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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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would be happy with the happiness 
others throw away. Be sure that none 
of yours is lost, it is too precious. It is 
given to man to see exactly what he 
looks for ; if you look for faults in those 
about you, faults you will find in plenty ; 
if virtues be the object of your search, 
you will find them in abundance. 
SWEET FERN. 
HOT WATER AS MEDICINE. 
The more experience I have in sick¬ 
ness, the less I think of drugs. Of course, 
there are some cases where they are 
necessary, but I believe that they often 
shorten life. Nearly any acute pain will 
yield to hot water used internally or ex¬ 
ternally, as the case may require. For 
pain in the stomach, or vomiting, large 
quantities of hot water should be drank. 
Hot, wet flannels applied to the seat of 
pain will relieve as quickly as anything 
can. Have them quite hot, and change 
before they cool. Have two flannels so 
there will be no delay in changing. 
The good nurse in our family often 
nearly blistered her hands in wringing 
hot cloths, until she learned a better 
way. Lay the cloths in a steamer over a 
kettle of boiling water. They keep 
moist, and can be applied hotter than 
when wrung. In cases of colic, a few 
drops of vinegar poured over the cloths 
will hasten relief. Always have a dx-y 
cloth to lay over the wet one, to retain 
the heat and prevent the clothing from 
becoming damp. When the wet cloths 
are discontinued, cover the affected part 
with a hot, dry flannel. 
A hot-water bag has been a great com¬ 
fort to me in sickness, although in cases 
of acute pain, it would never seem to re- 
lieve like the wet cloths ; but a few days 
since, I read that a hot-water bag should 
be covered with flannel. This could be 
dampened, the hot water in the bottle 
keeping it warm until it dried, when it 
could be dampened again if necessary. 
It is a good idea. 
If people would get out of the notion 
of running to a bottle evei-y time a pain 
strikes them, and depend more upon 
dieting, bathing, fresh air and hot water, 
I believe that many lives would be pro¬ 
longed. MARY 8. STELSON. 
A HOUSEHOLD FAIR. 
A very successful entertainment de¬ 
scribed by the Detroit Free Press, sug¬ 
gests a novel idea in church fairs. This 
was described as a household fair, with 
tables representing the household work 
of each day of the week, and laden with 
articles connected with the work. 
In the first place, the hall in which 
the fair was held was decorated with 
evergreen wreaths, and green and white 
cheesecloth. The tables were really 
booths, separated from each other by 
low partitions of cheesecloth, supported 
by pillars covered with the white cheese¬ 
cloth, and wound with evergreen 
wreaths. They were also roofed over 
with the cheesecloth, as the hall was a 
very high, vaulted one. Before each 
booth, hung a large placard with its day 
upon it in huge letters. The girls who 
presided at the booths were dressed in 
costumes suited to the work of the day 
they represented. At the Monday booth 
—which one girl said ought to have 
been decorated in blue, to carry out the 
idea of a “blue Monday” — the girls 
were dressed as washerwomen, in calico 
gowns, with rolled-up sleeves; some 
wore large aprons ; others had turned 
up the fronts of their skirts and pinned 
them at the back in approved wash-day 
style. In their booth, was evex - ything 
pertaining to washing — soap, starch, 
bluing, clothes-pins in bags and baskets, 
bags for soiled clothes, washing powders, 
wringers and washboards. 
Tuesday’s girls wore pretty print 
gowns with large white aprons and white 
neck handkerchiefs. They sold flatirons, 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv, 
shirt and skirt boards, ironing holders, 
stands for Hons, starch, borax and little 
bags of wax for smoothing the irons. 
Wednesday’s girls wore light print 
gowns with little caps and aprons. 
Wednesday is mending and polishing 
day, and therefore they offered well- 
stocked work baskets, brushes, chamois 
skins and silver polish, darning and 
other needles, darning cotton, thread, 
etc. 
In all well-regulated households,Thurs¬ 
day is a leisure day. The girls at Thurs¬ 
day’s booth dressed in pretty house 
gowns and sold fancy work of all de¬ 
scriptions. 
For Friday’s sweeping and dusting, 
there were brooms and dust-pans, dust¬ 
ers in variety, carpet sweepers, whisks 
and chamois-skin api’ons, sweeping caps 
and gloves. The girls wore black with 
white aprons and cuffs and jaxxnty little 
caps. 
Saturday is baking day, and that booth 
was the most attractive of the lot, and 
did the best business. The gii*ls wore 
print gowns with large white aprons 
with bibs and white caps like those worn 
by French chefs. They had for sale all 
kinds of cakes, cookies, bread, biscuit and 
rolls, and also baking tins, patty-pans, 
muffin rings, etc. 
My fidend, clothed in city attire, was 
seated under a spreading apple tree in 
the lower orchard. “ Well,” said she, 
“it’s your own fault;” this in reply to 
my remark that I had not been there be¬ 
fore all Summer, and probably, should 
not be there now had it not been for her. 
Truly, it is our own fault—if a stroll in 
the woods or orchard is a treat to our 
city cousins, it is time just as well spent 
for us. Most of our privations are of 
our own making. The isolation of farm 
life is not nearly the necessity it is sup- 
posed to be. There is always work to 
be done, it is true, and chores, but the 
woi’k at times can wait, and some one 
else do the chores upon occasion. 
If the phonograph could be put to 
such a purpose, would it not be a star¬ 
tling surprise (and ofttimes shame) to 
hear each night every word and tone 
repeated that had been uttered through 
the day? Perhaps it would institxxte some 
radical reforms to “ hear one’s self as 
others hear him ” ; human nature is sel¬ 
fish, and if it realized that angry or ir- 
lfltable speech harmed the one who used 
it a hundi’ed fold more than it was pos¬ 
sible to hurt the one to whom it was ad¬ 
dressed, there would be many changes. 
Indeed, any wrong is like that weapon, 
the boomerang, it always recoils on the 
one who threw it. It frets and mars the 
soul more than it is possible for any ex¬ 
ternal power to do—our own dispositions 
are our worst enemies. sweet fern. 
MODERN 
STOVE POLISH 
Gives a quick polish 
without dirt. 
J.L.Prescott& Co. New York 
for 
of it cleared, 
Two tenant houses on the place. Five miles from 
railroad. Splendid for fruit. $8 an acre. Address 
ADOLPH KAISER. Washington. Franklin Co., Mo. 
C-| 0 —4(10 acres of land in the western 
dale part of Arkansas. About half 
the rest in timber. All tillable land. 
(ffwk 
's Dainty 
Cotton Fabrics 
There isn’t a textile fabric 
in existence which gives so 
much beauty for so little 
money as these Cotton Dress 
Stuffs. They fairly breathe 
of summer-time. Their del¬ 
icate tints and graceful 
floral patterns are made to 
harmonize with Spring flow¬ 
ers, and the very blossoms 
themselves seem entangled 
in the warp and woof of the 
exquisite weaving. 
With all this, they don’t 
cost much, and that’s not a 
small recommendation. We 
have a showing in Lawns 
and Dimities, Percales and Organdies, which we think is the 
largest, the prettiest, and the cheapest you can find. 
We’d like to send you Samples of them 
and let you judge for yourselves. 
First, here are some forty designs in PRINTED LAWNS at 7c. a yard. 
Floral and conventional designs, white and navy polka dots, and some 
stripe patterns. Fresh and pretty goods. They have never before 
retailed at less than 10c. a yard. 
Second, 12Kc. FIGURED SWISS MULLS, at 10c. a yard. 
Pretty, solid colors—cream pink, light blue, maize, lavender, cardinal, 
navy blue, and black. 
Also, SHEER LAWNS—12%c. kind—at 10c. a yai'd. 
In solid colors, light, summery tints, used either for gowns or for 
lining purposes. 
FRENCH PRINTED JAVANAISE, 50c. a yard. 
We have about thirty new pattexms in these beautiful goods, mostly 
floral patterns on white and tinted grounds. Their clear, bx-ight, 
delicate hues, and the firmness, yet delicacy, of their weaving, make 
them almost ideal fabrics for summer dresses. The usual price on 
these runs from G5c. to 75c. a yard. We offer these to you at 50c. 
The above are only a few specials out of many. We are 
very strong indeed in the higher-priced Dimities and Organ¬ 
dies, and, in fact, in Cotton Fabrics as a whole. 
Would you like samples ? 
JOHN WANAMAKER 
Section 159 BROADWAY, NEW YORK • 
Please address exactly as above 
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-K_VICTORIES—->■ 
FOUR MEDALS—3 Gold and 1 Silver, World’s Centennial 
Cotton Exposition, New Orleans, 1884._ 
HIGHEST AWARDS—Nebraska"Agricultural Fair, 1887. 
DIPLOMA—Alabama Agr'l Society, Montgomery, 1888. 
AWARD—Chattahoochie Valley Exposition, Colum¬ 
bus, ^£^^1888.__ 
HIGHEST AWARDS—St. Louis Agricultural and 
Mechanical Association, 1889._ 
GOLD MEDALS and 6”DIPLOMAS—World’s Colum¬ 
bian Expositi on, C hicago. 1893._ 
HIGHEST AWARDS—Western Fair Association, Lon¬ 
don, Canada, 1893,_ 
SIX GOLD ME DALS and D iploma s—Cal. Midwinter F air’94. 
SILVER MEDAL—Industrial Exposition, Toronto, Canada, 
345,584 Home Comfort Ranges Sold to Jan. lst/97 
Range illustrated is Bold only frout our own wagons at a 
uniform price throu ghout Canada and the U nited States. 
Made of open hearth, cold rolled steel-plate and malleable 
iron —will last a life-time with ordinary care. 
WROUGHT IRON RANGE CO., 
Founded 1864. Paid-up Capital $1,000,000. 
Factories, Salesrooms and Offices: TORONTO, CANADA, and ST. I.OUIS, 910. 
Western Salesrooms and offices: DENVER, CIOEO. 
£2f“We manufacture and carry a complete stock of Hotel Ranges and Kitchen goods; also the 
Vtequaled HOME COMFORT STEEL FURNACES, Write for catalogue and prices. 
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for 30 days in your own home and 
$10 to $25. No money in Mlvines. 
$00 Kenwood Machine for $23.00 
$50 Arlington Slnchlne fur $19.30 
Singer* (Made by us) $8, $11.30, $15 
and 27 other styles. All attachment* KKKk 
We pay freight. Buy from factory. Save 
profits. Orer 100,000 In n»e. 
and testimonials KKKK. 
once. Addren (In fall), 
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High Grade ’PS Models, $14 to $40. 
CREAT CLEARINC SALE of ’97 and ’96 
models, best makes, $0.75 to $18. Sent on 
approval without a cent payment. Free use 
of wheel to our agents. Write for our new 
plan "How to Earn n Bicycle” and make 
money. SPECIAL THIS H'KEK— lOhigh 
grade ’97 models [slightly shopworn], $10.75 
each. “Wanderings Awheel,” a souvenir 
book of art, FREE for stamp while they last. 
MEAD CYCLE CO., 293 Avenue K„ Chicago 
F OR SALE.—Farms and farm lands in Morrison 
Co., Minn. Wanted money to loan on farm security 
Lyman Signor. Clerk Dist. Court, Little Falls. Minn 
SPRAYING CROPS: Why, 
When and How to Do It.— By Prof. Clar¬ 
ence M. Weed. Illustrated. 
This little book tells in plain, understandable 
English, just what the ordinary farmer and fruit 
grower most needs to know. It describes all the 
insecticides and fungicides used in spraying; all 
the principal appliances used ; tells when to 
spray; what precautions to observe ; describes 
the insects and fungi against which it is neces¬ 
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convenient handbook on the whole subject. Price 
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The Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
