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I own no greenhouse. The front window 
open out upon a small lawn sloping to the 
road, while from those at the back I can see 
our orchard planted on the hill-side, sloping up 
from the house. I agree with Mrs. Jack that 
the kitchen where we farmers’ wives have to 
spend so much of our time should lie made as 
pleasant as possible. When visiting some of 
my neighbors I get a glimpse of the small, 
gloomy kitchens of some of them. I think 
the “blues” would attack me seriously if I had 
to work in one of them. Why should the 
kitchou be always put at the back of the house? 
Why cannot a wing be built for it, or at least 
let some of the windows and a door, if pos¬ 
sible, open to the sunny south? If Mrs. Annie 
L. Jack, or anyone else, has a kitchen table 
with square corners, I would advise her to do 
as I did, What a number of knocks I received 
from those square corners in my hurry to and 
fro! After two of my little ones had bruised 
themselves severely on them—I was in constant 
fear lest they w ould get their eyes put out—I 
made up my mind that something must be done. 
As my husband isno carpenter in nice work (I 
hope he will not see this). I sent for a carpenter 
and bad the corners rounded off, beginning 
about ten inches from the corner or each side. 
Since then I have had no such trouble, and, 
moreover, the table looks better. It certainly 
is a great improvement. 1 would like to ask 
Mrs. Jack why she does not cremate the cast¬ 
off shoes/ If I find shoes or slippers really 
past wear for any one, I quietly open the stove 
door and slip them in and they are disposed of 
and uo one the wiser, and as for a garret, it is 
an agreeable evil. Having uo such conve¬ 
nience. I have to utilize oue of the outbuild¬ 
ings. Farmer's Wife. 
Piwllatwatt# 
STOPS 
(fur the sium- length bf One 
SPECIALIDi-DAY OFFER 10 READERS OF the rural n.-y 
rmiDAXT On n- eipt of this Coupon from any readers of ItfidH 
rural m:\v-vouickr. I'*-*!*,* 
and J46.00 in cash by Bnnk Draft. Post Office Money Order, Registered 
Letter, Express prepaid. by Check on your Rank, if forwarded « It bln 
10 day « from date fierrof. 1 hereby agree to accept this Coupon for $40.00 
as part lavement on my celebrated <44 Stop JV> Parlor Orentt, with 
Bench, Book, i tc.. provbllng the cash -nlnnci* of 64A.OO •>•'<•■ .miuuiies tins 
Courier! and I ml! send you a m viptaii bill in fujl for i»*5. and hex and 
ship you tile Oram just as it Is advertised, fully warranted for sue years. 
Money refunded with interest from date of remittance if not ae represented 
PLATED ICNXVES. 
I kind quite a saving of time and strength 
comes from having steel knives for every-day 
use plated. If well done the plating will last 
from three to five years, and the expense is 
trifling compared with the labor of polishing 
knives twice or three timas a day. They 
should not be used for scraping kettles or for 
other rough work about, the house after being 
plated. 
BISCUITS. 
Very nice, light biscuit may be made by 
using ingredients iu the ordinary way except 
that the flour is stirred with a spoou as thick 
as can be conveniently done, and they should 
be baked in gem irons. Aunt Rachel. 
EXPLANATION. 
Although I have missed some of the 
Rcrals, and do not know just what has been 
said, and being a third party, what I say may 
lie considered as interfering, yet by what I 
have read, 1 think jiorhaps I can throw some 
light on the subject of cup plates. We Wes¬ 
tern housekeepers are just, as desirous to have 
our table linen free from stains as you Eastern 
ladies. But oh! the Western man! He is pro¬ 
verbially a fast eater, can’t take hot driuks 
and so pout's ten and coffee into saucer to cool. 
The cup consequently soils the linen. Mever 
having learned the art of taking out those 
stains, we invented cup plates. But if any of 
you will tell us how to manage those men who 
are too old to learn new tricks, perhaps we 
will follow the example of our Boston sisters. 
_ M. B. McL. 
CUP PLATES—TO WHAT USE THEY ARE PUT. 
Two years ago we had three extra workmen 
and every oue drank his tea or coffee from the 
saucer. So to save mv table-cloths from stains 
I gave them cup plates. New Subscriber. 
after cite year? use. 
•merit for ycra. (provided you 
FREIGHT PREPAID. A? a further" inducement for you, (provided you 
order imraartiately, within thv todays* I agree to prepay freight on ;.h. above 
Organ t< i your nearest railroad freight staticr. .my point east of tile Mississippi 
River or ills: far on any going west of it Tins iso rare opportunity to place 
an Instrument. ns it Wire, at rour very door, all freight prepaid, at nannlnc* 
turcr’s wholesale price*. Order ihi» nothing luvtil by correspondence. 
HOW TO ORDER. Enclosed and * 45.00 for Organ. I have read your 
LATEST STYLE, No. 1600. 
Dimensions—Height, 74 ins.. Dcptli, 8i iUS, LcOtUi, CO las. 
Weight, boxed, about 450 lbs. 
CROUP, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS. 
JOHJiSON’S ANODYNK LINIMENT will posi¬ 
tively prevent these terrible diseases, and will cure nine 
cases out of ten. Inform alien that will save many Uves, 
sera free by math Don't delay a moment. Prevention L-* 
I better than cure L S. Johnson A Co.. Boston. Mass 
acfl S*0 uUtd 
JERSEY REDS, 
Chester White and 
POLAND CHINA PIGS 
Svvayue's Pills-Iinpvrtuni to the Sick. 
Symptoms indicate disease, a continuance, days of 
suffering, perchance Death! Symptoms are, impure 
blood,costiveness, irregular appetite, headache, sour 
belching, soreness in back, breast and side, heart 
pains, giddiness, bad color to stools and urine, hot 
and cold sensations, yellow skin. "SWAYXK'S 
PILLS cure by gently removing all corrupt matter, 
regulating and nourishing rhe system. '23 cents, box 
of n pills; boxes. SI. At druggists or by mall. DR. 
SWAiNE & SOS. Philadelphia, Pa. 
" ell-shaped Pigs, of Finest Stock, two to three 
mou I ha old. Boars and Sows not akm. Also a few 6 
lo 9 months old. Early orders arc solicited as Spring 
Pigs are now In great demand. Also COTSWOLD 
and SOUTHDOWN sheep and Lambs of Best Im¬ 
ported Stock. Some Extra Flue Handsome Scotch 
Colley shepherd Pups, S and ill weeks old, now ready 
to ship. 
Burpee’s Farm Annual mailed free. Write for 
prices of what you desire to purchase. Address 
W. ALTER B1RPEE A CO., 
Philadelphia, l*a. 
Delivered m nnv port of the United 
Slates at Boston Prices Cataloocks 
sf.nt Free, also when desired sam- 
pies of Dress Goods, Silks, Woolens, 
from the largest and finest stock in 
this country. Write to 
Jordan, Marsh & Co.} "C 
MOST EXTENSIVE PURE BRE1) 
LIVE STOCK ESTABLISHMENT 
IN THE WORLD. 
*$£!?- R UILDING MANILLA 
This water-proot material resembles line lest her, is usea 
for roofs, outside aalls of buildings, and inside in place 
of plaster. Catalogue A 111 U CIV 0 Prt Cu4n, 
saiuple6liee.tEstab.lS66lW. (I. I A I u LUi ». J. 
QUESTIONS ANSWERED, 
IMITATION MUSHROOM CATSUP. 
Can any of the Rural readers give Mrs. 
E. Webster directions for the above. 
KEEPING CUCUMBERS IN GLASS. 
WILL some one having exjierience tell H. 
Haningtou how to green cucumbers so that 
they will not fade out if put iu glass and ex¬ 
posed to the light. 
WHIPPED CREAM. 
Subscriber, Syracuse, X, V., asks for direc¬ 
tions for the above, 
Ans, —Use only thick, sweet cream, and it 
is well to add a pinch of soda before beating. 
Place the cream over ico until thoroughly 
chilled and whip with an egg beater or whip- 
churn until it froths. As the stiffened froth 
arises on the cream take off and place on a 
sieve set over a dish. Re-whip all that passes 
through the sieve. Sweeten and flavor. Or, 
sweeten and flavor oue-and-a-half pint of rich 
cream and beat to a froth. Dissolve three- 
fourth ounce gelatine into a very small ten- 
cupful of hot water. When cold jHiur into 
the cream, mix thoroughly, pour in molds and 
set on ice. 
M3 BY MAIL OR EXPRESS! 
Nearly a Million to from, ooflcotetf bj 
,, tl our own tmvTfi iu th‘ -market* of th* wi»rM. 
lire** Good*. KI1L*, Hhntrk Trim mintrv lloalerfi 
Vpholnlery, Fawj G«khIl KutlliV llrvMca, Clonks 
ti'derwcMr, Tl«s Uce*, KurfiUhln* GooiIa 
Inf.mlM*, iik«) t.lrU* Outfit*, Af. Sample*, infor- 
tnntlon. and •• hHOFPINO GUI DR ’* free ou application. 
( (H1PEK A tONAIUl. Dth A Itirict st M lMiilaidu. 
(Xl7*Please aay where r<m sow this Adverusetueut, 
CLYDESDALE HORSES, PERCHERON-NORM vN 
HOUSES, TROTTING BRED ROADSTERS, 
HOLSTEIN AND DEVON CATTLE. 
Our customers have tie- advantage of <>«r many 
years eu-fttrinu In breeding and importing large 
•:ullections, opn rtiinltyof cornuai'iny dufcrvnt breeds, 
low ) I rices, Nfktue of r.rtcnt qf buxine** and line rules 
of transportation. Catalogue free. Correspondence 
solid ted. 
I»OWS1IjLi bhotkbrs, 
SPRINGBORO, CRAWFORD CO., PA. 
Mention Rural New-Yorker. 
r 0 , Mrrcri . nt , )t „ 
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page illustraietl Premium t.i.i win \r!Lr> ouh or i. r. Agents 
make 60 per real. Kail tMnrtcuUr, and samnln for So.. ■ Uir.;\ 
CAXTON PRINTING CO., Nonhrorel, Conn. 
ASSIUS m. cl. AY, breeder of pure SOUTH DOWN 
SHEEP. White Hall. Kentucky, 
as iNKFft .\n ririE's,-* 
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For 21 rents we give the Illustrated Visitor 
Magazine three inonths. Handsomest and 
best puWtsheti. Each number eotitains a com¬ 
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To each subscriber we send free Popular 
Piece* Minin with words. This offer is made 
to introduce otir magar.ine in new homes. 
Social Visitor. Itox 19. Boston. Mas* 
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MMANY 
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Send for Circular*. Cniuiogn.-, 
Send for Circular*, Catalog m.~. of Music ,vc 
McTammany Organette Co.. Worcester. Mass 
WATCH CASES 
Econonyt Strength 1 Dura- 
billty! ELEGANT DESIGNS! 
GUARANTEED (orSOYeai.l 
llors*ror*l>»i Add Phosphate, 
In Slek Headache. 
Dr. K. N. READ, Clilcago, says: “I think 
it is a remedy of the highest value in many 
firms of mental atul nervous exhaustion, at¬ 
tended by siek headache, dyspepsia utid dimin¬ 
ished vitality.—.-We, 
TENTS TO RENT for Fair purposes, by Cu ts. 
M. Gibus, lot! Sycamore St., Cln’tl, Cl., or U W.R. 
St., Syracuse, N. V., IIS River St., Troy, N. Y. 
Morphine Habit Cured iu lO 
to ’-to Days. N*> Pay until Unreel. 
J. L. STteaxas, il. L»., l^L'anon, Ohio. 
IGGEST THING OUT 
F. NASON X CO.. Ill Nassau St.. New York. 
per eluy at home. Samples welrtb S:‘> free. 
Address Stinson X Co., Portland, Me. 
UTPTURE CURED • Method 
Send for Circular. DR. J. A. HOUSE. 
136 Filth Avenue, New York City. 
a week m your own town. Terms and $5 .outfit 
tree. Address lb Uallet & Co., orviaud. Me. 
A W EEK, $12 a day at home easily made. Costly 
UuUil hue. Address Thus A Co.', Augusta, il<j. 
