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, 1876-08-04

Fashionable Summer materials fur
nish, for early morning wear, fine WOOL
en- and all its kindred stuffs for day
wear, are taffetas, barege, China crepe,
faille mixed with foulard, soft silk
broche and Louisine; for country wear
and excursions the two faVorite fabrics
are batiste and Madras, and for evening
occasions gauze muslin, crepe Gsse and
light foullard.
The Revolution hat has high pointed
crown and many feathers.
Black hid belts, with aumoniere bags
bearing the monogram Of the bearer are
worn.
Brocaded grenadine, trimmed with
thread lace, is one of the favorite seleo-
tons in grenadine dresses.
A fashionable garniture for straw hats
cherries and strawberries with bronze
foliage.
Satin finished ribbons are much used
for dress trimmings.
''Sole Centennial Summer silks of
the national colors sent over by the
Lyons factories. The ground is irony,
with pencil stripes of blue and rose.
Novelties in grenadine dresses are the
green ones, trimmed with gold or silver
braid.
White muslin dresses are seen with
out overskirts or polonAises. the skirts
being covered with small hounces.
Ribbons Of silk canvas gauze are very
fashionable for Summer.
All toilets are much trimmed with
ribbon bows.
Bonnets are worn according to the
fancy of each indiVidual-over the face,
back on the head, or in other of the
different fashions of the past two or
three years.
The fashionable material, batiste,
comes in all shades.
Dresses appear TO be growing longer
and longer, and tighter and tighter.
Costumes still govern the feminine
toilet.
With the ultra-fashionables who are
using red carriage parasols, scarfs are
being substituted for other wraps.
, 1876-08-04

Several times during the past year
the Free Press has been asked by East
ern papers TO explain what "penstock'
is. The Philadelphia Chronicle cant
for the life of it make out the meaning
of the word, and Boston, with Worces-
ter, Webster and Harvard University st
hand, is just as ignorant. Gentlemen,
look this way. You go TO o plumber
and tell him you want . family supply
Of water. he fools round from six days
TO six weeks, and his man comes and
digs ditch from some point in the back
yard TO the water main in the street. II
you have any money or patience left
one end Of an inch lead pipe is con-
nected to the main, and the other end
cut short of wherever you designate t.
The last end is fitted with Q stop-cock
and q waste-cock, connected TO q per
pendicular pipe reaching TO the surface
Of the ground, and this latter pipe Is
enclosed in q wooden box four inches
square. An iron rod runs down the box
beside the pipe to the stop-cock, and the
rod is fitted with handle. When nm
ished, "penstock" is Q box four inches
square, rising from two TO three feet
above the ground, with handle on one
side and spout on the other. Tun
the handle one way and the water gusne.
out Of the spout and the Water Board
have got death-grip on you. Tun Is
the other way, and the water stops. This
is called penstock. Lead it into the
house and you can call it by any name
you want to. The only "hydrants IN
Detroit are for fire purposes. II other
towns prefer to call penstocks hydrants,
it's nothing to Detroit. We have pleng
Of time here to hunt up . name iof
everything, and time enough 70 pro
nounce long names slowly and inteln-
gently. Penstocks have been known
here for q great many years, and Detron
viii continue to use the word.-DeT0H
Ere, Press.
, 1876-08-04
Around the Farm.

Good news for the boys. They have
invented patent machine for currying
horses. 1t is said to save time, and do
the work far better.
A correspondent Of the Nel0 Csnt1t'y
contends that farmers should keep but
one breed of poultry. 1t will not pay
to have all the trouble of keeping vari-
GUS kinds separate. Select a choice
breed, and then keep them pure.
The plan OF narrowing potatoes after
planting, and before they are far ad-
vanced, is growing in favor. This al
lows the crop to have a good start of
the weeds, and the potatoes are not In
the least injured by the harrow.
1t is said that the wild grapevine will
twine itself from tree to tree. The coral
honeysuckle is desirable for planting
near the windows, as it Is one of the
first vines to unfold leaves and flowers,
and the last to retain them. Its pretty
flowers are favorites with the bee and
humming bird.
NJ 1. Pierre calculates that, In a life
of sixty years, an apple tree removes
from the soil 60 pounds of nitrogen,
equal to II, 500 pounds of farm yard
manure. To maintain the soil in con-
dition, therefore, he estimates that about
us pounds of manure ought to be an
n1ally given 70 tree during the fifty
years that it Is in bearing.
The cause of foot rot, or "hOof
all" in cattle, is generally muddy or
damp yards. Cows that are kept in dry
yards, and are not obliged to wade
through to get their drink, are seldom
troubled with fouls. The cure is easily
effected by cleaning the sore feet out,
thoroughly scraping off all disorganized
skin or flesh, and rubbing in we'll a
salve composed of finely powdered blue
vitriol and lard; equal parts by weight.
The feet should also be kept dry.
1t is of importance that we sit only
fresh eggs, so that there may be no
waste of eggs, or of effort on the part of
the hen, in endeavoring to hatch out old
or stale ones. The practice too often is
to gather the eggs from day to day, and
place them in a basket, box, or some
place of general reception; and, when a
hen is to be set, the eggs on hand are
picked over, with q view to get those of
q certain color, shape or kind, regard
less of age. Consequently, some which
are set are freshly laid, while others are
much older, and perhaps stale; these
undoubtedly would not be set if it was
known how old they were. This diff
Guilty would be entirely overcome by
marking with lead pencil on each egg,
at the time of collection, the date when
laid, and if it Is known by what hen,
note that also; then, in selecting eggs
for q sitting, those of too great age are
readily excluded.
, 1876-08-04
Domestio Reoipn..


Potato SALAD. = Boil potatoes q,
that fork will pass through them ~.
slowly; let them cool thoroughly :.
stand over night; then cut into sv'n
bits like dice. II onions are liL.5
chop one very fine, and add 10 o..
Make dressing by taking one teaspoo-,
full Of ground mustard, and rubbinc !,
thoroughly with a teaspoonful Of All !.
little white pepper, and two well l,o.,..
raw eggs. Add very slowly half a -
cupful of the best salad oil. and h..
tablespoonfuls Of vinegar. Thiok -
or sweet cream can be substituted n.
the oil. Beat this until very StiT 80
turn over the potato. Small bits Of cola
veal, beef or mutton, are an improve.
ment to it.
BEAN SoUP.-Soak one quart Of vbi..
beans over night in warm water. Tn.
it off in the morning, and add tbres
quarts OF boiling water and one pound
Of pork, and boil four or Eve houn
As the water evaporates, add mora
When the beans are well pulped. strain
through q sieve, and serve the pork on a
separate dish. Season with an onion or
carrot chopped fine, added when The
beans are first put on to boil. This i
a very appetizing dish, and highly rel-
ished by those who cannot eat baked
beans.
A DRIED APPLE PR.-Soak the an
Piles all night in warm water, setting The
pan on the back Of the stove. In tbs
morning pick them over, and cut ont
all cores and spots. Place in presery.
ing kettle and stew until soft, adding
little cider instead Of water to soften
them. When cool, sweeten we'll, adding
q grated lemon peel, and the Juice of 4
lemon TO every two pies. Put seve1l
bits of butter into each pie, and baks
with faky, short, upper and under
crust.
HINTS RoR DESSERT. - Pulverized
sugar is better than granulated for
soonge-cake. Boiled custards with
lemon jelly are excellent for tea. Make
a rich, well-havored soft custard, and
with box Of Cox's Sparkling Gelatine.
prepare q stiff jelly, from receipt given
with the box. When needed for tea.
turn the jelly out of the mould into q
handsome glass dish, and pour the Gus
tard all around it. You can leave out
several Of the whites of the eggs used
fer the custard, and beating them to
stiff froth, ornament the custard with
them, and bit of red jelly or jam can
be placed on top Of each spoonful Of
froth.
, 1876-08-04
About the House.

Liebig has shown that oatmeal Is al
most as nutritious as the very best Eng
lish beef, and that it is richer than
wheaton bread in the elements that go
to form bone and muscle.
IT is said that common MULLEN,
stepped strong and sweetened, Is highly
beneficial for consumptives. 1t should
be gathered in early Summer, dried,
and taken continuously for some
months.
To REMOVE red ants, buy five cents
worth of calomel and put it on n plats
with syrup, where the ants trouble you /;
they will disappear; or, cayenne pepper
Is said to be good cure for ants, as well
as mice or other vermin.
BREAKFAST MUFFINs.
Two eggs well beaten with one cup of
sugar and lump of butter the size of
an egg; to this add one pint of sweet
milk, with two teaspoonfuls of yeast
powder worked thoroughly through one
quart of -four. Bake in muffin rings on
top of the range or in gem pans in q
quick oven.
bOoIOh BhOhN
Three and three-fourths cups of In
dian corn meal, two and one-half cups
rye meal, not flour, two-thirds cup of
molasses, one quart milk, either sweet
or sour two even teaspooonfuls soda
dissolved in milk; steam in a tin pud-
ding boiler five hours take off the
cover and set in the oven with the beans
to remain till morning.
WHERE all other means have failed to
exterminate bedbugs, sulphurous acid
gas has succeeded. Take everything
out of the infested room, plug up all
the windows tightly, close all chimneys,
and empty about one ounce of powdered
sulphur on a pan of hot Goals, placed in
the middle of the floor. Shut the doors
and cover all cracks; let the sulphur
burn as long as twill. Where the room
is large it IS good plan to fasten q bit
of tin tube to the bottom of the pan,
and to this connect enough small rub
Der pipe to lead out of the nearest door.
By blowing into the end of the pipe
with the bellows, the sulphur will be
caused to burn more quickly by the
draft created, and to give q denser
smoke. After the sulphur has burned,
paint all the cracks in the floor and
around the mop-board with strong so
luton of corrosive sublimate, and treat
the furniture to the same before replae-
ing it. We have seen room frightfully
infested, completely freed by this plan.
Scientific American.
, 1876-08-04
P.onli,r Talent Of an niterate Mis-
Sourian.

A GREAT deal has been said and written
obon9 tbe great mathematical prodigy,
"Renb" Fields, who lives in Fayetteville,
in tins County, and the more that Is
known of him the greater wonder ne Oe-
comes. He does not possess the sim
nIost rndimepts of book education
5oas moi know a letter or figure by sight
md vet he can solve the most lntrl'
.oto nroblem in an instant, or can per
a., a calculation in less than minute
tbat would require the work of an hour
bv tbe ordinary modes. For instance:
We give him the day of the month and
vsor of our birth, and he told, IN less
than a half minute, our age IN seconds
minutes, days and years. Give HIM the
dav of the month and the year OF any
event. however remote, and he Will IN
stantl ' give the day Of the week.
we spent two hours with him last
Saturday. and, Notwithstanding We have
often talked with him and seen him dis
play his wonderful gifts, yet we always
and something new in him.
We placed a column of figures on a
paper. equal in length to the columns
Of an ordinary y-sized ledger, and called
them of to him in rapid succession, and
when the last number was called he gave
the sum without a moments hesitation.
He did not see the paper, and would not
have known a character on 1t II he had.
One hour later he repeated those num-
hers in the exact order In which we
called them to him. We then began at
the bottom, and would call two or three
numbers correctly and then one ineor-
rectly, and he would correct us by CIV
ing the proper number.
More mysterious than this to us Is
the fact of his ability to give correctly
the time of the day or night, whenever
called upon, without any reference what
ever to time-piece.
In this place the time-pieces are all
regulated by railroad, or st. Louis time.
II YOU ask .'Reub" the time, he will
say: 81 am 15H minutes past one if
you have railroad time you have so and
So" giving the exact difference between
sun and railroad time.
Another remarkable fact is that he
gives the exact time of his locality. If
Be is in Washington city he gives Wash
ington city time /; if in San Francisco,
the time there. he cannot possibly do
these things by any method of cal
culating the passing time, for he will
give the passing time as accurately while
waking from sleep at night as if it were
daylight and the sun shining.
There seems 10 be nothing too great In
numbers for his mind to grasp, and yet
nothing too small. Ho can tell what
the interest on one cent would be for
three seconds at the rate Of 10 per cent.
per annum, as readily and as easily rs
he could tell the interest on 81 for one
year ct the same rate per cent. He is,
indeed, the wonder of wonders Var
rsnsbsrg, No., Democrat.
, 1876-08-04

WINE JELLx.-One paper, two ounces,
Cox's gelatine soaked one hour In ons
pint cold water then pour over one
quart boiling water. Pare the yelot
skin only, of three lemons, and throw
in, add also the juice, . stick OF cina
mon, one pint block sugar. one pm
sherry wine. Beat the whites OF one q
two eggs to q stiff froth and sur N
Give It one boil, strain through lelY
bag, which should never be squeeze
but the juice allowed to drop throusn.
It will be found as clear an amber coiys =.
as any made at the confectioners'
may be made q handsome color by sou
ing q spoonful of rich red fruit syrup,
It may be varied by cooling IN W.
glasses, first the amber color, then -. suo
red, alternating and finishing on the Wy
by white frosting.
, 1876-08-04
A P.1.on'. Method Of cols-Br..li.s.


A minister writes his practice Of
breaking and harnessing colts as follows,
to the Golden Rule: "When the foal is
fifteen months old We begin to educate
him to harness. Most colts, remember,
are tmid; they are born so. The first
day we simply put a saddle without the
back-strap on, buckling up the belly
band loosely. This is done many times,
increasing the pressure. Then We take
the neck collar, and put it over his
head, first permitting him to smell of it
and touch il with his nose, until he is
entirely convinced that il Is not calcu-
lated to hurt him. In like manner we
add part to part, until the colt is fully
harnessed. He is then allowed to stand
with the harness on until he has time to
reflect upon the whole matter, and be-
come accustomed to the pressure of the
harness against his sensitive skin; for
we must remember that all this per
Torrance seems very queer to him, and
startling. When he has fully composed
his mind, and settled down into the con-
viction that everything is all right and
as it should be with him, he is then
walked about, with the harness still on,
and brought back every few minutes to
the spot where he is to be embarrassed,
and taught to stand as long as it
would naturally take to remove the har-
ness. Straps are loosened, buckle
tongues started, saddle and collar eased;
in short, everything is done that would
be done in Embarrassing, except remov-
ing the harness. After several times,
this standing still while being unhar-
messed. has come to be, IN his mind, .
part of the programme, and he under
stands and accepts It IS such. Once
learned, in the-ease Of an intelligent
horse, always learned. This same pro-
cess should be gone through with, in
the case Of q valuable, high-spirited
colt, once or twice each day, for aweek,
at least. And remember that he is learn
ing many lessons in one, including that
the greatest of all colt can learn. VIZ: :
to have confidence in and yield his Will
to man. Have great patience at this
point in his education, and proceed step
BY step, advancing no farther than your
pupils success iustifes. During the
harness exercises, accustom the colt TO
pressure AGAINST breast and shoulder by
tying long cords into the buckle either
side of the collar, and pulling gently,
causing him to brace himself, IS he
would naturally do, against it. This
gives him the idea Of drawing weight
somewhere behind him, and by permit
ting him to pull you along, he will grow
to feel that he can pull anything.
, 1876-08-04

A WONDERFUL MEEoRY.-Lamotte, q
young Frenehman, who had been in
Vited to hear Voltaire read one of his
new plays, observed, when asked what
he thought Of it, that it was q pity the
whole was not original. Voltaire, cha
grined and angry, asked him what part
was borrowed. Lamotte named the
second scene of the fourth act, and re-
cited the whole Of it. Voltaire sat like
one astonished at this remarkable feat,
and had only to say, at last, that he had
written that scene, as well as the rest of
the drama. At last LAmotte relieved
him by saying, When you read the
manuscripts, that scene pleased me 80
much that I resolved to retain it in my
memory, and have done SO, as you may
perceive"
, 1876-08-04

A BEAUTIFUL SUPKRsrIuoN.-Amo
the suPerstitions Of the Seneca Indians,
was one remarkable for its singular
beauty. When . maiden died, they i'm
prisoned q young bird until it 6rst be-
gan to try its powers Of song, and then,
loading it with messages and caresses,
they lOosed its bonds over her grave, in
the belief that it would not fold its
wings nor close its eyes until it had
fioEn to the spirit land, and delivered
its precious burden of affection TO the
loved and lost.
, 1876-08-04

ROUND DANoEs.-A hospitAble lady
gave her young friends party the other
night and when round dances were pro-
posed she strenuously objected; "but, I"
she added, ''if any of the boys want to
hing the girls, let them sit down on the
sofas and go right at it In earnest-but
no round dances, mind you" They went
at it, and seemed to enjoy themselves
every bitas much as if they had ghded
in round dances all the evening. And
the girls are "just dying" as one Of
them expressed it, for the lady to give
another party.
, 1876-08-04

A GENTLEMAN was arguing with a
Scotch lady, when at length he stopped.
" 7 tell you what, mA'am, said he, "I'n
not argue with you any longer; you're
not open to conviction" Not open to
conviction, sirl" was the indignant re-
ply. 4 scorn the imputation, sir; 1
am open to conviction. But" she
added, after = moments pause, "show
me the man that can convince me-"
, 1876-08-04

"Ihat's the main building" sAlo .
guide at the Centennial TO greenlO.-
from the Pine-T1ee State the other ~
"GollyP replied the loyal son Of ma,ns. -,s.
"I knowed our boys would put up sOn'
thing fne."
, 1876-08-04

IHDRHKAKN0.-Ingratitude and in
difference sometimes mar the character
Of men. A husband returns from his
business at evening. During his alb
sence, and throughout the hvelong day,
the wife has been busy with mind and
hands preparing some little surprise,
some unexpected pleasure, to make his
home more attractive than ever. He
enters, seemingly sees no more Of what
has been done to please him than if he
were . blind man, and has nothing more
to say about it than If he were dumb.
Many loving wife has borne in her
heart an abiding sorrow day after day
from causes like this, until in process
Of time the fire and enthusiasm Of her
original nature have burned out, and
mutual indifference spreads its pail over
the household.
, 1876-08-04

"wHy is it, my dear sir, said Waiass. q !.
lAndlady to him the other day. - ~ >
you newspaper men never get riCn, ~.
" I do not know" was his reply, ~,
cept it is that dollars and sense do ~
always travel together"
, 1876-08-04

SoMK one, some time ago, seeing two
or three eminent lawyers gathered to-
gether on q spot supposed to be likely
to be chosen As the site Of the new law
courts, said that they had met there 70
view the ground where they must
shortly lie.
, 1876-08-04

CARK OF THE FKKr.-Ooncerning this
subject the Scientific American very tru-
ly says: Many are careless in the keep
ing of the feet. II they wash them
once . week they think they are doing
well. They do not consider that the
largest pores are located in the bottom
of the foot, and that the most offensive
matter is discharged through the pores.
They wear stockings from the begin
ming to the end Of the week without
change, which become perfectly satur-
ated with offensive matter. III health
is generated by such treatment of the
feet. The pores are net only repellants
but absorbents, and fetid matter, to q
greater or less extent, is taken back into
the system The feet should be washed
every day with pure water only, as we'll
IS the armpits, from which an offensive
odor is also emitted, unless daily ablu-
ton is practiced. Stockings should not
be Wcrn more than q day or two at q
time. They may be worn one day, and
then aired and summed and worn another
day if necessary.
, 1876-08-04

"YoUR colors are beautiful" said =
highly-rouged young lady to a portrait
painter. Yes, said he, your lady
ship and deal at the same shop"
, 1876-08-04


TIE INDEBTEDNESS OF EURoPK.-The
London Ners says: "It may not, per-
haps, be without interest to show clear
ly the amount of indebtedness of the
six great powers, Turkey, Of course, be-
ing left out for obvious reasons. Ac-
oording to the latest returns, the liabil-
ity is Is follows: Great Britain, E775,-
O00, 900; Austria Hungary, 1861, ,000,-
900; Germany, s46, ,O00, 900; France,
$3.50, 900, 900; Italy, 1856, ,000, 900; Rus
sia, ESQ, ,O00, 900. There is thus total
debt Of about twenty hundred
millions sterling, but this requires some
qualification. Germany, for instance,
has no real public debt, and the amount
set down merely represents the expend.
iture on railways by the various States
now merged In the empire; and included
In the Russian total is also the amount
under which she is guarantee for GER
tain railways. It is, however, not in
the extent Of the debt Of . nation, but
in its ability to meet the interest, etc.,
on it, that attention chiefly centers, and
this can only be properly measured by
considering the trade, population, etc.,
VI tuo NArAOun cOuubk1o1. 1Io bOtAl NAAuo
Of the imports and exports of Great
Britain, roughly stated, arp ESQ, ,000,-
900 annually, being about 76 per cent.
Of the debt; France, about 50 per cent.
of her debt, or little over s300, ,000,-
900; Russia, 20 per cent; Austria-Hun-
gary, 25 per cent; Italy, Is per cent. I;
but for Germany it is impossible to give
the actual percentage in the absence of
full statistics; but il stands very high.
The amount Of debt per head Of popu-
lation stands Is follows France, E25 !;
Great Britain, E231I; Italy, s13; Aus
tria, E10; Russia, "a; Germany, 81. In
the above Russia is credited with the
whole Of her subjects, both In Europe
and Asia, and If the same rule was sp
Piled to the British Empire the average
would be under "a per head"
, 1876-08-04

A SCHOLAR in a country school was
asked, "How do you parse Mary
milks the COW 2" The last word word
was disposed Of as follows: "CoW, q
noun, feminine gender, third person,
and stands for Mary r. "HoW do you
make that out?" Because, added the
intelligent pupil, if the COW didn't
stand for Mary, how could she milk
herr"
The indictment against Richard Ban
ner Oakley, the English banker, accused
of fraud and misdemeaner. is over 30
yards in length.