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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
January 17 
From Day to Day. 
BROTHKRHOOD. 
That plenty but reproaches me 
Which leaves my brother bare 
Not wholly glad my heart can be 
While his is bowed with care. 
If I go free and sound and stout 
While his poor fetters clank, 
Unsated still I’ll still ci'y out 
And plead with whom I thank. 
Almighty: thou who Father be 
Of him, of me, of all. 
Draw us together, him and me, 
That whichever fall. 
The other’s hand may fall him not— 
The other’s strength decline 
No task of succor that his lot 
May claim from son of Thine! 
I would be fed, I would be clad, 
I would be housed and dry. 
But If so be my heart Is sad— 
What benefit have I? 
Best be whose shoulders best etidure 
The load that brings relief. 
And best shall be his joys secure 
Who shares that joy with grief. 
—E. S. Martin, in Philadelphia Uedger. 
• 
Appde koker, which is one of Mrs. 
Lincoln’s recipes, is an excellent Win¬ 
ter dessert, which ought to gladden the 
Apple Consumers’ League. Sift together 
two cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful of 
baking powder and half a teaspoonful 
of salt; rub in one-fourth cupful of cold 
butter. Beat one egg light, add three- 
fourths of a cupful of milk and stir it 
into the flour. Butter a shallow baking 
pan and spread the dough half an inch 
thick over it. Pare, quarter and core 
four large sour apples and divide each 
quarter lengthwise. Lay them in paral¬ 
lel row.s on top of the dough, core edge 
down, and press them into the dough 
slightly; sprinkle two tablespoonfuls of 
sugar over the apple. Bake in a hot 
oven 20 minutes, turn out apple side up 
aud serve with lemon sauce. We are 
anxious to receive as many new or lit¬ 
tle-known apple recipes as possible dur¬ 
ing the coming year, and hope that The 
R. N.-Y. cooks will help us in this laud¬ 
able effort. Anything that encourages 
apple eating makes for prosperity among 
the fruit growers. 
♦ 
W'OIIAX’S work often falls heavily up¬ 
on a man, as in the case of the lonely 
widower thus described in the Youth’s 
Companion: 
“And over yonder,’’ said Mr. Foster, 
pointing with his whip to a cottage across 
the valley, “Is where Si Bockus, that 
fetches blueberries every morning to the 
farm, lives and does for himself. 
“Is Mr. Bockus a bachelor?’’ inquired one 
of Mr. Foster’s wagon-load of ladies. 
“Wuss,” Mr. Foster returned. “Si’s a 
widder-man, an’ his shiftings is extry hard, 
for Mis’ Bockus left him five young ones, 
all under eight, and when ’tain’t chicken- 
pock ’tis measles or whooping-cougn or 
mumps. Two’s had all of ’em, beginning 
with the chicken-pock; one has had all but 
measles; one has had measles and nothing 
else, and the baby’s got ’em all coming to 
him. 
“A young w'oman up here last Summer 
asked him how he expected to eddicate ’em 
and all that; had he ever thought about 
that? It made Si kind o’ huffy fust, but 
he stiddied up and answered her—fine. 
“ T ain’t got to that,’ says he; ‘but I ’low 
that if I can get ’em through the list o’ dis¬ 
eases due in infancy, I can do the rest as 
it comes along.’ 
“I do’ know’s you could expec’ to find full 
motherhood in a male payrent,’’ Mr. Foster 
said, “but when I see Si’s clothesline hung 
with little yaller flannels an’ things, I can’t 
help thinking that he does full as well as 
could be expected.’’ 
« 
Those familiar with George Eliot’s 
“Scenes of Clerical Life’’ will remember 
how Mrs. Barton took her work basket 
to her bedside and, after her husband 
was asleep, propped herself up in bed, 
and, by the light of one candle, worked 
half the night at the family mending. 
We never read that without a feeling of 
exasperation directed toward the self- 
absorbed husband, who, in spite of a 
deeply-rooted affection, permitted his 
wife to work herself to death at a time 
when she w’as most deeply needed by 
her children. That w'as more than two 
generations ago, when modern methods 
of lightening the hou.sewife’s labor were 
unknown, but with our latter-day im¬ 
provements our living has grown more 
complicated, and there are doubtless 
many w'omen who overwork themselves 
quite as severely as poor Milly Barton 
did. We are all likely, quite uncon¬ 
sciously, to adopt a certain standard of 
living without considering its applica¬ 
tion to circumstances. The woman who 
keeps one maid is to apt to adopt the 
habits of the woman with three, and the 
woman who does her own housework is 
asked to copy them both. The fact is 
that where there is no outside aid in 
the housework it ought to be done in 
the easiest way possible, and the high¬ 
est refinement is shown by its simplic¬ 
ity. To spend one’s time in seeing that 
unused things are kept clean is certain¬ 
ly futile. The whole house should be for 
daily use, but it should be arranged in 
accordance with the strength and time 
at command. In most country homes 
we are obliged to remember that outside 
help is always scarce and uncertain, 
and often impossible to obtain. There 
is much work that must be done in any 
ease; therefore non-essentials should be 
decided upon, and eliminated where pos¬ 
sible. Cooking and cleaning are two of 
the first things to simplify as far as pos¬ 
sible—not by skimping either, but by 
doing away with the unnecessary. Sew¬ 
ing is to most women a pleasant change 
from housework, if they can make time 
enough to do it, and the only caution 
needed is against over-elaboration, or 
excessive use of the sewing machine 
when already fatigued. It would be a 
good plan to study, during the cold 
weather, the best arrangement of the 
Summer work, which is always heavy 
in a country home. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Slot seams are among the fashionable 
and favorite features of the season and 
4303 Misses’ Nine Gored .‘>lot Seam 
Skirt,, 12 to 16 yrs. 
are exceedingly becoming to young girls 
as the long lines tend to give a graceful - 
effect to the figure. The skirt illustrated 
shows them to advantage and is adapted 
to cloth, rough or smooth faced, and all 
suiting and skirting materials, but as 
shown is of mixed canvas cheviot stitch¬ 
ed with black silk. The skirt is shaped 
with nine gores and is laid in inverted 
pleats, that meet and are stitched fiat 
to flounce depth to form the siot seams. 
Below the stitching the pleats fall free 
and provide graceful flare. The fullness 
at the back is laid in inverted pleats 
4304 Girl’s Coat, 4 to 12 yrs 
that are pressed flat, and can be stitched 
or not as preferred. The closing can be 
made either at the center or at the un¬ 
derfold of the right pleat The upper 
edge can be joined to the belt, or cut on 
the dip outline and underfaced or bound, 
'fhe quantity of material required for 
the medium size is 7% yards 27 inches 
wide, 4% yards 44 inches wide or 3i/^ 
yards 52 inches wide, when material has 
figure or nap; five yards 27 inches wide, 
3% yards 44 inches wide or three yards 
52 inches wide when material has neith¬ 
er figure nor nap. The pattern No. 4303 
is cut in sizes for misses of 12, 14 and 
16 years of age; price 10 cents. 
The comfortable long coat shown con¬ 
sists of a loosely-fitted back and fronts 
which are iaid in inverted pleats and 
are shaped by means of shoulder and 
under-arm seams. Over the coat are ar¬ 
ranged the circular shoulder capes that 
are headed with shaped bands giving the 
popular stole effect. At the neck is a 
turn-over collar. The sleeves are bell 
shaped and all the edges are finished 
with tailor stitching. The right front 
laps well over the left, in double-breast¬ 
ed style, but the closing is effected invis¬ 
ibly either by means of hooks and loops 
or buttons and buttonholes worked in a 
fly. The quantity of material required 
for the medium size (eight years) is 5% 
yards 21 inches wide, 3% yards 44 inches 
wide or 2^4 yards 52 inches wide. The 
pattern No. 4304 is cut in sizes for girls 
of 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years of age; price 
10 cents from this office. 
The coffee habit is quickly over¬ 
come by those who let Grain-O 
take its place. If properly made 
it tastes like the be.st of coffee. N o 
grain coffee compares with it in 
flavor or healthfulness. 
TRY IT TO-DAY. 
At grocers everywhere; 15c. and 26c. per package. 
A Watch 
Case Wears 
at point of contact with the hand or pocket. 
A solid gold case wears thin and weak 
and a cheap filled case wears shabby. 
A Jas. Boss Stiffened Gold Case is 
guaranteed to wear for 25 years. It is 
made of two layers of solid gold with 
alayerof stiffening metal between, all 
welded together in one solid sheet. 
'The outside gold will last a quarter of 
a century and the stiffening metal will 
keep the case strong as long as you wear 
It. This is why thousands wear the 
MS. BOSS 
Watch Case 
on costly works in preference to a solid gold case. Ask your 
jeweler to show you a Jas. Boss Case and look for the 
Keystone trade-mark stamped inside. Send for Booklet. 
THE KEYSTONE WATCH CASE COMPANY, Philadelphia, Pa. 
At* oive 
HALF THE COST 
Lion Coffee 
has better strength and 
flavor than many so-call¬ 
ed “fancy” brands. 
Bulk coffee at the same 
price is not to be com¬ 
pared with Lion in quality. 
In I Ib. air tight, 
sealed packages. 
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and m a hundred duties about the barn 
aud house the farmer wants a 
dependable light. 
niCT7 COLD BLAST 
mil I Blizzard Lantern 
fits him exactly as to strength, clearness 
and steadiness of light and convenience 
and safety. Whether filling, trimming, 
lighting or extinguishing, you never re¬ 
move the globe. It is rai.sed, lowered aud. 
locketl to burner by convenient side lever. 
Dietz lanterns and lamps, all kinds aud 
sizes, are known the world over for their 
many superior qvialities. Free illustrated 
catalogue shows how aud why they have 
been tor 60 years superior to all others. 
Writ, for it. 
R..E. DIETZ COMPANY) t 
87 Laight Street., New vork* 
I’KY ’riIK.4I FUK 
Coiiglis, Colds, 
Astliina, Broiicliitis, 
Hoarseness, 
and Sore Tliroat. 
Fac-Simne oh every 
Signature of box. 
WRiniGERS 
as they should be are illustrated in the fine cata¬ 
logue of the AMERICAN WRINGER CO., 
99 Chambers St., New York. 
Write them before you buy. 
RCHESTRA 
Instruments, Violins, Banjoe,:i) 
GUITARS,MANDOLINS, 
etc., made b; Lyon & Healy are the 
standard of excellence. Very low 
priced styles as well as high eradee 
such as the “Washburn." Askyonr 
local music dealer for them, and if 
he doesn’t ke^ them write to ns for 
“Dept. G” Catalog, illnstrated, 
mailed/rf«. It tells how to judge 
Quality and gives full particulars. 
If you are wise you will secure an 
Instrument with a mathematically correct finger 
board and a full rich tone, one tha^- will give 
I eatisfaction for a lifetime. 
LYON & HEALY. 19 East Adam* St.TChicago. 
WorM*aLugMtMtuI.HosM. *'S.lI.Xm7thin(Knovnln]iualo'' 
C All A Da! n( D ! 11 a Instead of using Metal 
0flw6 I Hint Dins liuoflng.whicbrequires 
painting every i 
two years, use I 
Arrow Brand 
Asphalt 
Ready Roofing, 
already sur¬ 
faced with gravel, and which needs no painting. 
ASPHALT READY ROOFING CO. Send for free 
136 Water St.. New York. samples. 
Farmers’ 
T elephoives 
are not untried novelties. 
Thousands now use them 
dally. For this purpose there 
Is no instrument better than 
OurStai.i\d 2 Lrd No. 2, 
which Is shown In the cut. This I 9 
no trust nor monopoly phone. No 
rents, no royalties. All your 
own. Simple, perfect in catlisg, 
sending and receiving. Equal to 
any phone made. We lumlsb 
switchboards and all aeoess* 
orles. Does It interest 
youf Write for our 
catalogue. Sent free. 4 
THE U. S. ELECTRIC MPO. CO., 
800 Elm St.. Butler. Pa. 
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