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THE RURAL W 1 W-Y 0 RKER. 
packed bread and butter in unlimited quanti¬ 
ties in the baskets, and filled two self-sealing 
fruit cans with cream for the colTce, and the 
raspberries we had gathered the evening be¬ 
fore, We put it! as few dishes as it seemed 
possible to get along with, then everything 
for the dinner ready, we dressed for the day, 
as agreed upon, in clean calico drosses. We 
guessed that burrs would abound in the ravine, 
and knew how relentlessly they stick to wool- 
eu clothing. 
At half past eight Uncle Lewis's great fruit 
wagon, restored to its original use as an omni¬ 
bus, drove to our door and took up the last, of 
its load We numbered is, big and little, 
and as merry a party as ever set out for a 
day of fun. Bammie and Bertie had decora¬ 
ted the wagon and the horses with little flags, 
and their Uncle Rob had stretched a large 
flag ou the sunny side for a curtain 
Our gay trimmings and our laughter 
brought tiie children out of the bouses along 
the way, and stopped the work of unhappy 
boys compelled to plow all day in the corn¬ 
fields. 
We were objects of curiosity along the 
quiet road, and of envious admiral ion to the 
children whose parents never Ihougbtof mak¬ 
ing one day pleasanter than another for them¬ 
selves or their families. 
We were in the humor to lie amused with 
everything, from the old hen that flow in ter¬ 
rified surprise from her dust-bath in the road, 
to (he row of tnilkpans hanging against the 
front of u log house we passed, that caused 
little Lulu to say, u Oh, Mamma, they’s house 
is turned Wrong side out !” 
As we neared the ravine we left the traveled 
pike, and followed a summer truck that 
turned into the bed of the stream, now al¬ 
most dry. The road soon became so rough 
and uneven that Uncle John, who wasiln viug, 
halted the horses, ami we all climbed out to 
walk until we should reach a smoother part of 
the rood.- As the wagon jolted on, Aunt 
Helen gave a little scream, and ran after it to 
secure her lunch basket and a general lunch 
puuic seized us. Wo unloaded the heavy bas¬ 
kets, and slowly followed the wagon up a 
steep little hill which the road, in u sudden 
detour, passed over here. Arrived at the 
bottom, Uncle John looked around, relieved, 
that the rough part of the road was safely 
passed. But his look suddenly changed to one 
of intense amusement. And all at once wo 
realized that we were a funny-looking party, 
for, in order to lighten the baskets, the ehil 
dren had been intrusted with various parcels 
from their contents, ltohhie carried a can of 
cream; Sammy had a jar of preserves that 
lie eyed lovingly; Bertie hail insisted on 
carrying Aunt Helen’s little oil stove, although 
she assured him it might he safely left, in the 
omnibus. The men carried the largest, bas¬ 
kets, uml the smallest ones Were distributed 
among those Of us who were neither men nor 
children. 
Uncle rose and made us as majestic a how 
as lie could from his high driver’s seat and 
said: "My most, beloved and faithful subjects, 
as your king, I am deeply, broadly, loftily 
and profoundly moved by these tokens of 
your great love for me. Just, pile everything 
right under the seats, my friends.” Ho finished 
in a brisk, business way, very different from 
the lofty tones in which ho began. Of course we 
laughed; we laughed at, everything that 
morning. And the little folks were almost 
speechless with merriment when Father ap¬ 
proached Uncle John with an important air 
of mystery and begged him, in a loud whis¬ 
per, to bo made a cabinet officer; and Aunt 
Mary, with a gesture she meant to bo very 
imploring, petitioned for just a little office of 
some sort. At last we and our bundles were 
all in the wagon again and a few minutes 
brought us to a wide, grassy space beside the 
bed of the stream in the ravine. 
■ v » » 
A RURAL CANDY PULL. 
This was not a candy pull in a rural dis¬ 
tort, as the name suggests, but a candy pull 
of our old friends, the “Amateur Cooking 
Club,” who in honor, they declare, of the as- 
sihtanee they have derived from the Rural, 
have now prefaced their club name with an 
“R,” and are known as the “R. A. C. C.” 
They seldom forget your correspondent at, 
their gatherings, and although my hair shows 
many silver threads, when 1 see their charm¬ 
ing young faces, ami hear their merry laugh¬ 
ter over some failure, I must confess that 1 
lose sight of my years and dignity. (I never 
had enough of the latter to speak of.) 1 was 
informed that this was to be a purely busi¬ 
ness affair, and not a candy pull in the vulgar 
sense of the term. They were going to make 
all kinds of fancy candies, take orders from 
their friends for entertaimneptx, holidays and 
the like, the proceeds to bo devoted to the free 
kindergartens of San Francisco. 
The dimples of Miss Gladys, the president of 
the club, were more bewildering than ever iu 
her cook’s cap, and her immense linen apron 
looked as if she really and truly meant busi¬ 
ness. We were to make sample lots for 
distribution, as the class had been practising 
for some time at their private re unions. I 
shall give the result of their work iu the form 
of recipes. 
Oiled paper: It was certainly a great inven¬ 
tion, for the youthful buyer Ht least, when 
this means of preventing the wasteful and 
exasperating adhering of the candy to paper 
was discovered. Pour a little sweet oil in 
a shallow dish, and with a eamcPs-hair or 
varnish brush dipped iu it, oil one side ouly of 
your sheet of wrapping paper. Lay this 
between nnoiled sheets of the same paper, 
kept for the purpose, and makp as many as 
required, letting them lie for several hours 
before using. No oil will come off on the 
fingers, ami still the candy will not, stick. 
The next step in candy making is a know¬ 
ledge of what sugar boilers call the degrees of 
sugar boiling. These are the Small Threads 
the Large Thread, and the Blow or Feather 
degree. Unless loaf sugar is used, the sirup 
must he clarified. The proportions are seven 
pounds of sugar to one quart of water, and to 
clarify it, whip the white of an egg with one 
gill of water ami add it to the sugar amt water 
before it becomes hot; stir with a wire whisk 
until the water boils up, then pour in a half 
gill of cold water, boil and skim. If yellow 
sugar has been used it will be further neces¬ 
sary to strain it. through a cloth. Now Itoil 
until when a little of it is applied to the ball 
of the thumb, and touched with the fore finger, 
it will pull out into a small thread , which 
gives the name to it. At the next stage the 
thread will draw out longer, and the thread 
which was before smooth ami slippery clings 
more. This is the Iurge thread. The next 
degree is at 335 degrees Fahrenheit, hut as we 
had no thermometer, a skimmer with holes 
in it was occasionally dipped into the sirup 
and when by a quick turning of the wrist, 
feathery films of sugar appeared, it bail 
reached the feather or blow degree. Later 
it becomes tough ami then is known as the 
hall degree. To test this take out a little, dip 
it in cold water, and try to roll it quickly 
between (he. thumb and linger; if it takes the 
shape of a ball readily it has attained the 
ball degree. 
There are two other degrees, the “ crack” 
and “caramel,” which will tie explained when 
necessary. 
Chocolate Cream Drops: I will give these 
first, ns many different bonbons are made 
from (his cream. Boil three and a half 
pounds of sugar, one-eighth of an ounce of 
cream-of-tartar, aud half a pint of water to the 
thread; remove to the back of the range, aud 
grain it, against the sides of the pan with a 
spoon, stirring regularly, and all one way, 
until it assumes a creamy consistency. Pour 
out on a marble slab or into a large, shallow 
earthen dish, and work with a small, wooden 
spatula iu the same maimer OS a painter mix¬ 
ing his colors, until it forms a thick, smooth 
paste. It is then ready to he flavored. A 
part intended for the chocolate creams was 
flavored with vanilla. The chocolate icing 
is made by dissolving a half teaspoonful of 
gum-arabic in a tablcspoouful of water; 'melt 
a quarter of a pound of grated chocolate iu a 
gill of hot water, and pour the two solutions 
together; stir m a dessert spoonful of icing 
sugar, and keep warm while you mix with a 
spoon until it is entirely free from lumps and 
about the consistency of cream. Now having 
molded some of the cream into small balls, 
lift them on the end of a fork, one by' one, and 
roll them alxiut in the icing until well coated, 
lay them ou au oiled plate to dry'. The dry¬ 
ing may he hastened by setting the plate un¬ 
der the stove, but the heat must be very 
gentle. 
Walnut creams were made of both the 
native black and the English walnut. For 
the former the kernels were imbedded iu the 
cream, by placing it between two small discs 
of cream, the larger kernels of the English 
walnut were pressed firmly on either side of a 
small disc of the cream. Borne of both of 
these were rolled in the chocolate icing, and 
made a very pretty and agreeable sweetmeat. 
Large French prunes had the stone taken 
out and the aperture, filled with the cream. 
Raspberry, currant and strawberry jellies of a 
very firm, tough texture, were cut Into small 
squares and rolled in the chocolate icing. 
Blabs of the same were imbedded between two 
thin slices of the cream, and triangles of pre¬ 
served pineapple wore drained from the sirup, 
dipped iu boiliug water, dried, and rolled iu 
the cream. 
Dessieated cocoanut was mixed with some 
of the cream and then rolled iu plain icing, as 
for cake. 
One and a half ounces of chopped filberts 
were added U) one ouuee of sugar and boiled 
over the tire until it acquired a brown tinge, 
then spread ou an oiled paper to cool. It was 
then chopped agaiu aud mixed with au equal 
quantity of the cream, rolled into small balls 
and dipped in the chocolate. 
Chocolate creams au Novr/at, Proceed as 
above with chopped almonds instead of fil¬ 
berts. 
Chocolate Caramels: Put one pound of sugar 
and one half pint of water in a rather large 
saucepan, and when its comes to a boil add 
one gill of rream very gradually, aud two 
ounces of butter; lastly, the chocolate dis¬ 
solved in just enough water to melt it. Boil 
until it reaches the “ crack,” that, is, until, 
when a little of the candy is dipped in cold 
water, it cracks short. Pour out into a shal¬ 
low buttered plate, and when partially cooled 
mark into squares with the hack of a knife. 
Many other delicious candies were made, of 
which space will not allow me to detail the 
mode this week, and it is safe to say that the 
free kindergartens will he benefited by the 
enterprise of these young ladies. 
_ _ PALMETTO. 
KITCHEN TALKS. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
“ We scatter seeds with careless hand. 
And dream we ne’er shall see them more; 
But for a thousand years, 
Their fruit appears, 
In weeds that mar the laud." 
“Yes, I know,” I said, “the weeds are all 
started in the seeds we sow. If, is twenty 
years since purslane came hero in a packet of 
seeds from a celebrated seedsman, and the 
weed grows. It is just, so with evil influences: 
they are scattered with careless hand, and no 
one feels accountable for the result. But the 
Harvest, is often sad, indeed. There are vari¬ 
ous methods of sowing, and we are apt to 
dream wo ne’er shall see them more.” 
I was pussing up from the post-office the 
other day, when I saw the village carpenter 
at work. He had bought a tavern and put 
his family into it—a delicate wife and uiue 
children. “I am glad to see you at your old 
trade,” I said. I think he remembered how 
he had once condemned the liquor traffic. * ‘I 
don’t intend to keep that business always,” lie 
answered, pointing to the tavern, “it is a had 
one for a family. You see so much that is 
disagreeable, and have to deal with all sorts 
of people. My children tiro growing up, and 
I must think of them; they are more care to 
me now than when they wore small. At that 
time they kept me nwuko at night, and wor¬ 
ried me, but I thought wheu they were big 
they would repay me. Now, they want to go 
their own way, and do uot like to be inter¬ 
fered with.” My neighbor is a French Cana¬ 
dian, and speaks F.nghsb plainly and slowly, 
with a pleasant intonation. I smiled to re¬ 
member how true his words were in most in¬ 
stances, and I thought of the seeds we scatter 
with a careless hand. He, by giving his boys 
and girls an insight into the liquor traffic, 
was preparing them for a life of trouble and 
sorrow. 
“Your boy has a way of his own,” he said, 
“and it is uot yours; then, your girl wants to 
be married, and you want her yourself. You 
love her better than that man does. Perhaps 
he will he bad to her, aud she will never like 
to tell you, so you are put apart. It is uot the 
same at all as when they all said their prayers 
at your knee, and you put thorn to bed.” Then 
cam3 to my mind Jean lugelow’s poem: 
“God’s guards In happier spheres 
That man will guard where he did bind 
Is hope for unknown years," 
and I passed on leaving the sad little carpen¬ 
ter to his lonely moralizing, while I thought 
we mothers may enjoy our children while 
they are still ours. 
BRAISED CHICKEN WITH POLENTA. 
This is a favorite dish with Italians, and is 
so nutritious aud excellent, that if we are 
only willing to shake off a little of our Ameri¬ 
can obstinacy in clinging to the cooking of 
our ancestors, we must certainly owu it to be 
an agreeable change. 
Clean and truss two chickens as for roast¬ 
ing, but do not stuff them, and they should be 
tender and young. Tie some thin slices of 
pork over thejireast, and put in a saucepan 
with a tablespoonful of butter, and as much 
hum cut in dice and let them fry a light 
brown all around; add broth or water enough 
to cover them, seasoning, and a bunch of 
parsley, stew slowly until tender; drain, dish 
and surround them w ith eight small molds of 
(loleuta; strain the sauce, thicken, pour some 
of it over them and send the rest to table iu a 
boat. 
For the polenta heat a quart of some kind 
of white broth to the boiling point, add butter 
th<» size of an egg, and then with the left hand, 
let fall into it slowly about U ounces of In¬ 
dian meal, stirring quickly until it is a thick 
gruel; take off the tire,add a large tablespoon- 
fill of butter, and l hire tablcspooufuisof grat¬ 
ed cheese, mixing well. Butter eight small 
cups and fill with this mush; let them set un¬ 
til so cool, that they will turn out and retain 
their shape. They should be small and the 
hot gravy will heat them enough. The rest is 
very nice cut in slices and fried for break¬ 
fast. B. s. 
LAUNDRY NOTEB. 
Put a tablespoonful of black pepper into 
the first water in which gray or buff linens 
are to lie washed, and it will prevent them 
from spotting. It will also keep the color iu 
black or dark calicoes and cambrics, or black 
or dark hosiery from running, and will “set” 
it so that it. will not afterward stain the skin. 
The soapsuds to which such pepper is added 
will be just as soft, as before. To set the color 
it. is well to use pepper in the proportion of a 
large tablespoon ful ton pail of water and let 
the articles lie ‘‘in soak” for a couple of hours. 
Cold water and eastile soap will remove ma¬ 
chine oil from washable goods. 
Stir a piece of sperm candle in your starch, 
and add also a teaspoonful of salt. 
KEROSENE IN THE KITCnEN. 
Kerosene is a first-rnte article for many 
purposes about a kitchen, but not for lighting 
fires, it will soften boots and shoes that have 
been hardened by water and will make them 
as pliable as new. Bo will castor oil, but it is 
easier to apply the kerosene aud is not such 
dirty work. 
It will make your tea-kettle as bright as 
new and will remove spots from furniture- 
For the latter it must he thoroughly rubbed 
in and afterward polished with a fresh cloth. 
Tf left sticking on the outside it will catch 
dust, and the last state of the article will be 
worse than the first. 
Mixed with blue ointment in equal propor¬ 
tions, it is an unfailing bug remedy. G. 
2Htoccllaitco%duevtioi n t|. 
Very Wonderful 
Are the effects produced by the use of 
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Bores, Scabs, 
Glandular Swellings, Boils, Carbuncles, 
and all kinds of Humors disappear, as if 
by magic, by the use of this 
Standard Blood-Purifier. 
F. C. James, of Albany, Groene Co., 
Tenn., writes: “Ayer’s Sarsaparilla 
saved the life of my only child. When 
three years old, her head was covered 
with Scrofulous Sores. She became 
almost helpless. Skillful physicians did 
all they could to relieve her, but failed. 
At last 1 purchased a, bottle of Ayer’s 
Sarsaparilla, gave it to her according 
to directions, and she immediately be¬ 
gan to improve. Encouraged by the 
result, I continued to give her this medi¬ 
cine until the cure was complete.” 
- Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, 
Prepared by Dr.J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Maes. 
Sold by all Druggists. Price $1; six bottles, $5. 
BROWN'S FRENCH DRESSING. 
The Original, Beware ol Imitations. 
AWARDED HIGHEST PRIZE AMD ONLY 
MEDAL, PARiS EXPOSITION. 1878. 
Highest Award New Orleans Exposition. 
MANHATTAN SAVINGS INSTITUTION, 
New York, June •££. 1887. 
7Jd SE.M1-ANNI At. Ill V I DSHD. 
THE TRUSTEES OF THIS INSTITUTION have de 
c.lareii Interest on all suras remaining on deposit dur¬ 
ing the three Or »lx "month* ending Jnne SO. Instant, 
at the rate of THREE AND A HALF PER CENT, per 
annum on *1,000 and under, and THREE PER CENT, 
per annum on the excess or $t,0UU, not exceeding 
fStyflO, payable on and alter the third MONDAY In 
July next. Interest not withdrawn will receive In¬ 
terest the same as a deposit. 
EDWARD SCHELL, President. 
C. F. A LVO111), SECRETARY. 
WANTED.— AUKNTS L> Bell a tirst class and rap¬ 
idly selling Invention. We can guarantee big profits 
to the right kind of men. 
IUL1. III’E’G CO , Budilin. N. Y. 
CC In SS a day. Samples worth *l.5n, FREE, 
v Lines not under the horse’s fist. Write 
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R A It E O P p O It T 1 N I T Y. 
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to $l,MW capital. Alexandria. Dakota, offers a bonus 
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the growing west. Bargain to he closed lu the next 
30 days. Address 
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Alexandria, Dakota. 
