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"A SAIITTARY REMARK Whom

A SALUTARY REMARK.-When | was n
young man, there lived in our neighbor-
hood farmer who was usually reported to
be very liberal man, and uncommonly
upright in his dealings. When he had any
OF the produce of his farm to dispose of,
ne made it an invariable rule to give good
measure-rather more than would be re-
quired of him. One of his friends observ-
ing him frequently doing so, questioned
him as to why he did it; he told him he
gave too much, and sold it would be to his
disadvantage, Now. dear reader, mark the
answer of this excellent man:
GOO has pei mtted me but one journey
through the world, and when | am gone. I
cannot return to rectify mistakes .
Think Of this. There is but one journey
through life.
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TOMORROW.


The setting sun, with dying beams,
Had walked the purple hill to fire;
And citadel and dome and spire
Were gilded by the far off CLEANS.
And in and out dark pine trees crept
Full many a slender line of gold;
Gold notes athwart the river swept,
And kissed it as it onward rolled,
And sunlight fingered, 10th to go.
All, well! it causeth sorrow
To part from those we love below,
And yet the sun as bright shall glow
Tomorrow.
The tide was ebbing on the strand,
And STOPPING low its silver crest,
The crimson sea-weed lay at rest
Upon the amber-ribbed sand,
Dash'd DER the rocks and Oh the shore,
Flung parting wreaths Of pearly spray.
Then fled away. Yet turned once more
And sent light across the bay,
AS though it could not bear to go.
All, well! it causeth SORROW
To part with those we love below,
Yet thitherward the tide shall flow
Tomorrow.
Two hearts have met to say farewell,
At even when the sun went down;
Each lifesoun from the busy town
Smote sadly as passing bell
One whispered, Parting is sweet pain,
At morn and eve returns the tide;'
may, parting rends the heart in twain"
And still they linger side by side
And still they linger, 10th to go.
All, WE'LL it causeth sorrow
To part from those we love below.
For shall we ever meet OF no
Tomorrow?
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Second Youth.

There is an uncomfortable conviction
that when a man arrives at the age Of for
ty he has seen his best days and that hence
forth he must expect to go down the bill.
Tie same argument applies to women, on
| ly much more imperatiVely, Injustice IS
| done to both sexes by this method of rea-
! soning. The habit Of thought which pro-
nounces q woman old at thirty-fve and a
man getting old at forty-fve is q very sick
ly and puerle habit Of thought, unless the
parties titus criticised and showed aside be-
tray an ilnbec .lty that justlfies tn action.
1t often happens, f. r instance. that a
man of forty has only just begun life, in
the truest and best sense of that term.
Provided he has q good constitution to be
gin with and has not irremediably injured
himself by early excuses, he has now en-
tered upon what, in some respects, may
justly be considered the best part of life.
True, youthful enthusiasm has in great
measure vanished, but in its place he has
that judgment ws-ic's a.s9saalise en- alone. can
give and which assures him that enthusi-
asm is very dangerous stimulant unless
the cause in which it is employed is right
eous. He is now in his second youth,
which, with prudence. he can prolong up
to the period which is usually called old
age.
The same is practically true of women,
though they have certain prejudices to
contend against. When woman reaches
the age Of thirty-three she is generally
pronounced to ba on the border land which
forever precludes her laying any claims to
youth. This verdict is grossly unjust
Many a woman Of forty is at the most
charming period of her life. Who has not
met the fascinating woman of the world,
with whom, despite all her forty years, one
would rather talk and flirt than with the
most brilliant of crude beauties yet in her
teens. Generally you will not find men of
intellect subjugated by d pretty face and
nothing more. A pretty face will have its
devotees, of course, for beauty is beauty,
and the possession Of a pair of eyes that
melt and flash by turns cannot be desplsed.
But your young beauty is held IN bondage
by certain notions of primness and propri-
ETY. installed by mamma. Your older beau
ty who has bruised her own heart and bro
ken good many others, knows perfectly
well that a portion Of her attraction must
reside in her intellect, and she never pre-
sents you with monotonous insipidity At
forty she may be said still to be in her Sec
ond youth, and if she is very clever and
knows how to take care Of it, she may even
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How It Hammered.

have met recently at Saratoga an old
friend who, q few years since, was one of the
most resolute and philosophic of bachelors.
He was grou nded On reason, and he had
at his tongues end all the arguments that
distinguished anti-matrimonialists have
use for centuries.
He was not fierce; he was calm and log
zeal, and / have often said:
IF any man is safe from connubial per-
lis, he is safe beyond peradventure,"
After exchanging greetings with my
friend, he blurted out:
'Well, I'm married. confess it; but
please don't tell me that you knew should
be; that you had expected it; for am no
fool, and have sworn one hundred times
that to me marriage was absolutely impos-
sible."
Subsequently he gave me his confidence.
He was walking one moonlight evening
on the beach with a young lady he had
known for five or six years. She was a
friend Of his sister, and he regarded her as
a kind Of adopted sister. He had liked her
for her sound judgment, strength of char
acter, and freedom from sentiment. They
were walking quietly along, and discuss
ing Herbert Spencer. One of the last
things he remembered distinctly was that
they were illustrating the survival of the
fttest by examples within their own knowl-
edge. The EeXt thing he knew he had pro-
posed to her, and she was throbbing on his
bosom like volcano in eruption and Sob
bling out that she had adored him from the
first moment she had laid eyes on him.
NV asn't that rather queer" he asked,
''for a young woman of extraordinary
strength of character, totally devoid of
sentiment Well, am glad it happened,
though how it happened, to this day have
no idea. But you know I'm always look
ing for the cause Of things. I wonder still
what put us into that passionate mood
us, who had always been so self-contain-
ed in one another's society? Was it the
moon ? or could it have been the sea ?''
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-11-23

APPLE OR PRUNE PUDDING to
be made same as cream tartar biscuit, to
be cooked by steam in tin boiler; roll the
crust to the required size and half an inch
thick; use first a layer of crust, then sliced
apple and so on, having the top layer
crust. leaving room for the pudding to
swell. If prunes are used, swell them first
by soaking them in warm water. Cook the
pudding an hour and half or two hours,
according to the size. You can use this
recipe for any kind of fruit, always swell
ing dried fruit.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-11-23

FRIED OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES very care
fully and dry. we'll; cut in slices and fry in
plenty of butter and lard mixed turn
them frequently, until they are fine
brown use no bread or cracker crumbs, as
that absorbs two much greese. Baked
weetbreads-Parboil; then let them soak
in cold water for fifteen minutes; wipe
them dry, place them in dripping-pan with
plenty of butter; haste them often with
the melted butter until they are done.
Broiled eetbreads-Parboil; then cut
them well into pieces about half an inch
thick; dry them we'll; rub on plenty of
butter and broil on q gridiron turn them
often until they are we'll cooked; spread
on little butter every. time they are turn
ed, to prevent them getting too dry.
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MARROW PATTIEs. Roll out some puff
paste very thin, and line some patty pans;
stamp out some covers with a paste cutter,
insert a piece of bread or some rice into
the centre, put on the covers, and bake in
the oven. Scoop out the marrow from a
bone which has been previously broken,
cut it into pieces about half an inch in
length, and parboil it for one minute in
sailed water; drain. season with pepper
and salt, and little lemon juice, and, if
liked, very little shalot. Remove the
bread or rice from the patties, insert the
marrow, put on the cover, and serve very
hot.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-11-23

For WIVES ''What do you think the
beautiful word wife comes from ?" asks
Ruskin. cit is the great word in which
the English and Latin languages conquered
the French and the Greek. I hope the
French will some day get a word for it in
stead of that dreadful word femme. But
what do you think it comes from? The
great value Of Saxon words is that they
mean something. Wife means weaver
You must be either housewives OF house
mothers remember that. In the deep
setfse, you must either weave mems for
tunes and embroider them, OF feed upon
and bring them to decay. Wherever true
wife comes, home is always around her.-
The stars may be over her head-the glow
worm in the night-cold grass may be the
fire at her foot but home is where she is );
and for noble woman it stretches far
around her, better than houses ceiled with
cedar OF painted with vermillion, shedding
it's quiet light far for those who else are
homeless. This [ believe to be the wo-
mans place and power"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-11-23

BIRDS NEST PUDDING.-Put into three
pints of boiling milk six crackers, pounded
fine, and one cup of raisins; when cool,
add four eggs, well beaten, a little sugar,
and four good-sized apples, pared and
cored. To be baked and eaten with warm
sauce.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-11-23

PROTECTING SToCK.-We should go
around now and make all of our stables
and shelters secure from rain and wind.
Nothing pays better than good protection
to stock. If they are exposed to rain and
cold, then we must supply them with an
extra amount of feed to keep up animal
heat and flesh, or they will come out in the
spring in very poor shabby condition. This
particularly is the case with young stock,
and in a marked degree with pigs. The
farmer always dislikes to see his sows pig
ging in winter, knowing how apt the pigs
are to get stunted, and never to thrive well
Now, if the SOW has comfortable house.
well Uttered with ''pine tags OR leaves
(avoiding straw for fear of s'mange, y and
the pigs only turned out in the warm part
of the day, the So and pigs will thrive, if
well fed three times day, using some va
riety of food, particularly warm Stops, in
which bran and meal have been mixed,
Small Irish potatoes are proftably boiled
in the winter for hogs, and particularly
sows with pigs.
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BAKED PoRK.-Soak piece of nice fat
pork, either in sweet or sour milk over
night; then rinse off the milk, boil it a
few minutes to freshen it, and check off
the rind with a knife ; place it in pie-tin
in the oven on a couple of sticks; pour a
little water in the dish and haste it now
and then; bake slowly two hours. This
makes a nice change from fried pork, and
is good, either warm or cold.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-11-23
Twenty-Five Cents WiW Be1y

6 All Linen Bandkerchiefa,
Pair Fleeced Lined Ladies' Gloves,
&" " Mems I"
6 Cakes Best undry Soap,
l Pound Unbleached Knitting Cotton,
J " Bleached " &"
S Yards of Good Bleached Cotton,
8 +" ' Unbleached Cotton,
pair Ladies' White Ribbed Merino Hose,
l pair Mems Colored 60 I"
l Comb and Brush, good quality,
2 Good Tooth Brushes,
l White Thread Lace Tie,
I Rack g & g
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-11-23

POULTRY YARD.-The value of dry
earth in the hen house, more especially
where wooden floors are in use, is not gen
orally appreciated. Any kind Of clean
loan, or clay-soil, will answer. But it
should be gathered now, before the fall
rains render it heavy and soggy, and plen-
tifully stored away in a corner or heap, in
side the poultry house.
Occasionally, portion of this fresh earth
may be thrown around the flowers, or scat
tered under the roots. A compost heap
may shortly be begun. Mix the d.1ppings
from the roosts W here the fowls pass the
night with some of this. Rake it away
once or twice in fortnight next
spring, you will have a rich mass Of ma
nure for your vegetable garden, or top
dressing for the grass, or lawn around the
house, that cannot be excel. (, .or it's quail
ity. 1t will cost you nothing but little
easy labor once a week. The earth will
help to keep your house-atmosphere pure,
and if you add the fallen leaves around
you to the mass, it will be improved, when
they rot away during the winter.
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Red Thread Lace Tie,
l Beautiful Celuloid Breast Pin,
set beautiful Celaloid breast pin 8 ear rings,
pair All Rubber Suspendera,
pair British Hose,
pair LADIES' Merino Hose,
Bottle Drexel's Cologne,
Photograph Frames,
! Box Note Paper containing "a sheets of paper,
"a Envelopes, Pen FOLDER, Bottle Ink, &C.,
q Gentlemen's Linen Bosoms,
l Dozen Ladies' Lace Rufs
l Ladies' Russia Leather Pocket Books.
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TEN CENTS WILL BUY

Bottle Best Shoe Polish,
Boxes Best Backing
Bottle Best Machine Oil,
l Large China Doll,
l Handsome Breast Pin,
Pair handsome Ear Rings,
2 Dozen Shoe Strings,
Set Ladies Cuffs and Collars,
Set Ladies Corset Stays, covered,
Gross Agate Buttons,
l Beautiful Chrome,
Box Gents Linen Faced Collars,
Gents Colored I'm Silk Handkerchief.
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dozen excellent lead pencils,
pair of Extra Heavy White Hose,
pair of Extra Heavy Gents's Socks,
Ladies Silk Tie,
Gents Black Silk Bow,
l Quire Note Paper aud twenty-five Envelopes,
Bottle Best Writing Ink,
4 Papers Good Pins,
2 Papers Good Needles,
9 Spools No. l Thread, 200 yards on each,
2 Cakes of Colgate's Celebrated Toilet Soap,
Good Tack Hammer,
Bottle of Mucilage and Brush,
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CARRIAGES AND BUGGIES.
wish to inform my friends that have
moved NV CARRIAGESHOP to my new build
ing near the Virginia Hotel, where will keep
on hand Carriages and Buggles of every de.
scription. By close attention to business and
fair DEALING expect to give entire gatisfae-
ton. | will pay strict attention to REPAIR
ING, Give me call before purchasing.
49, f j. e. WATERS
, 1877-08-03

HORSE MANGER.--There are many Sc
rious objections to the old-style manger
They are filthy, and often, when the hay
or straw is down to the bottom, by the
horse in reaching and pressing upon the
traches and Gsophagus, cause serious ir-
ritation. Many of the coughs so preva-
lent may be traced entirely to this as a
cause. Often the hair is rubbed off; the
breath, saliva, etc., mixes with the hay,
rendering the same foul in the extreme,
and making it source of disease in
many instances. have arranged quite a
number of stables, all of which are made
as follows: make a rack from the cell
ing, of ordinary height, S1s feet, and
nail piece Of by 8 stuff edgewise to
the side; to the edge of this l nail COM
mon pickets,14 inches square, six inches
apart, which reach from the ceiling into
the loose boxes, which are 3 feet inches
wide (but for a stall they should be full
width.) In front nail half-inch siding,
down to within one foot of the bottom.
This prevents dust, chatf, etc, from get.
ting into the eyes and face. This is one
of the cheapest and best racks know of.
The feed-box is better loose, as then it
can be easily cleaned. The size should
be about IA inches square and 8 inches
deep-the bottom covered with sheet
iron, loose.
, 1877-08-03
A Hotel for Women.

A most commendabe enterprise is fast
approaching completion in New York.
The project for hotel for women, which
was planned aud started by A. T. Stewart,
has been vigorously carried out by Judge
Hilton, and it is expected that the struct-
ure will be ready for occupancy in the
fall. A number of large stores which
occupy the ground floor are nearly COM
pleted, and some of them already rented.
1t is expected that the proceeds from
them will 60 far toward defraying the
expenses of the hotel. The second and
third floors have large and handsome
offices, parlors and reception rooms which
are finely frescoed and painted. All of
the rooms are large and well lighted and
ventilated, and each has gas and running
water. This novel enterprise of conduct
ing hotel exclusively for women is
something of an undertaking, but those
interested in it are quite sanguine of sue
cess.
1t will be conducted upon the Euro
pean plan, and will be under the direc-
ton of matron. At large restaurant,
which will be connected with the hotel,
a guest may piocure such food az her
purse will warrant. The rooms will be
rented for single night, or for week,
or month, and the prices will be
placed at the lowest limit possible. 1t
is expected that most of the occupants
will be of the laboring classes, but any
women of responsibility may obtain ad-
mittance Of necessity, the hotel will
have rules which will be rigidly en-
forced; chief among these is that requir-
ing cleanliness of dress and person. AS
the hotel is amply supplied with laun-
dries, bathing-rooms and an abundance
of water, there will be NO excuse for un-
cleanliness, and dismissal from the
house will be the penalty of violation
Of this rule. 1t seems to us that there is
no reason why such an enterprise should
not succeed. Aside from being very
laudable undertaking, it will supply a
want long felt by women whose necessi-
ties cblige them to frequent New York
on business, and whose resources are not
adequate to the demands of the ordinary
hotel; also, for those who wish for
more retirement than they could find
elsewhere, and for many other reasons
1t is hoped that so praiSeworthy an ad-
venture may meet with success.-TOledo
Blade.
, 1877-08-03
Cease Racking the System

With drastic cathartics and hurtful salyants,
and use that rational and genial recuperant,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the success of
which in the eradication OF disease and the
building up Of feeble constitutions has ut.
tery confuted the preposterous medical the
orists who insisted on the nationality Of
depicting the frame in order to restore 1t to
health. Appetite, easy digestion, regular
sure result of the use OF the finest of
Americas invigorants as increased loss of
power and irritation Of the system were OF
the old exbausting method. The new era of
medical treatment inaugurated by the Bit
ters is indeed happy one for the sick and
feeble, for it has not only placed health with
in their reach, but saved them from the
hurtful consequences of an absurd iallacy.
, 1877-08-03
Points in Breeding Poultry.

Every variety has some one point
or points which demand long breed
inc and patience to acquire, and on these
should attention first be fixed, and kept
there, gradually giving attention to
others, not by turns, but as fast and no
faster than the increased number Of birds
are good iu the first point, and therefore
admissible to breed from, enable selec-
ton for the second and subsequent points
TO be made. In this way every year will
show steady improvement in the pro-
portion of birds tit for exhibition, and
after the first two seasons that improve
ment will be so rapid as to be almost be-
yond belief.
One thing, however, is obvious. The
best birds, from the breeding point of
view, must never be sold, but kept for the
breeding yard, for man cannot reason
ably expect to make any marked progress
who is constantly selling what represents
neaaly all the ground he has gained. And
on the average this will not be found to
sacrifice even in the shape of sales, since
it will frequently happen that the birds
nearest to show standard, and, therefore,
the most salable and valuable merely for
show or sale, are not those to be kept for
breeding during the early stages. For
instance, going again to our Brahmas, we
have seen even at first these birds want
feather or some other point But the
best birds for show at this stage will
probably be those which are worse il
color but better in general average of
points. Later on, when a higher degree
of perfection is secured, the best for
breeding will also be the best for show
by this time the amateur will have plenty
both to breed from and to sell also
Cor. american Poultry Bulletin.
, 1877-08-03

GREAsING WAaoNs.--A good wagon
costs considerable sum, and should be
properly cared for and made to last as
long as possible. Few persons under
stand the Importance of thoroughly lu.
bricating the axles, ETC., of wagons and
carriages, and still fewer know which
are the most suitable lubricators to use,
and the proper way of applying them.
A well made wheel will endure ordinary
wear from ten TO twenty-five years, if care
Is taken to use the right amount of the
proper lubricator, but if this matter is
not attended to wheel will be used up
In five or six years. Lard should never
DC used on a wagon, for it will penetrate
the hub and Awork itself all round the
lemons Of ths'spokes and spoil the wheel.
Tallow is the best lubricator for wooden
Getrees, and castor oil for iron. When
olling an axletree, the spindle should be
wiped clean with u cloth wet with spirits
of turpentine, and then apply few
drops Of castor oil near the shoulder and
end, When gressing an axletree, Just
enough grease should be applied to give
alighl coating more does more harm than
agOod, by working out and damaging the
hub.
, 1877-08-03
Amongst the Fruit Men.
TnE HOUSE or D. B. ALLIsoN 4 Co.


This is the season for fruits and flowers,
and the display OF the former that can be
seen on Davis, Washingto and the adjacent
streets any day is astonishing. There the
dealers congregate as thickly as bees in a
hive, and for the next few months will -eap
their harvest, They will handle at least
ONE HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS OF FRUIT,
Arriving every day by steamer barge and
railroad from the peach groves of the Sacre.
mento, the pear and apple orchards of all
portions OF the State, the vineyards OF So
lano, Napa, Sonoma and other bay counties.
the cherry orchards Of Alameda, and the
orange and lemon groves OF the South. As
may be expected there will be busy time in
handling all this fruit, and the firms that
carry on the trade must possess no ordinary
energy and capital. And they do. Those
part
VETERANS OF THE TRADE,
Men who have weathered a hundred storms
and came out triumphanty Amongst them
that OF ID. Il. Allison u Co, Of 300 and 3ll
washington street, San francisco, stand
forth prominently. They have now been in
business for ten years, and have found us the
fruit crop Of the State increased in magni.
tudc that their trade grew daily with it. Be.
sides dealing in fruits, they sell vegetables of
all kinds, consigned to them by farmers ali
over the State-in fact DO general commits.
sion business In all kinds OF country pro.
duce, including hides, wool, butter, eggs
game, poultry, dried fruits and grain. They
have about 150 consignors from different
parts of California, including some of the
largest and wealthiest ranchers in the State
-S. II. Journal Of Commerce.