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Hope cordially; and Uncle Alick staid-
staid till dark, staid to dinner, staid
through long evening, and homeward
bound at last, glanced at the still lighted
windows of the Brixham mansion as he
went by, and muttered through his
beard something that sounded like, can
escape, by JoYei What an escape!"
That was last New Years Day, Alick
Lotus makes no calls this year. He
stays in his own house, to enjoy, as he
says; the sensation of having home to
stay in. 1t is an ample, handsome
house in fashionable street; but all
over it, from attic to basement, reigns
the same atmosphere of graceful Use and
comfort which made the dainty little
rooms in Fifty-ffth street; 50 attractive
TO their guest a twelvemonth since. No
wonder; for the same hands preside, the
same taste directs, and every day is
made pleasanter and all life is frightened
by the new-old love, which waited SO
many years for its reward, and whose
embodied perfection Uncle Alick calls
by the pretty name of Hope.-Harpers
Bg-1r
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Feed and Breed of Dairy Cows.

DIR. +. l.. Sturtevant, of Massachusetts,,
makes the following summary of conclu-
sions at which he has arrived on this
subject, after many years of study and
practical experiments:
l. The production of butter is largely
dependent ON breed.
2. There is a structural limit to the
production of butter to each COW.
8. That when a COW is fed to this
limit, increased food cannot increase the
product.
4. That the superior COW has this
structural limit at a greater distance
from ordinary food, and is more ready
to respond to stimuli than the ordinary
COW.
5. That consequently the superior
COW is seldom fed to her limit, and as a
practical conclusion, increased feed with
superior lot of COWS will increase the
butter product, but if fed to an inferior
lot, waste can but be the result
6. That the character of the food
has some influence ON the character of
the butter, but even here breed in
f1uences more than food.
Z. That there is no constant relation
between the butter product and the
cheese product.
8. That the casino contains constant
percentage, and that this percentage does
not appear to respond to increase of food
9. That the casino appears to remain
constant without regard to the season.
10. That increase in the quantity OF
milk is followed by an increase in the
total amount of casino
IL. That insufficient feed acts directly
to check the proportion of butter, and has
tendency to decrease the casino of the
milk and substitute albumen.
II. The hest practice of feeding is to
regulate the character of the food by the
character of the animal fed; feeding
superior cows nearer to the limit of their
production than inferior COWS; feeding,
if for butter, more concentrated and
nutritious foods than for cheese; feeding
for cheese product succtllent material
which will increase the quantity of the
milk yield
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-01-03
The First Tramps.

Tramps are traced back by an English
newspaper to the wars of the Roses.
After which England was full of wander
ing men, who had no occupation, and
could give no account of themselves.
They were the disbanded retainers of the
great mobiles whom Henry VII forbade
TO keep their monstrous military retinues.
They were broken men who no longer
dared to wear the livery" of some great
man and the badges which had once won
for them impunity and consideration.
The feudal strife was over, their arms
and swords were no longer needed to
fight for one or the other Rose, and
beyond lighting they had no profession.
Others there were who had been turned
out of their farms when some rich land
lord made enclosures" and threw arabic
land into pastures. The feeble Dog.
berries and Nerges Of the time could not
deal with these luckless and useless
rogues. The government, confounding
severity with strength, passed the cruel
repressive laws against which Sir Thomas
Moore protested in the introduction to
the utopia" 1t was not till the
Spanish wars and the new discovered
land in the west made room for all poor
men and adventures that the sturdy
beggars of England came to be worthy
pioneers who did yeoman's zervice te
their country.
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CarIYle'S Reverence.

Thomas Carlyle, though an iconoclast,
is as reverent man as lives. In a letter
written in 1869 to the late Mr.. Erskine,
he says: 81 was agreeably surprised by
the sight of your handwriting again, so
kind, so welcome. The letters are as
firm and honestly distinct as ever-the
mind, too, in spite of its frail environ
ments, as clear, plump-up, calmly expec-
tant, as in the best days; right so; so be
it with us all, till we quit this dim So
journ, now grown so lonely to us, and
our change come? Our Father which
art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name,
Thy will be done, what else can we say?
The other night, in my sleepless tossings
about, which were growing more and
more miserable, these words, that brief
and grand prayer, came strangely into
my mind, with an altogether new
emphasis; as if written and shining
for me in mild, pure splendor, on
the black bosom of the night there !;
when /, as it were, read them word for
word-with a sudden check to my i'm
perfect wanderings, with sudden soft
ness of composure which was much IN
expected. Not for perhaps thirty or
forty years had once formally repeated
that prayer; nay, / never felt before
how intensely the voice of mans soul
ii is; the Utmost aspiration of all that is
high and pious in poor human nature
right worthy to be recommended with
an After this manner pray We.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-01-03
Vegetables for Fowls.

VIM. Horne, veterinary surgeon, says
in the Country Gentleman: after
cleanliness, pure air and water, onions
chopped up, or simply crushed, are one
of the best alternatives for fowls (and are
also one of the very best prophylactics
or preventiyes of disease) with which |
am acquainted. ] have quite a large
number Of Cochins and Brahmas, and |
keep them healthy by variety of food,
and onions are among the best prevent
ives of disease, and so is celery. Every
particle of top or any other waste, when
using celery, is chopped UP and fed to
the chickens. None lay better than
mine, and they have all the onions they
can eat, without tainting the eggs. This
need not be the case with any one feed
ing onions, if little common sense and
judgment are used in the feeding"
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The Household:

GRAHAM OR RYE GEMs.-One egg
one pint sour milk, with a few spoonfuls
of cream added, one teaspoonful soda, a
little salt, and enough Graham or rye
meal to make a stiff batter; bake in gem
pans in a quick oven. They are very
nice either hot or cold.
QUEEN OF PUDDINGs.-Soaka pint of
bread crumbs in boiling milk; add the
yolks of four eggs, well beaten, and
sugar to taste. Bake in pie-dish; when
cold, spread jam over the top, and over
that the whites of four eggs, beaten to a
stiff froth, with four tablespoUnfuls of
white sugar; put into the oven, and bake
a very light brown. Flavor with essence
of vanilla or lemon.
To PREVENT POTATOES FROM RoT.-
Dust over the floor of the bin with lime,
and pitt in about six or seven inches of
potatoes, then dust with lime as before.
then more potatoes, using about one
bushel of lime to forty bushels of pota-
toes. The lime improves the flavor of
the potatoes, and effectually kills the
fungi which causes the rot.
RAISED LOAF CAKE.-Four cupfuls
sugar, one very large cup of lard, one
large cupful butter, one and three-quar-
tiers eupfuls milk, one half pint hop
yeast, seven cupfuls flour; mix the flour,
milk, yeast, lard, and half the sugar to-
gether, and let rise ,over night. Next
morning when the dough is quite light,
add the rest of the sugar, the butter,
three eggs, half teaspspoonful soda,
spices to taste, and fruit of any kind or
quantity. First roll the fruit in flour to
prevent it from settling in the loaves.
The dough should rise very light second
time before the fruit is added, and partly
again after ii. is put in the baking tins.
This Will make three loaves, and can be
kept a long time if desired.
POT CHEEsE.-Scald sour milk until
the whey rises to the top; pour it off or
skim out the curd and place it in cotton
cloth or bag, hang it up to drain, let it
drain five or six hours; do not squeeze it
after the whey has all dripped out put
the curd in a bowl, salt to taste, and
work in well with your hands butter and
little cream; mold into balls or pats
keep in cool place.
TEA CAKEs.-Three cupfuls of sweet
milk, one cupful yeast, -four to make a
thin batter; set this as sponge over night.
In the morning add one cupful of sugar,
one-half cupful melted butter, (you may
use one-half lard, one-half teaspoonful
of salt, -four enough to roll out as biscuit;
knead well and set to raise about five
hours, then roll one-half inch thick and
cut into round cakes. but in buttered
tins and let raise one-half hour, then
bake to light brown; add currants if
you like.
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Whales and Cats.
Louisville Courier-Journal.


We've got it, "Theres millionsin it's
Whales? Yes, sir, whales, We're
going to take the Ajax, fill her full OF
live cats (whales are fond of cats,) 90 to
sea with them, and commence throwing
EN- overheard, one at time. This will
make the whales follow the Ajax, and
We'll "persuad 'em into the Mississippi,
through the jetties and up the Ohio.
The farther up the Ohio river we get the
more cats we'll throw overheard, and the
more willingly the whales will follow.
When we can't go any farther with the
boat load of eats, for the want of water
for the whales to swim in, we'll stay
where we stick, and feed 'em on cats
until the river falls and the whales can't
get out for low water and sandbars Then
we'll go for whalebOne and oil-see
We can save the cats for bait for another
trip out through the jetties, for whale
swallows 'em alive, and it takes about
5000 cats to do good-sized whale any
good. The Ajax will carry 10000 cats,
equal to twelve whales, and twelve
medium-sized whales will furnish oil and
whalebone to supply this country. Cats
are cheap, and whales are easily coaxed
to follow boat-load, if you'll throw one
overheard once in a while to let 'em
know you've got plenty of 'em. Captain
jim Watson furnishes the boat, and We
furnish the cats. He gets the oil, and
we get the whalebones. The Ajax is
" a whaler," aud We'll cats EN-. There's
millions in her-cats-millions
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-01-03
Hamlet with a Vengeance.

At the Grand Central theater per-
former; by the name of Berry, made his
first appearance as the melancholy Dane,
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" an
nouncing himself as 9 late with DR.. Ian
dis" The audience entered into the
spirit of the play, and made it such a
burlesque as would have driven Lydia
Thompson wild with envy. They greet
ed all the fine points with shouts of
laughter; then they grew demonstrating,
and the actor, with hair as long as Texas
Jack, and detected 'havior of the Wis
age, with fruitful river i the eye" was
saluted with missiles of all descriptions,
until the tiieater was a palldemonium
Apples, potatoes, bread, flour, pretzels,
cabbage, etc, too numerous to mention
went hurting to the stage, and striking
the performer, made his dress of more
colors than Joseph's, and he might have
exclaimed in paraphrase of the lines of
his poet; Its not alone in my inky
cloak, good mother, which can denote
me truly-these indeed seem-but l have
that within which passeth show; these
but the trappings and suits of Woe"
Hamlet grew indignant; he lost his tenn
per; he rushed to the foot lights, like
Bichard at Bosworth field, he would have
sold his kingdom for horse" he an
athenatized, and the more he hurled the
Anglo Saxon, pure and simple, the more
the audience grew uproarious. He
struck his most tragic attitude, and like
Ajax, " detied the lightning" he threat
ened them with the police, and still the
noise increased, but at last he gave up
the contest, and in the words of his pet
character, acknowledged "a hit, a palpa-
pie hit."-PAiddelphid Press.
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valuable addition to the farm receipts
for the year. The money thus secured
is made quite as easily as any which the
farmer receives, and | believe it is made
not only without injury but with posi-
tive benefit to the soil, at least to its pro-
ductive capacity. The farmers who
grow clover seed are men who become
rich, for every year their fields become
more fertile. The shade which the clover
leaves during the heats of summer fur
nish to the ground increases the nitrogen
which it holds, while the clover roots
perform the equally beneficial operation
Of permeating the subsoil and bringing
up the unavailable fertility from beneath
and making it available.
These advantages are, to some extent,
incident to the use of clover in any way.
But the farmer who grows clover seed
shades and mulches his soil more per-
fectly, and secures stronger and deeper
growth of root than if the plant Is pas
tured or is ploughed under at any earlier
period There is further and very i'm
portant advantage in growing clover
seed. He who has seed to buy sows
sparingly. He who sows it can afford to
sow literally. Not less than one peck
per acre should be sown. After a few
years growing of clover seed, the ground
will be filled with the seed which will
spring up in after years az they are turned
to the surf ace. Two years ago, one of
my ueighbors ploughed field in the fall,
after taking off clover-seed crop. Bar
ley was sown in the spring, and good
crop, about thirty bushels per acre was
grown The field was then ploughed and
sown with wheat, and thoug h the farmer
did not SOW quart of clover seed, he has
as good catch as any one could wish
Enough seed was wasted to seed the
ground, and as the field was only lightly
cultivated in the spring for barley, the
seed was never turned up until ploughed
for wheat / do not advise trusting to
such chance seeding as this. Better SOW
the field as usual, and let the volunteer
clover come in as extra to give the soil a
closer mat and heavier growth. The
farmer who sows clover seed for a few
years will find it profitable far beyond
the money value of the seed Which he
sells. Cor. american tultirdfOr.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-01-03
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
The Farmers Scepfre.

A SCANDISAVIAS LEGEND.
A giantess, when pagan folk
Held all the world in sway,
Looked from hill Que sunny morn
Across the fields OF May.
The song OF birds was in the air
The winds with balm were sweet:
Her daughter, rosy-cheeked and fair,
Was playing al her feet
She runs with glee the little one
From slope 10 slope away;
She holds the summer in her arms,
The streams and fields OF May.
The child could step from hill to vale,
And as she wildly ran
She saw beneath her towering stride
The busy husbandman.
His oxen, pillow, and him she took
Within her aprons space,
And, fastening with the p0rtent queer,
She sought her mothers face.
"Oh, mother, thou hast told me much
did not understand,
Now tell HE what this beetle Is
Which wriggles through the sand"
30, child" the giantess replied,
Go, put il back again;
These are the stern forerunners OF
The patient race OF men.
- In other realms, my little one,
Our home hencefOrth must stand,
For these who come in iittleness
Have come to rule the land"
joel BeataY
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RsSmarek,S Boots,

The following anecdote of Bismarck
we find in an article, entitled Prince
Bismarek's Mother" in Tinsleys 3faga-
sine
While nursui,ng his studies at Got
tinqen vo,ng Biz marck was invited to
a ball. at which the prettiest girls in
town were to be pres ant' ana our young
student orders q pair I Varhisileu ooo'S
for the occasion.
As the eventfu1 day O. rev near ano
the chdussare was not sent 10, ne ne sren
somewhat uneasy, the more az MS 1rieho'
kept repeating to him. q You'n not nave
your boots; the shoemaker disa, 'polht
every one" >,
"Pll have them in spite of that, re
piled the future Chancellor
The day before the entertainment,
Bismarck entered the shop. Ny
boots?' asks he.
81 am very sorry, sir" is the reply,
. but l have 70 many orders on hand for
to-morrow's bali
"Ah, is that it," cries the furious
youngster; and, banging the door be-
hind him, he leaves the house.
A quarter of an hour after he comes
back, accompanied by two of those enor-
nous dogs the German students are in
the habit of feeding at the expense of
their association.
You see these dogs?' This to Girls
pin.
YES
Well, | swear that they'll tear you
to- pieces if You do not send my boots
by tomorrow afternoon, O'Clock"
With this he went out again. But
con'miSsiondire, paid al hoe, was kept sta
toned in front of the house, reminding
the poor fellow every minute:
DO not forget MIR. Bismarck's boots"
He had but the night to finish them.
At 10 o'clock he closed his shop, resign
ing himself to pass the hours on his stool
instead of in his bed.
Suddenly the stiffness is broken by the
barking of the dogs, and the voice of
their master singing out: "Snob of my
oul, your life l. in danger! Remem-
Der your family"
The following day the boots were sent
home in time.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-01-03

THE old and reliable piano manufac-
turers, George Steck 4 Co., of New
York, have taken a sensible view of the
hard times by offering to the public, for
the present, their pianos at prices in
accordance with these times. Consider
lug that the Steck pianos have the envi-
able reputation of being the best and
most durable instruments made, good
many being in need of such an addition
to a comfortable home will not be slow
in availing themselves of therar chance
to procure an absolutely reliable piano
for near the same price they would have
to pay in getting so-called cheap class
instrument with fictitious and doubtful
name
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1877 ISIS.
BY ALFRED TENNIS ~.

Ring out wild bells to the wild sky,
The fyiDg cloud, the frosty light:
The year IS dying ia the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells across the snow.
The We j going, let il 20:
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring cut the grief that saps the mind,
For these that here We see no more;
Ring ogt the fcud Of rich aud poor,
Ring Ia redress 10 ali mankind.
III Z out slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms OF party strife:
Ring in the nObler modes OF life,
With sveeter manner, Vurer laws.
Ring out the want. the care the sin,
The iaithlesS GOODNESS OF the times;
Ring out, ring out my mourniul rhymes
But ring the fuller minstrel in.
Ring out false pride 10 place % blood
The civic SANDER am the spite;
Ring in the love Of truth aud right,
King ia the common love d good.
Ring out old shapes Of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust Of gold:
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years Of peace.
Ring ia the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlieT hand
Ring cat the darkness of the land.
Ring ia the Christ that is 10 be.
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CLUB LIST
NONTIILEE<.

The WEEKLY WISCONSIN, together with either Of
the following publications. will be sent year
past-free. at the price named
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This is the oldeS: paper printed In Milwaukee,
and has been printed under the same management
for over thirty years 1t is good and solid, and
like all sound business enterprises give value re-
ceived' to all its subscribers. Its Market Reports
and Farm and Household departments alone are
worth ten times its price. 1t is the best, and in
fact, the only Story Paper in the State. Its stories
for year, If bound in volume would cost at
Least five dollars.
Any postmaster will show you sample Of the
paper, HnS viii forward your money for you, or
you can mail $3.50 to the undersigned and receive
the WISCONSIN one year, post paid.
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ONE of the characters of Chicago is the
+" pin man." who wanders about the city
all day picking UP pins,
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TOMMY came home from school and
handed his father the teachers report on
his progrsss during the month. "Thisis
, very unsatisfactory, Tom; you've very
small number of good marks. Pm not
at all pleased with it." Il told the
teacher you wouldn't be, but he wouldn't
alter it.
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The Celebrated Vienna Rolls.

! Among the numerous articles DOOLEY' S
YEAST POWDER is used for, are the cele-
/ brated Vienna rolls which are so delicious,
paatable and healthy. If you have not the
recipe send three cent stamp TO DoOLEY x
| BROTHER, New York, and you will get it,
| together with many other valuable cooking
receipts, by return mail.
THE quickest method, says the Bur
lington Halckeye, of developing human
life is to plant photographers camera
in front of lonesome, deserted country
hotel, and long, long, long before the
artist can get a focus, the porch, balcony,
doors, windows, side-fence and dormer
windows of that hostelry will be alive
with smiling, unconscious humanity.
DIPHTHERIA.-This awful disease is
raging again this winter. aud is almost sure
death if neglected but for a single day. II
taken in season Johnson's AnOdyne Lini-
t1ent Will cure nine cases out of ten. No
family should be without it moment.
THE propriety of giving condition
medicine TO horses, cattle and sheep @as
discussed and admitted by many of the
agricultural societies throughout the state
last fall, and we believe that in every case
but one they decided in favor of Sheridan s
/ Cavalry Condition Powders. Good judg-
nlent.
FRANK LESLIE, Esq, Of the Illus
trated Weekly says "For some time
past have been using your CoCoAINt, and
| think it far preferable to anything have
ever used for the hair
CHEW
The Celebrated
"MATCuLESS"
Wood Tag Plug
TOBACCO.
THE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY,
New York, Boston and Chicago.
Stop that terrible cough, and thus
avoid a consumptive's grave, by taking DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. As a
cough remedy it is unsurpassed. Sold by
druggists.
INTERESTING To ALL is the offer of a
Genuine Microscope for a trife. See adver-
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HAVE you Hart Disease9 If SO, we
would like to call you- attention to DR..
Graves HEART REGULATOR, & preparation
specially prepared for the cure of Heart
Disease, Nervousness and Sleepless Nights.
When we say it can be cured, we know
what we say and can substantiate it by GER
tifcates of cures, and what is best living
witnesses. Send to FRANK +. INGALLS,,
Concord, n. H., for pamphlet containing
certificates of few who have been cured by
its use. Also description of various forms
of Heart Disease.
You can obtain the HEART REGULATOR
of your druggist. Small size 30 cents, large
size ~
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