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ODD NOTES.

The salary Of the president of switx
erland has been increased from 40 Ooo q
5000 year.
1t Is wiping away tears, not sheddiro
teem, that proves yoH're made of the
IF yda believe in blue glass. ius,
wait while. In few weeks YOU can
buy cart loads Of it dog cheap.
~ live by my pen," said poet.
wishing TO impress young lady. "You
look as if yeu lived in it, I" was the replv
The asylum for worn out employees
VIII be erected by William Fl. Vanderbilt.
on the late Commodores farm at Low
Point, about twelve miles below Poupb-
keepsie.
1t wdn't be long before some long
haired poet will break into impassioned
song about gentle spring. 81 public
Is hereby cautioned against[lfny act of
violence; treat him gently, but firmly.
Boarder-" This tea seems very
weak, Mrs. Skimp." LandIady-"It
must be the warm weather. feel weak
myself. In fact, every body complains"
She is pretty-too oft it's been sung
Ana her dimples are wondrous fair,
Ike mother-oi-Pearl Is each little tooth,
And golden is her hair
But what of the rattle,
What Of the tattle
"hat of the sharpness Of her little tOngue7--
ATthe last Harvard examination forty
i've per cent. failed in algebra and fifty
wo per cent. in English composition.
nd nd 1rayer or yieI BY e1lmnrln, IL Ns
oiled down. his cheeks, Lord, thou
,nowest have been an awful sinner
ho chief among ten thousand and one
lovely"
THE Mofussilite, one OF the Drign'e0
newspapers published in India says oA
~ ootton interests in the south: This,
ho - horne in mind, is the result oil
Amer;can enterprise within the last lew
years for hardly over half dozen years
aOo the southern states lay blee1lng anu
at which time many thought
:. world take at least generation 10
arabla America to regain her former
,ositian. At that very time India nad
ernorted ESQ, ,OOO, 900 worth Of cotton
one vear while sad TO relate it only
EQUALS about half that amount az
presenb; so does not common sense 'eii
ma that America threatens, at no very
remote date, to absorb the whole OF the
ao,ton trade, and India will be shut out
sroro one of the most important branches
of commerce?
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samuel williston, the first mani

Samuel Williston, the first manu-
facturer of buttons in the United states,
is still living, seventy years oid' ana
worth $4,000, 900 He has made hat
the buttons used in the WORT n15
never yet made suspsBd suspssRBder button that
would hold it's grip and not fly off and
rattle across the floor every time man
stooped tn pick up his hat in church,
He was the first man who manufactured
. tin button that looked enough like a
silver sve-cent piece to fool short.
s;gbted deacon with a contribution
basket HaeIeye
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= Z snat Poos Cuthbert fairly turned gree
a nave been deceivedr he stan
; eieu Il have been basely deceived
. VI course you have, if you tbouob
> you had any chance of winning tbis IaSn
Dhe's bespoke, sir-she's miDep cri:,
, neJOieing, smuggling up closer, and bng
ging me tighter than ever
never saw anything like Cutbhert,.
facel From green it tnrned '1,DeI, tiasl,,
"nts and he tried to speak, but couldn,t
oon stop cried /, getting alarmed T
can explain this all. 1t is onIv--,
Inere is no need of explanotiou,,
murdered Cuthbert. ACTIONS ors 1911 at.n1
er than words.'' ii strong
And he pointed to that miscbisvon.
ofi''er s arms, which were like r;aa
round me. Ae wise
Then h, fn-- IL
80 I've done you good turn, Nina,
'ilr cried. have cured Cuthbert Jones
If jealousy; for, when he hears that
title, ugly, fat old maid reused the
green eyed monster in him this time, he :
will be so mortal ashamed OF his folly
hat be will reform for life, depend upon
t 1
"Aunt Jemima paused and sighed
gain, this time more deeply than ever.
She was wrong, Emma Matilda
one thing. She had not done
ne a good turn. I received a short e
etter from Cuthbert, but 1 never saw
lim again. T
Rejoicing had a long tongue. She L
ad the story everywhere, and it met >
at every turn. Il
u He believed that it was plot be- l.
ween us, an& wrote some bitter things 9
.. EEsspt.aasfiIhs' 10 me before leaving the
Saayery one was laughing at :
Scr Ii
/ * s. -. pl my own, as l tolsz5
49, wouldn't condescend to de
End myself when accused in such a way; a
nd so we parted. q
Heigho! it's good whis$ince that :,
ay, and I've got over the ps'n of it, but .
can remember it well enough to want :, :,
} spare yop from doing such. ..-,wusm - -
"No, no, Emma Matildd'g 2 >Sssss4 a,
eaven for giving you kind, even-tem- =.
cred lover, and don't you long for a
alous one.
at may seem nice, as the apple did to Al
We before she ate it, but don't try it, >,
y dear, or you may live to rue it, as al
le did. And 50 she ought; for, if it y,
admit been for her, we women would =,
ave had a better show in the world. T.
hats my opinion" ~
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----l- - ~ -~-l- s~,-1s4es -.s-fss >
Good frsing fat can be taken from tn,
| tNw of soups or broths when cold.- Also
the drippings from beef or pork can bt
used Rendered beef suet or sweet porb
lard makes excellent frying fat, but fat
from mutton or lamb should never be
used.
SOME CAKE RECIPES.
a GeOD CAKE WHEN EGGS ARE
SoARcE.-One pint of cream, one pint of
sugar, yolks of three eggs, soda if cream
is sour, and soda and cream of tartaAif
cream is sweet; flavor to taste, -four
enough to form a moderately stiff batter;
bake in loaf if you want plain cake or
in layers if you want jelly cake; mix
sitter and put in two cups best currants,
and your have nice plain fruit-cake.
This should be namt d. '"hard times cake"
as it is valuable to person wbGse sd =
ply of butter, sugar and eggs an SksS<
COFFEE CUsTARDs.--For 81
assure out four cupsfIIA bdk
in basin with ON
st police, add five yolN& egg51
Steounce a4d.a alfsugar, mix well and
Pain, fill tResDps with the mixtures,
skim off carefpiA all froth from the |
surface, put the "a fat stewpan with
boiling water to IL. the height of the
cups, put the stewpan with live Goals on
is coy slow fire for fifteen
minutes. ffg water should only bub-
Die slightly. When set let the eustards
,Ool in the water, wipe the cups off and
erye.
QUEEN MARY's CAKE.-One pound of
lOur, teree-quarters of pound of sugar,
| quarter of pound of butter, half a
'ound of raisins, two eggs, one tea
pOOnful of soda, one grated nutmeg, a
title pulverized cinnamon, little salt,
nd milk sufficient to make stiff dough ;
)rm inte loaves, let rise, and bake three
uarters of an hour
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Il tl.s, ~
ssg41S,es' 4R1s'ss~'ng of, but, laad gone to
laconS z concluded Twas mistaken.
plene.xt day 1 found out different 1
r isfhen Sarah Jane and Abe off, and
I ',tsenshg on an errand TO the store
wen ;tmet Cuthbert, and he passed
mHowling just as if was
l was 50 astonished that just stood
sti and looked thunder-struck.
He turned, looked back at me and
fnlly retraced his steps.
/ have no right to Sddrea young
lag who has promptly secured a new
loer in my absencep says he in the
lofest manner, while his face became
a tazing scarlet and his eyes almost
glazed.
" Are you addressing me in that way
sir? says, for 1 had a spirit of my own,
andhe knew it.
"Yes. am alluding to the gentle
g Lon were so familiar with last even
. latJyou arranged his hair for him
itteally seemed too COED fun.
ssYou're jealons again, Cuthbert,'
saws I; and this time it is of Abe Brown,
who won't be fourteen years old for
month or twop
=" Somehow this thing got out, and
Cuthbert was plagued about it a good
zeal.
"The Browns stopPedS on heir way
lack from Norwood, and when Cuthbert
hw what baby-faced chap his rival was
| le felt awfully silly, though we had made
II all up by that time, On his solemn
bromise never to be jealous again"
< aunt Jemima heaved siglkn
"I suppose il was his nscuIes
Eontinued. "The leopard's spots and
he Ethiopian's skin are hard to change,
Ind so was his jealousy.
"He'd been just as good rs pie never
knding fault with me about glancing al
Inv one else, or ~ me to task f2'
III for MOO =
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lnny was telling his ma how he
'r~--.o;ng 10 dress and show off when he
man. His ma asked, Johnny,
do YOU expect to get yourliving when
tcat 70 he a man % Weli," said
{ fny pn get married and live with
pa"
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I'll. NO s.
ARAB roURNAMENE.

VI " NJ
'''.ef our arrival. five horses were
IN, richly caparisoned in the
style; powerful Moorish bits
ring encircling the lower Jaw:
ssVps' serving also as spurs; the !
g fRgesoh Snie .---
sTses Five sons of Sheik Ach-
LAD in oriental robes of brilliant
l sseoz;ng the turban, now mount
x x Hxt began. 1t consisted
dasfing across the court at full
I'd suddenly bringing up the
.sSheir launches, and of riding
4d one another in various
'yy~s z and sparring with long,
sepoles, one endeavoring to
sungge-end d flank of another. 1t
I S.dmiie sisPlay of horseman-
4 wy6av-- carriage of the
J !. !. !. ! !. !. !
thshlsNs z, the rich and
- It thought
hot orrapad
kihambra. Among
Ywere two very mark.
happened to be the best and
seiers: these were the oldest
afngest of those who rode
ds a powerful built man o
jkstperhaps five feet eight II
e 4 an intelligent and very dc
1uhtenance, though there wa
pleasant in it. The othe
sabeen more than twenty
u .aceful as possible, with6'
ract re full of intelligence All
RAJ vet strong and full of cou
ahhe beau ideal of a mob
A be 'n' while the other locke
lei. &c hardened by many car
Of g. &C. youngsters horse "
~, mel and lie down and II
n nsund of drum, and tn
serg part of the exhibitio
' spi Arabs dancers frantical
q l. de noble bay, wildly beati
hteigms until he knelt, and at Ii
trs himself at full length on I
'rf GA the young sheik keeping
Sa Il the horse rolled over on
a N. 1fcCIelLan's " Winter on
- Scribner.
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HOUSEKEA

"stStton OF <
| The Scholars d
Management and,
w. B. Tegetmeir,
formation .ot vita
keepers. The foIls
| composition of ma
second chapter of 1
"Meat, or the feI
food, consists of 5
substances, each Of,
ferent qualities. $
are harded
some dissoRd q
tough by boiling ate
1ecessarY to nnohofl !
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ANIMAL CUNNING.

lReSsynh ReSsynville5 e5 e.Rea .t9s7',-;---5s..sss -.
ANsbicb we are therefore bound to beheVe
A bout two years ago one OF his trustee
,ens batched brood OF chickens anu
-bev were domiciled in coop IN 'n0
arden. Close by, in an asparagus peo'
rosted a fine old cat, the pet OF Tue
'~1ahold with some new kittens. one
IS the Kittens looked upon the chickens
ond loved them-loved them so wen 'nA,
- ohondoned mother and brothers anu
.;a+ars and went to the old hen ana
o-I.oa 20 he admitted into her family
circle and become member Ihe
p;ddv clucked assent and thenceiorwaiu
- chickens and kitten mingled TO
ao+bar in mutual sympathy and sweet
sooard e It astonished the deacon, YET
- heart good, to see chickens ana
kitts against each other anu
IL, G ler, and his favorlte Z z,
Nth her wings, ana
Bn mas oee-slg a,xs.i an'.' !.
a g. he kitty of 49, -
sve old cat, but
the present it has
With the chickens and
There are several
) truth of another story -
, = .bis case was between
Hvland house barn and tour smaf
7, commenced las summer ana coi'iu.
= - eooe weeks on the grounds ana s're'
. ad;o;n;ne the Hyland house. Inc {.
g 80 the pigs, went up to the:n' ina'
! fr;en5s with them, and became their GO
! .ont companion until they were sn'
% mems When they ate, the 90 :"
IS a1vavs T present, and they followed
at atont running when it ran and waikl
when it walked, and each night tns
and pirs slept together in the stra
sss Inst after the last heavy fail OF sn
ol- u,an in West Sparta, while in his Da
vayd feeding cattle, heard NOISE w aui.
ore his geese, close by. lie turheu a,o'
ok 49, "a cow a fox take one of them os
tn ~ nect sling it over his back, ana 81 >
rell heoA' ,ha acids with it toward the ID
the man gtily, aquarter Of a mile AVA Ss
Us: ,l, aan chased him with pitchiorks
tile ~ H. snow was so deep that the fox ga
e to him So he called his shepherd
on ond showed him the game. tee %
The quickly caught up with the iox' D. =
It to fox dropped his goose turheu ~ ~
hich whipped the dog, and then TOOK 1pp ap
oked GOOSE and trotted on again. Inv
tion, w.s;nduced to tackle the fox three u
icate times, and each time the result wa
For sa,ne as we have describe3Tthe goo
tiers, dropped, the dog whipped l;cgSiee,
, fry @ tnrward moyem ent with th ~ -.
hings fox finally got sa ely "a.
Its Its his goose, and probask, 4,
ool ter opinion of himsG
y IA--eas satisfying
= on su.ES ..eat that he han -
/ Lodrsad courage;
! ! ! : ! | : :
30 sfEAGA 3.
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fashionable promenade mantle
4 ale Breton" in navy blue serge,
an enormous plastron or breast
and opening down the side, is
Eoidered at the neck, collar and cuffs.
kurious feature of this article is
strip of embroidery running down
ssback and terminating below the
n THE skirt in moderate sized
he ladies now are all of one
Dwed
the aing mantle, the "Murillo," is
will .e blue Indian cashmere trim
|ness white feathers and white
|ab iringes
$ arliesssss sing costumes the new
5iinr Aand braid fringe,
/ lid xors = heading with floss
sation feathers
l -sffesses, ola Bell
6il-wide at the wrist and
~ one seam.
- salons, where every event, how
bus, is turned into jest, love
I'D shoulder streamers are called
shf y flyers.
vii first spring bonnet, called LA
;nselaine," is in shape perfect ez'
ssaisher. The ladies won'e hidt theii
rs under that bushel.
The latest addition to the chatAlain'
"a tuning fork. Beaux may NOV
,Aily discover if bellies are IN tune.
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=
laugh to see Rejt& 3g's figure, when into
tho room he walks and makes bow to
her. never suspecting that she was dressed
up.
II was just going to laugh and tell
him, when that mischievous old maid
sups and makes him bow in ret :, and
says she: ~v
Since Miss Jemima doesn't seem to
want to introduce me, I'll do it myself.
Your servant, sir, Isaac Snooks, of Bung-
town, deacon and store-keePer, and a
great admirer of this young lady here,
who hope to wirfsfor my bride"
"With that she pumps herself down
beside me, puts one of her short fat arms
around my waist, and gave me such
hug and a sounding smack on my cheel
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fairly clear of the earth / found it &
that was glad to throw off all my Mfay
pers. So much for the savants. That
why l never cared to learn anything
Science RcShs. In five or six hours the
balloon D shook the aeronaut.
who had fallen asleep. Where are we p
Over the Oise,' he replied, Gust on the
boundary of the department of the
Somme and Disc Are you sure p 'Oh,
Monsieur, l knoy the country as we'll as
| know my own pockA' And in fact.
after looking at my map, and then at
the landscape, found we were above
the Oise, or at least, above a river. 1t =
was the Disc, or something else k
let it be the Disc. The point1,
was to know whe ther we were still .
eye oyer the Prnssj1fIr. Enn0nsieul, ssss ~
.for certain they are Gardes Mobiles; wes
are in the French lines The deVll we
are, said 1; but are you sure OF III
because. for my part, you know / caat
~soocn;ze the uniforms PERI ~
Down we go then, and don
we went, till we were not more IMAM
seven or eight hundred metres from tne
earth. when we heard a German challenge' |
eyer DAP and saw mighty hustle IN
the court-yard-the men junplng up |
sa;zinO their arms and beginning to sheot
at the balloon. eAndNhe aeronaut had
slipped the grappleri He was drunk !
had lust time to whip out my knife. cus
the cord and pitch him to the botts !
&C the car-with a threat that,
stirred, I'd throw him over
began .tsaReAR again, but sioWls~
me, but we cou : ~.
- a. % Ta,, bullets, though al -
distance ,y.ssild not Es
much harn.ase9veris's -
had leaned oviis,
them in our liz
! ! ! ! ! : : : : : !
:. co.:,d, sc.1 ts sra
ie arms of
n patch toS ~ n.
as the bird came back I 81
1t having lost its way. . I'D
ng ping down, 50 at last uosq -s2'
'a' but one hope-the o'iM 49,
sw ting o" ' an :. NOS ,e5urq9 sVES
rn- before we ien' ~. ~ a!lsnf paa9f 6
,n of; there was nUV lsom III pa T
ing this while Spueller s,amed ne
lnu his cigar like php.aT9l
the said with a smile,
TART that's all very well9
art how to swim, but
fpe don'eA Stuff? ;Ijs m
Ou. you.' Still we shot sctiorS d u
lneu sudden-puff; there Complt
dog, .oh q slirht on ttI ,..,-,...l1
dog of it, and told spueter, thcy s.
tue smoke of sai.T
und, Nn pEvw1
, , ! ! ! J ! , : : :
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asss,,s,s POLIrIoAI MA11ns

l'iaess s%ss POLITICAL MAAA~S
g sss,.gs. ;;Es7iFssaf'''''-
az ~ olate and lasting severance oi
,ac14d state.
reedom, sovereignty and indie.
3ence of the respective states.
The union a compact-neither a
slidation nor a Capitalization.
! The constitution of the union a
al written grant of powers, limited
.efinite.
I No hereditary office, nor order nor
No taxation beyond he public
y No national debt, If possible.
No costly splendor of administra-
No prescription of opinion nogrSf
discussion.
No unnecessary interference with
Eidual property or speech.
The civil paramount to the mill
authority.
The representative to obey the
Ictions of his constituents.
No favored classes, no monopolies.
Elections free and suffrage uni
pney expended ex-
nsitic appropria-
for public
1rnishes f'ahd pervading
nvaies, On Glity.
Il Five TO lie
tRY LAD fIS FASHIONS.
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A writer in the lot rec
talks wisely on hAely topic, as foi-
lows:
homely SUBJECTS frying, in more
sense than one, b, few modes of COOK
;nc will give a greer variety Of tooth
some and temptingiands. Every wen
:4oa t;t,he have the
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''collsr aud elbow mitch at lhNiiippo
.dr"me on Wednesday night. he being
wanted by the authorities of Kentucky
on account Of his fight with Allen.
The prisoner was brought to the Ton,bs
SFlice Court yesterday by Detective
dorsey, who whispered : few words in
the ear Of Judge Duffy fa the effect
Shat he wished the prisoner reminded
until the'nrriyai of the reqniSilion pa
pe<s from the q overnor cSas5a ofneky
GaSs stood AT the bar J%<euo blnf
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in this way to Ilatable coiloi.'oi
but dreaded outlets ad the more delicat
binds fish are nstIy failures. 70
these st, and fc oysters, frittef'
Rengal soufiees andhe like, deep irl
nan ,uld be used alIo sing the thinl
to s, plunged into,theA9iling fat. l
dimensions should efficient to cook
GOOD .ize fish. Ths deep pan by
means dispenses win the sballox Q
for frying small thing like eggs.
steaks, etc. Its depth may9s 80,
to eight inches, as no mg%t
put in than viii weees O.
be fried, and WI ARlzs -
wire bettomed SIT laid on
the fat an5<a lor fiareing
sballowx taking g In commo
HKess frying-pan s1all, tender attNlS' u
nelt!areapt to d broken and bs
. ! sien with grease,but by Plunsa
! them in boiling fat heir outside is :
, and forms crust; their subsiaueSfS
. comes firm, and when taken on. :liIziill|||6
! crisp and dry. This is fas1
FRENCH make such reIis6gfG I6
oi the coarse kinds OF 6sh; SIS
sary to have the cat
when boilinoS Sr9lssa--=es
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enly fourteen yeau< - -
s6ae had the soffest
ing red and white
- D real faxen hair.
VINO started the nick.
body called him Sissy
was just as clever and
|as could he, and never tool
mise at it,
- -se sorry that Cuthber: WAS
- y 70 spend the evening with 49,
usual for Sarah Jane was a.. .n US
s In Pany; and Thought he von11 Ia
100, though he had nerar M
PSeher of 'em before. met
81 Dut Cuthbert had gone 70 +bo
tjop business. and said be -, 'He clty
50, get back before next day; and
- - Sase the foHrs, started the idn dna
~ 4g a'ing candy-pulling. Tbev Ia
the humor of ~
Abe was ap to ~ sorts of capers, aiasi 4 = :
: sssus'zc5for then; some folks o. o.
dden, but reckon it was IL
sort low, that looked well enough g
whent was fixed up with blue ribbons ',
'EWL Abe he pulled, and pulled till II
ne gotn matched my hair, and then he
tWlste ltup into a curl, and vowed he =,
was = to hang it on to my head
ID he shouldn't, and ran W
sed ne clessant on the m
A3EsEsTr $. @smoon- 10
The New York herald., 1877-02-04
DIRECT TRADE WITH BRAZIL.

MEETING OF THE PROJECTORS OF THE "AMA-
ION TRADING COMPANY"
movement has been In progress for some months
to establish direct line OF trading vessels between
New York and Brazil. The enterprise has been IN
charge or Mr. John Landesman, OF this city, who
cccacd in establishing a steam line between England
and Brazil number OF wealthy gentlemen met yes.
tcrday afternoon at tho Office Of Landcsman Gross
to discuss the subjec, take steps the formal
organization and incorporation OF the company. Mr.
Magnus Gross presided
The enterprise will be known as the "AmaZon
Trading Company" aud will start with capital Of
$50, OOO, with powers increase IT, II ls Intended
thai tho vessels shall sail direct IRON New York TO
Manaos tho capital OF the province OF Amazonas, on
the Amazon River, exporting the products OF tho
United States and importing those OF Brazil
IMPORTS EXPORTS.
From the prospectus OF the company the principal
goods which the province Of AmazOnas imports IN
greatest bulk are Hour butter, cheese, hams, pre-
served meats, canned fruits and wines. Its
principal exports arc rubber cocoa. chocolate beans
Brazilian nuts cedar and cabinet wood OIL sarsparla
and hides. The government Of the province OF
Amazonas II is stated will grant subsidy TO the COM
pany, and the project has also the sanction OF the
imperial government OF Dom Pedro. The whole matter
was discussed thoroughly at the meeting, and an app-
cation Tor certificate to the Secretary OF State
will soon be made. When tins new line
is airy establs he'd II is 10 organize line Of
steamers also. The Brazilian government favors the
enterprise, ana would probably grant subsidy TO the
scheme. Mr. Landesman SAID that 1t was not un.
likely that Congress would be asked TO do as much IN
tie matter Brazil In order 10 bring about tho moro
intimate relations desired between the Two countries