when such a girl marries, no matter whether 
the husband be rich or poor; for ignorance, 
carelessness and inexperience would strand a 
veritable angel if thrown upon the sea of 
domestic economy without an oar or rudder. 
All the cooking schools in the world will not 
save an amateur, from being “oft in sorrow 
aud oft in woe;” for one cannot acquire that 
perfect judgment aud self-reliauce in a few 
weeks or months that years of constant prac¬ 
tice will give. 
And there are so mauy times when it be¬ 
comes a necessity to have a mind of one’s own; 
there are so many ways to make a little go so 
far that to make a happy and successful 
home, a young girl needs to be well-learned 
in kitchen lore, even though “she is goin’ to 
teach school so soon as she can get a ’stifi- 
cate - ” A portion of every day from the 
age of 10 to 15 years should be spent about 
the home-work, till Mamie or Jennie can be 
left to keep the house and do it well, even to 
doing the marketing and making her own gar¬ 
ments and keeping them in good repair. 
Then, if she elopes with a dude or a farmer’s 
son, poor management, as far as the home¬ 
work is concerned, need not be laid to her 
charge. Instead of beiog stranded ou the 
rocks, she could sail calmly over the deep 
waters of domestic bliss. 
MAY MAPLE. 
NOTES. 
T HE Empire dress is worn in all its classi¬ 
cal simplicity by young ladies, married 
and unmarried, for afternoon aud dinner toi¬ 
lets. 
* * * 
Embroidery patterns in applique, wreaths 
and detached bouquets over cloth, cashmere 
and silk fabrics are the higlit of fashion for 
dress trimmings. 
* * * 
Flounces are comiug iu again. Many of 
BOSTON KNIFE 
SENT FOR $1.00. 
For cuttlm? corn, tobacco, 
sugar cane, briars, trimming 
bushes and vines, and prunlm.'^J 
the new designs for spring and summer show 
them in great abundance. 
Many of the new Spring wraps have wing 
sleeves as did tbo winter ones, extending from 
the shoulder to the bottom of the skirt. But 
there is nothing so durable and serviceable 
as the close-fitting walking jackets, some cf 
which show embroidered vests in Persian pat¬ 
terns. 
trees. A handy tool for every 
iarmor. All steel. Agents wanted 
Boston Knife Hook Co., Boston, Mass. 
Ease, Comfort and Tkriftl 
THE BEST CATTLE FASTENING. 
Smith’s Self-Adjusting Swing StranchionI 
The only practical SWING STRANCHION Invented. 
Thousands In use. Illustrated Circular free. 
K. G. PARSONS & CO.. Addison. Steuben Co.. N. V 
Made clieaplv and quickly by using a Triple Motion 
WHITE MOUNTAIN FREEZER. 
Will freeze in half the t me 
n'Vjili) of any other Freezer and 
produce cream of the finest 
II quality Inquire f r tho 
W... I “ White Mountain ” of your 
I oca I dealer in house-fur- 
t“ Frozen Dainties.” 
£ book of Choice Receipts 
for Ice Cream, Sherbet, 
Water Ices.etc .packed with 
'rBBr each Freezer this season, or 
will be mailed upon receipt 
of ten cents In stamps. 
White Mountain Freezer Co. ,131 Hollis St., Nashua, N. H. 
The redingote is still in great vogue. One 
never wearies of black, while the wye be¬ 
comes tired of fo much green, purple and 
blue. A rediDgote of rich black material, 
showing here and there a bit of colored lin¬ 
ing, is both pretty and stylish. 
MT REVERSIBLE 
YERS STEEL ^ W00DTRACK P 
Lace is to be in great favor the coming 
spring. It is used for trimmings on dresses 
and wraps, while the lace hat is to be more 
fashionable than ever. d. h. v. 
trade mark, a conipleteoutfit. Easy 
to put up, always reliable and fully war¬ 
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ft Best HAY TOOLS D VfVCDC’ 
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GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. 
BAKER’S 
A PLEA FOR CHARITY SWEETHEART 
Simple,durable.powerful.easy to operate 
never affected by frost. Patent *1 1.iNS 
VALVE, will never corrode. Ask your 
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C .E. MYERSA BRO. ASHLAND 0 
F OR my part I do not like the criticisms 
and disparagements which are flung at 
Charity, and I am glad that they have not 
silenced her and that she is able to speak for 
herself. Ever since she has made herself 
known I have had a good deal of sympathy 
for the motherless girl, who, quite likeiy, is 
motherless because the precious wife and home- 
keeper starved to death for lack of the lov¬ 
ing care, the thoughtful help and apprecia¬ 
tion. the culture and refinement of surround¬ 
ings that should have been hers. By culture 
I do not mean that which is pronounced “ cult- 
ebab,” or that wnich pertains to wealth, 
leisure,or high position, but to the cleanliness, 
care and neatness, the eternal fitness of things 
which belong to tho surroundings of every 
being, however poor and bumble and labo¬ 
rious his or her life may b§; and there are 
more women and children who are hungry 
and thirsty from lack of love and apprecia¬ 
tion and from lack of these simple surround¬ 
ings than from lack of food and drink for 
their bodies; more wives, mothers ‘and home- 
keepers that die of this starvation than of lack 
of bodily comforts, whose greatest burden is 
not the daily labor which they perform, the 
daily sacrifices which they suffer for the hus¬ 
band aud children, but the indifference, in¬ 
gratitude and selfishness of those for whom 
they toil and euduro. 
The trouble seems to be that Charity, 
standing, as she does, iu the place of mother 
and home-keeper, has dared to speak out and 
tell the truth about things which wives have 
suffered in silence, aud timid women and self¬ 
ish men are frightened at the revelations 
which she has trade: the women for fear her 
lot aud theirs may bo made the worse, and the 
men for fear other women may be emboldened 
to speak for themselves and their power as 
slave-holders and task-masters may he les¬ 
sened. As to the former, I think every true 
husband, father aud soil will rejoice that she 
has spoken that the scales may tall from their 
eyes and that they may bo prevented from re¬ 
peating the past iu the future; for men are 
very, very blind iu regard to these things. 
And as to the latter, no reformation, not even 
the abolition of slavery, was brought about 
until some one had spoken aud revealed the 
wrongs that were to be righted, the sufferings 
of those who were held iu bondage aud op¬ 
pression. 
So let her speak on, and if she does not re¬ 
form “A Man” or G. H. S., she may reform 
some other man. Geraldine germane. 
Warranted absolutely pure 
Cocoa, from which the excess of 
Oil has been removed. It has more 
than three times the strength 
of Cocoa mixed with Starch, Arrow- 
root or Sugar, and is therefore far 
more economical, costing less than 
one cent a cup. It is delicious, 
nourishing, strengthening, easily di¬ 
gested. and admirably adapted for in¬ 
valids as well as for persons in health. 
Sold by Grocers everywhere. 
:IM I OflNDOLD 
to make8*0 to 830 perweok^dnr- 
selling New Patent Fire 1 root 
clSxlS; weight 500 lbs.; retail Price 
proportion. Highest award, Cen- 
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Our prices the lowest. W e are not 
Pool. Exclusive territory given. 
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Marshal & Smith Kano Co., 23 j E. -io.Ot., J-Y. 
Send to A. W. GCM I* A CO. Dayton, O., 
for prices. Over 100 second-hand and shop 
[worn Cycles. Bicycles. Dims and Typewriters 
'taken in exchange. Nickeling and repairing 
Davis Puller Lifts 20 to 50 Tons, 
Worked by 2 men. 5 8'zes. 
. Price, 835 to 870. 
Circular* Free. Q^Seutoc 
jgyTlirce Days Trial 
■MB H.L. Beaastt,'Waateryillo, 0. 
Warner’s Log Cabin Remedies—old-fash¬ 
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our hardy forefathers, are “old timers ” but 
“ old reliable.” They comprise a 
Warner’s Log Cabin Sarsaparilla, 
“Hops and Buchu Remedy,” “Cough and 
Consumption Remedy,” “ Hair Tonic,” “ Ex¬ 
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keep them. 
The opening of the new "SOO” railway across 
Wisconsin and Michigan, gives access to desirable 
agricultural lauds and large bodies of JPlne, 
llemloek si nil Hardwood Timber. 
Superior Advantages Given to Parties Who 
Will Erect Saw Mills or Factories. 
Choice farming lands cheap and mostly on time. 
Hall way Company pay" emit for cordwood. 
For further information address 
XV. W RICH. Chief Engineer, 
"Son" Railway. M1 aneapolin, Mina 
C. S. Cooper, 
SCHRAALENBURGH, N. J . 
Breeder of P. Rock, White P. Reck, Laced and W.Wy- 
andotte and Patagonian. Eggs $2.00 for 13; $3 00for 
Make more butter, better butter, 
churn easier and clean easier than 
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L The "REST WASHER” !• 
K__ warranted to wash col- 
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