1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
3o9 
The Rural Patterns. 
The skirt and waist here shown will 
make a very attractive Spring and Sum¬ 
mer costume either in silk or light woolen. 
The waist is made with the fitted lining 
and consists of the fronts and the back, 
the closing being made invisibly at the 
front. It can be either shirred or tucked 
between the box pleats, but when shirred 
must be stayed by means of the lining. 
Blouse Waist, 32 to 40 bust. 
The sleeves are full above the elbows, 
snug below, and there is a shirred belt 
that is made fashionably wide in girdle 
style. The quantity of material required 
for the medium size is 5 yards 21, 4 yards 
27, or 2-54 yards 44 inches wide with Y\ 
yard of silk for the belt. The pattern 
4992 is cut in sizes 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40 
inch bust measure; price 10 cents. 
The skirt is made in seven gores, there 
being a box pleat at the center front and 
at all the side seams. When shirred be¬ 
tween these pleats it is arranged over a 
foundation yoke, which serves to keep 
the gathers in place, but when tucked can 
be stitched into place simply. The clos¬ 
ing is made invisibly at the back. The 
quantity of material required for the me¬ 
dium size is 11 yards 21, 10 yards 27 or 
5 x / 2 yards 44 inches wide. The pattern 
4993 is cut in sizes for a 22, 24, 26, 28 and 
30 inch waist measure; price 10 cents. 
The Girl With the Hoe. 
It is safe to wager that our girl gar¬ 
dener will show more sense than the av¬ 
erage man with the hoe in the matter of 
providing a succession of tender, just-right 
vegetables for the table. She will be con¬ 
tent to sow half rows of peas or 
string beans, wait a week and then sow 
the other half her seed, remembering 
how trying a cook finds it to have a bushel 
or two of peas all in their best crisp 
sweetness one week, tough old peas the 
next week, and none at all later, though 
her household expects three appetizing 
meals each day and variety withal. Upon 
the matter of sweet corn especially does 
4993 Seven Gored Skirt, 22 to 30 waist- 
the cook hold strong prejudices, and in 
gardens where her advice is respected 
fresh plantings are made every fortnight 
from earliest sorts up to the final olanting 
about July 4 in the writer’s climate. 
Radishes, lettuce and parsley should go 
so promptly from garden bed to table that 
they seem to deserve a special bed of 
their own not far from the back door, and 
are scarcely to be classed with the ranker 
growing vegetables of the open garden. 
No girl will need telling that the first two 
must grow rapidly to arrive at their crisp 
and tender best. Plenty of fertilizer and 
frequent hoeing are therefore very essen¬ 
tial. “The broom of the stomach” is apt 
title for lettuce, cucumber, spinach, water¬ 
cress and such vegetables as may be eaten 
uncooked, for human being* have a= great * 
need of green stuff as poultry or a caged 
canary. But watercress need not call 
upon the girl for an extra flourish of the 
hoe handle. If she have anywhere about 
her home a moist spot where spring water 
trickles off into oozy dampness she can 
merely sow a packet of seed there and 
leave the cress to care for itself. At least 
some fine beds near my home came to s 
in this way, but it may be the safer plan 
to raise the young plants in pans of very 
moist earth and transplant to the swamp 
later. 
Swiss chard is one of the woman-gar-: 
dener’s standbys. It grows so rankly as 
to usurp the ground, and few weeds have 
the hardihood to dispute its claims to the 
moisture and the sunshine. Boiled not 
too long in salted water its tender leaves 
make excellent greens. You may shear 
off just above the crown of the plants, 
as much as needed, and before long an¬ 
other crop of fresh leaves will have grown 
in place of those removed. If the leaves 
are allowed to grow to full size they will 
have each a stalk and midrib, white and 
tender as celery. Pull these, cut away the 
green part of the leaves, boil the stems 
till tender and you have the foundation 
for an appetizing vegetable salad; cov¬ 
ered with a mayonnaise or simple boiled 
dressing few will fail to relish this cool 
and tasty addition to the farm tea table, 
and finally if the chard which has found 
no other use be pulled and thrown into 
the poultry yard you will wonder poultry 
raisers do not grow cuard on purpose to 
feed to their yarded flocks. 
When planting vegetables which must 
have space to trail about, as cucumbers, 
sauashes and melons, our girl needs to re¬ 
member that on the preparation of the 
hill depends success. If she can provide 
a half bushel of good compost, mixed 
with the soil, and covered with a little 
plain soil in which to sow the seeds, ample 
will be her reward. As soon as the seed¬ 
lings are well up a handful of plaster 
sprinkled over each hill will be necessary 
to protect from bugs. Of course melons 
do best on a light, sandy soil, and there 
are localities where it is useless to plant 
them. 
As to the sort of fertilizer it is best to 
use, circumstances go far in deciding the 
matter. A load or two of well decom¬ 
posed compost that had been taken from 
the pigpen, used to give when broad¬ 
cast over our garden at plowing time 
the finest of vegetables. Many mechanics, 
with only a tiny backyard and such com¬ 
post as can be taken from a small hen¬ 
house, raise each year a supply of vege¬ 
tables that some farmers’ wives might 
envy. When heavy labor is a matter of 
importance undoubtedly some complete 
fertilizer of standard make is the best 
choice. Whatever is used, let there be 
plenty of it, for poor soil will always 
grow plenty of weeds, and if one must 
hoe, the quicker the vegetables usurp the 
space and cover the ground the better for 
the hoer. Moreover, it is only when veg¬ 
etables make rapid and vigorous growth 
that they are luscious to eat and fit re¬ 
ward for the girl who has wielded the 
hoe. PRUDENCE PRIMROSE. 
Live not for selfish aims. Live to shed 
joy on others. Thus best shall your own 
happiness be secured; for no joy is ever 
given freely forth that does not have 
quick echo in the giver’s heart.—H. W. 
Beecher. 
WASTING AWAY 
It’s the small but constant 
loss of flesh that indicates 
physical waste — the gradual 
slipping away of healthy flesh, 
pound by pound, which no 
ordinary food seems to re¬ 
store. Scott’s Emulsion will 
restore it. This Emulsion is 
the greatest flesh builder ob¬ 
tainable. Scott's Emulsion 
first stops the wasting—that’s 
one gain. Then when it sup¬ 
plies new flesh and takes one 
back to normal strength and 
weight, that’s another gain 
and a big one. 
We’ll send you a sample, free 
SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl Street. New York 
Buy 
From 
the 
Mill 
Save Half 
It's true economy to 
buy your clothing direct 
from the mill. No 
dealer’s profits. You can 
get two suits for what 
you usually pay for one. 
Handsomely made and 
trimmed. Guaranteed to 
give satisfaction. Plenty 
of patterns to choose 
from. 
Men’s vfooi 
$y .5o |g s 
Suits 
12 — 
Ladies’ 
Spring 
Dress 
Patterns 
in all 
Shades 
Women’s dress goods 
direct from the mill to 
the wearer at wholesale 
prices. All the newest 
styles and colors. Pana¬ 
mas, Broadcloths, Bril- 
liantines, Henriettas, 
Silkdowns. Every yard 
guaranteed. Express 
charges paid. Write for 
•amples and catalogue. 
GLEN ROCK WOOLEN MILLS, 
203 Main St. f Somerville, N. J. 
“I followed the 
trail from Texas 
On the Trail 
with a Fish Brand ’^IA'Irand 
TT f 1 Slicker, used for 
FommelSucker an overcoat when 
~~~~~-““"— cold, a wind cost 
when windy, a rain coat when it rained, 
and for a cover at night if we got to bed, 
and I will say that I have gotten more 
comfort out of your slicker than any Other 
one article that I ever owned." 
(The name and address of tho writer of this 
unsolicited letter may be had on application.) 
Wet Weather Garments for Riding, Walk¬ 
ing, Working or Sportihg. 
HIGHEST AWARD WORLD’S FAIR, 1904, 
A. J. TOWER CO. 
BOSTON, 0.8. A. 
TOWER CANADIAN 
CO., Limited 
TORONTO, CANADA 
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Banking Department. 
RESTRICTED loans on bond 
*^and mortgage to thrifty home 
buyers who pay all Interest and 
part principal monthly. That Is 
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Assets, . 81,700,000 
Surplus and Profits, 
8160,000 
Industrial Savings it LoanCo. 
1134 Broadway, New York. 
HARNESS 
We sell custom made oak-tanned leather harness direct to the 
individual at factory prices. And we warrant it to be the best 
made for the money. Only the finest selected stock used. Noth¬ 
ing cheap or trashy. Guaranteed to give satisfaction or money 
back. Illustrated catalogue F and price list free on request. 
THE KING HARNESS CO., 0 Lake St., Owego, Tioga Co.,N.Y. 
BABY RAMBLER ROSE 
Ail Everblooming Dwarf Crimson Rambler, 
Other novelties as well as a general list of nursery 
stock. Illustrated descriptive catalogue FREE. 
JOS. H. BLACK, SON & CO., Hlghtstown, N.J. 
puRiWHmll^D 
is the very best paint for a 
farm house or any building 
exposed to the elements. It 
combines with the oil and 
protects the surface covered 
as NO other paint can. It 
goes farther and lasts longer 
than any other paint. Any 
man can mix and apply Pure 
White Lead, but a practical 
painter’s skill is worth more 
than it costs. 
BOOKLET FREE : " What Paint and 
Why ” tells the truth about house-paint and 
shows how to make sure of strict PURITY 
in White Lead. Sent free from any of 
our branches. 
NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY 
Largest makers of White Lead in the world 
New York, Boston, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Cleveland, 
Chicago, St. Louis 
National Lead fit Oil Co., Pittsburg 
John T. Lewis & Bros. Co., Philadelphia 
THE HESSLER 
Best and cheap¬ 
est Rural Mail 
Box on the Mar¬ 
ket. Fully ap¬ 
proved by Post¬ 
master General 
Big profits for 
agents. We want 
an agent in every 
town. Souvenir 
Buttons free on 
application. A 
large, strong box 
Rural Mail Box. and a small price. 
H. E. Hessler Co., Factory 8, Syracuse, N.Y. 
No Money Required 
until you receive and approve of your 
bicycle. IVe ship to^ anyone on 
TEN DAYS FREE TRIAL 
Finest guaranteed 4h f f 4A 
1905 Models 9 to 
with Coaster-Brakes & Punctureless Tires. 
1903 A 1904 Models f 40 
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SOO Second-Hand Whoelm 
All makes & Mod- ^ f ff 
els good as new W *■* 1 u V* O 
GREAT FACTORY CLEARING SALE. 
mr KIUKK AGENTS WANTED in each town at good 
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TIRES* SUNDRIES, AUTOMOBILES. 
MEAD CYCLE COa 9 Dept. W 70 CHICAGO 
A LEAKY TANK 
is an abomination. 
CALDWELL 
Tanks don’t leak. They 
are made right. We build 
tanks of Everlasting Cy¬ 
press; also White Pine. 
We have hundreds we 
can refer to in your 
vicinity. Send for Illus¬ 
trated catalogue and 
price list. 
W. E. CALDWELL CO. 
Louisville, Ky 
XHF NORTHWESTERN LINE. 
One of the most interesting series of 
articles on the subject of the great rail¬ 
ways of the country that has appeared 
recently is that from the pen of Frank H. 
Spearman recently published In the Satur¬ 
day Evening Post, and which has since 
been printed in book form by Scribners. 
The chapter descriptive of the Chicago & 
North-Western Ry. has been published by 
the passenger department of that line in 
pamphlet form for general distribution and 
will be sent to any address on receipt of 
2c. for postage. W. B. Knlskern, P. T. M., 
Chicago. 
BREECH-LOADING .SHOTGUN & OUTFIT. 
SEND US $3.98 
and we will send you 
this 12-gauge, 30- 
Inch single barrel 
breech loading shot¬ 
gun and the complete 
outfit as shown, with 
the understanding If 
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one of the strongest 
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ring shell extractor, 1 cleaning rod with wool swab, scratch brush and wiper and 1 webbing shell belt. We bought 
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