1912. 
810 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
number of patterns and measurements 
desired. 
The group shows five pretty frocks 
for girls. 7467, girl’s dress, 8 to 12 
years, with round or high neck, short 
or elbow sleeves. 3 l / & yards 36, 2 y A 
yards 44 for 10 year size. 7495, girl’s 
box plaited dress, 6 to 12 years, with 
square or high neck, short or long 
sleeves. 3 yards 36, 1$4 yard of band¬ 
ing for 8 year size. 7481, girl’s costume, 
10 to 14 years, 583 embroidery pattern, 
with tunic closed on the shoulders and 
six-gored skirt. 5 yards 36, 5*4 yards 
banding, 3 yards edging, to make as 
shown in back view, for 12 years size. 
7326, child’s dress, 4 to 8 years. 2% 
yards 36, 1 yarej 27 inches wide for 
trimming for 6 year size. 7257, child's 
dress, 4 to 8 years, to be worn over 
any guimpe. 3% yards 36, with 1 yard 
27 inches wide for trimming for 6 year 
size. 
The skirt pattern shown is of the en¬ 
velope pattern, and is excellent for a 
tailored dress, either linen or cloth. 
There are four pieces in the skirt and 
the edges of the front and back gores 
7477 Four-Piece Envelope Skirt, 
22 to 30 waist. 
are finished and over-lapped onto the 
side portions. The plaited pieces are 
separate and, when they are used, they 
are arranged over the skirt, which can 
be cut away beneath to allow greater 
freedom. For the medium size, the 
skirt will require 5 yards 27, 36 or 44 
inches wide if the material has figure 
or nap; 4}4 yards 27, 4% yards 36, 3^4 
yards 44 inches wide if it has neither 
figure nor nap; the plaited portions will 
require 1 yard 27, 36 or 44 inches wide. 
The width of the skirt at the lower 
edge is 2*4 yards. The pattern 7477 is 
cut in sizes from 22 to 30 waist meas¬ 
ure. Price of all patterns 10 cents. 
THE? RURAb 
Several Wrinkles and Three Recipes. 
Into Mary’s kitchen one morning 
popped her niece Agnes, newly married, 
who had come from a distant city to 
live next door. She had graduated from 
a normal school and an art school and 
now was learning the practical details 
of housekeeping from two good teach¬ 
ers, her aunt and experience. 
“Auntie, can you spare me two 
lemons for the filling of the cake I have 
just baked? Those I got last week are 
spoiled. Some of them are dried up 
and the rest are decayed. Oh, do you 
keep your in water?” 
“Yes; I got hold of that wrinkle a 
dozen years ago, and ever since when 
I buy a dozen lemons I put them into 
this stone crock, cover them with cold 
water and lay a plate and weight on 
top to keep them down. Every day, 
without fail, I change the water, and 
they always keep fresh and sound till I 
have used the last one. Flow are you 
going to make your filling? I can give 
you a fine recipe that was given to me 
22 years ago by Mrs. Chandler, of 
Pittsfield, Maine. I see you have your 
little writing tablet and pencil hanging 
from your belt, so you can write as I 
read: Juice of two lemons, one cup of 
white sugar, one egg, and a piece of 
butter the size of an egg. Beat sugar 
and butter together. Beat in the egg, 
add the lemon juice and boil four min¬ 
utes, stirring constantly. This filling is 
called lemon butter.” 
“Thank you, Aunt Mary. The recipe 
is just what I want, and I’ll remember 
and practice the lemon wrinkle. Now, 
If you don’t mind, Mrs. Curiosity would 
like to know why you keep a writing 
pad and pencil tied to the gas jet over 
your sink?” 
“Oh, that’s my grocery list. When I 
find that I am nearly out of any kitchen 
or laundry supply I put the name of it 
down here and when order day comes 
my list is all ready and some much- 
needed article is not forgotten as used 
sometimes to be the case when I de¬ 
pended upon my memory alone at the 
last moment. I keep another pencil and 
pad tied to the bracket lamp in my 
sewing-room upstairs to note needed 
supplies in that department. I pass the 
idea on to you, Agnes, as a good one.” 
“I’m going to adopt it right away. I 
have pencils and tablets enough ’ left 
from my school work to last years. 
Now, do tell me how to make that per¬ 
fectly delicious johnny cake that you 
sent us yesterday piping hot. Dick 
says that even his mother never made 
anything in the johnny cake line quite 
equal to that.” 
“You ought to like that recipe, Agnes, 
for it came from Windsor, New York, 
the early home of your beloved Alice 
Freeman Palmer. I got it from Mrs. 
Travis, who boarded some of the girls 
who worked in the whip factory that 
was one of Windsor’s principal indus¬ 
tries at that time. It’s a good recipe to 
use now that eggs are so high, and 
makes a light and nice a cake as other 
recipes I have used that call for eggs. 
One cup yellow cornmeal and half a 
cup of flour well mixed, half a cup of 
sugar, one cup thick sour milk, one-half 
cup sweet milk, two-thirds teaspoon 
soda, a little salt. The batter will seem 
too thin, but bake it in two shallow tins 
in a quick oven and you’ll have a 
johnnv cake fit for a king. I have an¬ 
other of Mrs. Travis’ recipes which 
she said was a great favorite with her 
girls. She called it apple meringue: 
Core and pare eight sour apples, fill with 
one-half cup sugar and a little cinna¬ 
mon, add a little water and bake. Let 
apples cool while making a custard of 
one pint milk, yolks of three eggs, two 
tablespoons sugar and a little salt. Beat 
whites of the eggs stiff- ’with a little 
sugar, place on the apples and brown in 
oven. Pour the custard flavored with 
orange around the apples and serve 
cold.” 
"Thank you, very much, Aunt Mary. 
I’m going to make apple meringue as 
soon as I get home, if eggs are high. 
Come over to see my new rug this af¬ 
ternoon and I’ll give you a taste of it— 
of the meringue I mean, not the rug. 
Goodby.” 
Her caller gone, Mary fastened the 
Screen door, and turned to put into 
practice her newest wrinkle, learned 
NEW-YORKER 
from sister-in-law Delia, who had lately 
visited her. On a shelf lay a new little 
flat brush, bought at a fivc-cent store. 
Mary took it down, very carefully 
washed it, dipped it into a dish of 
melted lard and applied it to the sides 
and bottom of the tin in which she 
meant to bake the cake she was about 
to make for supper. Then she took 
from a box of crackers a piece of the 
white paper in which they were packed, 
fitted it to the bottom of the tin, and 
passed the greasy brush over it. "I 
shall have to tell Agnes about th« 
brush,” she mused, "and about th* 
paper, too. The cake she had for sup¬ 
per the night I was there was burned a 
little on the bottom.” 
LOUISB PRINCE) FREEMAN. 
Last Summer we heard of a little 
child who wandered away from home 
and was lost for 24 hours. When finally 
discovered, dirty, tattered and hungry, 
lie opened one clenched and grimy fist, 
remarking, “I dot it.” His treasure 
proved to be one of those darting water 
striders that we see on ponds and quiet 
streams, and it appeared that this queer 
little insect had proved so fascinating 
to the child that he had wandered along 
a little brook, so absorbed in the effort 
to catch one that even darkness and 
loneliness did not frighten him from the 
pursuit. Many older persons have been 
quite as much interested as the little one 
in watching these curious creatures. 
They are slender, spider-like, and brown 
in color, and they scud over the sur¬ 
face of the water with amazing rapid¬ 
ity. _ Some of them, dwellers in the 
tropics, are said to spend their whole 
lives upon the ocean, miles away from 
land. . They are believed to feed upon 
the juices of dead fish or other animals 
that may be found upon the surface, and 
probably also upon floating masses of 
seaweed. Another aquatic insect most 
of us are familiar with is the “whirligig- 
beetle,” a shiny black or bronze beetle, 
which darts over the surface of the 
water, sometimes swimming rapidly in 
circles, whence the name of “whirligig.” 
Still another water creature that oc¬ 
casionally attracts attention is a large 
flattened oval bug, two or three inches 
in length and broad in proportion. It is 
gray in color, with a short beak and 
very large thickened forelegs. It lives 
in ponds and streams, feeding on other 
insects and small fish, being very vora¬ 
cious. In the winged stage these insects 
leave the pond and fly to new localities 
to lay their eggs, and as they are often 
attracted to electric lights in consider¬ 
able numbers, they are commonly called 
“electric-light bugs.” 
It matters little where I was born, 
Or whether my parents were rich or poor; 
Whether they shrank from the world’s cold 
scorn. 
Or walked in the pride of wealth secure. 
But, whether I live an honest man 
And hold integrity in my clutch, 
I tell you, friend, as plain as I can, 
It matters much. 
—Credit Lost. 
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A WINNING START 
A Perfectly Digested Breakfast Makes Nerve Force 
For the Day. 
Everything goes wrong if the break¬ 
fast lies in your stomach like a mud pie. 
What you eat does harm if you can’t 
digest it—it turns to poison. 
A bright lady teacher found this to be 
true, even of an ordinary light break¬ 
fast of eggs and toast. She says: 
“Two years ago I contracted a very 
annoying form of indigestion. My stom¬ 
ach was in such condition that a simple 
breakfast of fruit, toast and egg gave me 
great distress. 
“I was slow to believe that trouble 
could come from such a simple diet 
but finally had to give it up, and found 
a great change upon a cup of hot Pos- 
tum and Grape-Nuts with cream, for 
my morning meal. For more than a 
year I have held to this course and 
have not suffered except when inju¬ 
diciously varying my diet. 
“I have been a teacher for several 
years and find that my easily digested 
breakfast means a saving of nervous 
force for the entire day. My gain of ten 
pounds in weight also causes me to want 
to testify to the value of Grape-Nuts. 
“Grape-Nuts holds first rank at our 
table.” 
Name given by Postum Co., Battle 
Creek, Mich. 
“There’s a reason.” Read the little 
book, “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. 
Ever read the above letter ? A new one 
appears from time to time. They are genu- 
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Cow-Ease 
1 
Prevents Ticks. 
KEEPS 
FLIES OFF 
_ Cattle and Horses 
^and aHows cows to feed in peace, making 
More Milk and More Money for you. 
A harmless liquid preparation, ap- 
plied with a sprayer. Keeps cows in good 
condition, and saves five times its cost in 
extr a milk. 
TRIAL OFFER 
If your dealer cannot supply 
you, send us his name and 
$1.25, and we wiil deliver 
prepaid to your address a + 
half-gallon can of COW- v 
EASE and SPRAYER for 
applying. For West of Mis- < 
souri River and forCanada, 
above Trial Offer, $1.50. 
Satisfaction or Money Back, 
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BOSTON, MASS. * 
-'FRIEND 
Keeps flies and 
other insect pests off 
of animals—in barn or pas¬ 
ture—longer than any Imita¬ 
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since 1885 by leading dairy¬ 
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$1 worth saves $20.00 
I in milk and flesh on each 
cow in a single season. Heals sores, stops itching and 
prevents infection. Nothing better tor galls. Kills lice 
and mites in poultry houses. 
QFNII 1 it your dealer can’t supply you, for 
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300 cows, and our 3-tubo gravity sprayer 
without extra charge. Money back if not tatic- 
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DEATH TO HEAVES 
AND 
INDIGESTION 
TROUBLES 
_ Indigestion causes Heaves. 
NEWTON’S Heave, Cough, DU- 
^ temper and Indiges¬ 
tion Cure gets at the root of the trouble by- 
correcting Indigestion, and is therefore 
Heath to Heaves. 
Heaves is not a Lung Trouble. Heaves Is 
brought on by Indigestion caused by overfeed¬ 
ing bulky food or violent exercise on an over¬ 
taxed Stomach. Overfeeding enlarges the 
Stomach and Diaphragm, retarding the circu¬ 
lation and nerve force of the Lungs. Good 
feeders and good workers only have Heaves. 
Newton’s cures Chronic Cough, caused by 
Indigestion and the after-effects of Distemper. 
It cures Distemper by driving the poison 
from the blood. Newton’s, in correcting 
Stomach and Bowel troubles, makes it a 
Grand Conditioner. Expels Intestinal Worms, 
cures Colds, Acute Cough, prevents Colic, 
Staggers, etc. A Blood Purifier, cures Skin 
Eruptions. Economical to use; dose is small. 
Equally effective for ail stock. 
Put up in screw top cans, 50c & $1.00. Large 
can contains 2J times as much as small,and is 
recom mended for Heaves and Chronic Cough. 
Sold by all Dealers or sent direct prepaid. 
Newton’s is a standard Veterinary Medicine 
backed byTwenty Years’Recordofgoodresults. 
Satisfaction guaranteed in every can. 
Book with full explanation Bent free. 
THE NEWTON REMEDY CO., Toledo, Ohio. 
Don’t Cut Out 
will remove them and leave no 
blemishes. Cures any puff or 
swelling. Does not blister or 
remove the hair. Horse can bo 
worked. $2.00 per bottle delivered. 
Book 6 K free. 
ABSORBING, JR., liniment 
for mankind. For Boils, Bruises, 
Old Sores, Swellings, Goitre,Varicose 
Veins, Varicosities. Allays Pain. 
Ltice $1 and 8 a bottle at druggists or delivered. 
Will tell more if you write. Manufactured only by 
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| this picture, which 
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lV/fOST durable fence^ 
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13 to 35c per rod. 
Sample free. We pay freight w 
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