THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 3 
156 
f Woman and Home j 
From Day to Day. 
AN OLD-FASHIONED WOMAN. 
“I’m goin’ to die,” says the Widder Greene, 
“I’m goin’ to quit this airthly scene; 
’Taint no place for me to stay 
In such a world as ’tis to-day; 
Such works and ways is too much for me, 
Nobody can’t let nobody be. 
The girls is flounces from top to toe, 
And that’s the hull o' what they know. 
The men is mad on bonds and stocks, 
Swearin’ and shootin’, an’ pickin’ locks; 
I’m real afraid I’ll be hanged myself, 
Ef I ain’t laid on my final shelf. 
There ain’t a cretur but knows to-day 
I never was lunatic any way. 
But since the crazy folks all go free 
I’m dreadful afraid they’ll hang up me! 
There’s another thing that’s pesky hard— 
I can’t step into a neighbor’s yard 
To say ‘How be you?’ or borry a pin, 
But what the paper’ll have it in: 
‘We’re pleased to say the Widder Greene 
Took dinner a Tuesday with Mrs. Keene.’ 
Or ‘Our worthy friend Mrs. Greene has gone 
Down to Barkhamstead to see her son.’ 
Great Jerusalem! can I stir 
Without a-raisin’ some feller’s fur? 
There ain’t no privacy, so to say 
No more’n if this was Judgment Day. 
And as for meetin’—I want to swear 
Every time I put my head in there. 
Why, even Old Hundred’s spiled and done 
Like everything else under the sun. 
It used to be so solemn an’ slow, 
‘Praise to the Lord from men below,’ 
Now it goes like a gallopin’ steer. 
High diddle diddle! there an’ here. 
No respect to the Lord above 
No more’n ef He was hand an’ glove 
With all the creturs He ever made. 
And all the jigs that ever was played. 
Preachin’, too, but here I’m dumb; 
But I tell you what! I’d like it some 
If good old Parson Nathan Strong 
Out of his grave would come along, 
An’ give us a stirrin’ taste o’ fire— 
Judgment an’ justice is my desire. 
’Taint all love an’ sickish sweet 
That makes this world or t’other complete. 
But law! I’m old! I’d better be dead 
When the world’s a turnin’ over my head; 
Sperits talkin’ like tarnal fools, 
Bibles kicked out o’ deestrict schools. 
Crazy creturs a-murderin’ round— 
Honest folks’d better be under the ground. 
So fare-ye-well! this airthly scene 
No more’ll be pestered by Widder Greene.” 
—Baltimore Sun. 
• 
Japanese wash silks are already dis¬ 
played in amazing variety at very rea¬ 
sonable prices, being especially suitable 
for making nice Summer waists. They 
are usually seen in corded stripes, and 
good qualities are sold for 45 to 55 cents 
a yard. Beautiful shades of pink, blue, 
green and heliotrope, with white cords 
and stripes, are seen; 3% to four yards 
is required for a waist, this allowing for 
tucks. They are also very pretty, and 
really serviceable for the little girl's 
best frock, especially when made to 
wear with a guimpe. 
* 
It is now announced that the fruit- 
jar manufacturers of Indiana, Ohio and 
Pennsylvania, representing the entire 
production of the country, have formed 
a combination, advancing prices 25 per 
cent. If this be true, the women folks 
will feel the tentacles of the trust octo¬ 
pus at preserving time. Of late years 
there has been a marked reduction in 
the price of preserve jars and jelly 
glasses, and an increase will be felt as 
a severe tax. There is no doubt that 
these convenient air-tight jars have had 
much to do with the increase in the use 
of wholesome canned fruit, rather than 
the more heavily-sugared preserves. 
When most of the fruit was put away in 
earthen jars having corks or covers 
sealed with wax, there was more risk of 
fermentation through defective sealing, 
and it was necessary to add more sugar 
as a preservative. 
Some of the newer fashions in veils 
show a fine open mesh, with a few ex¬ 
tra large chenille or velvet dots set at 
very wide distances apart, so that only 
two or three dots will show on the face. 
Worn over a fresh complexion, and care¬ 
fully arranged, these dots give the co¬ 
quettish effect of the patches worn by 
last-century dames. Unfortunately, how¬ 
ever, these dots are not immovable, as 
the patches were, and as the veil is 
twisted about it plays strange pranks 
with the wearer. Sometimes one of the 
dots will obscure the end of her nose; 
sometimes it will blot out a portion of 
one eyelid, making the wearer look dis¬ 
tinctly cross-eyed, or, coming over the 
lips, it will give her the appearance, 
when she smiles, of having lost a tooth. 
In a stage make-up, a piece of black 
plaster, neatly fixed over a tooth, makes 
it appear missing, and the freakish dots 
on these veils will give much the same 
appearance. It is wise to avoid them, 
in spite of their fashionable vogue. Net 
veils with medium-sized dots, either of 
velvet or chenille, are always in good 
taste. 
• 
There is such a change in the shape 
of skirts since last Summer that some 
ingenuity will be needed in remodeling 
gowns this Spring. It is possible, how¬ 
ever, to make over a habit skirt into 
the pleated model by adding a front 
gore. The skirt should be taken off the 
band, and the front breadth cut from 
waist to hem; a new gore inserted, and 
the fulness thrown to the center of the 
back, there to form a box pleat, either 
Watteau or inverted. Instead of join¬ 
ing the new front gore into the seams, 
like the other gores, the adjoining side 
breadths should lap over them, being 
finished with several rows of machine 
stitching. This is a favorite style with 
many fashionable skirts and with the 
pleated back, will bring the last-year’s 
garment right up to date. 
• 
An eastern reader asks how to make 
salt-rising bread. We have never made 
this, but a friend in Illinois gives the 
following recipe; 
On the morning of the day before you 
wish to bake bread mix together in a cup 
one tablespoonful of cornmeal, and soda 
and salt each the size of half a pea. Pour 
boiling water over till a thin sponge is 
formed. Keep this mixture in a warm 
place. It should become light and foamy. 
The next morning, to a cup of new milk 
add enough boiling water to make it luke¬ 
warm; add a piece of soda and salt the size 
jt a pea each, two teaspoonfuls of the corn- 
meal mixture made the day before, and 
flour enough to make a soft sponge. Keep 
in a warm place, and when light add to it 
three cupfuls of milk that has had enough 
boiling water added to it to make it luke¬ 
warm, one tablespoonful of salt and flour 
enough to make a moderately thick sponge. 
When this gets light add enough flour to 
knead. Make into loaves, and when lignt 
bake. This will make five small loaves. 
Many of the older housekeepers of the 
Middle West are familiar with this 
bread, which used to be made in the old 
pioneer days, before our present ready- 
to-use yeasts were procurable. The salt¬ 
rising bread has one decided peculiarity; 
during the process of baking it gives off 
a strong, characteristic, and rather dis¬ 
agreeable odor, though no trace of this 
is left when fully baked. In the case of 
persons suffering from some digestive 
troubles, the salt-rising bread is pre¬ 
ferred to that leavened with yeast. 
* 
Our friend, the botanist, says that 
two of the greatest culinary luxuries 
one may indulge in, in Brazil, are wheat 
flour and American salt codfish. The 
New Englander who looks upon fish- 
balls as a necessary part of his Sunday 
breakfast, would find that dish a costly 
delicacy, if obtainable at all. Wheat 
flour does not appear in any form upon 
ordinary tables there, and is always 
high priced. The Brazilian staff of life 
is cassava meal, made from the root 
which also gives us our tapioca. In that 
old-fashioned book, Swiss Family Rob¬ 
inson, the capable mother made the 
grated cassava root, after the removal of 
the acrid juice, into flat pancakes, but 
as usually served in Brazil, it appears 
in the form of crumbs, something like 
rolled crackers, and our friend says that 
a good deal of skill is required to eat it 
gracefully. The accustomed Brazilian 
can flirt the cassava into his mouth with 
the tips of his fingers, while the inex¬ 
perienced foreigner feels as though 
nothing but a spoon would enable him 
to partake of it with ease. 
Something to Think About. 
“The world loved Abraham Lincoln. 
We know that he stood among giants, 
and envied none of them; that when he 
turned his eyes upon himself he was 
filled, not with exultation at what he 
had achieved, but sorrow for his own 
deficiencies. Humility was the most 
notable feature of his mind; to differ 
from others whose knowledge and ex¬ 
perience gave him confidence in their 
judgment was so irksome a task that 
only the most imperious necessity could 
force him to its performance.” 
“The vast majority of people are apt 
to depreciate their blessings and exag¬ 
gerate their misfortunes. All persons in 
health of mind and body must admit, 
whatever temporary sorrow must be 
theirs, that their blessings are far 
greater than their misfortunes. The 
things which refine and ennoble the na¬ 
ture, which lift the thoughts toward 
Heaven in a perpetual flood of gratitude, 
are absolutely free. The love of the 
family; the infinite beauty of nature lies 
like an open book for every one to read 
who can—it is only the harshness of our 
own hearts and the grossness of our 
own natures that are at fault if we fail 
to heed them. It is time to seek culture 
through other means when we have 
made the best use of the means of cul¬ 
ture which are spread out everywhere 
in the natural world. Wealth will not 
give us the pure heart that sees God in 
every part of the world, in the grass be¬ 
neath our feet, and the creatures that 
fill His universe.” 
“It is a favorite saying of a friend: 
‘We need show other people only as 
much of our real selves as we choose.’ 
This is good as far as it goes, but would 
it not be better to be as near as possible 
what our friends are pleased to think 
us? President Garfield used to say 
there was only one person in the world 
whose approbation he really cared for, 
and that was James Garfield—he was 
tne only one he had to live with, and 
die with, and life and death would be 
very bitter indeed if he were not 
pleased.” 
“To be happy—that is what mankind 
is ever sighing for. It is well to remem¬ 
ber that only those who forget ‘that 
high estate unto which we are called’ 
can be truly miserable—for such as 
these the saying ‘only a day at a time’ 
is a delusion and a snare—for each 
ended day is an added burden to their 
already heavy self-made load. But to 
the wise who are striving to run with 
patience the race set before them, it is 
a helpful thought—one day more laid 
by—as full and complete as it was pos¬ 
sible to make it. Nothing is so helpful 
to strengthen the religious nature of 
children as the verse for each day— 
learned in the morning and remembered 
thro’ the day.” 
The Palm 
is awarded by all judges of mechanical 
excellence to 
ELGIN 
Ruby Jeweled Watches. 
They are made to endure and tell 
time accurately. All jewelers sell 
them in cases to suit. Ask your 
jeweler why the Elgin is the best 
watch. 
An Elgin watch,always has the word “ Elgin ” 
engraved on the works—fully guaranteed. 
“The Ways of a Watch”—our new 
booklet—sent anyone on roquest. 
ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH CO., Elgin, III. 
Strong 
Bones 
In speaking about Scott’s 
Emulsion for children, you 
should not forget that it con¬ 
tains time and soda, just 
what the child must have to 
form strong bones and good 
teeth. It’s this forming time 
you want to look after. 
Growing bodies must have an 
easily digested fat Just think how 
much of it there is in miik, as cream. 
Scoti’s Emulsion 
is even more easily digested than 
cream. It’s surprising how chil¬ 
dren thrive when given it. 
Don’t keep the children living on 
the edge of sickness all the time. 
Make them strong and rugged, 
plump and hearty. Scott’s Emul¬ 
sion of Cod-liver Oil and the Hypo- 
phosphites of Lime and Soda will do 
this for them. 
At all druggists; 50c. and $1.00. 
SCOTT & BOWNE. Chemists, New York. 
B.&B. 
for shirt waists 
this 1900, wash goods stock contains 
variety of smart' shirt waist cottons by 
the thousand. 
Probably the most extensive ever 
brought together. 
One thing we’re sure of—it’s a collection 
of which prettiness is a feature. 
Clever things for clever dressers. 
New American Dimities 10c., 123^c., 
New American Percales 12%c. 
New Ginghams 10 c., 15c., 
Choice Imported Madras—shirt waist 
and shirting styles—25c., 30c., 35c.—and 
assortment at 20c*. you’ll be pleasantly 
surprised at. 
Finest new Imported Madras and 
Novelties — D. & J. Anderson’s—best 
produced—40e., 45c., 50c. 
New corded Madras 35c. 
New Imported Irish Dimities in great 
variety 2Uc —others at 15c., 18 c., 25c. 
General range of new wash goods 5 c. 
to $1.40, including a specially choice 
variety of dainty dressy cottons for 
exquisite gowns, 25c. to 75c. a yard. 
Give us an idea of what styles you 
want samples of—at about what price— 
let choiceness of the goods, and what 
they’re sold for prove our claim for your 
orders. 
BOGGS & BUHL, 
w Department O, 
ALLEGHENY, PA. 
NEW BECKER 
Washing Machine. 
A fair trial will convince the most 
skeptical of its superiority over all 
other Machines. County rights for 
sale. Agents Wanted. Circulars free 
N. G. BAUGHMAN, York, Pa. 
WATCH AND CHAIN FOR ONE DAY’S WORK. 
Boys and Girls can get a Nickel-Plated 
Watch, also a Chain and Charm for sc,ling 
IV doz. Packages of Bluine at 10 cents each. 
Send your full address by return mail and 
we will forward the Bluine, post-paid, and 
_ __ a large Premium List. No money required. 
BLUINE CO. 500 Concord Junction, Mass. 
1900 BICYCLE FREE 
(for dlstributi ng 1000 catalogues for us. One 
■Agent wanted In each town. Give references 
_ ' and send for catalogues. Vm-lose stamp. 
-MEAD CYCLE CO. Dept. 2931,Gh/caaa 
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Ohio, for particulars of a new, simple, successful 
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