FAKM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Rerlpes.
Starch Cakr. Two crips of an gar,
one ttnd a half of starch, two of flour,
one of sweet milk, one of butter, three
teanpoons of baking-powder, one tea
spoon of lemon, whites of eight eggs,
and five for icing.
Mock Mince. One cup of bread
crumbs, one cup of water, one cup of
molasses, one cup of sugar, one cup of
vinegar, bntter size of walnut and two
eggs ; let it come to a boil ; raisins and
spioe to suit the taste.
Beep Pickle. To prepare pickle for
beef, take one and a half pounds of
brown sugar, two ounces of saleratns,
and nine pounds of salt, and boil in four
gallons of water. Skim and cool, and
pour enough of it over the meal to cover
it. The pickle should be boiled over
once a month, and should have a pound
of salt and two ounces of sugar added to
it at these times.
Potato Sotip. Take six large, mealy
potatoes, sliced and soaked an hour.
Add one onion sliced and tie in a rag, a
quart of milk, and a quarter of a pound
of salt pork cut in slices. Boil them
three-quarters of an hour and then add
a tablespoonful of melted butter and a
well-beaten egg ; mix in a cnp of milk.
The pork can be omitted, and use salt
and pepper to flavor.
Soups and Broths. Cool broth
quiokly, and it keeps longer. Use a
flat-bottom kettle, as less likely to
scratch. Soft water is best for soups :
a little soda improves hard water. All
kinds of bones should be smashed and
boiled five or six hours, to take out all
the nutriment, the liquor then strained,
and kept in earthenware or stone, not in
tin. Take off the fat when cool.
Arrowboot Custard. Arrowroot is
a little out of fashion, but it is very nice
nevertheless, as any invalid can testify
who has a friend not particular about
style in preparing dainties for the sick.
Two tablespoonfuls of arrowroot, one
quart of sweetened milk, a pinch of salt,
and a little flavoring, make a delicious
custard. Boil the milk, stir in the
arrowroot, boil again, and cool in cups.
Lemon BdtteH. Melt one pound of
sugar and half a pound of butter to
gether, and when this begins to boil stir
into it five beaten eggs and the juice of
five lemons ; add the eggs very slowly,
removing the mixture from the fire for
that purpose and beating it constantly
with an egg-whisk or a fork ; return
again to the fire and let it boil up again
for a minute, stirring all the time.
Baked Apple Dumplings. These we
think very nice, and superior to those
boiled or steamed. Boll thin any nice
puff paste and cut into square pieces.
Pare and remove the cores from nice
stewing apples, and roll an apple in each
piece of paste ; put them into a baking
dish, brush them with the white of an
egg beaten stiff, and sift sugar over
them. Bake about three-quarters of an
hour, and serve with milk and sugar,
flavored with vanilla.
Hard Water. When hard water is
used for cooking or washing it is.best to
boil it for a few minutes before using it,
as then the fur or sediment is thrown
down on the sides of the boiler, and not
on the food or clothes. Hard water isn't
good for making tea, as the strength of
the tea leaves is very slowly extracted.
The bad effects of hard water in cook
ing may be partly remedied by using
a small quantity of carbonate of soda,
or even common washing soda, which
softens the water, though if much be
added it gives a soapy unpleasant taste.
Chicken Salad. Boil tender two nice
chickens, mince well the meat, removing
every scrap of fat, gristle and skin;
take the best part of a small cabbage,
discarding all the pith and green leaves,
chopped fine there should be less than
a quart when chopped chop half as
much celery as cabbage and mix well
with the chickens ; then boil four eggs
very hard, work the yelks to a paste
with a wooden spoon ; half a gill of good
sweet olive oil or one gill of melted but
ter ; mix gradually with the egg until
all is united ; add one tablespoon of
finely ground best black pepper, two
tablespoons of mixed mustard stirred
thoroughly into the paste, and add one
teacup of vinegar and one tablespoon of
salt ; mix all together half an hour be
fore using. If you like, add half a cup
of grated horseradish.
Washing House Plant.
A plant breathes like an animal, and
not through one mouth but through
thousands. As is well known, the plant
draws up its food from the soil through
the roots in a liquid form. This food,
very much diluted, must be concentrated
and thus assimilated to the plant We
have, in the leaves of the plant, a most
beautiful arrangement to answer this
need. They are filled with breathing
pores, which allow exhalation when
moisture is freely supplied, and check it
when the supply falls off. These little
mouths are found on both sides of the
leaf in most plants, but usually on the
lower side in by far the greater number.
They vary in different plants from seve
ral hundred to more than 150,000 to a
square inch of leaf.
Now we are careful in our own persons
to bathe frequently, lest, as we say, the
pores of the skin become obstructed;
yet we are willing to allow our plants to
go nnwashed for a whole winter, when
me pores are mncn smaller, more numer
ous and delicate than those of the bodv,
The rule is obvious: wash the leaves of
the plants, both nnder and upper sides.
at least once a week. Use water mode
rately warm, and if the plants become
very dirty, a little weak soap-suds is
beneficial. This washing should be
carefully done with a soft sponge or
oloth in the case of plants with thick,
polished leaves, such as camellias,
oranges and daphnes. Where plants
have hairy leaves, or the substance is
soft, water is best applied with a small
syringe, fitted with a very fine nose. To
use this place the plant on its side in
the kitchen sink; syringe it well, turn
ing it from side to side. Let it stand a
few minutes for the water to drain off
before returning it to its place.
Never wet the flowers of a plant; water
always injuries them. Allow no drops
of water to stand on leaves in the sun
shine; the rays of the sun form a focus
in the drop of water and scorch the leaf.
Once a month at least wash the stem and
branches of all the hard-wood plants
with a soft sponge dipped in lukewarm
water; this prevents the lodgment of
insects and contributes to the health of
the plant American Cultivator.
Missouri recently lost $506,000 by the
failure of a weak bank in which, for the
sake of high interest, the State treas
urer had deposited it Hereafter the
State money is to be kept in a St. Louis
bank which gives security by a deposit
of United States bonds, and pays only
two and a half per cent interest, and
the interest is to go to the State, instead
of into the treasurer's pocket.
There's an ocean of difference between
currency and sea currents,
HEROIC TOIL AND DARING.
Diving for I,ost Hold Amid II age fcurf Rol
ler and Through Fifteen Feet et Hand
Nearly 1,300,000 Wen Iron a Wrerk.
The Pacific steamship Golden Gate,
when off the west eoast of Mexioo on
July 27, 18G2, took fire, and her com
mander, Capt Hudson, ran her ashore
on the beach about eighteen miles north
of Mansanillo, The vessel was burned
to the water's edge, 228 human beings
lost their lives in her destruction, either
by the flames or the waves, and the rich
treasure she had on board, of $1,600,000
in gold and bullion, sank to the bottom.
The treasure was inclosed in ninety-six
boxes, the contents of whioh varied in
value from 84,000 to $37,000 eaoh.
Several expeditions were sent down from
San Franoisoo to reoover the treasure,
but all came back empty handed. The
surf along the coast where the vessel was
wreoked is terrible in its might, and its
roar can be heard for miles. At last an
expedition went down which took along
two divers, Johnson and Sidney Cook.
Mr. Cook succeeded in overcoming her
culean difficulties and reoovering a large
amount of treasure.
The first dive was made by Johnson,
who went down outside the surf and
worked his way in as well as he could on
the bottom, to the wreck. But he only
took down with him the ordinary weights
that divers use, and the waves made a
plaything of him. The big rollers going
in would heave him along at race horee
speed, and the under-tow would seize
his bulk and roll him back to the sur
face, a badly scared and discouraged
man.
Cook made the nexi dive, for which
he had prepared himself according to his
views of the requirements of the occa
sion. Two hundred pounds of lead were
disposed firmly on and about him. That
weight kept him down, and as he crawl
ed on his abdomen over the sand he es
caped the force of the billows and had
only the under-tow to contend with.
Belating the story himself, he says:
" Shortly after reaching the locality of
the broken end of the keel which was
confined in the sand nnder the engine
bed-plate, I was violently forced along
the bottom by the under-tow. After
being dashed in-shore by a huge break
er, I came in contact with two square
ends of wood sticking out of the sand
about six inches, but before I could
make an examination of them I was
dashed away. When I again found
them I clasped both arms around them,
while the surf and under-tow would
swing me around in a circle. I did not
know what I had hold of, whether the
ends of timbers or boxes of gold, until
the nnder-tow running nnder my arms
cut the sand away around the boxes so
that they tilted over. I then realized
what I held clasped in my arms. I
shouted and cb eared to myself, as I
knew all would do when the boxes
would reach the lighter. Now, I did
not know what to do with them. I
could not handle them both, and was
afraid to leave one lest the Mexican
divers might find it, or it might become
buried before I could return for it. I
finally took one in my arms and gave a
quick, strong pull on my life-line, which
is a signal of distress, and is never
given except when the diver wants to be
drawn up in haste. I lav about 300
feet from the lighter. The bottom was
winrowed in small ridges of sand run
ning parallel with the shore. Over
those drifts I was dragged as fast as
four men could haul me with an inch
rope about my wait. On being haul
ed up under the end of the lighter my
back came out of the water first, my
feet being loaded with leaded boots,
and the box of gold in my arms. I
could faintly hear excited words that I
was dead. In the excitement the men
ceased pumping air to me. The skiff
came round to where I was suspended,
and I could distinctly hear the men say
I was dead. One of them reached
under my head to unscrew my face
glass and discovered the box in my arms.
Then all was changed from sadness to
extreme joy, and three cheers went up
for the diver. After being relieved of
my burden I waved my hand to be low
ered to the bottom again, and soon
found the other box. I gave the same
f-ignal on the life-line, but received
kind treatment compared with my first
trip to the lighter. I never want an
other such ride as I had over those
sand-ridges, with a box of gold weigh
ing 175 pounds in my arms, lying on
my side, and dragged at the end of a
rope. I thought every bone in my
body would be broken.
One or two more boxes were found
the next day, making up a total value
of some $100,000, which had been kept
up near the surface of the sand by some
broken planks, but all the rest were
deeply sunk in the sand, and it seemed
for a time impossible to reach them.
After some days spent in inaction and
consideration, the bright idea occurred
to Mr. Cook of employing hydraulic
power to bore through the hard sand
bottom, down to the gold, holes suf
ficiently large for him to descend and
explore. The carpenters constructed a
rude wooden force-pump. A hose was
made of canvas, and a rolled-no piece
of sheathing-metal answered for a noz
zle. With that crude apparatus he
made his first attempts at submarine
hydraulic washing, and found that it
would fully realize all he hoped for
from it.
Sitting on the sand, he would point
the nozzle downward between his legs,
and in a few minutes a hole about as
big as a barrel would be bored, into
which he would gradually sink. As
long as the stream of water from the
pump was kept np it would keep the
hole open around him, and the rising
current from it would maintain a strong
current, laden full with sand, boiling
and bubbling up around him. But if
the stream slackened for an instant, the
heavy sand would immediately pack in
abont bim, confining aim as tiently as
if he had been in a mold. In such an
event he would, of course, have been
beyond all possibility of human help,
and every moment thus employed by
him was fraught with deadliest peril.
He had to ko down in that wav. through
holes twelve and fifteen feet deep, to
reach the desired point. To do so would
sometimes ocoupy an hour. Often, when
partially down, a huge roller would
seize the hose, fastened to his waist and
his life-line, and would seem to strive.
with a giant's force, to tear him out of
the hole. On one occasion, he relates
" I descended to a plate of boiler
iron, and in turning the stream of water
in front of me to work my way off of the
boiler-plate I became fastened by the
sand closing around me from behind
which it did almost instantly. Mr arms
were buried as far as the wrists, my
hands being tne only part oi me not
buried, as solid as if molten metal had
been run around me. The nozzle had
jumped out of my hands, and was swing
ing at the end of the rope whioh was
tied to me. The under-tow carried it
back over my head, the stream of water
j asBing over my head and pointing in
shore. I was in an easy position, but.
being packed so solidly, could not make
an effort to clear myself, or make a
signal, or reoeive one, expecting every
moment that the esoape of air would
be stopped, thus bursting the nir-hose,
which would be the end of all. I re
mained in that position over two hours
it seemed ages when a huge roller
came crashing in, straightening tne
water hose, kedge anchor, and all in
shore beyond mo, and pointing the
stream of water directly against me, thus
washing me out"
With his crude hydraulic machinery
he was enabled to reoover $075,000 moro
in gold, making a total of $775,000.
Then, one night a furious gale swept the
lighters in ruins on the beach and sank the
engine, a disaster which compelled him
return to San Francisco to refit, and as
the season was then advanced, nothing
could be done until the next winter
(1861), when Mr. Cook aooompanied an
other expedition and recovered $523,000
more, making in all $1,298,000 obtained
from the wreck.
Experiments Vfltu Rattlesnake Poison.
An Indianapolis (Ind.) paper says :
series of experiments was recently
made in this city by Dr. L R. Haynes
with the view of studying the effects of
snake poison upon the blood and tissues
of the animal system. The experiments
were witnessed by Professor a. U. .ri
per, of Chicago, who caused a descrip
tion of the same to be published in the
Timet of that city. One object or tne
experiments, as stated by the Timet,
was to note the effects of tne poison
with reference to its use as a remedial
agent in certain cases of disease. The
chief factor in the experiments was a fine
rattlesnake about eleven years old and
thres and a half or four feet long, wnicn
Dr. Havnes has cod fined in a wire cage.
Some thirty animals were used in the
experiments, such as rats, hens, pigeons
and rabbits. They lived varying perU
odB after being bitten, death not follow
ing in any regular sequence of time, as
is generally believed. One rot died in
eight minutes, one in twelve, and the
next rat lived twenty-seven uours, tne
next one surviving twenty hours. A
Eigeon died in seventy-five minutes. A
en, whioh was struck three times,
lived for three days in a stupid condi
tion, and finally recovered.
The Bymptoms were labored breath
ing, paralysis of the hind extremities in
the quadrupeds, and absence of blood in
the extremities. After death the heorts
were found gorged with blood in a fluid
state. This non-coagulation of blood
Professor Piper was inclined to attribute
to fright or excitement just before death.
It was noticed during the experiments
that the snake appeared capable of strik
ing from several different positions, ac
cording as it suited his convenience, but
when about to strike there were always
two lateral curves of the body, one back
ward and one forward. The rattlesnake
springs only two-thirds of his own length,
and always strikes at the neck, or as high
up as he can get. In the experiments
in this city every animal put into the
snake's cage was struck in the neck, ex
cept one that received the fatal blow
immediately over the eye. The snake s
fang makes a very small wound, and but
little blood escapes. Inflammation sets
iu at once. The auimal struck seems to
suffer very little pain, but to be rather
iu a stupefied condition. Human beings
are said to suffer acute pain from the
wound. In the course of the investiga
tion here Professor Piper tried to get an
idea of the method in whioh the snake
struck, but it was impossible. The
snake s motion was so rapid that no eye
could follow it. Lightning was not more
sudden in its movements.
S. me additional facts concerning the ex
periments in this city are described in the
Timet as follows: " Dr. Haynes cut off
the points of the teeth of a large rat that
he bad put into the cage, lest the snake
should be rendered incapable of perform
ing any experiments. The rat tried to
keep away from the snake, but the latter
felt that his premises were invaded, and
struck at the rat. The latter, partially
disarmed as he was, at once turned
round and made a sturdy fight for a few
seconds. He bit the snake, and the
snake struck him three or four times.
At last he felt the effects of the poison,
and walked off as far from the snake as he
could get. He lived for twenty-seven
hours after this. A dove put into tha
cage exhibited no fear of the snake, and
showed no signs of suffering after being
struck. Nor, in fact, did the wound
seem to have any effect on the bird for a
time. About an hour after tne wound
was made the bird's breathing was short
and hard. This was the first symptoms
of poisoning, and in fifteen minutes more
the bird was dead, in tne case ot an
these animalB no blood flowed after
death, and yet the blood at the heart
was not coagulated. The authorities
differ as to the liability of the blood to
coagulate after a snake bite, but in all
these cases the blood was unooaguiated."
Saved by a Play-bill.
The old saying that everything finds
its use sooner or later is simply borne
out by an episode in Russia's eastern
urugreBB wuicu una may Bim near re
lated at times with infinite glee, by some
veteran of the Russian army. While
Bokhara was still an independent prin
cipality under the terrible Nashrnllah
Kaiin, a small party of Kussian engineer
officers from the settlement of the Syr-
Daria ventured into the hostile territory,
in the hope of surveying a portion of it
before they could be interrupted. This
hope, however, was speedily disap
pointed by the appearance of an over
whelming force of Bokharlote horsemen,
who advanced with the evident inten
tion of attacking them.
The Kussian leader, seeing his case
desperate, boldly assumed the oharacter
of a special envoy from the czar to the
ameer, and in this character made a
triumphal entry into the capital, escorted
by the very men who had been about to
take his life. Admitted to an audience,
he coolly presented his own gold watch
and silver-handled knife to the savage
despot, as the czar s gift to his "royal
brother," and everything was proceed
ing with the utmost smoothness, when
the ameer upset everything by suddenly
observing that surely the great czar of
the Ooroos (Russians) must have sent
a letter of some kind along with his
gifts.
At this malapropos remark the self
styled embassador turned pale as death,
and already felt his head sit loosely
upon his shoulders. A young subaltern
beside him, however, with miraculous
presence of mind, drew from his pocket
book an old play-bill of the Alexander
theater at St. Petersburg, and coolly
read from it an imaginary letter of con
gratulation, winding np by handing it
with a low bow to the ameer. The lat
ter, who had already seen the czar's
name appended to more than one official
document, was quite convinced by the
sight of the huge " Alexander " along
the top of the paper in company with
the Russian .double eagle ; and the
precious play -bill was reverently de
posited among the royal archives of
Bohkara, where jt probably reraaius to
this day.
The Eagle M a National Emblem.
This time-honored monarch of the
feathered tribes, which in the myth
ology of Greece and Borne was deemed
worthy to rank as the chosen associate
of Jupiter, was ever regarded as an em
blem of dignity and might Of all the
feathered tribe the eagle soars the high
est; and of all others also, it has the
strongest and most piercing sight. When
we recollect that an eagle will ascend
more than a mile in perpendicular
height, and from that great elevation
will perceive its unsuspecting prey, and
pounce on it with unerring certainty;
and when we see some birds scrutinizing,
with almost microscopic nicety, an ob
ject close at hand, we shall at once per
ceive that he possesses the power of
accommodating his .eight to distance in
a manner to whioh our eye is unfitted,
and of whioh it is tot illy incapable. If
we take a printed page we shall find
that there is some particular distance,
probably ten inches, at which we can
read the words and see each letter with
perfeot distinctness; but if we move a
page to a distancejof forty inches we
shall find it impossible to read it at all;
a scientific man would, therefore, call
ten inches the focus or focal distance of
onr eyes. We cannot alter this focus
except by the aid of spectacles. But an
eagle has the power of altering the focus
of the eye just as he pleases; he has
only to look at an object at the distance
of two feet or two miles in order to see
it with perfect distinctness. The ball
of the eye is surrounded by fifteen little
plates, sclerotio bones. They form a
complete ring, and their edges slightly
overlap each other. When he looks at
a distant object, this little circle of bone
expands, and the ball of the eye being
relieved from the pressure becomes
flatter; and when he looks at a very
near object the little bones pi ess to
gether, and the ball of the eye is
squeezed into a rounder or more convex
form. The effect is very familiar to
everybody. A person with very round
eyes is near sighted, and only sees
clearly an object that is close to him; and
a person with flat eyes, as in old age, can
see nothing clearly except at a distance.
The eagie, by the mere will, can make
his eyes round or flat, and see with equal
clearness at any distance. The species
of the eagle are many. The largest is
the imperial eagle of South America.
in 1(541 an eagle was trapped in lias-
shire, Sootlaud, which measured from
tip to ti; of the wing eight feet two
mcnes, aid the span of his claws was
seven and a quarter inches.
lue origin of the device of tne eagle
on natiouil and royal banners may be
traced to very early times. It was the
ensign of the ancient kings of Persia
and isanyioD. The Romans adopted
many otliBr figures on their camp stand
ards ; but C. Manus, B. C. 102, made
the eagle alone the ensign of the legions,
and confined the other figures to co
horts. Tie Roman eagles were gqjd or
silver figures in relievo, about tne size
of a pigeon, and were borne on the
tops of sptars. with their wings display
ed, and frequently with a thunderbolt in
their talons. When the army marchel
the eagle vas always visible to the le
gions, and when it encamped the eagle
was placed before the praetoriam or
tent of the general. The eagle on the
summit of an ivory staff was also the
symbol of the consular dignity. From
the Romans, the French under the em
pire adopted the eagle. The emperors
of the Western Roman empire used a
black eagle, those of the East a golden
one. Since the time of the Romans
almost every State that has assumed the
designation of an empire has taken the
eagle for its military symbol. Austria,
Prussia, Russia, Poland and France all
took the eagle. The two-headed eagle
signifies a double empire. Charlemagne
was the first to use it, for when he be
came master of the whole of the German
empire, he added the second head to the
eagle, A. D. 802, to denote that the
empires of Rome and Germany were
united in him. The eagle is an emblem
of fortitude and magnanimity, and has
been universally preferred as the conti
nental emblem of sovereignty: Eagles
are frequently found on ancient coins
and medals ; especially on those of the
Ptolemies of Egypt and the Sciencidae
of Syria. An eagle with the word come
cratio indicates the apotheosis of an
emperor.
The United States have adopted the
bald eagle, which is very largely dis
tributed over North America, and is re
markably noble in aspect. The eagle of
the new silver dollar does not seem to
resemble the bird of our country. The
artist should have copied from the gold
eagle of the United States, whioh is a
most excellent likeness of the Hauetut
pelagicue.
During the f ranco-f rnssian war tne
Germans captured 112 eagles, three of
which were decorated with the cross of
the Legion of Honor. This decoration
is only given to the eagles of those
French troops who have particularly
distinguished themselves in war, by con
quering standards, etc. In the whole
French army there were only eight thus
decorated at that time.
On one occasion the " bird of Jove "
did not keep np to his "laudatory
character ; this was when Jjouis JNapo
leon. with fifty-six men. landed at Bon
logne to make a second rash and desper
ate attempt to gain the French throne.
He carried a tame eagle, which had been
taught to come at his call and alight
upon his banner. It was thought that
the presence of this emblem of the na
tion would raise the enthusiasm of the
French, and that they would flock to
his standard by thousands, and claim
him as the "child of destiny." But
the eagle would not perform ; and most
every one laughed at the ridiculous
blunder.
A Bridal Feast.
A tall woman, having a troubled coun
tenance, took the easy-chair and led off
witn :
'Mr. Joy, people are getting mar'
ried every day."
" Is that possible, madam I"
" Yes, sir. My daughter Emeline is
to be married next ween."
' Well, that beats all ! Do you know.
madam, I never even dreamed of such a
tiling? Hue loves tne teller, of course.
and of course you will give them your
Diessingsy '
"Y-e-s, though I think she could
have done better. However, thev fell
together, and 'twasn't no use to talk to
her. The more I talked the more sot
she was, and finally I gave in."
"And did vou want me to hap
pen in like and happen to see Emeline
like, ana happen to advance ten thou
sand reasons why she should break off
the engagement and wait for some prince
or a use to come along r
" No, sir. The marriage is all set
tled on, and what worries me now is the
supper they want to get np. It's got to
come out of my pocket, but Emeline
wants to rush in tne extravagantest
manner. Were you ever at a bridal
feast V
Ever! Why I've been to 500 of
'emr
' Well, then, I'd like your opinion as
to what I shall provide, l ve got my
ideas abont it. and It you agree 1 11 go
ahead, Emeline or no Emeline. It's
going to cost me enough, anyhow."
" Well " slowly responded lliiah. af.
ter a moment's thought, " I'd put on a
clean table-cloth, of course,- and I'd
scour up the knives and forks, and bor
row all the spoons and dishes l could,
" Yes that's the way I should do."
"Then, I'd have a big bouquet at the
head of the table, two more in the cen
ter and one at the foot They not only
iook beautiful, out mey are a great deal
cheaper than sweet cake."
"That's the plan exactly."
" Some folks are just mean enough to
turn a bridal party away hungry," re
sumed the old man, " but that isn't my
style. Sweet cake and peppermint
candy and ioe cream are well enough for
consumptives, but after a person has
hung around for three or four hours to
see a marriage go off he's apt to feel a
goneness. Now, if it was me, the found
ation of the bridal feast should be meat
and 'taters."
"Just what I told Emeline 1" ex
claimed the woman, rubbing her hands
in a delighted way.
"Yes, meat and 'taters. I'd have
good, solid pork, fried rather hard,
fl nked by breakfast bacon and ham.
Then I'd have baked 'taters, mashed
'taters. fried 'taters and 'taters warmed
over."
"I told her so I told her so!" ex
claimed the excited mother.
" Then, I'd have a plate of summer
squash at the hepd of the table, and a
plate of winter squash at the foot The
edges of the plates can be ornamented
with slices of onions placed half an inch
apart.
" I hadn't thought of that, but I'll
have 'em hare 'em, or bust the wed
ding 1"
" Well, then, the side-dishes may con
sist of of let s see? Buckwheat pan
cukes are awftd nice, madam, for one
thing. A picl'led pig's foot, placed on
a plate by itself and half hidden under
stalks of celery, looks romantic and
tastes first rate. Then cut your pump
kin pie up in small pieces and serve it
with sweet cake. . Then "
"But isn't that about enough?"
nervously inquired the woman.
"All but some more onions madam.
There's where they make a great mis
take at bridal feasts. The guest who
comes with his mouth watering for more
onions goes away a disappointed and
crushed man. I'd have 'em raw, stewed,
baked and hashed up. Those who don't
like 'em won't touch 'em ; those who
hanker for them will bhss you."
"I think I'll do it in fact, I know I
will," replied the woman. "It's me
who is running this bridal feast, and if
Emeline doesn't like it she can be mar
ried out on the commons. Well, Mr.
Joy, I'm a thousand times obliged, and
you are hereby invited to attend the
feast"
"I'll come. Don't forget the onions
don't go back on the 'taters and the
solids. And now may all the blessings
on earth attend yon and yours, and if
vou get stuck for onions I can send you
over a peck any minute. Good bye
have em cooked in all styles so long
yum !" Detroit Free Prett.
Archers were a formidable part of all
ancient armies, and the use of the bow
seems to have been known to all nations
when first discovered. The Scythiaus
were the best anoient archers, and the
English among the moderns. The vie
tories of Cressy, Poictiersand Agincourt
were chiefly gained by the English
archers. The Scythian bow was of horn.
The English long bow was five feet six,
and they were made of steel and brass.
Arrows were from three to nve feet.
Ash was used by the English, and goose
feathered, two of the fleages white and
one block. The heads were iron or
brass, with light steel points and small
barbs. The strings were of gut or hide
or hemp. A sheaf of arrows was twenty-
four, and the archer was armed with a
maul and a dagger. The English archer
rew to the ear steadily. A furlong was
the distance of the butt in shooting at
marks. The Porthians and other nations
had horse archers.
The entire production of the precious
metals in the States and Territories west
of the Mississippi river, including Brit
ish Columbia and tne west coast of
Mexico, daring the last three years was
as follows:
187S 85,900,000
1876 91,000,000
1877 98,500,000
A Word air Wnrnlnar ta f tauntftrfnlrfire!
Tne wide-spread fame of Hoatetter a Stomacn
Bitters causes a necessity on onr part to remind,
from time to time, whom it may concern, of
the fact that imitating said artiole U a punish
able offense, and we now cive thia word of can'
tioD : that we will moat assuredly have all those
persona engaged in refilling our second-hand
bottles, selling by the gallon or barrel, or in
any manner whatsoever palming off on the
puDuo a sponoas arucie purpunuiK tu ue our
preparation, punished to the full extent of the
aw. l'enaity for counterfeiting, or dealing in
counterfeit trademark goods, as set forth In a
law recently passed by UODeress : Fine not
exceeding (1,000, or imprisonment not more
tnan two years, or boui sucn nne and im
prisonment." We never fail to convict.
NOTICS TO UEAXEBS AMD I'EBOHABEUa
Hoatetter'a Bitters are never, nnder any cir
cumstances, aold in bulk, but always in bottles,
with a nuety engraved U. a. internal nevenne
( sriecial nronrietarvl StaniD ooverine the cork
of eaoh bottle, fastened to both sides of the
neck of same. All Bitters purporting to be
Hostetter s, witnout tnis stamp, are counter
felt. UOBTETTKB dC BMITH,
The Foob Man's Fbiesd. Doctors' bills are
too long for the poor man' pocket, but many
of them may be avoided by keeping Grace's
Salve in the cupboard. It is the "precious pot
of ointment," curing burns, cuts, scalds,
sprains, chilblains, chapped hands, its. Pro.
dent h usewives will save their husbands' hard'
earned money by purchasing a box of this
salve.
CHEW
The Celebrated
"Matchless"
Wood Tag Plug
Tobacoo.
TBI PlOKZEB TOBAOOO OOBfPAHx,
New York, Boston, and Chicago.
For upwards of thirty years Mrs. WIN8LOW8
SOOTHING: BYBDP has been used for children
with never-failinK success. It corrects acidity
of the stomach, relieves wind oolio, regulates
the bowels, cures dysentery and ouarrnosa,
whether arising from teething or other oanses.
An old and well-tried remedy, io eta. a ooiue.
There is nothing so essential to health and
hanninesB as Dure ricn blood, it prevents ex
hausted vitality, premature decline, nervous
and physical debility, besides untold other
i . Tl ' Till nnf. . .wl
enrioh the blood, and will ohange the blood in
the entire system In three montns.
The Grand Central Hotel, of New York.
makine ereat inducements for the fall and
winter months, with all modern improvements
and every convenience. Parties can find a
pleasant home at very moderate prices. Early
application snouia oe mauo. iluuoui mas
reduoed to t2.60 and 3.00 per day.
If you fail to find Pike's Centennial Salt
Rhnm Salve in your city or village, and will
send as the address ot your best druggist, we
will put bim in a way to supply you.
J. J. Pikk fc Co., Chelsea, Mass.
A nahla dispjich to the Associated Press sav
that Mason It Hamlin have been awarded the
v,ii,out onW medal at the Paris Exposition for
their Cabin )t Organs. Thirty beat makers of
tbs world rut companion.
pomps!!. . .
Eioavatlon, at Tempt ii prove the city to Bars
been one of the most fashionable and beauti
ful of Roman trimmer resorts, and but for the
eruption ft might have remained iO to thia day.
Aa with Pompeii, so with thousands of people
who bare beauty of form and feature. The;
might always be admired but for the eruption,
that makes the faoe nnsiphtly. and betrays the
preaenoe of scrofula, virulent blood poison, or
general debility. There ia but one remedy that
positively onres these affections, and that rem
edy ia Dr. l'ierce'a Oolden Medical Discovery.
It la the beat known tonio, alterative and re
solvent It speedily enrei pimplea, blotches,
liver spots and all diseases arising from impov
erished or Impure blood. It also enrea dyspep
sia, and regulates the liver and bowels. Hold
by druggists.
Experience has conclusively shown that for
cutaneous eruptions, open sores, leprona ex
foliations and rheumatio complaints, Henry's
Garbolio Salve ia more efficacious than any
ointment, lotion or embrocation that baa ever
been devised. Physicians admit this, and the
popular verdict confirms and ratifies the pro
fessional dictum, and assigns this salve the
foremost place among remedies of its class.
Sold by all druggists.
There la no pain, no matter how severe nor
what the cause, that cannot be partly or wholly
relieved by Johnson's Anodyne Liniment, used
internally and externally. It ia the moat pow
erful remedy known to medical men.
To cleanse and whiten the teeth, to sweeten
the breath, use Brown e Camphorated Sapona
ceous Dentifrice. Twenty-five cents a bottle
IMPORTANT NOTIOE.-Farmera, Fami
lies and Others oan parohase no Itemed equal to Dr
TOBIAS VENETIAN LINIMENT for the enra ol
Cholera, DlarrbGBa, Dysentery, Oronp, Oolio and Sea
sickness, taken internally (it is perfectly hartnle.-e; see
oath aooompanyin each bottle) and external! for
tthronio Kbearaatism, Headache, Toothaohe, Sore
Throat, Oats, Burns, Swelling. Bruises, Mosquito
Bites, Old Sores. Pains in Limbs, Baok and Ohest. The
VKNKTIAN LlNIMKNTwaa introduoed in PH7, and
no one who has need it bnt oontinnee to do so, man
stating if it waa Ten Dollars a Bottle they would
not be withnt it. Thousands of OertiUoates oan be
seen at the Depot, sneaking of its wonderful enrative
properties. Sold by the DrufcaisU at 40 eta. Depot
42 Murrey St.. New Vork.
The Markets.
saw TOBI.
BssfOsttl Fativa 08 a "8 if
Texas and Cherokee.. CS at 1)
MUsnOovs M 00 (SsSOuO
HQge; L,ive.
M8
OA us
0t o)
MX
04 S
06 M
urestea......
Sheep.
U.IUUB ...... ...... ..--..
Ootton t Middling
Flour i western : Good te Oboioe
11.
ICO
4 70
99
113
to
80
6 7S
m m
a 99
a 113
t.0
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State: Fair to Choice...,
Wheat: Vel 8
White State....
UTS : state.
uariej : pute
....... ...........a. ...e
Barley Klt
Oats: Mixed Western...... ...
Corn: Mixed Western Ungraded...
tlay, pet owt. ................. ......
Straw, ner owt
Bop 7'. ns ll ......7l'a
na
9 io
all 2i
Pork: Family Mess
.12 ai
Lard t Oily btoam ............ ...... .06.104 . J7.70
Flih! Maokerel. No. 1, new 11 (M (318 00
No. 2, new........ 8 00 BO
Dry Ood, per owt ... 8 75 (4 I 00
18
10
98
31
3
14
35
31
18
18
04
05
OH
32
Woo) California Fleeoe 20
Texas Fleece 9a
Australian Fleece.. tS
BteteXX 14
Butt t State Fair to Choice...... 18
Western t Oholoe IT
Western t Fair to Prime. 11
Western t Factory ....... (6
Oheoiat State Faotory 15
State Skimmed OS
Western OS
Eggs: State acd Pennsylvania.... 23
BUFVALO.
Flour 1 71
Wheat No. 1 Milwaukee W
Oorn Mixed
Oats 80
Bve 54
Pa-ley 1 05
Barley Malt 10)
0 838
C ,
tX
88
is) 06
0 1 13
1 10
tHItmCLVBIa.
Flour Pennsylvania Extra
Vheat Bed Western......
Rye
Oorn Yellow ............ .......
8ail Mixed. ...... ...... i
8 75 ( 3 71
1 039 I 0 X
ID 9 60
tJV 58
62 9 II
Oata Mired 51 I
01
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n
22
25
Petroleum Ornda 08Y-X iteflned,
Wool Colorado 30 9
I'ezea 18 i
California 13 9
BOSTOW.
BeefOattla... ., 08 0)
tliieop.....
CSV
07 H
0V
Hogs
Floor Wisconsin ana Minnesota. . . eo
Oorn Mixed...... 5S
Oats " IS
9 9 01
9 '8
87
87
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CSV
MX
10
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Wool Ohio and Pennsylvania XX. . . 85 4
California 3J s
beiohtoh. Kaaa.
Beef Cattle. ...... .... C649
Sheep. 05 (4
Ltn.U.. 09 IS
Hogs , 034
waianiowa. kam.
Beef Cattle Poor to Ohotoa
MX
sump...
umas.
OF.NT9 wanted for an artiole largely used in Mills
and ainniifRolnrins. Liberal discount. Harnnle
'rue. Champion Belt Hook Co., tw5 Liberty St.. N. Y.
of Enslne under
great variations.
Wr rettueni. Huntoou Governor Uo., Lawrence, Mass.
uiih iu ml. laiitulv u.uij by U. H. Government, etc.
Now Eeady for Canvassers
Itoinantle Rnnlltlea. A Srrln of llinorle m
idurn. UlustTHtina the Heroio Hidea of Human Life.
By Rev. Daniel Wise, D. D. 103 Illustrations. Magnifl.
eentlv Drinteii and bound nhd remarkubW oheao. Mold
only by snbsoription. AG K NTS WANTKD everywhere.
Address for terms ana illustrated oirouiar, nnL,aun
rtllbkirB, aua oroaqway. . v.
MASON & HAMLIN CABINET ORGANS.
l)fmotratftl bet h HIOHKST HONORS AT A IX
WORLD'S KX POSITIONS FOR TWKLVE YEARS,
it: at rABis, itiv; Vienna, bantiaoo, iq.d;
Philadelphia. 176: Paius.1878: and (in and Hwepibh
Gold Medal, 1878. Only American Organs ever
awnrded bighest orders at any suon. Hold for casn or
installments. Illdbtbated Catalogues and Oircu
jars with new sMesand prices, sent free MASON
HAMLIN ORGAN CO., Boston. New York or Chicago
PB07. BCHEM'S Illustrated HIST0EY OP
The War in the East,
or conflict between Rhsbia and Turkey is the live book
far live a ivnU. lias 760 oot&vo panes, li engravings oi
Battle Scenes, Fortresses, Generals, etc, and is the
only complete work published. Has no rival. Sells at
si nt. Price &3.00. Terms nnequatetl. Agrt Waut--I.
Address H. 8. OOOOSPKKU A CO.. New York.
GRACE'S SALVE.
JOrTESVTLLE. Bliflh.. DflO. 87. 1877. JftMSTf. bwlsi:
sent yon 60 cte. for two boie of Grace's Salve, 1 ban
bad two and bave need them on an nicer on my foot, acd
it is almost well. Respootf uUr joars, O. J. VAM NKSf .
Prloe V5 cents e, box at all drnfrmata, or sent by m sill
on receipt of
M.Nh, 8't Harrison Ave.,Boston,Masg.
ft.) cents, rreparea uy nutii w
Cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Sour Stomach. Sick Headaches
Rl
1
Daily'.and Weekly, Quarto,
BOSTON, Mass.
In New England. Edited with aneoial reference to tne
The Iarsreaf,. f IhAnruksit tinrl Rati: Ka.mil NAwananat
tne foreign ana lootl news publishes promptly.
IHily Transoript, l o per annam In advanoe.
Weeklv " MX "
vavriou wmii aa requirements oi me name oiroie. au
io copies tooneaaareee.) loirpet
annum in aavanoe.
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(VOlS of any kind, losa of FITI
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If but sliirlit, or DlsaM of B.l'Aijti.
MOUNT Y Discharge for Wound. Injur
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Dr. CRAIGS KIDNEY CURE
The Great Remedy tor
All Kidney Diseases!
Wr v sBd-tal pirmloi to R. Dr. J. R. Rankin,
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n j penmn
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QAPgmjFi
Ii th Old BwLUbl ConwntxaUd Ljw
FOR FAMILY SOAP MAKING.
Directions eeeompanytna sash eaa fa aaaklns Hart,
ioft and Tolls Soap quickly.
it It FULL r-MIBT AKB 8TRMHUTM.
Tka aarket la flooded with (so-called) Oonoentratel
Lye, which la adulterated with salt and roetn, aaU wm'i
'maym uoxmt, and but the
Saponifie
KADI BT TBI
FwB&aylTsUsla Salt Uanufg Co.,
MAKE HENS LAY.
. BBl SBBeav BBS
HEW RICH BLOOD!
St2.60 to 16,000 !
I ysETH THOMASV
KCL0CKSj
v. will. wzASWiLtr II
An Kna-liata Veterinary Knrircon and Chemist now
travelling in tbia eonntry. Bay. that mostol tbe Uorsa
and Ualtle Powdera aold Here are ortniea iraan. no
eare that Sheridan's Condition Powdera are absolutely
pare and immeniH'ly valuable. Nothing on earth will
v, I . Ii l, Lu.ii.n'. 1 '..iiM it win Powder..
Dose one teaapoonful to one pint food.
" LB. JOHNSON CO.,
Bangor, Mains.
Established 1833.
MBH.OIT A "NTT'S
Gargling Oil Liniment
Yellow Wrapper for Animal and White for
Human Flesh
is good roa
Burns and Scalds, Sprains and Bruisei,
Chilblains, Frost BiUs.Strinirhait. Windfalls.
Scratches nr r.r..u x.- . t ... r i '
Scratchea or Grease.
Chapped Hands,
Flesh Wounds,
External Poisons,
Sand Cracks,
Foundered Feet,
Roup in Poultry,
Cracked HeeU,
oalls ot all kinds,
Sitfast, Ringbone,
Poll Evil,
Swellings, Tumors,
Gareet in Cows,
Cracked Teats,
Callous, Lameness.
Iaiue Back.
Hemorrhoids or Piles,
Toothache,
Rheumatism.
Spavins, S-.eeney,
F iatuls itlange,
Caked Breasts,
Sore Nipples,
Curb, Old Sores,
Corns, Whitlows,
Cramos. Boils.
jipiaootic,
Horn Distemper,
Crownscab, Quittor,
Foul Ulcers, Farcy,
Abceas of the Udder,
Swelled Legs,
Thrush,
Weakness of the Tolnts
Contraction of Muscles.
Merchant's Gargling- Oil
ia the standard
uniment ot the United States,
Large size
i; medium, coc : small. ac
Small size for
wii v SL Manufactured at Lockport,
N. V., bjr Merchant's Gargling Oil Company.
J0HS HODGE, 8ecy.