AUG. 6 
rH£ RURAL NEW-YORKER. 523 
Mrs. Mart A. Litkrmork Has been tendered a 
great many flattering receptions from distinguish¬ 
ed people In London, Eng. sue will sail In the 
“Scythia,” for Boston, on the 20 th of August, 
making her so-Journ In all about three months. 
Mrs. Eliza Garfield, mother of President Gar- 
Held is very 111 and her condition is such that, 
owing to her age—81—It la feared Bhe will not re¬ 
cover. It la to be hoped that the President will 
not be subjected to this bereavement In his pres¬ 
ent condition. 
Lasell Seminary, a school near Boston, which 
has taken the lead In directing the education of 
girls toward making home life useful and happy. 
Is making a much needed addition to Its build¬ 
ings, one feature of which la a model kttchen for 
the use of the cooklog class. 
Mire. la Marquise Anconati Visconti, of 
Paris, has, like M. Gambetta, a sliver bath, but 
the bath of the President of the French Chamber 
cannot be oompared with that of Mme. la Mar¬ 
quise. The water la spouted into the bath by a 
dolphin. By pressing his right eye you have 
warm water, and by pressing hla left eye you have 
cold water. A slight pressure on his tongue emp¬ 
ties the bath In a few seconds. The bathroom is 
splendid with painted glass windows and tapes¬ 
tries. The floor is of lava, and also the walls.— 
N. Y. Evening Post. 
NOTE. 
Words of commendation are occasionally ac¬ 
ceptable by everyone, so I judge an acknowledge¬ 
ment of favors and encouraging comments will be 
appreciated by our kindly disposed patrons—these 
are now tendered. 
Occasion la hero taken to remind lady friends, 
as in times before, that Information within our 
power will be cheerfully given and hints or other 
communications received with pleasure. Of 
course wo are at times by necessity obliged to 
honor time and the waste basket, but hope not to 
discourage thereby. b. c. 
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Ice water Is perfectly harmless and more re¬ 
freshing with a little Hop Bitters In each draught. 
—Adv. 
§ mnestit tgronorai). 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE. 
PITHS. 
Veal and pork should always be thoroughly 
cooked. 
A soup of tomatoes and beans Is very good—a 
pint of cooked tomatoes to a quart of soup. 
A little chopped parsley added to liver while 
frying Improves It for most people. 
Melons are very much nicer If thoroughly chilled 
before eating. 
Never overload a plate or over-supply a table— 
it is a vulgar hospitality. 
The sixth, seventh and eighth riba for a rib roast 
will be found the choicest cuts. 
When oooklng Lima beans, add a handful of 
minced parsley just before taking rrom the Are. 
Pork steaks, chops or sausages should be served 
with apple sauco or fried apples. 
Custard pie with a generous dusting of powdered 
cinnamon, will be In favor with those who like 
that seasoning. 
White table linen wo think preferable to the del¬ 
icate pinks, creams and grays which are at pres¬ 
ent so much used. 
Do not neglect to dry sage, thyme, parsley, cel¬ 
ery, etc. for Winter use. Dry and pulverize and 
keep la tin cans or glass bottles. 
It Is best to make soup tbe day before It Is used. 
By so doing it can be entirely freed from fat and 
settlings. 
Delmonlco Is said to allow one and a halt pound 
of coffee to a gallon of water. Hla coffee la not 
boiled. 
Fill flnger-bowla half-full of water and drop a 
sprig of lemon verbena In each—It leaves a pleas¬ 
ant odor on the Angers after pressing It In the 
bowl. 
Try boiling sweet corn In the husks. Thla 
method of cooking adds sweetness and flavor to 
the corn besides keeping It tender. 
Large napkins—without starch—are used for 
dinner; small fringed ones for tea, and those of 
medium size for breakfast. But the last-named 
answer very well for ali times. 
Never ask a sick person what he will have to 
eat. Give a variety If possible, and by all means 
serve the food, if only tea and toast, In the very 
daintiest manner. 
Cottage pudding can be varied by adding ripe 
berries, cherries, chopped peaches, In fact, almost 
auy fruit, and It generally proves an acceptable 
dessert. More flour, however, should be added 
than when making the plain pudding. 
Good beau soup can be made from the remains 
of baked beans. Add water and an onion and 
boll to a pulp. Fress through a colander and sea¬ 
son with parsley, butter, pepper and salt. 
A covering of thick felt—It comes for the pur 
pose—Is used under thick table cloths; it improves 
the appearance of the linen, It protects the table, 
and less noise la made with the dishes. 
When a light Is needed at night and kerosene Is 
use?, by removing the Are-board aod placing the 
lamp In the chimney, all bad odor escapes, and 
one can turu dowa the wick as low aa he pleases 
without feeling any bad effects. 
The remninta of any pudding left from one din¬ 
ner may be served for the next by arranging 
It into a compact mass and covering It wltn a 
meringue of whipped whites and a little powdered 
su ar. Set into a hot oven just long enough to 
brown. 
“ Larding ” is not so diflicult as many cooks Im¬ 
agine. Little strips t f salt pork and a larding 
needle—coating about 15 cents—to draw tne pork 
or “lardoon” through the skin, are all that are 
necessary for the operation. Leave the pork In 
the punctures so that the exposed ends shall be of 
equal length. 
Housekeepers who have plain white china, and 
who do not care to discard It or have not the 
wherewithal to buy new,can give a pleasing variety 
to their table by buying decorated coffee and tea¬ 
cup?, “ solitaires,” or the beautiful dessert sets 
which can be purchased for a fraction of the cost 
of an entire new set. 
A friend tells us that wheat pancakes,made with 
either sour or buttermilk, are mi.ch better If al¬ 
lowed to stand for 12 hours or even longer ^before 
baking. The night before wanted, add enough 
flour to a quart of sour milk to make a thick bet¬ 
ter. In the morning add salt, two well-beaten 
eggs, and hair a teaspoontul of saleratus dl-solved 
In a tablespoontul of boiling water. 
Fruit or wine stains on colored cotton or woolen 
goods may sometimes be removed by wetting the 
spots with a solution of alcohol and ammonia and 
then rubbing gently with clear alcohol. The 
fumes of sulphur will many times remove fruit 
stains from delicate fabrics. 
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DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
To Cam String Beans. 
Remove the strings and break Into two or three 
pieces. Boll tor a few minutes and then can air¬ 
tight. 
Good Uuaks. 
To about a quart of raised broad dough add the 
beaten yelks of three eggs, a cup of sugar, and 
half a cup of flour. Mix Into little cakes and place 
close lo one another. Hub the lops with sugar 
and water, sprinkle half au hour, then bake. 
Ripe Tomato Pickles. 
Pare ripe tomatoes without scalding and pack 
Into jars ; pour cold spiced vinegar over them. 
Ripe Cucumber Pickles. 
Pare and cut ripe, solid cucumbers Into rings, re¬ 
move the seeds, cook just a little in weak, salted 
vinegar, take out, drain, pack In a stone jar with 
alternate layers of whole spice, cover with a 
sirup made of one pound of sugar to a quart of 
good vinegar, boiled ten minutes. Cover tightly 
and keep in a cool place. a. e. j. 
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Truth la mighty and has prevailed. See its tri¬ 
umph In Hop Bitters.— Adv. 
M usic Teachers 
WILL NOW SELECT BOOKS FOR THE 
FALL CAMPAIGN, 
3nc1 cannot possibly find a better book for Choirs. Con¬ 
ventions and Hinging- Classes, than L. O. EMERSON’S 
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HL.O.A1J.G or rti-a-iMj book for isai-issa 
Success follows success in the successive issues of 
Emerson's books, and this is to he no exception to the 
rule. It in in pres* and nearly reads/. A less expen¬ 
sive book will DO THE IDEAL i <5 eta.), made expressly 
for Singing Classes, and except in size, is unite as 
good.aud on tbe same plan as The Herald of Praise. 
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEN 
will search far and long before tinding a better Sunday 
School Sony book than THE BEACON LIGHT, 
(30 ,-t.s ) By TENSEY and HOFFMAN. Or 
LIGHT AND LIFE. (35 cents. 1 By R. M. 
McIntosh. 
School Teachers 
will not fail to examine our uew and superior 
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Common School Song Book, by L. O. EMERSON, 
called tHONG BELLS. (5U cents.) 
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PROFESSOR 
POWDER 
Made from Professor Horsford's Acid 
Phosphate. 
Recommended by leading physicians. 
Makes lighter biscuit, cakes, etc., and 
is healthier than ordinary B«iing Pow¬ 
der. 
In cans. Sold at a reasonable price. 
The Horsford Almanac and Cook Book 
sent free. 
Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, R. I. 
PYRETHRUIVI 
Cinerarias Folium, 
THE GREAT 
CALIFORNIA 
INSECT-DESTROYING PLANT. 
This celebrated plant has been pronounced une- 
tiualed as to its value and efficacy by any other pro¬ 
duction ever introduced on tbe Ameri¬ 
can continent. Its growth and general 
use will eventually destroy all noxious 
vermin which infect the dWlHngs and 
persona of men and the domestic ani¬ 
mals, us well aa the Insects which create 
Buch havoc -with the products of the 
soil and of human Industry. 
Among the eminent scientists who 
have given the Pyrethrum exhaustive 
and thorongh examination and trial 
may be named Prof. C. V. Riley. Chief 
of the United .HtwU-x- Entomological Commission, and 
Prof.8. Henry Comstock, of the Agricultural Denart- 
ment, Washington, D. C.; Prof. A. J Cook, Agricul¬ 
tural OultegA Lauaiug, Mich., and Prof. E W. Hiiirard. 
State >niven»ily. Berkeley. Cal., all of whom unite in 
declaring it auieri'ir and infinitely -Mirer and safer 
than any other insecticide ever offered to the public. 
On receipt of 86 wo will send a package of seed by 
mail to any address, with instructions for cultivating 
the wonder DU plunt from which our G. N. MILCO’3 
BUHAOH CALIFORNIA INSECT POWDER is Mde. 
Each package will fnrnisli plants for two or Three 
acres. All orders for seeds must be gent to the 
BUHAOH PRODUCING- AND MANUFAC¬ 
TURING COMPANY, 
154 Levee Street, Stockton, California. 
J. D. PETERS, Secretary. 
and lettlttg. 
POWEUL, BUD’S, 
Sprlngboro, Crawford County, Pa, 
THR MOST BXTENSIVK IMPORTERS OF 
CL, \'DJESjD.llAES 
IN AMERICA. 
SEVEN IMPOBTATIONS 
fl. M. ANTHONY. 100 & 102 Reads St.. N. Y. 
1U*1 
Wisconsin nunrc 
500,000 Acres JjILIvUkI 
ON THE LINE OF THE 
WISCtlNSlN CENTRAL R. R. 
For full particular* which will be sent free, address 
Ohah. L. Uoi.ot, Land CouuniBBioner,Milwaukee. "Is 
R EAL estate of every kind, town and coun¬ 
try, lu the Valley of Virginia. Correspondence 
solicited. Send i>er postal card for pamphlet cata¬ 
logue. TIMBERLAKE, KTICKNF.Y A GUYER, Real 
Estate Agents, Middletown. Frederick Co.. Virginia. 
for 18S1 already received, and another on the way, 
and another ready to leave Scotland, and others 
still to follow. 
Largest and Finest Collection ever seen on 
the American Continent. 
ALSO, 
HAMBLETONIANS, 
And other strains of trotting Stock. 
HOLSTEIN A DEVON CATTLE. 
Catalogues sent free. Address as above, and 
mention the Rural. 
BERKSHIRES 
AND 
Small YORKSHIRES 
THE BEST. SEND FOR CATALOGUE, contain¬ 
ing LiBt of Premiums, to 
Bagg’s Hotel Farm, 
UTICA, IV. Y. 
The Rural New-Yorker has in its Free Plant and Seed 
Distributions in past years introduced or dissemina¬ 
ted the following, all of which are generally consid¬ 
ered the best of their respective kinds, viz : 
Beauty of Hebron Potato, White Elephant Potato, Hold s Ennobled Oats, The Cuthbert Raspberry, Champlain Wheat, 
Telephone Pea, Clawson Wheat, Rural Branching Sorghum, Golden Rural Tomato. Defiance Wheat, 
Giant Parple Dutch Asparagus, Argenteuil Asparagus, Acme Tomato, Yucca filameat isa (Adam’s Needle), Geranium sanguineum, Magnolias of various kinds, Rural 
Bronze Ricinus, Iris Koempferi, Abies Siberica, Pinus edulis, Hibiscus Sjriaous, Hibiseas militaris. Hibiscus moscheutos, Deutzias, Weigelas, Rural Hybrid 
Aquilegias, Bronze Lettuce, Eryngium Lsevenworthii, Hybrid Pentstomons, Vitis heteropkylla, Molucca Balm, Griudelia sqnarrosa, Pyrethrum roseum, 
A.RrD MANY OTHERS. 
THE SEED AND PLANT DISTRIBUTIONS OF 1881 & 1882, 
Which will be Sent FREE to all Subscribers who apply, will exceed in 
VALUE all other DISTRIBUTIONS. 
The Seeds and Plants comprising the first Distribution will be announced in the 
Fair KTixmber of tlie Rural New-Yorls.er, 
Which will be published early in September. This will be sent to ail applicants. Most of the 
seeds are now being grown at the Rural Experiment Farm, the first Experiment Farm conducted by 
any Agricultural Journal purely in the interest of its subscribers. Address 
.THE BUBAL NEWTOBKEB, 34 3?ark Row, 1ST. Y„ 
