THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 22 
602 
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From Day to Day. 
HOW IT HAPPENED. 
1 got to thinkin’ of her, and a-wundern 
what she done. 
That all her si.sters kep’ a-gitting married 
one by one. 
And her without no chances—and the best 
girl of the pack— 
An old maid with her hands, you might 
say, tied behind her back! 
And mother, too, afore she died, she ust to 
jes' take on 
When none of 'em was left, you know, but 
Eva line and John, 
And jes’ declare to goodness 'at the young 
men must be bline 
To not see wliat a wife they'd git if they’d 
got Evaline! 
I got to thinkin’ of her, as I say, and 
more and more 
I’d think of her dependence, and the bur¬ 
dens ’at she bore. 
Her parents both a-bein’ dead, and all her 
sisters gone 
And married off, and her a-livin’ there 
alone with John— 
You might say jes’ a-toilin’ and a-slavin’ 
out her life 
For a man ’at hadn’t pride enough lo git 
hisself a wife— 
IjCSS some one married Evaline, and jiacked 
her off some day— 
So I got to thinkin’ of her—and it hap¬ 
pened that-away. 
—J. W. Riley. 
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So.MK of the prettiest salad sets now 
offered are in the form of crisp green 
china lettuce leaves. The salad bowl and 
small bowl for mayonnaise are formed 
of several leaves folded together, while 
the plates are single leaves slightly 
curled at the edges. Five o’clock tea 
sets are also made of the lettuce china. 
♦ 
We are asked for a recipe to make pie 
crust with buttermilk. Materials re¬ 
quired are half a pint of buttermilk, 
half a teacupful of lard, one-half tea¬ 
spoonful of salt, one-third teaspoonful 
of soda, and flour enough to make a soft 
dough. Rub the lard into the' flour, add 
the other ingredients, roll quickly, and 
bake in a steady even heat. 
* 
PuKTTY sets to wear with a silk or 
wash waist consist of stock and cuffs of 
embroidery, the stock having a strip of 
the same long enough to go from neck 
to belt attached to it in front. This 
strip, covering the front hem, is not an 
entirely new idea, but it is now in high 
favor, and is known as a "siat.” Ori¬ 
ental embroidery, cross-stitch and heavy 
Cluny insertion are all used for these 
“slats,” which are fastened in place by 
small fancy pins, often of coral. 
We have always been fond of the old- 
fashioned blue willow pattern china, a.- 
sociated with our earliest recollections, 
and it is pleasant to see our old friend 
among the standard wares in the large 
shops. A complete dinner service oi 
willow pattern costs $15, and though 
rather thick, the shape is good, and the 
pattern is much more attractive than 
that of flowered or figured modern 
chinq, of inexpensive grade. Blue and 
white china of old-fashioned pattern is 
now quite popular, and there is a large 
selection to choose from. 
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Whex kid gloves are worn in warm 
weather it is a good plan to dust the 
hands thoroughly with talcum powder 
before putting them on. The powder ab¬ 
sorbs perspiration, much to the benefit 
of the gloves. Glace kid gloves, how¬ 
ever, are very little worn now in Sum¬ 
mer, save on ceremonial occasions, ex¬ 
cept by conservative women who do not 
like fabric gloves, in spite of their com¬ 
fort. Suede lisle or taffeta are superior 
in comfort, well-fitting and easily 
cleansed. The thread gloves with open¬ 
work backs have been very much worn, 
though not especially pretty; in a good 
many cases they do not seem to fit very 
well. Silk gloves of extra firm quality 
are seen with backs of close openwork 
like iron-frame grenadine; they wear 
well, and cost from 98 cents to $1.25 a 
l)air. 
* 
JrsT remember, while Summer is 
here, that a long procession of dull, cold 
stormy days will follow, and we should 
therefore store up impressions of each 
Summer to warm our minds in Winter, 
just as we warm our bodies with the 
prehistoric sunshine packed away in the 
fossil trees of the coal mine. We have 
no right to starve our souls with an un¬ 
ending cloud of incessant labor, which 
obscures the heavens above us, and all 
the beauty of earth and sky. There is 
beauty to be considered in every plant 
that grows, and your thought may be 
lifted to higher glories when the Sum¬ 
mer sunset is spread out before you, 
even though you have to look over a 
clothesline to see it. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The simple little child’s frock is ren¬ 
dered attractive by the epaulettes over 
the shoulders. The dress consists of a 
yoke and a skirt portion, the epaulettes 
and the sleeves. The skirt portion is 
gathered at the upper edge and joined to 
the yoke and the epaulettes are ar- 
4462 Child’s Frock, 2 to 6 jt«. 
ranged over it after the sleeves are 
stitched to the arms’-eyes. The closing 
is made at the center back. The quan¬ 
tity of material required for the medium 
size (four years) is three yards 27 inches 
wide. 2% yards 32 inches wide, or 1% 
yard 44 inches wide. The pattern No. 
4402 is cut in sizes for children 2, 4 and 
6 years of age; price 10 cents from this 
office. 
The girls’ pleated dress is suited for 
washing or woolen materials. The dress 
consists of the blouse, the shield, to 
which the standing collar is attached, 
and the skirt. The blouse is laid i 
tucks, which are turned toward one an¬ 
other and stitched in princess style to 
give a slot seam effect, and closes invis 
ibly at the center front. To its open 
neck is seamed the big sailor collar, and 
beneath this collar the shield is button¬ 
ed into place. The sleeves are in on 
44B9 Girl’ri Dress, 8 to 14 yrs. 
piece, laid in tucks from shoulder to 
elbows, and full and soft below. The 
skirt is laid in backward turning pleats, 
which give the effect of a broad box 
pleat at the front, and is joined to the 
blouse by means of a belt. The quantity 
of material required for the medium size 
(12 years) is 4^^ yards 27 inches wide, 
^V 2 yardtj 32 inches wide or three yards 
44 inches wide with % yard for collar 
and shield. The pattern No. 4459 is cut 
in sizes for girls 8. 10, 12 and 14 years 
of age; price 10 cents from this office. 
Romance of a Water Trough. 
“Might as well be in Halifax as in my 
barnyard. It ain’t good for anything, 
and what’s more, it never will be.” 
Farmer Stone stood looking down in 
evident disgust at the water trough and 
faucet which had just been placed by 
the town official in his barnyard. Not 
a drop of water came through the fau¬ 
cet. although it was wide open. 'When 
the town officials of Southville had ap¬ 
plied to Farmer Stone for permission to 
dig a ditch and lay a water pipe through 
his land on the way from the springs 
above to the village below, he had told 
them that he did not need any of the 
water and he could not see why he 
should have his farm all dug up to ben¬ 
efit somebody else unless he were to re¬ 
ceive an adequate return. The water 
commissioner of the village, sturdy Luke 
Mathers, declared that he would “take 
the law to Farmer Stone.” To which he 
had just as fiercely replied that he might 
“take the law and wallop him as much 
as he pleased.” Then Luke did go to 
the law. The right of way acro-'ss private 
property had a value which must be con¬ 
sidered before entering upon it. But, 
like many another man, Luke was stub- 
l)orn, and he did not want to appear to 
have yielded in any way whatever. 
Sitting on the fence he had argueu 
with Farmer Stone the better part of a 
day on the wonderful benefit it would 
be to the people of the village, and thai 
nothing Farmer Stone could do would 
l)ring him so many friends. He would 
be a public benefactor. The village was 
poor and could not afford to go to great 
expense in the matter of right of way. 
Argument was useless. Farmer Stone 
.said. The farmers were swindled on 
every hand by unfeeling corporations; 
and he’d just be as foolish a's the rest of 
(hem if he followed their lead, like a 
“passel o’ sheep.” It was at this junc¬ 
ture that a would-be arbitrator appeared 
on the scene, the very pretty daughter 
of Luke Mathers, so fair and so sensible 
that Joshua Stone, the stirring son of 
(he man who owned the farm, had been 
suspected for more than a year of caring 
more for her than for any other woman 
in the world. One afternoon not long 
after her father’s failure to come to 
terms with Farmer Stone, she rode over 
to the scene of contention with her fath¬ 
er and sat for a long time in the carriage 
listening with sorrowful count.?nance to 
the conversation of the two uncompro¬ 
mising men. Then she made a proposi¬ 
tion. 
“Mr. Stone,” she said very sweetly, “if 
the town would put a nice water trough 
here in the barnyard and furnish it with 
a faucet, so (hat you could have all the 
water you need the year round, would 
you not be willing to let the line go 
through your land?” 
P^armer Stone thought Mettie never 
looked prettier. But he was not so easily 
captured. If he wanted a water trough 
he suppoised he could put it there. 
“But you haven’t got the spring, have 
you?” Mettie innocently queried. And 
If you use Grain-0 in place of 
coffee you will enjoy it just as 
much for it tastes the same; yet, it 
is like a food to the system, dis¬ 
tributing the full substance of the 
pure grain with every drop. 
TRY IT TO-DAY. 
At grocers everywhere; 15c. and 26c. per package. 
Stops 
Chills 
■PainkiUet 
(PERRY DAVIS’) 
Curos 
Cramps 
TELEPHONES 
For Farmers’ Lines. 
Organize an exchange in your 
community. Full particulars fur¬ 
nished. Catalogue free. 
THE NORTH ELECTRIC CO., 
152 8 t- Clair Street, 
C N, 301. CDEVEDAND, O. 
THE HESSLER IS THE BEST. 
Price, 
$1 EACH. 
Discount Dozer. 
Dots. 
Simple, Durable, 
Kconomlcal. 
Rounu.Btkoxg, 
Heavy. 
Lowest in price, 
highest in quali 
ty. A sample best 
evidence. Reap- 
proved Jan. 2515, 
i903. Circulars 
sent fr'-e. Orders promptly shipped. We sell direct 
to the farmer. U. E. HKSSLKR CO., Syracuse, N. Y. 
RmiAI. MAIX. Box. 
A RURAL MAIL BOX 
Should be 
simple, neat, 
strong, and 
durable. 
A box may be 
approved by 
the P. M. Gen¬ 
eral and still 
not bo satisfac¬ 
tory to the pur¬ 
chaser. 
Our “Uncle 
Sam's Favor¬ 
ite” hasottlelal 
approval and 
also the ap- . ^ 3 . 
proval of thou- “ 
sands who are K 
using it and —^ 
know It's all right. 
BOND STEEI. POST CO., 
Adrian, Mich. 
THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE OAME, 
NOTRE DAME, INDIANA. 
Classics, Letters. Kcoiionilcs and History, 
I unialism, Art, Science, Fliarmaey, Law. 
Civil, IVleehanl<-alainl Electrical Kngiiieering, 
.Irelilteeture. 
Tliorougli I’reparatory and Coimnerclal 
Courses. Ecclesiastical students at special rates. 
Rooms Fiee, Sophomore, Junior or Senior Year, 
Collegiate Courses. Rooms lo Rent, moderate 
charge. 
St, Kd ward's Hall, for boys under 13. 
The (JOtli Year will open Septembers, 1903. 
Catalogues Free. Adtlress 
Box 233. Rev. A. Morrissey, C. S. C., Presbient. 
ST. MARY’S ACADEMY, 
NOTRK DAME, INDIANA. 
(One mile west of the University of Notre Dame.) 
Conducted by the Sisters of the Holy Cross. Char¬ 
tered 1855. Thorough English, Classical, Scientitlc, 
and Commercial Courses, Advanced Chemistry and 
Pharmacy. Conservatory of Music and Art School, 
[tegular Collegiate Degrees, Preparatory and Minim 
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Box 233. Notre Dame P, O.. Ind. 
I 
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