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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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OUR SILVER TABLE-WARE PREMIUMS. 
A LL thrifty housewives like nice silverware on their tables, at least for company, but the prices are usually beyond the reach of 
many people who appreciate a well-set table. The ware offered below is well plated on the new white metal which will not 
become brassy by long wear, and we believe it better worth its price than other much advertised higher grades are 
worth what is charged for them. 
Extra plate silver Forks, Win- 
throp brand, medium size. Re¬ 
tail pi ice, $5 per one-half dozen. 
Our price, with a year’s sub¬ 
scription only, $4.25; or with one 
renewal and one new subscrip¬ 
tion (or for two new subscrip¬ 
tions) for $5. 
Prepaid for 25 cents extra. 
TABLE KNIVES.—“Standard” silver plate, with silver handles, medium , size. Retail price, $3 50 per one-half dozen. Our price, with a year’s subscription, $3.75; or 
with a renewal and one new subscription for $4.50. Prepaid for 25 cents extra. 
Special Set of 28 Pieces. 
This “ Winthrop ” brand is a very pretty spoon, selected as the best of many styles offered. Retail price, 
$2.50 per one-half dozen. Our price, together with a year’s subscription, $3; or given for two new sub¬ 
scriptions, accompanied by $4. Prepaid for 25 cents extra. 
Six Knives, six Forks, six Dessert Spoons, six Tea Spoons, Butter Knife, Sugar Spoon, and two 
Napkin RiDg3. Medium plate and medium size. A pretty set in a silk-lined box, sufficiently durable 
for company use. Retail price, $9 to $12. Our price, with a year’s subscription, $6.50 ; or with one renewal 
and two new subscriptions fcr $8 25. Given for a club of five new subscriptions and $10. 
Expressage paid for 50 cents extra. 
Silver Tea Set of Four Pieces. 
This handsome Tea Set was selected as the daintiest aud prettiest 
in a large assortment, and we know that many of our readers would 
enjoy seeing it on their tables, if to be had at moderate cost. They 
are well plated, and the creamer and spoon holder are gold lined. 
Retail price, $12 to $15. Our price, together with one renewal aDd 
two new subscriptions, all for $10.75. 
Expressage not prepaid. 
The Little Giant Cyclopedia 
And Treasury of Ready Reference Always up to Date. Fifty Full Page Colored 
Maps. 32 Colored Charts, Plates and Diagrams. 2,500 Useful Tables, Recipes, etc. 
“ Ir occupies a front seat in my library.”— John A. Cockerill, Editor In Chief New- 
York World. “The wonder of modern book-making.”—Chicago Leader. 
Combining: A Manual of Business Forms 
and Commercial Information. A Dictionary 
of General Statistics. A Complete Political 
History of the United States. A Grammar, 
Rhetoric and Manual of Pronunciation. A 
Work on Memory Culture and Training. A 
Compendium of useful Recipes. Trade Secrets, 
etc. A Lightning Calculator and Ready Reck¬ 
oner. A Manual of General Political Informa¬ 
tion. A Cyclopedia of General Knowledge. A 
Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms, 12,000 
words. A Compendium of General Science. A 
complete Legal Adviser and Formulary. A 
Universal History. A Practical Treatise on 
Electricity, etc. A Home Book of Medicine and 
Hvgiene. 
The Little Giant has thousands of facts of 
general interest which are not found even in 
the bulky Cyclopedias, and no other book is so 
handy for quick consultation. It quickly set¬ 
tles arguments aDd peaceably ends disputes. 
The Little Giant Cyclopedia is published 
in one compact volume of 449 pages, printed 
from clear type on the best quality of Bible 
Paper. The margins are small, making it pos¬ 
sible to present in a handy volume more 
printed surface than is usually contained in 
books 10 times as bulky. The binding is neat, 
rich and durable. 
Nothing approaching it in completeness has 
ever before been published at less than $5. 
Price in Flexible Morocco, Gold Stamping, 
Red Edges, $i, prepaid ; with a year’s subscrip¬ 
tion, $2 25; given as a premium for two new 
subscriptions and $3 75. 
The Complete Housekeeper. 
The publisher’s good wife says that this is a thoroughly accurate, practical, and valu¬ 
able book, so we are glad to offer it. It is a handsome book of nearly 500 pages and numer¬ 
ous illustrations, handsomely printed on good paper in 
large type. It is written by a veteran housekeeper, and 
Includes bread of all kinds, preparing yeast, rolls, bis¬ 
cuits, crumpets, sally lunn, buns, crackers, batter 
cakes, corn cakes, muffins, gems, ws files, puffs, fritters, 
mush, grits, etc. Soup3, 60 different kinds, including 
ox-tail, bouillon, mock turtle, terrapin, consommd, 
Spanish, French, tomato, Julienne, etc. Meats: Boil 
ing, roasting, baking, broiling and frying meats of all 
kinds; cutting up and curing pork, with illustration 
and description of smoke house. Poultry: How to 
select, kill and dress poultry, and numerous ways of 
cooking; also game. Salads: Chicken, ham, oyster, 
fish, etc. Eggs: Numerous ways of preparing, includ¬ 
ing omelets. Pickles: Cucumber, tomato, walnut, 
cabbage, cauliflower, etc. Catsups: From tomatoes, 
walnuts, cucumbers, mushrooms, etc. Cake making : 
175 recipes from the plainest to wedding. Puddings, 
dumplings, etc,: 119 different kinds, with numerous sauces. Pastry: 75 kinds of pies. 
Ice cream and water ices : 35 recipes. Dyeing : How to dye clothes successfully in a var¬ 
iety of colors and shades, with directions for cleaning soiled garments. Price $1,50 full 
cloth bound, postpaid. Our price, with a year’s subscription, $2.25; or given for two 
new subscriptions and $3.75. 
