1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
119 
Household Congress. 
Destroying Ants. — I note several arti¬ 
cles in regard to keeping insects from 
different things, and I would like to add 
just one. To keep ants from the pantry 
or house, or out of the lawn, take two 
parts of pulverized sugar and one part 
32 to 42 bust. 
pulverized borax, and mix together; then 
add cold water enough so as to stir it well 
together, and moist enough so it will run, 
not too thin. For the pantry put this in 
little tin covers and set it around on the 
floor or on the shelves where the ants 
bother, and no matter how small or how 
large the ants are it will kill them. Do 
not let this dry down, for as soon as it 
gets dry they will not eat it, but keep it 
moist. Where it is to be used on the 
lawn put it right on the ground. 
HRS. E. H. EAMES. 
Farm Butter. —When properly cared 
for a butter bowl or ladle will not stick 
when working butter. If so, rub well 
with coarse salt. Scalding in hot water, 
then plunging in cold and keeping in until 
used will avoid trouble. It is far better 
to salt butter in the churn; it is more 
evenly divided and no mottles will be 
seen, but this can be done only in a bar¬ 
rel churn. Where there is much of a 
dairy a butter worker is far better than a 
bowl and ladle. It is only used for press¬ 
ing out the brine, and prepared for either 
cutting into bricks with a print or making 
into rolls in packing in jars. The butter¬ 
milk is all cut out of the butter by brine 
when it leaves the churn. A thermometer 
is one of the indispensable articles in the 
dairy. The finger test has become a back 
32 to 40 bust. 
number. A good dairy thermometer can 
be bought for 25 cents, and when once 
used will never be left out of the dairy. 
Very little good dairy butter is found 
now. [he article that the average farm¬ 
er s wife brings to the stores to be ex¬ 
changed for goods is very seldom first- 
class. So little good butter is obtainable 
from the country dairy that no difference 
is made in price; good, bad and indifferent 
goes in the same pile. Here and there 
a farmer’s wife has a reputation for mak¬ 
ing good butter, and that is reserved for 
special customers. More often she looks 
out for her own customers, and receives 
an advance of several cents per pound 
over the store trade. One customer gets 
another, and she soon finds a great de¬ 
mand for her butter. Why? Because it 
is always uniform in quality and delivered 
promptly in a neat package. A whole 
chapter could be written on this one word 
“neatness;” in fact, there seems to be no 
end to the thoughts called up by the word. 
MRS. F. C. JOHNSON. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The tucked blouse shown in No. 5236 
is a very satisfactory model for thin 
woolen or washing fabrics. The waist is 
made with a fitted lining, which is op¬ 
tional, front and backs. The backs are 
tucked from shoulders to belt, the front 
in groups that extend to the waist line, 
while between these are others which ter¬ 
minate at yoke depth. The closing is 
made invisibly at the back and the stock 
collar is joined to the neck. The sleeves 
are made in shirt waist style with straight 
cuffs that are joined to the lower edges. 
The quantity of material required for the 
medium size is 4 % yards 21, 3J4 yards 27 
or 2% yards 44 inches wide. The pat¬ 
tern 5236 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 
38, 40, and 42-inch bust measure; price 10 
cents. 
The waist made with a simple chemis¬ 
ette is a well deserved favorite of the 
present and promises to extend its vogue 
indefinitely. This one is cut on most be¬ 
coming and satisfactory lines and will 
be found equally well adapted to the gown 
and to the separate waist. The waist is 
made with the fitted lining, which is closed 
at the center, and consists of the fronts, 
center front, chemisette and back. The 
chemisette and center front are joined one 
to the other and are stitched to the right 
side, hooked over under the left. The 
sleeves are full and also are arranged over 
fitted foundations. The quantity of mate¬ 
rial required for the medium size is 4F2 
yards 21, 4 yards 27, or 2->f$ yards 44 
inches wide with '/} yard of allover lace 
and 7 yards of braid to trim as illustrated. 
The pattern 5246 is cut in sizes for a 32, 
34, 36, 38 and 40-inch bust measure; price 
10 cents. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
It. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee. 
Specialists 
are what we call ourselves in 
Tea and Coffee 
T HIS is an age of specialists 
and we have chosen Tea 
and Coffee as our special subjects. . 
We have studied the picking and 
planting of teas and coffees until 
we have secured the highest qua¬ 
lity and richest flavor. 
We know the proper time in 
which to make our purchases and 
buy in such large quantities that 
we can retail direct to you at the 
wholesale price. 
In justice to yourselves you 
should investigate our DUCHESS 
Blend Java and Mocha Coffee at 
25c a lb. and KING CHOP Tea, 
any variety, at 35c a lb. 
Just mail us 10c for 3 oz. of 
Coffee and 2 oz. of Tea (any 
blend) and try us. 
The Tea and Coffee you order is 
exactly the same as our samples 
James Van Dyk Co. 
307F Water St., New York. 
•aPc>i Simpson-Eddystone Prints 
*7 
If a dress is worth anything it is worth the 
yj* best material of the kind you can put into it. 
— ' \ ^ Does it pay to have a dress fade in the first 
washing? Does it pay to lose all the time 
and labor you spent in making it? 
Simpson-Eddystone prints are the standard 
calicoes of the United States, of superior quality, 
bright and tasteful patterns and fast colors. 1 
Ask your dealer J'or Sitnpson^Bddy stone Prints . 
In Blacks, Black-and-Whites, Light Indigo- 
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_ _ Thousands of first-class dealers sell them. 
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The Most Satisfactory Light. 
The Angle Lamp is not the only method of lighting your home but taken all 
in all, it is the most satisfactory. 
For while it floods your room with the finest, softest and most restful light, 
making your home more cosy and inviting, it requires almost as little attention as 
gas or electric light, is as simple and convenient to operate as either and act¬ 
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Our Catalogue* N’ (sent free on request) ex¬ 
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This catalog tells how the special Angle burner and the shape of the glassware (see above 
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"A Kalamazoo o 
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You save from 20% 
to 40% by buying a 
Kalamazoo Stove or 
direct from the 
at lowest 
prices. 
Moreover, you 
get a stove or 
range not excel¬ 
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world. We guar- 
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$20,000 bank bond. 
Wo Ship On 
360 DAYS APPROVAL 
and We Pay the Freight. 
If you do not find the Kalamazoo exact¬ 
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cost you a cent. It will pay you to in¬ 
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Send Postal for Catalog N o. 114 . 
All Kalamazoo s are shipped prompt¬ 
ly. blacked , polished and 
ready for use. 
Kalamazoo Stove Co., Mlrs., 
Kalamazoo, Mich. 
All our cook etovee and ranges arcflttsd with 
patent oven thermometer which makes 
baking cosy. 
£ 
Oven Thermometer 
THE TEST 
of a Range is in, 
the Baking 
You’ve seen the' 
Sterling Exhibit. 
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Rochester, N. Y. 
30 Days Free Trial. 
r 2 Years Guarantee .Write 
[ for free 1906 catalog, over 
kJOO styles. 
SPLIT 
HICKORY 
The Ohio Carriage Mfg. Co^ 
H. C. Phelps, Pres. 
Station *290 
Cincinnati, Ohio 
NICKEL PLATE ROAD AGAIN SELLING COL¬ 
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Extremely low rate tickets on sale 
daily February 15th to April 7th to Pacific 
Coast and other points in the far West. 
Tickets good on any of our trains and in 
tourist sleepers. For full information 
write A. W. Ecclestone, D. P. A., 385 
Broadway, New York City. 
"Wholesale Prices™?,!"' 
Our Oven Thermometers 
Make ... 
Good 
Bak 
Easy 
Gold Coin Stoves have 
been standard for near¬ 
ly 60 years. Wherever 
not on sale, we will sell 
Gold Coin 
Ranges 
or Heating 
Stoves at the 
wholesale 
price, safely 
del> vered, 
freight pre¬ 
paid, highly 
polished , 
ready to put in 
your home on a 
YEAR’S 
FREE TRIAL 
No extra charge foreur ' 
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It saves fuel and trouble. 
Return at our expense if not satisfied. This is the 
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for our Free Illustrated Catalogue. It tells about all 
the Stoves—and gives you wholesale price on each. 
THE GOLD COIN STOVE CO.. 3 Oak 8t., Troy, N. T. 
. (Successor to Bussey A McLeod, Est. 1860) 
AGENTS 
WANTED 
For Mend-a-Rip 
Greatly improved. Better than ever. 
Does all kinds of light and heavy 
rivetingand 
stitching. 
Saves Its 
cost many times a year. A per¬ 
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combined. Notice tho Automatic 8paoer 
which makes neat, even stitching. To 
show it means a sale. Agents make 
$3 to $15 a day. One agent made 920 first 
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(.The Great Agents Supply House) ' 
INDRUROI 
ROOFIN 
Requires no Coating: or 
Paint. 
Acid and Alkali Proof. 
Elastic and Pliable 
Always. 
Strong and Tough. 
Absolutely Waterproof. 
Climatic Changes Do Not 
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Practically Fire Proof. 
Can Be Used on Steep or 
Flat Surfaces. 
Any Workman Can Put 
It On. 
No Odor. 
Will not Shrink or Crack 
Light in Weight. 
Does not Taint Water. 
Write for samples, prices and 
circulars. 
H. F. WATSON CO. 
ERIE, PA. 
Chicago, Boston. 
Mention R.N.-Y. 
Cut off that cough with 
ne 
and prevent pneumonia^ 
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Get it of your druggist and keep it always ready in the house. 
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