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THE RURAL REW-YORRSR. 
hook being attached to each end of the table. 
The standard is secured to the wainscoting at 
C by means of a strap hinge, as shown, and to 
the table at D by a strong, round-headed 
screw. The hook and the staple in which it 
engages are shown more distinctly at E. 
These may be made either of wrought or cast 
iron. 
The drawing at the right shows the table 
when folded up. F is a staple driven into the 
wainscoting just below the moulding, into 
which the pin, G, which projects from the 
back edge of the table, enters as the table is 
folded up. e. s. G. 
FASHIONS, FADS AND FANCIES. 
Ruching seems to have regained its old- 
time popularity. 
Trimmings are put on the waist and sleeves 
in V shapes. 
Gilt and silver braid plays an important 
part in this season’s dress trimmings. 
For womens’ underclothing we find Lons¬ 
dale muslin first choice and the Anchor brand 
second. The first is nine cents the yard while 
the latter is half a cent more. 
The preference is still given to black for 
childrens’ stockings. Those for 40 cents are 
warranted not to crock. 
Henrietta cloth is the popular light-weight 
dress goods this spring. Prices range from 
75 cents to $1.25 per yard. 
We are assured that Jerseys are gaining in 
womens’ estimation. They are shown in all 
colors, braided and plain. Those of good 
quality, silk and worsted, are from $2.25 to 
$5.00. 
Dinner sets of white English porcelain, best 
quality, and numbering 127 pieces, can be 
had on Grand Street, New York, for $22. 
Those of French China for $25. Excellent 
sets of stone china, same number of pieces, 
can be bought for $15. 
In size and shape parasols are the same as 
those of last year with this difference—longer 
sticks and more elaborate handles. Those of 
plain black, black and white plaids, or black 
and white stripes, the stripes passing around 
are chosen by women of quiet tastes. 
The English walking hat with various modi¬ 
fications and the close toque seem to be the 
leading styles in ladies’ hats. Appearances 
indicate at the present that the widest lati¬ 
tude will be sufferable in both hats and bon¬ 
nets and one can wear almost any sort of head 
covering and still be in that state so dear to 
the feminine heart—in the fashion. 
Tan and gray are the popular colors in kid 
gloves. The dressed kid is to the fore and the 
four-buttoned is the usual street length. While 
the preference is given to heavy stitching of 
the same shade as the glove, almost as many 
are seen stitched in black or white. Of course, 
gloves run the green gamut, but these shades 
are principally stitched in white and some 
are finished at the top with points of white 
kid. 
Green in every shade, but especially the 
olives, seems destined to play the part of lead¬ 
ing color this spring. While we cannot hope 
to stem this green wave, we earnestly beg our 
friends to consider their years and to consult 
their mirrors as to the freshness of their com¬ 
plexion before going deep into this vernal 
craze. 
-; CHOICE CANDIES. 
A gift of candies in a pretty package, box, 
bag, or in some of the many quaint or beauti¬ 
ful receptacles sold for this purpose by con¬ 
fectioners, is very appropriate and acceptable 
on many occasions. Candies are largely used 
as a side dish on dinner tables or they may be 
passed with light refreshments at an informal 
gathering of friends for a social evening: 
doing duty in any or all of these ways they 
should be very nice. 
>To buy good’candies soon becomes an ex¬ 
travagance^ for a woman with a thousand 
other calls upon a purse with a constant ten¬ 
dency toward leanness. 
But the desire to give pleasure to children 
and friends through the medium of tempting 
candies can be gratified at a smaller cost than 
at the prices attached to the beautiful bags 
and baskets in confectioners’ windows. 
The speediest way to make up fancy candies 
is by the use of confectioners’ sugar. 
This sugar is specially prepared for making 
candies and can be bought of city grocers and 
probably could be ordered through almost any 
obliging local grocer if he kept none in stock. 
In using this sugar the white of one or many 
eggs is taken according to the quantity of 
candy desired and without beating the egg, an 
equal quantity of water is added: if the whites 
fill a cup'half full^then a half cupful of water 
must be added. 
Into the water and egg confectioners’ sugar 
is stirred'until the mixture is stiff enough to 
be’worked[in the fingers. This is the founda¬ 
tion for a variety of_candies; and can be made 
of granulated sugar as well in the following 
way: 
Put into a marbleized or porcelain-lined 
pan one pound of sugar and one-half pint of 
water. Boil for half an hour, then test it by 
dropping into very cold water, ice water if 
possible. When the sirup falls to the bottom, 
and can be made into a soft ball, not at all 
sticky, between the thumb and finger, it is at 
the right point for this purpose. When cool 
if right a thin film will coat the surface; this 
film should not be sugary, though some sug¬ 
ary spots may appear. When cool enough to 
bear the finger in it, beat it with a spoon, un¬ 
til it is stiff and resembles a thick paste. Roll 
the candy, made either in this way or from 
the confectioner’s sugar, into balls and set 
them on waxed papers to harden. To make 
chocolate drops of these, prepare chocolate by 
softening it in a bowl or tin pail set into boil¬ 
ing water removed from the stove. When the 
chocolate is soft, drop the balls one at a time 
into it, roll them over and lift them out by the 
aid of two forks. A fork for this purpose 
with two tines, between which the candy fits, 
can be bought for about five cents, but al* 
dealers do not have them, hence the substitu¬ 
tion of two common forks. 
To vary the candies where a pretty assort¬ 
ment is wanted, cochineal can be used to make 
some of them pink, or blanched almonds may 
be hidden in the centers of some. English wal¬ 
nuts may be carefully opened and halved and 
a ball of candy crushed between the halves of 
each walnut, while the candy is soft. Hick- 
orynuts might be used for a few, and chopped 
nuts of any sort mixed into others; grated 
cocoanut will give another flavor. 
When the candies are to be a gift, almost 
any style of package can be obtained from a 
confectioner, from a plain box through a 
long list of boxes imitating cucumbers, baked 
potatoes, eggs, frogs, chickens, books and 
fruits of all the larger kinds. But very pret¬ 
ty fancy bags are equally good, and these can 
be made out of any dainty material, given a 
draw-string of ribbon or fancy cord, and may 
cost little or much as the fancy and purse of 
the maker dictates. alice brown. 
A FARMER’S DAUGHTER’S DOMESTIC 
REVERIES. 
CHARITY SWEETHEART. 
I was at a party the other night and they 
had a ring cake. The gentleman who got the 
ring seemed satisfied; the young girl who got 
the silver bit said money was all she cared for, 
and she lives up to her words. There was a 
thimble for “industry,” that fell to the lot of 
a young city business man, and a straw signi¬ 
fying “a farmer,” that was very swiftly hid¬ 
den by the recipient whose aim in life is a city 
establishment. The “button” fell to my share 
and that meant to be an “old maid.” Of 
course, there was a good deal of teasing and 
fun about it, but even if it proved a true test, 
it has no terrors for me so long as I can earn 
my living in some pleasant path. It is true 
that I place home and love first,and feel keenly 
the thrusts that are made at me when thought¬ 
less people say, “Your father won’t live al¬ 
ways, and the boys will get married, and then 
you’ll be left alone.” But I do not worry as I 
once did about these things. So many ways 
are opened up to our sex that if I keep my 
mind active and my health good I have no 
fear but I shall be able to make a living, even 
though I do not reach the hight I once hoped 
for if I had been able to leave my duties and 
start fair. It was curious how all this went 
through my mind while I played with the 
“button” I had rescued from the cake, as I 
listened to the conversation of the gay party. 
They were talking of love, and Milly Rolland 
came to me in my quiet corner and said, 
“Why, Charity, how quiet you are! What is 
the matter?” 
“Must one be noisy to be happy?” I replied. 
“No,” she answered, “it all depends. I have 
been happiest when no word was spoken.” 
A voice was heard loud and yet musical, 
“I don’t care so long as a man has money.” 
“That’s not your idea, Charity, is it?” said 
Milly. 
“No,” I said, so low that no one could hear. 
“Jdon’t care so long as a man has love." 
“Define it,” she said, assuming the air of a 
school-mistress, but looking at me with appeal¬ 
ing, blue eyes, in which I saw more than she 
thought. 
“As far as I have noticed,” I said, “it is 
truth and trust, a calm, steadfast faith that 
will stand by you whether you have a dollar 
or not. The faculty for flirting would lower 
my idol to the dust; he must be true." 
“Oh, you set up too high an ideal,” she 
said, and I knew she was thinking of Burt. 
“Well, perhaps,” I laughed, “but don’t 
you imagine every time you are looked at 
with luminous eyes, in the fervor of a heated 
room while some male or female syren sings 
of sentimental passion, that there is any love 
in the case. Think if you could stand the 
wear and tear of every-day life first with the 
person who in all probability cares for no¬ 
thing but to win admiration. No! If love 
ever comes to me I hope it will be a prosy, 
every-day affair, with mutual trust for its 
foundation. I shall not try to sing his soul 
into an unhealthy fervor, and then wilt when 
trial comes, and I shall want him to look me 
in the face with a clear and steadfast gaze.” 
Milly was quite interested in my remarks. 
“One would think you knew something 
about it,” she said. 
“No, I don’t from experience,” I answered, 
“but I have been made a confidant of by so 
many girls that I do know a little about it, 
and it makes me sick to hear them talk of 
their conquests. I think it is what has made 
me always stiff and unfamiliar in society and 
so unattractive. I was surprised finding that 
Louisa Alcott had the same feeling toward 
pretty girls as I have, for she said that she 
bad fallen in love with many lovely girls, but 
not with one man.” 
“Your time will come some day,” said gen 
tie Milly, and then Burt came along, saying: 
“What conspiracy is this?” and her eyes 
brightened as he led her away. I am willing 
he should marry her, and father can’t do 
without him on the farm. But a new family 
will make changes in the old home, and I find 
myself once more asking the question, “What 
is to become of me?” 
• • ♦ 
ARTISTIC CURTAIN STUFFS. 
I know of nothing in the matter of furnish¬ 
ing, that appeals so strongly to a housekeeper’s 
heart as beautiful stuffs for curtains and 
hangings. A visit to one of our large 
emporiums the other day satisfied me that 
those of us who cannot afford superb tapes¬ 
tries with French Renaissance patterns, or 
brocades of the time of Louis Quatorze, can 
still drape our doors and windows artistically. 
I was greatly surprised to find that one of the 
newest, as it is also perhaps one of the cheap¬ 
est fabrics for heavy portieres, is simply the 
blue or brown denim used for working-men’s 
overalls. As it is always darker on one side 
than the other, one of the easiest means of 
ornamentation is to cut a pattern out of the 
cloth and applique it on, wrong side out. Em¬ 
broidery in outline stitch is also very effect¬ 
ive ; the pattern should be flowing and arabes¬ 
que-like, or one composed of trailing vines 
and flowers. A flax thread is used which does 
not lose its lustre in the laundry. It makes 
very elegant table-covers; being heavy it 
drapes well, and falls in rich folds. 
For windows in summer, cheese cloth re¬ 
tains its popularity; but where white is un¬ 
desirable, on account of dust, there is a kind 
of scrim printed in colors, a sort of cheap 
Madras cloth, at 10 and 12 cents a yard, which 
is very pretty and effective. It will wear, 
and look well for three or four seasons with¬ 
out washing, and is gauzy and airy, and not 
unlike -China silk in design and general ap¬ 
pearance. As it costs but 60 cents a window, 
it can be replaced when you tire of it. Use 
great care in selecting the pattern, as some of 
them are very ugly. A creamy ground with 
conventionalized fleur-de-lis sprinkled over, 
and a soft gray ground with trailing vines in 
browns and reds, and bunches of scarlet ber¬ 
ries, are among the prettiest I have seen. 
Not quite in the decorative line, but border¬ 
ing on the useful, are the comfortables of 
colored cheese cloth. If the idea is a new one 
to the Rural sisters, I am sure they will be 
pleased with it. It is cheaper than calico and 
much prettier. The quilting is very quickly 
done; one may make several in an afternoon 
at a very small bee, and they are light and 
warm. Pale pink and blue combine nicely 
for opposite sides, as do dark red and pale 
blue. m. b. 
Wells,Richardson & Co’s 
B Improved 
utter 
Color. 
^ fSTRENGTH 
EXCELS IN J PURITY 
(BRIGHTNESS 
Always gives a bright natural color, never 
turns rancid. Will not color the Buttermilk. 
Used by thousands of the best Creameries and 
Dairies. Do not allow your dealer to convince you 
that some other kind is just as good. Tell him the 
BEST is what you want, and you must have Wells, 
Richardson & Co’s Improved Butter Color. 
Three sizes, 25c. 50c. $1.00. For sale everywhere. 
WELLS, RICHAR DSON & CO. Burlington, Iff. 
(33 Colors.) DIAMOND DYES 
. are the Purest. Cheap* 
Tlr IS^^ 'ost,Strongest, and most 
j Durable Dyes evermade. 
1 One 1Oc. package will color 
1 to 4 pounds of Dress Goods, Garments, Yams, Rags, 
etc. Unequalled for Feathers, Uibbons , and all Fancy 
Dyeing. Also Diamond Paints, for Gilding, Bronz¬ 
ing, etc. Any color Dye or Paint, with full instructions 
and sample card mailed for 10 cents. At all Druggists 
WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO., BURLINGTON, VT . 1 
CHANNEL CAN CREAMERY. 
Makes the most Butter. Raises all the Cream, 
without ice. We furnish Chums. Butter- 
Workers and all kinds of Dairy and 
Creamery Goods. First order at whole¬ 
sale. Agents Wanted. Send for circulars. 
Witt. U. LINCOLN CO., 
Warren, Mass., and Ft. Atkinson, Wis. 
EPPS’S 
GRATEFUL-COMFORTING 
COCOA 
CLASS MILK JARS 
With “ Lightning” Stoppers, manufactured by 
WHITNEY CLASS WORKS 
227 S. Front Street, 35 Murray Street, 
Philadelphia. New York. 
“OSGOOD” 
U. S. Standard Scales. 
Sent on trial. Freight 
paid. Fully warran¬ 
ted. 3 TON $35. 
Other sizes propor¬ 
tionately low. Ulus- 
Agon ts well paid. trated book free. 
OSGOOD Js THOMPSON, Binghamton, N. 7 
If your dealer does not keeplthe “MACOMBER HAND, 
CORN and BEAN PLANTER,” send $2 and get one. 
Money refunded, if It does not suit. 
S. M. MACOMBER., Adams, Vt. 
HflT I'ivoathomoamlmakomoremoncyworkinjjforuathaa 
VlUMflPI at anything else in the world. Either sex. Costly outfit 
yi'.KK. Terms FKKB. Address, Turns & Co.. Augusta. Mains. 
Oft to A MONTH can be made 
LU JJPOVMJ working for us. Agents pre¬ 
ferred who can furnish their own horses and give their 
whole time to the business. Spare moments may be 
profitably employed also.A few vacancies in towns and 
cities. B. F. Johnson & Co., 1009 Main St., Richmond, Va. 
Stall (&Mt. 
Blood-purifier, Ayer’s Sarsaparilla leads 
an others in age, merit, and popularity. It 
tones up the system, improves the appetite, 
strengthens the nerves, and vitalizes the 
Blood. Just what you need. Try it. 
“ I am selling your goods freely, and more 
of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla than of all other blood- 
medicines put together.”—It. A. McWilliams, 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, 
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. 
Price $1; six bottles, $5. Worth $5 a bottle. 
WONDERFUL PUGET SOUND. 
Mild Climate. Productive Lands, Fine Fruit. Grand 
Timber, Beautiful Lakes and Rivers. For Informa¬ 
tion send $1 and receive the newspaper six months. 
WEEKLY RT5VRIILE. 
Whatcom, Washington Territory. 
FARR FOR SALE. 
One of the finest and most'hlghly Improved STOCK 
and DA.IRY FARMS in Minnesota. 600 Acres, fenced, 
drained, under thorough cultivation. Carries at pre¬ 
sent 200 head Cattle and Horses. New Dwelling 
House. Farm House, well-designed Bams and stables, 
etc.. In perfect repair. v 0 r full particulars apply to 
LEWIS II. STANTON, Morris. Minnesota. 
FOR SA1.E— Eight Hundred and Forty Acres of 
Land in one tract—forty miles from Petersburg, Vir¬ 
ginia. and 15 miles from R. Road. One half land clear¬ 
ed, balance heavily wooded. Soil adapted to growth 
of wheat, tobacco and corn Fine grazing land and 
most excellent ranges for stock. Well watered—two 
unfailing streams running through the farm and one 
skirting Its boundry. Improvements—large dwellings, 
10 rooms, outhouses, and offices, etc., etc. Fruit abun¬ 
dant, location exceedingly healthy, mill and churches 
convenient and society unexceptionable. Game plen¬ 
tiful—deer, turkey, quail, etc. Land to be sold to 
settle up an estate. May be bought for one-half its 
value. Address .TNO- II. LEWIS, Executor, care 
Dr. Jno. H. Clnirborne. Petersburg, 
All Wanting Farms. 
Good land for Fruit. Grapes. Peaches, Vegetables, 
Poultry. Grain and Tobacco: 30 miles South of Phila¬ 
delphia, on a line with Baltimore. Md. Best of Mar¬ 
kets, Mild Climate. Healthy, no Malaria. Wild Land, 
S25 per acre. Town Lots, *150. Easy terms. Also Im¬ 
proved Farms. Prosperous business place. Better 
than the cold Northwest. For circulars, etc., address 
C. K. LANDIS, Proprietor, Vineland, N. J. 
