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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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Uses for Kerosene. 
“How shall l get it. off?” a.id she looked 
at her paint-stained hands ruefully. 
“Kerosene.’’ I said. She looked skep¬ 
tical. but tried it, and it started the paint 
almost instantly. It is also good to clean 
paint brushes, as good as turpentine and 
less expensive. It will not affect shellac, 
however; that requires very strong, nearly 
boiling hot suds, and for the hands some 
scouring material is necessary. Tf one 
gets pitch on the hands, kerosene will 
take it off. Any black from oily machin¬ 
ery or axle grease yields quickly to it, 
much more so than to soap. The nuts on 
wagon axles sometimes become very 
gummy, and kerosene will clean it off 
thoroughly. It is also good to use when 
a machine gets gummy and runs hard; 
it should be wiped off after it has dis¬ 
solved the gum, and then a small quantity 
of lubricating oil applied. Kerosene is 
excellent to use for many purposes, but I 
never use it in one way that is very com¬ 
mon—kindling fires. I admit that it hur¬ 
ries up the fire, but there is an element 
of danger in its use. Not only this, but 
as 1 have seen it used in some places it 
seemed to me that it was a very extrav¬ 
agant practice. I prefer to use a little 
forethought and have suitable kindlings 
on hand. s. B. R. 
Charity Sweetheart’s Letters. 
It was a busy morning in late October 
when the gate creaked and I saw Aunt 
Sadie Evans drive into the yard. She 
began to unharness the old grey horse 
and put him into the stable before she 
came to the house. Minty had gone away 
for the day, and I was very glad of the 
prospect of pleasant company. I offered 
to call the men folks but she scorned the 
idea. 
“What’s the use of women wanting to 
vote if they can’t harness a horse, or 
milk a cow?’’ she said, with her hearty 
laugh. Then she came over and looked 
at me, and enfolded me in her motherly 
arms. “Why Charity, dear,” she cooed, 
“you are as trim and tidy as ever. You 
didn’t know I was coming, but you’re 
always neat at your work. It seems to 
me you are wearing the same print gown 
you had on when I came over from 
Evansville last, and that must be four 
years ago.’’ I was pleased at her praise 
and said: 
“O, no, Aunt Sadie. I’ve worn out quite 
a number since then, but it seems more 
economical to have morning dresses all 
in dark blue print, because I can mend 
one with another.” 
“There’s something in that,” she admit¬ 
ted, “and it is neater than wearing old 
afternoon dresses that won’t wash, the 
way some girls do. What are you chop¬ 
ping?” she asked, and I told her that I 
was using up the last of the green toma¬ 
toes with onions and green peppers. 
The tomatoes are sprinkled with salt 
after chopping, and have to stand three 
hours, at the end of which all the liquor 
must be drained off. Then the mixture 
is put into the preserving kettle with all¬ 
spice, mustard seed ahd pepper to taste, 
and a pound of moist brown sugar. It is 
all coveied sparingly with vinegar and 
simmered for an hour. I had previously 
made a large quantity and put it into 
small wide-mouthed jars and bottles, and 
sealed them. The grocer bought them 
all, and I was making a second supply 
for our own use when Aunt Evans came. 
1 do not like it to be thought that I am 
always trying to make money, but these 
simple things would otherwise be wasted, 
and I understand how to use them to 
advantage better than I do the making up 
of fancy work. So when it was done we 
enjoyed comparing notes of the Summer 
since wc met. and then went farther 
back and talked of earlier times, when I 
was a little girl. Folks say as we grow 
old we are given to reminiscences and 
our dear Longfellow understood when he 
wrote: 
Of the past the old man's thoughts were. 
And the maiden’s of the future. 
It gets dark so early, and Aunt had to 
leave for home soon after the children 
came from school. She had a pleasant 
word for each of them, for the charm of 
some people is the faculty of saying the 
right thing to each. “I think you are 
growing to be a steady little man,” she 
said to Cleveland, knowing his fitful na¬ 
ture. “How tall Sherman is growing,” 
she exchaimed. and I felt that she knew 
his ambition was to be a big man—then 
she spoke kindly to Grant about bearing 
how helpful he was to me. and they all 
parted from her very reluctantly. The 
boys are more helpful as time passes, and 
can milk the cows and feed the chickens 
every evening, doing the work faithfully, 
and taking an interest in results that 
bodes well for' the future. And as the 
long evenings settle down upon the farm 
it would be well, in all country places, if 
something could be done for mutual im¬ 
provement. We are so apt to get into a 
rut. and to pass the evenings in left-over 
daily occupations, while it should give us 
hours for storing up knowledge and for 
making pleasant to each other, the long 
hours between dark and bedtime. It is a 
subject that should interest all R. N.-Y. 
readers, and we might surely evolve a 
plan of work and recreation. 
CHARITY SWEETHEART. 
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How to Make Bread at Home 
in Three Minutes. 
W OULD you like to 
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—Bread which 
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