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DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
CANNING fruit.

Though canned fruit can be bought at
any grocery at reasonable figures, there is
really nothing in the market like the fruit
canned at home. A lady in the Farmers
Stock Journal discourses the subject wisely
and gives many excellent suggestions for
canning which appear below, and which
will be of value to ladies who want the best
of everything, regardless of trouble involved.
Most of the canned fruit in market is in tin,
and some of it is very good, though not so
good as one can prepare herself. If a can is
perfectly air-tight, it is impossible for it to
impart metallic flavor to the fruit. Some
people will open tn can, pour out part of
the fruit, and leave the rest in. OF course,
that remaining, exposed, as it is, to the ac-
ton of the atmosphere, will soon acquire an
unpleasant flavor. When can is opened,
pour all the fruit out and keep it in the glass
or earthen dish until eaten, not in tin. Al
ways can tomatoes, gooseberries and straw
berries in tin. IF tomatoes are canned in
glass, the action Of the light upon them will
form crystals of citric acid which makes
them SO sour that nobody can swecten them.
They will keep nicely and without the least
trouble if canned in tin, SO will strawber-
ries and gooseberries. Raspberries, plums,
huckleberries, blackberries, and currants
may be put in either, and no one would
know what they were canned In unless told
Now for the process. Cleanse the cans
thoroughly, and test the cans to ascertain if
they leak or are craked. If any of the cans
leak, repair them or send them to the timer
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AGRICULTURAL ITEMS;

1t reported that the grasshoppers are
laying their eggs in Colorado.
The Buckeye Reaper carried off the rib
bon at the Centennial field-test.
1t is said that rice promises well and is
nearly ready for harvesting. The planting
of this important and valuable staple is in
creasing in Louisiana, and during the next
decade it is not improbable that that State
may rank as the first rice-producing section
of the South.
The steamer Grenada recently brought to
San Francisco two cases of young banana
plants from Honolulu. They were sent to-
Los Angeles, where the soil and climate are
thought to be well adapted to the cultiva-
ton Of this luscious fruit The banana
grows in great perfaetinaA thA IslAaAA Of
Santa barbara, Oh the southern coast of
California, and seems to thrive best in local
tiles adjacent to the sea.
From the second series of Canadian crop
reports, it appears that, with the exception
of the damage from few storms in some
sections, crops are good The hay crop is
unusually large. The Colorado beetle are
not as numerous as usual and the potato
crop is promising. The oat, vegetable and
small fruit crops are looking well. Winter
wheat has rust and weavil and the yield will
be light.
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freedom, to counsel together and to give a
new impulse to the agricultural progress of
our country.
Societies, etc, sending delegates, are re-
quested to communicate their appoint
ment to the Secretary, at Iowa Agricultural
College, Ames, Iowa, previous to Septem-
Der lst, and after that time to him at the
Belmont Hotel, Forty-first and Oregon
streets, Philadelphia, where delegates on
their arrival, are invited to call and re-
port.
The Belmont Hotel, corner of Forty-first
and Oregon streets, is convenient to the ex-
hibition grounds, will be the headquarters
of the society, and the place where it's even
ing meetings will be held. Delegates de-
string rooms are requested to notify the pro-
prietors in advance.
w. G. FLAGG, President.
G. Z. Morrow, Secretary.
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AG RICU / 7 i R A /,
FALL SOWING OF ALFALFA.

We called attention some time ago to the
fact that number OF experiments had been
made i'll sowing alfalfa in the fall instead of
spring. We have now heard from num-
Der OF these ventures and in every instance,
as far as we have learned, the experiment
has been successful.
Judge Stanly sowed about forty acres of
alfalfa on his farm Oh Napa creek, below the
town. The seeding was done mostly with
rye, or some other grain, the design being
to produce succession of green crops for
soiling, a large herd of dairy cows being
kept on the place. The alfalfa came up well,
and as soon as it had fairly put out its leaves
it was out of the way of frost. It now ap-
pears that frost in this country is only fatal
to alfalfa just as the tender blades have ap-
peared above the surface of the ground. If
a frost or hard freeze comes then the crop is
ruined.
We know now, better than ever before,
just what contingencies affect this crop. We
are also able to reconcile the statements Of
farmers who have sown alfalfa, under what
they thought to be the most favorable condi-
tlOnS, anu goC no crop. Give alIaHa TWO
weeks Of growing weather after the blades
are above the ground, and it will be out of
the way Of frost. Now, those who SOW in
the early fall are sure to have exemption
from frost. The gain is one and sometimes
two cuttings over what would be obtained
by sowing in the spring. We shall be glad
to report any other experiments in the fall
sowing of alfalfa that may be made.-San
Francisco Bulletin.
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AGRICULTURAL CONGRESS.

The fifth annual session Of the National
Agricultural Congress will be held in the
judges pavilion, international Exhibition
grounds, Philadelphia (evening session at
Belmont Hotel), on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, September IL, 13 and IA,
1876, commencing at 10 o'clock, a. m. on
Tuesday.
All agricultural societies, agricultural
periodicals, agricultural colleges, boards Of
agriculture, oranges, farmers clubs, or 9th
er organizations whose object is the promo
ton Of agriculture, are invited to send dele
gates; and all persons desiring to promote
the objects for which the congress is insti-
tuted, are cordially invited and earnestly re-
quested to attend and participate in the de-
Iberations.
Believing that the time has come when
the agriculture of the United States must be
studied and considered as whole, and by
comparison of the capabilities and conditions
OF widely separated regions, in order to
'oliy understand in what manner the inter-
ests of each and all may be best promoted.
we appeal to the agricultnrists of every sec
ton Of the Union, and to all who are work
Ing for their welfare, to gather together in
this centennial year of our nations history,
and in the birthplace of American national
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G. e. MoRRow, Secretary.
PROTECTION AGAINST INSECTS.

A correspondent of an English paper
writes that he has 6 tried a number of ex-
periments, extending over course of
years. which satisfy him that paraffine oil
is something more than substitute for the
best guano. His garden having been over
run with rats and mice, he had to sow
double quantity of peas and beans, and
sometimes to sow these twice over. Last
year he sowed twenty-five pounds of beans
and six pounds of peas without any manure,
but he previously soaked the seeds for
short time in parafne Oil. None were
touched; every pea and bean terminated,
and the crop was enormous. Formerly his
onions were attacked by maggots, and his
turnips by fly; but during the last eight
years he watered between the rows with
mixture of two ounces Of parafine oil with
six gallons OF water. Both maggots and fly
Immediately disappeared, and the crops be-
J bcame extremely large and fine. He recon-
mends that seeds of all kinds should be
sprinkled with the Oil before sowing, or that
certain portion of paratine oil should be
poured over dry earth or sand, and this pre-
pared earth should be sown as guano. He
believes that such earth is a powerful ma
nure as well as remedy for wire worm,
grub, and all garden, field and winery pests.
He states that grain, sprinkled with the Oil
is quite safe from all birds as well as insect
vermin. For watering green vegetables, he
recommends mixture of two wine-glass-
fuls of parafine Oil and six gallons of rain
water, and states that this will do no injury
to the plants, but that the growth succeed
ing it's application is something wonderful,
and that onions and carrots should be wa
tered with this when one inch long.
The american Manufacturer, in comment
ing upon the above, says: The idea that
any form of petroleum is of any value as a
fertilizer is entirely erroneous. Petroleum
contains nothing that can be of any use as
plant food, unless all heretofore accepted
theories upon this subject are rejected.
But there is much in favor of the idea that
it's use as a protection against insects will
prove beneficial. It is a fact that it's touch
| causes almost instantaneous death to any of
| the smaller insects, and it is quite reasona-
BILE to suppose that field over which it had
been sprinkled would be abandoned by
| them,
Great care, however, should be exercised
! In Its use. All the lighter, more volatile
products, such as gasoline, benzine, or COM
mon kerosene should be rejected, for the
reason that any Of these will kill plant as
quickly as a bug. We should advise any
who feel disposed to test the value of petro-
leum for this purpose to use some of the
heavy lubricating oils, and instead of apply
ing it In liquid form, to satarate some
earth with it, and when quite dry sprinkle it
over the ground around the plants, but not
on them, Used in this way 1t may be of
value.
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CUCUMBER FRITrERs.-Peel and boil, pick
out the large seeds, mash them and add pep
per and salt, flour and beaten egg, mix well
in thick batter, and fry in lard.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-01-14

PERFECT PRINTING'-Those only who
are extremely ignorant, practically, of the
art of printing are found criticising the
press for its errors. To those who know
most Of the difficulties in the way of attain
ing perfection in printing, the degree of
accuracy generally attained is something
bordering on the wonderful. Especially is
this true of the typographical achieve
ments of the daily press where the greatest
rapidity of exertion is required in every
department. 1t is extremely doubtful if
an absolutely perfect copy, even of clas-
steal author, has ever been printed, OF ev-
er will be printed. A wealthy amateur
tried to make a perfect copy Of COS Lucia
dos" Didot got up a magnificent edition
of it at an enormous expense, which was
not to contain an error. All thought he
had succeeded but, when printed, an er-
Tor was discovered in one of the copies by
one of the letters of the word luxituno be-
ina displaced by some accident while work.
ing the sheets. The same experiment was
made bya Glasgow firm. Every precau-
ton vas taken to insure typographical &C
curacy. Six experienced proof-readers
were employed, who devoted many hours
to each page, and, when they had compile
ted it, it was posted up in the Hall of the
University, with notice offering reward
of fifty pounds to any person who should
discover an error. Each page was thus
posted for two weeks before it went to
press. No error was discovered; but when
the work was printed, several errors were
detected, one of which was in the first line
of the first page.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-01-14

A FRENCH VERSION OF THE FALL
This is a Frenchman's account of the
temptation and fall of our mother Eve:
"M. Adam-he wake up-he see one belle
demoiselle asleep in re garden. VOLTA de
to chance! Here is something interest
ing. 'Bonjour, Madame "! Madame
", she awake; she hol her hand before her
face. Adam put up his eyeglass to ad-
mire re tableau; zey make one promenade.
Madame Nv she feel hungry; see appel in
re arbre. Monsieur lie serpent Sc promene
sur l'arbre; make one walk on re tree.
m. lie SERPENT say Nv, Will you not have
re bonte to peek some appel? J'ai faim.'
'Certainment, madame gay re serpent,
'charme de your voir.' 'Hola, mon ami,
ar'r'retezvous = cry Adam-stop! Son
gez descendre; what madness is ices?
You must not peek re appell' Re snak in
re tree, he smile, he take one pinch snuff, ,
he say, All Monsieur Adam, do you not
know zere is Messing proheebeet for re la
dies? Madame ", permeet me to offare
you some of zis fruit defendu' Nv she
make one courtesy; re snak he fill her
whole parasol wiz appel. He say: 'Eef M.
Adam eat re appel he weel become like
one Dieu-know re good and re evil; but
you. madame, could not become more of
one goddess than you are now.' And zis
flemish Madame w."
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-01-14

NINE OF DEMONSTRATORS reasons
are assigned to account for the nine Of dia-
monds being called the curse of Scotland
First. Mary of Lorraine introduced the game
of comete in Scotland, at which the nine Of
diamonds is the winning card, and ruined
many Scottish courtiers thereby. Second.
Because George Campbell, in the reign Of
Mary Stuart, stole nine diamonds out of the
Scottish crown the whole OF Scotland was
taxed for it, and the card was called, in
consequence, not only the curse of Scot
land, but also &c eorge Campbell" Third.
James, Duke of York, is said to have in
troduced the game into Scotland, which by
others is ascribed to Mary, of Lorraine.
Fourth. The nine Of Diamonds Pope, at
Pope Joan, and Scotch Presbyterians gave
it bad name accordingly. Fifth. Be-
cause every ninth king of Scotland was a
bad king, and diamonds representing roy
atty, the nine of diamonds was therefore
stigmatized. Sixth. Because, according
to false report, the Duke of Cumberland
wrote cruel order at Culloden on the
back of the card in question. Seventh, and
lastly. The Dalrymple EARL of starr fam
lily was family of Wings, to one of whom
Scotland owed the massacre of Glencoe,
and to another the defeat Of the intrigues
of the Stuarts at the French court. The
Dalrymples bore nine lozenges (saltirewise)
in their coat-of-arms, bearing some resem-
blance to the nine of diamonds, to which
card the Scottish Jacobites are said to have
given the name of the course of Scotland u
in token of their hatred of name, title and
of the memory Of Stair and Dalrymple.
What is wanted is the date at which the
name was given.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-01-14

If A SMALLPOX PATIENT, in the be-
ginning Of the attack, be put in room
from which all light is excluded, save that
Of candle, the effect is to arrest the dis
ease in the popular or vascular stage; the
skid between the vesicles is never inflamed
nor swollen; the large scabs of matter
never form over the face; there is no in
tense pain, and only tri1ing itching, and
the smell is either very slight or altogeth-
er wanting.-LonQon Lancet.
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Poetry.
HOW LITTLE WEKNOW OF EACH OTHER.

How little we know of each other,
AS we pass through the journey OF life.
With it's struggles, it's fears and temptations
It's heart breaking cares and it's strife!
We can only see things on the surface,
For few people glory in sin:
And the unrufIled face is no index
To the tumult which RACES within.
How little we know of each other!
The man to-day who passes by,
Blessed with fortune and honor and titles,
And holding his proud head on high,
May carry a dread secret within him
Which makes his bosom a hell,
And he, sooner or later, felon,
May writhe in a prisoners cell.
How little we know of each other!
That woman OF fashion, VIII sneers
At that poor girl betrayed and abandoned,
And left to her signs and her tears,
May, ere the sun rise tomorrow,
Have the mask torn off from her face,
And sink from the heights of glory
To the dark shades of shame and disgrace.
How little we know Of each other!
OF ourselves too little we know
We are all weak when under temptation;
All subject to error and woe.
Then let blessed charity rule US;
Let us put away envy and spite
For the skeleton grim in our closet
May some day be brought to the light
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The NonpareiI Saloon.

las just been fitted up in the latest and neat
est style marble counter and Bohemian glass
ware), and supplied with the Oldest Bumgard-
ner, Clemmer, Fowler & Ziegler, and all the
other celebrated brands of Whistles, Imported
Brandies and Wines from first hands, A bsinthe
and Curacao, Bucks Grape Brandy and Wines,
Rhine Wine and Settler, and the finest brands
of Imported and American Cigars, making it
THE SALOON OF THE CITY.
Polite attendants are always present to serve
guests with any known sample compounded in
unsurpassed style.
Call and we guarantee you will be pleased.
T.J. CROWDER,
Proprietor.
Terms positively cash. my2l ly*
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Wherever you find truth; wherever you
find moral excellence; wherever you find
spiritual harmony and sweetness; wher-
ever you find divinity, in essence or ele-
ment,-there you find God. He was in
Christ, because these were in Christ. In
him we live and move. and have our be-
ing, so far as these divine elements live,
move, and have being in u.s. W. Fl. II.
Murray.
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LOVE AND MATRIMONY.-"It is better
to love a man you can never marry than
to marry man you can never love. This
is a short text for long Sermon" says
some wise man or woman; and writer in
the Philadelphia "Times' continues:
We do not propose to tire any one with
long sermon upon it. A few words on
the text are enough. A loveless marriage
is much worse for a woman in every way
than for a man. In the first place, wo-
man has the credit, whether she deserves
it or not, of being much more refined; of
bility than the stronger SEX" Being
thus higher, her degradation, when it
comes, is much more thorough and terrible.
Few things can conduce to this result in a
greater degree than the constant and init
mate relation of married life with man
whom she does not love. We have heard re-
fined young women speak with disgust Of
the coarseness shown in the conversation of
a class Of their married lady acquaint-
ances, and in many cases have traced this
disagreeable trait back to its cause,-a
well-known loveless welded life. Then,
again, perhaps the woman who marries for
support, for home, AN establishments or
because she has never loved any one, and
fears that the present will be her last
chance dreadful thought), afterward meets
some one whom she can and does love-
The result is foreseen, either in a life spent
in the terrible effort to subdue an unhappy
passion, OF the divorce court. After all,
the good old Quaker custom is best,-due
elaboration and reflection before entering
into the married state Marrying in haste
to repent at leisure is very fashionable
nowadays, but it is a fashion which can
be profitable or pleasant only to the law.
yers, and not to them if they have any pity
for the unhappy victims of ante-nuptial
foolishness and post-nuptial misery"
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WHAT BOYS SH0 ULD LEARN.

Not to tease girls or boys smaller than
themselves.
When their play is over for the day, to
wash faces and hands. brush the hair, and
spend the evening in the house.
Not to take the easiest chair in the room,
and put it directly in front of the fire, and
forget to offer it to the mother when she
comes in to sit down.
To treat their mother as politely as if
she were strange lady, who did not spend
her life in their service.
To be as kind and helpful to their sisters
as they are to other boys sisters.
Not to grumble or refuse when asked to
do scme errand which must be done, and
which will otherwise take the time of some
one who has more to do than thems elves.
To make their friends among good boys.
To take pride in having their mothers
and sisters for their best friends.
To try and find amusement for the even
ings which all the family can join in, large
and small.
To take pride in being gentlemen at
home.
To cultivate a cheerful temper.
To learn to sew on their own buttons.
If they do anything wrong, to take their
mothers into their confidence, and, above
all, never to lie about anything they have
DONE
To make up their minds not to learn to
smoke, to chew, or to drink, remembering
these things cannot be ,s,,learned easily,
and that they are terrible drawbacks to
good men, and necessities to bad ones.
To remember that there was never a
vagabond without these habits.
To learn to save their money, and invest
it, from the first penny they earn; aad they
are sure to be able, some day, to purchase
such good things of this life as money can
buy.
To observe all these rules, and they are
sure to become worthy citizens of society.
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l HAVE belief of my own, and it COM
forts me-that by desiring what is perfect
ly good, even when we don't quite know
what it is, and cannot do what we would,
re are part of a divine power against evil,
widening the skirts of light, and making
the struggle with darkness narrower
George Eliot
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DON'T GIVE Up; BUT 1'RY.-A gentle.
man travelling in the northern part of Ire
land heard the voice of children and
stopped to listen. Finding the sound came
from small building used as asschool
house, he drew near as the door was open
he went in, and listened to the words the
boys were spelling. One little fellow stood
apart looking very sad.
"Why does that BOY stand there ?''
asked the gentleman.
ooh, he is good for nothing" replied the
teacher. 'There's nothing in him; 1 can
make nothing Of him. He is the most stupid
boy in school.
The gentleman was surprised at this an
swer. He saw the teacher was so stern
and rough that the younger and more tim
id were nearly crushed. After few words
to them, placing his hand on the noble
brow of the little fellow who stood apart,
he said
zone of these days you may be fine
scholar; don't give up; try, my boy, try"
The boys soul was aroused. His Sleep
ing mind awoke. A new purpose was
formed; and from that hour he became
anxious to excel ;..and.he did become fine
scholar, and the author of well-known
commentary on the Bible; a great, good
man, beloved and honored. 1t was DR..
Adam Clark.
The secret Of his success is worth know
ing: "Don't give up; but try, my boy,
try'
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THERE is enc noble means of avenging
ourselves for unjust criticism. 1t is by
doing still better, and silencing it solely
by the increasing of our works. This is
the only true way of triumphing; but if,
instead of this, you undertake to dispute,
to defend. or to criticise, by way of re-
prisal, you involve yourself in endless
troubles and disquietudes, disturb that
tranquility which is so necessary to the
successful exercise of your pursuit, and
waste, in harassing contents, that pre-
cious time which you should consecrate to
your art.-CdnOvG.