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Gittell's Living Ago

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Which opens with November, 1876, begins
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

Potato PUFF.-Stir cupfuls of
mashed potatoes and ? tablespoonfuls of
melted butter until light and creamy ;
then add 2 eggs, well beaten, and ia
blespoonfuls of cream; beat the whole
very thoroughly, and season with salt
and pepper. Put in buttered pudding
dish and bake in quick oven until of
light brown. Try this for cheap or
quickly prepared dinner, and accompa-
ny it with thin slices of boiled ham, with
a poached egg, neatly trimmed, laid on
each slice.
OMELET WITH ToMATOEs.-Mak the
plain omelet, and just before turning
one half over the other place in the CEN
ter or 4 sliced tomatoes, which have
been previously boiled few minutes.
When the omelet is turned the tomatoes
will be quite enveloped. Instead of the
tomatoes green peas may be used. Place
few spoonfuls of cooked peas in the
center before the omelet is Tapped and
serve with row of peas around it on
the dish.
LEMON-MERINGUE PIE.-Take cup
of powdered sugar and heaping table
spoonful of butter, beat to a cream.
Add the yelks of 2 eggs and the juice of
3 or lemons. Beat the whites to a
stiff metingue with tablespoonfuls of
powdered sugar. When the pie is done
take it out of the oven and spread the
meringue over the top. Set it back in
the oven for two or three minutes that
it may brown a little.
SCRAMBLED HAM AND EGGs.-Break
eggs into bowl, with teaspoonful
of chopped parsley. Beat the eggs
enough to break the yelks. Mince very
fine small tablespoonful of ham for
each egg. Put piece of butter in
saucepan, and when it is melted turn in
the ham, Stir for minute and add the
eggs and parsley, with sprinkle of
pepper. Keep stirring with fork until
the eggs are cooked, which will take
about minutes. Serve quickly.
OMELET WITH CHEEsE.-Break up
and beat well eggs; add to these la
blespOOnfuls of cheese finely chopped,
and piece of butter the size of an egg,
and salt and pepper. Put these into a
saucepan on the fire and stir until soft
and thick; then throw the substance
into your frying-pan and proceed as for
the plain omelet. A sweet omelet, for
dessert, may be made by putting into the
plain omelet a little sugar instead of the
salt and pepper, inclosing in the center
any kind of marmalade or jam. When
turned on the dish sprinkle sugar over
the top.
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is thea poured into a glazed YES
sci, where it concretes in a few
hours. To purify it the Chinese take a
quantity of finely-powdered earth,
which they lay at the bottom of copper
basin; over this they place layer OF
eamphOr, aad then another layer of
earth, and so on until the vessel is near
~ filled, the last or topmost layer being
of earth. They cover this last layer
with the leaves of a plant called po-hol
which seems to be species of the
mentha (minO. They now invert a
second basin over the first and make it
air-tight by luting. The whole is then
submitted to the action of regulated
fire for certain length of time, and then
left to cool gradually. On separating
the vessels the camphor is found to have
sublimed and to have adhered to the up
per basin. Repetitions of the same
process complete its refinement. Beside
yielding this valuable ingredient, the
camphor tree is one of the principal
timber trees of China, and is used not
only in building but in most articles of
furniture. The wood is dry and of a
light color, and, although light and easy
to work, is durable, and not likely to be
injured by insects.
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The CamphOr Tree.

One of the most useful and magniti-
cent productions of the vegetable king
dom that enriches China, and more par
ticularly the Provinces of Kiang-si and
Canton, is the camphor tree. This stu
pendous laurel, which often adorns the
banks of the rivers, was in several places
found by Lord Amherst's embassy above
fifty feet high, with its stem twenty feet
in circumference. The Chinese them
selves affirm that it sometimes attains
the height Of more than three hundred
feet, and circumference greater than
the extended arms of twenty men could
embrace Camphor is obtained from
the branches by sleeping them, while
fresh cut, in water for two or three days,
and then boiling them till the gum, IN
the form of white jelly, adheres to
stick which is used in constantly
stirring the branches. The ! fluid
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cold Sis On Blue Glass.

Old ST and one of his chums met AT
James Bank corner yesterday morning
"Whar has you bin dis mornin', Pc
ter?m
Else bin up dar at Marse Willium's
house, putin. in some blue glass in de
winders of de fow'r-konservativ!"
"Blue glass? Whar for they putin
dat kline of glass in dere, Std oh de
Urinary glass?'
81 dunno, sho', but dere some kline
oh silence in hit, for / heah dat blue
glass kyores d'zease, fattens hogs, meks
de crooked strate, an de vegitibles and
flow'ys ter grow three times as fas' and
TO times as fine!S
saw, 90 way, niger; wha' kline OF
Ticker did Marse Willium glib you dis
mornin' for da job?"
"Hit's de trufe, 'cording to Marse
Willium. He say dat blue glass is got
mo- raisin' pow'r dan all de guwannei
and soupeiflosfates in de country"
"Wen, now, you'se stewart in de
chu'ch, ant yer?"
Vas, sir,
We'll, now, you jes git er blue-glas;
sa'sser mex Sunday, an see de 'fecki
oh hit when yer go ter raise de collec-
shun-ef dat succeed Use gwine tel
b'leeb in de Silence OBJ blue glass, but not
befo' in-AHaRta Constitution.
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SUDeretitfOD.

A panacea, or "cure-all," is one Of the
myths of the age of superstition. DR.. r. v
Pierce does not recommend any one of even
his whole list of standard remedies as ade-
quate to cure every disease. For severe lin
gering coughs, bronchial, throat, and chronic
lung diseases, he believes his Golden Medi-
cal Discovery is unsurpassed, but it will not
cure you il your lungs are half wasted by
consumption. The Discovery not only ex-
ercises a potent influence over pulmonary
affections, by reason of its pectoral proper
ties, but possesses also the most valuable al
terative, or blood cleansing properties, and is
therefore sovereign remedy in blood and
skin affections. But while il will cure serof-
ulOus and other ulcers or sores, blOtches,
pimples, and eruptions, it viii not cure can
Ger, nor does its manufactures claim any
such merit for it as is done by proprie,Ors Of
other blood-cleansing medicines, who dis
honestly try to deceive the afflicted into the
belief that their preparations will accom-
plish impossibilities. BY reason OF its real
intrinsic merit it has a sale surprising that
of any other blood and cough medicine.
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Choker's coffin in the old vault beyond
his grave. Then l went back and tried
the effect of my disguise on poor old
Peggy Kinder. 1t satisfied me. / have
not led a merry life, though l knew it
would not be long one.
But I've been very comfortable, and
shan't die dogs death out of doors, as
| once expected. I've never been afraid
that Choker really would haunt me,
though / am trife superstitious, for l
think he couldn't find much fault with
me, as he had no relations, never made
a will, and couldn't take either his
handbook or his house and farm into
the other world with him.
"And now you have the story, and
you've promised to keep my secret until
the last. You can see now, perhaps,
that Choker and / were really only
good deal alike. I'm four inches taller
than he was, for one thing, and my nose
is higher. But there's good deal in
makeup"
Those were almost the last words
Choker's ghost ever spoke, for his end
was very near, and it was not until
Death had taught him more
Than this melancholy world doth know,
that the doctor let Grabtown know the
sequel of its ghost story.
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Disastrous Tour of a Circus.


Mile. de Granville, otherwise known
as the ''Woman with the Iron Jaw"
says that she made verbal contract
with Howes & Cushing's Circus to ex-
hibit her powers of jaw, and sailed from
New York in the steamship Northpoint
with the rest of the troupe in November
last The first stopping place was st.
Thomas, and from there Brazil was en-
tered, and a tour of its principal towns
was made. The Woman with the
Iron Jaw - says that she did not con-
tract to play on Sundays, but that she
was obliged to; indeed, the circus
- showed - twelve times each week.
In Paris, the daughter of Henry Wam-
bold, the bar performer and gymnast,
fell i'll, and Wambold, his wife (who
was principal rider and a good trapeze
performer), and Mile. De Granville
spent many anxious days and nights at
the little ones bedside, but without
avail. The child died on Sunday morn
ing, and, as is customary in that hot
country, was buried on the same day.
On Sunday night Mile De Granville
was too i'll to perform, and she says that
Mr.. White, whom she speaks of as repre-
senting the wealthy New Yorker who
backed the show, threatened to fine her
$50 for her failure to perform, while he
vet owed her two weeks salary. In
Maranham, Brazil, her wardrobe, civil
and theatrical, was forcibly taken from
her, together with her leather mouth
pieces, ropes, barrels, pulleys, and
chairs; but she secreted two dresses and
pair of shoes, and managed to get off
with them. The circus went away, and
without money, tools, or half the neces-
sary clothing, she journeyed back to
Para. Meanwhile Mr.. and Mrs. Wam-
bold were left i'll with yellow fever in
Demerara, and Tom Foley, the well
known canvasman, was also deserted,
to die and be buried by the Sisters of
Charity.
The Woman with the Iron Jaw found
in Para a native circus, under the con-
troll of one Blazoterra. She styles him
ga perfect angel He bought an outfit
for her, and employed her for six weeks
at good salary. Thus she got the money
that enabled her to return. She reached
New York in the Humboldt few days
ago. The Wambolds were also engaged
bv Blazoterra, and to them he gave Il
bio benefit. Davis, who went out with
Howes & Cushing as clown, quit that
troupe, and is now with BlaZoterra. The
Woman with the Iron Jaw says that
Adah Isaacs, who performed in the
Third Avenue Theater last week, was
very rudely treated by one of her en-
ployers, and that she parted with them
at Demerara. Albert Amar and Rivers,
the contortionist, both quit Howes d
Cushing in Para.
The Woman with the Iron Jaw will
take measures for righting of her
wrongs as soon as the circus troupe
hourly expected-reaches New York.
1t cost her 5000 to get home, and it cost
the Wambolds $1,000 and the life OF
their little daughter She comedies that
Howes & Gushing were kind and con-
siderate, and that no one complains OF
ill-treatment or injustice at their hands.
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:. Now, you shan't swear at me. Tha
door is open and you knowit. Sposer
the burglars get in and carry off all tn,
silver. We'd be in nice fix
They'd be worse off with the old
plated stuff. Besides, who ever heard Of
burglary above A Street
"If you don't get up and lock that
door I'll rush ont and scream for the
police. I'll rouse the neighborhood, il
it's the last act of my life.n
Blinkus, somewhat alarmed at the
threat, rose up and began to tumble
around for match.
1.-THE matches are at the end of the
washstand, love-"
Blinkus passed at the place designated
and broke a soap-dish.
4" never saw such an awkward man
since / was born," quoth Mrs b., from
the bed, just as b. stumbled back over
a spittoon, and sat down in it so forcibly
that it was smashed into forty pieces.
go Lordi" calculated Mrs. b.
Blinkus next struck his toe against a
towel-rack, and an oath dissolved itself
into the darkness. Then he stepped on
the baby's rattle and ran one of the
points into his foot half an inch. Jump
ing aside he upset the center-table, and
began to founder out toward the hail.
His young hopeful's chair was there, and
he fell over it six different times before
he reached the door.
Was it open?" queried voice from
the bed
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A Card for Rational Headers.

Irrational people always reject good adj
vice, and in nothing is their folly more fire.
quently conspicuous than in ignoring pre-
cautions necessary for the retention of health.
Forecast, on the other hand, is a notable
characteristic Of the rational, and it is the
exercise of this quality which we would sug-
gest to them. Protect the system against
diseases which fssten upon the debilitated,
the physique, regulating the stomach, bow
els and liver, and banishing dependency
with the pureSt and most efficient of botanic
invigorants, HOstetter's Stomach Bitters.
That these effects follow Its use, and that it
prevents as well as annihilates intermittent
and remittent fevers, are facts established by
indiSputable evidence. To enjoy the twin
blessings of ga sound mind and sound
body in all their plentitude, try a course OF
this sterling medicine
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A Triangular Scrimmage.

The Newburyport Herald says novel
fight was witnessed in that city on Sun
day between a rat, hen and rooster. A
hen scratching. near water-cask was
suddenly interrupted by huge rat, and
neither would give way. Finally the
hen made pass with her beak, which
the rat lodged, and then the rat made a
spring for her neck, which was not a
success. At this juncture a cluck from
the hen brought up the rooster, who,
like gallant cock, came into the ring
to take a hand himself. Then com
menced triangular scrimmage with
teeth and beaks. The hen had lent him
one right in the smeller, which seemed
very much to anger the rat, who gath
cred for spring on his antagonist,
which was prevented by the cock light
ing upon him and putting both spurs in
to his body, performing the solemn
tragedy of hari-kari. Not satisfied with
disemboweling their enemy, they picked
out his eyes and left him.
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THE FIRST sPR1EG-FLoWER.

BY MRS. MARGARET EYTINGR.
rye won the bet :" said Tom to Nell
A1d Bess r"while you were sleeping
watched the earliest rays Of morn
Ae oss the heavens creeping;
And OF &c yonder Geld hied,
Led by some fairy power,
i.TCanse I'm so good; ana there spied -"
"lou never spied fiower~
II didnf2 Well. you wait and see.
You girls thought me too lazy
To leave my bed at dawn, and seek
n crocus or daisy.
And wagered me kiss 40 Toni"
kis''-with pride say it.
That you Tie first Spring flower would find;
You've lost the bet-please pay it,"
M Till we'se seen the prize, 4" said Nell;
~ think, Tom. you've been dreaming"
In her white hands frog he placed
She set the echoes screaming.
40. Tom, you wretch how could you plan
To laugh at and provoke us~
sa d Tom, "'ris april Hrst, my dears.
= And every ircg's croak-cnssp
-NeU York Evening Mal.
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Last night, just after Blinkus and his
wife were snugly slowed away in bed,
Mrs. B. thought she heard the front door
SIAM
Hubble, dear, do you hear that front
door slammin'?n
No, dearie, | locked it just before /
wound up the clock
81 didn't see yon 60 out in the hall y
But | did, love-
81 l think you must be Mistaken
. Well, l know when l locked the
door, dammit
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WrLHoFT's ASTI-PERroDrc OR FEVER AND
Aoux ToSIci-Wilhoft's Tonic has estab-
lished itself as the real infallible Chill cure.
IL is universally admitted to be the only re-
Its efficacy is confirmed by thousands of GER
tificates OF the very bestpeople from all parts
of the country. 1t cures malarious diseases
of every type, from the shaking agues of the
lakes and valleys to the raging feyers of the
tOrrid conc. Try it, Ii has never been known
to fail. G.. r. FINLAY u Co., Proprietors,
New Orleans.
Enn sArr RY ALI. DKuGGIsrs.
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HOLLAND has forcenturies been known
as the country par excellence of tulips.
The Dutch King has offered to send
40, 900 of these flowers to the Paris Ex-
position of 1878, and they have been
gladly accepted. Those fading will be
constantly replaced by others in bloom.
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MEDICAL SUCCESS, in which every poor,
suffering man, woman and child throughout
the land IS deeply interested-COLLINs'V Vol
TAIC PLAsTERs. They are without price, al
most, since they cost but p cents. They cure
every external Pain and Ache.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-04-19

A MERIDIAN dealer has received an
order from Georgia colored minister
for pair of boots 20 IA inches long and
six inches wide. Fact.
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A0nn A MONTH. Agents WANTED on our
0%UV Three great 90 Books. The
Story of CHARLEY ROSS

full account OF this Great Mystery, written by his
Father Beats Robinson Crusoe in thrilling interest.
The Illustrated Hand HoOk % Al Religions a Com
pete Account OF all Denominations and Sects. 800 H.
Illustrations. Also the Ind e. Medical Guide By Dr.
Psncoast 100 Asts These books sell at sight. Male
and Female Agents coin money on them. Partculs rs
free Copies by mail 81 each Jno E Potter Co. Phiia
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Blinkus's Trouble.

These figures need no commentary.