ALICE, 
CARVING. 
To be able to carve easily aud gracefully is 
au art of which every lady should be pos- 
Kazor steel, file 
tested blades; stag, 
ebony, or white 
handle, post paid 75 
cents: 5for *3. With 
hone handle. H5 ets., 
H for J:i. This is our 
’S' pattern, brass 
lined and cheap at 
Si. No better blades 
can be made. Strong 
• blade. Ml cents; 
Colorado stock 
Knife. ; blades, Si; 
Hunting Knife. $1; 
Pruutng, 10 cents to 
$1; budding, 35 and 
55 cents drafting, 
35 cents; inch 
Family shears, .5 , cuts, v; page list free, also “now to r»e a Razor. 
|ifrlUmi*“ul 
Lilli.... 
1337 
THE RURAL 
brisket. You can easily see the division, and 
enter your knife there and separate the 
parts. 
For a haunch of venison, first make a deep 
incision by pressing your knife all along the 
side, cutting quite down to the bone. Turn 
the broad end towards you, and cut it. as 
deep as you can in thin, smooth pieces. For a 
saddle of venison or of mutton cut from the 
tail to the other side of the backbone, making 
very thin slices. 
In carving a turkey stick the carving fork 
firmly into the top of the breast, and do not 
take it out until the fowl lies before you com¬ 
pletely dissected. Put the knife under the 
wing aud cut it off at the joint. After a little 
practise you will be able to strike the joint 
every time. Next cut off the leg by slipping 
your knife between it and the body, pressing 
it back gently but firmly from the body, 
when the joint will generally give way, so 
that it may l>e easily divided. Then cut the 
merry thought or wish-bone, and then carve 
the breast in thin slices. Now cut the collar¬ 
bones v hich lie next the wish-bone, aud, 
lastly, separate the side bones from the back. 
You may then remove your fork, and divide 
thp first aud second joint, aud slice them if re¬ 
quired. 
All fowls, as well as partridges, pheasants, 
and game are carved in the same manner. 
Pigeons, quails, woodcock and snipe are merely 
divided in two parts, serving one-half to each 
person. aunt addie. 
IQ 07 is more elegant than ever. It Is a book of over (JO pages. illustrated with ‘JOO engravings 
A and Illuminated covet” giving plain, practical instruct Ions for planting, pruning, mn! mana-- 
inptil of Fit IIIT TIAISTiS ami S1IAL1, Fit HITS. Full Instruction-; for nbmiiilng Fruit Trees ami Flams of 
iupiiI of Fit I 1 IT TltfiHS and S.tIALL Fit IIITS. Full Instruction-; for obtaining Fruit Trees and Flams of 
all kinds by mull, express, anti freight. Honest descriptions of all valuable varieties, both new and old.and low ¬ 
est prices. Headquarters for FRIG BLACKBERRY. absolutely hardy, enormous Size very early nio.-t 
prolific, healthy and of superior quality. MONMOl’TH STRAWBERRY cm mijn'i'Wit Cr'xi'iit 
with a trrffrt bl'jHxniti; llfly per t ent, larger, earlier. Ilrtner. and fully equal 111 all other properties. 
GOLDEN QUEEN, tin most beautiful, profitable and bc-t oT nil It riMiilx-fries. JAI’XN FL1 >IS, and 
Ihe great em,-tdl„ pinto SPA ('GOING. LAWSON »r CO WET PEAK. HR ECU'S OMNCR.&e. _ 
SMALL FRUITS, APPLE, PEACHING NUT TREES SPECIALTIES.^ 
Trees and Flauls by mall a leading feature. Guide with numerous artistic colored plains, | (> ots.; st'thout 
plates. 5 eta. Price-list free. All who mention tins paper will receive a copy of Ori-luinl ami Oinilni. i.ie Best 
Horticultural Monthly, gratis. J. T. LOVETT, LITTLE SILVER, NEW JERSEY. 
ittiscellanrou# i§Uvmi.$infl 
GRAPES. Extra 
Quality. Warranted 
true. Cheap by mail. 
Low rates to dealers. 
Illustrated CDCC1 
Catalogue lIlLbl 
EM PI RE STATE * NIAGARA Send for t 
furdoni.i 
New Yin I 
L'irealnt D 
E 
-YORKER. 
47 $ 
dealer seemed to have a monopoly in our 
neighborhood, and at every grocery we found 
only this inferior oil from the same source or 
high-priced oils we did not feel able to buy. 
A second cause of the explosion was the lack 
of oil in the lamp; it had burned low, leaving 
a large space for the generation of gas, that 
is the cause of explosions in kerosene lamps. 
Uncle dictated, aud I wrote an account of 
the explosion, for the city paper, condemning 
the oil; but instead of his short article, an ac¬ 
count stated briefly the extent of the accident 
and added, “Mr. Thrifty is having gas fix¬ 
tures put into his house.” We felt angry at 
the bare faced falsehood, but we could not 
right it, so I scolded about it for satisfaction 
and we sometimes referred to our gaslight (?) 
as we sat around the lamp, now filled with a 
safe oil that we knew as “headlight oil,” being 
the grade 0 / oil used in the headlights of rail¬ 
way engines. The oil was more expensive 
than we had felt we could afford before the 
explosion; now we felt that cheap oil was far 
too costly at the lowest price. Another result 
of the accident was a dread of half-tilled 
lamps. If the oil burned at all low in a lamp 
because of unusually lute hours, the light 
would bo extinguished aud another lighted. 
Filling the lamps regularly became almost a 
superstition in the house. 
The explosion caused, indirectly, some 
changes we made a month or so later, and gave 
Unde a scar he still carries on his wrist. The 
burn was doctored with sweet oil aud wrapped 
in cotton in the morning after the explosion, 
and by tbe doctor’s order the cotton was not 
removed until the burn had healed, but was 
saturated afresh with oil every day aud a 
bandage of dean cloths was put over it. 
M THE 
OFF WITH THE TARIFF ON'SEEDS. 
RELIEF FOR THE PEOPLE. SEEDS AT YOUR DOOR 
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EARLIEST POTT 
NEW BRAZILIAN FLOUR 
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■ IIH ■_■ BRAZILIAN FLOUR 
fTHIS WORLD HAS EVER£|S CORN < . 
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i4l|! 1 I ~ P/\ \ \ ,1 / Heiirlnif Pen* h<*Arw 9)1 ■niamirr. Kub> KIiik PA’pper. • <*at pepper 
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PA NSIKS. One Hplendltl climlilng plant. 00 Clll I *C I 7 C DAPtf TTC 1 r«utinn* *ir •iilvaunK nnd 4IN E 
One beautllu! cvcrlMtliiff dnwrr. lu til, 00 llILL ulZ.L lflU\L I O) WHOLE POTATO hv mail, 
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SAMUEL^WILSON, Seed Grower, MECHANICSVILLE, BUCKS COUNTYrPENNA. 
irJ:. 33 FULL-SIZE PACKETS, 'wh«;lf , vr., 
I. fur *T..r,| FOCR for Thl. U on olfi r N EV K K m.vJr 
Never Despair 
PAW CURRANT pQAPPC 
r«I HEADQUmERSUnArtOS^ 
NIAGARA, EMPIRE STATE linrt * ntheoUierbestGR 1PF VI>FS * 
™ new and old. Vines stored in Mnmmuth 
GRAPES 
Stone Oellnra with mots In flue s»nd. O’rees and Small Fruit Plants. Bv mall, express or 
freisht Lowest prices for Dealers, Agents. Planters and Everybody. In every respect „ 
Hlen.e « Ace.tr.U 0 naming and highest ifrading. Free 11!unrated l araf. we 
Please write me before you buy. GKO. 8. JOSSELYX. Ft-ednnla. X. 
The FARMER and PLANTER’S 
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HOSES 
PLANTS 
O Ov FRUITosORNAMENTALTREES, grape vines 
OR ANYTHING IN THE NURSERY LINE, without first writing 
^forour valuable FREE Catalogue, the I 21 LARGE GREENHOUSES 
BEST we ever issued, containing the Barest Sew and | 33d YEAR, • 700 ACRES. 
Choicest Old. the STORRS & HARRISON CO. paineswille. ohio 
SHOE BAG. 
The materials for this are two yards of 
brown-hollaud or cretonne, three pieces of 
scarlet or brown braid, five little brass rings, 
and a piece of the heavy linen goods that 
come now for lining dress skirts. It should 
contain eight pockets in two rows of four 
each. Take a piece of the heavy foundation, 
25 inches wide and inches deep. Baste a 
strip of the covering acioss the top aud an¬ 
other across the middle between the rows of 
pockets. For the upper pockets take a piece 
12 U, iuehes deep, aud wide enough to allow 
for four box plaits which form the pockets; 
the lower pockets are inches deep. Place 
a strip of braid between each and stitch down. 
Bind all around with tbe braid, attach five 
rings to tbe top, aud hang on the inner side of 
some closet door. Put the iuitial of each 
member of the family on oue of the pockets, 
so that each child mav know itisfc where to 
sessed. To be able to take the bead of the 
table in au emergency aud carve whatever 
you may find set before you is something over 
which you may pardonably become enthusias¬ 
tic. To master this art requires deft manipu¬ 
lation rather than the exercise of strength. 
If possible, have your chair a little higher 
than the usual diuing room chair, always sit, 
never on any account stuud to carve, also 
place the meat platter so near you that there 
will not be any necessity for you to stretch 
your arms to reach it. 
See that your carving knife is beyond a d mbt 
sharp. For meats, the knife should have a 
long, thiu blade, but should not be heavy. For 
fowls and game the blade of the knife should 
be shorter aud broader and have a longer 
handle. In curving a heefi-teak, if a jiortor- 
house, separate the meat from two sides of the 
bone, dividing it in pieces cut from the bone; 
also cut a small piece of the teuder-loin. serv¬ 
ing a piece of beef to each person. 
The ribs and sirloin of beef must be out in 
thin slices off the side next to you. Do uot 
send any one the outside cut unless specially 
desired to do so. A tongue, to taste well, 
should be cut iu very thiu, round slices. Cut¬ 
ting it lengthwise injures the flavor. A leg of 
mutton or of pork, or a ham should be cut 
through the middle quite down to the bone. 
Ham must be cut exceedingly thin. Iu a-la- 
modo beef the outside piece is often preferred, 
while in corned beef it must not be served, as 
it is hard and dry. 
In carving a fore-quarter of lamb, first 
separate the shoulder from the breast aud 
ribs by passing the knife under aud then 
dividing the ribs. For a loin of veal begin to 
cut near the smallest end, and separate the 
ribs, helping a piece of the kiduey to each 
person. A loin of mutton or pork is carved 
in the same way us a loin of veal. 
In carving a fillet of veul begin at the top. 
Many persons prefer the outside cut. Help a 
portion of the dressing with each slice of 
meat. In a breast of veal there are two parts 
very different iu quality^tho ribs and the 
Until you have tried what Ayer’s Tills 
can do for you. It ig the Liver that 
renders yout views of life so gloomy. 
Depend upon it, a box or two of Ayer’s 
purely vegetable, sugar-coated, Cathar¬ 
tic Pills would materially change your 
feelings, aud still make 
Life Worth Living. 
Lucius Alexander, Marblehead, Mass., 
says: “ I was severely afflicted with 
Dyspepsia and Enlargement of the 
Liver, most of the time being unable to 
retain any solid food on my stomach. 
Throe boxes of Ayer's Pills cured me.” 
“Ayer’s Tills are a sure etire for 
Liver Complaint. Nothing seemed tr 
help me until 1 finally began to take. 
Avar’s Pills.' 1 — E. S. Fulton, Hanover, 
N. H. 
Ayer’s Fills, 
Prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer 5c Co., Lowell, Maas. . 
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers iu Medicine. I 
We will pay one hundred dollars gold In premiums for 
belt results Hum elgbt weeks’ trial of Sheridan’s 
Powder to Make Hens Lay. Send your name and 
Oost-Offlee for parlieulsrs- I. S. JOHNSON A CO,, 
TJ custom lbii-*n Stkkkt. Mostos. Mass 
EMBROIDERY SILK 
Faetiirr K!J l ■ u half prie*'; one onnee in a 
boi—all’itno .1 Silk aud *'W<1 colors. Sent by 
mail no receipt of W oat* n>0 Cruy Sticchee 
lu nacli paokace. Send pn.tn! nnl. or Stamp, 
to Til K lliuomto A t KM ST no.VI. SIMIOI 
SILK I 0.,B2I Market Slreel. Philadelphia. Pa. 
nr Ola Hrosdwav New Vnrk 
Y Tff£ S AR&fSrXGPlS! Jj'iiWJ 
J.1EITTIDIT TTEXXS r > -ci-2PXZla. 
WEAVER ORGANS 
aog® A«v tbe Kintal tn Tone. Style, rinian and M-ier.il 
MBtaBal make up of auy good* made- GuajT.nl-. J r..r 6 reus. 
U ylg jMf Send for l’i»lnio*mt. t-»Umonla!a and term*. !>ve. to 
rHuI wcover Oncuo on.1 Plano Co,, 
i uoUirj, York, yv, 
ARTIST TUBE COLORS. 
For tlic purpose of nhowiDKihe superiority 
of our Tube colors, we will send—free ot 
Postage, 8 Large Tubes. Brushes and Book 
ot instructions to any part of the 1.8 ,ou 
receipt of 81.00. 
ESSEX PAINT WORKS, Essex, Conn. 
EPPS’ S 
GRATEFUL-COMFORTING 
COCOA 
I nnn elegant lahge 
VVfV TUHKIHII HUGH 
Given to the I.AIMK8 of purchasers of Sumpic 
Harness with a view of an agency lu territory where 
we buve un agent, bend for full tiurtleulars 
8II K U W (HID IIAKNKHS CO., Syracuse, N. V. 
Syracuse. N. Y. 
butter or cheese 
You cun leurn of aomeilitng that will k« very prom 
able loyou by sending your address to H. I,. HilWKKK 
.t co.. Manufacturing chemists, «nd ; K j; Franklin 
Hiwthx. 
KNIFE. 
ROOZEN S SPECIAL SPRING COLLECTION. 
n u 200 GLADIOLI, DAHLIAS, LILIES, ETU , KOK 87J.75. 
\ i VA We will deliver at express oil lee In New Yorx ‘'Irv for United -'idles, and Toronto for 
IMr’.fW \ faubda, the following selected nulbs for om-door planting, from the famous bulb farms 
I , <l y ^ k S>tcV'£-:v;' / of ANT. KoOZKN & .SON, overveeu,(uear Haarlem), Holland, with pamphlet on cultiva- 
iVwS/lPaL tlon free; * 
* Double Dahlias, assorted colors. 
t> .'ingle Dahlias, assorted colors. 
iladii II Dredchleyensls, da{tzling scarlet, 
liulndloll No Plus Ultra, deep, red, flaked 
white 
liMiladloli Hamosus. inf! varieties. 
13 Gladioli Gandavensls assorted colors, 
is (dadloll Knmosus, assorted colors. 
ii I’atmn Florihunda orange red Dowers. 
H Tropmoliltn tuherosun, hardy creeper. 
6 Monbretla PotalU flue gulden orange and 
scarlet. 
12 Iris German lea, assorted colors. 
3 KlchordtaiCallai alba maculata, spotted 
leaves. 
s Lilluin Tigrlnmn (Spotted Tiger Idly). 
12 UIhi/IoII rnlvllll albus (' The Bride”) pure 12 Amaryllis Candida Major, pale, pinkish 
•'> ' '-roucli Kanujiculaa. assorted colors. 3 Amaryllis Konnoslssima. scarlet with 
i. ArdHaii tF rllyucliithus Cnmlleans, white golden dole. 
I hese collections are made up as an advertisement. They are racked on the farm 
w where grown, and composed of bulbs of toe finest quality, the price is vi per cent, lower 
"’ wCtAl O’ Jff ' than our regular catalogue rates. Address the sole agent for United States and Canada. 
.1. TEH l\l l I.K..J1 Broadway, N. Y. (Sucvetvor to th« hue Wm.ll. Boomkamp.) 
SCOTT’S FLOWERS 
Years’ Experience in Df)CCC 9 r &? 4 i§?. e ^l?i. t I. 0 ^J r1 . PLANTS » BULBS 
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Rare Novelties 
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