THE RURAL NEW-YQRKER. 
HU IIV ! SO Imp’d, Gold Fringe and Chroino CARDS' 
UIT, ml 1 nv. trample Book, 2c. Card Co., Essex. Ot 
each one with ad’oyley under, and floating on 
the water was a double fuchsia—and my 
hostess was the first person I had heard, on 
this coast, who pronounced the name of this 
flower correctly— fooksin. 
An hour later in the parlor, tea was served 
in very dainty cups, on a tray, and the entire 
dinner service, with its variety of china was 
most beautiful and costly, too. But the chief 
beauty of it all was in its perfect ordering,the 
leisure!iuess of the courses, no crowding of 
dishes, uo confusion, a perfectly trained wait¬ 
ing maid to whom not a single word had to be 
addressed, and the hostess as apparently 
unconcerned as her guests. This much could 
often t»e compassed by housewives of far less 
wealth, if they would but make a determined 
effort to better train the table waiters and carry 
the effort into effect. Some Chinese cooks will 
prepare a dinner and serve it in the most 
faultless way; but they often have more 
method, in the performance of their tasks, 
than have domestics who are not “haythens.” 
KITCIIEN TALKS. 
ANNIE £>. JACK. 
“I should think potatoes are getting scarce 
from the market prices,” said the Family Pro¬ 
vider the other day, as he laid down the news¬ 
paper. 
“Really,” said the Student, “they are a very 
unsatisfactory crop to raise. The market is 
glutted if the potatoes arc plentiful and the 
crop well secured, and if the rot comes, as it 
did this season, they are a great trial to those 
who have worked hard to raise them.” 
The Amateur Cook stopped peeling and cut¬ 
ting the decayed pieces out, and said: “They 
seem to grow poorer in quality this season, as 
the Spring comes on. We used to be able to 
depend on the White Elephant for later use, 
but this year there is not one of the sorts bet¬ 
ter than auother. I wish some one would 
send out a new variety that would be sound 
and firm in June—till we can have new ones 
fit to cat. As it. is, we are glad to use rice, or 
hominy for a change from the poor, watery 
things, as soon as the days get warm.” 
“Doesn't it improve them, to put them in 
cold water several hours hefore cooking,” 
asked the Investigator, a new member of our 
household. 
“Yes,” said the Ck>ok. “provided you find 
time to peel them ‘hours before’. ” 
The Family Provider brought home a quan- 
tity of oranges this season, and our kiteheu 
economy endeavored to use them to the best 
advantage. As a dessert we found the orange 
Charlotte the best in onr varied experiments, 
and it is not difficult to prepare it, being very 
suitable for dinner on a bright spring day. 
Soak one-third of a box of gelatine for two 
hours in half a teacupful of cold water. Take 
the grated rind of two oranges, and all the 
juice of six, one teacupful of sugar, aud as 
much stale sponge-cake as will line a mold 
to hold nearly a quart when full. When the 
gelatine is soaked, add to it half a cupful of 
boiling water. It wants good stirring at this 
point. and should then be mixed with the 
juice and sugar. It. must be all thoroughly 
beaten, and then a quart or more of whipped 
cream can be gradually added, stirring brisk¬ 
ly the while. It will be thick enough to pour 
into the cake-lined mold, and can be set aw ay 
to cool. At this season, when one has plenty 
of milk, a great deal can be done in the way 
of fancy cookery, and cream is not hard to 
whip. It greatly improves a custard to give 
this delicate addition, and with the aid of a 
l>ox of gelatine one can make a dessert, un¬ 
der these circumstances, a series of surprises. 
A WEEK AT MRS. HOMESPUN’S. 
(WEDNESDAY.) 
After breakfast, Wednesday morning, 
while the helpful daughter washed up the 
dishes nnd finished the regular morning’s 
work, Mrs, H, brought out the clothes-basket 
rounded full of clothes, and proceeded to 
sprinkle and fold them ready to be Ironed. 
Starching and rolling up the fine ironing, she 
rolled them up in a cloth, and laid them on 
the top of the coarser clothes, covered the 
whole with the ironing blanket, ami niter 
putting her sleeping-room and adjoining closet 
in order, brought from the cellar two fowls 
that had been prepared and hung there the 
night l>efore, washed them well aud put them 
in an iron kettle to parboil, preparator) to 
baking them for dinner. It. was a custom of 
long standing with her to have baked fowl 
whenever the dry bread accumulated enough 
to bo troublesome. She used it for dressing, 
aud as the whole family were fond of it, it 
was easily marketed in this way. To prepare 
it, she chopped the bread fine in a wooden 
chopping bow l, Then moistened it with some 
of the liquor in which the fowls had been 
boiled: a piece of butter, a sprinkle of pepper 
salt aud a little sage were put in, also the gil>- 
lets, chopped fine. After the fowls had been 
taken from the kettle and had cooled a little, 
they were filled with this dressing, placed on 
the dripper, and some of the liquor put in the 
pan, and they were then ready for the oven; 
but an hour and a half was all the time re¬ 
quired to cook them. 
The business of ironing was next taken in 
hand. The hot flat-irons were rubbed over 
with beeswax and polished with a flannel 
cloth, which loft them smooth aud free from 
rust. The starched shirts and the fine pieces 
were ironed first, because Mrs. H. said she 
could do them so much better when she began 
to iron than she could later when her bands 
trembled with the heavy' labor of the large 
garments. 
A good three horn's" work followed before 
the last article was hung on the clothes 
hare. It would always have a soothing effect 
on any true housekeepers’ nerves to see Mrs. 
Homespun’s clothes bare after they were hung 
full of the freshly ironed clothes. They sug¬ 
gested ideas of order and purity in domestic 
affairs in a very marked manner. At dinner, 
baked potatoes accompanied the baked fowls; 
and blown bread, pickled beets auil tomatoes 
and an apple pie completed the bill-of-fare. 
After dinner, the sober matron sat down to 
her sewing, while the young lady amused her¬ 
self and her mother by' pasting leaves, vines 
and flowers cut from gay pieces of cretonne, 
in the inside of a glass ice pitcher. She 
touched the edges with mucilage, and when 
dry they r adhered. After arranging these in 
a manner to suit her ta-sto, she filial the 
pitcher with salt, aud set it carefully ou the 
shelf where it made a very pretty' ornament. 
At supper time, the children having come 
home hungry from school, relished exceeding¬ 
ly the remains of the cold fowl with the dress¬ 
ing, besides warm johnny-cake and pumpkin 
pie. 
In the evening the boys helped their father 
to shell the seed corn which had been hanging 
braided up overhead in the kitchen. It was 
put in paper bags and stored in a dry place. 
HINTS FOR HANDY HOUSEWIVES 
WITH NIMBLE FINGERS. 
To make a pretty splasher for a washstand, 
bind a piece of cream matting with braid or 
velvet, and paint with water colors, a cluster 
of large flowers, or embroider them in with 
coarse w'ool. Put a bow of satin ribbon in one 
corner. 
A half yard of white surah silk will make as 
pretty a baby cap as you cau buy for two or 
three dollars. Fit a muslin or flannel lining 
nicely'to the head, and cover with the surah 
shirred on iu half-inch puffs. Put a stitching 
of silk floss in herring bone on each row of the 
shirring, and a frilling of Valenciennes lace 
inside. A bow aud strings of white ribbon 
finish the dainty trifle. 
A handsome card-receiver can be made 
from a small tin pie-plate. Cover the top 
with a piece of crazy patchwork done with 
very small pieces, one piece in the center, of 
pink, white or blue satin representing a card. 
Cover the bottom of the plate with silesia, and 
border the edge wfith velvet, or conceal the 
joining with a silk cord. 
A pretty little footstool can be made from a 
small Ik)x. Cover the top with a piece of cot¬ 
ton-batting, and over this tack a piece of gar¬ 
net velveteen, with the motto ‘‘Rest thy weary 
feet” embroidered on it in silk floss; the sides 
and etuis should lie covered with garnet, meri¬ 
no. Any color will do, and it. could tie made 
from an old dress of one of the children. 
Chicago, HI. emma vernon. 
baker’s cookies.—doughnuts. 
It is very pleasant to take dinner or tea 
with our village sisters occasionally aud learn 
some of their ways of cooking, which an? neces¬ 
sarily different from ours. Mrs. C. gave me 
her recipe for making cookies, which were 
like those purchased at u city' bakery'. They 
were better when two or three days old than 
when freshly baked. Two cups of granulated 
sugar, two eggs, one cup of milk, three-fourths 
of a cup of butter, oue ounce of ammonia dis¬ 
solved in the milk; flour to make a soft dough, 
roll out aud, when about a quarter of au iueh 
thick, sprinkle a little sugar over the sheet 
of dough and roll lightly; cut in any desired 
shape and bake in a moderately quick oven. 
The auuuoniu comes in ounce cakes and costs 
from five to ten cents uu ounce, according to 
the avariciousness of the druggist. 
EVE RY DA V DOUGH NUTS. 
One egg, one cup of cream, one cup of but. 
termilk, oue-and one-half cup of sugar, a tea- 
spoonful of sodu and a half teaspoonful of 
salt; flour as for biscuit, roll to half an inch 
in thickness, cut into strips aud form into 
“twisters.” The “youngster” thinks a good 
fluffy, fat twister is more than twice as goqd 
as the little rings and balls, “ ’cause there are 
several mouthfuls iu oue.” Fry in hot lard. 
MAY MAPLE. 
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Last fall and winter I suffered from a 
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time, disorders of the Stomach and Liver 
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continuing the use of this medicine for 
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A. Forbusn, Haverhill, Mass. 
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LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. 
A total income of over sixteen million one hundred 
thousaud dollars, and payments to policy-holders of 
nearly eight million dollars. 
Interest Income, over three million dollars, being 
about 5f(jj per cent, on average net assets, and nearly 
four hundred thousand dollars Iu excess of losses by 
death. 
Market value of securities, over three million three 
hundred thousand dollars In excess of their cost. 
Liabilities, both actual and contingent, provided for, 
and a Divisible surplus by the Company's standard of 
over seven million dollars; Surplus by the State stand¬ 
ard, over thirteen million dollars. 
A »i increase of nearly two million dollars 
in income, over three millions in surplus, over 
seven millions in assets, and of over thirty 
millions of insurance in force. 
SUMMARY OF REPORT. 
BUSINESS OF 1885. 
Received In Premiums. $12,722,108.03 
Received in Interest, Rents, etc... 3,399,069.71 
Total Income...816,1*1,172.74 
ALLEGER ORGANS y? ucan » et a strictly first 
M , L ,7 , Class organ from *50 to *75, 
stool and book. Warranted 5 years. It will pay to send 
for circular before you buy. Address the manufacturer. 
II. \V. A LLEGGR, H aslii iiglou, New Jersey. 
Paid Death-claims. $2,999,1U9.64 
" Endowments. 741,764.47 
“ Annuities, Dividends, and for 
Policies purchased. 3,940.999.64 
Total Paid Policy-holders 87,6S1,S73.73 
New Policies issued. 18,566 
New Insurance Written. $69,521,452.00 
CONDITION, JAN. 1, 1886. 
Cash Assets. 866,864,3*1.32 
•Divisible Surplus, Co.'s Standard. $7,064,473.13 
+Toutlne “ “ “ 3,123,742.77 
Total Surplus, “ - “ 810,188,21-5.90 
Surplus by Mate Standard, 813,223,033.94 
Policies In Force. 86.413 
Insurance In Force. $259.674,5(J0.u0 
PROGRESS IN 1883. 
Excess of Interest over Deat h-li wses, $399,960.07 
Increase tn Income. 1,880,697.85 
Increase In Surplus, State-Standai d, 3.313.707.48 
Increase in .Assets. 7.5S0.5S7.75 
Increase In Insurance Written. 7.U86.902.00 
Increase In Insurance In Force. 30,291,911.00 
• Exclusive of the amount specially reserved as a con¬ 
tingent Liability to Tontine Dividend Fu id. 
+ Over and above a t per cent, reserve on existing 
policies of that class. 
THE SEVEN ADVANTAGES 
OF THE 
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY’S 
Nonforfeiting- Tontine Limited-Endowment 
Policy. 
FIRST ADVANTAGE.—Insurance for a definite 
amount, or for an amount Increasing with each 
premium paid, as desired. 
SECOND ADVANTAGE.—A Deflntte Cash Endow- 
ment, aud a Tontine Dividend, to Policies in force at 
the end of Endowment and Tontine periods, which 
periods correspond, and may be either Ten. Fifteen 
or Twenty Years. 
THIRD ADVANTAGE.—Insurance for the full amount 
of the Policy, extended for as long a time as the value 
✓ of the Policy will carry it. within the Endowment 
period, In case of discontinuance of payment of 
premiums after three years. 
Fol RTH ADV ANTAGE. A Grace of one month in the 
payment of premiums, during which time the policy- 
holder’s security Is unimpaired. 
FIFTH ADVANTAGE.—Three valuable options, Includ¬ 
ing cash value to policy holders who survive their 
Tontine and Endowment periods and keep their pol¬ 
icies In force, 
SIXTH ADVANTAGE.—Practical freedom of action 
with respect to occupation, residence and travel. 
SEVENTH ADVANTAGE.—The payment of death- 
claims immediately upon the approval of the required 
proofs of death. 
Do not Insure until you have seeu full particulars of 
this Policy. Do not fall to write the nearest Agent, or 
the Home Office, for such particulars—at once- The 
NEW-YORK LIFE Insurance Company, 346 tfc 348 
Broadway. New York City. 
WILLIAM H. BEERS President. 
HENRY TUCK, Vice-Preaileut, 
ARCHIBALD H. W ELCH, 2d Vice-Presid'nt. 
RUFUS W, WEEKS, Actuaiy. 
THEODORE M. RASTA. Cashier. 
D. O’DEI.I,, Superintended! of Agencies. 
A. HUNTINGTON. M. D.. Medical Director. 
Brewster’s Patent Rein Holder, 
Your lines are where you put them not under 
horses’ feet. One agent sold 12 do*, in live davs; 
' days. Samples 
horses’ feet. Oue agent sold 12 do*, in live davs; 
one dealer sold six do*. In 15 davs. Samples 
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OUR BERRY BASKETS AND CLIMAX 
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