1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
143 
Destroy!tig Croton Bugs. 
H<nv can I destroy Croton bugs in a 
country bouse where there are water pipes? 
E. H. 
Croton bugs arc destroyed by phos¬ 
phorus paste, spread upon bits of soft 
bread, and placed near their haunts, all 
other food particles being removed; the 
paste may be bought from any druggist. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The pretty yoke blouse shown is made 
with a fitted lining, the front, the backs 
and the yoke. Both the front and backs 
are tucked for a short distance from 
their upper edge, forming soft fulness 
below and joined to the yoke, the seam 
being concealed by the trimming. The 
sleeves are of moderate fullness and when 
desired full length the linings are faced 
to. form the deep cuffs. The quantity of 
sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40-inch bust 
measure; price 10 cents. 
The new Empire skirt illustrated is one 
of the prettiest and most graceful of the 
season. It hangs in long, sweeping lines, 
retaining the normal waist line at the 
front while it shortens it in the back 
after the manner of the period. There is 
a smoothly fitted girdle, over which the 
fullness is arranged, and which is con¬ 
cealed by one of soft silk. The skirt is 
cut in seven gores, and the foundation 
girdle in eight sections, while the draped 
girdle is in one piece. When the Empire 
line is not found becoming, however, the 
skirt can be cut off at the waist line and 
finished with a straight belt while also 
it is perforated for walking length. The 
quantity of material required for the me¬ 
dium size is 0 J / 2 yards 21, oy yards 27 or 
7/4 yards 44 inches wide if material has 
figure or nap; 8 y 2 yards 27 or 5 yards 44 
inches wide if it has not, with $4 yard of 
taffeta or other lining for the foundation 
girdle, % yard of silk for the draped gir¬ 
dle. 1 lie pattern 5544 is cut in sizes for 
a 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30-inch waist meas¬ 
ure; price 10 cents. 
6533PointedYoke Blouse. 32 to 40 bust. 
Spread this about the last thing at night, 
and do- not leave any of the baits lying 
around in the day. Another good thing 
is finely powdered chocolate and borax, 
which should be mixed in a mortar, so 
that each particle of chocolate will get a 
particle of borax. Dust this into cracks 
and crevices haunted by them. The in¬ 
sects are very found of the chocolate, 
while t'lie borax is poisonous to them; it 
has the advantage of being cheap and not 
poisonous to humans or pet animals. If 
the house has enclosed plumbing it may 
be some time before all the insects are 
cleared away; the little closets under en¬ 
closed sinks or wash basins are favorite 
haunts; so are dusters or damp floor¬ 
cloths bundled out of sight in dark cor¬ 
ners. Croton bugs or roaches love dark¬ 
ness rather than ’ight; hence they often 
vex the housewife whose home does not 
give opportunity for plenty of sunlight, 
but persistent warfare removes them un¬ 
less one dwells with careless neighbors in 
one big city apartment house. 
How Do You Make Peanut Butter? 
Will some one tell me how to prepare 
and put up peanut butter for market? 
1 lie only way I know of is to grind the 
nuts and pack in jars without adding any¬ 
thing, and when it is to be used we mix 
it with a little salt and cream or butter, 
but I was not. sure if it was put up in 
jars that way, or if it must be ready to 
use. Let me know how to do it, so it will 
be properly made. b. s. ' 
The Bookshelf. 
The Tariff and the: Trusts, by 
branklin Pierce, of the New York Bar. 
It is not easy to approach this subject 
impartially, because in the eyes of many 
people it is so closelv identified with party 
politics that one cannot approach it with¬ 
out accusations of bias. It is time, how¬ 
ever, that we approached the subject with 
an open mind, and there is no class more 
vitally interested in it than the farmers. 
At the present time they see a threat 
to destroy their German apple trade by a 
prohibitive tariff on the part of that 
country, and they will naturally want to 
know why this is imposed, and what 
benefit accrues to them by the measure 
that prompted such retaliation. The chap¬ 
ter entitled “A Talk with Farmers” will 
be found very instructive, and there is a 
chapter on American and foreign ship¬ 
ping that has special value at this time, 
when the. question of ship subsidy is 
under discussion. The book contains 387 
pages, carefully indexed; published by the 
Macmillan Company, New York; price 
$1.50 net. 
Federal Powers Over Carriers and 
Corporations, by E. Parmalee Prentice. 
I his book deals with the nature and ex¬ 
tent of powers belonging to the Federal 
Government, rather than with Congres¬ 
sional legislation. At this time there is 
a sharp conflict of opinion between those 
who assume certain rights for great com¬ 
mercial enterprises, and those who regard 
them as destructive of wholesome compe¬ 
tition. We are often inclined to demand 
legislative enactments for the control of 
alleged abuses, without considering their 
constitutionality. It is the opinion of 
Mr. Prentice that the personal rights of 
every individual are derived from the 
State, not from Congress; hence trust 
regulation which would take commercial 
jurisdiction from the States and vest them 
in Congress, is the establishment of a 
parliamentary despotism. References are 
made to over 200 important suits at law, 
cited as illustrations. The book contains 
244 pages, copiously indexed. Published 
by the Macmillan Company, New York; 
price $1.50. 
5544 Seven Gored Empire Skirt, 
22 to 30 waist. 
material required for the medium size 
is 3>4 yards 21, 3 yards 27, or 1^ yards 
44 inches wide with 54 yard of allover 
lace for the yoke, 7 yards of velvet rib¬ 
bon and 54 yard of lace for the sleeves 
with 1 yard of all-over lace if long sleeves 
are desired. The pattern 5533 is cut in 
I think too much of my 
name to put it upon poor 
lamp-chimneys. Evidently 
other makers feel the same 
way. Good lamp-chimneys 
bear my name, and the poor 
ones go nameless. 
Let me send you my Index 
to chimneys. It is free. 
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