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winter Butter.maktnx.

farmers wife thus gives. in the Rural New
Yorker, the result of % years ex perience: Com
mence to heat the milk when the cows are first
given cOrn-fOdder, which manage in this way:
Strain the milk i'm tin pans filling only half full
"a little more or less will make no difference:
them as soon as convenient, set the pans of
milk on the stove, where let them remain until
a rOughness or wrinkled appearance on the top
of the milk Is noticed (if the milk gets too hot
the only harm win be less cream, then take it
I'm the milk-room or cellar, into a cool place I'M
til next morning, when bring it up i'm warm
room and let 1t stand until the next day, when
1t Is generally ready to skin. When treated I'm
this way IL will not do to skim much under 43
hours. NV plan Is to skim mornings and nights
miikings both at the same time In winter. II
does not hurt butter for the cream TO sour
rather aids in churning. making butter come
sooner. The cream kettle keep in the cellar
until the day or evening before 1 wish to churn;
then, if convenient, set near coal stove or one
that fire Is kept in all night. In the morning,
before churning. try with thermometer, il
should be at the Temperature Of GO degrees. If
not convenient to set the cream near a warm
stove setting the kettle in hot water will answer
every purpose. Many object to heating the
milk because the milk sometimes burns to the
bottom of the pans. Set pans with water on the
stove, and place the pans with milk in these and
the difficulty is at once avoided.
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A1Louisville Is still supplying small towns
the neighboring counties with small pox. J

a%Louisville is still supplying small towns in
the neighboring counties with small pox. .i-
git Is stated from Paris that the Count de
Paris has sought an interview with the Count
de Chambord, bat received no reply.
n0An individual claiming to be the con of
Mrs. Sigourney, the poetess, has been convicted
Of petty larceny I'm Bosom. ~ 3issd
~A Mr.. Dixon offers to remove Cieopatrs's
Needle from Egypt and erect II on the Thames
embankment, London. for $75,0o0.
h9The St. Louis Journal says. CA young
man came into the Office Of this paper yesterday
with . manuscript poem. It began with; The
snow, the SNOW, the beautiful snow His friends
may get the body by Applying at the baensnt
and paying for the Dry goods box containing the
~Queen Hor1ense, The mother of the late
Emperor Napoloon III, p1nsesssd extraordinary
musical TALENT. , She composed one Of the
national military niEsof France which, In popa-
iartty, 10 only i1fdsior % the cclebeAted hymn
Of the q MarsetlAanDsn II Il the general favorita
with all the UArtial ha1ds Of France. = q
rLieueoAant 0eale, . talented young army
Officer who went astray in che war 60rt Union.
was r8cebfly answered shoveling dirt.for his
daily brad on pre- q tho extensions of the
Colorado Central poad.e Bat - he hsd h
scratch eratelv on several occasions durir:s
the No, f don't 80 % hard With him. -
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tfRoN THE " OLD CsBISsT"l
A dgn, bleak stretch asiant 20 tn, salt s,a's
Ct y .-- .H.-.. =
Rock--trewn, and searred by fire, and rough
with stubble-
And here and there bold, bright touch of
COLOR =.
Berries and yellow ieayes-.o make the ,,oo-
more ooiorous still. Above, SKY Of trouble
J.s,erIa strange light lifted through the air;
A CAREER mystery though the sky enfold-
nat gieam IN the west makes the whole dim
ear fair:
The sun outshines and the grey sea is gold
Erewhile moaned too long the lingering dav-
Ard now for one hour more-one little honr
pray! tScTtbBer for February
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AMADEUS DIsGUsTED WITH HIS PEoPLE-A
correspondent Of the New York World, writing
from London, says: al have just received a
private letter from Spain, of which the follow
ing IL the most important portion ~ "Affairs in
Spain are going from bad To worse. There is,
however, no fear of an Alphonsist rising. A few
mt mbers of that faction would not hesitate to
embark in any enterprise, however dangerous,
but their advice is Overruled by . strong ma
jOrity. There Is, moreover, no sort OF popular
enthusiasm for the party. Prince AiphonsO's
only supporters are found among the rump of
the progressionists. Meanwhile the king does
not gain in influence or popularity. The money
which he dispensed % lavishly last summer does
not seem TO have done more than gain him tenn
porsry applause. His majesty is, at the same
time, utterly disguised with Spain and the Span
iards, and II Is said is only holding on till the
death of the Pope, In order that Spain may,
when that event occurs, be found acting with
the Italian governments. Ii this be so, 10 Is,
perhaps, a partial explanation Of his apparent
confidence in the Gorilla ministry. The radi-
icals, who are now in power, would not be likely
to thw art their sovereign in any course which
should be opposed to the clerical party, and the
less 50 because they are now left to govern or
misgovern the country pretty much as they like.
The king has been more reserved than ever
since his illness, occupies most of his time in
smoking, and takes little interest in domestic
politics.
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Apules for Sick HOrses.

All my horses have been attacked with the
prevailing disease, and my main object has been
TO keep them warm, clean and comfortable and
to give them succulent food and such as will
operate as an expectorant. There was enough
green clover left of the second growth which I
had moved as their principal food, and gave
them several quarts Of fresh apples three times
daily. The consequence was, my horses had the
disease exceedingly light-the one first attacked
began to mend decidedly '~ithin . week.
found that had large Quantity of windfalls
in my orchard, which in this abundant season
had not been regarded as worth gathering. and
these furnished about twenty bushels Of food
for the horses. Apples are q well known ex-
.pectorant, and they relive the cough materially.
.-ACER, in Country Gentleman.
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THE PATH TO MATRIMONIAL BLISS is
thornv In California, or, at least two lovers in
WathenA had an unpleasant time of It. Hen
rietta Kirkpatrick wanted to marry Mr.. Wsd-
del, but old Kirk swOre that she should never
rally around the nuptial bower with any man
by that name. When the lover heard Of this,
lac took a friend along and sought an interview
with the old man. He granted one, appearing
at the door with q shotgun; which he Instantly
touched him, and he waited until the gun was
again loaded, dOdging this time by sliding to the
opposite side of his horse. Convinced Of Kirk
patrick sincerity by this, he rode away, but
Henrietta collected her worldly goods at mid
night, AS they might have known she would
have done, and the twain were united before
daylight,
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Bees.

The weight of an empty hive should be
known, and in the fall, each colony should be
weighed, and, II to be wintercd indoors, al
lowed twenty pounds of honey. On the arri-
val Of cold weather they are to De removed to
dry, dark room, having a temperature Of thirty
Ut forty degrees, given upward ventilation,
protected from mice, and allowed to fly out
during warm days.
For those not well acquainted with the man
agement Of bees, it is safest to winter them on
the summer stands. Strong colonies, with
twenty five or thirty pounds of honey, holes
through the center of the combs, to allow COM
munication, upward ventilation, and well pro-
tected from the effects of the cold winds, will
nearly always winter successfully in the open
air.-Erchdn1e.
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AN oYsrKn-oPENINa MATCH took place in
Danbury last week. The match was between
Charles +. G00dale, Oliver Blsssard, and
George Bartram. The first-named agreed to
open 600 oysters before BlAssard and Bartram
could open 500 each. The wager was for $50
The News thus describes Goodaie's operations:
''He would catch an oyster by the hair, kno Ok
off the nose with . tack-hammer, Jam the keen
fore that oyster could zee chance to make any
provision for the future, its roof was of and Il
Was making acrobatic movements toward the
rau.O s-sf -.
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RESPECTABLE EDUCATIONAL 0ANBLING.--
We have before US the figures appertaining to
the first drawing OF . legafzed lottery in Ken
lucky, which was legaliEed upon the plausible
the city Of Louisville. They serve good pur-
pose in pointing . moral - to the respectable
lottery business generally. There were IS 900
tickets sold which sales returnedin cash $50 goo
much did the library get2 just ei6,75O. An
the rest went In gifts. expenses, agents fees,
losses by agents, and profits to the lottery men.
Here were IS 900 people tempted to gamble un-
der the guise of contributing to library, and
S333 $50 squandered among the lottery people
to raise the insignihcant sum Of e16,750. A gift
the amount realized. But u seems that they
preferred to waste SO each for the privilege OF
tndulging In Q gamble, rather than contrfbut;
50 cents . head 10 buy books. Is this huu.aI
nAtuVv?-E1aA. Ledger. ,,..s .-,rl 49,
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A merchant of Chicago asinduccd by two
friends to invest with themin a land speculation
at some distance of-the purchase was made,
and the parties divided the land in three parts,
kee ping the two best locations, as they suppos-
cd, for themselves, and appropriating the other
third to the absent partner; for some years he
continued to paw taxes for it, without ever
having seen it; but finally becoming ruined in
trade, he bethought himself to visit his dis
tant property, when, to add to his troubles he
found that his friends had palmed upon him
apparently worthless swamp. The n. Y.
Independent thus tells the balance OF the
story
assigning just little at the dup,icity of his
friends. he wandered over the swamp he al
most disdained to call his own, and splashed
through its mud and water in desperate hope
lessness. Poverty and want stared him in the
face, when 10! something else stared him in
the face too. He found something upon his
land. What was 1t? II was not California gold
nor South African diamonds; neither oil,
iron, or coal. 1t was wild cranberries. ssPresto
changer! Now mark the result That land is
worth $500 per acre and he Is worth half a mil
lion dollars. He was a shrewd man, with an eye
to business; and he saw at once fortune In
those craHberries, and went to work to realize
il by cultivation and systematic labor, and he
has a regularly,rained brigade of children and
hands to pick and prepare the cranberries for
market, for which he realizes as highas S2f per
barrel, while the men who intended to PLAY q
Joke on him now mourn over their own unv.lua-
BILE land and sigh for the fortune their joking
lost Them
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JoHx TIERxxr, of Vassalbors, Ma, died sud
denly while on Q visit 20 his sistss's house at
Lawrence, Mas, snd hie neRhcvs are charged
evidence b said 10 be - clear that ~ tho proee-
cutien refrsin from calling chemical experts
conviction win almost certainly 30 obtained.
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No weli-appointed farm shon be destitute
OF Its tce-house, any more than Of its hors y
barn or wood-house, No claiborne and costly
building is needed f0r ti1s use; no large expen q
need be incurred in making the en-. losafe, or
filing IL with Ice. On pin-h, the farmer can
do all the work himself, and n ed only buy the
lumber, nails; and few hinges. AT any Rate,
without writing further Of the matter of cost,
II Is safe to say that any farmer even II he
'fowes q good DEAL" or his at txes arc hard to
pay" can compass the cost Of an ice-nouse
He had better sell his best COW than do without
the ice, for by the aid Of the latter the profits
of the dairy win be largely increased In hot
weather. In the house, the uses of ice are 80
various, that once introduced, it becomes
a necessity. Some hints regarding construction,
though old, may be of use to those wishing to
build. First, good drainage must be secured
without giving the air access to the ice through
the drain If the soil is porous or gravelly, no
artificial drainage Is required. IL Is not essen
tal that the ice be stored underground, as it
keeps quite as well above the surface. Double
walls are not necessary, but in small hons IS are
packed and enclosed with packed saw iu t or tan
bark. on all sides, and on the top, to the depth
of at least Il inches This package is the great
reserv alive Of ice. Ventilation must be given
from the top Of tine ice. With these principles
in view. il Is easy for a novice to build an ice
house. II Is well to bear in mind that the lar ger
the body of ice stored, the better IL will keep;
no farm ice-house should be less than L. feet
square on the inside, and eight feet high. As it
il is wise to procure ii on or near the farm. by
throwing q dam across brook, or leading the
water of q spring into basin. A few square
rods of ice will suffice TO fill an ordinary ice
house, and the depth of water need not be more
than three feet.--Amerioan Rsral HOME.
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"A DRUYKEN HUSBAND, according to arecent
decision in Illinois is ~ 100 better than none
broke his neck while intoxicated, and his widow,
under the Temperance law, hasrec0vered 81 200
from the saloon keeper Who sold him the fatal
liquor. 1t Is not long since . woman In Iowa,
widowed In about the same Way, recovered .
valuable Homestead a. damages IRON the rum
seller. ~. ~ rI.s -
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BoARDING-HoUsE FULL OF GAS Too
Deaths aud Others Rendered InseRsible.-A tele-
gram from Toledo, o., Jan. 20, says The board
ing-house, of 81 West st. Clair street, kept by
Mrs. L. Majors, was, yesterday morning, the
scene of the most terrible case Of asphixia ever
known in this city. The family, consisting Of
mother and daughter, and some four or i've
boarders, had spent the previous evening
pleasantly, and all had retired excepting Mrs
Majors, Miss Majors, her daughter, eighteen
years old, and Mrs. Quance, a young married
lady. They were preparing to retire when they
were suddenly taken Ill, whereupon physician
was summoned, who prescribed for what he
supposed to be their Ills, and the parties be-
coming quiet the physician retired. Nothing
more was heard until morning, when q neighbor,
Mrs. Seelye, called to bid the aod morning,
and finding no one up aud the uyor open, en-
tered the house, when she was rendered almost
senseless by the deadly gas which filed the
room. The alarm was given, and upon exam
ination Mrs. Quance was found dead upon the
floor, also Miss Ida Majors, while her mother
was found on lounge Just alive. Three gentle
men, sleeping up-stairs, named M. Addison,
John Carey and A. Payne, were found insensi-
HE, but may recover. The gas came from q
defective coal stove In the sitting-ro0m.
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Care Of Lambs.

Sheep are the only farm stock that have re-
tame or advanced their actual value In the
market during the past year. 1t is therefore
for the farmers interest that he carefully watch
his ewes and lambs at this season. Ewes need
better care than wethers, and should be remov-
ed to pens where they can be looked after daily.
AS they near the time of lambing, they should
be again removed to q warm, dry pen and
watched closely. If tina lamb comes weakly, it
should have mouthful or two Of warm milk
until IL is active enough to suck. If 1t should
become chilled, let 1t be removed at once, and
warmed and fed until restored. But there will
be few weak lambs If the ewes are fed previous
ly with good clover hay, q few roots, and q
handful Of oats daily. No hogs should be per-
mitted near q pen of lambs; and tho tanner and
more gentle the sheep have been made, the less
danger there will be Of the eve resenting any
AorcuIfurist.
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INSTRUCTIONS TO sERpERs AND PosrMAs-

CONTAINING ALSO CONDITIONS To BIZ INCORPORATED
IN THE CONTRACTS TO THE EXTENT THE DEPART
NENT MAY DEEM PROPER
I. Seven minutes are allowed tn each intermediate
ONCE, when otherwise specined for asserting the
mails.
of it, the special agents of the Posi- Once Depart
ment, also post Office blanks, mail bags, locks and
ss or receipts prsparsd ~ eema
tiers, other agents of the Department, win accom-
ton Of the several bags, to be exsmne BY the post
masters to insure regularity In the delivery of bags
T. 20 Day will be made for trips not performed; and
for each Of such omissions; If the failure be ooca-
times the pay Of the TIP viii Be dedactsa For s ar
rivals far behind time to break connection with
fourth q the compsnsstiSn Tor the TRIP Is Subject to
% aSs
the nature thereof, and the Importance of the mail,
g. For leaving behind or throwing on the mails. or
portion OF them, for the admission of passengers
express conveying inteIligence i'm advance II the
mail. q quarter 8 pay may be deducted.
be proe S and Ps by es
Gates Of postmasters the sdsvits Of other credi
Ss 70 he nc " deliver
post office; for suffering to be Wet injured, de-
maud, to convey the mail as frequently as the con-
tractor runs, or is concerned in running, coach,
T. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repe.ied failures to run .greeaey 70 con
the Instructions Of the Department; for refusing
%sSe 70 &c or rushing an areesd
or for transpertins pers S OF packages conveying
s. The Postmaster General may order an increase
Of service on route by allowing therefor pro rata
uiss Of Departure and arriSa ais in ali cases and par
ticulariy to make them conform TO concessions
runn ins sins ss Sos asrdsd The
General may also discontinue curta the service,
psrior service OF whenever the public interest,", IN
Ms judgment, shall require such disccntinasnce OF
indemnffy TO contractor months extra pay ON
the amount Of ser.ice dspen.eS with, and se ,ais
compensation for the amount of service retained and
3 Psymsnas WIN he made by collections from, or
uon Of each quarter-ssy in November, February,
Hay. and AusSs.prcyided thas required evidence
10. The distances given believed TO be snbstAn-
sSaSd Sss ss ns%
% - snpplied are correctly stated Bidders nlssi
Ss 1ess 4 & i nail sSs se conaoa q Si.
roas sfreas, &C., end III toll bridess, turnpikes
ss ): sss Il
tieasl p, bsssd snch ground, be considered
s ss ss;f e
ferries disccnfinued q other o6rucfons esnsss q
en- Ss. sSs ss s
ttssns !. - sed .l.o during The eootrect tsrn,
Il. SsssS Y. 4, s,St,on.a % nan sAs!r y-e,.s.,.
laqsdS -, March 5 ieS5 lor bids rscsiy Cd sfss,
- IT, ~ a = ss:s:tss e Sc|Istis'ce VI
:Hsss Is9.sa y l.. 20 "a % . q;
sesoFaia6 70 ssssioD =, - g ysas s, 80;
sssss =: q ri ~ 49, !.
q s:si s , g. M; &; ). s. ssssss
9 2Ss sss sSsss 81
As ons sSS fSrfvs q - sosssS5esa; ~ s. sos
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The attention Of bidders u called "a the Gh section
o. ihs Post Once appropriation act q March Gi
winch requires thai ali bids of SS.Up and Upward
snail De accompanied by check or drsH Of not les
thsn nye Per cent cf such bid
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IN TRE SUPREME COURT or TINE plsrIIcr
OF COLUMBIA,

HoIf1f a Special ItTIR, JaasarB l3fk, fTs
IN the ease ~ Mar KRAFT. ExecutTik &c PHILIP
KRAFT, deceased. the Executrix aforesaid has
With the appreciation of the supreme Courf ~ the
District % Columbia Aforesaid, appointed sArUR-
DAY, the lst day of February, A. ID. lSs, Ga "a.
hnal settlement aud distribution Il the perzensi
estate 81 SAD decea-d, aud "f the assets in hand
Tar the have been collected and turned igfo
money when and where all the creditors ana heir.
q said deces-ed notified 60 attend with their
CLAIMS properly voached. They may orl~rwl.e bs
law be eNciuted ffpm all benedt said d-c-a-s~i-
estate Provided, cops q this orser be- pill.ii.-
once week for three weeks in The preyiOu- 20
the said day. Test
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FALLING no FEET DOWN THE SHAFT OF
MINE, AND STILL ALIVE AND WELL.-Christ-
mas eve at the Julian mines furnished one Of
the most remarkable incidents in all the annals
OF curious casualties. Charley Fox is one Of the
owners of the San Diego ledge. Their shat. is
sunk to the depth of 175 feet. On the afternoon
Of the oath of December he took his place i'm the
bucket to go down to the lower level. 1t had
been raining freely during the day. The brake
on the within which raises and lowers the bucket
in mines not supplied with steam power, was
held in its place by rope. This had become
very wet, and, of course, relaxed its tension.
Fox had hardly taken his place in the bucket
before he went careering like lightning down
the sheer drop of rs feet. The brake was absO-
lutely useless, and down, down hurtled bucket
and man, humping now against one side and
now against the other, until finally both struck
the twO-inch planking which covered the well.
The bucket was smashed to pieces, and poor
Charley plunged through the twO-inch plank
ing, as though 1t had been pasteboard, into the
well. This was six or eight feet deep. He sank
to the bottom, and, when he rose, was hauled
out by his comrades. who were working in the
level. The mystery Of the business Is that,
although Fox was pretty thoroughly Jared and
bruised, a broken ankle was the only serious
injury resulting from the fall-San Diego World.
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Kai,sead ,sss.s ss asrc,,s,s

SH From Plummervilie 10 Frederick, rrsses and
Ssf,rss r sed i s9s Sess y sSssg q de-
master At Piunimer,ille.
500 From College 81. james to Bre.,he,.vslIs.
miles and back. three tiines a week l,y =
schedule Of departures ana arrival. ssti-f se-
tory 10 the postmaster at College 81. jane
Proposals inv tied fOr six -tiBles-s-week serr1oe
ssss FROM Conococheasue, by Fairview and Gear
foss, to Mason and Dixon, Pa 10 miles aud
Leave ConococheaSue Monday, wednesday,
Arrive 1 s a Mason and DIXON % by.pm.:
Leave Mason and Dixon Monday, " eSlnesiay,
and SATURDAY al b ,. M;
Arrive at Ccnccochesgue sy s:sor. m.
1854 From Dundes to skig,on. s., milo. ami back,
arris ais satisfactory 10 the postmaster az
Dundee.
S6ss From Westminster, BY Mexico On. o ana Snvs-
dershursh'in. o. to Manchester, 10 mIies sRd
Leave Westminster saturday stsa.m;
Arrive at Manchester by II m:
Leave Manchester SATURDAY. At p.m NJ.
Arrive at Westminster by q p. IN.
Proposals invited for t~ice-s week service.
$3.50 From suitsvile to Lanhsm, miles and back,
three times week, by schedule Of depart
us aud arrivals satisfactory TO tine p'st-
Prsposai. also invited fe5 ser,i ice emitting Ian
~ and shepherd s,Ore,' 70 Wsss River, Il miles
Leave Maiiitsn s,..ion Tuesday, Thursday and
Leave West River Tuesday, THURSDAY. and SGT
Arrive at MuIfiien station b. 4pm.
Proposals invited for six times a week service.
sSss From putfield to White Plains Station. fB 4 r
b. a schedule Of departures aud arri, ais salts.
factory 10 the postmaster at Dufficld.
1853 From Port Tobacco TO Msrdock Station, B. a
p r.. r., miles and back, six times ~eek,
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Biddsr.


The undersigned, residing at r, State of -,
drrtake that If the foregoing bid carrying the
mail on route No. - be accepted by the Postmaster
General, the bidder will, prior TO the lss Of June,
1873, enter into the required obligation contract
perform the service proposed, with good aud SUN
cient sureties.
Tats trs 10 undertaking 5isfsacfIyths o1sattoas
ard liabilities Assumed ~ 4aRtorS.