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Misttllaneous,
Praise Your Wife.

Praise your wife, man FOR PHYS sake give
her little encouragement: it won't hunt her
She has made your home comfortable, you
| hearth bright and shining, your food agreea
BILE: for PHYS sake tell her you thank her, i
nothing more. She don't expect it; it vii
make her eyes open wider than they have fol
these ten years, but it will do her good for al
that, and you too.
| There are many woman today thirsting fol
the word OF praise the. language OF encourage
ment. Through Summers heat and Winters
toll they have drHdged uncomplanlv, and SC
accustomed have their fathers, brothers
and husbands become to their moEotonious
labors that they look for and upon them as
they do the daily rising Of the sun and IFS
daily going down. llomely everyday life
may be made beautiful by an appreciation OF
its very homeliness. YoIkno that if the
floor is clean, manual labor has been per-
formed to make it so. You know that if you
can take from your drawer clean shirt
whenever.you want it, that somebody's fingers
have ached in the toll of making it so fresh
and agreeable, so smooth and lustrous.
Everything that pleases The eye and the sense
has been produced by constant work, much
thought, great care and untring efforts, bodi-
ly and mentally.
1t is not that many men do not appreciate
these things and feel glow Of gratitude for
the numberless attentions bestowed upon
them in sickness and in heolth, but they are
so selfish in that feeling They don't come
out with hearty, why how pleasant you
make things look wife r' or, Il am obliged to
you for taking so much pains :" They thank
the tailor for giving them fits" they thank
the man in full omnibus who gives them a
seat they thank the youHg lady who moves
along in the concertroom-in short, they
thank everybody and everything out of doors
because it is the custom, aud come home, tip
their chairs back and their heels up, pull out
the newspaper grumble if wife asks them 10
take the baby, scold if the fire has got down,
or, if everything is just right, shut their
mouths with smack of satisfaction, but
never say to her, II thank you"
tell you what, men, yonng and old, If you
did but show an ordinary cirdity towards
those common articles Of housekeeping, your
wives, if you gave the o. =. hundred and sixth
etlr part of the compliments you almost
choked them with before they were married,
il you would stop the budnage about who
you are going TO have WHEN number one is
dead, (such things wives may laugh at, but
they sink deep sometimes,) il you would
cease to speak of their faults, however ban
teringly, before others, fewer women would
seek for other sources Of happiness than
your apparently cold, .so-so-ish affection
Praise your wife, then, for all good qualities
she has, and you may rest assured that her
deficiencies are fully couDterbalanced by your
own.-OHve Brdnch.
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Much is said of the Independence of Pow
erty." That riches nor place, eloquence nor
power, titles nor glory bring happiness, is
proved in the experience Of all countries and
people. While this is true on one hand, it is
equally true on the other, that poverty has
its advantages, aud aGversity its uses. II
they are not as sweet" as shakespeare paints
them, they are not as sour as many imagine
Punch illustrates the common blessings OF
common men in the following truisms:
You wear out your old clothes.
You are not troubled with many visitors.
You are eXonerated from making calls.
Bores do not bore you.
Spongers do not haunt your table.
Tax gatherers hurry past your door.
ltinerant bands do not play opposite your
window.
You are not prosecuted TO stand godra-
ther.
No one thinks of presenting you with a
testimonial.
No tradesman irritates you by asking, "ls
there any other little article to-day, sr!'
Begging letter-wrters let you alone.
lmposters know there is no use TO bleed
you.
You practice temperance.
You swallow Infinitely less poison than
others.
Flatterers do hot shoot their rubbish into
your ears.
Yoa are saved many debt, many decep
tiOn, many a headache.
And lastly, j! you have true friend in the
world, You are sure, in very short space o.
time, to learn 1t.
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SYRUps OF FRUIT.-These are prepared in
a similar manner to capllaire, substituting
the juices of the fruit in place Of the water
in this way it is very easy to make syrup OF
oranges. Before the oranges are squeezed,
to express their juice, each orange should be
well rubbed or grated with the lump sugar
by so doing the fine flavor of the rind is pre-
served. All these syrups are drunk by dlu-
ting them with water. About awineglassful
of syrup to tumbler Of water will be found
to make pleasant draught.
SYRUP OF CoFFEE-Take about an ounce
of the finest coffee, ground, and n pint of cold
water, allow them to stand together for II
hours or more; then strain, and add one
pound and half of sugar; boil for one or
two minutes, not longer, and again strain.
SYRUP OF TEA.-One pint of water, two
pounds of sugar, an ounce of black tea boil
together for five minutes, or rather less, and
then strain. A wineglassIul to 4 half pint
of cold water makes very good colt tea.
To NEurEALIzE TIE AcID (oR SoURNEssj
IN FRUIT Pies OR PUDDINGs.--As the fruit
season now advances, it is well worthy OF
notice that large quantity Of the free acid
which exists in rhubarb, gooseberries, cur
rants aud other fruits may be juGiciOusly cor
rccted by the use Of a small quantity OF car
Donate Of soda, without in the least affecting =
their flavor so long as too much soda is not
added. To an ordinary sized pie or pudding
as much soda may be added as piled up will
cover shilling, or even twice such quanti-
ty if the fruit is very sour If this little hint
is attended to many stomachache will be
prevented and q vast quantity Of sugar
saved because, when the acid is neutralized
10y the soda, it will not require so much sugar
to render the sour sweet.
CuRRAYTs FOR TARTs.-A female friend
has politely favored me with the following,
which, if you please, you may publish in
your paper for the benefit of such OF its read
ers as may be desirOus of preserving currants
for tarts:
in preserving pan put pound ana a
half Of sugar for every two pounds Of cur
rants, with suiliciency of the expressed
juice Of the fruit to dissolve the sugar.
When it bois, skim it, and put in your cur
rants, and boil again till they become quite
clear. Put them in q jar, cover them with
white paper, dipped in brandy, and keep
them in a dry place"
Gooseberries may also be preserved in the
same way. II is a good plan in preserving
these fruits to remove the blossoms which, in
a dried state, adhere somewhat tenaciOusly
to the blossom end of the fruit, by careful
washing, BY this means they are removed
without difficulty.
Frances ANNE.
BEST MUsu BATTER CAKEs.-Take quart
of milk, or milk and water, and make thin
mush of it, of meal, adding lamp Of butter
and teaspoonlsl of SALT cool it, and put in
three eggs we'll beaten, and four spOonsful OF
flour. Have it the thickness OF common
batter fry on griddle and serve with
butter
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Taking 100 lbs. of the grain, he found it {

at thus appears" says Mr.. Hannah, "that
No. 3, cut weeks before it was fully ripe, is
superior to all other varieties, giving more
per bushel than No. ), cut when fully ripe,
by Gt lbs. Of -four, and a gain Of Is per cent.
on the flour of equal measure of grain. 100
lbs. Of wheat Of No. 3 makes so lbs. Of flour,
while 100 lbs. Of No. 5 yields only y lbs,
showing an average of s per cent. in favor Of
grain cut raw In grinding it was found that
No. ground the worst-worse than No. j.
In No. were a greater quantity Of finty
particles, which would not pass the bolt, than
in any of the others. The bran from No. )
was coarse and heavy, while that from No. 3
was thin as bees wing"
Mr.. llannam thus sums up the advantages ::
"a gain Of l5 per cent. of -four upon equal
measures gain in the weight of straw Of
il per cent. while the flour produced by
No. . was Of far better quality than that
produced from grain cut at any other time"
Wheat cut early commands in England IS.
per quarter more than that cut when full
ripe.-.lmerican Farmer.
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vertsement) captured the pickpocket. The
bachelors button no longer adorns my blue
coat, and now have framed and glazed over
the fireplace, the advertisement in which
am publicly described by my own wife, as o
"pickpocket with gentemanly address,
When ! charge her with ths>libel, she always
does what she has just this moment done,
pay damages for the slander in any amount
of kisses, declaring though.oot pickpocket.
l was thief, and stole her heart and pock-
eted her bracelet.
So ends the story Of a BACHELORS BUTToS.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-06-20

Tue BATTLE or Neutrality-suspicious.
battle Of Wagram was the greatest of modern
times, if we consider the number Of men en-
gagged in it, and assembled at the same mo-
ment in the field. There were three hundred
thousand men in the two armies, and from
the extremity of one wing to the extremity
Of the other, was distance OF two leagues
aud a half. The beauty and majesty Of such
spectacle may easily be conceived, We
had seven hundred pieces of artillery, and
the enemy five hundred. Thus twelve hun
dred guns were laundering simultaneously
over the narrow field. We fired during the
day eighty-four thousand rounds Of artillery,
and had twenty thousand men put hors du
combat-Yet the victory was without result.
The times were past when multtudes Of pris-
ouers fell into our hands, as in Italy, at Ulm,
at Austerltz, at Jena. 1t was a battle
gained, but it left many others to be fought,
: Memoirs.
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farmer's Qepartmrnt.
Time of Cutting Grain.

Grain cut from seven to den days before
1t becomes dead-ripe yields more bushels TO
the acre, better -four and is intrinsically worth
more money than when cut when dead-ripe.
Besides which advantage there is scarcely
any loss from shattering, while the Staw, as
provender, is infinitely superior.
There is another powerful reason in favor
of early cutting. The rust, that fell destroyer
of the wheat crop-that blight upon we'll
grounded hopes-it is known makes its ap-
pearance only few days before the grain
becomes thoroughly ripened; therefore, by
anticipating this pcriod-by cutting before
its appearance--we avert its infiction, for
sore infiiction the rust always proves to be.
Again, by cutting some days before the peri
cd when the grain becomes dead-rlpe, more
time is allowed for the harvest-a matter Of
much Importance.
To show the advantages resulting from
early cutting in England we will give one of
several experiments made by Mr.. j ohm Han.
nam, the distinguished English farmer.
These experiments extended through the five
different periods of cutting, viz:
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OLD SERIES, VOL. II. NO. 80.
q o { tr y.
OLD, BUT VERY GOOD ADVICE.

Ye who would save your features norid
1.-the limbs bright eyes, smooth forehead,
From ages devastation horrid,
Adopt this plan
Twill make, in climates cold or torrid,
hale old man:
Avoid in youth, luxurious diet;
Restrain the PASSIONS lawess riot:
Devoted to domestic quiet,
BE wisely gay
So shall ye, spite of ages fat,
Resist decay,
Seek not, not in Mammon's worship, pleasure,
But find your richest, dearest treasure
In books, friends, music, polished leisure
The mind, not sense,
Make the sole scale by which yo measure
Your opulence.
This is the solace. this the science,
hiic's purest, sweetest, best appliance,
That disappoints not mans reliance,
Whate'er his state;
But challenges with calm defiance,
Time, fortune, fate.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-06-20

LIME-A farmer commences with the use
of lime on his soil the first season he sees an
improvement he continues its use for some
two or three years, and finds but little if any
perceptible change in his crops he now cries
humJug, this use of lime. Now the truth is,
that in his first application, the land was ra-
ther deficient in lime only but in not using
other manure in connection, other substances
in the soil were exhausted potash or soda
was now wanted, and hence the constant use
of lime only for a series of years will injure
and deteriorate the soil.
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SUGAR WATER.-Sir II. Dayy has said that
different plants and grapes grow much more
luxuriantly when watered with solutions of
sugar, than with common water, the two Ii
guilds differing iu nothing but the presence
Of carbon in the former, and its absence in
the latter.
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JOSEPH RUSSELL,

UMBRELLA AMI P.nAsOL MASUFAcTURER,
No. North Fourth Street, N. w. Corner Of
Market, Philadelphia.
HAS now on hand an extensive assortment
HI of the newest and mast desirable kinds, in
cluding many NEW STYLES not heretofore
to be had in this marSet. An examination OF
Dur stock is solicited before purchasing elsewhere
March 7, lS57.-3m
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Front Street Wire Mandatory.
WATSON. CON s. Co.,

No 80 North Front Street, corner Of Coomh's Alley,
between Market and Mulberry (Arch) Streets, Phade
mia, manufacture uf supsrlOT quality, Brass AID Iron
Wire Sic yes, Of all kinds Brass and Copper Wire Cloth
for Paper Makers &c. Cylinders and Dandy Rolls CO.
vered IN the best manner.
Heavy FwIled Wire for Spark Catchers sieves for
Brass aud Iron FoundeIs, Screen Wire, Window Wne,
safes, Traps, Dish Covers, Coal and sand screens, &c
Fancy Wire Work Of every description
March IA, lS57.-9mc
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Patent WHEEL GREASE.

VsSHlS Grease is recommended to the notice Of
4 Wagoners, Livery Stable keepers, &C., as
being SUPERIOR to anything of the kind ever in
troduced. As it does not gum upon the nxies
is much more durable, and is not affected by
the weather, remaining the same in summer as
in winter, and put up in tin cansters at 37l and
rs cents, for sale by A. w. FISHER.
March ID 1857
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3}ttiipts.
Six Valuable Receipts.

A correspondent of the Country Gentleman,
at Greensborough, Md, communicate the fol-
lowing receipts:
No. 1-CURRY POWDER.
Curcuma, b.
Powdered Ginger, ounce.
Black Pepper, . ounces.
Cummen Seeds, ounces.
Cardamon Seeds, 4 drachms.
Powdered Mace, drachms.
Cayanne Pepper, ounce.
Mix all together in very ine powder.
No 2-ExTRAcr OF CELERY.
Celery Seeds ounce.
Brandy, 4 ounces.
Digest for two weeks and filter
No 3-ExTRACT or RESNEr.
Fresh Rennet, II ounces,
Fine Salt, ounces.
Proof Spirits, . ounces.
White wine, quart
Digest for "a hours and strain.
a quart Of milk, requires or teaspoon
fuIs
No 4-BURNING FLUID.
Alcohol, 3 gallons.
Sdulpulue, SullOH-
Gum Camphor, ounce.
Dissolve the camphor in the alcohol, and
then mix. (And then throw the mixture in
the Street-ED. AMER)
No. 5-WATER PRooF FOR Doors.
Rosin, 4 drachms,
Lard, ounce.
Mix and melt them together over a slow
fire.
No 6-BLAcK FARNIsH FOR LEATHER.
Gum Shellac, ounce.
Gum Juniper, l ounce.
Lamp Black, ounce.
Rosin, | ounce.
Venice Turpentine, J ounce.
Spirits of Wine, tb.
Nix and let it stand in warm place for
few days.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-06-20

A New MODE TO DESTROY CATERPILLARs,
as practiced in portions of the New England
States, is by the use Of .Gre-cr0ckers! The
way is to place one on the end Of split pole,
thrust it into the nest, and knock them all to
flinders. 1t will take sometimes two or three
crackers to demolish a large nest, though for
small collections single explosion is sufli-
cient. The boys don't consider this work,
but go at it with gusto.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-06-20

One night, when Sir Richard Steele pres,
sed DR.. Garth to stay with him, the doc.
tor consented, for said he, II have but
fourteen patients that / ought to see tonight
and Of these five are so bad that no physician
can cure them, and nine have such constitu.
tions that don't believe all the physicians in
London could kill them.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-06-20

THE GREATEST MRg.-A writer in the
Christian Examiner thinks the three names
which will shine the longest on the Western
Continent are those of Washington, Hamil.
ton and Webster.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-06-20

IRISH PorAToEs.-K night, of the London
Horticultural Society, says that by taking
of the flowers of this root as soon as they
appear, the crop of tho tubers or roots will
be increased ons-quartsr.
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How to Raise TurkeYs..

VIII you allow me, in farmer style, through
your tultivator, so give my experience in
raising turkeys, for the benefit Of your read.
ers. | commenced raising turkeys about
three years ago, never met with any sue
cess until the last season, 1888. The winter
previous, wintered one tom and two hens,
and they laid 60 eggs, from which | raised
45 turkeys from 80 hatched. Until the last
summer, never could raise over one-!ourth
that were hatched.
My mode of raising them is as follows
made each hen lay two settings, which they
will do without injury if they are well winter
ed. | set two settings under dung hill fowls,
and the remainder under turkey hens AS
soon as they are hatched. | have crates pro-
vided and Immediately shut them up, and
keep them shut up for four weeks; and then
let them range anywhere on the farm. | feed
them on Indian meal, ard keep buttermk
constantly before them. ! put about half
an ounce of assafGtda in their milk each day,
and this keeps them lively, and they are new.
err bothered with lice. When ] let them out,
they seem to grow up without any more trou-
ble
l think there is nothing that will afford our
farmers greater profit than turkeys if managed
in this way. think the whole secret of my
success lies in assaiUtda. My debt and cred
il stands as follows:
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COUNTY ORDERS.-County orders taken
~ as cash f or goods, and on note or book ac-
euantby Z. Y. BRIGHT \ SON.
Nov. 70, 1885.
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srlett 4oetrp,
THE WIFE TO THE WOoER.
BY SIR 4. BULwER LLTToN.

Well then, since scorn has failed TO cure
The love you press so blindly,
For once your reason I'll endure
And answer follies kindly;
Ill grant that you more fair and gay
Than Luke TO some may be;
But light itself, when he's away,
Is gay to me;
Then go-then go; for whether or no
He's fair, he's SO to me
Its woods your summer love may wrea,he
In florid smiles and gadness;
His lips, more often, only breathe
The trouble and the sadness
But ah so sweet trust TO truth,
That confidence of care
More joy one grief OF his to seothe
Than all your Hiss to share.
Then go-then go .; for whether or no
He grieve, tits bliss TO share
\ ou say that he can meet or leave
Unmoved-content without me;
Nor recks what snares neglect may weave
Too needless cen to doubt me.
All! jealous cares are poor respect!
Fe knows my heart my guide;
And what you feel is to neglect,
feel is to confide
Then go-then go; for whether or no
I'll MiHk he does coniidc.
And Luke, you say, can sternly look,
And sometimes speak severely;
Your eyes, you vow, could ne'er rebuke--
Your whispers breathe austerely,
How know v ou of the coming cares
His anxious eyes foresee
Perhaps the shade his temper wears
Is thought for mine and me!
Then go-then go; for whether or no,
His frown has smiles for me.
But Luke, yo hint, TO others give
The love that he denies me;
And hard you say, in youth 10 live,
Without one heart to prize me
Well. if the parent rose be shed
The buds are on the stem:
My babes his love can he 'er he dead
Its soul has fled to them.
Then go-then go Ills rival Mo-
His rival lives in them.
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HARDWARE and QUEENsWARE,

Ccdarware, Brooms &c. Also large assort-
mont of Boots and Shoes, suitable for Men Wo-
men and Children. Hats and Caps, Silk Hats,
and all goods usually kept in a Country Store
All the above named stock of goods will he
sold positively at low prices for cash, or in ex-
change for country produce, at the highest
IN arket price
following Run, Nov. 30. ls56.-lv
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Ladies Ebress Goods

Consisting of Black Silks, Merinos, Alpacas,
De LANES, Calicoes, Ginghams, Muslins, Trim
mings, &c. . -
Also fresh supply of GROCERIES of all
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A THOUGHT ON WOMAN.

BY BADFEIIow.
What makes a woman nowadays!
Intelligence good looks
4 mind where all the virtues dwell
No-dry goods hung on hoops!
Ho! whales that sail the briny deep,
Repine not at your fate;
Your flesh illuminates the world
Your bones make women great!
All would DC great-but all DONE Ike
A course OH education;
Schools, study, hooks-ah what are thes,
Compar'd with infatation!
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passage. Was there ever such an unlucky
spot for so lucky an ENHANCEMENT
"You hinder the people from going out
Annie exclaimed one of her companions
with some asperity; "plague on the tiresome
loop, break it p and, suiting the ction to
the word, the speaker leaned forward, caught
the sleeve Of her beautiful friends dress in enc
hand, and my coat tail in the other, and Civ
ing quick and sudden tug, severed US. The
crowd behind bore on, and we we're separated;
not, however, before gave my "star' look
which intended to speak volumes. thought
she did not seem unconscious of my meaning:
our eyes met, know, and this was the only
consolation left me, for Immediately afterward
l lost her and her party to view in the dark
ness outside.