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Useful Recipes.

Indian Cake--Two cups flour, two
cups Indian meal, one measure Hors.
ford's baking powder, halfa cup of white
sugar, and four tablespoonfuls of melted
butter, salt, and milk to make a rather
thin batter. Bake in a quick oven.
A Cheap Harvest Beer.-Mix two ounces
cream of tartar, three pounds brown
sugar, three quarts yeast. To be mixed,
and allowed to work. This makes ten
gallons and should be drank as soon as
worked.
Spice Cake.-0ne cup of butter, one of
brown sugar, one and one-half of sour
milk, one pint molasses, one tablespoon
salaratus, three eggs; cinnamon, cloves,
allspice, nutmegs, citron, currants,
raisins. Stir stiff with flour, bake slow
and steady.
Good SuggeStion.-To cool room, lvet
cloth of any size, the larger the better,
and suspend it therein. Let the venti-
lation be good, and the temperature
will sink from ten to twenty degrees in
short time.
Home Baking observation-disclosures of
soda eight ounces, tartaric acid, seven
ounces, carbonate of magnesia, six
ounces, powdered starch. six ounces.
Mix and rub through fine seive.
These proportions make enough for a
large family for some time. As our
family is small, | only get half. also
use only two and half teaspoonfuls
where we generally use three.
HolIoW Horn.-A correspondent of the
Western Rural gives the following sensi-
BILE cure for hollow horn In addition
to feed twice day of good clover or
timothy hay, give the afflicted meal
daily, and the hollow " in horn will
take care of itself.
How to Put Doacn Cucumber Pickles-
Take two quarts of molasses to one of
water, or in that proportion. Put in
the cucumbers, fresh from the vines,
adding more molasses and water as you
fill in. Set them in warm place, and
in a few weeks they will be sufficiently
sour to suit any palate. Spices can be
added after they become sour.
TO Boil New Potatoes. When fresh dug
take small ones, washing nicely and
rubbing the skin off with the hand.
Put them in boiling water with
little salt, and boil quickly. When
done, drain dry and lay in dish, spread
ing butter over them. Or boil new
milk, putting in butter, and thickening
with little aour, wet smooth with
milk. After the potatoes are cooked,
and placed in the dish, pour this dip
over them.
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Benefit OF Plaster.

At late meeting of the Rosendale
wis Farmers Club, one member
stated that he sowed plaster on a field
May 90, and obtained three times
more grass OF this field than on that
where il was not sowed. He used to
raise only one ton Of hay per acre now
raised, by plaster, two or three tons per
acre; always top dressed it on grass
land. In discussion it was stated that
when plaster was sown on clover, the
clover all cut and hauled off, and the
ground broken and sown to oats, ever
cast of the plaster made in sowing it
could be plainly seen in the field of
oats. Also that when plaster was ap.
piled TO corn, in the hill, the place Of
every hill could be seen in crop of
wheat which followed. In drought,
dew would be found on the ground
where plaster had been sown, while all
other ground was dry and hard.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-23
A Pig Nine Months Under Straw
stack, vet Comes Ont Alive.

The Ashland (O.) Tines vouches for
the following incredible story of pig
that had tasted for nine months:
"The hog belongs to David Huehs,
living four miles southwest of olives
burg, OH the road leading 10 Mansfield.
Mr.. Hughs missed the hog, as near as
he can recolleot, about the 18th or 10th
of last October. 1t was in good order
at that time, and would weigh in the
neighborhood OF two hundred pounds.
There was an old straw-stack near the
barn, under which the hogs were in the
habit OF going, and it is supposed That
this one, born 10 fame, was under at
the time they thrashed, and hence got
so completely covered up that it could
not get out. The s,raw.staek was
very large one, and during the winter
and spring Mr.. Hughs permitted his
cattle to run TO the stack. They have
gradually eaten and worked il away,
and on the last of June had SO far re.
duced II as 10 release the unfor.
tunate hog. Ii made its appear.
ance through very small opening
after a fast of nearly nine months, in
which time 1t had neither food nor
water. How il succeeded in retaining
the vital spark we are not able to say,
but must confess that it is q story al.
most incredible to believe. Yet sc
have it on the best authority, and from
men who are reliable. Our reporter
says that he saw the hog, and from gen.
eral appearance he would conclude that
IL would have to be fed about two
months in order to make a coed sksl.
etor.n
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Horse Notes.

Mr.. CHARLES RATEGoR, known as the
California Boy, at Kalamazoo, Mich,
recently performed the wonderful feat
of riding so miles in hours and %
minutes.
A FULL and interesting sketch of the
Lexington, KY, Turf, from 1887 to the
present time, will be given in "Ranch's
History of Lexington" which is ex.
pected to be published this fall.
BLAIR ATHoL, chestnut horse, foaled
in 1861, brought 10000 guineas, or
about $4,000 in currency, at the recent
Middle Park (England) sale. He will
be retained in England.
A MARE of thoroughbred stock, be.
longing to Gen. Grant, which was stolen
from his farm in 1868, has been heard
from at Iowa City, and measures will he
taken to restore her to her proper
owner. She was valued at $500, and
kept only for breeding purposes.
FRANK MAYO, the actor, recently pur.
chased in New York, for $3.50, horse
which proved to be very valuable
roadster. He is said to have sold him
to New Orleans man for 81 800.
KINGFIsHER made a trial run, two
miles, at Saratoga, last week, in 3:3T,
with heavy training shoes and ll2 lbs.
up. The track was not in tiptop con.
dition, and many think it equal to $3.50
on a good track with plates. Mr.. Bel
mont has so much confidence in King.
fishers rare racing qualities that he has
expressed wiliingne TO match him
against Harry Bassett two miles. We
hope the match will be made. as 1t will
create as much interest in turf circles
as the late great race between Harry
Bassett and Longfellow.- Turf Field anil
Farm.
Iy the latter part of September Gold.
smith Maid and Lucy will make their
first appearance on the Pacific Slope
Saturday, Sept. %, the two mares will
give an exhibition OF speed at Sacra
mento for purse of $4,000; and on
Saturday, Oct. 3, another exhibition
will be given, but this time at San Fran.
cisco, and for a purse of 800. But or
Saturday, Oct. II, Goldsmith Maid and
0ccident will trot race at Sacramento
for a purse of $7,500 and on Saturday,
Oct. 10, Occident and Lucy are engaged
10 trot race at San Francisco for Il
purse of $500 Oecident belongs TO
the Hon. Leland Sanford, and his owner
will not permit the horse to engage in a
hippodrome. Occident has trotted
pubhc trial Of three heats in the re.
markable time of 2:l9, 2:l9, 2l9i
therefore, if he is brought out in good
condition and is we'll driven, he will
prove an opponent worth OF Lucy and
Goldsmith Maid.
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Rags

Every we'll regulated family should,
and doubtless does, shave a receptacle
for rags. This should consist of a
clean box or barrel, we'll covered, and
i'm tit should be placed all cast off cloth
ing, small bits Of cloth, etc, taking care
to have everything perfectly clean and
the winter evening is good time to
examine its contents and appropriate
them in some useful way.
If ones bedding needs renovsting, all
pieces of calico not too much worn may
be sewed together in some simple pat.
tern and the result "tied over the worn
quilt" old wooden shirts, skirts, etc :,
may hav@ the better parts taken and
run together in strips six inches wide,
and if some regard to color is observed,
makes nice as well as durable cover.
Itwould scarcely be advisable TO cover
new cotton with this old material, but
old bedding may thus be renewed and
made TO do excellent service.
Next from the rag bag may come
carpet rags, but as it is not very good
policy to put very old cloth in carpet,
there is still remaining considerable
quantity Of very old cloth which is just
the, thing for rugs. All the wooden and
worsted pieces should be sorted out for
hooked rug the manner of making
this viii describe Procure piece of
burlap Of medium quality, little larger
than the desired rug then have frame
like quilting frame on small scale,
to which tack the burlap. then procure
hook similar to crochet hook, but as
lQpnn xutn he
meshes of the burlap; this may e
made Of steel if blacksmith is handy;
if not, bit of hickory and .jack-knife
in skillful hands will soon produce one.
The rags should be torn in strips
tritie larger than carpet rags, and then
pulled through the burlsp by means of
the hook, drawing them tightly on the
under side, but leaving loops three
fourths Of an inch long on the upper
side. After the rug is completed these
loops should be cut and trimmed off
evenly, when if the rags have been
hooked in as thickly as possible hand.
some and durable rug will reward
ones labor. Ifthere are rags enough of
one color. the rug may be made in
pattern as the taste directs, but if not,
enough rags of one color should be
found for border and the center filled
hit and miss As a general thing to
my taste the shit and miss rugs are
handsomer than the patterns.
There are still remaining in the rag.
box the very old cotton rags. These may
be cut and sewed like carpet rags, either
mixed or in separate colors, and with
the rug hook crocheted, common
crochet stitch, in mat either round or
square, which is very useful to place by
q stove to protect carpet, as it can be
washed with the greatest ease.-Ameri.
can Farm I,1rngZ
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Gapes i'm Chickens.

W. 3. Tegetmeier writes in the Lon.
don Field: The fatal disease caused by
the presence of the cape worm appears
unusually prevalent. have had it in
my own runs, where it has attacked
some Sebright bantams; but | have
found no difficulty in curing it by means
of carbolic acid, which l first recon-.
mended FOR this purpose in the Field of
last year. So potent are the fumes Of
this powerful remedy, and so destruc-
tive are they 10 parasitic life, that their
inhalation for even few moments
seems perfectly effectual in destroying
the life OF the worm. 1t is not evea
necessary to employ any special appa.
ratus few drops of carbolic acid may
be placed in spoon and held over the
fame of candle until the vapor is seen
to rise, when the head of the young
chicken or pheasant (held in the other
hand may be placed in the vapor, which
the animal is forced to inhale. Care
must be taken not to carry on the pro-
cess until the fowl as well as the worms
are killed. | find after exposure to the
fumes for few seconds the bird may
be regarded as cured, and may be seen
running about quite as well on the fol.
lowing day; if not, the treatment should
be repeated. The medicinal carboic
acid is preferable to the larry liquid
used fer disintecting sewers and drains.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-23
Foreign Gossip.

The population of Russia Is ST..
100000.
The Emperor of Germany is the most
abstemious of monarchs. Soon after
rising he takes cup of coffee at noon,
roast beef, potatoes, and a glass of Bor-
deaux wine; and his supper consists of
bread, sausage, and cup of tea.
A CAT was recently sold in London
for $3.50.
One of the remarkable things about the
Lyons exhibition in Francois, that nearly
everything connected with it has as.
sumed apolitical character. Liberals and
Conservatives have been taking advan.
tage of the occasion to address large
bodies of Frenchmen, and TO take opin-
ion as rapidly as possible, in view of
the approaching terrible test of the
elections.
THE new Paris Opera House will cost
SS,000,000. The sculpture and painting
alone will cost $4,000, and the orna.
ments S360,000.
IT is announced by the manager of
the Covent Garden Theater that ladies
will hereafter not be required to re.
move that part OF their head dress
(Which still retains the name of bon
net"
FILIPPo CAssABIANCA, a noted bandit,
and six Of his gang, were executed at
Naples on the 9th of July. Cassabian.
ca, on his trial, confessed a number of
hold rObkar;ao N nj ,,,urlo,r Loa.lua ~
kidnapping Of a nobleman's child.
NJ. d. CONWAY says there is one good
thing about the Prince of Wales. lie
is free from cant and hypocrisy. Ii
would be the easiest thing in the world
for him to obtain the reputation of a
saint without giving up one OF his
worldly enjoyments. But he doesn't
do it.
DURING the siege of Paris sixty.four
balloons were sent out of the city. OF
this number lifty.seven reached safe
resting place, landing one hundred and
fifty passengers. Two fell into the
ocean, where they and the people in
them were lost, and the other five were
captured by the Germans. In the bal.
looms vast numbers OF pigeons were
taken, and they, in flying back TO their
homes, carried into the besieged city
fifty thousand messages.
A LITERARY revolution is Just now in
progress in Poland. Magazines and
newspapers are being started, and books
on historical and miscellaneous subjects
are making their appearance in great
numbers. Singularly enough, when we
consider who the people are that are
encouraging this, the Polish language
is being discontinued and most Of the
writers Use French.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-23

fall lat any time before FROST the vines
may be cut in any convenient length,
and placed in layes on the surface Of
the earth to the depth of twelve or
eighteen inches. Cover the vines while
damp with partially rotted straw (either
pine or wheat will answer) TO the depth
of six inches, and cover the whole with
light soil about four inches deep. In
this way the vines will keep during
winter, and in the spring they will put
out sprouts as abundantly as the potato
itself when bedded. The draws or
sprouts can be planted first, and the
vine itself can be subsequently cut and
used as we generally plant slips.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-23
Average Weight OF Cotton Bales.

The average weight Of cotton bales
put up in different countries during the
past ten years, is given as follows !;
American cotton bales average ABS
pounds; Egyptian cotton bales average
495 pounds; East India cotton bales
average 1856 pounds Turkey cotton
bales average 3S2 pou IDS; West India
cotton bales average 2l7 pounds;
Brazilian cotton bales average lG5
pounds.
The average American crop is 100000
bales. The average Egytlan crop is
100000 bales total crop OF India is
100000 bales total crop Of Turkey is
100000 bales total crop Of West India
is 10000 bales, and the total Brazilian
crop is 100000 bales.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-08-23
To Improve Rancid Bntter.

Rancid butter may be greatly i'm.
proved and made sweet by the following
process Melt the butter at a tolerably
high temperature, in fact till nearly
boiling. Strain clear through cleth,
and thoroughly wash with water, to
which has been added a little solution
Of chloride Of soda, or, as it is commonly
called, Labarraque's solution. Finally
wash With clean water. Butter so
manipulated will be sweet and good for
cooking purposes but it will not have
the flavor of the fresh made arti ,le.
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A Gentle Burglar.

1t is curious circumstance connect.
ed with the Uxbridge, Mass, bank rob-
berry that the humane sentiments of
some one of the thieves are likely TO
give a clue to their discovery. There
were certain jewels in the bank safe
given to an orphan child by her de-
ceased mother, and the fact having
been advertised, the gentle burglar has
sent letter to one of the bank officers
telling where this little treasure was
hid in Boston. II has been found &C.
cordingly, and its location, together
with the letter, will be used by the de
tectives in attempting To find the
thieves. Should the search be success.
ful, this tender.hearted robber will be
disguised with his own weakness.
On opening marble quarry in Bel.
GUM, recently, cavity was discovered
containing the fossil remains of ami.
mails and birds belonging to species
now extinct. All were carefully col.
lected and placed in local museum.
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she lives in Saranac, Mich. Mrs.
Ballou is her name, and she weighs 67S
pounds.
JUAREz was full.blooded Indian.
A SON Of the Khediye of Egypt is so.
ing to visit this country.
A $4,000 HOUSE is being built for
Robert Collyer, the great Unitarian
preacher of Chicago.
BRIGHAM You've has just invoiced his
stock of children again, and thinks
there are sixty.eight in all.
THERE is hardly hackman or team
ster in New York city but knows Mr..
Bergh, the anti-cruelty man. by sight,
and, as class, they generally respect
him.
Paul E. ROMAN, a well.known and
popular journalist of New Orleans, is
dead.
JAMES FISK, father OF the late James
Fisk, Jr., horsewhipped Gen. j. w.
Phelps at Brattleboro', VT, the other
day
Mrs. WIN. MONTGOMERY, of Louisville,
has baby ten months old which weighs
fifty pounds. The mother of this in.
FAINT terrible weighs 95 pounds and the
father 1874.
SPOTTED TAIL, the Indian warrior, is
opposed toGreeley. AS the philosopher
has no hair on the top of his head he
says he doesn't care a hair who Spotted
Tail is for.-Neso York Star.
Mr.. SAGER, the rabbi of the Jewish
Synagogue in Mobile, has renowned
the Hebrew faith, embraced Christian
ity, and united with the Baptists. The
change was owing to his study of the
New Testament.
PARAGRAPHS appear from time to time
saying that Miss Anna Dickinson is 60
ing into the political campaign on one
side or the other-generally the other.
Miss Dickinson is quietly pursuing her
lecture studies at home, and these par.
agraphs will be without authority till
she is herself heard from.
MARIE A. PIPrIN is one of those re.
markable women who are occasionally
produced in Vermont. She dwells in
Winooski, at the age of ninety.nine
years, and has been the mother of
twenty.three children, eight of whom
survive.
BosToN bellies are easily recognized by
the heavy boots they wear, and their
fondness for boiled onions and corn on
the cob.
PRESIDENT THEIRS recently said that,
in his opinion, King William of Prussia
was an ADLER man than frederick the
Great; that Bismarck was greater than
Cardinal Richelieu, and that Field Mar
shall Moltke was the most eminent
strategist that ever lived.
A FOREIGN paper estimates that Nils.
sons bridal presents amount, in solid
weight, to $4,000 pounds. This is GER
tainly good send.off for the fair bride,
and if the fortunate bridegroom can
safely take care of six tons Of wedding
gifts, in addition to the lady, he has
enough to do in planning mis- future
during the honeymoon.
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A Yankee Abroad.

A recent French paper devotes a par
agraph to wandering American who
just now is making quite sensation in
Paris, 10y frequent displays of his won
derful natatorial powers. He proposes
to head battalion of fifty of the
strongest French swimmers in an ex.
tended swimming excursion on the
Seine. The battalion, performing the
most complicated evolutions to the
sound of a bugle blown by its natant
American leader, is to pass through the
whole length Of the great city, under
its numerous bridges, down to the nets
at st. Cloud, to the great delight of the
wonder.loving Parisians. The name of
the amphibious individual is not given
but he must be a creole of French
descent, for no other than a mixture OF
French and American brains could con.
ceive or dare so eccentric an exhibition.
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The sweet potato vine may be saved
during the winter and used the follow.
ing spring in propagating a new crop.
/ have tried the experiment during this
year 70 my entire satisfaction. In the
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Railroad Statistics.

The following table exhibits the mum.
Der OF miles Of railroad in the countries
named:
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SHE lives in Saranac, Mich. Mrs.
Ballou is her name, and she weighs 67S
pounds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-02-28
Datlp Argus.
A Thousand Dollars Saved.

Ii was observed Of a certain covetous
man, that be never invited any one TO dine
with him. IL
IN lay a wager" said wsg. 81 get an
invitation from him"
The wager was accepted, and the wag
went the next day to the rich mans house,
about the time he was to dine, and told the
servant he must speak with his master inn
mediately, for he could save him thousand
dollars.
"Sir," said the servant to his master,
"here is man in a great hurry TO speak to
you. lie says he can save you a thousand
dollars"
Out came the master.
'What is that, sir? You can save ne a
thousand dollars 2"
Yes, sir, can; bat see you are at din.
ner. | will 20 away aud call again"
40, pray, sir, come 10 and take dinner
with me"
81 shall be troublesome"
"Not at all"
TIE invitation was accepted.
As soon as dinner Was over, and tht
family retired
"Well, sir," said the man of The house
now to your business. Pray let me know
how | am to save q thousand dollars"
swell sir, hear you have a daughter tc
dispose of 10 marriage ?"
al have sir
Sand you intend to portion her with tel
thousand dollars 2"
II do, sir"
"Why. then, let me have her, and vii
take her with nine thousand"
Sequel-Dives rose in passion and
and-the wag retired as hastily as decorun
would permit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-02-28
Watts Nervous Antid0te.

WATTS NERVOUS ANTIDuTE il g sure
and speedy cure for every Nervous Disease :;
,acoumendsd ana endorsed u some of the
be,t pbysioians. A single teaspoonful will care
the worst headache; less than = bostle the worst
kind of Il eurslgis. A single bottle frequently
res the wOrst kind of Rbsum IN, Chllls and
Fever.
For Debility, Mental Depression, Dyspepsia,
Epilepsy, Painting Fits, Gout, Mysteries, Less
Of A ppetiis, Melancholy, Nervous Twitehings,
st. Titus Dance, Sleepinesses it has no equal,
an q sure cure for them all. IL contains no
~ ercury, Morphine, Lasdanum or Opium what
ever, and is pleasant to take. single tea-
spoonful will con vince you of its wonderful
power. Try IT, and if mot more than satisfied
your druggist will refuud you the money.
TESTIMONIALS.
NEw YORK, Nov. Is, 1865.
"The frst dose o. the ADtldOte gave ME
the best nigh rest have had in ten months.
A n. BOOTH, $50 Third Avenue
New YoHk, Feb 7, 1870.
al was dreadfully afflicted 18th Rbsu-
matsm. 1t has entirely cured me after taking
few doses, the relief being magical.
Mrs. E. B. CUNSIos, 3Sf BOwesy.
BHooKLYs, E D. Feb ID, 1870
al was lnable 10 sleep or to attend to
business of an, kind One bottle Of Watts
! Nervous Antidote has entirely cured me.
have tried and seen it's effects the most deli
cate children, and have never seen snything
equal to il. Mrs &. A. NEWTON,
| 265 South First street.
New YoRK. Feb. 90, 1870.
= az have proved its wonderful effect In
relieving pain and nervous debility.
AT. LEARNED, 3a4 Broadway.
For sale BY al druggists Depot Watts Esr-
vous Anti ote Company, No. 50 Dey street, cor
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