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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 20 
[ Woman and Home ] 
From Day to Day. 
THE BEYOND. 
It seemed such a little way to me. 
Across to that strange country, the be¬ 
yond, 
And yet not strange, for it has grown to be 
The home of those of whom I am so fond. 
It makes it seem familiar and most dear, 
As journeying friends bring distant re¬ 
gions near. 
So close it lies that when my sight is clear 
I think I almost see the gleaming strand. 
I know I feel those who have gone from 
here 
Come close enough sometimes to touch 
my hand, 
I often think but for our veiled eyes 
We should find Heaven right round about 
us here. 
I cannot make it seem a day to dread 
When from the dear earth I shall jour¬ 
ney out 
To that still dearer country of the dead 
And join the lost ones for long dreams 
about, 
I love this world, yet I shall love to go 
To meet the friends who wait for me, I 
know. 
I never stand above a bier and see 
The seal of death set on some well be¬ 
loved face 
But that I think one more to welcome me 
When I shall cross the intervening space 
Between this land and that one over there. 
One more to make the strange “Beyond” 
seem fair. 
And so for me there is no sting to death, 
And so the grave has lost its victory. 
It is but crossing with abated breath, 
And with set face a little strip of sea 
To find the loved ones waiting on the shore, 
More beautiful, more precious than before. 
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 
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Carbonate of potash, or salts of tar¬ 
tar is recommended as a hair wash to 
remove dandruff. One teaspoonful is 
dissolved in a pint of water, and this 
is rubbed into the scalp, the hair being 
washed afterwards in the ordinary way. 
It removes the dandruff completely, and 
is beneficial to the scalp. 
• 
We are olten advised that the addi¬ 
tion of a little table salt to the starch 
makes ironing easier, but some who 
have tried it assert that, while this is 
true the least damp takes all the stiff¬ 
ness out of the starch. The nature of 
salt seems to render this very probable. 
Borax or gum arabic, however, preserve 
the stiffness. Another idea suggested to 
prevent stickiness in ironing is the use 
of soapy water in making the starch, 
but this has a tendency to turn the 
clothes yellow. 
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One of the soda-fountain novelties 
that have captured feminine taste this 
Summer is frozen cream. It consists of 
plain vanilla ice cream, served in a lit¬ 
tle cup or lemonade glass, having any 
syrup chosen oured over it. It is eaten 
with a little coffee spoon. It is asserted 
by dyspeptic men that as a promoter of 
acute indigestion “frozen cream” ranks 
far before ordinary ice cream soda, but 
whether this be true or not, the com¬ 
pound has achieved sudden and over¬ 
whelming popularity. 
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Several friends have written to ask 
where the nut food, protose, used by 
vegetarians, may be obtained, but in 
each case the inquirer has omitted her 
full name and address. As we do not 
give business addresses in this column, 
we are unable to give the required in¬ 
formation without answering by mail, 
and require address for this. Concern¬ 
ing these health-food preparations, one 
friend points out the fact that the ex¬ 
tremists — those often described as 
cranks—are really responsible for a 
great improvement in diet during the 
past 40 years. Every hotel and restaur¬ 
ant now offers graham bread and many 
cereal preparations which, even a quar¬ 
ter of a century ago, were only called 
for persistently by reformers. The 
same thing may be said of our clothes; 
although we smile at the memory of 
Amelia Bloomer, it is to her and her 
followers that we owe our comfortable 
union suits, and similar improvements 
in women’s gear. It is a fact that this 
world would never turn round if there 
wasn’t a crank somewhere. 
* 
An inquiring philosopher wishes to 
know if, as some pessimists say, all the 
avenues to success are closed against 
the young men, while the old men are 
driven to organize themselves to secure 
employment, who is doing the world’s 
work in the meantime? Perhaps it’s 
the women. 
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The danger of amateur prescriptions 
is illustrated in “a substitute for 
brandy,” advocated by a British temper¬ 
ance journal for use in cases of faint- 
3606 Ladies’ Fancy Waist. 
32 to ^0 inches. 
ness or severe pain. It consists of equal 
parts of the strongest tincture of ginger, 
sal volatile and chloric ether. Well- 
meaning people have had this recipe 
printed on cards for distribution, with 
the injunction. “Pass it on.” The Lan¬ 
cet cruelly points out that brandy usual¬ 
ly contains about 50 per cent alcohol, 
whereas of these “temperance” ingre¬ 
dients the tircture of ginger is essen¬ 
tially pure alcohol, the sal volatile con¬ 
tains alcohol i the proportion of six 
parts out of 9^, and the chloric ether 
has 95 per cent of alcohol. The mixture 
therefore contains 83 per cent of alcohol 
as compared with 50 per cent in brandy, 
and though, as the Lancet gravely ob¬ 
serves, it would doubtless be extremely 
efficacious, it seems like a good mixture 
to leave alone. 
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The shop windows are now filled with 
smart flannel waists, and it is interesting 
to note wherein they differ from those 
worn last Winter. White cricketing 
flannel, which is heavy and close in 
texture, is used for dressy waists; they 
are made with a few narrow spaced 
tucks, but are not tucked all over, the 
material being too heavy for this. There 
are no tucks across the sleeve, this trim¬ 
ming seeming quite out of date now, and 
there is sufficient fullness at the top of 
the sleeve to gather perceptibly. The 
stock collar is as high as last year, and 
very little different in shape. Though 
there seems a tendency to use other 
woolen materials, such as ladies’ cloth, 
albatross, cashmere, etc., the flannels, 
offering a great range of choice are still 
very fashionable, and it is quite possible, 
where the purchaser cannot go to the 
large cities, to get samples by mail, and 
order the goods in the same way. We 
see a great many waists of the polka- 
dot printed flannels, which are offered 
by Boggs & Buhl, Allegheny, Pa., for 50 
cents a yard. The same firm sells flan¬ 
nels with a self-colored silk stripe for 
50 to 65 cents; figured French flannels 
50 to 85 cents, and silk-embroidered 
French flannels from 90 cents to $1.75 
The embroidered flannels begin with 
simple dots in black or white on the 
various colors, while the more expensive 
qualities show fleur de lys and other 
figures. They are very attractive, and 
make handsome waists. 
* 
The Calcutta Asian, which has a good 
reputation as a reliable newspaper, tells 
the following snake story, which illus¬ 
trates the joys of housekeeping in South 
Africa: 
DRESS GOODS BY MAIL. 
Buying from the Mill you can save 
from 25 to 75 per cent, on your Dress 
Goods- you secure the latest styles that 
will be worn by the leaders of fashion. 
Our booklet, which also quotes some 
extraordinary bargains on dress 
linings and findings, has a large 
assortment of dress goods sam- 
? les attached, ranging in price 
rom 15c. to $1.50. The goods we 
do not manufacture, we import 
direct, and you buy all goods at 
the cost of production with only a 
small profit added. This book of sam¬ 
ples is absolutely free. 
Everything to Wear, Use and Eat ts 
contained in our mammoth General Cat¬ 
alogue, each copy of which costs $1.25 to print and 
mail. This book is mailed you upon receipt of 
10c. and this 10c can be deducted from your first 
order «f $1.00. Address this way 
Julius Hines &, Son, Baltimore, Md. Dept 320 
A lady in Durban on getting up one 
morning heard a most peculiar noise in the 
pantry. She was astonished to find that 
a snake had its head and part of its body 
through the handle of a china jug. Both 
sides of the snake—that is, the portion on 
each side of the handle—were bulging out. 
Then she discerned what had happened. 
Some eggs had been lying on the shelf, ana 
the snake, after having swallowed one, had 
crawled partly througn the handle of the 
jug—that is, as far as the swallowed egg 
would allow—in order to get at another, 
which it had also swallowed. Naturally 
enough it could not then go either forwaru 
or backward through the handle! Tiie lad., 
was just going to call her husband, when 
the reptile gave a desperate wriggle, and 
in doing so fell on the floor with a bang, 
handle and all. But the fall broke both 
the eggs in its inside, and taking advantage 
of its release from the handle, it was out 
in the garden before you could say “Ware!” 
• 
Overcrowded street cars are among 
the trials city dwellers submit to, with 
the customary patience of the American 
people. Some ol the incidents they pro¬ 
voke are, however, amusing, like the 
following happening described by the 
New York Tribune: 
An exceedingly fat man entered a car 
that had but one unoccupied place on the 
basis of five to every seat. He stumbled 
over the stout man at the end and the 
large woman who sat next, and tried to 
wedge himself in beside a young woman 
of distinctly petite proportions. With the 
customary arrogant indifference or the 
man on the cable car he sat down on the 
poor little creature as if she had been a 
butterfly. She endured it a few moments 
with well-bred meekness; then, as he set¬ 
tled more comfortably into his seat, al¬ 
most crushing her into nothingness, she 
murmured a protest. “I paid for a seat, 
ma'am!” snapped the man, in a tone of 
linality, whereupon the little woman found 
courage to say, though in a still, small 
voice, “But you did not pay for a seat on 
my lap!” A shriek of laughter, and ex¬ 
clamations of “That’s good!” “That’s one 
on him!” arose from those in the seats be¬ 
hind and beside the two, and the man had 
the grace to turn red and rise hurriedly, a 
moment later leaving the car. 
A Fancy Waist. 
Shallow, square yokes, like that shown 
in the figure, are very becoming, as well 
as stylish. The design is suitable either 
SAVE 
ONE-HALF YOUR 
We Tell You How. 
FUEL 
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Its locomotives all are fitted with appliances for 
burning anthracite coal, and from journey’s be¬ 
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mountains it is ballasted with stone from which 
there is no dust. Railroad experts who have 
traversed it concede its road-bed to be second to 
none in the world, and however long the journey, 
the traveler will feel neither jar nor jolt. Its ord¬ 
inary coaches are built by the company, and they 
are noted for their comfort and for their con¬ 
veniences. The best equipment of the great 
sleeping car companies may be found upon all 
through trains. The dining car service is up to 
the standard maintained on the best American 
railroads. Being double-tracked for its entire 
length the danger of ordinary accidents is en¬ 
tirely eliminated, and the careful watchfulness 
constantly exercised by hundreds of employees 
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B. & B. 
suits, capes, jackets 
skirts, waists, furs 
Paying attention to a class of expert, 
finished tailorship and smart, distinctive 
style such as has extended the store’s 
reputation for choiceness all over 
America. 
As determined about prices that leave 
you a substantial profit. 
Magnificent collection of the newest, 
correct Autumn and Winter Fashions. 
for a separate waist, or with a Skirt to 
match. The foundation is a perfectly 
fitted lining, including the usual pieces. 
The yoke portion is faced on to the back, 
but made separate in the front, where it 
is seamed to the right shoulder and neck 
and hooked over into place. The waist 
pi’oper is gathered at the front, beneath 
the collar and again at the waist, but is 
plain across the shoulders at the back 
and drawn down at the waist. The 
shaped collar is laid over the seam and 
closes invisibly a>. the left side; the full 
waist closes at the center front, as does 
the lining, but the edges are concealed 
by the folds. The high stock is fitted 
with a dart and curves into the throat. 
The sleeves are in one piece, the outer 
seam reaching only to the elbow, and 
the lace is raced on to elbow depth. To 
cut this waist for a woman of medium 
size 4 % yards of material 21 inches wide 
or 2% yards 44 inches wide, will be re¬ 
quired. The pattern No. 3606 is cut in 
sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40-inch bust 
measure. Price 10 cents from this office. 
Ladies’ new Suits, $10 up to the fine 
Paris models $125. 
New Capes $4.50 to $75. 
New Jackets $5 to $75. 
New Skirts $3.50 to $65. 
New Cloth Waists $1 to $7.50. 
New Mlk Waists $3.50 to $50. 
Furs—a royal collection, from Scarfs at 
$1.50 to regal Fur Cloaks $500. 
Handsome new fashions for misses, 
girls, children, babies. 
Men’s and Boys’ Clothing—best Cloth¬ 
ing that’s made—sold for less than stores 
generally do that business for. 
Send for our new Catalogue—Pic¬ 
tures of the new and fashionable 
things. 
Styles and prices will explain 
where your advantage comes in. 
The new Silks and Dress goods are 
superb. 
BOGGS & BUHL, 
Department C, 
ALLEGHENY, PA. 
BALL BAND" 
w „°gl,‘e"r" BOOTS 
Keep In the Warmth-Keep out the Wet 
The Ball Band trade mark on wool and rubber boots is a guarantee of 
superior quality. They give more comfort and longer service than any other 
make The Bail Band is the only All-knit wool boot and the rubbers are 
“ made from the highest grade rubber—not the product of a Trust. A 
Insist on getting the Ball Band goods from your dealer and — 
^you are sure of the best. Made by * 
MISHAWAKA WOOLEN MFG. CO., Mishawaka, Ind. 
