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Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15
Good Taste In Dress.

1t is mistaken economy to furbish up a
faded article because it was once expen-
sive, for the poor remnant.of the past will
always tell its own story. A neat, pretty
calico or lawn, tastefully made, is far
more becoming than tarnished finery,
soiled silks, or rusty alpacas. Where but
few additions to wardrobe can be made,
they should be selected always to harmon
ize with the purse first, then the form,
complexion, and whatever else is left of
theyear before, that striking contrasts may
be avoided.
A French woman, however poor, has
always the appearance of freshness and
novelty. If she needs new boots and can
have but one pair, although her inclination
points to drab or bronze boots, she chooses
black, as for economy and taste combined
her best dress is probably black. She
needs new gloves, or a parasol, or bonnet
ribbon; before purchasing, she looks over
her boxes, and finds, perhaps, that her
best nect-tie is pink; she cannot wear
pink gloves nor carry pink parasol
therefore, she wisely decides upon roses
for her bonnet, and drab ribbon, drab
gloves, and drab parasol, perhaps bright
ened with pink lining, the roses and
neck-tie freshen admirably the otherwise
sombre attire, which is in excellent taste.
A young lady may think herself very
fashionably dressed in green gloves, blue
bonnet, and scarlet flowers, and purple
dress, because each article in itself was
costly and well made; but instead of being
fashionable it would be in excessively b ad
taste, as however we may admire the rain
bows of the sky, they are tawdry on the
street. American women of fashion and
wealth are beginning to. display great taste
IN costumes, by dressing in uniform colors,
@ each suit having esre 1 81 @SHs goTsg
bonnet, parasol, etc, furnished by the
dressmakers. But with goods so cheap as
to be really bargains, and fashion maga-
ziaes filled with patterns and good advice,
every facility is given those upon whom
fortune has failed to smile, in the way of
making pretty, tasteful and inexpensive
toilets.-N. Y. Tribune.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15
General Rules for Preserving Fruit.

/. LET everything used for the purpose
be delicately clean and dry; bottles espe-
cially so.
2. Never place a preserving pan fat
upon the fire, as this will render the pre-
serves liable to burn to, as it is called that
is to say, adhere closely to the metal, and
then burn; it should rest always on a
trevet, or ON the lowered bar of the kitchen
range.
3. After the sugar is added to them, stir
the preserves gently at first, and more
quickly towards the end, without quitting
them until they are done; this precaution
will always prevent the chance of their
being spoiled.
f. All preserves should be perfectly
cleaned from the scum as it rises.
5. Fruit which is to be preserved in
syrup must first be blanched, or boiled
gently, until it is sufficiently softened to
absorb the sugar; and a thin syrup must
be poured on it at first, or it will shrivel
instead of remaining plump and becoming
clear. Thus, if its weight of sugar is to
be allowed, and boiled to a syrup, with
pint of water to the pound, only half the
weight must be taken at first, and this
must not be boiled with the water more
than fifteen or twenty minutes at the COM
mencement of the process; a part of the
remaining sugar must be added every time
the syrup is reboiled, unless it should be
otherwise directed by the receipt.
6. To preserve both the true flavor and
color of fruit both in jams and jelIies, boil
them rapidly until they are we'll reduced,
before the sugar is added, and quickly af.
terward, but do not allow them to become
so thickened that the sugar will not dis
solve in them easily and throw up its
scum. In some seasons, the juice is so
much richer than others, that this effect
takes place almost before one is aware of
it; but the drop which adheres to the
skinner, when it is held up, will show the
state it has reached.
Z. Never use tin, iron or pewter spoons,
or skimmers for preserves, as they will
convert the color of red fruit into dingy
purple, and impart, besides, very un-
pleasant flavor
s. When cheap jams or jellies are re-
quired, make them at once with loaf sugar,
but use that which is aceH refined always
for preserving in general; it is false
economy to purchase an inferior kind, as
there is a great waste from it in the guam
tity of scum which it throws up.
D. Pans of copper or bell-metal are the
proper utensils for preserving fruit-when
used, they must be secured bright with
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15

commanding position, overlooking the
deep valley of Jehosaphat Close to the
foundations of the wall were found GER
tain handles, all marked with kind of
crest-a rude eagle, the emblem of sover
eighty. More than year after they were
sent home, they were cleaned by Captain
Warren himself; and on them were found,
in small letters in relief, of Phenician
character, the words, LA Melek," !. e.,
Belonging to the King" Thus these
fragments of pottery, under the supposed
site of the palace, bore the royal crest, and
formed part of the royal household SER
vice. Further, the character of the letters
resembles that of the celebrated Moabite
Stone, and it seems quite clear that the
handles belong at least to the same distant
period-that is, about 800 B. G..
The southeastern corner was rich in
results. On the stones which formed the
lower courses, ninety feet below the sur
face, were found Ph9nician letters incised
and painted. These were the masons'
marks, indicating the position OF the
stones. Moreover, there was every sign
that the stones had been all dressed before
they were brought to the place designed
for them. The mold on the rock had been
cut away to allow them to be dropped into
their places. There were no stone clip
pings found, and the marks were still left
on the soft rock of the ropes which guided
them as they were lowered and in the
mold outside, which was full of broken
pottery, were found the rude lamps-be-
longing to poor and ignorant people
with thick bottoms and rough lips, de-
signed to burn fat, because the folk were
too poor to afford oil.
The solution of the problem is not yet
q Qrriy yal Of P1f oil Gor,toin Worror,bc ra-
suits point to the same conclusion-that
the voice of tradition is right; that the
old spots which so many ages has rever
enced as the actual sites of the holy places,
are genuine; and that, with them as our
guides, we may reconstruct the topography
of the city with tolerable if not exact
| fidelity. No excavations have ever been
conducted which can approach these in
interest. 1t is a pity that the want of
funds; and the ill health of the party in
Jerusalem, have caused them to be dis
continued. At the same time, it must be
allowed that to go on with them, costly as
they have been, only to discover more
passages, more aquaducts, more subterra-
mean chambers-deeply interesting as it
would be-would not be carrying out the
programme of the Palestine Exploration
Fund which includes, besides the solu-
t1On OF the Typographical proDlem, the
survey and examination of the whole
country. We rejoice to learn that this is
now to be undertaken in earnest, and that
a party will be shortly dispatched to do
for the scattered ruins of Palestine what
Captain Warren has done for Jerusalem.
And let us, in calling attention to the
labors of this officer, cali attention also to
the pluck and patience which were re-
quired to carry them out, the tact which
enabled him to manage the fanatical popu-
lation, and the modesty which distinguishes
not only his own account of the work,
but also the conclusions which he draws.
= Once a Week.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15
Ren0yatiDg Pastures.

OLD pastures are often greatly deterior-
ated in productiveness and quality by the
incoming of moss. The lighter the soil,
the sooner the moss makes its appearance,
and the wider the area it occupies. We
have known old pastures made nearly un-
productive from this growth. So long as
the soil is abundantly rich in grass food,
moss will not come in; when that begins
to fail, class of plants that draw differ
ent clements from the sofia lower and
coarser type of vegetable growth-is pro-
duced. The best old pastures, those that
seem to improve with age, occupy soil
that is naturally extremely rich, deep, and
moist enough to favor the grass. On such
favored locations pasture improves with
age, because the turf thickens, and the
herbage becomes fine and sweet This
process goes on for years-for lifetime
and people talk of permanent pastures.
But the best will fail with age, when the
store of plant-food is exhausted, unless 1t
be kept good by artificial means. The law
of growth, maturity and decay, holds good
with the best pasture as well as with the
poorest, only it requires more time To COM
plete the cycle.
The most practical way of renovating
old pastures is to plow, crop with grain,
manure, and re-seed; but as it is not al,
ways desirable to take this course, top
dressing may be resorted to as the nexI
best expedient Strong liquid manure will
keep up and improve grass lands, and ef
| fectually restrain the growth of moss
For lawns and small patches of pasture
this is the best means to adopt. As dry
manure nitrate of soda is one of the best
because it is readily dissolved, and thus
placed in the only available form for ap
| preparation by the grass roots, IN which
any fertilizers can be used by them, and il
likewise supplies the needed elements
| Farm-yard manure, spread on the surface
will force good growth for single sea
son, but it is not a profitable use for 81
valuable manure. Fresh earth, or tha
made from the decay of sods, is one of th'
most satisfactory dressings to apply to old
grass land. The effect of earth alone i
remarkable, and considering the cost ant
the benefit, this material is most profitable
for common use.-Americdn Rural Home
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15
How Close Should Hives be Together!

EACH colony should occupy its own
bench or stand. No two swarms should
occupy the same bench. If there is more
than one, when you operate with one
swarm the other often becomes irIitsted,
and will trouble you more than the swarm
you are operating with. Sheds for pro
lection will do well enough for winter !;
but in the summer they should be Kept in
the open air and protected from the ex-
treme heat, by coverings for each hive.
When placed on separate stands, leave
three or four feet between the stands; also
paint the front side of your hives different
colors, and place no two hives of the
same color next each other. This is to
avoid the loss of young queens when they
take their excursions to meet the drones.
If the hives are similar in shape and color,
on their return, frequently enter the wrong
hive and are kiiled.-Rurdl Neso Yorker
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15
Ink Lings.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.

THE most valuable thing in this world
il Time, and yet people waste it as they do
water, most of them letting it run full
head, and even the most prudent let it
drizzle.
The devil himself, with all hiz genius,
always travels under an alias-this shows
the power of truth and morality.
If dog falls in love with you at first
sight, it will do to trust him-not SO. with
a man.
One ov the hardest things to do is to be
a good listener Thoze who are stone
deaf succeed the best.
If you don't kno how to tie, cheat, and
steal, turn yure attenshun to pollyticks,
and learn how.
Thare are men who seem to be born on
purpose to step into everything they kant
set common rat trap without Citing
ketched in it.
A sekret iz like an aking tooth, it keeps
us uneasy until it iz out.
hav larn't one thing, bi CRATE expert
ence, and that liz, | want az much watch
ing az mi nabors do.
The only way to larn sum men how to
do emmy thing, is to do it yourself
I don't reckoleckt now ov ever hearing
ov two dogs fiteing, unless thare was a
man or two around.
a wize man is never so mutch alone az
when he IL in crowd, and never so mutch
in crowd as when he IL alone.
I am satisfied that thare liz more weak
ness among men than malice.
Thare il no man in the world so easy to
cheat az ourselfs.
1 don't know ov ennything that will kill
a man so quick az praize that he don't de-
serve.
Repentance should be the effekt ov love
not fear.
The soul haz more diseases than the
boldly haz.
Things that we kant do wouldn't be ov
emmy use to us, if we could do them.
Amongst animals the most ignorant are
the most stubborn, and wunder if this
amt so amungst men.
A phool seems to be a person who haz
more will than judgment, and more vanity
than either.
The fust intimashun had that waz
Citing old waz, found myself telling the
same storys over again.
In repenting ov sins, men are apt tew
repent ov thozs they haint got, and over
look thoze they hav.
A dandy never yet fell in love-only
with himself
Revenge sumtimes sleeps, but vanity al
ways keeps one eye open.
ThOze folks who expekt to fail in an en-
terprise, most generally do.-Neao York
Weekly.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15

or some other kind of grain. Do ye see,
sir, this is the way we do it: We take
spare rib, roast of beef, aturkey, goose,
a chicken and all the other things, and we
tie to them different colored strings, which
we fasten to nails; and so you see, sir, we
know the different articles by the different
colored strings. want turkey, and so L
go and pull on the white string, and by
and by the turkey, which is way down In
the grain, will come up. l want spare
rib next, and pull on. the red string, and
it comes. When want roaster, L pull
on the black string, and bring him; and
so with the whole"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15

SANE At LAST =" For five years." writes a
gentleman at Harrisburgh, Pa, :" ! was on a
wild goose chase after remedies for dyspepsia.
have taken, first and last, enough 'infaili-
bic cures to float jolly-boat, and the more
swallowed the faster got no better. Luck
lily, or rather proyidentially, 1t came into my
head to try DIX. WALKERS VEGETABLE VINE
GAR BITTERs. This was about five months
ago. In less than six weeks not twinge re-
mained to remind me of the complaint. am
perfectly well, and have only one regret
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15
KalsOmining.

The rough, unfinished appearance of a
white or yellow-washed wall is not its
most disagreeable popularity. 1t perpet-
ually gives off its dirt, and its own fabric
in powder, to any one who brushes it with
his garments, or who hangs his clothes
against The superior smOothness and
glaze of good kalsomined wall is great
Improvement to the style of the interior
of a house and, if well made, such sur
face is suitable to the best rooms Of a Eeed
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15
Preserving Meat in Canada.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Gospel Ban
mer, travelling in Canada, fell in with a
quaint old farmer, who described one way
of preserving meat in a severe climate /:
1t is shocking cold here, much colder,
sir, than with you. But the cold is not
without its advantages We kill all our
fresh meat in the fall-beef, pork and poul-
try-and we pack it in great boxes, or
sometimes in large tubs filed with barley
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15

THE Elgin, ILL.,, Park Association will give
the following premiums on the Elgin Agri,
cultural Society Grounds, July Sd, 4th and
stb.IsTt ON Monday, running races, half
mile mile heats, purse, $40. Tuesday, trotting,
three races. purses amounting to $500. On
Wednesday. purse of 5000, for green horses,
and a purse of $500, free to all horses: 1rst
horse, 500; second, sIUU; IDs ssira s al noon @ Ell
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15

FARMERS and =" Horse Men " are continual
" inquiring what we know of the utility of
Sferid1n's Clpalry Condition POWDERS, and, in
reply, we would say, through the columns OF
this paper, that We have heard from hundreds
who nave used them with gratifying results (;
that is also our experience.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15

sand. Timed pans turn, and destroy the
color of the fruit that is put into them.
There is now sort of stew pan made of
iron coated with earthenware (porcelain),
which is very nice for preserving.-Mrs.
U1Is
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15

If .Iohnson's Anodyne Lininent is half as
valuable as people say it is, no family should
be without it. Certainly no person, be he
lawyer, doctor, minister, or of any other pro-
fession, should start on a journey without 1t.
No sailor, fisherman, or woodsman should be
without it. In fact, it is needed wherever
there is an ache, sprain, cut, bruise, cough or
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15

SEND 25 CENTS TO IyIsoS, BLAKEMAN, TAYLOR
& Co. las and 40 Grand street, New YORK, ano
receive by return mail sample card OF the Ceie-
braled Spencerian Steel Penss
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15
Let Common Sense Decide.

What is the rational mode Of procedure In cases
of general debility and nervous prostrationf Doea
not reason tell that judicisus stimulation lie re-
qufredi To resort to violent purgation in such
case is absurd it would be to bleed starving
man. Yet it is done every day. Yes, this stupid
and unphilosophical practice Is continued In the
teeth of the great fact that physical weakness,
with all the nervous disturbances that accompany
It is more certainly and rapidly relieved by Hos
letters Stomach Bitters than by any other medi-
cine at present known. II Is true that general de-
bility Is often attended with torpidity or rregu-
larity of the bowels, and that this symptom must
not be overlook ked But while the discharge OF the
waste matter of the system Is expedited or regu-
lated its vigor must be recruited. The Bitters do
both. They combine aperient and antibilious
properties, with extraordinary todic power. Even
while removing distinctions from the bowels,
they tone and invigorate those organs. Through
the stomach, upon which the great vegetable spe-
cifc acts directly, 1t gives healthy and permanent
impetus to every enfeebled function Digestion
Is facilitated the faltering circulation regulated,
the blood reinforced with a new accession Of the
alimentary principle, the nerves braced, and all
the dormant powers Of the system reused into
healthy action; not spasmodically, would be
the case II a mere stimulant were administered,
but for continuance. II Il in this way that such
extraordinary changes are wrought in the condi-
ton of the feeble, emac!ated and nervous in
valids by the OF this wonderful corrective, al
terative and tonic. Let common sense decide be-
tween such q preparation and a prostrating
cathartic supplemented by poisonous astringent
like strychnine or Quinia.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15

PRussrSe's White Wine Vinegar Is a most
superb article for table use. Warranted pure.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15

CAUTIoN!-Druggists are sometimes care
less, and in purchasing their stock get hold
of an imitation of DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
or a counterfeit article, and innocently sell it
for genuine. Never buy package without
seeing that the name printed upon it is Dr.
sage's Catarrh REMEDY, and not DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Cure, New Catarrh Cure, Catarrh Re
isuer, or some other similar sounding name.
Also that it is printed both upon the wrapper
and also upon the U. S. Government Stamp,
which is upon it, the words. X. V. Pierce,
NJ D., Buffalo, N. Y" In this way you will
be sure to get the genuine. 81
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15

DIR. s. o. RICHARDSON'S SHERRY WINE BITTERs
A pharmaceutical preparation, by a regularly
educated physician, Is one of the most pleasant
and valuable tonics of the day. Persons recover
ing from protracted Illness, or those who at this
dice habitual constipation, or any disease arising
from a disordered stomach, liver or bowels, win
find in the sherry Wine Biters friend more to be
desired than gold.
Sold by all Druggists.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15
How a Boiler Bursts.

THE Baltimore American, in speaking
of the explosion of STERN fire engine in
that city few days since, says:
The whole theory of boiler explosions
appears to he involved in inexplicable
mystery. In the late case of Pindell
against Sterling and Eherns, tried in the
Superior Court of Baltimore city, before
Judge Dobbin, intelligent engineers were
examined as experts, and they differed
greatly in their opinions and conclusions
as TO the immediate cause that induces the
rupture of boiler.
Captain Wheeler, an engineer in the
United States Revenue service, gave the
generally received theory, but other en-
gineers of equal eminence differed from
his conclusions in toto. A synopsis of
Captain Wheeler's testimony appeared in
the american at the time it was given,
and embodied about all that the expert
ments of men of science have given US
upon this subject. 1t amounted to about
this:
When the water is allowed to get low
in the boiler the plates become red-hot,
and the tensive power of the iron is
greatly diminished. When the cold wa
Ter is turned into the boiler, the instant it
touches the heated surface it assumes the
spheroidal state, and dances about in little
globules until the temperature is reduced
to a certain degree, when suddenly the
globules burst, and the whole mass is con-
Yerted into super-heated steam, the ex-
pansive power of which is immense. The
sudden infringement of this mass of steam
upon the p1ates, already weakened by the
ver-heating, fractures the iron, and an
explosion is the result.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-15
Illustrated by Fine Engravings
Relation Of Railroads to the Community and
Railroad Legislation,
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And also 10 the
Relations of Companies uefr Employees, and Rss
SeueTul Rights and Dudes.

This paper prepared by cops of Editors OF special
qualifications and every pains taken to tndpens
able to every Railroad Man. tits altogether independent
ayolds all undue putting Of men or cOrPoratons, gives
news fully and imparaIy, aims especially to give prof
onl fRgaf6oa which viii directly aid its readersin the
rosecuion of their business Business men ind In the
;.uRoKp GAzxrrE the earliest information Of theopeo
gofpew stations on railroads In Of construction.
dare thus enabed toestabish relations with such towm
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