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December 10, 
The rural new-yorker. 
f Woman and Home j 
From Day to Day. 
AN UNCONSCIOUS BENEFACTOR. 
Ole Bill Smitliers stood aroun" 
Itunnin’ everybody down. 
Used to stop his work to say 
Things about folks out our way. 
Used to make us all so mad 
By the vexin’ way he had 
That we lived in mortal fear 
Of his tongue—’twas that severe! 
Used to do our level best 
Raisin’ crops to beat the rest, 
'Cause Bill said, with many a sneer, 
Wa'n't no fus’-class farmers here. 
Tried the very best we knew 
Fur to raise big cattle, too. 
Hustled day an’ night to show 
That Bill Smitliers didn't know. 
Bill kep' bossin’ people so 
That he let his own work go. 
Now 'bout all that he has got 
Is mortgages; an' they're a lot. 
But us folks he criticised 
Prospered till you’d be surprised, 
lie was irritatin’; still, 
We are much obliged to Bill. 
—Washington Star. 
There may be some quinces still remain- 
a broomstick an’ sets her tiger of a dog 
on me, an’ both of ’em chases me clear 
to the gate when I propose to her! Ketch 
me marryin’ a woman like that! Not 
much! An’ I told her so! She’ll be a 
widder all her days if she waits for me to 
marry her!” 
* 
According to the Springfield Republi¬ 
can, condensed milk was first invented by 
a woman, Mrs. Albert Cashingor, of New 
Orleans. Fifty years ago Mrs. Cashingor 
had a sick baby, for whom she was 
obliged to journey to New York to get 
competent medical advice, if she would 
save its life. That meant a long sea 
voyage. How to keep the little baby 
alive through that voyage she did not 
know. But she had put up many pre¬ 
serves and many jellies in her time, and 
she began to experiment on milk, and 
put up a lot of jars of her original con¬ 
densed milk, which fed her child through 
the voyage. The fact interested several 
people in New York, and finally Mrs. 
tice had worked like a charm. Charles lay 
back, began breathing easier, and was 
well when lie woke up. His mother is 
convinced that an onion poultice is a good 
thing, but she is also inclined to agree 
with Jack Bunsby that its virtue may lie 
‘‘in the application on it.” 
gave her a cent. 
ing to make into butter. Use half a gallon Cashingor gave her process away to a 
of quinces pared and cored, half a gallon f )ac< 0 s lar P cl ous, who made for- 
r . ,_. , , , ^ . tunes out of condensed nnlk and never 
of tart apples pared and cored, two quarts 
of sweet cider, one pint of cold water. 
Cover the crock and stew gently until the 
fruit is very soft; then pass through a 
sieve. Add five cupfuls of sugar and 
cook until soft. 
Velvet gowns are blossoming forth 
everywhere, and the most noticeable fea¬ 
ture is the shortness of the skirt, which 
clears the ground all around. Old red, 
Vassar fudge is a simple recipe, yet &* ves ^ le impression of a bloom 
it never fails. It requires two cupfuls a P eac h> purple, brown and green are 
of granulated sugar, half a cupful of v °rite colors in velvet; one sees very 
cream or rich milk, two squares of un- blue. One startling costume we saw 
sweetened chocolate, butter the size of an Itcen, b' was myrtle green crushed velvet, 
egg, vanilla flavoring. Break the choco- niat * e vei T in 1830 style, the skirt 
late into small pieces, melt all the ingre- an ^ e length, thus revealing bright green 
dients together, and let them boil hard niorocco shoes, with white kid overgaiters, 
four minutes. Then remove from the fire barge round hat of much shirred green 
and stir rapidly until thick; pour into a ' e ^ vet ' trimmed with shaded green plumes, 
buttered tin and mark into squares. 
Most of the big department stores issue 
was worn, and the costume was finished 
with an ermine tie, the wearer carrying a 
large ermine saddlebag muff. Ermine is 
. • , T- , , , one of the most popular of the fine furs, 
at this season a holiday catalogue, designed , , , . ,, . . ’ 
• , • , • , ... c l an<a the styles followed are very similar 
aid m selecting holiday gifts. Such J 
as an 
a catalogue will be found valuable by 
anyone so situated that visits to the great 
city shops are rare. The farmer or 
gardener studies trade catalogues with 
to those of 70 years ago; little flat neckties 
with fringed ends, and huge flat muffs. 
* 
An onion poultice is an old-fashioned 
close attention, knowing that he gains in- remedy, though not always applied as 
struction thereby, and it is evident that a thus described by the Chicago Record- 
woman who does the household buying Herald: 
will know more house furnishings and Little Charles had a very bad cold, 
domestic goods generally after similar which made breathing exceedingly difficult 
study. It is surprising, too, how often for him. His young and anxious mother 
such catalogue suggests some useful hint bad heard somewhere that an onion poul- 
in domestic comfort, which enables us to tice was an excellent thing in such a case, 
get the best returns from moderate ex- So, assuring Charles that she would be 
penditure. back in a few minutes, she hurried to the 
kitchen, found a nice Bermuda onion and 
We have always considered that a prepared the poultice. It was the first 
woman who does not desire to accept a onion poultice she had ever tried to con- 
man’s affection should make the matter struct, and her mind was a little hazy 
entirely clear to him, and this was evi- concerning the directions. She remem- 
dently the view of the Widow Dart, thus bered, however, that the onion was to be 
described in the Toronto Sun. Old fried, and in order that all danger might 
Andy Bent had been a widower for be avoided she used the best butter for 
only six months when it became appar- the purpose of furnishing the necessary 
ent that he was on the lookout for a sue- grease. Having spread the poultice on 
cessor to Mrs. Bent. Soon there were a nice, clean piece of linen she hurried 
rumors afloat that old Andy was trying upstairs to her suffering little one. But 
to “shine up” to the Widow Dart, and the poultice was too hot to be applied, 
there was much conjecture as to the result and, leaving it on a stand beside the bed, 
of his wooing, its being well-known that she returned to the kitchen for something 
the Widow Dart was a woman of peculiar that she had forgotten. Two minutes later 
and uncertain turn of mind. One day a she re-entered the bedroom and looked for 
neighbor driving by old Andy’s place the onion poultice. It was gone. Little 
found him out in his barnyard, and after Charles was sitting up in bed wiping his 
the usual greeting the bachelor said, “Well, mouth with a nice, clean piece of linen and 
Uncle Andy, I reckon we’ll soon hear looking as if he considered the world a 
wedding bells ringing for you and the pretty good place after all. 
Widow Dart. “Why, Charles,” his mother asked, 
“I reckon you just won’t!” retorted “what have you done with that onion 
Andy with decision. “I reckon you won’t poultice? Where is it?” 
hear o’ me tyin’ myself up to a female Charles drew a sigh of satisfaction, after 
cattymount that flies at me with a dipper which he opened his mouth and pointed in. 
o’ hot water, an’ then comes at me with The next bulletin showed that the poul¬ 
Wind-Breaks. 
Half (and perhaps more) of the aggra¬ 
vating colds “indulged in” by women and 
children during the months in which the 
doors have to be closed, are caused by the 
cold air coming in under the doors. Very 
few doors fit as they should in the com¬ 
mon residence. In fact, many of the best 
are deficient in that respect, and this is 
more noticeable at the threshold. The 
man who is only about in the evening— 
and then has nothing to take him away 
from the fire—is apt to thii^k it only a 
woman’s notion, if she complains of the 
wind coming in under the doors. So, as 
a rule, she goes half her time with cold 
feet, a sure forerunner of colds, catarrh, 
and even consumption, and baby has the 
“sniffles,” earache and croup, with every¬ 
one wondering “why in the world that 
baby is such a bother.” Perhaps on the 
coldest days an old coat, or a piece of car¬ 
pet, is thrown down against the outside 
door, leaving the ones leading into rooms 
where no fires are kept, to pour in their 
death-dealing drafts, without let or hind¬ 
rance. Now there is a way to avoid all 
this, and without calling in the carpenter. 
Make for each door a roll, as long as the 
door is wide; the inner part may be of a 
piece of old blanket, rolled softly, and 
caught here and there, to hold it in place. 
I he outside should be of some dark ma¬ 
terial, that will not soil easily; for in¬ 
stance, pieces of the best parts of men’s 
clothing; circles as large as a teacup, for 
the ends, and a strip or the required 
length and width, decorated, if desired, 
for the other part. Or a soft cover may 
be made, of dark woolen dress goods, 
shirred on to a plain foundation, gather¬ 
ing the ends to fit the circle, putting a 
button made of the goods over the raw 
edge. Another cover may be made of 
Germantown yarn, in afghan stitch, or 
any of the plain stitches that are quickly 
done. \ arn that has done duty in some 
cast-off article is often good enough for 
this, lasting for years. Some houses have 
no threshold strip under the doors sepa¬ 
rating the rooms, which is very conven¬ 
ient for the sweeper, but not for the occu¬ 
pants of the rooms, for seldom, if ever, do 
these doors fit as snugly as do the others. 
Wind-breaks for these should be made 
like a mattress, and filled more solidly, to 
keep the shape more perfectly. Both 
covers should be made mattress style, the 
outside one decorated to suit your fancy, 
the main thing being to keep out the cold 
air or wind, with something that is not 
offensive to the eye. hale cook. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
li. N.-Y. and you’ll get. a quick reply and 
“a square deal.’ See guarantee, page 8. 
Four things a man must learn to do 
If he would make his record true: 
To think without confusion clearly. 
To love his fellow-man sincerely, 
To net from honest motives purely, 
To trust In God and Heaven securely 
_—Dr. Henry Van Dyk*. 
A MATTER OF HEALTH 
If you have any 
trouble with lamps— 
any trouble whatever 
—send for my Index. 
I know of no lamp- 
disease that it does not 
cure immediately. 
Costs nothing. 
Macbeth, Pittsburgh. 
There will lie thousands of Ann 
Arbor I^ampa sold Tor Christmas 
Presents. Every lamp Is a complete 
gas plant in itself and gives 100 c. p. 
of pure white light at a cost of less 
than 1-4 cent per hour. No grease, 
no smoke, no smell. Absolutely 
clean and safe. Agents wanted. 
Write for special introductory offer 
to-day Catalog free. We also make 
complete lighting systems for houses 
churches and stores. 
The Superior Mfg. Co., 
218 SecondSt. Ann Arbor,Mich 
SAVE K 2 your FUEL 
BY USING THE 
ROCHESTER RADIATOR 
Fits any Stove or Furnace. Price from $2 to 
$12. Write for booklet on heating homes. 
ROCHESTER RADIATOR CO. 
39 Furnace SI., Rochester, N. Y. 
Vour Tr.de-M.rk. 
dealer YU I® Ouarnnteeil to go twice as far 
far it as paste or liquid polishes. X-Haylsthe 
* ORICINAl Powdered Stove 
Polish. It trives a quirk, brilliant lustre and Does 
IVot Ititrn Ofr. Sample sent if you address Dept. P 
LAMOXT, CORLISS & CO,, Agts., 78 Hudson St.. New York. 
— f You’re Exposed 
POWDER 
Absolutely Pure 
HAS HO SUBSTITUTE 
m winter’s work. There’s foot protection, 
more t’ an protection—there’s long 
wear in the 
BUCKSKIN BRAND 
Rubber Boots & Shoes. 
Get the genuine—there are substitutes that 
are but part rubber, made to sell cheap. 
Buckskin is all rubber, pure, new rubber, the 
only thing that wears 107- reduction means Soil¬ 
less wear. Insist on seeing Buck¬ 
skin Trademark—it’s on every 
pair. We sell retailers by cata¬ 
log; cut out jobbers’ and travel¬ 
ing men’s expense and put that 
money into quality. Writ, us if 2 ? 
your dealer doesn’t handle the « £ 
Buckskin. A special offer to you - S' 
to introduce in your locality if 
you are the first one writing. 
NOT MADE BY A TRUST. 
Write today. _ 
BANNER RUBBER CO. 
280 Bittner Street, St. Louis, Mo. 
LOWEST RATES TO ST. LOUIS ANL 
RETURN VIA THE NICKEL 
PLATE ROAD. 
Stopover allowed at Chicago on all World’! 
Lair tickets, and at Cleveland on all exeepl 
Coach Excursion tickets. For particulars set 
local licket Agent, or A. W. Ecclestone, I). I* 
A., 385 Broadway, New York City. 
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