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Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12
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s' ,. No The Universal Pain Extractor.
NorE: Ask for PONDS EXTRACT.
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Take no other.

e Hear ior Will s,,I speslt Of e1cellsnt
PnNl's ExTRAcT 1.-The great Vegetable Pain
q Destroyer. Has been in use over thirty
sl years, and for clea s and prompt cura-
+, Ponds. Extract. Accidents, Bruises,
~ almost Instantly by external application.
II Promptly relieves pains or Burns, sealds,
/, E Ex;,o rI,, Chailnss, Old Sores,
4 fiamation, reduces swellings, stops bleeding,
removes discolorations and heals rapidly.
FEMALE wEAkNESSES..It always relieves pain
the back and lolns, funess and pressangpain
IN lEucnRRHEA 1t has no equal. All kinds of ul-
" cerRtfons TO which ladies are subject are
a promptly cured. Fuller detailsin book accom-
panying each bottle. i ,- * t. -.
PiLES-blind or blecding-meet prompt relief
~ and readycure No case, however chronic or
VARiC0SE VEIHS.-Itis the only sure cure for
this distressing and dangerous condition..
& KIDNEY DlSEASES.-It has No, equal for perma-
BLEEDING from any cause. For this. is spc-
y I cffic. 1t has saved hundreds of lives when all
y other remedies failed 70 arrest bleeding from
nose, stomach, lungs. and elsewhere.
RHEUMATISM, NEuRAletA, Toothache and
PHYSICIANS Of ali schools who are acquainted
81 with Ponds Extract of Witch Hazel rec
ommenditin their practice. We have letters of
ni q many of whom order Is for usein their own
On practice. In addition to the foregoing, they
"a orderfits use for. Swellings of all kinds,
Quinsy, Sore ThrOnt, 1nfinmed TonsiIs,
simple and chronic DinrrhOen,i CattrrIi,
ss. for which 1t IS specihc,) Chiiblafns, Frost
ed Feet, Stings of Insects, Mosquitoes,
iAlAt ETC., Chopped Hands, Face and indeed
s. AZ allmpnner of skin diseases. ~ So lyIti.
TOILET uSE.-Removes Soreness, ROuRIness,
49 and smarting; heals Cuts, Eruptibns,
ulo and PiBples. 1t revfues, dlUigoraies, and re-
~ Jresbss,. while wonderfully, improving the
VITO HAMMERS Ponds Extract. No stock
u q iaS IL. 30 livery Man can afford without
It. 1t is used by ~ the leading Livery Stables
no Street Railroads and first IfSsse =, in New
rSil York City. has no equal for SprniBs, Hnr-
ness or Saddle Chadngs, Stiffness,
a~A- Scratches, Sweiiings, Cuts, Lacerntions,
Bleeding, Pneumonia, Cole, Diarrhoea,
"a, Chiils, Colds, etc. Its range of action is wide,
and the relief 1t affords e so prompt that IL is
" Invaluable in every Farm-yard as well as in
d &c every Farm shopse. Let It be tried once. and
~ u you will never be without 1t. ' t..riTfa
+ GAuIt0N.-POnd's Extract has been initiated.
* Y The genuine article has thewofds Ponds Ex-
rod tract blown in each bottle. 1t is prepared by
\ eos the only persons living who ever knew
how to prepare it properly. Refuse all Other
7H preparations Of Witch Hazel. This is the only
G article used by Physicians, and in the hospitals
of this country and Europe IA ID
HISTORY AND USES OF PONDS EXTRACT
itH in pamphlet form, sent free application to
4 PONDS EXTRACT COMPANY, 98 Maiden Lane
New York :
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

WANAMAKER & Brown, of Philadel.
phia, may well challenge all corners
upon, at least, two points on which they
congratulate themselves-namely, the
excellence of quality of the material,
and splendid seYyiceableness of the
manufacture in all their garments. An
artist on canvas can scarcely put the
touches of bis brush with more delicate
and discriminating care upon pet pic
ture than the makers of Oak Hall cloth
ing bestow upon every part and depart
ment of their work. Such scrupulous
care is bound to tell. The public will
certainly find it out more and more.si
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

Beet Cider.-We mentioned not long
ago that cider made from beets was
coming into use in France. We learn
that it was prepared by adding z lbs.
OF red garden beet to every 81 bushels
of apples, pressing all together. The
cider must not be used for about eight
months, when it will be free from the
beet flavor.
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

A PLEASANT COUGH CANpY!-ATake
two tumblers and in one place a gill of
faxseed; fill the other with broken bits
of slippery elm bark ;-f1l both tum-
blersf with boiling water, and leave
standing for two hours. Ina saucepan
place one and half pounds brown
sugar. Strain into it through muslin
all the liquor that will pour from the
two itumblerfuls of bark and fiaxseed.
Transfer to the fire, and stir till the
candy seems upon the point of turning
back to sugar. When this is seen to be
the case, pour out instantly, and break
into small pieces when cold. This
candy is surprisingly pleasant to the
taste, and found beneficial, especially
in the case of public speakers called
upon to tax the voice while suffering
from hoarseness.
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

Snow OR BRiDE's CAKE.-A pound
each of -four and sugar, half a pound of
butter, and the whites of sixteen eggs
beaten to stiff froth. Flavor it with
rose,
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

EQUAL parts of American potash and
pearlash, two ounces each to about one
quart of water, give good oak stain.
Use carefully as 1t will blister the
hands. Add water If the color be too
deep. 'A,Ja er
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

The BEST REMEDY FOR TROUBLE
The world has often been told that work
is the best remedy for trouble. The
saying often sounds trite through much
use; but though trite it remains true.
81 should have died. a mother said
lately, "when lost my two children,
but that the others were sick, and
hadn't leisure to realize how desolate
was" 1t is the fashion to pity a mour-
ner because he or she has no time to
grieve; but this very lack of time is
often Gods best medicine for the af-
fiicted. The physician who goes home
from his wife's funeral and has to make
a half-dozen visits to patients in stages
of disease too critical to be turned over
to strange hands, the actor who sheds
bitter tears over his child's grave. and
then must go before the footlights the
same evening, the wife who turns
away from the sod that hides her dear
est, only to bake and brew and mend
for her children, -haye all of them their
cure, provided by destiny. 1t is the
mourner who need only mourn who is
to be pitied. Busy hands prepare food
which he cannot eat; the wide, hand
some rooms through which he walks
alone, are haunted; he need take no
thought for the morrow; aye. but. he
takes all the more for yesterday. He
has nothing which he must do, and
therefore he gives himself up toe long.
Pity him because he has no natural
door Uf escape FROM the ylesolation of
his own heart.
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12
SCIENTIFIC.

ASsdyiRg of Silk.-The assaying the
lengths of silk is now performed in a
very ef1lcieHt and accurate manner, by
ruling off some four hundred yards of
the fibre, and then weighing that
quantity the finer the silk, the lighter,
of course, will these four hundred
yards be. But, as this gOssamor fibre
is liable to break, beautiful contriv-
ance has been devised for instantly ar
resting the reel on which 1T is being
wound off, i'll order that il may Joined
and the reeling continued; and there is
also an arrangement for stopping the
reels Immediately on the four hundred
yards being obtained.
Equally ingenious and accurate is
the apparatus which has been intro
duced for testing what is called the
''spln" of the silk-its capabllity of
being twisted around with great velo-
city without, in any way, being dam
aged in tenacity or strength. The pro-
cess is purely mechanical. A hank of
the silk, on its removal from the boil
ing-oH cistern, is placed upon hook,
and, by means of smooth round stick
passed through it, a rapid jerking mo-
ton Is given to it, which, after some
little time, throws up a certain degree
of brightness. This method of testing
its lustre is employed to ascertain its
suitability for particular purposes.
Thus, should it come up very brilliant
ly, the article is regarded as adapted
for a fine satin with less lustre upon
it, it is deemed more fit for gros de
Naples, or velvet. In this way manu-
facturers can determine beforehand to
what purpose they shall apply their
silk, without risk of disappointment OF
loss. ~ D4
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12
AGRICuLTURAL.

KEEPING TuRNrrs AND CABBAGE
The majority of people in cities, and
large number of people in the country,
have a sore grievance in shriveled tur-
ntps and wilted cabbage. Rarely is
either vegetables served at the table in
winter In a manner to envoke enthusi-
asm on the part of those who have a
special fondness for either. And the
fault is not with the cook, but with the
parties who handle the vegetables. In
the country there isno excuse for wilted
cabbage, because the old-fashioned
burying in the ground, heads down
and roots exposed keeps railways fresh,
the repeated freezings having no bad
effects so long as it is left in the ground.
But In the city how shall we keep it?
The question of keeping turnips is not
so easily disposed off, even in the
country. If put in cellar, with pota-
toes, apples, etc., the temperature is
too warm; if buried in large heaps,
they soon become spongy. The sim
plest course open is to bury in. small
heaps or keep In a root cellar that can
be kept cool, even to freezing. A cor
respondent of the Rural Neao Yorker ex-
perimented in this way. He put fifty
bushels of turnips in an unused ice
house, left the doors open until the
turnips on top were frozen solid then
covered with light coat of straw un-
til spring, when they were taken out
in good condition, not wilted, spongy
or rotten turnip in the lot. He in short
kept his turnips frozen during the
winter, or so near it that no change in
their condition was possible. He draws
the inference that once freezing does
not injure turnips or change their flavor
"a strong point) If they are thawed out
slowly and in the dark.-Chicago Tri-
bltae. . &
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

Jdde.-A number OF sales of Japa-
nese and Chinese curiosities have re-
Gently taken place, in which were in
cluded objects made of material little
seen in this part of the world, and
about which little here is known. 1t is
precious stone, valuable not on ac-
count of its scarcity, because in China
and Burmah large mines of it exist,
but. for the. great difficulty encount-
cred. in cutting and carving it, neces-
stating an amount of patience and
manual dexterity rarely found save
among the inhabitants of the celestial
Kingdom. 1t is. q sil}cate of alumina.
called jade, and is Obtained in Tartary, \
various parts of China, and in the Mo-
goung districts OF Worth Burmah. The
true jade is hard gh to cut glass or
quartz, and tV sSvaluable pieces
are of an intensely bright green hue,
the ordinary material being pink and
yellow. AS many as 1,600 men are en-
gagged in the jade mines of Burmah,
and the substance is sometimes found
in huge blocks, which three men can
hardly move. The crude fragments
are cut by means of thin copper disks,
used in conjunction with fine silicious
grit, composed of quartz and little
particles resembling ruby dust. The
boring of earrings and bracelets is eff
fected by a revolving cylinder tipped
at the free end with the same silicious
mixture. The Chinese, with their pro-
verbal ingenuity. make an almost per-
feet imitation of jade out of rice, the
quality of hardness alone being alb
sent.
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

A YOUNG LADY at piano, desiring to
favorably impress a young IN an,
shouldn't place lamp so. it will throw
her profile on the wall. 44IA l-
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

WHEAT BRAN is very much richer in
phosphoric acid than corn bran. Wheat
contains in the whole grain $50 per cent
of phosphoric acid and corn only 5 1.2
per cent; but nearly the whole of the
phosphoric acid of the grain exists in
the. husk or bran. Thus wheat bran
contains nearly 30 per cent of this
valuable substance. What percentage
is in the bran of corn we have no means
of ascertaining, but it is certainly less
rich in phosphoric acid than wheat
bran.
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

PoTAToEs LA DUcHEssE.-The fol-
lowing is the recipe of good cook in a
private family in Paris: Take five
middle-sized, cold, boiled potatoes, CRATE
and mix them with five desert-spoon-
fuls of flour and half-penny worth of
milk, adding to the mixture two eggs
well beaten up; prepare painful of
boiling fat, and drop spoonfuls of the
instant they have acquired delicate
golden brown color. With moderate
care potatoes thus cooked are delicious.
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

RIcHELIEU was not contemplating
such times as the present when he said,
'There is no such word as fail"
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

CHICKEN ,PIE.-Cut the chicken in
small pieces and put them onto cook,
with just water enough to cover Them.
When about half done, take out the
chicken andJrubT some peppergNsalt,
flour, with sufficient butter to make a
rich gravy; when cool, roll out your
crust and put round the sides of the
dish, let lit come soverlthe edge; then
cut some narrow strips and put round
twice on top of that; put in the. chicken
and fill the dish aBoutc half full of
gravy; save,out plenty tOieat with the
pie. If there does not seem to be
enough, rub some butter with flour and
seasoning, and put in small pieces
among. the chicken, and put on, some
water Then cover the dish with a thick
crust cut out a round piece from the
center of the pie, then rollisome crust a
little thicker than you would for a COM
mon pie, and cut eight leaves you can
mark round tablespoon to shape them
mark them through the middle and
each side to resemble a leaf, then lay on
four opposite each other; then the other
four between those; take a narrow strip
of the crust and cut itfine ct one edge,
then roll it up and put it In the center.
If properly done. you have a very, hand
some pie. Bake in gradually until the
crust is d0ne. gao hgrf- & aocl bra nuI2r1
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

GREEN corn fodder is preserved in
France, by being buried in trenches
and the whole covered with earth. Its
presentation is due to the exclusion of
air. The fodder Is used for feeding the
cattle in winter. The ground must be
dry where 1t is preserved. =
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

The New York WEEKLY SUN, of Jan.
10, 1876, says: 'eThe readers of this pa
per who would like to get more than
the worth of their money are referred
to the advertisement headed a NOVEL
IDEA, in another column. This is GER
'tainly "a new departure, and as the par
ties ,oilL do all they clam, we would re-
commend our readers to peruse the same
carefully. u is certainly one Of the best
chances for agents ever offered" dlEF'
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

A CERTAIN pars0n, who IS also q
school-teacher, handed a problem to his
class in mathematics the other day.
The first boy took it, looked at it awhile,
and said: 81 pass" Second boy took
it and said: 81 turn it down." The
third boy Stared at it awhile, oand
drawled out: 81 capt make it. "l"Very
good boys. 'ssaia tke par son f'tts We viii
proceed to cdt for 3 new deas." And
the switch danced like lightning over
the shoulders of those depraved, young
mathematicians.
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

CALL lady "chicken," and ten to
one she is angry with you. Tell her
she is emo CHICKEN" and twenty to one
she is more angry still.
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

UtiliSation ofthe Studs from the Wash
ing of W0oI-In nothing has the adj
vance of practical science been more
clearly evidenced than in the extent to
which substances formerly wasted and
lost are now reclaimed and made to
constitute an important element in the
profits of the manufacturer. One of
these applications consist in the re-
covery of the soap-suds from the
washings of wool in wooden factories.
These were formerly allowed to run
down the sewers and into the streams,
to the great pollution of the latter |;
but in Bradford, in England, they are
now run from the washing bowls into
watts, and there treated with sulphuric
acid. The fats rise to the surface in a
mass of grease foot or more in thick
ness, which is carefully collected and
treatedin various ways, mostly by dis
tillation. The products are grease,
used for lubricatidg the cogs of driv-
ing-wheels in the mills; oleic acid,
which is worth about $3.50 per ton, and
used as a substitute for olive oil; stea-
rim, worth $500 per ton; etc. 1t is said
that some large mill are now
paid from $4,000 to- $4,000 a year for
these suds, which few years ago were
allowed to run toewaste.
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

CIVIL COMMUNICATIONS" Erc.-
Scene-Mrs., Lyon Hunters drawing
room, during lecteye on "woman's
Rights" Modest youth lin whisper
to young lady looking for a seat): ''Er
excuse me, but do you believe in the
equality of the sexes, Miss Wilhel-
-mina?'' Young lady: "Most certainly
L. do, Mr.. Jones'" Modest youth I:
"Hawl In that case of course l needn't
give you up my chair. Punch.
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12
DOMESTIC.

VINEGAR MAKING.-To make good
cider vinegar, the first step is to make
good cider. That made late in the fall
from clean, ripe, but not rotten apples,
put in new or fresh alcohol barrels, and
allowed to ferment slowly, is the true
kind of cider from which to make No.
l article of vinegar. The barrels should
be bunged up as soon as the first fer
mentation will allow, so that the cider
may not absorb the flavors of the cellar
during the winter. If no cabbages or
turnips or any other rank-smelling
vegetables are kept in the cellar, then
there is no objection to the bungs being
out during the winter, but the bung-
holes should be covered with a fine
gauze to keep out dust, and possibly a
stray mouse. A
AS soon as the weather is warm and
settled in the spring the cider should
be removed into the open air, placed in
a sunny location, where the air circu-
lates freely. The oxygen of the air IL
the acidifying agent, and the more air
we can bring in contact with the cider
the more rapidly will it be converted
into acetic acid. The process of manu-
facture may be fastened by putting into
the barrel a pint of nice yeast, or, better
still, quart or two of good cider vine
gar, and if little "mother'-a peculiar
fungus growth found in old vinegar,
sometimes called the vinegar plants
added the fermentation is aided. Some
recommend blowing into the barrel
with bellows, but this is too much like
work.
With such crops of apples as we have
in America, there is no excuse for using
the villainous compound sold in our
cities for vinegar. This is often made
from sulphuric acid. The English ex-
else laws allow the use of this acid in
vinegar to the amount of one part in q
thousand, and there is some excuse for
this in England, where neither grapes
nor apples are easily cultivated; but
here apples are so plenty that they are
often fed to cattle, and pure cider vine-
gar should also abound. Every person,
certainly every one of a bilious tendency,
"hankers," as the Yankees say, fol
vegetable acids, and there is no more
legitimate method of gratifying the de-
sire than by moderate, indulgence in
pure cider and pure cider vinegar.
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

RdttleSnGke PoisOn.-Henry S. We'll
come. in short notice on this subject,
which appears in a New Y ork seien-
tifc journal, says latter showing
the fallacy of certain stories which
have been widely1circulated in print,
and by. word Of mouth, which have
gained eredence, regarding the toxic
effect of the spittle of man when adj
relating the incident fthe boot, which
contained serpents fang and was
credited with so fatal record, you
state that the Inventor of this story
did not know that the rattlesnake poi
son is only active when freshly injec-
ted from the poison bag.
1.-THE story, is of course, improbable I;
but the error of your statement is very
clearly shown by the following expert
ments by DR.. Weir Mitchell, with the
venom of that reptile. He says that
it is difficult to conceive of the singu-
lar energy of the venom of the rattle
snake without carefully conducted ex-
perimental research, or of the tenacity
with which its powers are preserved in
the presence of violent chemical rea-
gents and extremes of heat and cold.
| The dried venom retained it's potency
after two years of climatic changes
nor was it's action in any degree
changed by strong sulphuric and hy-
| dro-chlor1de acids, ammonia, chlorine
water, soda, or potassa. Freezing or
prolonged boiling in no way impaired
its deadly qualities He used the We
nom after five years keeping, and
found it unlnjured.
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

A BROOKLYN GIRL lately sang ''Darl-
ing, l am growing DID, With an exc
preston so penitent and forcible that
her procrastinating lover was brought
to time on the spot. w
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

A RESIDENT who reached Detroit by a
noon train yesterday, after an absence
of two weeks, was met at the depot by
his eight-year old son, who loudly well
coined him. Sand is everybody well,
Willie?" asked the father. sfThe we'll
est kind" replied the boy. "And
nothing has happenedP" "Nothing at
all. I've been good, Jennie's been
good, and never saw ma behave her
self so we'll as she has this time -
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

A PRACTICAL. farmer says it is a dead
loss to fall-feed on moving fields He
says one ton Of grass fed from. that field
viii diminish the next years crop at
least two tons.
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

b. The New York ILLUSTRATED CHRIS
TIAN WEEKLY, of Jan. %, 1876, pub
lished bysAmerican Tract Society, says:
1--WE are personally acquainted with @.
f. WINGATE & Co., the publishers of
The HoUsEKEEPER, whose advertisement,
headed a NOVEL IDEA, will be found
in another column We haze no hesitd-
ton in assuring our friends that the prom
Uses made bv them aoill beikept TO the letter. "
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12
BRooMs! s17 sRooMs
n John ]. REIMER e. GO.

asa washinsse@ street, New York.
Principal Depot in New York for the best Broom Manu-.
.frH1 features in the United States. ,,t
BroOms from $500 per dozen and upward.
The lowest prices and greatest variety TO be found
anywhere. re ..
Also an entire stock Of WOOD and WILLOW
WARE, such as Pals, Tubs Baskets, Mats, Tw;nes
Curdage Wicks &c.. together with full line Of Apple
Brar Wood and Clay Pipes, Fancy Soaps, Yankee No.
tions, Cutlery, &C. Segars from SIS to 500 per Mill
A full line of the best quality ofTINwARE
P. s-we sell goods at prices that do not require
any drumming ON the road. Orders by mail win re-
ceive prompt attention. Established 1850. 324-ly
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

LEWISTON teacher in Philosophy /:
"Why can fat man swim easier than
a lean oneP" Young lady who is a pro-
ficient scholar: "Because fat always
rises to the top Of the water"
Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12

WHATS the matter, Uncle Jerry?"
said Mr., as old Jeremiah H. was
passing by, growing most fiiriously.
"Matterl" said the old man, stopping
short; "Why, here I've been Juggling
water all the morning for DR.. C.'s wife
to wash with, and what dye 'spose l
got for It'll" "Why, suppose about
ten CENTS" answered Mr.. "Ten
centsl She told me the doctor would
pull tooth for me some time"