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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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Hard Laundry Soap. 
Sonic lime apo you publislicii a redi'c 
for soap composed of lime water, soda and 
soap fat, the exact portion I cannot re¬ 
member. Would you publish It again? I 
am sure if the women folk.s once used it 
they would have no other. I made half 
the quantity the recipe called for, and 
think it excellent. e. j. h. 
The hard laundry soap asked for is 
made as follows: Six pounds of wash¬ 
ing soda and three of unslaked lime. 
Pour on four gallons of boiling water, 
let it stand until perfectly clear and 
soda is dissolved; then drain off and put 
in six pounds of clean fat. Boil until 
it begins to harden (about two hours) 
.stirring frequently. While boiling thin 
it with two gallons of cold water which 
you have previously poured on the al¬ 
kaline mixture, after draining off the 
four gallons. This must be settled clear 
liefore it is drawn off. Add it when 
there is danger of boiling over. When 
the soap ropes like molasses candy it 
is done. Before removing from fire stir 
in a handful of coarse salt. Wet a tub 
to prevent sticking; turn in the soap 
and let it stand until solid; cut into 
bars, put on a board and dry. This 
ought to make nearly 40 pounds of soap. 
Washing Baby’s Flannels. 
The baby’s underwear should be of 
flannel, as soft and fine as the purse 
can buy, and kept in the best possible 
condition by washing it properly. A 
careless laundress can ruin the best 
woolen garments in two or three wash¬ 
ings, making them so shrunken and 
rough that they irritate the flesh almost 
beyond endurance. The following 
method has been used for years with un¬ 
varying success, the little garments re¬ 
taining their soft fleecy look until en¬ 
tirely worn out. Use water that is as 
hot as you can bear the hands in com¬ 
fortably, for flannel cannot be boiled, 
and hot water cleanses and purifies it. 
Dissolve a little borax in it, and add 
enough soap to make a strong suds; 
wash the flannel through two or three 
waters prepared in this way, plunging 
it up and down and rubbing gently be¬ 
tween the hands; rough usage thickens 
the texture. Soap should not be applied 
directly to the flannel. Borax softens 
tlie water so that very little soap or 
nibbing is necessary. Rinse through 
clear water of the same temperature as 
that used for washing, and pass them 
through the rubber wringer. Then, just 
before banging them out, pull and 
.stretch every piece in shape, for if this 
is neglected, the tiny wool fibers inter¬ 
lace, causing it to become hard and 
shrunken. Place them smoothly on the 
line in the sunshine, where a gentle 
breeze will blow through them. Bvery 
part of the work should be done as 
speedily as possible. When it is neces¬ 
sary to dry them indoors, hang them on 
a line above the stove, where the hot 
air will circulate through them. They 
should not be dried out of doors on a 
frosty day. k. j. c. 
The Abuse of Hospitality. 
The question, "Is This Accurate," 
page 743, last volume, seems to be an¬ 
swered in the negative. But I think the 
moral side of the question needs a lit¬ 
tle touching up. The first thought that 
came to my mind along with my indig¬ 
nation was the egotism of those people. 
The "dwindling business” that they 
took along with the old horse and 
wagon seems not to have received any 
new life, but was the means of giving 
them an outing, and they, not having 
the ability to comprehend the favor that 
was done them, and drawing upon their 
imagination, proceed to discuss and 
publish their unjust criticisms of an 
old couple who had not invited them, 
but consented to share with them the 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use"Mrs.Wins- 
low’s Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
hospitality of their home out of char¬ 
ity, and for their iinapprociateii kind¬ 
ness receive along with all the farmer 
folks an unjust and untrue tirade of 
abuse. I hope before "he” and "she” 
go forth again she may so cater that he 
may infuse new life into the business, 
and be enabled to pay the price that 
their fine taste craves. I write this to 
put my sisters on the farms on their 
guard against the various classes of 
tramps who constantly prey upon farm¬ 
ers; are not successful or helpful any¬ 
where and .should not be encouraged or 
assisted to better living than their will¬ 
ingness or ability to earn would give 
them. u. c. n. 
New Jersey. 
I think most of us are acquainted with 
the family from town who need but 
cannot afford a rest at a Summer re¬ 
sort, and who manage to get possession 
of an old horse and phaeton, and so get 
the rest and change required at the ex¬ 
pense of the bard-working farmer’s 
wife. Now as to that wonderful dinner 
on page 743, last volume, who ever 
beard of a farmer’s wife boiling beef in 
pea time? And who ever heard of peas 
being cooked in greasy water or squash 
being cooked in all its squashiness when 
squash is scarcely in bloom when peas 
are being eaten on a farmer’s table? 
Then the mashed potato full of lumps 
and streaks, the streaks being caused 
of course by the carelessly washed ket¬ 
tle, and the musty bread and butter, 
and so on—too bad, too bad! I must 
confess such cooking indulged in day 
after day would surely bring on dys¬ 
pepsia, if not several other kinds of ills 
human flesh is heir to. I have lived on 
a farm all my life, and have eaten at 
a great many farmer’s tables, and never 
but once did I ever eat a meal that bore 
the least comparison to the one de¬ 
scribed, and that was at the home of a 
young farmer who had married a town 
girl, and instead of taking it as a nat¬ 
ural consequence of country cooking 
seemed to be very much embarrassed at 
having to sit at the head of such a 
table. He soon changed such a state of 
affairs by precept and example, and 
iiuw she can cook a nice meal. A.s to 
selling the Brussels carpet and build¬ 
ing an ice house, because a painted floor 
is more appropriate in a farmhouse, 
that is merely a matter of opinion. 
Farmers have a love of the beautiful as 
well as town folks, and the very best 
of everything is none too good for them, 
provided they can pay for it, and they 
generally can (and not on the install¬ 
ment plan, either). It also stands to 
reason that after an ice house is built 
it must be filled with ice to make it of 
much value, and many farmers, espe¬ 
cially we of the West, live too far from 
streams of water to make that very 
practicable. To sum up my way of 
thinking, if I was in need of rest I 
couldn’t pay for and was getting it, as I 
doubt not, free of charge, I would at 
least treat my entertainers in as kindly 
a spirit as they treated me. 
Kansas. a farmeh’s wife. 
He is a wise man that can avoid evil; 
he is a patient man that can endure it; 
but he is a valiant man that can conquer 
it.—Quarles. 
LUCK 
Invents a Device that Guarantees Perfect Health, Strength and Beauty to Every 
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Method of Steaming the Poisons Out of the Blood. 
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li Ims rcinuinert for u prominent bu.sine.ss man 
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of Hot Air to the skin and its resultant perspira¬ 
tion lies the .secret of nood jieallh, viKor, freedom 
from disea.se and beauty Me proved beyond the 
iliiestion of a doubt that the Romans and tireeks 
had 
No Physicians for 500 Years 
but Mot Air ami Vapor baths, ami that they owed 
llieir splendid health, line physique,strenulb and 
beauty to vaporized air or “swiaii baths,” and so 
he .set to work to invent a method by wliieh the 
,'Vinerican peojde could .secure all the marvelous 
benelit.sof the.se baths without expensive appara¬ 
tus. bath rooms ami at smallest e.xpense 
'tlie now famous Quaker bath i.abinet wa.s the 
result of his elYorts. 
Reduced to $3.50 for 30 Days. 
An Enormous Business. 
Invented and patented six years axo—the demand 
has been so steat tliat over 800,0(10 Cabiiiet.s were 
sold during the past year, and hundreds of men 
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effete matter, which if retained cau.se sickness, 
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Astonishing is the Immediate 
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Famous Physicians Believe in It. 
.'laiiy well-known physicians have given up 
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over 27,000 pliysicians u.se and recommend them’, 
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wonderful ami benellcial effects—curing even tin* 
worst chronic cases. It beatsa tripto HotSprings. 
Tlion.sand.s of remarkable letters have been 
written tlie makers from users, some referring lo 
Rheumatism, La Grippe and Kidney 
Troubles 
Will be interesting to those wlio suffer from 
these dread maladies 
Mrs. Anna Woodrum, Thurman. Iowa, nfllicted 
lor years, testitles th.il it has cured her of nervous 
pro.stration, headache, indigestion, kidney and 
female ills after doctors and medicines failed 
Judge J. O. Hutchins, Hayward, Cal., writes 
that it rescued liira from the grave. Was a con¬ 
tinued invalid 16 years Thank God, the marvel 
oii.«i power of the lliiaker cured him of weak heart, 
sleeplessness, dropsy, ciitarrli, piles, rlieuiiiati.sm. 
Kidm y troubles ami partial paralysis 
.loliii H. Sliaiieli, .Marlboro, N.J.,' says physicians 
at Long branch Hospital told liiin fdiir years ago 
tliai lie bad tliat deadly di.scii.se. I.oconiolor 
Ataxia, and be would never be well He read of 
the wonderful cures of the Quaker sent for it and 
eoniiiienced 10 grow better at once 
.hdiii Curtis, box .'121 .Malone, N Y aflUctcd 
from head to foot with friglitfiil eczema, also bad 
kidiiey.s, impure blood ami weak liearl, wa.s cured 
after doctors liad failed 
1.. .1. .Morri.son, I’ellville, Ky.. afllieted 80 years, 
unable to walk, was cured of kidney disease, 
rliciiinatiS'ii and general debility 
I). 1*. .''tnitli.t ireenbiirx Kaii.sas, an old s<ddier, 
a mere wreck l>;i yi-ars old, never a well day simic 
1802. was (iiireil of bean failure, kidney troiitiles. 
rlieiimaiism etc 
Mary L. Willis, Cloverdulc, Alil., writes that it 
saved her life Cured her of drojisy ami kidney 
iroublfS 
I Hundreds of Ministers 
write praising this Cat.iiiet 
I Rev .1 W Henderson, Weston, La., writes that 
I tills Cal.iiiet cured his .'■on l.'l years old with 
I droiisy after the doctors had given him up to die 
Rev Fred 1) HamiUoii, bnHalo, .says lliis 
(inaker Ireatmenldid ids wife more good in tliree 
weeks tlian tliree years doctoring and a fortune 
spent at Hot Springs, Cured her of female weak- 
ne.s.s, nervousness and dropsy of wliieb .she had 
long suffered 1' S Senator Hon (Jhanncey M 
Depew, Congressman .loliii .1 Lentz John T 
brtiwii, Editor •‘Christian Gnid ” Rev C. M 
Keith Editor ” Ibdiiiess Aiivo- ute ” as well us 
linmlreds of inllneiitial people reeoinniend it 
Fliysieians are nnanimons in claiming that 
colds, lagrippe, fevers, kidiiey Iroiible.s, bright's 
disease, cancer: in fa<-t, such 
Marvelous Eliminative Power 
has this. Cabinet that no" di.sease can gain a foot¬ 
hold in your body if yon take iliese hot Thermal 
baths weekly Seientilie reasons are brongni out 
ill a very inslnietive little book issued by the 
makers. Write for it, 
To Cure Blood and Skin Diseases 
thi.s Cabinet has marvelon.s power Dr. .Slieparfl, 
of brookljn, states that he has never fuiltd to 
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proving that it is tlie ino-'-t wonderful blood 
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system with more poisons Ity taking drugs and 
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ami steam out tlie.se poi.soiis and a-sist Natiiie 
to act, they would liave pure blood, and a skin 
as clear and smooth us the most fastidious could 
desiri 
Another Important Feature 
is tlie astonibtiiiig benelit in disea.ses of women 
ami ehildren It removes the iiitlummution and 
congestion wliicli eanses miieh of the pain to 
whicli women are slaves Heat is tlie greatest 
known relief and cure for these ailmenis, if 
rightly applied Dr Williams one of New 
York’s most celebrated physicians says “The 
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troubles peculiar to the female sex Ls Hot Air 
baths Your Cabinet is truly a God send to 
women ” Thousiuid.s of children's lives have 
been saved, as it is invaluable for breaking up 
colds, fever, croup, congestions, etc 
Witli the Cabinet if desired is a 
Head and Complexion Steamer, 
ill wliicli tlie faeo, liead and neck are given the 
same vapor treatment as ilie Ixidy, producing a 
brigtit. pure, brilliant eomplexioii, removing 
pimples, blacklieads. skin eruptions, cures 
catarrti, asthma and bronchitis. 
t) (' .Siiiitli, Mt. Healthy, Ohio says “Since 
using tnis Cabinet my catarrli, asthma and buy 
fever, with wliieh I have been aillicted since 
eliildliood, has not returned Wortli Sl.lXHl to 
me Have sold hundreds of these Cabinets. 
■Everyone was deliglited My wife llnds it exee.1- 
lenl for her ills and our ehildren." 
Whatever Will Hasten Profuse 
Perspiration 
everyone knows is benelleial, but other methods 
of resorting to stimulants and poisonous drugs 
are dangerous to health. Nature’s own method 
is provided by the convenient, safe and marvel 
ouH power of tliis Quaker Cabinet 
We find it to be a genuine Cabinet, with a real 
door, opening wide. Wlien clo.^ed it is air-tight 
liand.somely made of b^st durable goods rubber 
lined A heavy steel frame suppoit.s it, making 
it a strong and sulistantial bath-room within 
itself. Has the latest improvements 
A splendid stove for heating is furni.shed with 
eai'h Cabinet, al.so medicine and vaporizing pan, 
valuable recipes and formulas for medicated 
baths and ailments, plain directions, and a 100- 
IMige “Guide Book to Ilealth and Beauty ' Cubi 
net folds Hat in 1 inch space wlien not in use 
Easily carried Weiglis 10 lbs 
After investigation we can say tins Quaker 
Ciibliiet, ma(|e liy Hie Cincinnati Hrm. is tlie only 
practical article of its kind. Will lust for years 
.Seems to .satisfy and iteligtit evefy u-'-er. and the 
Makers Guarantee Results. 
They assert positively, and their statements are 
bucked by ihou.sand.s of letters from pensoiis of 
influence, that this Cabiilet will cure nervous 
troubles, debility, purify the blood, beautify the 
skin, and cure rheumatism — (they offer fco.tK) 
reward for a ca.se tliat can not be relieved) 
Cures tlie most olistinate cases of women .s ail¬ 
ments, lagrippe. sleeples.sness, neuralgia, mala 
lia, headuclies. gout, .“ciatica, eczema, scrofula, 
idles, drop.sy, blood and skin di.seases. liver and 
kidney troubles Reduces obesity 
It Will Cure a Hard Cold 
oiten with one bath and for breaking up symp¬ 
toms of lagrippe fevers, piieiinionia, congestion, 
etc.. It is iiivaliialde—really a household neces¬ 
sity Gives the most 
Cleansing and Refreshing Bath Known 
and even those enjoying the best of health should 
use it at least oiue or twice a week, for its great 
value lies In it.s marvelous power to draw out of 
the system impurities that cause ilLsease, and it 
is truly proving a God-.«eiid to humanity 
How To Get One. 
All our readers wlio want to enjoy perfect 
health, prevent disease or are afflicted, should 
liave one oi tliese remarkalile Cabinets. Space 
prevents a detailed description,but it will bear 
out tlie most exacting domaiid for durability and 
curative properties 
Write ilie only makers. The World Mfg. Co., 
778 VVorld Building, Cincinnati, Ohio, and ask 
Hiem to .send you tlieir valuable illustrated book¬ 
let, de.^eribing Ibis invention and tliese remarka¬ 
ble baths. The price of ihese Cabinets has always 
lieen S5.00, but Hie makers otter to our readers for 
(id days this Cabinet for $1.50 complete, or their 
SKMKI linest and best double-walleii Cabinet for 
Sti.lO Eaee and Head Steaming Attachment, if 
desired. (i5 cents extra, and it is indeed difflculc 
to imagine where that amount of money could 
laj invested in anything else that would bring so 
much good health, strength and vigor 
30 Days’ Trial—Don’t Fall to Write 
Today 
for full information, or, better still,orderaCabi- 
net, you won t be disappointed, as the makers 
guarantee tn'ery Cabinet, and agree to refund 
your money after 30 days’ use if uot just as rep¬ 
resented ' 
We know them to do as they agree. They are 
reliable and responsible, capital, ^OO.OOO.oO. 
The Cabinet is just as represented, and will be 
uroiiiptly shipped upon receipt of Money Order, 
bank Draft. Certitted Check or Registered Letter. 
Don’t fail to write at once for booklet, whether 
you intend to buy or not, for you will receive 
great benefit by doing so 
Getting Rich 
are men aud women selling tliis graml inveutioii 
Ira qieasun made $1,777.00 first year. Mr Van 
Tassel made over 81,.500.00 the lirst 5 iiionllis sell¬ 
ing these CabineUs Mrs. Howard,$50.00one week. 
Miss Nestle, $205.00 profit. Mrs. Flora Be.irii, 
$100.00 profit. Robert Peart sold over 1,000 Cabi¬ 
nets iir.^i yeai Hayward Garrett look orders for 
tl'25 Cabinets in 3% months. 
Any energetic Indy or gentleman having sp.ire 
time can get a good ixisition at big wages. 
Write at once. 
