1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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that boys love to collect from forest and 
shore. 
Ten chances to one that, after the first 
novelty wears off, they will conclude to 
take their active exercise in the barn or 
orchard, where it would be well to fit 
up a few things for their use on rainy 
days. A hammer and saw and some 
pieces of boards, with a good stout jack¬ 
knife or two, would keen them happily 
occupied through many otherwise dull 
hours. I think that, at the end of their 
vacation, they would love auntie just as 
well as though she had sacrificed her 
feelings and all her best things to their 
thoughtlessness. mary bubwkll. 
PATTERNS FOR R. N.-Y. READERS. 
Write the order for patterns separate 
from other matter, give bust measure 
for waist patterns, waist measure for 
skirt patterns, and pattern number, and 
inclose 10 cents. Each pattern is com¬ 
plete with instructions for cutting and 
putting garments together. For chil¬ 
dren’s or misses’ patterns, send age. 
6819. Girts’ Norfolk Suit. 
The Norfolk waist has three box-plaits 
in the back and three in the front, which 
are stitched on their underfolds to the 
waist line. The center plait is formed on 
the right front edge, the closing being 
under the plait. The belt is passed 
through an opening under the front 
plait, where it closes. The rolling collar 
that finishes the neck flares in points at 
the front. The round, full skirt is gath¬ 
ered at the top and sewed to a plain 
waist lining that closes in the back. 
Pattern No. 6819 is cut in sizes for girls 
of 6, 8, 10 and 12 years of age. 
ADVANTAGES OF CYCLING. 
T may be taken for granted that 
cycling is beneficial to the strong, 
says C. Everett Green in the Bicycling 
World. Those who enjoy robust health 
and are possessed of a considerable 
measure of physical strength, are sure 
to derive both pleasure and profit from 
a form of exercise which uses the muscles 
in a regular manner. Provided the 
cyclist does not indulge in the foolish 
praciice of attempting impossible or 
tremendous feats in the matter of mile¬ 
age, time tests, or steep hill climbing, 
his cycling will do him nothing but 
good. Like rowing and walking, the 
exercise is rythmical, and though the 
amount of effort required varies with 
the character of the surface of the road, 
the wind and the gradient, the moments 
when you must do “ ail you are good 
for” occur but seldom. In cycling, there 
is none of the strain which, in football, 
in cricket, in tennis, and such like games, 
constantly obliges you to do your part 
in regard to the ball almost, so to speak, 
whether it be possible or impossible. 
On the bicycle, you pursue the even 
tenor of your way, and quicken or 
slacken, exert yourself or relax your 
efforts entirely according to your own 
inclination, and whether you feel fresh 
or tired. Your efforts are not regulated 
by the exigencies of the game, but by 
the strength within your It, therefore, 
follows that over'exertion, which is bad 
for the strongest of us, is not likely to 
result from cycling, and is much less 
likely than in such games as those 
alluded to above. In other words, cycl¬ 
ing is an exercise exempt fron one draw¬ 
back from which many other forms of 
exercise suffer. 
PEN POTPOURRI. 
Place a spray in thy belt, or a rose on thy stand, 
When thou settest thyself to a commonplace 
seam; 
Its beauty will brighten the work in thy hand, 
Its fragrance will sweeten each dream. 
When the task thou performest Is irksome and 
long, 
Or thy brain is perplexed by doubt or by fear, 
Fling open the window and let in the song 
God hath taught to the birds for thy cheer. 
— Credit Lost. 
... .Harper’s Bazar : “ That which we 
call the highest truth is but the appar¬ 
ent reflection of our ideals.” 
_N. Y. Ledger: “A good deed is 
never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps 
friendship, and he who plants kindness 
gathers love.” 
... .New Bedford Standard : “ There 
is a superciliousness of poverty which is 
quite as disgusting as the supercilious¬ 
ness of riches.” 
_N. Y. Sun: “The charge against 
the practice by women, that it fosters 
immodesty, is attributable to the de¬ 
pravity or the narrowness of the minds 
of those who make it. So far from being 
immodest, the special bicycle costumes 
of which the so general use of the 
wheel by women has caused the fashion¬ 
ing, are both modest and suitable. They 
are also becoming. Moreover, they are 
tending to a change in the outdoor dress 
of women which is altogether desirable. 
The bicycle is producing a dress reform 
demanded by good sense which, other¬ 
wise, would have been long delayed.” 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
A New Kettle. —When I have a new 
kettle, I always fill it full of clean po¬ 
tato peelings, the first thing, add water, 
and let them boil for two hours, says a 
correspondent in the Housekeeper. Then 
I wash it with strong suds, rinse well, 
wipe dry, rub it with a little lard, and it 
is ready for use. If possible, I use it to 
boil pork in, the first time, for the grease 
is good for it. I rub it with lard, after 
each washing, for several times, and it 
never rusts, or gives any unpleasant 
taste to the food. 
Have We Gone too Far? —Days and 
weeks used to be expended in teaching 
children their a b c’s; then weeks and 
months more in teaching them to spell, 
ba, be, bi, etc. When they had learned 
to spell b-a, ba, k-e-r, ker, baker, they 
were thought to be well on the way to¬ 
wards knowing how to spell. Nowa¬ 
days, however, all this is changed. In¬ 
stead of laboring through all this drudg¬ 
ery, children learn to read ! It is, cer¬ 
tainly, a fine thing to reach such a 
coveted goal without so much plodding, 
but it is somewhat embarrassing later 
on, when they wish to look up a word in 
the dictionary, and do not know the 
sequence of the letters of the alphabet. 
Syllabication is not given much promi¬ 
nence in the new methods. No doubt it 
was carried to extremes in earlier days, 
but is it well to ignore it so entirely ? 
My little one’s greatest trial in writ¬ 
ing is that she never knows “ where to 
split the words.” In order to derive the 
full benefit of the work done in school, 
there must be some supplementary work 
done at home. They laugh at the old 
way of spelling and pronouncing, 
“baker,” but in the new ways, is not 
syllabication too much neglected ? 
MRS. W. A. K. 
MOTHERS .—Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best — Adv. 
Cold Spiced Peaches. —Rub off the 
fuzz. Stick a clove into three-quarters 
of them, or one in each peach if strong 
spiciness is desired. Pack in a stone jar, 
and cover with vinegar. Pour off the 
vinegar at once, and to it add moderately 
of sugar. Boil together until thoroughly 
incorporated, and when perfectly cold, 
pour over the fruit. Cover with a plate 
with a weight on it, and set in a cool 
cellar. Peaches so treated will not mold, 
and will be fine to eat next May, or 
thereabouts. m. w. f. 
&Utoitaneousi gyrtumtafl, 
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