1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
253 
Rich Dull Yellow. —Eight quarts of 
water, three tablespoonfuls of olive 
green, and six tablespoonfuls of orange. 
By adding one tablespoonful of indigo, 
a lovely Havana brown is secured. 
Rich Yellow. —Eight quarts of water, 
four tablespoonfuls of old gold, one 
tablespoonfal of orange, one-half table¬ 
spoonful of terra-cotta. 
Soft Light Yellow. —Eight quarts of 
water, four tablespoonfuls of old gold, 
two tablespoonfuls of orange, one table¬ 
spoonful of olive green. 
Yellow Tan. —Eight quarts of water, 
two tablespoonfuls of orange, one table¬ 
spoonful of olive green. 
Gobelin Blue. —Eight quarts of water, 
13 ^ tablespoonful of indigo, one table¬ 
spoonful of olive green. 
Light Gray Blue. — Eight quarts of 
water, one tablespoonful of indigo, 1% 
tablespoonful of fast drab. 
Olive Green. —Eight quarts of water, 
three tablespoonfuls of old gold, three 
tablespoonfuls of olive green. Top with 
one tiblespoonful of orange. 
Dark Olive Green. —Eight quarts of 
water, three tablespoonfuls of old gold, 
four tablespoonfuls of olive green, 1% 
tablespooaful of terra cotta, one-half 
tablespoonful of orange. 
SageGreen —Eight quarts of water, 1% 
tablespoonful of olive green, 1% table¬ 
spoonful of old gold, one-half table¬ 
spoonful of orange, and one-half table¬ 
spoonful of terra cotta. Top with one 
tablespoonful each of olive and old gold. 
Dark Brown —Redip goods dyed a gray 
blue, in eight quarts of water, three 
tablespoonfuls of orange, and one-half 
tablespoonful of terra cotta. Note that 
sometimes a teaspoon is the measure in¬ 
stead of a tablespoon. 
Oriental Tints —With terra - cotta, 
olive green, orange, old gold, indigo and 
fast drab I have been able to reproduce 
all the lovely faded tones seen in Oriental 
rugs of the best class. It takes care and 
experience in handling the dyes, as the 
goods must be thoroughly moist when 
put in the dye, and iron kettles or tin 
showing iron must be carefully avoided. 
Only brass, copper, granite or porcelain 
vessels should be used. To secure an 
even color, goods must be dipped up and 
down to distribute the dye, and must re¬ 
main in until all the dye is absorbed, 
leaving the water clear. If the quantity 
of water used, the quantity of cloth or 
proportions of liquid dye vary from the 
above exact directions, the results will 
be different. Be sure to dissolve each 
package of dye separately in the exact 
quantity of water indicated, one pint, as 
all the proportions are based upon this 
unit. 
As a last word, I would urge those who 
cannot make designs or dye goods suc¬ 
cessfully, to employ some one skilled in 
such work to undertake it; for rugs 
made after the suggestions given, if of 
good design, compare favorably with the 
highest-priced rugs in the market, with 
the added value of being more durable 
than any others, when they are properly 
made. helen r albee. 
Concerning District Schools. 
A Complaint from Wisconsin. —A cor¬ 
respondent of the Chicago Record writes 
with some bitterness of the common 
country schools. He says that, living 
only eight miles from the Capital City, 
in a township with a prosperous village, 
two railroad stations, telephone and 
telegraph service, four mail trains every 
day, a village library, as well as a 
branch of the traveling library, four 
churches, daily papers galore, excel¬ 
lent market facilities, progressive and 
wealthy farmers, many beautiful homes 
and other attractions too numerous to 
mention, the young people are very un¬ 
interesting. One could not for “love or 
money ” induce a half dozen of those 
young men and maidens to join a read¬ 
ing circle, literary or debating society. 
The only entertainment encouraged 
there is the country dance, where any 
one is welcome who can pay his admis¬ 
sion fee. 
The Cause of Intellectual Stagna¬ 
tion. —“ What is the cause of this intel¬ 
lectual stagnation among our young 
people ? I claim it is the imperfect dis¬ 
trict-school system. Talk about grades! 
I have known pupils—yes, the great ma¬ 
jority of country pupils—to attend these 
schools year after year, and every year 
found them plodding on in the same un¬ 
systematic way, with no further am¬ 
bition than to gain that coveted prize, 
the common-school diploma. No greater 
imposition is practiced upon poor de¬ 
luded parents than the granting of these 
diplomas. True, they are recognized by 
the city high schools, but how many 
children entering high school under such 
circumstances have been known success¬ 
fully to carry their work ? Among my 
acquaintances, I know of but two. 
A Township High School. —“Before 
any one conscientiously can laud our 
district-school system, we must first see 
a fully-equipped high school in every 
township, where the boys and girls may 
have the advantages enjoyed by city 
children. A high school of this standard 
would mean a good deal to the parents 
and children. It is high time that the 
thinking fathers and mothers of our 
rural districts demand a better system 
in our common schools. Money is appro¬ 
priated every year—yes, lavished upon 
universities and normal schools for high¬ 
er education. The farmer pays his share 
of the taxes, but how many of the 
farmers’ boys and girls, under the pres¬ 
ent system of ‘ rural ’ education, will 
ever be admitted to those universities ? 
Under the existing circumstances, they 
would first be obliged to go to the city 
high school, or some equally expensive 
institution, and many of the farmers 
cannot afford this expense. Give to our 
country children the same advantages 
en j ->yed by the city boys and girls, and 
with the natural environment of free 
country life, there is no limit to the 
possibilities of intellectual achievement 
in the future life of the country child.” 
Some Mexican Oddities. 
Sunday in Mexico. —Any unfortunate 
citizen of the United States who, from 
an unwillingness to work or to take part 
in the various concerns of life, has ac¬ 
quired a reputation among his neigh¬ 
bors for being trifling, should emigrate 
at once to Mexico, says Harper’s Weekly. 
Life there seems to wear about as serious 
an aspect as a comic opera, and such a 
citizen would be looked upon as a worthy 
addition to the chorus. One of the im¬ 
portant things in Mexico is to own a 
Game cock, and on Sunday morning, if 
you leave him tied by the leg to a con¬ 
venient awning-post while you attend 
service in the church, you will excite no 
comment among your neighbors. In fact, 
the voice of the priest is often almost 
drowned by the crowing out on the 
street. Cock-fighting and bull-fighting, 
as every one knows, occupy the same 
relative places in the affections of the 
Mexican as baseball and football hold in 
the American heart, and Sunday after¬ 
noon is reserved for them. 
Costumes in Mexico. —The policeman 
in a Mexican town is an official of im¬ 
portance and dignity. His uniform may 
be dirty and ragged, but he wears a 
cartridge-belt and six-shooter in addition 
to his club, and is usually seen with a 
cigarette in his mouth. Five or six of 
these worthies will drag a poor trem¬ 
bling wretch to the police station with a 
flourish worthy of the capture of a brig¬ 
ade. The Mexican wears a hat covered 
with gold and silver braid, that is usually 
worth more than all the rest of his and 
his family’s wardrobe ; and it is this, 
together with the gay striped blanket 
and the swagger of the fellow, that gives 
him such an air of stage make-up. It is 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv 
always dangerous to judge the people of 
a town by those most in evidence on the 
street; but if I were called on to set a 
valuation on the people I saw in some of 
these Mexican towns, I should be tempted 
to make my calculation by the dozen or 
hundred, rather than by the single 
native. With all their love of finery, 
neither the men nor women are much 
given to gay colors. Black and white 
predominate ; but the bright sun makes 
it all gay and fetching. 
Old Mexicans. —When a Mexican grows 
old, he seems to shrink up until there is 
little to be seen of him but a big hat, 
and a scrap of blanket pulled tight over 
his meager shoulders. His beard and 
hair stand out white and distinct from 
his dark, shriveled face, which looks like 
that of a mummy in its frame of white. 
Life in one of these towns is as abso¬ 
lutely different from what one sees in an 
American village as though it were a 
bit of Egypt or India. Yet it may be 
seen at the end of a three days’ journey 
from almost any of the eastern and north¬ 
ern States, and is well worth the journey. 
A Woman Speaks for Ben Davis.—I 
notice that, on page 136, a correspondent 
exclaims very loudly against the Ben 
Davis apple. Two years ago, we came 
on a newly-purchased farm; in the 
Autumn, there were two small trees 
laden almost to breaking with Ben Davis 
apples. As there were, also, fine White 
Pippins and Spitzenbergs, for a long 
time the Ben Davis were neglected. 
Finally, in March, wanting apples cooked 
for breakfast, the Ben Davis were tried, 
and promised to deserve all the hard 
things said of them. Out of patience, I 
set the kettle containing them on the 
back of the stove, still closely covered, 
and forgot them ; so that they stewed 
slowly quite 45 minutes, or more. An¬ 
other member of the family coming in 
to the kitchen, raised the lid of the 
kettle, saying, “ What is this ?” Surely, 
what was it I The Ben Davis apples 
were transparent and tender. After¬ 
ward, we found it an improvement to 
add the sugar when the apples were half 
cooked, and a slice of lemon adds to 
them. Cook in water to cover, cut in 
quarters or eighths—do not mash. They 
are a nice tea or luncheon dish, cold 
with cream; are rather better warmed 
in an earthen dish when cooked before. 
They are infinitely better than any dried 
apple We have had many appetizing 
dishes from the despised Ben Davis. 
A. s. c. 
The Best Part 
Thrown 
Away. 
This has been scientifically proven 
to he true in the manufacture of 
the ordinary white flour. The 
theory that the whitest is the 
best flour is absolutely false. The gluten, or 
natural bone-building, nerve-strengthening 
property of the wheat kernel is sacrificed to 
cater to the sentimentalist who must have 
“white” bread. Use 
Franklin Mills Flour 
A FINE FLOUR OF THE ENTIRE WHEAT, 
Jn color a rich golden brown, has a natural 
flavor, makes sweet, delicious bread, easy 
to digest, has four times the strengthening 
and nourishing power of ordinary white bread. 
Buy only in original packages bearing 
our name and Trade Mark. Grocers 
Keep It. 
FRANKLIN MILLS CO., 
Lockport, N. Y. 
DIMMER SET [DEC 
or GOLD WATCH rllLL 
with 30 lbs. 8. 8. Chop Tea. Laoe 
Curtains, Watches, Clocks, Tea 
Sets, Toilet Sets, given away with 
$5, $7, $10 and $15 orders. Send this 
"ad.” and 15c. and we will send you 
a sample of S.S. Chop or any other 
Tea you may select. The R. N.-Y. 
The Great American Tea Co., 
31 & 33 Vesey St. (Box 289), NewYork 
B. *B. 
lace curtains by mail 
—make a feature of large variety of 
pretty styles bere—getting the business 
because everyone who investigates and 
looks to their own self-interest sees 
it pays to send here—pays them as to 
variety, style and price. 
Send for picture book of new Lace 
Curtains, 65e. to $5 pair—note the choice 
patterns at $1, $3 50, $3 50 pair. 
Just the time o’ year now when most 
every household has new curtains to 
buy—and if they’re to be bought where 
you can buy best, we’ve a strong claim 
for the preference. Book is free—send 
your name and address. 
Wash Goods and novelties — top- 
notch assortments—8c. to $1.25. Get 
samples of these convincing examples : 
—new and pretty Madras 10c., 123^c. 
Fine Madras Ginghams, 20c. 
Imported Madras and corded effects 
25c., 35e.—handsome things in Wedge- 
wood blues. 
□ Best American Cheviots 12%c., 15c. 
Fine White Madras 20c. 
Handsome corded revere stripe white 
goods 35c.—makes smart shirt waists. 
Dainty Dress Cottons, for gowns, 20o. 
to 50c. 
Send for the new illustrated catalogue 
over 200 pages—pictures of the new 
suits, shirt waists, golf capes, skirts, etc. 
It’s free. 
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Department C, 
ALLEGHENY, PA. 
fttmtnn, 
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The right buying of wall paper 
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Agents Wanted In every town 
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Write to-day for particulars. 
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This applies to Terriff’s 
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wholesale price. If not 
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be refunded. Agents 
wanted. For exclusive 
territory, terms A prices, _ 
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WATCH AND CHAIN FOR ONE DAY’S WORK. 
Boys and Girls can get a Nickel-Plated 
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