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From the y. o. Picayunc.
t. Landry Parish, La, May |, ~

st. Landry Parish, La, May |, lS7.
Having had considerable experience
in srttin. out trees aud shr'hhtry, II
occurs to me that hint might bc
given at this season of the year,
through the Columns of I'll" PlraNnn',
that would he Of service to the IN
experienced.
All florists know that more plants
die from the effects of tn" hot sun
the first summer than from all other
causes combined : and this Is more
especially true Of those transported
from Il northern to Il southern Iafl-
tudr. 30 dnn',t one tralf the cAn'r-
las sold are killed hy the direct rays
Of the sun the first Summ"r, and one
half of the remainder barely live,
and never recover so aS to amount t"
nnytlin. for II long time at least.
And it is no less true of many other
line Towering shrubs.
Every person who orders a bill OF
fruit trees or shrubbcry should study
the nature of their different plants,
and try to understand their nature,
whether they require sun Or shade.
aad try to arrange their orchards and
parter,eS so az to suit the several va
riet,rs; though this cannot always be
done consequently shade is abso-
lutely necessary sometimes.
\ very good shade way be made in
the following manner: Take four
forks and drive in the ground high
enough to let your plants grow, and
then, with two poles, place Il few
brush on top, SO ITS to admit the sun
spa1iusly, and all is right. Daily
observation will show how mnch or
how little sunshine is needed, and
when the protection may be dispenS-
ed with altogether. l..
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Thomas jefferson Washington
Pie.

cit is foreordainc1 that yon will
cat it to the last crumb. | cup Of
sugar, | cup of flour, ! eggs, beat
yolks and whites separately, butter
the size Of an egg, teaspoonInl Of
cream of tartcr, / tea spoonful Of
soda, mix and bake in two jelly cake
tins. The juice and lind of lemon,
l large sour apple grated, | cup Of
sugar, egg, mix aud boil minutes.
Spread the latter between the layers
of cake"
"Josiah Aliens wife's receipt book
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Just What the Southern Farm
er Wants.

The importance of nliliziu% cotton
seed on our farms, as tted for stock,
is too generally acknowledged t" re.
onire that we should assert it now.
The fact that the kernel of the seed
is the richest Of all grain food. lem
ders it not only desirable that it
should be made use of in feeding,
but makes it imperative as II matter
of economy, that farmers sh"nld not
waste this, one Of their most impor.
tant resources. TO make seed OF use
as feed, it must be deprived of tho
bulls, aud unfortunately this hithcr-
to, has been only done by machinery
too expensive for the pockets of far.
mers. Therefore, it is no uncommon
thing in the South to see planters
selling their cotton seed at ten dol.
lars per ton to the oil mills, and
then buying back cotton seed meal
and oil cake at six times this price.
Happily there is a prospect for
their being relieved from this neceS'
sity in the future. An ingenious me
chanic has recently invented a cot
ton seed huller at once effective sim
pie in operation and cheap, which
works either by hand or horse power.
One of these mills worked by hand
will hull five bushels OF seed per
hour, either simply cleaning the k'r.
nels bare of husk or grinding them
into fine meal. With snch q machine
farmer conld not only prepare his
own stock feed and make every ton
of his surplus seed worth double
what it is at present; but he could
also manufacture his own fertilizer,
and press out his own oil for illnmi
ua,iny his house and supplying his
table.
We hnvo not been able to ascertain
the cost of one of these machines;
but Judging from cut in the -lmer-
can Igriculturist, from which we have
taken most of the above particulars,
we should not imagine that they
would cost high figure. But be
their price what it may, they are
worth it if they can do the work
promised OF them.
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American Cookery.

The importance of good cooking as
i neans, Of health and happiness is
very much moderated by many
housekeepcrs, especially those Of
America. There must always be
enough to eat, but the quality is con-
sidered Of much less consequence;
provided it be wholesome aud not too
much tropbe to prepare, the ordina.
~ American mind is fully satisfied.
The taste of the thrifty honsekeeper
vuns much more to fine display Of
taJle-linen, silver, and glass things
which delight the eye, but can never
satisfy n hungry man, nor promote
friendship and good humor. At how
many tables, even of rich Americans,
may we find this gorgeous array Of
table furniture, and view the elegant
china filed with food at which any
ordinary French laborer would turn
up his nose! Among people of mod
crate means the erroneous idea pre-
walls that delicate living is extrava-
CANT and out of the reach of ordina.
~ mortals, who eat their greasy beef
aud watery potatoes with the com.
Sorting reflection that thereby
they are practising the great virtue
Of economy. This is terrible mis-
take. Those same people are daily
wasting material enough to enable
any French peasant woman to pre-
pare a delicate and palatable repast.
Economy in the kitchen is Of course
impossible where matters are left in
charge Of some gnorant cUok who
cannot and would not if she could,
pay the least attention to the saving
and proper use Of all the bits and
ends which under her sway find their
way to the soap.fat man and the
swill.tub. Waste appears to be the
grand watch. word of the ordinary
American or English kitchen. and it
ia all tho more piteOus to behold when
we consider the saving ard thrifty
character OF these very people. This
waste, then, 10 purely the result of
ignorance and nmttention to what is
really one of the great questions of
social life. On this account every
new book bringing forward pew facts
and new ideas in regard to this all.
important subject should be warmly
welcomed and faithfully studied by
every American woman. 'fFrom in.
nate eoquetry alone," Gays Mrs. Hen
'lerson, "the French women appre-
ciate tho powers of their dainty ia
bic. Cooking is an art they cultivate.
Any of the Aaut monde arc proud to
originate a new dish, many famous
ones doing them credit in bearing
their names" Until this is true of
American women rs we'll, the Ameri-
can cuisine can scarcely be expected
to rise above its present mediocrity,
for, alas Mrs. Heuderson's remark is
too true, that "Anserican women seem
possessed with the idea that it is net
the fashion to known how to cook
that ~ On accomplishment, the art
If seeking is not as ornamental as
that Of Deedle.wolk or piano play
ing."-Helsn s. Conant III uarpers
Magazine.
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contains everything of value suitable n
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well as many Useful Facts for the
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r. L. Turner writes to the Southern
CMhMtOr as follows:


Surprising that the sweet potatoes
of the previous crops are in pumps
j. c. put up in conical shape or COW
cred with straw or corn stalks, and
then earth, and then boarded over, !
commence in March by taking off my
board cover from my seed pump and
let in rain on it, In April, my pota.
toes being sprontetl, | mark ont the
size want my seed bed, aud have it
dug out a spade deep; then fill it
loosely with green cotton seed; then
get in IN il and tramp down the
seed. they will tramp down nearly
one-balf. Then put in four inches of
earth j; then lay your sweet potatoes,
touching eaeh other, all over the
earth; then cover one and half
inches with earth.
IT there is a rainy spell, all right :;
but if not, water this seed bed thor
onghiy twice a week. by the first of
May your bed will have thousands Of
plants on it.
Now for the potato patch, rs we
call it. Plough your intended potato
patch two or three times before set
ting out drawers, having it in rows.
Plough and reverse, getting the soil
in fue filth. When the time is near
for setting ont, take a single shovel
plough, open your beds to the depth
of three inches, put little pure sta
bic manure in the trench, and await
tho rain. 1.-THE rain does not come
set ont with water half a pint to
each hfll-the earth being pressed
firmly around the potato root, and il
little dry earth sprinkIed around the
top ground. Next is the setting ont
some say one foot, some say two
feet apart cay four inches.
Then the cultivation-is to plough
to your potatoes all the time, pulling
the earth up around the little plants
with the hoe the first working. Never
bar of, thereby saving the small roots
which make potatoes, and saving one
half the ploughing.
In 1876, | made $50 bushels sweet
potatoes on one-haIf acre of land by
this motle--glving one hocing, or pnl
ling up Will, Il hoe, and two plough
Jugs, to the potatoes.
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A New Southern Product.

A gentleman has brought to the
Times office sample of St. Elmo
moss, an entirely new article which
the inventor manufactures from one
of the cOmmonest of Southern pro-
ducts. It is in reality the leaves of
the yellow pine tree, prepared by
cheap and inSenius procrss, so as to
bear Il close resemblance to tow or
moss. Upon examining it we find
that the pulpy matter having been
removed, there is left a straight soft
aud moderately strong fibre, which,
while it has the puuycnt and agrca
ble odor of the piue is not in the least
resinous or inclined to become solid
aud lu'npy. Lighter than moss, aud
less liable to became infested by yer.
min, this moss, if durable, must prove
Of great value as Il substitute for hair
IN mattresses, pad'lings and cushions,
while its small cost and Unlimited
source Of supply must place it with
in the reach of the poorest Of our
people.
But we have grave doubts # it's
proving sufficiently durable. The
fibre in pine straw Is exceedingly lia.
bic to become brittle when subjected
to the action of a dry atmosphere,
and although it is possible that the
process by which this moss is p,e par
ed may to degree prevent this, still
we are afraid that it would require
bnt a moderate use to reduce mat
tress of this promising St. Elmo moss
into quite fine dust. Still, do not
let us condemn 1t without il fair trial,
and consequently we hope that eve
ry facility will be given the inventor
to prove the value of his new pro-
duct.
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Amono the @arn'FT5.
Kentucky Slaw.

From Our Lady Correspondents
"Shave a white, hand head OF cab
bage very fine, as if for sour'krout' pnt
it into Il sancc pan With one wine
rlass of cold water. season with but
ter, pepper, and salt. Place the pan
at the back of the stove, closely GOV
cred, to steam for half an hour
Then add Que tea cup OF sweet
cream, or rich milk, but cream Is best,
let it stand few minutes, and serve
in a covered dish"
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Poultry for the Young People.

That it pays to keep fowls, few, if
any, who know how to manage them
will deny, but there are thousands of
people to-day who could ornament
some nook or corner in their city or
town lots with a small flock Of our
domestic pets, aud it would be well
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rents generally believe that it will
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tractive, so their children may love it.
The care Of poultry will BE- interest
ing and profitable to the boys or girls,
and if any one of the improved
breeds he adopted, much pride will
be taken in their breeding.
The Reasons Why We S|seald
Manufacture 10 the utl.-When
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change from muscular to mental.
The introduction of manufactures
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When manufactures flourish, land
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The nearer the producer to the ecu.
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rhiprs,

One-ha|f Of all the Sewing Machines
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CONSTIPATION,

RUSSELL, Albany. Ga.
CONSTIPATION,
TESTIMONY Or THE CHIEF JUSTICE Or
GEoEGIA.--I have used Simmons Liver
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caused by temporary arrangement Of
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good medicine for the arrangement of
tho livcr--at least such has been my per-
sonal experience IN the us of it.
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Chief Justice Of Georgia,
SICK HEADACHE,
EDITORIAL,.-We have
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En-. TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER,
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Having had during the last twenty
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mc great deal of trouble; having heard
Of your Regulator as cure for the above
diseases concluded to try it, after try.
iny one Package in Mash found it to
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Augusta Clinton Il Macon, as to the cure
Of Horse.
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oath, 1875.
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Till; SUN
1877 NEW YORK.

The different editions of THE Sun during
the next year will be the same as dining the
year that has just passed. The daily addition
will on week days be sheet of four pages, or
Sc broad columns while the weekly edition
will be sheet Of eight pages eff the same dime,l-
si""s and character that are already familiar to
our friends
THE Sun will continue to he the strenuous
advocate OF reform and rctrcncElment and of
the substitution of craftsmanship. wisdom, and
integrity for hollow prctencc imbccilitv. and
fraud IN the administration Of public affairs II
will contend for the government of the proplr
by the people and for the people. as opposed 70
government by frauds in the ballot. box and in
the counting of votes, enforced by military
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with the most careful, complete, and trust.
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"W0N'T GO TO FLORIDA"

r. Tut:
Dear sir:-When in Aiken. last winter. used your
Expectorant for my cough and realized more benefit
from it than anything ever took. am SO wen that
I will not 90 to Florida next winter as intended
Send me ono dozen bottles. By express. for some
friends. ALFRED CUSHING
1873 West Thirty first Street
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DIR, TUFTS
EXPECT0RANT.

This unrivalcd preparation has per-
formed some OF the most astonishing
cures that are recorded in the annals OF
history. Patients suffering for years from
the various diseases Of the Lungs, after
irving different remedies, spending thou
sands of dollars in travelling and DOCTOR
ing, have, bv the use Of few bottles,
eufiyelv recovered their health.
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MALARIOUS FEVERS,
CHILDRENtYour Req.

cH1LDREN!4Your Reg
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Boston, January IL, 1874.
This certtfes that ha We recommended the use OF
Dr. 1utt's Expectorant for diseases Of the lungs
for tho past two years, and to my knowledge many
bottles have been used by my patients with the hap
piest results In two cases where thought con-
armcd construction had taken place the Expectorant
effected cure. r. A.SPhA1o6'm ILL.,.
I'VE can not speak too highly Of Or. TUFTS Ex"
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hone II NAV become more generally known"-CuHIS
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