THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April *>(i 
3io 
[ Woman and Home \ 
From Day to Day. 
A IX HAIL THE MICROBE! 
Go draw the curtains, sister, and stop up 
all the chinks, 
For microbes and bacilli are kicking up 
high Jinks; 
Go sterilize the waler and disinfect the 
cook— 
The germ Is grimly stalking like some pur¬ 
suing spook! 
And while you’re doing these things! 
Vou’il better do ’em twice— 
And when you’ve got ’em finished, 
Go down and boll the Ice! 
He careful of the mutton (oh, guard /e 
well the meal!) 
It’s full of varied microbes we would not 
cure to cut! 
And trace the antecedents of Mini seductive 
stew— 
We know not how much danger Is linking 
In the brew! 
Go vaccinate the oatmeal 
And sulphurize the rice 
And once again, dear sister, 
DON’T fall to BOIL the ICE! 
/Mi! knowledge all upsetting! Once we 
were blithe and free 
Ami didn't build our fears on microbes we 
couldn’t see; 
Rut science has exposed ’em, and now 
they're everywhere 
They’re poisoning the stuff we eat, Ihey’ic 
musters of the air! 
If we neglect to hoed 'em 
They'll have us in a trice, 
So, sister, dearest sister, 
GO DOWN AND BOIL THE IGl't- 
Baltimore News. 
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Wt: have seen Homo now sofa pillows, 
In tended for Bummer use on the porch, 
which are the very thing for the country 
home. They are covered witli common 
kitchen crash toweling, on which a sim¬ 
ple design is worked In darning stitches 
witli heavy linen floss. It is surprising 
how handsome these pillows are, when 
(lie simple material is treated in this 
way. They launder very well. 
* 
A n oi skkKKP ioit who endeavors to save 
labor tells ns that she Is trying the plan 
advocated by a popular women’s maga¬ 
zine, and instead of blacking the kitchen 
stove she will paint it twice a year with 
black varnish stain. This gives a shin¬ 
ing black surface, and does away with 
the usual black lead, which, in spite of 
care, makes the hands unfit, to touch line 
sewing for a day or two after using. An- 
4088 Girl’s Jacket. 4 to 12 years. 
other hint from the same authority is 
to paint the interior of the reservoir on 
the kitchen stove with white bath-tub 
enamel, which is not affected by boiling 
water. Tills prevents rusting. 
* 
A head nit asks whether a mock oyster 
soup may be made from salsify or oyster 
plant. For this, scrape a dozen roots of 
salsify, throwing at once into cold water 
to avoid discoloring, cut into thin slices 
and cover witli a quart of water, or pre¬ 
ferably soup stock. Cook gently until 
perfectly lender (about an hour); then 
add a quart, of milk, a teaspoonful of 
salt,, one-fourth teaspoonful of pepper, 
and two tablespoonfuls of butter cut in¬ 
to lilts. Serve with oyster crackers. Wo 
prefer the salsify boiled and served with 
cream sauce, hut it is also very nice 
made into fritters; boiled, mashed, 
mixed with egg and flour, and fried in 
flat cakes. 
Tit kue is something for parents to 
study closely in the following remarks 
made by a distinguished diplomat, at a 
recent educational meeting: 
Unless l am grievously mistaken, your 
system of education, admirable as It Is. Is 
directed almost entirely to mental train¬ 
ing. Your chief object in your schools find 
colleges Is to train the boys and girls 
mentally. In other words, you develop the 
brains, you teach them the useful sub- 
4075 Fivc-Gorcd Skirt. 
22 to 42 Waist. 
Joels that will enable them to gain a live¬ 
lihood. But does education consist only of 
mental training? is that the only object 
for which) education should be directed? 1 
appreciate the utility of your subjects, but 
are these enough to make a boy or girl a 
good member of society? A man Is not 
In-re simply to learn a useful trade arid 
useful knowledge. Morality, moral train¬ 
ing, should be Inculcated. A man may be 
a useful man. si learned man, but what l>- 
he without principle? 
The critic wlio uttered these words, 
which seem a severe arraignment of our 
civilization, is the Chinese Minister, Mr. 
W11 Ting Fang. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The little girl’s jacket shown is made 
of tan-colored (doth stitched with silk 
It is cut. with half fitting hack and loose 
fronts that close in double breasted 
slyle. At the neck is a broad collar that 
is shaped in scallops and which meets 
the rovers formed by turning back the 
fronts. The sleeves are in coat style 
with turn-over plain cuffs. To cut this 
jacket for a girl eight years of age 3% 
yards of material 21 inches wide, 1% 
yard 44 inches wide or 1 Vfc yard 52 inches 
wide will be required. The pattern No. 
4088 is cut in sizes for girls of 4, G, 8. 10 
and 12 years of age; price 10 cents. 
The five-gored skirt witli shaped 
flounce is a very useful and becoming 
style. The model shown is made of sage 
green veiling, with trimming of bias 
folds headed witli black and white fancy 
silk braid, hut all dress materials are 
suitable, and tailor stitching with silk 
can bo substituted for the hands when 
preferred. Both front and side gores 
are narrow and the fitting is accomplish¬ 
ed without hip darts. The fullness at 
the hack is inverted pleats that are 
pressed quite flat. To cut this skirt in 
the medium size !)% yards of material 
21 inches wide, 8% yards 27 inches wide, 
YMt yards 32 inches wide, 4% yards 44 
Inches wide, or 4*4 yards 50 inches wide 
will be required. The pattern No. 4075 
is cut in sizes for a 22, 24, 20. 28. 30 and 
32-inch waist measure; price 10 cents. 
Canning- Baked Apples. 
How delicious are those baked Duchess 
apples! 
How does it happen? Let me tell you. 
Tiiis Summer, when the Duchess apples 
are ripe (you know they fairly melt in 
the oven) core, sprinkle with sugar, bake 
thoroughly, till glass jars and seal quick¬ 
ly. You will tlmi them indispensable 
when the apple bins are empty. 
a. 11. M. 
Whbn you write advertisers monllon Tub 
I t- N.-Y. and you will get a quick reply and 
"a .squaredeal." See our guarantee Mb page. 
WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINK? 
Don't alve them tea or ooffoe. Hove you tried the 
new food drink called GKAIN-O? It Ih dellolOUH 
and nourlablng and taken the place of coffee. The 
more Qraln-0 you give the children the more health 
you dlntrlhuto through their ayMoinn. (Jraln-O Ih 
made of pure grain*, and when properly prepared 
tiinteH like the choice grados of coffee but oohI.h about 
14 bh much. AII grocer*‘ hoII It. 15c. and 25c. 
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The Best 
Farmer’s Garments 
made anywhere are Keystone 
Union-Made Overalls and Rants. 
Two garments like this, with 
coats to match, costing less than 
82 a suit, will clothe a farmer 
neatly one your. Ask for lots 60, 
h7 or f>8, in stripes—or If you 
prefer blue, lot 18. With each 
suit a 0 months’ Diary arul 
Time Book free. If your 
dealer will not furnish Key¬ 
stone goods, send bis name, 
and we’ll supply you. 
Cleveland & Whitehlll Co. 
Newburgh, N. Y. 
A Boon To 
Humanity 
la what everybody aaya Who 
has used 
St. Jacobs Oil 
For It cures the moat diffi¬ 
cult caaea of Rheumatism— 
after every other fori* at 
treatment haa failed. 
St. Jacobs Otl aever (alia. 
It Conquers Pain 
Price, ajjc end goe. 
■OLD BT ALL DICALKKB Ilf MBDIOUfl 
STEEL ROOFING 
FREIGHT CHARGES PAID BY US 
rfktfkrTlnV 
Htrlctly new, punnet, Hcmi • llurdened 
Steel Hneetn, it n ut wI(H\ loot lOIIJf. Thu 
Ih-hI llonflliff, Hiding nr IVIIIng you run u*r. 
No experience necctwary to lay It. An 
ordinary hummer or hatchet the only 
too Ih you need. We hirnitdi nail* free 
and pul nt roofing two Hid oh. Comet* 
either lint, corrugated or “V M crimped. 
Itrlhrrrd free nf nil rhnrgeH to nil point* 
In the U. H.. cant of the MIhhIhhIppI River 
and North of the Ohio River 
AT $2.25 PER SQUARE 
I'rteeM In other point* nn nppllrnllon. A Hq lift re HiutuiH 100 
Mpmre feet. Write for free < .'ataloffliu No. f ,7 
CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING CO.. W. 35th and Iron Sts., Chicago 
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Home=made Soap 1 “ 
economy without it. 
he Imd ns home made bread, 
is managed with the greatest 
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* 11HV/I w generally wasted in the kitchen, make ten pounds of pure, 
hard soap in ton minutes without boiling or large kettles. One pound of this soup 
goes as far as two pounds of ordinary soap. It doesn’t turn the clothes yellow. 
Soft Soap in jlist an raxlly made. One can of Banner t.ye makes twrtiiy gallon*. Kuny direction* oil 
every can. 
At your grocer’* or druggixl’k, 11 you cun’i get It, *end for book, and tell u* who your grocer ur 
(ll llggist F. THE PiiNN CHEMICAL WORKS Philadelphia 
