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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
June 20 
From Day to Day. 
A SONG OP DUTY. 
Sorrow comes and sorrow goes, 
Life is flecked with shine and shower, 
Now the tear of grieving flows, 
Now we smile in happy hour; 
Death awaits us, every one— 
Toiler, dreamer, preacher, writer— 
Let us, then, ere life be done. 
Make the world a little brighter! 
Burdens that our neighbors bear. 
Easier let us try to make them; 
Chains, perhaps, our neighbors wear. 
Let us do our best to break them. 
Prom the straitened brain and mind 
Let us loose the binding fetter. 
Let us, as the I,iOrd designed. 
Make the world a little better! 
Selflsh brooding sears the soul. 
Makes the heart a nest of sorrows. 
Darkening the shining goal 
Of the sun-illumined morrows; 
Wherefore should our lives be spent 
Daily growing blind and blinder? 
Let us, as the Master meant. 
Make the world a little kinder! 
—Denis A. McCarthy, in Good Counsel 
Magazine. ^ 
Liitle brown earthenware cups for 
baking are very nice for custards, pop- 
overs and muffins, or for scalloped fish 
or vegetables, baked macaroni or beaus. 
The present vogue of the brown pottery 
casseroles of foreign make has popular¬ 
ized these cups. When any sort of muf¬ 
fin is baked in them the cups should be 
heated and buttered before the batter is 
poured in. 
* 
Two little fellows of seven and eight 
years heard older people speaking of 
skeletons, says Lippincott’s Magazine. 
The seven-year-old boy listened intent¬ 
ly to the conversation, when the elder 
boy, with an air of superior knowledge, 
said abruptly: 
“You don’t know what a skeleton is, 
and I do.” 
“So do I!” replied the younger. “I do 
know. I know for certain, I do!” 
“Well, now, what is it?” 
“It’s bones with the people off!” 
Mrs. Jennings and her city cousin 
were exchanging news of their old school 
friends, says the Youth’s Companion. 
“How about Lucy Morse?” asked the 
cousin. “Has she kept on growing fat¬ 
ter and fatter?” 
“Well, all I’ll say is this,” said Mrs. 
Jennings, “Annie Fall told me last year 
that when Lucy sent home from 
Nashua, where she was nursing her 
uncle, to have a silk waist made, Annie 
realized she hadn’t got any measures; 
and then she remembered that the last 
time Lucy was there she stood up by the 
big air-tight stove, and Annie remarked 
(to herself) the resemblance between 
’em. And she took the measure of that 
air-tight, and cut in a mite for the waist 
line—’bout as much as a knife marks 
criticism that rubs all the bloom from 
life. We always regret to see a young 
girl falling into this habit, qualifying 
every niggardly bit of praise with a du¬ 
bious “if” or “but,” and seeing, appar¬ 
ently, the seamy side in everything. 
Such a habit, unlovely in youth, grows 
with passing years, and in middle life 
may dominate the whole character. 
Kindliness of judgment and an inclina¬ 
tion to see the better side of life may be 
commonplace and humdrum qualities, 
but they sweeten character, and give 
zest to the homely duties that, with 
most of us, must take the place of great 
and striking deeds, 
* 
Busy housekeepers, who are either 
moving about or standing much of the 
time, often tell us that they suffer great¬ 
ly from aching and burning feet, as well 
as from various other ills that afflict 
these same useful members. They some¬ 
times assert that a pair of new shoes 
means torture, and that anything more 
confining than worn old slippers or 
shoes cannot be endured while at work. 
It is quite true that tenderness of the 
feet is often congenital to begin with, 
and that it is aggravated by fatigue, but 
the fact remains that very few people 
treat their feet with the respect they de¬ 
serve. A woman who has to stand a 
good deal while working around a hot 
kitchen cannot afford to be careless in 
this particular. Careful bathing should 
be followed by gentle rubbing of the 
tired feet; any chafed or roughened spot 
that suggests an incipient corn should 
be rubbed with vaseline, and the nails 
Renovating Parasols. 
The sunshade is a subject upon which 
much thought can well be put, for it is 
an expensive article, but any girl can 
make over her own sunshade with an 
outlay of some time and perhaps a little 
money. If the cover is soiled but not 
worn remove it carefully from the frame, 
wash it in gasoline and put in the open 
air to dry; then press carefully on the 
wrong side and sew in place again. Be 
sure the cover is quite straight; then 
with coarse silk tack in three places to 
each rib of the frame. If you have a 
good old parasol frame with a pretty 
handle you can by a little deft work 
make a nice new cover which can be as 
handsome as your means will allow. Of 
course silk is the preferred material, but 
some of the cheap cotton fabrics make 
lovely covers. This Summer pongee is 
in high favor. First remove the old 
cover carefully from the frame, so as to 
preserve the shape; then use one of the 
pieces for a pattern and cut out the new 
cover, which should be exactly the shape 
and size of the old cover. Give all the 
minor details of the work the attention 
due them, and you will soon be able to 
make as neat and as pretty a parasol as 
any of the high-priced readymade ar¬ 
ticles. Some girls buy plain silk para¬ 
sols and apply their own trimming, 
either of lace, chiffon or silk ruffles. 
When purchasing new material for a 
cover a girl should devote much thought 
to its selection from a complexion stand¬ 
point and select a color that will be be¬ 
coming to her. An old parasol cover of 
red silk that had become faded and 
soiled but not worn was taken from the 
frame and colored black by dipping it in 
black Diamond dye for silk; then it was 
carefully pressed and replaced. A ruffie 
of black lace was placed around the edge 
and a bow of black satin ribbon put on 
the top, and it became a lovely new 
parasol. There are many such parasols 
that can be made in the latest style with 
a small amount of labor, and often with¬ 
out any present outlay of money, m. h. 
A TRIO OF FARMERS. Fig. 166. 
In comparing Grain-O and coffee 
remember that while the taste is 
the same Grain-O gives health and 
strength while coffee shatters the 
nervous system and breeds disease 
of the digestive organs. Thinking 
people prefer Grain-O and its ben¬ 
efits. 
TRY IT TO-DAY. 
At grocers everywhere; 15c. and 25c. per package, 
A Little Gold Mine for Women 
The IJ.8. Uook-Stove Fruit-Drier 
Dries all kindsof Fruits, Berries, Cher¬ 
ries, Corn, Vegetables, etc. It takes 
no extra are. Always ready for use, 
will last a llf(!tlme. It works while 
yon cook. Write for circulars and 
special terms to agents. Price, *6. 
B. B. Fahuney, B.120,Waynesboro,Pa 
A RURAL MAIL BOX 
Should be 
simi)le, neat, 
strong, and 
durable. 
A box may be 
approved by 
the P. M. Gen¬ 
eral and still 
not be satisfac¬ 
tory to the pur¬ 
chaser. 
Our “Uncle 
Sam’s Favor¬ 
ite ” has oUicial 
approval and 
also the ap¬ 
proval of thou¬ 
sands who are 
using It and 
know it’s all right. 
BOND STEEL POST CO., 
Adrian, Mich. 
Your Vacation in Colorado 
Consider Colorado as a place to spend 
your Summer vacation and you will find 
that it meets the requirements. Colo¬ 
rado has been brought nearer the East 
by our fast train service—only one night 
on the road from Chicago or St. Louis 
to Denver. 
The railroad fare is low during the 
Summer—about one-half the regular 
fare, and on certain days less than half. 
Colorado has hundreds of moderate- 
priced hotels and boarding houses— 
more perhaps than any Summer resort 
country. The prices range from $8 per 
week upward. 
Nowhere can be found such a glorious 
combination of climate and scenery as 
in Colorado. The air invigorates, 
strengthens, revives—it is Nature’s own 
tonic. All thb outdoor sports that can 
be enjoyed anywhere are possible in Col¬ 
orado. Plenty of golf courses and the 
finest kind of trout fishing. 
Just consider these facts for a minute 
and then write me for a copy of the Bur¬ 
lington’s “Handbook of Colorado.” It 
does not attempt a description of Colo¬ 
rado’s charms, but it does tell facts 
about 200 or more hotels and boarding 
houses—shows the location, how reach¬ 
ed, name and address of proprietor, 
rates by the week and month, principal 
attractions, etc. No charge for a copy. 
Will be glad to send copies to your 
friends. p. s. eustis. 
209 Adams St., Chicago, Ill. 
warm molasses candy—and made the ^.s caiefully tended as those 
waist accordingly, sent it on, and Lucy hands. When the dress is changed 
wrote back It was an elegant fit.” after active kitchen work is over the 
stockings should be changed too, and 
* hung up to air before they are put on 
A FAMILIAR story tells of a frontier again. When the feet are very tired and 
music hall which displayed, near the burning they are much comforted by 
Hair falling? Then you are starving it. 
You can stop hair=starvation with a 
hair=food. Ayer’s Hair Vigor. 
rickety old piano, a sign reading as fol¬ 
lows: “Please do not shoot at the piano 
player; he is doing his best.” We are 
not likely to proceed to such extremes 
in a conventional community, but we are 
all prone to criticise our friends and 
neighbors when they fall below our 
standards, without taking into account 
the fact that they may be doing their 
best. Almost every community includes 
some hard-to-please critic who can al¬ 
ways point out the weak places in con¬ 
duct or achievement, and unconsciously 
we acquire a similar habit all too easily. 
The power of discrimination, which aids 
us in forming right judgments, is quite 
distinct from the purely destructive 
bathing in lukewarm water containing a 
little witch hazel. While light and com¬ 
fortable shoes should be worn about the 
house, old and worn footgear is certain¬ 
ly a mistake, especially if “run over” or 
out of shape. Rubber heelplates will be 
found a great comfort—saving feet, back 
and nerves. A flat pad or cushion about 
two inches thick to stand upon while 
ironing or doing similar work will also 
be found restful. 
The true strength of every human 
60 ul is to be dependent on as many 
nobler as it can discern; and to be de¬ 
pended on by as many Inferior as it can 
reach.—Ruskln. 
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_ _ you'd send to-day for full particulars about the 
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our Cook Stoves and Rnnees have fatent oven thermometers. 
