. . Hoeing. It fte-m when we ride through the country ami see the acres of weedy tlelJs that flipn; I no kind of farm work to little iimb-ratond as hoe ing. It would seem th.ft litany farmers boe without tlihiKin why they do it; they hoe because it i tht fashion, Vr because they have got in I he habit,, the same as they chew or inoke tebact-o. Now we never like to w or well enoujrh to do a great deal of hard liofiug -without know ing what we are almut, -and when we see a man spend d.iys in the Held or in the garden, with liU hoe and cultivator, without half ai-coinpli-liiux the object he is Upoed to be working for, we think h is using his muscle more than hi brain. We may -uend two hour in the cultivated fie! 1 work ing hard all the time, without receiving the value of one good hour's work, simply because we do uot begin at the right time. Do not, as a rule, cultivate and boe a field the same day. Let weeds which the cultivator destroys, have time to wilt or die before yon go iu with a hand hoe. If the field is very weedy, culti vate several days before tiring the hand hoe, always giving at ' leaft one day's time between each cultivation. In this way, there will be but little hand work to be done, and wiirai-done, it will be be done well. With good cultivators of horse t-hoex. of several excellent pat terns, for sale at teu dollars apieue, and a horse standing ijje in the stable, it is poor economy, at present prices of labor for one to do much work with the hanU which can be done much better - with the horse. Loss of Weight of Animuls in Winter. Reports from States, by counties, to the Agricultural Department, show that farm auimals throughout the country, except in New England, lse weight iu Winter, at the rate of 5 to 40 er cent, being the result of low feed and lack of shelter and care. In Maryland there L a decline, more perceptible in those counties in which poor shelter is the rule; the loss of weight ranges from 5 to 15 er cent. Down the Atlantic coast the rate of los increases cause, neglect. In Virginia, while horses alinont hold their own, cows and sheep show losses from 10 to 40 per cent,; yet in some cases it is re ported liutt fed animals increase i pounds per day. The depreciation of farm-animals grow still more marked in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, the decline of stock-cattle in several counties reaching an average of 50 per cent." It is legitimate to inquire, is that loss, lr- weight, creditable to the farmer who allow it to take place and is it profita ble? i The amount of that loss say an average of '2'J per cent. added to the usual expense of feed and care, would prevent the lo; then the stock would come out in the Spring in healthier aud stronger condition, and pr"cut an -appearance more oreditahle to the owners, and he in condition to thrive more on less feed through the balance of the year, as they uotil 1 notj-eijuiresiicli ad ditional feed to bring tlieui up 0 normal state. V-;)" Fnimer. Useful TahUs. ita,i'hnh wiikt , wheat sixty nuiid". Of shelled corn, fifty six pound. , Of corn on the cob, seventy pounds. Of corn meal, forty-eight iun.ls. Of rye, fifty-six Hunds. Of oats, thirty-two ounds. Of barley, forry-srveii pound-. Of Irish iotatoes, sixty pound. Of sweet jiotatoes. tiliy-tive pounds, Of white beans, sixty-two pounds. Of bran, twenty Munds. Of clover seed, sixty-four pounds. Of timothy wed. forty-live jxhiikIs, Of turnips, fifty-live .uinl-. Of flax seed, fifty six pounds. Of hemp seed, forty-tour pounds. Of buckwheat, fifty-two pounds. Of orchard or blue grass seed li pounds. Of castor beans. frty-ix pounds. OT dried peaches, thirl y. three pounds. Of dried apples, twenty-four -pounds. Of onions, fifty-four pounds. Of salt, fifty pounds. . 1, Of fine salt, liltv-tive pounds. Of lucerne, sixtv pounds. Of millet seed, forty-eight pounds. Of lluugarian, fifty pounds. , : Of peas, sixty pou .ds. Of ground peas, twenty-four pounds. Of red top. ten mhiii;-". Of malt, thirty-eight pounds. Of blue grass seed, fourteen pound. Of unsUckeJ lime, eighty kuim1s. Of plastering hair, eight pounds. Of stone coal, eighty pounds. Huc It Luie Ilay. S. J. Wooliey, of Franklin county, O., writing to the Germautowu 1'tletjrajih. says: The raking of hay might nppenr to be a very simple tiling, but there ' is more of an art about it than most far mers are awaie of. We see some mead ows that a part is raked Wean and the other part is not. and the reason of this la that only a part of it is raked iu the right direction. When cut with a machine the grass falls hick, and if you rake In the same direction that you cut you will gut all the grasses, as it lays back with the top over the butts shingle fashion. But if you rake in the opposite direction you see it shingles the wrong way and you must lose a part of it. Very many tons of hay are annually lost by raking it iu the wrong way. A Grasshopper Poruntt. There pa pears to be a chance that, after all, the grasshopper Inflict ion will not be pro ductive of such widespread devasta tion as has hitherto apte:ueil probable. Messrs Dunkee and stout, farmers of extensive tracts of laud near Fort Scott, Kansas, according to the rejiorl In the St. Louis iiVj.'.-tii, have exam ined by dissection large numbers of grasshoppers, and have found that about three quarters of them contained a well developed live maggot. As heaps of dead grasshopiers have been en countered, literally alive with the par asites, it is believed that the latter may ultimately cause an extinction of these most troublesome vegetable-destroying insects. A farmer famous for his hog was asked what was the secret of his suc cess. He answered : "1 always choose a good natured pig. Those that when they eat are constantly running from one trough to another nn.l Liim-Lintr their snouts airainst the next tir. I sell i to my neighbors, who don't know bet- ter than to buy such troublesome ani-jor mals, while my contented pigs get fat." There is a great deal of truth in this when such pigs are to be found; but when pigs are regularly fed ns thev ' ougnt to oe, ttiey are not lioggisn in their eating, and behave as well as can be expected from genteel grunters. . Caimney Chimney soot is said to be a valuable siimuleiiland fertilizer for garden flowers. A lady w ho had tried in vain to train a cli'mbing rose and grapevine over hctv wim lows - was despairing over the stunted plants, when some one recommended "soot tea," Forthwith she made some 'tea," taking a tea-cupful of soot to a quart of water. Two or three doses admiius tered to both rose and vine effectually revived them. They grew rapidly anil luxuriantly. Blackina fur ITorwss. Melt four ounces of mutton suet with .twelve ounces of beeswax; add twelve ounces of sugar candy, four ounces of soft soap dissolved in water, and two onuces of indigo, finely powdered. When melted and well mixed, add half a pint of ter pentine.. IJiv it on tne Harness with a sponge, aad polish oa with a brush. Win Forbes' sends a long letter to the New York Tribune to prove that timothy meadows should not be cut till the seed and root of the plant U a Dout perfected. He argues that if cut before the bul bous root is fully grown it will uot send up a new growth se readily or strongly. - Ti , . . , . Kiranric Steam as a Fire Extinguisher. An in teresting experiment .with Sanderson and Piwtwr's pateut fireextiuuisher was recebtly made in Lower Asplev Old MillHudderstield, fcnif. The aDDara- nis depends for its effectiveness ou the etbeencT of steam as a medium lor ex iiuninhiDfr tire; aud although this is used is many mills, there are some peo ple, who doubt it suitability for this purpose. 1 nerefore bo'h points came to I be test in the trial. The m-lf-ai-tin arrangement consists of a number of thermometers, which serve as contact makers tu ao electiie circuit, aad the apparatus proper, which turns on the team valve by leleasio a pin on the heel, and permitting the weight at tached to the same lo turn it roand. Contact can be made at any given tem perature, the (ire simply raising the mercury in the thermometer to the de nned poiut. Lower Aspley Old Mill, which has lieen used iu the woolen trade, is at present empty, and in a con dition liigh'y favorable to be burned down from the quantity of oil, grease, and dust deposited vn the floors, walls, pillars, aud elsewhere. A quantify of firewood and shavings had been placed on the floor f the bottom loom, which measures 75x23 fcetxU feet high.' The tire was lit exactly at half past three, producing immediately a large body of Haiue, aud but quite a minuie elapsed before the apparatus turned on the steam. For the Dext two minutes the 6 re continued to barn unchecked, but then it occanie less, and iu another two minutes no more tl.mie could lie seen. When the steam, which was 40 lbs. in the lioiler. bad been going intothe room for tilteeu minutes, it waa turned oT and the door opened ; but a well known crackling inside told that the fire was bu rn iu g u pagain.so the door was closed, and steam turned on for twenty min utes longer; this was quite suSicent to remove every trace ot lire, and, after, the room had tieen ailed for about half an hour, the whole of the interior was perfectly dry, and no trace of moisture coald be detected, a circumstance which may beasily explained, and one of great importance to machinery iu rooms where steam lias been nsed aaau extinguisher. Wtieu we say moisture, we exclude one or two pools of water iu a low part of the .floor. An artificial wooilen floor upon which the tire had placed was veiy slightly charred in one place, and the quantity of firewood burned was very smalt. The trial was so far a success. both as regards tlie ap paratus and the agency of steam as an extinguisher. A'nisrt'r. A Xer Style of Electric Indicators. The introduction of electric indicators aud signals into our hotels aud other bmldiugs has at preseut been made of service only as indicating the room from which the bidl was rung. This signal has to be answered by a waiter, who is then dispatched ou some slight errand, such as bl inking water, calling a gen eral messenger, etc. Recognizing the value of Mime improvement which would enable the occupant of the room to indicate within a limited range the purHise of the sigual, M. Detrayeux has devised the "following plan, which is favorably noticed in the Bulletin de la Societe rhicourayeineiit: I'ndereach number of the iudicator at the clei k's I desk there is placed a board on which jisa printed list of theuinrecaniiuou re 1 quiiemeuts iu hotels. Over this list an iudex needle is s.i adjusted that It may move freely op and down, stopping be fore any name uon it. In the trave ler's leom is a corresponding list aud index-tiugerin-additiou to the common button nosr in use. The general oner tiooofflie device is is follows: The occupant of the room adjusts the index needle so that ic shall point to the de sired object, and I lieu touches tlleelec trie but Ion. The signal is transmit led to the indicator, which, bt in gcou -true-led with a view to 'bene complications, lings a bell, at the same time causing the index-needle to move in accord with the one at the more distant end of the line. The attention of the wai ter or ha II hoy is attracted by the bell, aud he reads its purpose from thn list indicated bv the needle, and, having le stoted the latter lo iu place, proceeds to answer the request without further inquiry. " Channelled Sails. ails made from round wire hive always been com pluiued of as lireakiug the wood, ami a French manafacturer named C helot has introduced an improvement iu this article, lie makes the nails of wire which is channelled, or polygniial, either by drawing or rollin?. aud their use has become considerable within a few months, they haviug been adopted iu tin made ublic woiks, alter experiments e by the lovemment engineers. 1 tie report made ly these gentlemen savs that the weight of the channelled nails is from 13 to IS per cent less th in ttioseof thesauieguage made from round wire; that the former hold 20 per rent lift eriu deal and 35 per cenu better iu ottk than the latter ; that the former injure the wood much less. The econ omy is about 13 per cent, with the oi her advantages meuiioned. Thenew nails, like the old, mav be in ide from any kind of irou. The manufacture is alsiur to be undertaken by a company, on a large scale. - Discovery of the Phylloxera Remedy. M. Dumas recently announced to the French Academy of Sciences that a mode of treating vines attacked by the phylloxera had been discovered, which is certain in its results in destroying the insect and restoring the vine to health and fecundity. The remedy is the combined employment of.sulpho carhouate of potash, which kills the in sect at any depth, to the soil, and of potassic, uniiiioni.ical, aud sulphureted manures. Let Monde states that M. Dumas himself is the lortunate discov erer, though Ids announcement to the Acadeiuv was not made until after his process had been tried by exhaustive experimenting by the commission ap pointed to examine into the various plans submitted. This being the case, M. Dumas becomes the possessorof the CO.OCO reward, beside the nuin berless other prizes of smaller sums otleied throughout France. Adulteration of Linseed Oil tcith Cod Licer Oil. According to the foreign pharmaceutical journals, linseed oil is now frequently adulterated with cod liver oil. To detect this adulteration. 10 parts by weight of the oil is mixed with & parts by weight of commeicial nitric acid iu a glass cylinder, aud well mixed by stirring with a glass rod. It is then left quiet nn til the oil and acid scnarafe. If cod liver oil is mvwni. j the layer of oil will have a dark brown black color, aud the acid will be I orange vellow or yellowish brown. j I'ure oil treated in this way is at first a I water green, then a dirty yellowish KT'a, aua the acid takes on a brighter yellow color. A nimal charcoal, or boneblack, is an excellent antidote to the poisonous ef fects of phosphorus. A number of ex periments warrant the belief that it is far more efbc.icious than the oil of tur pentine, which, altnoagh valuable for the pnritose, frequently produces severe headaches. The boneblack is adminis tered in the form of pi:ls made with gum tragacauth or other an.'iLiginous substance. Apple Gases. Bender has experimen ted with ripe applesand obtained gases from them in the following proportions: 31.07 per cent carbonic acid gas.68.93 per cent uirrogen gas. He believes that a fomentation is produced at the time of ripeniug, from which fermentation the carbonic acid gas results. rhorphorout Cryitals.il. Blondot anuouuees that crystals of phosphorous may be be obtained by heating dry phosphorus in a sealed tube at 113 deg Fan. 1 he phosphorus volatlilizes and forms crystals on the npper portion of the tube. "Eosin" is the name ariven to a new coloring matter recently introduced in to commerce, it was first produced by Caro at the Baden Aniline Works, and named by him on account ot it beau tiful color, Eos, the red of the moraiug dava. ---..- caosocm. ' Uviwrtoflht C!taf .-WliileCaprain Harper as engaged in his census taking duties recently, a lady, on whom he railed, asked permission to foot a his booh. The Captain; who is ooted for uis court etr coo sen ted, and alter glancing over its pages, tn Isdy said. "Now. look Iter. yws can't foul aiethat way ; 'cording to this book there am t a woman in the town over nniy rears old. ton hare got a doaen women down here as beiug from thirty-five to forrv veais of age. ami I II take mv solemn Bible oath that I knew every one of 'era ten years ago, and they was all the same are then as they lie now. tonng man, there must Im some mis take: probably yon aiu't good at hggers. Yon can cut me down at forty-five : I aiu't ashamed to tell my age." The Captain put her down at forty-five; but be says he'll bet all bis money thai she is over sixty. Austin (Nevada) KeretUe. The Captain of a steamboat seeing an Iriahuiau smokinga wa v abaft the wheel- house, atepued no to bun. and said : "Han i you see that notiee stack no tneref "Dy'e mane that bit o' painted tin T" 1 he sure 1 do. n br don t von follow it T" "I haven t savn it move. It s nailed fast, i consider. 1 mean have yon read that notice r "Di villa bit. sLure 1 don't know how to mde. 'Well, it says : "Xo smoking allowed here." "Be the powers, it doesn't ronarn me a smite, thin, for 1 niver smoked 'aloud in my lite." Got to Slav. A landlord warned a disagreeable tenant out of one ot lus houses, and the tenant replied that he would be out tv a certain dar. I wo or three days after the time had expired tne landlord called, and hading that no move had been made to ward vacating. he exclaimed: . "Here! I thought von agreed to be out o' here last Tuesday !" I did." calmly replied tne man. "but everywhere I went they wanted a mouth s rent in advance, and 1 guess l U have to star here all summer if I don't find a lost pocket-book or strike someone who wants to lend money:" Jones gave a lawyer a bill to be col lected to the amount of 930. Calling tor it. after awhile he ino. uired ''it had leen collected. "Oh, yes'" said the lawyer, "1 have it all for von." "What charge for collecting V "Oh," said the lawyer laughing. Tna -not going to chaige yon why I have known yon ever since you were a baby, and your father before you ; 30 will be about riitlit." Handing over 10. ell." said Jones, as he meditated npon the trans action, "its lucky he didn't kuow my grand lather, or 1 shouluu t have got anything !" 77ereisan old story of a man who went to a country More and wished to make some Durchases on credit. "We don't trust strangers here," remarked the storekeeper. "Why notf asked the customer. "Wedou't know them," was the answer. "But von know me. said the customer mentioning his name "Oh. ah! yes!" exclaimed the store keeper, recollecting the face on hearing the name ; We ilu I trust our ac quaintances." 1 "W'lir not f again in q-.ired the customer. "We do know them, replied the other. Too Deev for Him. "What's de occa sion of dat, big smoke over dar f" in quired one colored tnau of another at the maiket jesterday. "Fire, sah." was the answer. "Aud what s de occasion of de fire "Combust shun. "A iid what's coinhnstshnn ? "My f i ieiid." replied the other cross ing his legs, "dar's heaps of things in dis woruld dat uo nii-ger ever knowed or ever will kuow, au' we'll change de suujecl to coosetierricB. ' John, the man who attends to the small dnties around the jail, was sent to the post othce to mail a letter aud given three cents a if h which to pay the postage. One of these cents was a new coin, arid not liking to part with it. he gave the postmaster two cents and brought back Hie other. Upon being told it i eon i red three ceola to par Hie postage, fiecoiupiuceiit ly replied, "W ell, let it go as far as the two cents will carry it. thin." J llaren Kejitter. A Broad Street. Newark, divsieian was Called ni-ou last week to alt cod a seamstress who felt indisposed. He iu- quir d as to her health, aud she re-KMud-d. very appropiiately, "Well, it's about rir. vr. Doctor, but seams wor-e to day, and I have frequent stitches in the side. The doctor hemmed. as lie telt her pulse, said she would niCNti soon, and left a prescription. Ifgon ace a young man, about dnsk. sneaking through the back streets, keei.ing close to the bouse walls aud wearing a pair of immaculate white troiw rs with a ghastly clot of itreen on each knee, you can bet he has just got uoiue Horn a picnic It tools hud to see a dog preceding his master down the street, aud calmly turu iuto the first liquor saloon he ap proaches, tl shows there is something wrung, something lacking, a deplorable teudeucy ou the part of the dog. A man has been arrested in Baltimore for stealing gravestones and coffins. It is supposed that be intented also to steal several acres of ground, and take ail bis pluuder out West and start a cemetery ou the European plan. Tonng ManUl left a lock of hair here a few days ago to be fitted in a locket. Is it ah ready P Jeweler "Verv sorry, sir; it has been mislaid. But it's of no consequence, sir ; we can easily get it matched, sir." Lemons in Cali fornta reach the weight of fourteen ounces, so that the amount of rum require to make punch of them accounts fully for the remarkable snake stories occasionally told in the Pacific press. A iiMfffiri, tearing herschool teacher spoken of as a painstaking woman, re ntal ked that the scholars were the "painstakingest," for they were gener ally whipped all around every day. A man may occasionally kiss the wrong woman by mistake, lint when he makes a practice of it, the right woman finds it out, and that's what bothers him. Brooklyn Argus. Hari Twain says: "I have seen slower people than I am, and more deliberate people than I am even quieter, and more listless, and lazier than I am. But they were dead." What is the di (Terence between the Emperor William's chronometer and a bill-poster f One is Bill's ticker, and the other bill sticker. One of the safest places during a thunder-storm is a railroad train in motion, because it is furnished with a conductor. "Mary Jane, have yon given the gold fish fresh waterf "No. Ma'am; what's the use T They haven't drunk uy what's inthereyet.' ' An exchange says that "the trade in baby carriages would indicate tbat the world is not coming to an end this spring." . , ".Vo ma'am," said a jeweler to a beau tiful lady. "I don't trust anybody these days. 1 would not even trust my feel ings." .... - , a- - T - - - : "Short visits are the best," as the fly said when be alighted on the teapot in stead of the sugar howl. Many editors are of such a peaceful nature fhat thev will not pat a head oa one of their editorials. tha root of a hotr si wm a Ka n nilat ground, ft .... - ,pi. aoaiMTMV - ' i Cutting and Drying Eerbs. Mostly all her lis should be cut afd dried be fore the midd'e or end of SeptefVber, Borb mm for the- sakfr of rie herbs to be dried as for the "mots left in the ground. There are many kinds of herlsj, such as mint, sage, thjme, ice, which perish doling the winter if they are not cat iu time to allow the plants to mike a short growth before the growing' sea son conies to ma end. In this locality save and thyme invariably perish if mt at indiscriminately, so as to leave the wood bare after the first of September. Herbs must not be dried on the hay making principle t. u 1 to dry the "nature" out of them, as 1 have known a Xoi them amateur to do, who dried hia herbs before a kitchen tire! His principal reason for adopting such an expeditious plan was that they rubbed down con veuiently,andcHild be bottled easily. Tlmse who buy bottled parsley and each like should smell if first. The best way to dry is to spread the herbs out in a dry, airy room or loft, turning tbera over- frequently to prevent the. leaves getting mouldy. In damp, dull weather, a dry viuery or peach house is a good place, hanging the bundles over the wires. The object in all cases should be Ut dry tbera gradually, and the leaves should retain their color to a considerable extent and adhere firmly to the branch. When they crumble1 up in the haud they have been subjected too much to the kitchen fire process, which destroys their virtue. After all have been thoroughly dried, they should be tied in small bunches suitable for using, aud hang in a dry shed. - Fruit Drying. Whenever fruit is dried in the suu says an exchange it is exposed to insects, who deposit more or less eggs npon it. If the climate be calm, as in the Atlantic States, the cold weather sets in so early that these eggs are not batched out in autumn, and the fiuit is usually consumed before the following spring, the consumer ignorant of the fact of having eaten with it millions of insect eggs, which become auimated with life as soon as warm weather approaches, if any fruit re mains. Iu California and in all semi tropical latitudes, these eggs hatch out before the approach of autumn, aud often destroy the fruit before it it re quired for consumption, aud always iuinre it. Much sun dried lias been shipped to foreign port, and has been ruuied before reaching its destination, and when sold nearer home has been returned to the farmer. Therefore, even dried fruit is the most reliable, rleauly and wholesome aud healthy. Economy and policy all require that the old method of drying fruit be aban doned, nuless it can be subjected to some process by which the iunect may be destroyed. Fruit dried by artiticd means, if carefully watched, isalway more wholesome and palatable, aud when it is designed to thus prepare it for the home or foreign markets, pateut ovens for the purpose should lie used, which may be so arranged as to preveut burning, and which will cause the juices of the fruit to dry rapidly, aud thereby impart a Quer and more natural taste, since the process of drying is quickly accomplished. Prerentirt against Moths. A very pleasaut perfume, and also a preventive agaiust moths, may be made of the fol lowing ingredients: Take of cloves, caraway seed, nutmeg, mace. cinnamon, and touquin beans, of each one ounce, then add as much Florentine orrisroot as will equal the other ingredients put together. Grind the whole well to powder aud put it iuto little bags amoug your clothing, etc. This will answer for furs also : But I never tried anything more certain as a protection agaiust moths in furs that to first shake out or Ik at out every furtigu substance In-fore putting away for the season. Then wrap them upin a perfectly sound newspaper. What 1 meau by souud is, that theie shall be no boles or breaks in the paper. Make a bag of the paper by pasting; pack in aud paste up the mouth of the bag. Put in a drawer where it will not be disturbed. If well done, not a moth will ever be found inside. Sunflowers. They are rich in honey and are consequently good neighbors for bees. Oil, hardly to be distinguished from olive oil by any one but an expert, may be extracted from the seeds, in the pioportiou of nue gallon to one bushel. One acre ill produce .something like fifty bushels ot seeds.' The seeds, too, make food, not unpalatable for human beings, and very good for animals aud poultry. The Portugese and the Ameri can Indians make bread fromtbem, and nse them as a substitute fiir eutiY-e. The stalks may Im used aa beast pole while growiug. Dry, they make passa ble roofs tor sheds and the like, and burn readily on the health. The ashes are very rich in potash. Altogether, it is a ve y useful plant, and tocrowu all, it has a reputaiion which the scientists have never disproved, for alisorbing malaria, and acting as an effectual screen agaiust tbat scourge of low lyiug district lever. ' BoomnernkUe Coffee. In these hard times, when many of ns have to do without tea and" coffee, herein the northwest, it the grasshopper-eaten districts, a substitute can be found, both palataole and nourishing. We nse what we call boouiperuickle coffee, which is made by sit'tiug some corn sorts, or what some cali middlings, or coarse flour, mixing it with water or hard dough, with uo salt or saleiatus. Koll very thin, cut up iuto crackers, and bake nutil very brown all through. Half a dozen crackers put iuto a coffee pot with boiling water and cooked the usual time, with sugar and cream added, make an excelleut drink, es pecially for dyspeptics and children. The crackers, if thoroughly baked brown, wilt not crumble up, but leave the coffee clear. Ex. Cocoanut and Apple Pudding. Select large, rich, tart apples, such as are easily cooked, greenings or Newtown pippins, if possible. pare and grate them ou a coarse grater ; then add one part dessicated cocoanut to four parts grated apple, or one part of ' flesh grated cocoanut to three parts apple, aud add the reqniBite amount ot sugar, the latter is readily determined by the taste, but no rule can well be given, since some appies Teqnire more sugar than others. If Hot Sufficiently tart to be brisk, add a little lemon juice, say one, lemon to each Quart ot aoules. wiib enough additional sugar 'to sweeten. Bake half or three-quarters of an hour, or nntil the applets well cooked. Serve warm or cold, better cold without dressing. . Minced eef.t is customary with many farmers to kill a beef in tbVfaJI or winter, and after using tbajfcieest pieces to roast, broil aud dry, r or a length ot time, you will see many alraDS accumulate that are to be used, cer tainly, but how T A good way la to boil them nntil quite tender: take out all the - bones. Then chop very fine with your mince knife, season with salt, pepper and sage if joa like, press firmly into some larged mouthed vesseL and when odd it is ready for nse, either to be sliced thin and eaten cold, or broil it slightly on a very hot griddle; it is splendid. To Male Graham Bread. Bread of whole grain, or as more frequently termed "Graham bread," is made with much less labor than that from the bolted floor. Set the sponge in the ordinary wav : when it is light stir in m re flour ; let it rise ; then, with as little kneading as wilt answer the pur pose, make the loaves, and wben they a-e light - ltake in a moderate oven. This kind of bread, like tbat made of rye flour, should be never moulded hard. quart of flour, one quart of berries, one tup w. augar, iwg eggs lime sail, batter size of an egg, one teaapoouful of soda, or thre powder. :. Castor Oil for Corns. The Southern Medical Eecoid says that castor oil ap plied fo the corn, after paring closely. each night before going to bed, softens the con. aad it becomes aa the other flesb, . Te ! Slat Two Haadresl Tears . ... an. li.'l. ..:! ' The Pall Matt Odette say: "Among the records' of. tbe'Miut relating to a period of more thatr two centimes, which have latejy been examined, is a 'Book "f Paymeii's begun July, 1600, to M'iy, 1668,"' showing the uature of the transactions of the Mint at that li ne. The tot.il amount of gold bullion bronght in for coinage during the six yrais referred to wasonlv 60.000 oh nres, or abont 334.000. and the average value of the pa i eels was, to modern ideas, extremely small, the largest having beeu 8.433 onnces, and the small est 1 ounce. 17 nmuvweight and 4 grain. A Booke for f be Dies of Gold in 1U? and loT7' al- contains many curious eu trie, among which, in an 'ac count of go.xl dies C several sorts lor the covuing of gold and iler, takeu the 4th day of October. 1UT7. in i lie custody of the gravers,' aie 'dies tor the healiug piece with the angel.' and 'die for the healing piece with the shipp,' which evidently have reference to the practice of 'touching' for tiie 'kin' evil.' It aptiears trout some of there records relating to the country miut tbat the manner in which the business of the Chester -Mint was con ducted was at one time a source of con siderable anxiety tothe principal officer in London. On the 31st of June. 1607, a letter was wiitteu by Mr. (afterwards Sir Isaac) Newton to his deputy at Chester, calling, attention to certain suspected malpractices in that depart ment. These malpractices were fol lowed, it seems, by protracted disputes between the officers at Chester, and on the 80th of July, 1097, a remonstrance was addressed to Mr. Thomas Clarke. thedeputy master, by histwocolleagues, I cuargiug uuu nil nat nig nrnit-ii i neiu m ith 'contempt and scorn;' to which Mr. Clarke replied: 'I have treated neither of you with contempt and scoree, not even when one of yon did soitt in my face in the publiqne office.' Xo effort was spared by Newton and bis colleague, Mr. Nesle, then Master of the Mint, to pacify the disputants: 'We are much concerned (they write) to hear of the coutiuu d quarrels amongst you at the Miut, ... aud are lesolved fo come and hear 1kiIi sides ourselves, . . Till we come, let there be no fnrtlier quarrelling, bat let the pnblick business lie peaceably carry 'd on. as it ought to be; for the Miut will uot allow of the drawing of swords and assaulting any. nor ought such language wee hear has lieen be used any more amongst yon.' And again f 'We ilo hereby require and charge yon that you forbear those ani mosityes that are lietween you. and do not suffer them to interrupt the regular snd orderly proceedings l the Mint. . . . Your loving friends Is. Newton, Thos. Xeale.'" . A taaker Prlaler's Proverbs. Never send an article for publication without giving the editor thy name, for thy name oftentimes secures publication to worthless articles. Thon shouhlst not rap at the door of a printing otlice; for he that answereth the rap sneereth iu his sleeve aud loseth time. Never do thou loaf about, nor knock dowii the tye, or the boy will love thee as they do the shade trees when thou leavesL Thou shoiildst not read the copy on the printer's case or the sharp and hooked container thereof, or he may knock thee down. Never inquire of the editor for news, for behold it is his business to give it to thee at the appointed time without ask ing for it. It is not right that thou shouhlst ask hi ui who is the author of au article, for it is his duty to keep such things unto himself. When thou dost enter his office, take heed unto thyself that thon dost not look ai what may concern thee not, for that is uot meet iu the sight of good breeding. Neither examine thou the proof sheet, for it is not ready to meet thine eye, thou mayest uudc'rstaud. Why Widows ! o Wear Bridal The fashion which forbids the widow on marrying again to appear at the altar in a bridal veil is derived, like many of our customs from medieval niersti tions. The church regarded the second marriage of a woman as Inflicting a stain upon her womanhood. For this reason, while the virgin bride stood at the altar, decked in all the insignia of virginity white veil, flowing hair, crown (wreath), ungloved hand the widow who married again was allowed none of these, and was especially re quired to appear at the altar, gloved, in order thai her hand, which a second marriage wassupposed to pollute. should not touch the pure, sanctified hand of the re present;! live of the church, or his sacred robes of office. This is a curious superstition, and like others of its sort, produce au effect upon our habits and manners loug after the cause is tor gotten. Let th People Speak. Mahhattax, Kaa K. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. T.: Drar Sir: Tour Favorite Prescrip tion has done my wife a world of good. She has taken nearly two bottles snd has felt better the past two weeks than at any time in the -sst two years. No more periodical pains ; none of that aching back or dragging sensation in uer stomach she has lro accustomed to for several years. I have so mnch confidence in it that I would be per fectly willing towarraut to certain cus tomers of ours who would be glad to get bold of relief at any expense. I have tried many Patent Medicir.es, butneer had any occasion to extol one before. Very truly yours, Geo. B. Whitkio. Mrs. E. R. Dalt. Mctrooli, UL, writes, Jan. 9th, 173: "Dr. B. V. Pierce My sister is ngiDg the Favorite Prescription with great benefit." Msar Ass Fbisbii, Lehman, Pa., writes. "Dr. R. V. Pierce What I have talcen of your medicine bus been of mowfeene tit to me than all others and hundreds of doctors' bills." ' Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescripttioa is oM by dealers in mediciuvs gen--rally. ANAIvF.!S is withoof do di', the most infallible, easy and si ieiitilie ruie for i'lLt.s ever di-rovercd. .i.i.i.iarate f ill patients al test it's vir'I'cs, and phy sicians of all schools endorse it mo jili voraly. Lotions, ointments mid elec tuaries are onlv a waste of time and mouey. ANAKE.IS relieves pain at om e and curt s 'ufisolulely. It is t' e di-covery ot Dit. Sii siikk, a seienti-ic physician, aud lins lieen pronounced lUt gieatest eon tri I nil ion lo medicine l 'lie a-.'e. Price !?t. Sent f bv mail, on receipt of price. . 45 Walker street, New York. aT'Grmt Dlaeeveryl E. F.;' KCSKL'S .BITTER .WIXE rf IRON... Ft tij ;ure X.truk stomach, general debiliij, in lin aa, d sea'e of the nerr - ns pjiiem. e.amitW.' s-iJit.T of the stomach, snd all eatee requiring a Ionia. - The wine includes Ihe most agreeable snd effioient salt of Iron we posses ; Citrate of Magnetic Oxide, combined wiih the moat energetic of regetable tonics Yellow Peru Tian Brk The effect in man eses of debilitj, lo8 of appetite, sod gereral proeiration. of an efficient Salt of Iron eooibined with oar Tslaable Keree, is mo-t happy. It aug ments the sppetite, raiaea the pn!se,-takes off m scular tUbbiness, remoTes the pall..r of debili'j. sad gires florid rigor to the countenance. Do jou want eomething to strengthes real Do yon want s good apptiite t Uo you want to build up your constitution T Do yon want to feel wvll ? Do you want to g-1 rid of nerroaaDeasT Do yon want eoergv f Do yon want in sleep ell t Do you want brisk aad rigorous fi-e ingj t If yon do, try Koa kel's Wins of I run. This truly valuable tonie has been so ifcorvug hly tested by all slasaes of the eum- srnoity. tbat U i aw deem- d indi-peiisbb s a Tbnhr medicine.' 'It costs but tilth, arifirf "ibfcVxJ ritkires tene-loih-unbelt, rsnsvtfes-tae'sy! al prsUng UfV?!r. n 'r -.: .-. " ' ;1 Jjk l,noir only ask atrial of this vslusM. Tonic. - Pries $ I per b tie. K. f. KCN KEL, Sole rVopriet, I'hiU'telpk-i. r. Sold by Dnicg'Sitsa Mealers everywhere ajfrer'i FsuFcwdar. Wumwa.irBHB " f -ucurcU:enciMltfna iM. W.thM1lroV" onliiwr MtU pl- jmz win --trv 'li m nwiiui pve- lurp Ponltrr ( -ren I C Cost n- men-) fijr." TjaVJ Svefnr !.". A-K rnor dmcr. Seat Bs apes T-mmn: co. tuiumor. BROOMS! BROOMS ! GO.OOO DOZKN : from $450 per Potea, sad Cpwards - ' ' la sll 3MalMlUais. (bra, mlaManlwl) ymrcbtm ImI FtU i.ollsJ toarll t poeCOVSIPKRABLT SB tow tb .rrrfOi-acoa.-ncuKs. l UMdr.Mack at WOOD ! WILLOW S-SKK. Kb m elU, Tata. Buk-M. Mmtt. Tww VdW Kk. AcS-i-OJ I U ITJ bnur Wood nd CtsJ Ct, f'c PS Ynlw K :ko. Sc.- Sr fmn tu to lr ,' ' JU. J. KKUKS t- - - p r mmil sir .U at M-toa. thl nH ri air, ...j draionlx oa ik. nd. Or-Wn bfsul will w nminauiiuiwua lieMi.a.J Iwl --' I10RSKMEN! ; OIT.ER9 OF STOCK ! i Save Your Horses and Cattle I , CURE TEEM OP DISEASE AND KEEF ! i THEM LN A UKALTHT CONDITION BT Q1TLN0 THEM M. B. ROBERTS1' CELEBRATED TKAOC HARK HORSE POWDERS. I CSE OVEB FORTY YEARS! TSS OKtT rOWDHI COSTAISISS 7ZSE, LAZATI73 ANS'PCEITI- . 1X3 PE3PS2TI33 j eo.siHD. TSkkisT . rasa tb ; BEST COXOITIOS MEDICINE - y THE WORLD. . Tbry tr ns'le sf Pur Msikrislonly, om Uhlpoonful (oing far as ess poukd I rsiskry esttle powjrrs, I Buy ess package asl after anirj tbest i jeo will ner gel ija praising Laeav . For uu aj all torektepers. , M. D. ROBERTS' Vegetable Embrocation FOR ALL EXTERNAL DISEASES linn e MAN Oil BEAST. "- ' Jaal-l; SHOW CASES! SHOW CASES! AO ty1,nnT wtmntM apd Walnut, new mt Mcond-bmai. Smomi J c tO tor kH.puinM. uocNiaaia, BAjtK. HHiiLviKu. 8-rok m IThLS. o. BOrSB VD OFFICE FT'ivrTTK aU tin 1 am laniMt and kM aaaortcd eteca, hi aac MCaad-oand in Ike Vl'.J. LKW IH Sc. BItO., V1 lev. VttX. lots, aaa IOC KIIMil a L. Tkila. T do Q OAPr 47 at hoots. Tern free, addrew JJ(- ZU'J. tiTlxwk a Co.. P..ttlod, Ma. ..... UHt FREDERICK SPIECKER, V .54-- ry5o" Leaf Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes. Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, . 0F THB BEST BRA5D9. - PHILADELPHIA. Oaly int far U. a Belid Tap Clgai Unld. Clear Btores aaa ha eapvllei. l-itr BLANKS -.- JO "L "Ha v 2 SI -g.gr O' " as . ' " O r B --pg- O g; wsotsaaii DiAiia ra ' -m. -mi a).. c. -if i:. --.-' -. ": - -. . "i .: .: "'. '' ' - , r . Tac FcunfI.EA,r.Ct.ovt1. n The4 L Principles as 4-to!d th la our limit a ONE PRICE, CASHD0W1T. BETUSH THE M0WEY, pttta'RT.'R GTJAEANTEE shalk1 be our 4 Rallying Words 4 Another Season, Oak Hall toh Men's and Boys' Clothing Haw In Store, will UT by low prtcea to Jut how Irga a bulo am bw tton ea tnis COMMON SENSE BASIS. THIS SEASON WE ARE IN BETTER RUNNING ORDER than ever, having rebuilt a portion of our Warehouse and mu . TRODIGIOrS PREPARATIONS. lAlIAMAEittHII have taxed to their IS-CASH CAPITAL, WCONTKOL OK MARKETS, INCOMPETENT WORKMEN, BTCONVENIENT BUILDINGS, COMPREHENSIVE EXPERIENCE. For the SPRING of 1875, THE RESULT PERFECTING No new plans work perfectly at first. AU new njaLiiiiierr C" has hit. hes, but we have now got the w heels ill sUl tmmi in splendid running order. id. 01 preparation Larger aud better than ever to attract all our old and thousands of new customers. 3d- PUTTING DOWN THE PRICES. 'Ve po one notch lower because we don't lose by credit sales and the largest business affords the smallest of Profits. Besides we mean to increase our business and the way to do it is by Putting down the Prices. 4th. Place of business enlarged Made necessary to increase convenience and economy of manufacturine rooms. In dointr this we have added 1 Kight thousand four hundred and WANAMAKER & BROWN AIM TO BUILD BY 2 D0L5G BUSINESS CAftH. - IcUgr.ty of Dealing i . oa 0SE PRICE. 0r: ctvn to ffc tM I imt alUM closeKr. taut w al)-. VCfC Vlle ing tn sell cheap. This U th rotcpUint other bdusctm Jt aalnu U4, hat r do C cur, and therrtcra aurk th prk oo th bckrts, for that U the only way po ple can be cevtaua thry buy at Kk rate with txeir Mihbet. CoOector.' Fee. - TroubU, and hot of all bJaa U"hat we caved last year warrants the atari inf dow t prices this EVERY DETAIL ho own S'vvdiod Out, aivl when the) - OAK And the OA Xjaxgre, SEE l 1 SSlcla. and. JJ "Varied. "VV0 heileve tht 1873 will be tha l?sjMt tu-.4tne'4 jear we h ve evsr knovvi. WE ARE READY FOR IT. Wanamaker & Brown; S. E. Cor. Sixth tSr: Market Sts., Philadelphia Leaf Clover the People. AnnoiiRKmanti lat FaU tl yaar's jrowtft "-t IS ti-FOLD. 1ST. OF PLANS. of stock. sixty - four square feet of floor space. To) Up the Largest Clothing Business in the World. Sacviaag our Cutoman rr tw Qiriu$ S-vtlaikctiutu Eefoadiiaj the atam. TH! IS aukav buying rIS suits as, Vcaoaa It la fair aad booae ahte, aad wo ar vriUlc a fcsice airy pa'nvt raaaLa the b ghest ovaVat ava caauW deaiinf. We pre fer so have our goo! back promptly, and haad back the asoaey so thoa who art aot twiy pietviesl. Oothiiaf a pleaaurep. because the cuxotaer tnma ae rmk frota lacvpa ricaoe, Ifaoraaoa or mm take of aay kiad. Tha ana protects th buyer tm erery poiat. as ao other hoaa has rvcrvea tured to do. OF THE BUSINESS People) txamine tK preni workloys HALL. Stock t3x& Iraproveraents.
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