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and steam one hour and half. Let it
cool few minutes, then dish with a
spoon, and trim with sugar. Serve
warm.
To POLISH CUFFS AND SHIRT FRoNTs.
Procure at the hardware store
polishing iron, that with a bulge at
both ends is the best, and will cost 81.
Iron the linen rs usual, then place it
on board with a layer of muslin ON
the board, pass damp cloth over the
linen and rub with the polishing iron
until the desired degree of glo8siness is
obtained The iron should not he very
hot, or it will seorch; ii it is too cool,
the polish will be long coming. Gum
arabic dissolved and added in small
quantities to the starch improves it; a
lump of sugar is almost MS good, and so
is sperm, or soap, or butter, or white
wax.
To PRESERVE GRAPES. Pluck the
clusters carefully, remove those thatare
green or bitten by insects or blasted,
and tie them to pole about ten feet
long and so firm as not TO bend much
beneath the weight Hang the poles
with the clusters suspended in loft or
chamber where there is a free circula-
ton, and there let them remain till
freezing weather, looking over them
occasionally and removing that have
begun to decay. Then pack in dry saw
dust in dry, shallow boxes, and keep in
a cool, dry cellar. The French often
keep them a number of months by dip
ping them in q thick whitewash, which
on drying covers stem and fruit with q
thin white crust and excludes the air.
Any one that knows a better way than
these will confer favor on our readers
by communicating it to them.
Birds NEST IN JELLY. quart Of
Jelly; three cups blanc-mangc nine
empty egg-shells; fresh rinds OF two
oranges one, half cup OF sugar. Cut
the rind from the oranges in long, mar
row strips, and stew gently un Ill they
are tender, in just enough water to
cover them; then add half cup OF SUI
gar, and simmer fifteen minutes longer
in the syrup. Lay them out upon a
dish to cool make n small hole in the
egg, and empty the yolks and whites :;
then rinse thoroughly with cold water
and fill with blanc-mange, and set them
in a pan OF flour to keep them steady.
Then make either wine or lemon Jelly,
and place it in large glass dish-I
prefer a nice platter, as the nests look
prettier Break the egg-shells from
about the blanc-mange and lay the arti-
fetal eggs upon the Jelly, as soon as
the jelly is firm enough to hold them
Lay the orange peel, which represents
straw, over and around them. 1t is q
beautiful dish, and really not much
trouble. / always make the blanc
mango the day before nest it, and the
jelly also.
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How 10 kiII Po,nto Bugs.

A correspondent of the Rural World
says: | will tell potato growers how ]
managed the potato bug last year with
success. They came into my potatoes
from the west in greatnumbers; indeed
they were SO thick that it seemed inn
possible for all to get a nip at the dele
ions plants. | am naturally a coward,
but will fight when necessity demands
it, and went to work on the insolvent
invaders in the following manner:
procured some long straw and match,
and commenced in front of them by
setting fire to the straw at one end,
taking hold of the other and dragging
it between the rows the wind being in
the east blew the blaze among the
vines and not a part of them was I'M
touched. never saw an army thrown
into such confusion. They found they
had assaulted the wrong enemy, and
retreated very disorderly. Some arose
into the air, others went on foot but
as | came back in the other row they
were oyertaken and received another
volly of fire and smoke. Thus / con-
tinued until had gone over the whole
patch, and II was great satisfaction
when ] walked over the battle ground
an hour later to find the dead and
wounded lying there thicaly, deserted
by their comrades, who, through fear.
did not wait TO bid farewell nor give a
decent burial. The objects of my pride
were left unhurt-the bugs ever after
considering that forbidden soil-and a
good crop was the result. Let him
who doubts try the experiment, being
careful to pass quick enough to save
the potatoes from scorching, and slow
enough TO scare the bugs, which is
known by their letting go their hold
and skedaldling.
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In their natural state all birds lay a
limited number of eggs, usually just
as many as the hen can entirely cover
during incubation. Those birds that
rear more than one brood during the
year, being no more liable 10 accidents
than single brooded birds, rear the
most young, consequently this variety
would predominant. Now when the
Jungle fowl was brought into domesti-
cation, in addition to its wild habits Of
laying fifteen eggs and then sitting, it
is made to incre ase the number of eggs
beyond fit cen, by taking advantage Of
its natural power Of provision for acct
dents by removing the eggs MS fast as
laid, leaving enough in the nest to pre-
vent its aban lonment. The hen nat
urally is forced to lay a few additional
eggs to supply the apparent deficiency
in the number usual when incubation
is commenced Under domestication,
the robbery of hens nests is carried ON
regularly and constantly, and the pro-
duction of eggs is stimulated at a great
rate. This is assisted by the abund-
ant supply of food at all seasons.
Food is plenty with wild fowls
only during the breeding sea
son, but man, by supplying plenty dur
ing winter makes spring and summer
extend through the whole year. This
induces n habit of continuous laying
that becomes hereditary. This work OF
breeding strains of fowls to be great
layers by gathering their eggs daily
was not performed with any conscious
purpose. The keepers took the eggs
because they were wanted, and carried
on this practice without knowing OF
caring that the habits of the birds
would become permanently changed
thereby. This habit is perpetuated
unconsciously by most people who
keep fowls for use. The gude-wife, y
when setting a hen always selects the
eggs from hens that are good layers
cold Brownie is such a good layer, ]
like the breed" SO old Brownies eggs
are saved for setting. The keeper, by
thus unconsciously selecting the eggs
for setting, goes on improving his
stock in this quality from year to year.
All these causes have been in opera
ton for thousands of years, for the
change from thirty or fifty eggs per
annum to five times that amount was
not accomplished in single one hun
dred years.
The writer thinks that the reason
why geese and ducks do not lay so con.
tinuously or so abuDdantly as hens, is
because they were migratory fowls, and
their breeding season is more limited
than that of the jungle fowl, which is q
constant resident. In the northern
regions where they rested the season
is short, and what was done, was done
quickly.
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A Mammoth DiSpensary.
From Dbl 81. Louis RepubIiean.


Among the notable physicians of this CONN
try, DR. r. V. Pierce. Of Buffalo, n Y. stands
descrvedly high. Tie has obtained professional
emtneneo through strictly legitimate means,
aud fully deserves the onyiable reputation
which he enjoys. thorough and careful
preparation for his calling and extensive read
img, during a long and unusually large practice.
nave made him extraordinarily successful ia
hir private practice, and gained The commend
alton even CT his professional brethein BY
devotng his attention mainly to certain speci-
allies he has been rewarded in yerv great
degree, and IN these limos is recognized AZ q
leader Not few of his preparations com
pounded for these special cases have been
adopted and are used IN their private practice
ny physicians throughout the country, and his
pamphlets and larger works upon these cub
lects have been welcomed as valuable additions
60 medical literature, and placed among the
regular textbooks of many medical schools.
Acknowledgment Of the services which lie has
performed fot medical science has been ma la
by presentations Of degrees from two OF the
hlst medical institutions of the land. and by
the translation Of several OF his works into
German, Spanish and other foreign languages.
The increasing demand for his specifies some
time since necessitated the opening Of relqi-
lar dispensary for their preparations and from
q small beginning the business of this estab-
tAHtttAlCitt mas now grown 10 Naululoth proper
tons. Thus during the three months ending
March 81, 1874 the sum expended for postage
aloua not TO speak Of that paid on newspa.
pers, Amounted 10 S2,0S0.70. Over hundred
persons are employed in the various depart
mcnts, and a corps Of able and skilled phyai
clans are retained "a an advisory board Ia diff
ncult cases Elsowherein to-day's Republican
a whole page is devoted to a communication
from Or. Pierce, setting forth something 81
the history and details of this vast establish
meut, which viii be found not uuinteresthIl
reading
If You would patronizo Medicines, scientific
ally prepared by skilled Physician and
Chemist use Dr. Pierco's Family Medicines
Golden Medical Discovery is nutritious. tonic
Alternative, or blood cleansing and an unequal
cd s5ugh remedy Pleasant pWgatiye Pellets
scarcely larger Chan mustard seed constitute
an agreeable and reliable physic; Fayoritc
prcscriptiou-an unequaied remedy for dehili-
tated females Extract OF Smart-weed. magic
al remedy for Pain, Bowel Complaints. and
dn unequaled Linir.ent for both human and
horse-ileah while his DR.. Sage's Cat2rrl
Remedy is known the world over as the great
est specific for Catarrh and "Cold in Head.
ever given to the public. Com.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Ilee,Iing Sour Whey.

Several correspondents have recently
asked concerning the value of sourwhey
as food for mich cows, and the effect
of the same upon the product made
from the milk. We believe sour whey
merely worthless, it is worse than
worthless. BY judicious minglingwith
other food it may be restrained from
exercising a noticeably bad effect upon
the animal, but it introduces into the
system an evil element, which passes
directly into the circulation, deposits
itself in the milk, and induces putre-
factive conditions in the product. 1t is
fatal to good flavor in the cheese. and
makes what is called an open article.
With good, sweet whey different re-
suit might be expected, but with whey
from the factories, drawn from a whey
vat, which is stencil and pestilence
to the neighborhood, and from whose
corrupt recesses there can come no
good thing; if this matter be fed to
COWS it can have none other than an
evil effect, and that continually. Such
patrons are ridiculously strenuous
about obtaining their full share from
the whey vat, so much so that the
maker has to pump in water "to make
it go round. The beauty of this sys-
TEN is that the more water the patron
gets the less evil he draws home
Everything about COW should be
clean, sweet, and wholesome if the
best article is to be made from her
milk. This result cannot be obtained,
if the seething, sinking whey is intro
duced into her diet The old wisdom of
figs from thistles holds good in this
matter as in other agricultural opera
tiOns. - Utica Herald.
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The New York Herald SAYS "A few
days since the writer called mt a neigh
boris residence. who had a beautiful
Chester White SOW with three pigs
about six weeks old. She brought forth
nine, but overlaid six of them. The
live pigs were worth five dollars each.
Hence there was a loss OF thirty dollars
simply because his foreman did not
understand how TO prepare a suitable
bed for a breeding SOW. A large guam
tity of straw had been allowed to accu-
mulate in her sleeping apartment, 80
that she had formed n deep hollow
about the size Of her body. As the
young pigs could not get out of such d
place, when the dam was about TO lie
down, they were smothercd. Our own
practice with brood sows has always
been TO remove all the straw from a
sow's bed ut least month prior TO the
birta of her brood, and spread a few
lunches of cut straw on the floor for
her TO lie on. Young pigs will never
become entangled in such a bed, neither
will they get cornered so that the dam
will overlay them When pigs are
worth FIVE dollars each it will pay the
proprietor to prepare a suitable bed for
the SOW. Long straw should never be
spread in brood sow's sleeping apart
ment, except when no pigs are ex-
pected.
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New York Correspondence Lawrence American
He who thinks that harps have gone
out Of fashion is very much mistaken
To be sure it is long time since the
harp through Tara's halls the soul Of
music shed, but that delightful old
instrument still lives. There is a place
on Houston street, in this city, where
harps are manufactured, and it is, ] be-
lieve, the only place of the kind in this
country. | am told that before the war
there was an excellent sale for harps
throughout the South that the trade
has fallen off there, owing to the scar
city of money, but that it has extended
largely over the Middle and Western
States. Tue southern ladies still cling
to their old harps, but they buy very
few new ones. One reason that harps
are not more generally played upon is
that there are so very few teachers /;
scarcely any to he found outside the
converts ; there are not more than half
a dozen teachers in all New York
There is always harp in every we'll
regulated orchestra, for thatinstrument
plays an important part in a number
of operas, such as " Fidclio. F." Lucia, -
and others. Nine. Maretzek, who is a
remarkable fine harpist, always accom-
panies her husbands orchestra in that
capacity. | wonder that more ladies
do not learn to play the harp. In the
first place it makes a rich accompani.
ment TO the voice, and in the second il
displays a beautiful hand and arm tC
such advantage There is an excellent
harpist with Thomas orchestra Mr..
Browne, the head partner Of the manu-
featuring firm in this city, is also fine
performer, and hos played in orchestras
both in this country and in Europe
Mr.. Browne tells me that he has lust
as many orders for harps as he can fiji.
and that they are busy all the time.
The harp is an expensive instrument,
ranging in price from $3.50 to 81 900
those that sell at $3.50 are single action
instruments, that is, they can only be
played in one key. The double action
harps are of course the more desirable.
also the most expensive the average
price, however, is abaot $500. There
is an air Of romance about the harp
which we mss in other instruments un-
less it is the violin, it is SO graceful and
picturesque.
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Thy Name.
pY GERALD RANDALL.

BY GERALD RANDALL.
l told the rose thy name-it blushed and
stirred
Its petals trembed as an ectasy.
l cried my name aloud 10! the bird
Burst into song within the thick-lsaved
tree.
/ spake it when the morn was grey and
cold
And straight from out his east upshot the
sytL.
spakc it in the nght--tho clouds that
rolled
Above dispersed; the stars came one by
one.
Should any whisper it when on my face
The black earth lies, calm sleeping under
ground,
/ think my heart again would beat a space,
And that my lips would tremble at the
sound.
And if before the gates of heaven came,
And could for mine own worth no entrance
win,
/ think that then, if / should name thy
name,
The eternal gates would stir and let me in
Spectator.
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Useful Recipes.

SUMMER MINcE PIES. Two cups Of
sugar, one Of molasses, one of vinegar,
one of butter, one Of raisins, two eggs,
three Boston crackers, one cup Of boil
ing water poured on the crackers, spices
70 taste. This quantity makes two
large pies-and we think might give
one first class Indigestion, but
"Young Housekeeper' says ''its nice.
BLACKBERRY PUDDiNG.-Make crust
by wetting two cups Of wheat meal and
one cup Of fine corn meal, with boiled
rice enough to make paste that can
be rolled out one-third Of an inch
thick Then mix about one quart Of
blackberries with one-half cup Of wheat
meal. pour them into the rolled oui
crust, draw the latter over them and
pinch together, then sew up in a clotl
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Milking IEnN.

1t is rather late in the season to dis
cuss hay-making, but we find in the
Country Gentleman an article on the
subject so iudicious and practical that
it Is always in order. We quote the
concluding portion:
Many years personal experience
has convinced us that hay can be made
faster, in better condition, and in much
greater exemption from loss by vicissi-
fudes of the weather, if moved when
the grass is dry, raked as soon as thor
oughly wilted, cooked up in small
cocks, left until cured through, even if
it takes week, and then drawn directly
from the cock, without opening out. Ut
takes no longer to rake the hay with a
good hOrse-rake, and the time spent in
cooking up is saved in the more rapid
rate at which the hay can be land isl
drawn in. When drawn directly from
the cock, the hay is pressed down into
flat layers, easily loaded, and readily
and rapidly pitched off; two men and
team easily drawing double the mum
Der of loads in day from the cock that
they would do from the windrow when
as dry as hay is usually drawn. By
this method of curing hay, none is ex-
posed to the bleaching of the sunlight
or dews, except just long enough to
wilt the grass. No half dried and nearly
dried hay gets caught in n Sudden
shower, spelling the color and the quail
ity: and the farmer is always mp with
his work. In hot, dry weather, such as
often prevails Mt this season, the cocks
will cure through in two or three days,
while cool showery weather will delay
the process a week or more. OCCASION
ally very heavy shower will wet the
cocks through so thoroughly that it will
be necessary to turn them over to the
wind while before drawing in. In
this case the hay is much less injured
than if it had lain spread out during
the shower When the hay is cooked
mp as soon as wilted, it packs together
so closely that the cocks are seldom
overturned by the wind, or wet through
10y a shower
An intelligent farmer will soon he
able to decide when the cocks are cured
sufficiently to be put into the bay OF
stack without any danger from heating,
and yet the hay will actually feel damp
to the hand when first pitched from the
cock. The airing it gets during the
handling, superadded TO the sweating
in the cock, removes all danger of in
jury in the NOV. The hay will come
out in the winter Of the same color as
when put into the cock, although il
may look more or less yellow when il
is drawn. Two men, with team and
tools, will cut and get in twenty acres,
if all is cooked aud drawn in this way,
in about the same time that two Others
would get in sixteen acres, il dried in
the field and drawn from the windrow.
In addition, if driving in the shade is
of any value, all that can be done in
this direction will also have been done.
There are many dairy and stock farmer,
in this state at the present time that
never draw "A load Of hay from the
windrow. Judging from the general
appearance of their stock in the spring
they have fed only the best, and plenty
of II. Their experience iustifies the
rule in making hay that IL must be chi
early and cured in the shade
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4 FEM GOOn REAsONs .

Ia Ne,o THuention THoRoUduLY TESTED and
secured by Letters Patent.
2.-Makes perfect Lock STITCH, alike on both
Sides on an kinds Of goods
3.-Runs LIGHr SMOOTH, NoIsELEss and RAPID
best combination ofqualities.
4.-DuRABLE-R Runs for Years without Repairs
5.-WM DO al Uarietieso f WORK and Fancy Stitch
ing in a superior manner.
rs Most Easily Managed by the operator.
Length of stitch may be altered while running,
and machine can be threaded without passing
thread through holes,
q Design Simple, Ingenious, Elegant, forming
the stitch ,cithom the use Of Cog Wheel Gear,
Rotary Cams or Lever Arms Has the A't0mdti
Drop Feed which iistaes uni form leRgtbof stitch
any speed Has our new Thread Controller, which
allows easy movement Of needle-bar and prevents
iHiuiri 10 thread
s.-CoNsTRUcTIoN most careftd and FINISHED. IL
is manufactured by the most skUfid and erperi-
eneed mechanics, at the celebrated Remington
Armory, IIiOn, n. Y. New York Office
No. q Madison square. kurtz's Build.
ingo BRANCH OFFICES: 2s5 state 81
Chicago, LII., 17O superior ~, Cleveland
o. fsI Fourth 81, Cincinnati, d.; 400
Main 81, Buffalo, N. n, 334 Washington
81, Boston, Mass; $40 Chestnut st,
Philadelphia, Pa, 10 sixth 81, Pitts
burgb, Pa.
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WINSING GOLDEN OPINIONS. Per
haps no man living has won more gold
on opinions than DR. Walker, in thc
enormous and widely increasing sale Of
his CALWoRNA VINEGAR BrrERs at
tests. We never look into one Of our
exchanges, but there is n panegync Of
the Bitters staring MS in the face. oar
readers will say that there must be-
reason for all this praise. They are
right. The efficacy OF this celebrated
medicine is established by evidence
which tits impossible TO doubt Among
the thonsandswho have borne testimony
70 its excellence, there is not one dis
sentient voice. In very many phases
OF inorganic disease il seems 10 be uu.
failing. All diseases arising from "a
yitiatod state Of the blood are surely
eradicated by IL. re Is au enectual
remedy for pulmonary complaints, bill
lous, remittent and intermittent feycls,
rheumatism and dyspepsia. II purgcs
the body Of an unhealthy humors, myss
tone to the system, and whore the vital
powers are enfeebled, restores their
functions 20 vigorous and healthy
action All this itdoes the more effect
ually because It's operation Is not inter-
lered with by the presence of alcohol.
The NlSEGAR BIrTERs is perfectly free
from any such hurtiul ingredient We
have always believed that plants con.
tain the true remedies for disease, and
an the remedies necessary. ID. Walk.
er il on the line Of real progress. and
We hope that lac will not rest oi hi'
present discoveries Com
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The Rice Divorce suit for fraud in age, is
causing great excitement ia Boston. IL should
warn young men not 20 marry in haste Rice is
but y; his bride g. He swears that she made him
believe she was but his own age, by using Maguo-
liza Balm upon her face, neck and hands. Poor
youth he probably found her elbows weren't
quite SO soft and pretty. ought Hagan 20 be in
dicted We know Of many similar cases. This
Balm gives most wonderful pearly and natural
complexion. to which we don't object. We like
pretty women. To finish the picture. they should
use Lyons Kamarion upon the hair. with pearly
chin, rosy cheeks, and soft, luxurious tresacs
thoy hcrnme itre.lstihle.
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Fell r. ma g. abroad Car, and nearly broke
his neck. Pat picked him up, rubbed him with
Mexican Mustang Liniment, and sent him ON by
the next train. Falls, bruises, cuts, COMMISSIONS
lameness and such accidents are constantly DC
curing There is nothing 50 sure, safe, cheaI
and convenient as tho celebrated Mustang Lint
mcnt. 1t costs but 30 cents and 500 per bottle
and no Family owner 81 Horses should he with
out Il. There is no flesh, bone or muscle ailneni
upon man or animal, like Rheumatism, Bruises
spayia and Lameness, which it win not alleviate
or cure. why viii you suffer- beware Of coun
terfcits. tits wrapped in a steel plate engraving
signed &c W. wostbrook, Chemist