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TELEGRAPH IN CHINA.
THE EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S
OFFICE,
Nos. 23 & 25 Nassau Street,
NEW YORK
Organized under special charter from the State
of New York.
CAPITAL
50.000 SHARES, SIOO EACH
directors.
HON. ANDREW G. CURTIN, Philadelphia.
PAULS. FORBES, of Russell A Co., China.
FRED. BUTTERFIELI), of F Bu tterfield & C
New York.
ISAAC LIVERMORE Treasurer Michigan Cen
tral Railroad, Boston.
ALEXANDER HOLLAND, Treasurer American
Express Company, New York.
Hon JAMES NOXON, Syracuse, N. Y.
0. H. PALMER, Treasurer Western Union Tele
graph Company. New York.
FLETCHER WESTRAY, of Westray, Gibbs A
Hardcastle, New York.
NICHOLAS MICKLES, New York.
OFFICERS.
A. G. CURTIN, President.
N. MICKLES, Vice President.
GEORGE ELLIS (Cashier National Bank Com
monwealth,) Treasurer.
IION. A K. McCLURE, Philadelphia, Solicitor.
The Chinese Government having (through the
non. Anson Burlingame) conceded to this Com
pany the privilege of connecting the great sea
ports of the Empire by submarine electric tele
graph cable, we propose commencing operations
in China, and laying down a line of nine hundred
miles at once, between the following port s, viz ;
Population.
Canton 1,000,000
Macoa 60,000
Hong-Kong 250,000
Swatow - 200,000
Amov 250,000
Foo-Chow 1,250.000
Wan-Chu 300.000
Ningpo 400,000
Hang Chean 1.200,000
Shanghai * 1,000,00#
Total 5010.000
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000,000, and an enormous domestic trade, besides
which we have the immense internal commerce of
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its canals and navigable rivers.
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trustworthy means of communication, which must
command there, as every where else, the commu
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social life especially in China. She has no postal
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information is by couriers on land, and by steam
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large country, in the main densely peopled ; but
few yet realize that she contains more than a third
of the human race. The latest returns made to
her central authorities for taxing purposes by the
local magistrate make her population Four hun
dred and Fourteen millions, and this is more
likely to be under than over the actual aggregate.
Nearly all of those, who are over ten years old,
not only can but do read and write. Her civili
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sive as that of Kurepe China is a land of teach
ers and traders ; and the latter are exceedingly
quick to avail themselves of every proffered facili
ty for procuring early information It is observed
in California that the Chinese make great, use of
the telegraph, though it there transmits messages
in English alone. To-day great numbers of fleet
steamers are owned by Chinese merchants, and
used by them exclusively for the transmission of
early intelligence. If the telegraph wo propose
connecting all their great seaports, were now in
existence, it is believed that its business would
pay the cost within the first two years of its suc
cessful operation, and would steadily increase
thereafter
No enterprise commends itself as in a greater
degree renumerative to capitalists, and to our
whole people. It is of vast national importance
commercially, politically and evangelically.
stock of this Company has been un
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Utoofland'S Column.
you ALL
11A V R 118 ARD OP
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
AND
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC.
Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia.
Their introduction into this country from Ger
many occurred in
1825.
THEY CURED YOUR
FATHERS AND MOTHERS,
And will cure you and your children. They are
entirely different from f -w the many preparations
now in the country cai l—l led Bitters or Tonics.
They are no tavern A -"-preparation, or any
thing like one; but good, honest, reliable medi
cines They are
The greatest known remedie* for
Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervous Debility,
JAUNDICE,
Diseases of the Kidneys,
ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN
and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver,
stomaeh, or
IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD
Constipation, Flatulence. Inward Piles, Fullnes
of Blood to the Head, Aridity of the Stomach,
Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Full
ness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eruc
tations, Sinking or Fluttering at the
Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the
Head; Hurried or Difficult Breathing,
Fluttering at the ss. Heart, Choking or
Suffocating Sensa I ft tions when in a Lying
Posture, Dimness of U-" Vision, Dots or Webs
before the sight, Dull Pain in the Head, Defi
ciency of Perspiration. Yellowness of the Skin
and Eyes, Pain in the Side, Back, Chest,
Limbs, etc., Sudden Flushes of Heat,
Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imagi
nings of Evil and Great Depression of Spirits.
All these indicate diseases of the Liver or Di
gestive Organs, combined with impure blood.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS
is entirely vegetable and contains no liquor. It
is a compound of Fluid Extracts. The Roots,
Herbs, and Barks from which these extracts are
made, are gathered in Germany. All the medi
cinal virtueus are ex . tracted from them by
a scientific Chemist. ■ ft Those extracts are
then forwarded to this country to be used ex
pressly far the manutacture of these Bitters.
There is no alcoholic substance of any kind used
in compounding the Bitters, hence it is the only
Bitters that can be used in cuses where alcoholic
stimulants are not advisable.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC
is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit
ters, with pi.re Santa Cruz Rum, Orange, etc. It
is used for the same diseases as the Bitters, in case
where some pure alcoholic stimulus is required.
You will boar in mind that these remedies are en
tirely different from any others advertised for the
cure o? the diseases named, these being scientific
preparations of medicinal extracts, while the oth
ers are mere deeoctions of rum in some form. The
TONIC is decidedly one of the most pleasant and
agreeable remedies ever offered to the public. Its
taste is exquisite. It is a pleasure to take it, while
its Ufa-giving, exhilarating, and medicinal quali
ties have caused it to be known as the greatest of
all tonics.
DEBILITY.
There is no medicine equal to Hoofland's Ger
man Bitters or Tonic in cases of Debility.
They impart a tone |T and vigor to the whole
system, strengthen JL the appetite, cause an
enjoyment of the food, enable the stomach to di
fest it, purify the blood, give a good, sound,
ealthy complexion, eradicate the yellow tinge
from the eye, impart a bloom to the cheeks, and
change the patient from a short-breathed, emaci
ated, weak, and nervous invalid, to a full-faced,
st-out, and vigorous person.
Weak and Delicate Children are
made strong by using the Bitters or Tonic. In
fact, they are Family Medicines. They can be
administered with perfect safety to a child three
months old, the most delicate female, or a man of
ninety.
These remedies are the best
Blood Purifiers
ever known and will cure all diseases resulting
from bad blood. Keep your blood pure; keep
your Liver in order, -y- keep your digestive
organs in a sound, I healthy condition, by
the use of these reroe -L k dies, and no diseases
will ever assail you. The best men in thecountry
recommend them. If years of honest reputation
go for anything, you must try these preparations.
FROM HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylva
nia.
PHILADELPHIA, March 16, 1867.
I find that "Hoofland's German Bitters" is not
an intoxicating beverage, but is a good tonic, use
ful in disorders of the digestive" organs, and of
great benefit in cases of debility and want of ner
vous action in the system
Yours Truly,
GEO. W. WOODWARD.
FROM HON JAMES TAOMPSON.
Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA. April 29, 1866.
I consider "Hoofland's German Bitters" a valua
ble medicine in case . of attaeks of Indiges
tion or Dyspepsia I \ can certify this from
my experience of it. il- Yours, with respect,
JAMES THOMPSON.
FROM REV. JOSEPH 11. KENNARD, D. D.,
Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
DR. JACKSON—DEAR SIR: —I have been fre
quently requested to connect my namo with rec
ommendations of different kinds of medicines, but
regarding the piaotioo as out of my appropriate
sphere, I have in all cases declined ; but with a
clear proof in various instances, and particularly
in my own family, of the usefulness ot Dr. Hoof
land's German Bitters, I depart for once from
my usual course, to express my full conviction
that for general debility of the sjjtein, and es
pecially for Liver Com plaint, it is a safe
MIKI valuable preparation. In some cases
it may fail ; bnt usual L N ]y, I doubt not, it
will be very beneficial to those who suffer from the
above causes. Yours, very respectfully,
J II KENNARD,
Eigth, below Cuates Street.
CAUTION.
Hoofland's German Remedies are counterfeited.
The Genuine have the signature of C. M JACK
SON on the frout of the outside wrapper of each
bottle, and the name of the article blown in each
bottle. All others are counterfeit.
Price of the Bitters, $1 per bottle;
Or, a half dozen for $5.
Price of the Tonic, $1 50 per Lottie;
Or, a half dozen for $7 50.
The tonic is put up in quart bottles.
Recollect that it is Dr. Hoofland's German
Remedies that are so universally used and so
highly recommended; and do not allow the
Druggist to induco I lyou to take anything
else that he may say J-'is just as good, be
cause he makes a larger profit on it Thvse Reme
dies will be sent by express to any locality upon
application to the
PRINCIPAL OFFICE,
At the German Medicine Store.
No. 631 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia.
CHAS. M. EVANS,
PROPRIETOR.
Fjrmerly C. M. JACKSON A Co.
These Remedies are for sale by Druggists, Store
keepers and Medicine Dealers everywhere.
Do not forget to examine the articltfoou buy
in order to get the genuine.
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BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1869.
Mlfi4'EtiCNATly.
A Segro Marries a Radical's Daughter
ami Seduces her Sister.
Mr. Daniel Hoy is a radical who
lives in Lorberry, about four miles a
bove Pinegrove, in this county. He
is a thorough believer in the doctrines,
teachings and principles of Radicalism,
and regularly votes the Radical ticket.
He was an advocate, too, of the fif
teenth amendment, and treats the ne
gro as "a man and brother." Mr. Hoy
has a daughter Eliza by name, who is
very fair to look upon. John Bowe is
one of the "coming men," as black as
the ace of spades, but what else there
is enticing about him we are unable to
say. Between John and Eliza some
time since there sprung up a warm in
timacy and affection, which resulted
about two weeks since in the twain
being united in the holy bonds of mat
rimony by a Radical clergyman of
Pinegrove. Now they are man and
wife.
But "the course of true love never
did runsmooth," and Mrs. Bowe's fath
er has raised a storm of indignation o
ver theresult of his own paternal teach
ing and belief. His daughter believed
that her sable lover was "a man and a
brother," and as good as she was her
self. What difference to her if his
skin was many shades darker and
blacker? Him she loved and to him
she plighted her vows. He way her
all in all, her present and future, the
sunlight of her existence. Were ever
the characters Othello aud Desdemona
better assumed ? What the sequel will
be, remains to be seen, as the father of
Mrs. Bowe is still on the war path af
ter the clergyman who disgraced his
manhood and calling by tying the nup
tial knot between two such lovers!
But this is not all. Mrs. Bowe has
a sister, as fair to look upon as she.
Between this sister and Mr. Bowe an
intimacy has also existed the fruits of
which will be reaped shortly. "She
loved not wisely, but too well," and
souu another Japhet will appear in
search of a father. She has heard of,
read of, and seen inaijy a black sheep
in a flock, and from her conduct she
seems to prefer the black ! To her sor
row anil shame she has found out what
a gay deceiver this black Lothario has
proven himself to be, We presume
Mr. Bowe is a happy "man and broth
er," being the husband of one sister,
and so soon to assume paternal rela
tions to a litle "kinky," and the moth
er of whom we have already described.
So much for Mr. Bowe, Mrs. Bowe
and her sister.- PoltsvUle Standard.
LKVSONS IN DECENCy.-THE NEW AI.-
LII.S.
"Knock down the d—d blue coated
white trash." "Lefts kill every d—d
Democrat." Such, fellow citizens, were
the cries under whose influence the glo
rious Republican party, the party of
"great moral ideas," the high-toned
gentlemen's party, the all the talents
party, went into action in Washington
City on the Tthjinst., armed with clubs,
pistols and razors—the latter the favor
ite weapon of the freed man—these cra
zy negroes, incited by such miserable
white men as John W. Forney and
other speakers at their Republican as
semblies, ran riot in their excitement
through the streets of our Capital.
The police, however, brought these
colored gentlemen to their bearings,
although "the colored troops fought
nobly." Are we to have these scenes
enacted here too for the sake of an in
creased Republican vote? Is our city
to be the scene of negro riot
and outrage? Is the cry which re
sounded through the streets of Wash
ington to be re-echoed wherever these
don i i -savages possesssufficien t n urn hers
to endue them with a riotous courage?
Surely the party which grovels so
low as to ally itself to such auxiliaries,
must be condemned as unworthy the
fellowship of any man possessing ordi
nary self respect. The dusky barber at
Willard's Hotel is Select Councilman,
and one of the Common Council is the
head waiter at the National Hotel.
In a few years our own council may
be mottled in like fashion ; who knows
how soon, for Sambo is strong on the
hill, and may command one or two
in council. Fough! how the whole
thing disgusts a man possessing decent
instincts, and how such wanton trifling
with the sacred forms on which free
government rests fills with serious ap
prehension every thoughtful citizen.
SUGGESTIONS* OF A IIKVII IMI HEART.
The Washington correspondent of
a Sunday paper, after stating that
Gen. Butler had called on the President
and the Secretary of War, to urge the
adoption of measures for the punish
ment of crimes committed in the
Southern States, remarks:
It is understood that Secretary Raw
lins appreciated the gravity of the
situation, and will shortly issue or
ders to officers of the ariuy command
ing in the Southern States, directing
that, whenever a political murder oc
curs, the troops shall arrest all the
principal male citizens within a radius
of two miles of the place where the
affair may have happened, and keep
them in confinement as hostages until
the perpetrator of the murder is dis
covered and punished.
This solution of the trouble hardly
comes up to General Butler's ideas of
what should be done. He held that
nothing less than a terrible example
will prevent the repetition ot such
murders, aud believes that whenever
a political murder is committed, the
country, for ten miles square from the
scene, should be devastated, and not a
human habitation nor crops should be
left to shelter and sustain those who,
while they may not be actively guilty,
passively encourage such crimes.
Ben. Butler may be devilish enough
to suggest such an outrage, and the
administration may be had enough to
execute it, but we doubt whether they
I have the courage to carry out such hel
ish views.
A TOUCHINU INCIDENT.
We have never read a more touch
ing, beautiful incident than the follow
ing which occurred a short time since
in one of the French courts. The nat
ural nobility of the brother and the af
fectionate faith of the sister, are exam
ples to he followed by the unfortunate
youth of our own or any country, and
an evidence, however dark the day, an
honest heart and a firm resolve will
overcome the greatest obstacles.
A French paper says that Lucille
Rouen, a pretty girl, with blue eyes
and fair hair poorly but neatly clad,
was brought before the Sixth Court of
Correction, under the charge of va
grancy.
"Does any one claim you ?" asked
the magistrate.
"Oh ! my good sir," said she, "I have
no longer any friends; my father and
mother are dead, and I have only my
brother James; but he is as young as
I am. O, sir, what can lie do for me?"
"The court must send you to the
house of correction."
"Here 1 am sister ; here I am, do not
fear," cried a childish voice front the
other end of the court, and at the same
instant a little boy, with a lively coun
tenance, started forth from amid the
crowd and stood before the judge.
"Who are you ?" said he.
"James Rouen, the brother of this
poor little girl."
"Your age?"
"Thirteen V"
"And what do you want?"
"I come to claim my Lucille."
"Buthaveyou themeansof providing
for her ?"
"Yesterday I had none; but I now
have. Don't be afraid."
"Oh! how good you are, James."
"Well, let us see, my boy," said the
magistrate; "the court is disposed to
do all that it can for your sister ; but
you must give us some explanation."
"About a fortnight ago, air," ex
claimed the boy, "my poor mother
died of a bad cough, for it was cold at
home. We were in great trouble.
Then I said to myself, 1 will become
an artisan, and when I know a good
trade, I will support my sister. 1
went apprentice to a brush-maker.
Every day 1 used to carry her half of
my dinner, and at night I took her se
cretly to my room, and she slept on
my bed while I slept on the floor. But
it appears that she had not enough to
eat. One day she begged on the Boul
evard and was taken up. When I
heard that, I said to myself, "Come,
my boy, things cannot last so; you
must find something better." I soon
found a good pi act where I am fed
and clothed and have twenty francs a
month. 1 have also found a good wo
man, who, for these twenty francs, will
take care of Lucille, and teach her
needlework. I claim my sister."
"My boy," said the judge, "your
conduct is very honorable. However,
your sister cannot be set at liberty till
to-morrow."
"Never mind, Lucille," said the boy,
"I will come and fetch you early to
morrow," then turning to the magis
trate he said, "I may kiss her, may I
not, sir ?"
He then threw himself into the arms
of his sister, anil both wept fond tears
of affection.
prairie life for invalid girls.
[By Graco Percival |
I write this sketch in the hope of a
rousing one of those pale, nervous,
young ladies who lie on their sofas the
most of the time, to take more exer
cise, and if possible, out in the fields,
among the birds and flowers. My
health had always been rather delicate,
until we moved out on the farm near
ly a year ago, and now 1 can hardly
believe that I am the same person, so
great is the change. One morning last
May papa came in, and finding me re
clining on the lounge, asked me if I
would not like to help to drop corn.
Never having been accustomed to
work much, I looked surprised, I have
no doubt, at the proposition ; but after
siderable coaxing, I at length rather
dubiously consented to try the expe
riment. So, after arraying myself in
a short calico dress, thick shoes and a
large straw hat, we set out for the field.
Our way led through a meadow of
the brightest green spangled with dew,
and embroidered with beautiful wild
flowers. The field was situated on a
knoll and commanded a wide view of
the surrounding pararie. I felt like
shouting aloud, everything looked so
lovely, that bright May morning. But
there was the corn to drop! and 1 was
soon busily engaged in this very ro
mantic occupation. I did not become
quite fascinated with it; though 1
fear my mind was more intent upon
some day-dream, suggested by that
lovely scene, than upon my work.—
But that evening, when 1 sat down at
the table, I felt that the day's work
had done me good, and I was refresh
ed in mind and body. I resolved to
take a walk every day, and be out in
the open air as much as possible. 1
have never had any reason to regret
keeping that resolve. W ill that inva
lid young lady for whose benefit I am
writing this listen to a word of advice?
If you can, make your home in the
country ; take an interest in out-door
woik and rural recreations, such as
walking, riding, bathing and many
others I might mention. A flower
garden is a very pleasant place for ex
ercise, while keeping it in order and
enjoying is products. Everything is
lovely in the country. There are mur
muring brooks shaded by hand
some trees, soft, velvety meadows, and
beautiful birds and flowers, all leading
your soul from the contemplation of
things terrestial, up to Nature's God,
and the glories of a clestial home.
Mr. Short says the only thing he can
pay these times is his addresses to the
ladies and these he never allows to get
overdue.
BTKANGE, SAD TALK.
A very singular hut sad story eomes
to us from Illinois. A few weeks
since Mrs. Dorcas L. Smith, the wife
of one of the wealthiest men in the
west division of Chicago, was found
lying in her cellar, on a bright Sunday
morning, with her throat cut front ear
to ear. A knife by her side totd how
it was done. The only cause for this
dreadful act was harsh treatment on
the part of the lady's husband, who,
with his acquired wealth, had not suc
ceeded in acquiring the habits of civil
ization. The sudden and aw ful death
of her mother made a deep impression
upon her daughter Jennie the only one
remaing at home; so much so that it is
thought her mind became affected.—
For several weeks past her health has
perceptibly declined, and quite recent
ly she became almost completely par
alyzed. Indications pointed to a sys
tem of poisoning, and alter much pur
suasion the poor girl confessed that
this was the case. Not caring to live
after the decease of her mother, the
unfortunate girl had ever since that
sad event been taking different prepar
ations of arsenic and other poisons, with
the object of ultimately killing herself,
and the continued use of the drugs had
finally induced paralysis. Her condi
tion is now a very precautious one, and
it is considered very doubtful whether
she can long survive. As she states
the only motive for the commision of
this system of slow suicide was a de
sire to join her mother, from whom she
had never been separated.
CREOLE GIRL.— The mind and heart
of a Creole girl, tenderly nurtured, are
like a virgin page of paper on which
no impressions has yet been made—
innocent of evil thoughts or deeds, and
unhackneyed by premature experien
ces. The will of the parents has ever
been the child's law, and that perni
cious make-believe love-making styled
"flirtations"—in which young Ameri
ca indulges freely on entering her
teens—the Creole girl would shrink
from as immodest and shameful. The
Creole girl is taken early into society,
hut always under her mother's wing
and strict supervision ; and her shrink
ing modesty and timidity of manner
surprise the American qr Englishman,
accustomed to the frank fearlessness of
his fair young compatriots. Until
marriage, mademoiselle is as shy as a
partridge, and never ventures long
from the protecting wing of her chap
eron, from whom iter partner takes her
for the dance, and to whom he prompt
ly returns her when the quadrille is
over ; for unmarried women do not of
ten waltz. Her conversation is carried
on with blushing cheeks and downcast
eyes, and no promenading the rooms
after the dance—when whispered noth
ings are exchanged, or soft glances
shot at you by the fair Parthian hang
ing on your arm—is permitted by Cre
ole etiquette. The young girl would
"compromise" herself who tried these.
As for riding or walking alone with
a man, married or unmarried, unless
a very old one, the Creole girl would
just as soon dream of letting him kiss
her, and, in fact, would consider the
one as improper as the other.
A NEGRO has killed a Democratic
Senator down South. The dispatch
don't say whether this Democrat has
had been imitating the example of the
carpet-baggers, and making too free
with the negroe's wife. It will be
hard work for the ra&ical papers to
make a Ku Klux outrage of this. The
killing was the wrong way. If the ne
gro had been killed, there would have
been a terrible pow-wow in the radical
camp. But as the murderer is a negro
—one of the highly favored race—
while the victim was only a white
man and a Democrat, there is no oc
casion to call out the military in this
case. "Let us have peace."
A PHYSICIAN examining a student
as to his progress, asked him:
"Should a man fall into a well forty
feet deep, and strike his head against
one of tiie tools with which he had
been digging, what would be your
course if called in as asurgeon?"
The student replied:
"I should advise them to let the
man lie, and fill up the well."
Profane swearing is abominable.
Vulgar language is disgusting. Loud
laughing is impolite. Inquisitive
ness is offensive. Tattling is mean.
Telling lies is contemtible. Slander
ing is devilish. Ignorance is disgrace
ful, and laziness is shameful. Avoid
all the above vices, and aim at useful
ness.
"Dare are," said a sable orator,
"two roads through this world. De
one am a broad and narrow road dat
leads to perdition, and de tudder am
a narrow and broad road that leads to
sure destruction." "If dat am de
case," said a sable hearer, "dis culled
individual takes to de woods."
Ned Buntline having lectured on
the evils of intemperance in Califor
nia, many months, is now said to be
illustrating by his personal example,
the aforesaid evils and has gone into
the faro banking business at White
Pine.
It is unlawful lor the soldiers sta
tioned at Sitka to purchase liquor.
They send the Russian children to the
stores to purchase liquor for them,
and from this practice the children
are said to have become habitual
drunkards.
"How is coal now" inquired a gen
tleman of a sou of the Emerald Isle,
who was dumping a load of that arti
cle. "Black as iver, sir, lojabers,"re
sponded — _ MM
THE time for the organization of
i Democratic campaign clubs is near at
hand. There should be thorough or
ganization in every election precinct.
VOL. 64.—WHOLE No. 5,496.
UOI.SE ASB FARM.
The best bread is made from firm,
full, ripe, hard-graiued wheat, not too
finely bolted, and freshly ground, in
bolting flour, the gluten contained in
the bran is removed. We might just
as well, in cooking meat, remove all
the fat and most of the lean, leaviug
bone and tendon. That bran bread is re
ly the most nutrious is seen in the fact
that it is prescribed for dyspeptics.
Even were the wheat when bolted, to
contain the gluten thrown away in the
branor even more nutritious substances,
in would be too concentrated, and it
would be advantageous to retain the
bran.
Fine Mead.— Beat to a strong froth
the whites of three eggs, and mix them
with six gallons of water; six quarts
of strained honey, and the yellow rind
of two dozen fine lemons, pared very
thin. Boil all together during three
quarters of an hour, skimming it well.
Then put into a tub; and when luke
warm add three tablespoonfuls of the
best fresh yeast. Cover it and leave
it to ferment. When it has done work
ing transfer it to a cask, with the lem
on peel in the bottom. Let it stand
six hours, then bottle it.
A Hint to Plowmen. —A. T. Thomas,
of Wisconsin, says, in the Western ilu
ral, that "if you wish to plow a lane ten
rodswide, instead ofstriking out a land
that will take one half that width, pace
off five rods of the other end and stop;
now back harrow as usual the required
width arm then turn a squarecorner at
the end, observing to have the end fur
rouend on a paralleled line with the
outside. By this means you will al
ways turn around on the stubble, thus
leaving the land untrodden, instead of
'dead furrows' you will have "ridges."
Ginger Beer. —Take of ginger,
bruised or sliced, one and a half ounces;
cream of tartar, one ounce ; loaf sagar,
one pound; one lemon, sliced; put
them into a pan and pour six quarts of
boiliug water upon them. When near
ly cold put in a little yeast, and stir it
for about a minute. Let it stand till
next day, then strain and bottle it.
It is fit to driuk in three days, but will
not keep good longer than a fortnight.
The corks should be tied down, and
the bottles placed upright in a cool
place.
Lamp Wicks. —How to make them.
Take a strip of Canton flannel three
times the width of a wick, double it, so
it will be three thicknesses, the smooth
side out, and sew the raw edge and the
doubled edge together over and over.
Bo not get it too large, and it will burn
as well as the best sale wick. Every
one generally has scraps of Canton flan
nel in the house, so that all a wick will
cost will be about five minutes' work."
At a farmer's club in Ohio, the dis
cussion of the question resulted in the
conclusion that August and February
are the most suitable months for cut
ting timber. In August thesummer's
growth is mature and firm. In Februa
ry the circulation has been for two or
three months suspended by the cold t f
winter.
An English farmer broke up thirty
acres of water nieadow which produced
nothing but coarse edge grasses and
rushes. After it was thoroughly drain
ed and laid to grass, he was able to cut
four crops of green fodder annually of
the best quality. The same tilings
could be done in thousands of cases in
this country.
Molasses Beer.— Six quarts of water,
two quarts of molasses, half a pint of
yeast, two spoonfuls of cream tartar.
Stir all together. Add the grated peel
of a lemon ; and the juice may be sub
stituted for the cream tartar. Bottle
after standing ten or twelve hours,
with a raisin in each.
Harvest Drink.—Mix with five gal
lons of good water, half a gallon of vin
egar, and two ounces of powdered gin
ger. This will make not only a very
pleasant beverage, but one highly in
vigorating and healthful.
A recent writer states that 250 bush
els of potatoes remove 00 pounds of
potash from the soil on which they are
grown, consequently, wood ashes is
one of the most valuable manures for
this crop.
Don't keep a calf tied or shut up in
some dark corner, with hardly room
enough to lie down. He needs the
sunshine as much as heus, or the plants
in the garden.
Hops, mixed with the ordinary food,
and given to cows, it is asserted by a
French agricultural journal, will great
ly increase the yield of the milk.
Manure is greatly injured by lying
in the rain. It needs shelter as much
as cattle.
"Where shall I put this paper so as
to be sure of seeing it to-morrow ?" in
quired Mary of her brother Charles.
"On the looking-glass,'- was her broth
er's reply.
Josh Billings says: "I never bet any
stamps on the man who iz always tell
ing what be would have done if he had
bin there. I have not ced that kind
never git there."
The man who tried to sweeten his
tea with one of his wife's smiles has
"fallen back" on sugar. Nothing
like first principles after all.
A dancer once said to Socrates, "You
can not stand on one leg so long as 1
can." "True," replied the philoso
pher, ''but a goose can."
Which is the cheaper—a bride or a
bridegroom? The bride—she is al
ways given away, the bridegroom of
ten regularly sold. *
The South LaroliuaLegislature prom
ises to give lands on easy terms to set
tlers, in order to attraet_immign*tkm.
Nearly every policeman ot Philadel
phia under the eld regime has been re
moved by the new democratic chief.