~ A LEAP YEAR HINT. IT must have some one to love and caress, Some one to fondle and call her my own, ' Some one to bless me and some one to bless, Life is so dreary when lived allalonel Some one to love, Some one to love, T must have some one to love and caress. "I must have some one with eyes full of light Shiningyso steady and shining so true, Laughingly putting all darkness to flight, Waking the dawn that is old and yet new. Somez one to love, Seme one to love, 1 must have someone, I little care who. = I must have some one with lips that are sweet, Dewy end red as a rose in the morn, Lips that part gayly or saucily meet Yet never curve into semblanc2 of scorn. Soms one to love, Some one to love, f must have some one, for I’m so forlorn. I must have some one with cheeks like a child, Downy and white with a pink undershine, Oh, how [ long for their tenderness mild ‘Soothing my soul as I press them to mine! Some one to love, Some one to love, I must have someone and cease to repine. 1 must havesome one whose passionate heart Throbs like a harp when it echocs a tune, Singing all joys from my bosom that start, Sighing all woesin a fluttering swoon. Some one to love, Some one to love, I must have some one, and that very soon! I must have some one whose beautiful head Droopingly often my shoulder shall deck,, ‘Some one with raven, white, auburn or red Crisp little curls at tha back of her neck. Some one to love, Some one to love, I must have some one, or life is a wreck, 1 must have some one to love and caress, Some one to fonlle ani call her my own, Some one to bless ms and soma ons to bless, Life is so dreary when lived all alonel Some one to love, Someone to love; 1 am so anxious to tell some one yes! —George Horton, in Chicago Herald. NELLY BELTON'S RUSE. H, hush, hush, Nel- ly!” said Mrs. Bel- fd ton, holding up a warning finger as her the steps witha gay laugh. **Your father bei is suffering very much this afterncon, and is trying to sleep. © He 1s in the sitting room on the lounge, where I made him go, as it ds much cooler there.” ‘“What’s the matter now?” said Nelly, with her pretty face curious un- <cbanged by the news of her father’s in- disposition. ; «Dh, just one of his nervous spells! And, I think, he said he had a head- ache, too. I broiled him a bird, and he seemed to relish that, and drank some buttermilk of the morning's churning.” «Well, ‘then, if he can eat and enjoy buttermilk,” remarked che girl, with a short laugh, ‘the is not so very bad off. Be honest now, mother, do you believe much in father's ailments? No, no; don’t you frown, but tell me the truth! Aren’t his appetite and looks too good for there to be much the matter with him? I de- clare I have caught “Dr. Lester smiling broadly several times when he has been here to see father, and it was all he «could do to keep from laughing right in . ‘his face.” : Mrs. Belton's kindly face wore a half -amused, half frightened expression as she listened to her daughter, but she an- * ‘swered demurely: ‘How emn you talk so, Nelly? Of . course your father'is ill, or why should “he feign to be so?” ‘He likes petting and coddling just “like a baby, and, mother, T really be- lieve you know if 1s. mainly his imagina- “tion that is at work, but you have got in “the habit of waiting on him and humor- ing his fancies until you do it as a mat- «ter of course. Now own up. Do you believe in his sickness to day!” The mother evaded the clear, truth- «compelling eyes turned up to her own, but she laughed and whispered back: 4:Well, he did eat about six biscuits with that bird and drink three glasses of the buttermilk ‘and dispose of nearly a third of a glass of my strawberry pre- serves.” Nelly caught her mother in her arms with a shout of delight. ‘Bravo! bravo! You have owned it and that is half the battle. Mother, I know in the bottom of your heart, tender and kind as it is, you are tired of father’s morbid fancies, and to ministering to his imag- inary ailments. And it is time some- thing was done to arouse him or he will become a confirmed hypochondnac, for he is nearly that now. I believe I could break him.” 4No, you couldn’t, child. T used to try and get him to shake off his despond- ency and not to think so much of his "little aches and pains, but I only got called unfeeling for my exertions.” Well, I would approach him differ- ently. - Listen, mother, I have a plan.” And the two heads, one still brown and handsome in spite of the fine lines of -gilver over the temples and the other a ~ bright chestnut, drew close together and . inthe golden sunsiiine of the beautiful September day a dark plot was formed, and when Rob Harper came strolling in with the most purposeless air that ever conceived a purpose the same was impart- ed to him underseal of secrecy. Then, when Nelly chanced to walk as far the turn of the road as Rob took His way home, fhe doctor, driving past, was halted and made a partner likewise in the mysterious business. The afternoon slipped away and the ay had given place to the purple twi- light when Hiram Belton awoke from this pleasant nap and stretched out his hand for the pitcher of ice watar usually laced right by his side on such occa- is devoted wife, but this time hand T T : Fp came tip-toeing ‘info. the room | to bend over him and beg to know what | could be done. His groans grew louder and more alarming and still they pro- duced no effcct, so presently the invalid raised himself slowly, and advancing to the door called faintly, ‘‘Barbara!” re- turning to his couch at once. = No Bar- bara answered, but in a few minutes Nellie came nonchantly singing into the room. ; . “That you, father?” she said care- lessly. ‘‘Have you takena lazy spell, too?” A groan was the reply, which only brought forth, ‘‘Drank too much butter- milk, eh? I did myself, and I tell you it gave me a pain.” ““Where’s your mother?” putin the insulted invalid, glaring at his daughter ‘Gone to bed. She had a haadgele and I made her go, for there was really no reason for her keeping up if she felt indisposed.” He oe? “No reason!” snorted Mr. Belton. ¢“And me as ill as Tam! I wonder who she thinks is going to nurse me; but its like a woman to give up to the slightest ache or pain, and just when they are needed most.” ‘Oh, you will be all right in an hour or two! Father, if you don’t mind I'll go to prayer meeting with Bob Harper. By the way, mother said would you please get the churn ready for her, and here's the key to the dairy.” She was gone before the irate parent could frame the cutting speech he had in mind, in which he mingled a serpent tooth, an ungrateful child, * his wife's unacountable and preposterous failure to perform her wifely duties, and the heart- less madness of expecting him to rise from a couch of pain and illness to set a churn. Helay and pondered the thing over. They were evidently growing in- credulous on the subject of his ailments and needed a lesson, a severe one, to bring them back to their allegiance. In the meanwhile Nellie, leaning on her lover's arm, confided to him that «Father always fell ill so opportunely, and recovered with such surprising readi- ness whenever he found that illness was inconvenient.” They both laughed, but a quick remorse smote the girl when on their return they saw lights glancing about the house,heard a man-servant on a horse go tearing after the doctor, and Mrs. Belton met them with «0h, Nelly, your father is dying, dy- ing! 1tis a judgment on us for our wicked doubting of him this afternoon. Oh, I can never, never forgive myself!” But when Nelly, followed by Rob, en- tered the darkened room where her father lay the color.came back to her cheeks zad kar. eyes lost their look of horrow, for with singular blundering Rob picked up the shaded lamp, and, turning the wick to its greatest height, let the bright stream of light fall right on the sufferer’s face, so that his daughter .saw that the dying man’s countenance was still very healthily tinted. ¢:0h, oh, oh!” groaned Mr. Belton. «Turn that lamp down! Is that you, Nelly, daughter? Well, kiss your poor father and tellchim good-bye. Oh, oh!” ¢Hére, you are going to faint, Miss Nelly. Go out in the fresh air at once,” said Rob, and as the door closed on the girl turned to ‘Mr. Belton ‘with ‘Poor girl! And she to be married se soon to Joe Banner! Your death will put er wedding off, wonit it?” : «What 1”? yelled Mr. Belton, forgetting to groan and sitting up in bed. ‘Joe Banner! Not if I have to kill him.” The Banners and Beltons hated cach other as only people ‘in small places and over small matters have time to. = ‘Has such a thing been going on behind my back? I'N—Il—" «:Qh, don’t, dear!” interposed poor Mrs. Belton. *‘You will injure yourself. Lie quiet till the doctor comes. Iam sure Rob is mistaken about Joe Banner. Why, Nelly never speaks to him, and, besides, she and Rob are—" «¢Here’s the doctor,” exclaimed Rob, rushing to open the door and cutting Mrs. Belton short in her explanation. Dr. Lester came 1n looking suspiciously grave, for there was a very inconsistent twinkle in his eyes. He felt Mr. Belton’s pulse and looked graver still, while the twinkle fairly set his eyes to dancing, and then with a certain reluctance in his voice said : : : “I must not conceal from you, my dear sir, that you are suffering from cersbro-spinal meningitis combined with wnemia of the medulla-oblongata. How 18 it you never consulttd me about it be- fore? . Didn’t suspect ith?’ 1 ¢No-0,” said the patient, looking scared and white. ‘‘Doctor—will—will it—it—it be fatal?” : The doctor turned first and requested Mrs. Belton and Rob to leave the room, which they did, when he addressed him- self to the sick man: *‘I feel it my duty to tell you the truth, You haven't one hour to live!” ‘Oh, oh, oh! Save me, doctor! Tl give you $500 to do it—a thousand dol- lars—my whole place—anything—any- thing—only save me!” «Qan’t do it,” said the doctor, shaking his head. ¢‘Face it like a man, Belton. Don't trouble about your wife and family. Mary's married, Nellie could be to-morrow, and as for Mrs. Belton, Marks, the widower, said yesterday she was the handsomest woman still in the county, and that if she was only rid of you he'd ask her the day after the funeral.” «What!” sghrieked the dying man, flinging himself out of bed, and dancing over the floor as if it was red hot. ¢“To Jericho with my cerebo-spiting whatever you call it and my oblong medall Die! No, I'll not die, not for a hundred years! You make tracks, Dr. Lester, this min- ute! I'm tired of your bread pills. Yes, they were bread and T'knew it all along. The idea of a man's wife and daughter planing, aye building on his death, and proposing before the breath is out of his body to dance over his gravel” Here Mr. Belton grew a little mixed in his language, but he knew what he meant, and that was all that was neces- sary. It was hours before he could be got to quiet down, and days before he easel to growl inarti ulate and mys- ye could quite gather that time on Mr. Belton has never com- plained of an ache or pain, and fiercely disclaimed feeling even under the weather whenever informed that he looks so0.— Philadelphia Times. : ———————— The Great American Crop Indian corn occupies the leading position in the agriculture bf the United States both as regards the volume pro- duced annually and the area under cul- tivation. It is also the most widely distributed crop, being grown to more or less extent in every State and Territory and almost in every county in which agriculture is carried on. As stated in a recent Government report, taking the eleven cotton States as a whole, they devote a larger area of their cultivated land to corn than to cotton. The great wheat belt of the Ohio and Missouri valleys gives corn a more prominent position than that oc- cupied by wheat itself. quantity our crop of a single year has exceeded the wheat crop of the civilized world, and no other grain crop ap- proachesitin volume. About ninety-six per cent. of our crop is annually con- sumed in this country, and more than eighty per cent. never crosses the lines of the county in which it is grown. Itis the great American crop. : In 1849 the centre of production was in Ohio, with 59,000,000 bushels, closely followed by Kentucky and Illinois. The census returns for 1859 show that the centre of production had shifted to Illi- nois, where it remained for three de- cades. In 1879 Illinois still kept the first place, but Iowa now ranks as the greatest corn-producing State in the country. The movement of corn produc- tion westward, and the decline in relative position of States formerly holding first rank does not mean that they produce less corn than formerly, but results from the immense areas developed in newer regions. While only about four per cent. of this crop has been sold abroad, the su- perior quality of American corn, due to our exceptionally favorable soil and climate, makes it certain that whatever demand for this cereal may hereafter be created throughout the world, must largely be supplied from the fields of the United States. —New York World. ——e Res Ships of the Ancients. Large ships were not unknown to the ancients, and some of the most roomy attained dimensions equal to the sbips of modern times. Nevertheless, they were unmanageable monstrosities, almost at the mercy of wind and wave, aad utterly unfit to cope with the fury of a hurricane. Doubtless we are indebted to travelers’ tales for the detailed de- scriptions that survive the lapse of ages. Constantius conveyed from Heliopolis to Rome an obelisk weighing 1500 tons, and, in addition to this long coveted monolith, the ship carried about twelve hundred tons of pulse, stowed about the smaller end of the obelisk, in order to bring the ship on an even keel, In 268 B. C. Archimedes devised a marvelous ship for Hiero of Byracuse. Her three lofy masts had been brought ‘from Britain, whereas our ships’ mast are of iron, or obtained from New Zea- land or Vancouver Island. Luxuriously fitted sleeping appartments abounded, and one of her banqueting halls was paved with agale and costly Sicilian stone. Other floors were cunningly in- laid with scenes from the Iliad. Stables for many horses, ponds stocked with live fish, gardens watered by artificial rivulets, and hot, baths were provided for use or amusement. Ptolemy ‘Phi- lopater possessed a nuptial yacht, ‘the Thalamegon, 312 feet long, and forty- five feet deep. A graceful gallery, sup- ported by curiously carved columas, ran around the vessel, and within were tem- ples of Venus and of Bacchus. Her masts were 100 feet high, her sails and cordage of royal purple hue.—Chambers’s Journal. —————— I rieesterat, | A New Use for 01d Pianos. There came into my possession, many years ago, a very old-fashionéd upright piano. We found a place for it in my study, more for the beauty and quaint- ness of the case, which was of rosewood, and of the usual excellent workmanship, than from any hope of deriving comfort from any sweet music the mellow ivories might produce. It was old, and ite time and power for discoursing sweet music were past and gone; try as we would,by a new string here'and another there, it refused to send out any bus shrill and discordant notes, and in dis- pair we locked it up. And so it might have stood for many years to come, pleasant to look upon, but utterly use- less, had it not been that a good many books were ‘scattered about the house and demanded a case. While trying to reconcile ourselves to parting with the piano to make room for a bookcase, the thought struck us, ‘Surely this would make a splendid bookcase if its inside could be bodily taken out without injury to the frame.” We sent for a workman, who saw the possibility of doing this for us ata moderate sum, and the result is that we have a beautiful piece of fur- niture and bookcase combined. The upper part, consisting of about two- thirds of the height, contains three shelves for books and a writing desk— the former keyboard—running the whole depth and width of the piano, while the under third forms a famous cupboard for manuscripts and magazines.—Girl’s Own Paper. > i A Puzzle For Accountants. A vessel divided into ‘forty-two thirty-seconds” was discovered at the Custom House on Saturday. When the official papers of the schooner H. OC. Mousely were being changed from a reg- istered to a coasting craft, forty-two owners were marked on the paper, each’ owning a thirty-second part of the craft. What to do about the matter puzzled the captain very much, but he left feeling that he had not only the largest vessel under the American flag, but the big- | gest. in the world. ‘The Mousely, is In measured. GRIND ARNY HUNT, A Comrade Who Served From Start °° Finish Gives Its History. to who served with the regiment on its every move and re-enlisted and served to the close of the war, I think I know something of its history and of the his- tory of the First Division of the Fifth Corps. The Second Brigade, First Division, Fifth Corps, was first organized, with Gen. Fitz John Porter in command of the division and Gen. Morrell in com- mand of the brigade, in the fall of 1861. When the corps was organized, with Porter in command, ¢teneral Morrell took the division, ‘and Capt. Charles E. Griffin, Chief of Artilleries, was promoted to Brigadier-General, and first took command of the Second Brigade on June 26, 1862, when we fell into line for the Mechanicsville ght. At Chancellorsville Col. J. B. Sweit- zer, of the 62d Pa., took command of the brigade and retained the command until the expiration of the term of his regiment, when he was mustered out, and left for home with his regiment. The brigade was originally -composed of the 14th N. Y., 4th Mich., 9th Mass, and 62d Pa.; the 32d Mauss. being assigned to it afterwards. During 1864 the terms of these regiments ex- pired, or most of them at least. The veterans of the old 4th Mich. and Capt. Van Valer’sthew company, that joined the 4th at Spottsylvania in 64, were assigned to the 1st Mich, and served with that regiment to the close of the war. The 1st was in the First Brigade, but I think about that time all of the old division, the rem- nants of 16 regiments, were consolidat- ed into one brigade, with the dashing Gen. J. J. Bartlett in command. As thus organized this brigade served to the close. The flag of truce for Gen. Lee's surrender came into this brigade as it was pressing forward in line of battle at Appomattox on the morning of April 9, relieving the cavalry, the rebel batteries having opened on the brigade before the flag of in. The line was immediately halted in | open field not far distant from the point where Grant and Lee met. Iwas present, and within about two hours, it seems to me now, many of our men, myself included, and many Confeder- ates were at work at the celebrated apple tree, and dug it up and carried it off, root and branch. The brigade also received the arms and colors of Lee's army, the Confed- erates marching up so as to cover the front of the brigade, then halting stacked arms, and then passed on, and others took their place, it taking from 8 a. m. to between 12 and 1 p. m. be- fore all had stacked arms. While I remember all these matters very well, I do not remember that the noble Gen. Sweitzer did as Comrade Veeder has stated. Gen. Sweitzer was not there, but undoubtedly the whole Union army offered a silent but earnest pray- er of thanks for the result. The 4th had been on many recon- noissances and had some skirmishing, but its first fight was at New Bridge, on the Chickahominy, May 24, 1862. In this fight the 4th, led by Col. Woodbury and Lieut. George A. Cus- ter, of McClellan’s staff, met a brigade of Louisiana troops (the Tigers), and in a two-hour’s fight the 4th lost two killed and six wounded, and captured 50 prisoners, leaving about 100 killed and wounded rebels on the field. Its next engagement was at Hanover Courthouse, May 27, and then followed the Seven Days’ fight, ending at Mal- vern Hill, where Company A lost 13 killed and 17 wounded; the other companies suffering about as bad. The regiment held the left of our line in open field, and repulsed five lines of Confederates. At Gettsburg the rigiment was standing alone, apparently in reserve, backed up against a strip of woods, with a narrow open field (called Wheatfield) in front of Little Round Top, a short distance to the left. The Confederates were pressing Sickles back. At that moment Company A discovered three soldiers on a rise of ground off to the right, and slightly in front, firing and falling back, and called to them and asked what they were firing at. In a moment a bri- gade of rebels appeared in full view, and within range of the right of the 4th, swinging in through a gap in our lines. General Barnes. commanding the divisien, and staff, were sitting »n their horses slightly in front of the left of the 4th, and a shell had just taken a leg offofone of his Aid's horses, when he ordered the 4th to advance to the front. Theregiment passed across the field into the woods and ' became closely engaged from the front, and this Confederate flunking brigade having reached the ground just left by the 4th, opened a murderous fire. on it, flank and rear. : An order was given to fall back,and all that got out did so by running off towards the left. It was only about 10 ‘minutes from the time the 4th ad- vanced across the field until all who got out at all were out. A portion of the Sixth corps instantly drove the rebels back. Co. A went into the fight with 26 men, and lost five killed,seven wounded, and nine prisoners; the other companies loging in about the same proportion. = The mistake was’ that the 4th was not wheeled to meet the flanking brigade. Gen. Barnes was said to be drunk. Gen. Griffin was baci, sick, but came up next day and relieved Barnes. The 4th lost at Get- tysburg 28 killed, 80 wounded and 80 missing. The 4th was relicved from the front at Petersburg, for muster out, on June Only 185 men and 22 officers: were pres- owned at Boston,—New York Journal ent for muster out, and 83 were prison- 28% men whose terms had ni As a veteran of the old 4th Mich. truce came 207 1864, its term having expired. ers. The ¢ nam t expired. which included 12) ré-enlisted, 110 re | cruits, and Capt: Van Valer’s company which were assigned to the 1st Mich { as a detachment, and served with that regiment until June, 1865. Eight companies ofa new 4th were raised by Col. J. W. Hall, and sent to the West- ern army. The veterans of the old 4th joined the new 4th at New Orleans on June 24, 1865,and went to Texas. The veterans of the old 4th were mustered out at San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 26, 1866. The rest of the new regiment was mustered out in June, 1866,—GEo0. W. OweN, in National Tribune. SAILING CARS. Peculiar Experiments Made in the Early Days of Railroading. Among the many curious methods of propelling cars adopted in the early ‘days of railroading in this country, gome possessed more novelty than that tested by the Baltimore and Ohio over the South Carolina Rail- road. This was nothing less than fitting the cars with sails. On the former the experiment was made by Mr. Evon Thomas. It was found that it took a gale to carry a car thus equipped, and that it would only run then when the. wind was abaft or on the quarter. Headwinds, of course, were unavailable, and Mr. Thomas was afraid to trust a strong side wind lest the vehicle should be upset. i The trials on the South Carolina Railroad seem to have been more successful. The Charleston Courier of March 20, 1830, thus describes the initial trip: “A sail was set on a ear on our rails road yesterday afternoon in the pres ence of a large concourse of specta- tors. Fifteen gentlemen got on board and flew off at the rate of twelve to fourteen miles an hour. Thirteen persons and three tons of iron were carried abont ten miles per hour. The preparations for sailing were hastily got up, and, of course, were not of” the best kind; but owing to this circumstance the experiment afforded high sport. ~The wind blew very fresh from about north. east, which, as a sailor would say, was ‘abeam,” and would drive the car either way with equal speed. When going at the rate of about twelve miles an hour and loaded with fifteen passengers, the mast went by the board, with the sail and rigging attached, carrying with them several of the crew. The wreck was discovered by several friends ly. shipmates, who kindly rendered assistance in rigging a jury-mast, and the car was again got under way. During the afternoon = the wind changed soas to bring it nearly ahead when going in one direction; but this did not stop the sport, and it was ascertained that the car would sail within four points of the wind. We understand that it is intended by some of our seamen to rig a car prop- erly and shortly to exhibit their skill in managing a vessel on land.” 1f the invention was ever thus put into effect, there is no record of it. Prior to employing sails; the first mo- tive power used on the Charleston Railroad was a horse treading on an endless chain platform. The car upon which this was tried carried. twelve passengers at the rate of twelve miles an hour. ROOTS AND HERBS People Who Make a Living Gathering Them in the Blue Ridge. Statesville, N. C., is the center of an industry that is little known out- side that section—the collecting and preparing of roots and herbs for sale to wholesale druggists and exporters. This industry gives employment to over 30,000 people in the Blue Ridge. On the Atlantic slope of the Blue Ridge.grow no less than 2,200 varie. ties of plants known to materia med- ica: this fact, coming to the notice of two shrewd business men of States- ville, they began the business of col lecting, preparing and exporting them. It is interesting to go through the immense warehouses of this firm. There are 44,000 square feet of floor space in the two warehouses, and on this, in deep, dark blue, or in tiers of uge bales and sacks, or loose on the floor, are stored several hundred tons of roots, herbs, barks, gums and mosses, some varities in lots of many tons each. The yearly business of the firm amounts to 1,500,000 pounds. This mass is brought in by collectors, or sent in by country merchants who act asagents for the firm, the greater portion coming from North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida. Of this, by far the greatest share comes from the mountain dis- tricts. The most valuable of the herbs thus gathered isthe ginseng, which is in great, demand in China and is worth about $6 per pound. It is very scarce and cannot be cultivated. Seneca snakeroot is also rare and brings good prices. A certain knowledge of herbs. how properly to secure them, at what seasons, and how to prepare them for market, is a necessary outfit for the collector. The greater part of the gatherers live 1n mountains in small log cabins of one room, and pursue their novel calling in the shadow of the deep cliffs, under the mighty forests, on the open summits of the lofty peaks, or in the deep gorges of the great Ap- palachian chain. In these almost in- accessible solitudes, the ginseng, snake- root, lobelia, blood root, mandrake, unicorn. root and scores of other varie. ties are found in abundance. These the mountaineer collects, carries tc his cabin and dries. When he has a sufficient cargo for his large, canvas. covered wagon he hitches up his an- cient mules and transports it over they mountain roads to the nearest town or settlement, where he exchanges it | ‘gredients put together. : for tea, sugar, snuff and tobacco. A delightful mixture clothes: that are packed away. is said to keep out moths slsc as follows: Pound to powde of cloves, caraway seeds, ni cinnamon and Tonquin beans, tively, and as much orris root equal the weight of the fort Little muslin should be filled with this m and placed among the garments.—. York Journal. Put a whole breast of mutto parfand just cover it with slightly water; bring it to the bail, draw it aside and let it simmer fo egg and bread crumb it thickl, bake in a moderate oven, basting it with a little dripping, and serve tomato sauce. Breast of mutton is also stawed with vegetables, season stock, the bones removed as abovi the meat put aside under weights cold; then cut 1t into neat cutle and breadcrumb them and | lightly, and dish round a puree 0 } ach or mashed potato.—New York corder. : POLISHING A STAINED FLOOR. A bighly polished floor is Beyond its artistic value it is eco! The secret is not hard tofind. wax and a little system are th Do not be -induced to use oi trouble, says the Pittsburg Dispal reality 1t is more. The oil will every atom of dust with'it. No amo of polishing will carry off this evil el of oil. : First have the floor washed wi and hot water, then apply the s lightly and evenly, rubbing W grain. If you cannot afford a polisher, have a flat-iron cow an old piece of carpet, a mop tied on (to obviate stooping) weight thoroughly rubbed on you will make it shine like a mirro Once every day, or two, inte sweeping, have any dust taken soft cloth wound round the bro the weight applied, and this months. Should there be any sc from the moving of furniture, any sort, there will be ample wa box to rub lightly over thi place. It will rub in so smoot that the whitest garment will soiled in passing over it, and its d tive effect in the room isby no m least recommendation. i SOUPS. : Soup,” said a famous Fren strejoices the stomach and disposes receive and digest other food.” make the principal part of a meal skillful commingling of flavors Mollie Grub in the Farm, Field Stockman, a great variety of sou be served from the same stock. has a soup kettle, with a faucet off the clear soup, all bits of m mings, ‘‘left over” scraps of co meats, gravies, etc., can be utilized with various flavorings as thyme, ce seed, bay leaves, sage, parsley, with rice, sago, macaroni, etc., thickenings, one can prepare variol palatable soups at a small expense. © water should be used in making soup, and when it reaches the boiling point should be carefully skimmed, should not boil rapidly. pot should scarcely smile.” .T pared soups, extracts of beef, which can now be procured, afford s great saving in labor, many, however, prefer the flavor of food home-made soups. The following are some prepared meatless soups: Celery Soup—Boil one head of celery for forty-five minutes in a pint of wate Boil one-half a medium-sized orion, alse a bit of mace if one prefers in a pint of milk. Add to this boiling milk one tablespoonful flour stirred smooth ina little cold milk. Mash the celery in th water in which it was boiled an into boiling milk. Add butter, salt and white pepper to taste; strain and serv immediately. : ani Potato Soup—Boil four large pota and one onion in two quarts of e) until soft. Press through a sieve and up. again and serve.‘ a Bean Soup—Sodk one pint dried white beans over night. In the mornin ain, add one quart of water, when it boils pour the water off and add one quart fresh boiling water, also about a quarte; of a teaspoonful of soda, boil until the beans are very soft; then press through a sieve and return to the kettle, a salt and pepper to taste and a small cu! of cream or cup of milk and slice of butter. Serve with squares of fried of roasted bread. 3 Sh Corn Soup—Cut the kernels from latge ears of green corn or use two gua of canned sweet corn to three quarts of boiling soft water. If: green corn used, boil the cobs in the water fifte minutes and then remove. en th corn is ‘tender strain through a strain cloth to prevent the’ hulls from escaping then place the soup over the fire again mix smooth a tablespoonful each of buf ter and flour, stirring constantly in thick sauce pan over the fire, and poue in gradually a pint and a half of hot milk; when the soup boils add this, and cook a few minutes, salt or furt} . son at the last. A slice of onion is sometimes boiled with the milk to flavo it slightly. bin 41 Asparagus Soup—A. Frenc authority says that the water has been boiled :
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