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September 9, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
From Day to Day. 
THE LIGHTS O’ LONDON. 
The way was long and weary, 
But gallantly they strode, 
A country lad and lassie, 
Along the heavy road. 
The night was dark and stormy, 
But blithe of heart were they, 
For shining in the distance 
The lights of London lay ! 
O gleaming lamps of London, that gem the 
city’s crown, 
What fortunes lie within you, 0 lights or 
London town ! 
With faces worn and weary. 
That told of sorrow’s load. 
One day a man and woman 
Crept down a country road. 
They sought their native village, 
Heartbroken from the fray; 
Yet shining still behind them 
The lights of London tayt 
O cruel lamps of London, if tears your light 
could drown, 
Your victims' eyes would weep them, O lights 
of London town ! 
—George R. Sims. 
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The children will like “ringlets,” which 
are a very innocent form of pastry. Make 
a pie crust with butter combined with 
other shortening, sweetening it. Roll 
out thin and cut into inch-wide strips. 
Twirl these strips so as to make curls, 
and bake golden brown. 
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Among the new silks for Autumn wear 
moire velour in all sorts of Scotch plaids 
is shown at 98 cents a yard. Apparently 
plaids are to be in high favor. Blue and 
green combinations are again to be very 
popular, but usually have a touch of white 
or red combined with them. Rattlesnake 
moire is a shimmery material with a 
moire antique look; it is $1.25 a yard. 
Velvet is shown in great variety, and 
there is every indication that it will be one 
of the most popular materials of the Fall 
and Winter, both for dress and millinery. 
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A friend who wished to cleanse a soiled 
spot on a taffeta skirt was horrified to 
discover that cold water, cautiously ap¬ 
plied, not only took out the soil, but also 
the color of the material. The skirt was 
unwearable until an artistic expedient sug¬ 
gested itself; she tinted the bleached spot 
with water color paint, applied with a 
brush, until it was of the right shade. 
The new shades of blue are often not at 
all stable when exposed to sunlight, par¬ 
ticularly in straw. Blue hats were very 
pretty and very numerous in the Spring, 
but most of them quickly faded to a very 
dingy tint. One of our friends revived 
her hat by painting with washing blue, 
and reports very satisfactory results. 
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Here is a recipe for Virginia pickle, in¬ 
dorsed by a reader of Good Housekeep¬ 
ing. The pickle requires no cooking: In 
a three-gallon jar mix one gallon of 
strong vinegar, one-half pint of salt, three 
pounds of brown sugar, two ounces each 
of black pepper, brown ginger, celery seed, 
mustard seed, mace, cloves, horseradish 
and allspice, one-half box of ground mus¬ 
tard, a little red pepper and one-half 
dozen pepper pods. Peel three dozen 
onions and put them with fresh cucum¬ 
bers, just from the vine, washed and 
wiped dry, into the spiced vinegar, using 
enough cucumbers to fill the jar. Agitate 
the pickles every other morning for sev¬ 
eral months or until cool weather comes. 
Then add more sugar until the pickles 
have a pleasant taste. 
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Cold sores have such a habit of arriving 
at the most inopportune time that it is 
well to know how to get rid of them. We 
use peroxide of hydrogen, swabbed on 
with antiseptic cotton, and find that a fe^y 
applications heal the sore, and prevent it 
from forming a hard blister. It is well 
to remember, however, that a cold sore is 
often nature’s way of demanding a little 
more attention to diet, or some simple 
medication. The antiseptic recommended 
is a very useful application for any exter¬ 
nal sores and is also used, somewhat di¬ 
luted, as a mouth wash, and as a spray 
for inflamed mucous membranes. It is a 
strong bleaching agent, and used for this 
purpose is responsible for a good deal of 
blonde hair that Nature intended to re¬ 
main dark, but its legitimate use as an 
antiseptic makes it valuable in the home 
medicine chest. Its name reduced to fa¬ 
miliar language describes it as water 
charged with an extra atom of oxygen. 
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Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge, editor-in- 
chief of St. Nicholas, and writer of chil¬ 
dren’s stories, died at Onteora Park, in 
the Catskills, August 21, aged 67. She 
was the daughter of Prof. James J. Mapes, 
author, inventor, chemist and civil engi¬ 
neer, and began to write poems and short 
stories for family consumption at the age 
of eight. When left a widow early in 
life, with two sons to educate, she became 
immediately successful as a writer. While 
reading Motley’s history of the Dutch Re¬ 
public the outline of a story for children, 
the scene to be laid in Holland, came into 
her mind, the plot springing from the same 
true character which was converted by 
Washington Irving into Rip Van Winkle. 
In a few months “Hans Brinker, or the 
Silver Skates” was written. Mrs. Dodge 
found herself famous. The tale was trans¬ 
lated into French, German and Russian, 
and was twisted into the language of its 
own native scene, so that thousands of 
small Hollanders read it with pleasure. 
“Hans Brinker” was the most famous of 
all Mrs. Dodge’s stories. In writing it 
she ransacked libraries, wrote innumerable 
letters and had each chapter critically re¬ 
vised by two Dutch friends. In 1873 St. 
Nicholas was founded, and Mrs. Dodge 
has remained editor ever since, though 
she retired from active control four years 
ago. Notwithstanding her busy editorial 
life, Mrs. Dodge found time to publish 
many books. “Theophilus and Others,” 
written in 1876, was a collection of sto¬ 
ries for older people. Then she wrote 
“Rhymes and Jingles,” “Along the Way” 
and “Donald and Dorothy.” This last, 
Mrs. Dodge said, was her favorite book. 
It is certainly the favorite of many young 
people. Mrs. Dodge possessed a vivid and 
sympathetic literary style, combined with 
buoyant humor, and her heroines were 
always free from the sentimentality that 
renders some popular girls’ books unde¬ 
sirable, in the eyes of thoughtful elders. 
Her death will be felt keenly by thousands 
of young people who only knew her 
through her books, as well as by those in 
close touch with her genial personality. 
The Rural Patterns. 
No matter how many other coats may 
come into style, the reefer always holds 
its place. Illustrated is a particularly at¬ 
tractive model made with pockets that in¬ 
clude generous flaps and which allows a 
choice of plain or bishop sleeves. The 
1088 Misses’ Corset Cover, 
12 to 16 years. 
coat is made with fronts and back, fin¬ 
ished with a flat turnover collar. Both 
the plain and bishop sleeves are cut in one 
piece each and are finished with flare 
cuffs, but the bishop sleeves are gathered 
at the lower as well as at the upper edges. 
The quantity of material required for the 
medium size (10 years) is 4 yards 27, 
2)4 yards 44 or V/& yards 52 inches wide. 
The pattern 5037 is cut in sizes for girls 
4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years of age; price 
10 cents. 
A simple but pretty misses’ corset cover 
is shown in No. 5088. The corset cover 
is made with fronts and back, and is fitted 
with shoulder and under-arm seams. The 
beading is applied over the neck edge 
and the waist and is threaded with ribbon 
by means of which it is drawn up to re¬ 
quired size. At the front edge is a box 
plait exactly like those used on the shirt 
waists and in the center of this the button¬ 
holes are made. The quantity of mate¬ 
rial required for the medium size (14 
years) is 1)4 yards 36 inches wide with 
3^4 yards of lace and 3% yards of beading. 
The pattern 5088 is cut in sizes for misses 
of 12, 14 and 16 years; price 10 cents. 
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Blighted fruit trees 
are revived again by 
Banner Lye 
Keep your fruit trees healthy, and get the 
full crop that they should yield. You will find 
the remedy given below to be of the greatest 
value in protecting your 
apple trees pear trees 
peach trees plum trees 
from blight. It doesn’t cost much and the in¬ 
creased yield pays for itself many times over. 
Results are absolutely certain—proved 
by thorough tests. 
This is all you need for 60 trees: 
2 cans Banner Lye 
4 lbs Flowers of Sulphur 
10 lbs Lime 
Mix the Banner Lye and 
sulphur dry, then make a thin 
paste by adding water. Slack 
the lime and add enough water 
to make a thick whitewash. 
Add the Banner Lye and sul¬ 
phur, and stir well. Apply to 
trunk and large branches with 
a whitewash brush. Dilute 
the rest until thin enough to 
spray, then thoroughly spray 
the tops of the trees. 
Use it after the first heavy frost in the fall 
and again in the early spring. You will 
then get more and better fruit from your trees. 
Your grocer or druggist sells Banner Lye for 10 cts. 
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