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The pastor Of the Baptist church in
Slawson keeps hens. Says the Danbury
Ne,cs Last summer n member OF the
congregation offered him rooster and
eight hens Of a good breed, IL he would
make coop for them. Such disintcrcst-
edness is not common in the history Of q
country parson, and our theological
friend was not slow in complying with
the conditions. As n matter Of economy,
he built the coop himself, and, after a
week Of hard labor and the sacrifice Of
one pair Of pants and the nail TO the
thumb of his left hand, he completed
the coop, at a cost of about fifteen dol
lars. Then he got the hens. lie has
had them ever since. They have laid,
in that time, about thirty eggs, and put
away quart Of shelled corn daily. As
for the rooster, he is an incorrigible
leafer, with no ambition and no eharae-
ter. One day last week, the parson
started out to feed them. lie had tin
pan full of shelled corn in one hand,
while the other was doing duty as a sort
Of a balance pole. The ice was very
slippery, and the coop was ON a rath-
er steep hillside. To make it worse,
there had been a warm rain, and the
remnants of it were pouring down the
grade in numerous rivulets. lie felt his
way along carefully until he acquired
half the distance. Then the dark line
against the horizon which represented
the parson suddenly increased its veloc-
ity. He don't know how it happened,
but he felt that the ice was going up hill
at a powerful rate, and he clutchcd a
bean pole standing by him, and gave
forth hysterical gasp. Then the pole
snapped in twain, the pail of corn made
a swift revolution in the air, and the
reverend gentleman came down full upon
his back, splashing the corn and the water
on both sides, like golden and silver
spray. Then turning part way around,
80 as to enable one of the rivulets to run
up the legs of his pantaloons, he sailed
down the inclined plane by the coop and
into the currant bushes at the foot Of the
yard. Altogether, he slid nearly fifteen
yards, and, although he lost his hat and
the collar to his coat, yet he kept tight
hold of the pail all the way; and when
he came into the house he still had the
pail tightly grasped in one hand, while
the other hand was occupied holding the
moist section of his unmentionables as
far from his body a. possible.
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the rest, thereby running the risk Of
breaking their legs and learning them to
jump. The common-sense way 10 take
sheep out Of field is either TO open vide
your gate, or let your bars or rails clear
down, and thus give the flock clear
gangwey, and avoid further trouble
American Farmer.
CEMENT WALLS. AND CIsrERNs.-
With one pint Of quicklime or good new
cement, we use from one TO two parts Of
coarse, sharp sand, to make stiff paste.
This for quality, depends on the fresh
ness Of ne lime or cement, which re-
quircs less sand in proportion to its
strength. Sand is useful TO diminish the
cracking, a. the paste or mortar dries;
thereby TO give IL body" and help I'LL
up. Quick mortar should be made up
every day, for each days work, which is
contrary to practice in this country, but
the mortar is better. II never becomes
soft after use, from age. Into this, fine
and coarse gravel can be worked with the
trowel. as the joints are finished. For
cisterns, Rosendale and Portland cement
takes the place Of lime, with only less
sand, and makes walls as solid a. Ran
some stone. The magnesa Of the cement
seems to have a peculiar affinity for
unburned limestone and brick sur
faces
Finely pulverized soft brick, mixed
with about equal parts Of wood ashes and
a little water in basin, is TO put on the
surface of cement-lad or grouted floor
Of a dwelling house, with trowel, and
worked up TO finish that much resembles
a glaze on pottery. This is easily swept
and washed, and wears always clean
appearance. As a paste to repair old
cisterns and stop cracks, with or without
the addition OF small quantity Of iron
Filings and sal-ammoniac, this is very
valuable.
We wish il were possible to impress
our masons with the fact that thin joints
makes the best walks, and require the
least quantities Of water and cement,
both of which are chemically stronger
and better for being mixed for the pur-
pose.-Pacifc Rural Press.
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Household Helps.

PREPARING SMALL FIsH.-Any kind
Of small fish may be prepared in the fol-
lowing manner: After being well washed
and wiped it is put in pan with little
butter, and sprinkled over with pepper,
salt and crumbs of bread scraped from a
crusty Loaf, with an onion chopped small,
and fried in the oven twenty minutes to
half an hour.
BEURRE NoIR.--This is savory
French sauce and is made after the fol-
lowing receipt, according To the H5usc-
keeper: Put three ounces of butter into
a frying-pan and let it become quite
brown; next add a few springs of parsley
and two dessert spoonfuls of vinegar,
with pepper and salt. After it is thor
oughly heated, it then becomes fit to
serve.
APPLE JELLY.-Cut out apples in
quarters lido not pare or core them, dip
each quarter into clear water, and put
them into jar TO cook in the oven until
quite tender; then strain the juice as
usual, and boil with pound of sugar to
a pint of the juice. The most delicious
jelly will be the result, with the full pure
flavor Of the apples heightened by the
cores having been left in, and not spoilt
by the objectional addition of lemon-peel
and juice.
How TO LIGHT A DARK RooM.-To
light dark room looking out on a mar
row yard or street, let the glass be
roughly ground on the outside, and set
flush with the outer wall. The light
from the entire visible sky, and from the
remotest parts of the opposite wall, will
be introduced into the apartment, re-
fiected from the inumerable faces or
facets which the rough grinding has pro-
duced. The whole window will appear
as if the sky were behind it, and from
every point ofthis luminous surface light
will radiate into the room.
STEwED APPLEs.-Peel and core six
apples, put the cores and parings into a
quart ofwater, and simmer gently. Strain
of, and pour the liquid over the apples,
adding the juice of half lemon, and
three ounces white sugar. Boil gently
till the apples are quite tender, then turn
out into basin, and beat up with fork
gradually adding about teacupful of
cream. When the whole is about the
consistency Of cream, pile up in glass
dish, and put away in cool place.
Whipped cream or the white of eggs,
well whisked, may be put over the top be-
fore serving.
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4 Few Wors,s te seebic aud Deiiease
Women.

By Il. v. PIERCE, NJ. d., Of the WORLDS
DIsPESsARY, Buffalo, New York.
Knowing that you are subject to a great
amount Of suffering, that delicacy on your
part has a strong tendency To prOlong, and
the longer il is neglected the more you have
TO endure and the more difficult Of cure your
case becomes, rs a physician, who is daily
consulted by scores OF your sex, desire 10 say
to you, that ! am constantly meeting with
those who have been treated for their all.
ments for months without being benefited in
the least, until they have become perfectly
discouraged and have almost made up their
minds never 20 take smother dose Of medi.
cine, nor be tortured by any further treat
ment They had rather die and have their
sufferings ended than to live and suffer as
they have. They say they are worn out by
suffering and are only made worse by treat.
ment. OF anything more discouragng we
certainly can not conceive, and were there
no more successful mode OF treating such
difficulties than that, the principles Of which
teach the reducing aud depicting of the vital
forces of the system, when the indications
dictate a treatment directly the reverse Of
the one adopted for them, their eases would
be deplorable indeed. But, lady sufferers,
there is better and far more successful plan
of treatment for you; one more in harmony
with the laws and requirements of your sys-
TEN. n harsh Irritating caustlc treatment
and strong medicines will never cure YOU.
II you would use rational means, such as
common sense should dictate to every in.
telligent lady, take such medicines Ms EN-.
body the very best inyigorating tones and
neryines, compounded with special reference
10 your delicate system. Such happy com.
bination you will find in my fayorite Pre-
scription which has received the loudest
praise from thousands Of your sex. Those
languid tiresome sensations causing you 10
feel scarcely able To be on your feet or as
cend flight Of stairs, that continual drain
that is sapping from your systems all your
former elasticity, and driving the bloom
from your cheeks; that continual strain
upon your vital forces that renders you irri.
table and fretful, may all be overcome and
subdded by perseyering use Of that mar.
NelOus remedy. Irregularities and Obstruc.
tons to the proper workings Of your systems
are relieved by this mild and safe means,
while periodical pains, the existence Of which
Is sure indication Of serious disease that
should not be neglected, readily yield 10 il,
and II its use is kept up Tor reasonable
length OF time the special cause Of these
pains is permanently removed. Further light
ON these subjects may be obtained from my
pamphlet ON diseases peculiar 10 your sex,
sent ON receipt of two stamps. My fayorite
Prescription is sold by druggists.
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4 HefDsueef,

1t is not often women fulfill their mis-.
sion of being the helpmeet of man so lit
orally and nobly as the young lady spoken
of below:
A young man who had been brought
up in community of Shakers came %
Tarifville about a year ago, intending
TO make tor himself home. Buying an
acre or two of ground, he began TO build
house. lie was employed in a factory
nearly two miles from the site of his pro.
posed home, during eleven hours day.
And yet, in addition TO his daily labor
and his long walk to and from his work
he has actually built with his own hands,
working mornings and nights, a roomy,
comfortable house, of good appearan &c,
worth when finished at least 81 800 or
81 500.
He has been assisted in this work by
the young woman whom he had chosen
to be his wife. She was his efficient
messenger to the lumber yard and the
stores, and with herown hands has lathed
almost the whole of the interior of the
building, and in part covered the outside
with sheathing. Last week, the house
being sufficiently near completed to adj
NIT OF its being occupied, they were mar.
ried, and are now in the full enjoyment
of their hard won and mutually created
home.
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No,r Aou BeDin 10 IaIE.

On certain occasion the counsel took
some exception to the ruling of the court
on some point and dispute arose.
"lf the court please, laid the coun-
sci, and at the same time picked up a
volume.
There is no Use referring to any book +"
exclaimed the court, angrily, 81 have
decided the pint"
But, your honor" persisted the at
torney.
"Now, don't want to hear anything
on the subject" yelled the court, 81 tell
you once more that | have decided the
pint"
81 know that" was the rcjoinder 81
am satisfied of that but this lisa volume
of blackstone. am certain he differs
with your Honor, and only want to
show you what an old fool Blackstone
was"
"Ah, inleedw exclaimed the court,
"now you begin to talk"
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MEDICAL ADvERrisINa.-The medical
profession are outspokcn In their dcnun-
citation Of the system Of medical adver.
Using, and declare that any mcdi.
cine that Is advertised I. fraud.
How thoroughly Inconsistent and
unfair is such an argument The
men who are - loud In their crit.
cisms, are those who advertise themselves
rs medical sardns by ostcntatious display
splendid residences with massive door
plates; fast horses and costly carriages.
DR. y. WALKER, Of California, an old
practitioner, respected alike for his skill
differ; and having discovered in his
VINEGAR BrrrERs a purely hsrbalistic
medicine, free from all spirtuous poisons,
a wonderful specific for numerous dis.
orders, advertiscs the same for the relief
Of his fellow man, and Is borne out in his
declarations Of its many virtues by thou
sands Of inyalids, who are being cured OF
disease by its use. %
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DEATHS ny CONSTITUTIONAL Is esti.
mated that 100000 die yearly in the United
States with Consumption. When Consump.
ton first appears there Is pain In the chest
and oppression, attended with difficulty of
breathing. soonj,here will he a cough, II
this irritation is not healed, and the effort 10
raise will still add fuel 10 the FIRE. Aliens
Lung Balsam will at once allay the pain and
irritated parts, stop the cough, aud prevent
what would he Consumption. II il max ing
cures OF diseased Lungs which were consid.
cred incurable.
For sale by all Medicine Dealers.
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ELECTRICITY Is LlFE.-All nervous dis.
orders, chronic diseases Of the chest, head,
liver, stomach, kidneys and blood, aches and
pains, nervous and general debility etc.,
book free, by Volta Belt Co., Cincinnati, o..
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THE Apaches are again said to be on
the war-path and when these terrible
redskins oil their hides, paint them
bloody red, and take to the war-path,
the palefaces know it means lively bust
ness, and either prepare to run or to
fight it out, according to the strength OF
their valor. The Apaches attacked a
party of men, recently, near Campos,
killing three and wounding another, and
many similar attacks are reported.
Great numbers Of families are flying
from Sonora for Southern California and
Arizona-the cowardly through fear of
the Apaches, and the brave attracted by
the recent rich mineral discoveries in
Arizona.
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THERE has been considerable break
ing out Of the bouquet fever in Wash.
ington, which prevailed so extensively
q short time ago in Brooklyn. Andy
johnson was the last victim. But he has
a strong constitution, the new-old Sen.
ator. and bore the affection with a
cheerful smile.
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joiHson's iRodvH, L,R,mem is, without
doubt, the safest, surest, and he'd remedy
that has ever been invented for internal and
external use. Il is applicable to great Va
riety Of complaints, aud is equally beneficial
Tor man or beast
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IT is rumored that Mr.. Fish has en-
gagged General Schenck's London house,
and will take possession early in the
summer. The fat bait now wriggling in
General Schenck's mouth is supposed to
be what this lucky Fish is nibbling at.
These are symptoms Of an important
change in our English diplomatic de-
partment.
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THE Washington dispatches convey
information that the recall Of General
Schenck has been determined on. The
reason for his removal has not yet been
made public; but some people, who can
zee as far into marrow.bone as a mag
pie, have an idea that they can make a
pretty shrewd guess at II.
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CAFE Con is losing its long-boasted
reputation for honesty and morality, and
the people there are "going back" on
their primitive simplicity. An italian
vessel, laden with wine, went to pieces
on the coast recently, and the virtuous
Cape Codders got gloriously drunk on
the contents of the wne-casks; and from
getting gloriously drunk they proceeded
to fighting and murder-no less than
three persons being killed in the orgy on
Cape Cod beach. Thus do vaunted pop
ular idols perish day by day.
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ONE Alabama man was fined ten dol.
lars for calling another "an old cross-eyed
hippopotamus." There's something in a
name in that State.
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Orsies~ tor VISITING sarst- sent t. ", &. CAN
NON, 90 St Boston, Mass, M be- prompt
~ aud oonssientiousy filled. See advertisement,
Dr. Tutts 1sair Dye makes man sixty years
Old look a. n he was but THIRTY. II cant be- 10
tccted. sold BY all Druggists.
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CLEBURNE Texas Chronicle; The pros
pect for two additional penitentiaries in
Texas is decidedly good, and the pros
pect for having them all well filled is
equally good. At present there are over
one thousand six hundred conyicts in
the penitentiary of the state, and this
alone is a sufficient reason for building
new ones in other localities.
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Wa have seen IL stated in various papers
throughout the country, that Agents for the
sale of Asrifdn's Cavalry Condition Poruiers
were authorized 20 refund the money 10 any
person who should use them and not be sat.
ished with the result. We doubted this at
first, but the Proprietcrs authorize Us to say
that IL is true.
BuRSrrr's CocoarxE /. the be., and
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CALL your wife pet names occasion
ally, and see if she don't put a cushion
on the rolling pin.
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SUPERINTENDENT MAILING, of New
York city, is firm in the belief that
Charlie Ross is still alive, and considers
it not improbable that the persons who
have him know nothing of his identity
and have never read paper containing
an account of his abduction. A reward
Of fifty dollars offered for his hat, which
was dropped out of the buggy in Tren-
ton when the abductors were passing
with him through that town, failed to
produce it till months afterward, though
the reward was Published extensively in
the New Jersey and Trenton papers.
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A KIND action is never thrown away,
but il goes sadly against the grain some
times 10 say polite things to book
agent
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"VARIETY is the spice of life," but a
contented mind is the apple-butter of ex.
istence
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ANDY JOHNSON, the old man elo-
quent, newly-elected Senator from Ten
nessee, received quite an ovation recently
on his return TO Washington. The
statesmen of all parties grasped him cor
daily by the hand, the brass bands were
anxious to serenade him, and the ladies
sent him the choicest bouquets to be had
for love or money. In regard to his pol
icy while in Congress, the distinguished
ex-President Senator says IL will not be
one OF revenge. lie has no friends that
he is particularly anxious of rewarding,
no enemies that he intends TO punish.
The Mason 4 Hamlin Organ Co. have
completed and now occupy their new
factories in Cambridgeport, Mass, in
which they have introduced machinery
Ia an extent never before employed in
the manufacture OF organs by the aid
Of this they not only produce the best
organs, but with greatest economy.
Twice As many organs can be produced,
in proportion 10 the number of men EN-
ployed, AS would be possible with Ordi-
nary facilities, and this is the reason
not only for such admirable instruments,
but also for such low prices.
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IT is now pretty certain, gossip says,
that the Bcecher trial will not be con-
cluded till about the middle of May, if
30 soon. The proceedings were opened
on the 4th of January, and this will ex-
tend the term of the trial to period of
nearly five months. In the meantime
the New York Tribune, and some one or
two other blanket sheets, will publish
the full unabridged daily testimony.
But the public will cease to be inter
ested after Henry Ward has emptiel his
locker of ammunition. That great i'm
partial jury, now fluctuating between a
belief and doubt in the guilt of Beech
er, but willing to wait patiently for all
the facts, will have then fully decided the
case, and pronounced its infallible
verdict.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-03-19

AMAN can not expect half a loaf when
he loais all the time.
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The Prussian Government has issued
an order forbidding the expectation Of
horses. When the news came by cable.
everybody said at once that Prussia is
going to strengthen her cavalry service,
and smell of war tainted the breezes.
But the fact is, it is France that wants
cavalry horses, her old ones having been
converted into steaks, roasts, and soup
bones at the Paris restaurants; and Ger
many forbids the expectation of the an
finals, so that France may not be accom-
modated. Not very neighborly pro-
ceeding, to be sure; but then Germany
don't like France, anyhow.
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The Emperor Of Japan as statesman
is no a" shrimp" il he is Authoritarian.
There is no longer danger of a war with
China, and As his imperial majesty feels
easy on his throne, he is devoting all his
energies to internal affairs. If he should
ever be threatened with war again, he is
determined to be well prepared. He is
completing the reorganization of his
army and navy, which is to be carried
out after the Prussian model. The old
japanese modes of maneuvering are Civ
ing way to something better.
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IT is a mighty good thing for the pco-
pie Of the country TO see the railroad
monopolics breaking up their combina-
tons, ceasing to be monopolies, and put
ting down the prices on transportation
Of freights and on passengers. When do
they intend TO begin offering chromos'
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RlrIrs suorerNs PISTOLS n Rr,oL,rRs,

SHARPS RIFLE CO.,
Manufactures ~ Patent y .eech-luaAlnr Nlitsu,
Sporting aud Crro,lmaoT Rife The Meet ta the
world. Winner At International aud nearly 81
other pfiusl psl matches at treetlnuor 50 uh,ial
Record Sporting Hines 80 g. 80. Cfessim,z1f
hincs, With Els,ston. fnf 49, va g.. 80 aud sta
rcud tur Illustrated tstaluruc-
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HNHrfuEn. tuNN. President
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The Markets.

BURNErT's COCAINE Is the best an,
cheapest hair dressing in the werld.
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TOPsCs or TaE TIME.

GEORGE SMITH, the explorer, has dis
covered, among the A~yrian tablets In
the British Museum, the legend Of the
building Of the Tower Of Babel. The
~mc gentleman made known last year
the Egyptian tablet relating to the
Dclugc.
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