1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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artistic rug requires. Still another ob¬ 
jection is that dress goods are thin and 
finely woven, so that they are not only 
very tedious to hook, but do not look so 
well, or hold so firmly. However, ma¬ 
terials at hand can be dyed a dark brown 
or black to be used as outlines and edges 
of rugs. 
The best material is an all-wool cream- 
colored twilled flannel. It fills rapidly, 
and produces the most artistic results. 
A worker should allow from a yard to 
two yards for each square foot in a given 
rug, according to the weight of the flan¬ 
nel, and whether she works very closely 
or more openly. After this material is 
dyed suitable colors, it should be cut 
into straight, narrow strips on the 
lengthwise—never on the crosswise— 
about a quarter of an inch in width. 
The width varies according to the qual¬ 
ity of goods used, as wide twills or 
wide-waled cheviots must be cut wider, 
else the strips will pull apart. A safe 
rule is to cut as narrow as the goods 
will allow, while keeping a firm strip 
when worked. Helen r. albkk. 
Cycling in Africa. 
A Moonlight Ride. —An English resi¬ 
dent of Blantyre, British Central Africa, 
had an experience, a few months ago, 
which was enough to alter the opinion 
of any one who considers bicycling a 
mild and unexciting sport. He had 
started home from an adjacent planta¬ 
tion shortly after sundown, the tropical 
night closing in immediately, but there 
was sufficient light from a new moon, to 
see the road plainly. 
A Lion in the Path. —“ When I left 
the main road,” says the bicycler, “ I 
dismounted, and started pushing my bi¬ 
cycle up the hill; but before I had gone 
far, I heard a heavy body pushing its 
way through the bush on my left. I 
thought it was some big game, possibly 
an eland or buffalo, but as I felt a cer¬ 
tain amount of uneasiness, I went to 
the other side of the road, and pushed 
away as quickly as I could. When I had 
gone a short distance up the slope, I 
looked ’round and almost had a fit when 
I saw a full-grown lion standing across 
the road,* broadside on, with his head 
turned towards me and, as I looked, he 
started in pursuit. I attempted to 
mount my machine, but owing to the 
slope and my excitement, I failed 
twice. The third time I succeeded in 
getting away, and I did pedal for all I 
was worth, but the machine kept wob¬ 
bling across the road, and I saw that the 
lion lessened the distance between us by 
about half, though I was still 50 yards 
from the top of the slope. He kept up 
a low growling all the time, and I could 
hear him more and more distinctly every 
time, as he still lessened the distance be¬ 
tween us. I think I could easily have 
outstripped him if it had been level, but 
the machine kept up a rattle, rattle over 
the inequalities of the road, and once or 
twice I was almost thrown off. I did 
not dare to look back ; indeed, there was 
no need, as the growl plainly told me 
that he was almost on me, but at last I 
reached the crest, and flew down the op¬ 
posite slope. 
A Steeplechase Jump. —“I then sud¬ 
denly remembered that there was an 
open culvert across the road about 200 
yards ahead, but there was no time to 
dismount, so I rode into it, and the shock 
flung me high out of the saddle, but I 
fell back on it, without being knocked 
off. Fortunately, the side of the drain 
next the hill was high, and the opposite 
side low, so that the machine was not 
stuck in the culvert, and though the 
front fork was twisted and the front 
wheel grated against it, it was not quite 
jammed, and I was able to ride on. When 
I reached the smooth part of the road 
near my first plantation, I was able to 
get up a good rate of speed, but I no 
longer heard the growl in the rear. Next 
morning, I went back along the road, 
and I found that the lion had come as 
far as the culvert, and there came to a 
stand. The chase, therefore, lasted along 
the whole road from the main line 
through the forest to my house, a dis¬ 
tance of about two miles. No more 
moonl ; ght rides for me ! ” 
Some Doughnuts and a Moral. 
Some of the zealous laborers of the 
modern cooking schools, especially those 
who are trying to elevate and instruct 
the farmers’ wives who attend farmers’ 
institutes, often fail to produce any good 
effects by their lack of tact. The self- 
satisfied professor of the culinary art 
takes the ground that whatever is, is 
wrong, and begins her lecture by ridi¬ 
culing every supposed process used by 
her audience, before stating that her 
way is the only one fit for a civilized 
person to practice. Then, after getting 
on the wrong side of her hearers, she 
begins her own directions. 
Not long since, I heard such an orator 
describe the process of making coffee, to 
a roomful of women who had, probably, 
made good coffee more years than she 
had lived. She informed them, in the 
first place, that the failure to make 
good coffee, which she seemed to think 
was universal, was because the coffee 
pot was not clean ; it was never washed, 
or if it was, it was in greasy dishwater. 
After a course of such slanders, she pro¬ 
ceeded to give her way, as though it were 
a newly-discovered patent. If she had 
confined herself to saying that she could 
tell them one good way, allowing that 
there were, perhaps, other formulas that 
would produce good results, she would 
not have made herself appear ridiculous 
to her amused hearers. 
Something similar to a disease often 
attacks the ardent reformers, which 
makes them long to assail something, 
and they often begin with the innocent 
doughnut; that is the skeleton in the 
cupboard destined to bring ruin and dys¬ 
pepsia to the degenerate consumer. Be¬ 
ginning at the wrong end, they say 
nothing of the intemperate use of a 
poorly-made article, by people whose 
weak stomachs are imposed upon by un¬ 
wise indulgence in rich food. The easily 
and cheaply made doughnut is a bless¬ 
ing to the burdened housekeeper; the 
material for making a batch of good 
doughnuts will not go as far or do as 
much good in any other way. I give my 
recipe for making them : 
Doughnuts. —One teacupful of cream, 
one of milk just turned sour, not thick¬ 
ened, one teacupful of sugar, one small 
teaspoonful of soda, two large or three 
small eggs, a pinch of salt; flavor with 
nutmeg or cinnamon, cut in any desired 
shape, and fry in hot lard, turning them 
constantly. Skim and drain in a colan¬ 
der. To cook them properly, is a great 
point. AUNT BACHEL. 
Seen in Havana. 
The Chicago Record states that the 
perambulating breakfast vender is a 
feature down there. Men are seen about 
11 o’clock in the forenoon traversing 
certain portions of Havana with break¬ 
fast buckets made after the fashion of 
the American laborer’s apartment buck¬ 
et, in which are carried to the door 
fish, one kind of meat, potatoes, bread 
and butter, coffee and, perhaps, eggs or 
some other additional article. By this 
practice, many families avoid the neces¬ 
sity of cooking the midday meal. The 
breakfast vender is not always an invit¬ 
ing-looking character, but this matters 
little with these people, if he sells a 
fairly decent meal, and if they can avoid 
having to cook for themselves. In very 
hot weather, the practice is said to be 
much in vogue. 
It is not considered proper for a Span¬ 
ish or high class Cuban girl to go out on 
the street for any purpose whatsoever, 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use “Mrs.Wins- 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
to church, theater, ball or other public 
gathering, without a chaperone. One of 
the most interesting sights to be wit¬ 
nessed is the arrival at the opera of the 
beautiful maidens of the wealthy fam¬ 
ilies in company with their escorts and 
chaperones. Simplicity of attire charac¬ 
terizes Havana’s young ladies. Yet their 
garments are of the finest fabrics, and 
most tastefully constructed. Modest, re¬ 
tiring in disposition and demeanor, al¬ 
most of a fawn-like timidity, they com¬ 
mand a respect most courteous and sin¬ 
cere. It is rare that they are adorned 
with headgear in the evening, usually 
going to theater or opera bareheaded in 
open carriages. These are built on the 
plan of the Russian drosky, with low 
wheels and beds, drawn by one horse, 
the driver’s seat being elevated in front. 
Many drivers are in livery. A few double¬ 
team coaches are to be seen, but not 
many. The open vehicle is the rule. 
The culinary life of the best people of 
this city is much like that of Europe. 
Coffee and rolls (the former black and 
strong enough to speak for itself, the 
latter tough but nutritious) are served 
at 6 or 7 o’clock, according to the wish 
of the partaker; breakfast about like 
our breakfast, follows at 12, a table 
d’hote dinner being served at the close 
of the day. More fruit is eaten here 
than with us, and less meat. The latter 
is not demanded in this climate, its price 
is too high, and it is not as wholesome 
as our meats are. It is a wise accept¬ 
ance which precludes its free use in so 
warm a climate. 
With the coffee and rolls, oranges are 
commonly eaten, and the manner of eat¬ 
ing them is peculiar. They are served 
without their jackets, and eaten from a 
fork. The entire fruit is pressed to the 
lips and the juice only partaken of, the 
pulp being discarded en masse. Oranges 
are eaten greedily, several being par¬ 
taken of at a meal. The Cuban orange 
is sweeter, even insipidly so, than the 
California Navel; not as firm or as high¬ 
ly flavored. It is full of pits, and equally 
full of juice. Oranges are to be bought 
on the streets at the rate of three or 
four for a nickel. The Cuban vender 
peels the oranges much as our grand¬ 
mothers peeled the apple, without break¬ 
ing the rind until the entire fruit is 
bared of its peeling. The latter is sold, 
probably, for marmalade, or to druggists 
and others for flavoring and other pur¬ 
poses. 
vital part of the wheat kernel is dark 
colored, anti to make white flour it is 
almost entirely discarded. On the contrary the 
FniiMinlllillsFloiir 
A FINE FLOUR OF THE ENTIRE WHEAT 
is produced from the entire wheat berry denuded only 
of the woody, innutritions, Indigestible outer skin or 
husk, which is not food. 
If your grocer does not keep it, send us his name 
and your order—we will see tha f you are supplied. 
See that the Flour delivered bears our label; avoid 
substitues. Booklet Free. 
The genuine made only by the 
FRANKLIN MILLS CO., LOCKPORT, N. Y. 
GOUGHS 
Bronchitis, Hoarseness, 
Sore Throat • 
Effectively Relieved. 
John I. Brown & Son, Boston. 
DINNER SET 
or GOLD WATCH 
with 30 lbs. 8. 8. Chop Tea. Laoe 
Curtains, Watches, Clocks, Tea 
Sets, Toilet Sets, given away with 
85, 87, $10 and 815 orders. Send this 
“ad.” and 15c. and we will send you 
a sample of 8.8. Chop or any other 
Tea you may select. The K. N.-Y. 
The Great American Tea Co., 
31 & 33 Vesey St. (Box 289), NewYork 
B. a B. 
America’s a winner 
at anything she undertakes. Produces 
best medium-priced Dress Goods there 
are. We made a special deal in these 
60,000 yards American all-wool Dress 
Goods and Suitings—selling on the same 
price basis they were bought on. 
45 and 50 cent all-wool Suitings, 39 
inches wide—neat mixtures— 25c. yard. 
35 cent all-wool mixed Suitings, 36 
inches wide, 20c. 
32 inch all-wool mixed 25c. Suitings, 
12KC. and 15c. yd. 
For skirts, girls’ suits and children’s 
dresses, and for nice everyday wear, 
this offering of wool Dress goods for the 
money never had an equal—all who 
selid for samples will find this out to 
their profit. 
We’re prepared to do the Dress Goods 
—and Silk and Wash Goods—business 
right. 
New novelty Dress Goods, 50c., 75c., 
$1—variety that’s a wonder—that will 
be convincing. 
Line of new pretty Madras—fine for 
shirt waists—20c. that we think’s a 
world beater—get samples and see if you 
don’t think so. 
Other new Madras, 10c. to 35c. 
BOGGS & BUHL, 
Department C, 
ALLEGHENY, PA. 
. 
If you are going to paper one 
room or the whole house,write 
us for our book for new designs 
Every kind of wall paper from 
the simplest design to the most 
elaborate embossed effects, at 
one-third the ordinary price. 
The right buying of wall puper 
1* the difference between nn 
urtlntlc home and un ordinary 
lio iiH e. The danger of wrong 
buying I* eliminated when »c- 
lectloim are made from our cat¬ 
alogue. 
Agents Wanted In every town 
to sell wall paper from our sam¬ 
ple books, barge commission. 
Write to-day for particulars. 
OH AS. M. N. KII.LEN, 
1281-1233 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
SOLD! 
UNDER A 
Positive 
Guaran 
to wash as clean as can be 
done on the washboard, 
even to the wristbands and 
collar of the dirtiest shirt, 
and with much more ease. 
This applies to Terriff’s 
Perfect Washer, which 
will be sent on trial at 
wholesale price. If not 
'satisfactory, money will 
be refunded. Agents 
wanted. For exclusive 
territory, terms & prices, _ 
write Portland Mfg. Co. .Box 14 Portland, Alien. 
WATCH AND CHAIN FOR ONE DAY’S WORK. 
Boys and Girls can get a Nickel-Plated 
Watch, also a Chain and Charm for selling 
IX do/. Packages of Bluineat 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., Box 353, Concord Junction, Mass. 
S5 S30 3000 BICYCLES 
Everyone a Bargain. 
NEW AND SECOND HAND. 
*d Hand—good u any for service. $ 5 to 912. 
New *99 Model* $12.50 to $30. Hone 
higher. We guarantee to Bate yon money.Largeet 
variety to select from. Loweat prices ever quoted. 
Every customer satisfied. Shipped subject to examin¬ 
ation and approval. No money in advance. A few 
good AGENTS WANTED. For price list and partic¬ 
ulars address the old reliable cycle house, 
BKOWN-I.EWI8 CO., (I»M> 293 Wabash At., Chicago. 
Canning and Preserving Fruits and 
Vegetables, and Preparing Fruit 
Pastes and Syrups. 
The experience of practical workers. The beBt 
methods by which the surplus fruits may well 
be saved for home use and for the large mar¬ 
ket demand. Hundreds of tested recipes from 
famous preservers. Evaporation of fruits. 
Paper.20 
The Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
