1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
75 
boxed in underneath, and set, legless, 
upon the foundation thus made. That 
comfort will very speedily recommend 
itself. ANNIE HAMILTON DONNELL. 
SHALL WOMEN PROPOSE? 
UPPOSE we stop a minute and ask, 
“ Do men pi'opose ?” Some of us, 
like those to whom our editor referred, 
will admit sadly, or, if we belong to the 
“new woman” type, congratulate our¬ 
selves that they do not. But seriously, 
look back on your own experience, if 
you have any, or recall some of the true 
love stories that have been told to you, 
and tell us whether you find anything 
that compares with the way it is done 
on paper. What is the important, the 
real question that agitates the minds 
and hearts of those who contemplate a 
life union ? To men and women who 
are true, is it not to discover whether 
there be mutual affection ? Being 
assured of this, plans are made accord¬ 
ing to circumstances. 
Now what may a woman do to bring 
about the desired result ? She should 
simply be sweet and natural, kind to 
all, but especially to the one who has 
won her heart. Doubtless you know 
girls who have caused themselves and 
their friends great unhappiness, by pre¬ 
tending not to care, when they do care 
very much. We need never be ashamed 
of loving any one ; it is only hatred that 
should be concealed and overcome. 
There is nothing to be gained by a 
proposal from a woman, unless she be 
willing to accept the hand without the 
heart. Love will find expression, and if 
your friend remains too long silent, you 
may safely assume, either that it is your 
own fault, or that he has nothing to ex¬ 
press. p. 8. 
mended that every person should have a 
good yawn, with stretching of the limbs, 
morning and evening, for the purpose of 
ventilating the lungs and tonifying the 
muscles of respiration. An eminent 
authority claims that this form of gym¬ 
nastics has a remarkable effect in reliev¬ 
ing throat and ear troubles, and says 
that patients suffering from disorders of 
the throat have derived great benefit 
from it. lie makes his patients yawn 
either by suggestion, imitation or by a 
series of full breaths with the lips partly 
closed. The yawning is repeated six or 
eight times, and should be followed by 
swallowing. By this means the air and 
mucus in the eustachian tubes are aspi¬ 
rated. _ 
CRUMBS FROM DIFFERENT TABLES. 
Be to every man just,—and to woman 
Be gentle and tender and true ; 
For thine own do thy best, but for no man 
Do less than a brother should do. 
—Samuel Waddington. 
_Ram’s Horn : “ A self-made man 
generally spoils his boy in trying to 
make him like himself.” 
... .The Outlook : “ Society is crowded 
with half-equipped workers, with men 
and women who are honest and earnest, 
and not incapable, but who are not up 
to the level of the very best work.” 
-W. D. Howells in The Forum : “At 
the end of our own war, when the slave’s 
dream of freedom came true, he believed 
that the gift of liberty would be fol¬ 
lowed with the gift of 40 acres and a 
mule to every head of a family. When 
his fond delusion became known to the 
nation which had broken the chains of 
the oppressed and bidden them go free 
and see what they could do to keep 
from starving, a roar of derision went 
up from all the millions of American 
humorists. We thought it much less 
comical to give our acres, not by forties, 
but by millions,to certain railroad com¬ 
panies.” 
In writing to advertisers, please always mention 
Tub Rural New-Yorker. 
Quickens 
The Appetite 
Makes the 
Weak Strong. 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
Opening of a Night-blooming Cereus. 
—Just as twilight was creeping over the 
earth, the large, pearly-pink bud began 
to unfold. Slowly, slowly the delicate 
petals unclose, and soon the many-armed 
stigma is seen. Wider still, and the 
silken stamens, clustered together like a 
skein of ivory-white sewing silk, with 
their anthers like little, pale yellow 
heads lifted up at the ends, are seen. 
Now a faint, soft perfume fills the air ! 
Languorous, mysterious, penetrating and 
subtle, the very climax and witchery of 
fragrance ! Silently the white wonder 
unfurls itself until it hangs the perfect 
flower upon its serpentine stalk ; look¬ 
ing as though a zephyr might crush it, 
or the candle light melt it like frost. 
Weird, unearthly, the very spirit of the 
dusky night beyond the window pane ! 
To-morrow it will hang limp and inert 
on its drooping stalk, as mysterious in 
its fading as in its blooming. 
LINDA WILTON MCNEIL. 
U ses of Yawning. —According to a cel¬ 
ebrated Belgian physician, yawning is an 
exceedingly healthful function, gener¬ 
ally, says Popular Science News, besides 
having a very salutary effect in com¬ 
plaints of the pharynx and eustachian 
tubes. According to the results of late 
investigations, yawning is the most na¬ 
tural form of respiratory exercise, bring¬ 
ing into action all the respiratory mus¬ 
cles of the chest and neck. It is recorn- 
MOTHERS .—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Add). 
THE ONLY GOLD MEDAL 
Sarsaparilla 
Has Cured 
Others 
And Will Cure You. 
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for Coughs. 
ASK YOUR DEALER FOR 
W. L. Douglas 
«3. SHOE BE world™ E 
If you pay 84 to 86 for shoes, ex- _ 
amine the W. L. Douglas Shoe, and 
see what a good shoe you can buy for ■ 
OVER IOO STYLES AND WIDTHS, 
CONGRESS, BUTTON, 
and RACE, made in all 
k hid s of the best selected 
leather by skilled work¬ 
men. We 
make and 
sell more 
$3 Shoes 
than any 
other 
manufacturer In the world. 
None genuine unless name and 
price is stamped on the bottom. 
Ask your dealer for our 85, 
84, 83.50, 83.50, 82.25 Shoes- 
82.50, 82 and 81.75 for boys. ’ 
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. If your dealer 
cannot supply you, send to fac¬ 
tory, enclosing price and 36 cents 
to pay carriage. State kind, style 
of toe (cap or plain), size and 
width. Our Custom Dept, will fill 
your order. Send for new Illus¬ 
trated Catalogue to Box M. 
W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. 
A THOUGHT 
THAT KILLED 
A MAN! 
He thought that he could trifle 
with disease. He was run down 
in health, felt tired and worn out, 
complained of dizziness, bilious¬ 
ness, backaches and headaches. 
His liver and kidneys were out of 
order. He thought to get well by 
dosing himself with cheap pills. 
And then came the ending. He 
fell a victim to Bright’s disease! 
The money he ought to have in¬ 
vested in a safe, reliable remedy 
went for a tombstone. The thought 
that killed this man 
HAS KILLED OTHERS. 
Statistics show that 90 per cent 
of the deaths from Pneumonia, 
Bright’s disease and similar com¬ 
plaints are caused from derange¬ 
ments of the liver and kidneys. 
These great organs keep the blood 
pure and in healthful motion. 
When they get out of order the 
blood becomes poisoned the circu¬ 
lation impeded, and the whole sys¬ 
tem speedily breaks down. It is 
A DANGEROUS IDEA 
to imagine that pills can strike at 
the root of these diseases. It has 
been thoroughly proved that such 
remedies are worse than useless. 
There is only one remedy which 
can always be depended upon. 
This remedy alone can act on the 
liver and kidneys when they are 
out of order, clear out the system 
and build up the health. The 
name of this remedy is Warner’s 
Safe Cure. It is the only standard 
remedy in the world for kidney 
and liver complaints. It is the only 
remedy which physicians univer¬ 
sally prescribe. It is the only 
remedy that is backed by the tes¬ 
timony of thousands whom it has 
relieved and cured. 
There is nothing else that can 
take its place. 
And STEREOPTICONS* prices. Views iUus"-8*in£ 
every subject for PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS, etc. 
#ZTA profitable busmesi for a man with a email capital. Also 
Lanterns for Home Amusement. 265 page Catalogue, frtt 
MCALLISTER, Mt*. Optician, 49 Nassau St., N. Y, 
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I CLOTHES WASHED! 
BY THE — E 
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800,000 of th.m in use iB convincing 
proof of their popularity. Sold under 
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Write for catalogue and prices, and 
mention HORTON MFC. CO. 
this paper. Ft. Wayne, Ind. 
^ew BECKER WASHER. 
A Fair Trial will convince the 
most skeptical of its superiority 
over all other washing machines. 
Thousands in use. Agents Wanted. 
Circulars Free. Made by 
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tA/ppi/l Y 8J.U0U yearly, no experience rc- 
ITLLIVL I (piired, failure impossible; our 
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S.S.Warc Co. Box 5308, Boston,Mass. 
STOCK AND TIMBER FARM. 
S35 ACRES ! Excellent character of land, abund¬ 
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wood timber, 4(H) acres cleared. On three public roads 
Three miles from railroad. Write for f ree Catalogue. 
R. B. CHAFFIN & CO., Inc., Richmond, Va. 
For Sale 
-Truck Farm In Beautiful Virginia; 
comprising 81 acres, good h jure, barn, 
stable, well, stream of water; one-qu&rier mile from 
station; photographs. Bow. Booth. Spring Grove.Va 
Q A I P Glass gardes; five 
I \J ■ % Houses with 
of ground. Two miles from center of town. Estab¬ 
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over $500. No competitor for winter crops. \ cwd 
thing. Reasons for selling, going to quit buik .css. 
Address H. W. LEE. Box 1(57, Alexandria.Wot! 
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II Mil I C. U thorough mai; -- 
to grow berries and poultry by the vear or on shu >n, 
D. R. BYRAM, P. O. Tupper Lake, N \ 
The Air Trap 
docs it. 
more 1 Sap 
every day for 
more Days and make 
[(lore money™ „ 
other, and there is a II 
scientific reason for it, \ Jf/ 
explained in our Free 
Catalogue. 200 delivorod at any R.R, station. 
No.2,lgth.2 : >jjins. 
'Dio genuine, has 
on the box. 
No. 1, $2.50 
per 1(H); No. 2, 
$2.35 per 100. 
Samples 10c. 
:. C. STELLE, 81 Fifth Ave., BROOKLYN, N.Y. 
GEO. J. RECORD’S 
DOUBLE-TIN SAP SPOUTS 
THE BEST AND 
CHEAPEST. 
Over (5.000,000 in 
use. Ask your 
dealer or writo 
for FREE sample. 
RECORD MANUFACTURING CO., 
Ill Main Street, Conneaut, Ohio. 
Manufacturers of Spouts. Butter Pails, Cans. Etc. 
Maple Evaporators. 
MOST BUR ABLE, MOST ECONOMICAL , 
CHEAPEST. Manufactured by 
McLANE & SCHANCK, Linesville, Pa. 
Cider Machinery.—Send for catalogue to Boomer & 
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ine r-armers i^noice 
is THE 
SYKES 
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ROOFING. 
For all classes of buildings, easily applied, cheaper 
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UARTEK OF CENTURY OLD, 
FAY'S MANILLA 
ROOFING. 
CHEAPM/ATED Dunne Not affected 
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No RUST nor RATTLE. Outlasts tin or iron. 
A Durable Substitute lor Blaster on walls. 
Water Proof Sheathing of same material, the 
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The FAY 111 A MILL A ROOFING CO.,UAMDFN^U, 
What Venezuela Should Do. 
“Lay low ’ until the boundary lino Is estab¬ 
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liable “Bull” proof fence. 
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