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Liquid Manure.

1t is generally believed that no
system of enriching land for small
gardens, with a view to perfection
of crops. is so truly economical and
so available as liquid manure. We
occasionally hear Of a gardener, or
an amateur fruit grower who has
practiced enriching the crop by use
Of LIQUID manure, but it is not com
mon practice so toenrich our gardens
and lawns, however often the advo-
cacy Of the practice has been writ
ten. The writer practiced the sprink-
ling OF lawn, i'll dry season, with
weak liquid manure water, and in
the greatest heat and drought has
kept 1t fresh and green. In the man
agement OF pot plants no course of
supplying food equals that OF q judi
cious use Of liquid manure. There
are in almost every family waste liq-
uids which usually go into sewer
or drain, or possibly upon the road
where they are of no avail; but if
saved by being conducted to tank
along with the wash waters of the
house, would enrich an entire garden
for vegetables and fruits, flower Dor
ders, etc, and the whole, if the wash
be applied regular, and at night, after
sunset, in moderate quantities, would
prevent the dryest weather Of mid
summer from checking vegetation.
If an unpleasant odor comes from the
tank, a little plaster GYPSUM sprink-
led in and around the tank would
keep it sweet and clean. Again,
The use of liquid manure need never
delay planting because of manure
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Notes on Incubation.

We find in the London Farmer,
some entertaining notes on incuba-
ton, drawn from recent French
book on the subject. The method
described might be practicable in a
time when other work was scarce,
for if man can bring out 1000
chickens by three weeks idleness it
is certainly an advance on modern
methods. We quote as follows:
Mr.. Eugene Gayot points out that
however great may be the improve
ments that have been made of late
years in the process of artificial incu-
baton, the idea itself is very far
from being new one. Centuries
ago that which is comparative nov
city to us was we'll known and
widely practiced in other countries
Since time immemorial there have
been public Matching stations in
Egypt, on the borders of the Nile,
where private individuals bring their
eggs to be incubated under the care
Of attendants especially trained for
the duty. In the Philippine Islands,
the Tagal Indians have a custom
somewhat clumsily described as
human " incubation. Men are reg
ularly trained as sitters" or incu.
bators, and learn their trade as sys-
tematically as carpenters or wheel
wrights or turner's may learn theirs.
This curious way Of getting living,
dates back from very ancient times,
and is said to have been called into
existence by the extreme fecundity
Of native ducks, which will 90 on
laying daily for three years in success
sion, and thus have no time for the
duties of incubation, which, in their
default, are relegated to man.
One of these Indians will sit on
about a thousand eggs at time In
order to attend properly to this
numerous expected family. he shuts
himself up for the whole duration of
the process in small behive-shaped
hut, built of straw, on site carefully
sheltered from the wind, and exposed
to the full heat of the sun. Into
this select place of retirement he
takes his stock of eggs, and the nee
essary appliances of his trade, a
wooden box, some old rags, a guam
THY of Kindred rice husks, and a
linen or cotton coverlet. The eggs
are made up in packets of ten each.
wrapped in rag with certain guam
tity Of husks, and placed in the box,
the bottom of which is covered with a
layer of the same material. Alternate
layers of eggs and husks are thus
arranged until the whole thousand
are disposed of. An extra thick
layer of husks is then put in, and
the coverlet spread over all. The
sitter then stretches himself out at
full length on the coverlet, and thus
makes the box and its contents his
bed, or rather his nest. Every third
or fourth day he unpacks and repacks
the whole arrangement, so as to give
each packet of eggs an equal
chance of success, and to permit the
access of fresh air. His food is
brought to him daily and passed
through small window, constructed
for the purpose, into the hut, which
he never quits for a moment till the
Matching is complete.-Ec.
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CLEANING AND COOKING DRIED
FRUIT.-All dried fruit should he
carefully picked over and thoroughly
washed before it is put to soak. But
it is a great mistake to put fruit into
water and leave it, under the impress
sion that it must soak while before
dirt can be washed off. Put the dried
fruit into pan of tepid water and
wash thoroughly but rapidly. Rub
il with the hands briskly and take it
from the water as soon as possible,
leaving it to drain a short time be-
fore putting it to soak for the night.
If dried fruit is thus speedily washed
it looses very little, ifany, ofits flavor
All dried fruit requires to be soaked
an hour or two, and usually all night,
before ready to be cooked. If it is
put on to cook without soaking, it
will be hard and tough; but use only
water enough to cover 1t, orno more
than will be needed to cook it in. If
too much water is used it will make
the fruit when cooked insiped and
tasteless. Not drop of the water
in which it is soaked can be spared.
Half of the best juices of the fruit
will be found in this water. but if
cooked in it and properly looked af-
ter they will be so united as to be
both alike good. No sweetnine
should be added to the fruit until It
is perfectly soft, else the sugar will
make the sauce quite hard and I'M
palatable. But when the fruit has
swelled to its natural proportions and
IS as tender as if just gathered, then
put in whatever sweetning is needed
and leave it to simmer till the Juice
Is like rich syrup and the fruit is
thoroughly seasoned by it.-M3,s. H.
". Beecher.
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The Mystery of Making Loaf
Bread.
A TRUSTWORTHY RECIPE.

"Loaf bread, once said an expe'
rienced housekeeper to us, "interteres
with the salvation of more house
keepers than any other one thing in
the world. "
This was probably an extravagant
statement, yet to the country house
wife who cannot turn to convenient
bakery, the duty Of breadmaking is
too often heavy cross-a sort of hit
or miss experiment. Heavy, sour
bread is far more general than the
opposite, and this is trying to both
the diCestions and the tempers OF the
family who eat it. Yet there is no
reason for this 4; there is a philosophy
of bread making as Of everything
else. and certain causes accomplish
certain results. Therefore we are
glad to be able to give a recipe from
a practical housekeeper, whose bread
never fails: To make two quarts OF
bread or rolls take four or five nice,
large Irish potatoes, peel and cut
them up, and put them to boil IN just
enough water to cover them, When
done mash smooth in the same water,
and when cool, not cold, add tea
cupfulI Of yeast, or if you use com
pressed Yeast thesiXt part Of cake
dissolved in tepid water, dessert
spoonful Of sugar, little salt, table
spoonful Of lard, and pint Of flour.
Mix together lightly. This should
be very soft and quite sticky. Set
by in a covered vessel in warm
place to rise. In two or three hours
IL will be risen, and should look al
most like yeast, full ofbubbles. Now
work in the rest of your two quarts
Of flour, and, if necessary, add little
cold water. The dough should be
rather soft and need not be kneaded
more than half an hour. Set to rise
in a moderately warm place for four
hours or thereabouts. 1t can be
baked now if wanted at once, but
if not, take a spoon and push the
dough down at the top and sides Of
the vessel containing it and let it
rise again. The oftener the bread
rises the lighter it will be-three
times is, however, sufficient After
it rises the last time take it out of the
vessel and knead it with your hands
until it is smooth. If too soft add q
little more flour. For rolls, roll out
and cut as if for biscuit If you pre-
fer doubled rolls give each q touch
with the rolling-pin to make it oblong
and then double it over. The bak-
ing pan must be creased and the rolls
must not touch each other. Set down
10 rise--this will take half or three
quarters of an hour. Then put in
the oven and bake as you would
biscuit. Unless the oven is hot the
rolls will spread and the crust be
hard. Phil Weekly Times.
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watered thoroughly, not spripkIed'
but wet like days rain.-CatItiUot0r"

SOME CURIOUS SQUIRRELs.-The
st. Louis Republican says; An
odd squirrel was exposed for sale,
with others sent to the st. Louis
market, the oddly consisted in the
fact that the animal was jet black
below, while of the color of the
ordinary fox squirrel upon the back
and the upper half Of the sides and
tail. Mr.. Bates, the taxidermist, an
experienced naturalist, recognized the
squirrel, not as a cross between the
black and fox squirrel as was sup
posed, but as distinct variety, found
occasionally in Illinois, though, so
far as known, rarity in any locality.
He has one single specimen in his
collection. 1t was first classified as a
distinct variety by the naturalist
Prince Paul, of Nuremberg, who
visited this country some years ago,
and whose reputation as a scientist is
deservedly high. The animal is
named the black bellied squirrel
scim7ss mel H,adgasper. If the black
beIlied squirrel was not so excep-
tional as was at first supposed,
though, squirrel shown by Mr..
Bates certainly was. A few days
ago an item appeared in the Alton
newspapers to the effect that some
sportsmen in the vicinity had shot
white squirrel, and this exquisite
animal Mr.. Bates has just stuffed and
mounted 1t is a large fox squirrel
in everything except its color, which
is as white as snow, flowing tail and
all. The specimen is that of per
feet albino, and is something beauti-
full. A somewhat similar squirrel,
and even more of an oddly in the
collection, is a large fox squirrel,
killed some time ago, the under part
Of which is OF the ordinary color,
while the back is Of pure white
This specimen, though not so beauti-
ful, is quite as much Of an oddly as
the one lately killed near Alton.
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KEEPING ROSES IN BL0oM.-As
soon as they have formed their first
flowers in the open ground pinch off
the end of the first shoot, and as
soon as the rose is fully opened pick
it off. No rose should be left to
fade on the bush, as when SO left it
exhausts the plant in the formation
OF seed. AS the plants grow, pinch
back the ends of the shoots when
they have grown six inches, and rub
out all puny shoots thus keeping
the plants in rounded, open bush
form. If strong shoots alone are
left to grow, they will soon control
the strength of the plant and the
flowers will be few and often of i'm
perfect form. Should the season be
hot and dry, mulch of fine, fresh
grass or sawdust or moss from the
woods, should be placed all over the
soil, three inches deep, and at night
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SALE of Real Estate.

MASTERS SALE of Real Estate.
uu By virtue of Decree of, made, and en-
tered in the Circuit Court, | will sell at
public cutlery in front of the Court House
door at Enterprise, Volusia County, State
of Florida, on the first Monday, the fifth
day of August, A. D. 1873, within the usual
hours OF sale, the following Real Estate,
lying in Volusia County, Florida. and
known and described as follows: Known
as the DunlawtOn place, being grant by
the Spanish Government to Patrick Dean,
on the 18th day of August 1904, by Patrick
Dean to Bunch, by Bunch to Lawton, by
LawtOn to Anderson, by Anderson to John
J. Marshall, including Sectional Grants
forty three, Township fifteen, south of
range thirty three, east, containing two
hundred and ninety and nineteen One-hun-
dredthS acres, more or less, and section
thirty-seven, Township sixteen. south, of
range thirty-three east, containing seven
hundred and sixty and sixty-two one
hundredthS acres, more or less, bounded OH
the north by lands of r. N. Swift, on the
east by lots four and five of section thirty
three, Township fifteen south, range thirty
three east, and lots two, three and four of
section four OF TwOnship sixteen, OF range
thirty-three east, and on the west by lot
number one, section eight, Township six
teen SOUTH of thirty-three east, lots one,
two, four and five, of section five, Town
ship sixteen south, of range thirtV-three
east, and the fractional southwest quarter
of section thirty-two, Township fifteen,
south, of range thirty three east, contain
ing in the aggregate one thousand and
seventy-seven acres, more or less, also the
land on which the dwelling OF said j,
Marshall is situated, Immediately on the
Halifax river, known and distinguished
as lot one of fractional section three, Town
ship sixteen south, of range thirty-three
east containing fifty acres, more or less
Sold under and by virtue of Decree
made by the Judge of the Circuit Court on
bill filed to 1Oreciose and inforce the
lien of said John j. Marshall on said land
for the purchase money thereof and sold to
satisfy said lien and said purchase money.
Sold at the risk and for the benefit of
-PomerOy, purchaser at sale of said
land and premises heretofore had, who
having failed to comply with the require
ments of said sale and pay the puschasc
money. Sold under and by virtue of q
subsequent decree made by the Judge of
the Circuit Court, at his risk and for his
benefit.
Terms cash. purchasers paying for titles
July. 1873. .HEZEKIAH E. OSTEEN,
S-11 Special Master in Chancery.
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ANECDOTE OF LORD PALMERsToE.
-Gordon, the Scottish painter, used
to tell this story: 81 had exhibited
Tor several years, but without success.
One year, however-the year before
painted the Corsicans'-Lord Pal
merston took sudden fancy to my
picture, called Summer in the Low.
lands and bought it. His lordship
made inquiries after the artist, and
invited me to call upon him. WAITED
upon his lordship accordingly. He
cSompilmented me upon the picture,
but there was one thing about it be
could not understand. what is that.
my Lord::?' l asked. THAT there
should be such long grass in a field
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NOTICE-On Monday, August 9Th

NOTICE-On Monday, August 9Th
~ 1878 | will apply by petition to Hon.
w. A. Cooke, Circuit Judge of the Seventh
Judicial Circuit of Florida. at his residence
TO rauthorty to sell for the benefit of Mar
garet Watson, Elizabeth Watson and Flor
ence Watson, minors, all their right, title
and interest of, in and to certain Real
Estate situated in Volusia County, Florida,
and known as parts of II. W. of s. 6, t 10,
S. T. 81 e.; and parts of S. ], t. 10 s, T. 30 e.
June 20 1878. MALEsSA WATSON.
40 Guardian of Minors above named.
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EFFECT or HARD WATER O

EFFECT OF HARD WATER ON
Animals Horses have an instinct
i've love for. soft water. and refuse
hard water if they can possibly get
the former. Hard water produces a
rough and staring coat on horses and
renders them liable to gripes. Pig
cons also refuse hard water if they
can obtain access to soft. CIaghorn
states that hard water in Minorca
causes diseases of the systems of
certain animals, especially of sheep.
So much are the race horses infu-
enced by the quality of water, that
it is not untrequent to carry a supply
of soft water to the locality in which
the race is to take place, lest, there
beng only hard water, the horses
should lose condition. Mr.. Youatt,
in his book called The Horse re-
marking upon the desirableness Of
soft water for the horse, says In
stinct OF experience has made the
horse himself conscious of this, for
he will never drink hard water if he
has access to soft; he will leave the
most transparent water Of the we'll
for a river, although the water may
be turbid, and even for the muddiest
pool" And again in another place
he says: Hard water drawn fresh
from the well will assuredly make
the coat of horse unaccustomed to
it stare, and will not unfrequently
grippe or further injure him."
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TN THE COUNTY COURT and

l. of Probate, Volusia county.
In the Administration of the Estate of
Arthur Rossetter, Jr.. deceased: Notice is
hereby given that have been, by the
County Judge of VOlusia county, appointed
administrator of the above estate, and that
all persons having claims against the same
are requested to file the same with me duly
authenticated without delay, and all per-
Snested To- MAKE ~ XII S ssSaSe aFe
BereSford p. o., VOlusia co., Feb'y2 6, 1873.
A.. T. ROSSETTER,
feb2S-6m ~ Administrator.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT-7tb

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT-7th
l. Judicial Circuit, Volusia county.
William Allan VS.. NJ. NJ. Hedges and jose
phene M. Hedges. Amount sworn to,
S517.S1
The defendants and all others are hereby
notified of the commencement of this suit,
that an attachment has been issued, and
demur to the declaration fled in said cause.
by the first Monday in October next, the
same being rule day, or Judgment will be
taken by default. -af
May 20, 1873. JOHN b. STICKNEY,
G. b. BUCKNOR,
my29m3 Plff's Attys.
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THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST.

not being on hand, but planting
could proceed and the application Of
manure be made at leisure.-Anaeri-
can ReuM Home.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-08-31

;..iL 2.thsiL A hist Of Thousand
" l. litV t. Country Wockies, in
which we can insert a one inch advertise
ment one year for two dollars and quar-
ter a paper, or for the same price We can
insert titty-tW reading notices "a new one
every wcei,) averaging seven lines each,
For list Of papers und other particulars,
address GEO. p ROW ELL & Co, No. 10
Spruce street, New York. Aug 10
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A Misery in His Gums.

As soon as Uncle Remus put in an
appearance yesterday his friends knew
he had been in trouble. He had a
red cotton handkerchief tied under
his chin, and the genial humor that
usually makes his aged face its dwell
ing place had given way to an express
sion Of grim melancholy. The young
men about the Office were inclined to
chaf him, but his look Of sullen res
ignation remained unchanged.
Uncle Remus remained impasslve
lie seemed to have lost all interest in
what was going on around him, and
he sighed heavily as he seated him
self on the edge of the trash box in
front of the office. Finally some one
asked in a sympathetic tone:
"What is the matter, old man? You
look like you i been through the mill. "
"Now you'er knockin' at de back
do sho. Eli | amt bin thru de mill
sence day TO yistiddy, den dey amt
no mills in de lam Eff wunner desc
we're scurshun trains had runned
over me | cou dn't er bin wuss off. |
been tro1npin' roun' in dc low grouns S
now gwine on seventy-f' year, but |
Ait seed no sich times es dat wat |
done spe'unst now. Boss, is emmy er
you all ever rastled with the toof-
ache?"
"Oh, hundred times. The tooth,
ache isn't anything"
Den you des played 'roun' de
aidges. You amt had de kline wat
kotch me on de under jaw. You
mout a had a gum bile, but you aint
been boddered wid de toofache.
wuz settin' up, talllin' wild my ole
oman, kinder puzzlin' 'roun fer tel
see whar der lex meals vittles wul
gwine ter cum frum an | feel lit
tie ache sorter crawlin long on my
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WHOLE NUMBER, 3G9.

the authorities, fled, accompanied by
his paramour This served to
strengthen the suspicion that he had
murdered his wife and he was arrest
ed in New Orleans, taken to Hagers-
town, tried, convicted and hanged.
He confessed his guilt ON the scatiold.
Jane Cunningham lived for sometime
in the south the life of depraved wo-
man, then came to Baltimore, changed
her name and opened a saloon on
North Gay street, which was for many
years the resort of depraved charac-
ters. Her health finally gave way
and over twenty years ago she was
admitted to an insane asy lum for
treatment. She recovered her reason,
but being without friends obtained ad-
mission to Bayview. Several years
ago she plofessed Christianity, and at
the time of her death, III her 73d year
was one of the most devout worship
ers in the institution"
The above is correct except as to
the place where the murder was COM
mitted, which was a short distance
above Cumberland, and Swearingen
was convicted and hung in Allegany
countv -.dVe0n,;id0.
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. AIIEGANY COUNTY, MARYLAND, SATURDAY,

jawbone, kinder feelin' his way. But
de ache didn't stay long. He sorter
hankered 'roun like an den crope
back whar he come fun. Bimeby l
feel i'm comm again an dis time hit
look like he come up closer-kinder
skummishin 'roun' fer ter see how de
Ian lay. Den he went off.
"Presently feel i'm comm an dis
time it look like he kyar'd de news
unto many, fer hit feel like der wuz
anudder wun wild 'iln. Dey crep' up
an crep roun an den dey crope off.
Bimeby dey come back, an dis time
dey come like dey wuzzent 'fear'd er
de surroundins, fer dey trot right up
unto de toof, sorter famine it like, an
den trot all 'roun' it, like desc circu-
Gus hosses. l sot dar mighty cam,
but spected dat sump'n wuz gwine
to hap'n.'
"And it happened, did it?" asked
some one in the group surrounding
the old man.
Boss, don't you forgit it, respond
ed Uncle Remus fervidly. Gwen
dem aches galloped back dey galloped
fer ter stay, an der galloped fer ter
stay an dey wuz SO mixed up dat l
couldn't tell Que fun the other. All
night long dey racked an dey gallop-
ed, an wen dey got tired er rackin
an gallopin' dey all closed in on de
ole toof an thnmped it an gouged
at it till it 'pesred unto me dat dey
had got de jaw bone loosened up an
WIS tryin' fer ter fetch it up thru de
roof er my head, an out at der back
er my neck. An dey got ~uss mex
day.
MARS. Devenpote Ellis, he seed I
was stracted, an he told me fer ter go
roun' here an git Mars. Fos. He
lowed dat | better have 'er drawed,
and his wuds wuzent more'n cole TO,
wunner desc yere watchyoumaycall-
ems-wunner desc DENTS men-had
retched for it wild a par of tongs W at
don't turn loose when dey ketches a
holt. Leastways dey didn't wild m e.
You oughter seed dat toof, boss. 1t
wus wunner desc yere fo'prong fellers.
Eff he'd growed wrong end outards
I'd bin bad niger long arter l
jim d de- church"