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Lntc Agricultural Items.

A silk farm of 500 acres is to be estab-
lished in Pennsylvania.
California expects to realize $50, 900, 600
on her wheat crop this year, an increase OF
$36, 900, 900 on the receipts of last year.
Wisconsin's Legislature offered a premi
um of $4,000 for good steam road wag-
on. None yet has come up to the require
ments.
England is obliged to import grain, eggs,
butter and cheese from this country, and,
before many years, must depend on us tor
all the necessaries Of life.
A citizen of New Hartford, Conn, found
two eggs in nest in the woods recently,
and put them under Il sitting hen, lnfour
weeks he had young eagle which he is
keeping.
IL is reported that the number of sheep
in Connecticut has fallen from five humid
red thousand to four thousand. 1t is said
that this tremendous decline is attributa-
BILE to dogs.
Only few years ago our butter was
known in Eastern markets as Western
grease. To-day our best Western cream
cry is outselling the Eastern-made butter
in their own markets. u
In the report Of the Pennsylvania Fruit
Growers there is reference to Maiden's
Blush and Greening apples packed in bar,
rels in Autumn buried in the ground, and
kept, the former till April, the latter till
June.
Two hundred English merchantmen are
said TO be waiting in San Francisco for
cargoes of wheat, so that the facilities for
foreign shipments Of the cereals from that
point are unusually fine, apd the freight
rates low.
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Atchlson, TopeIka and santn Fc.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The Boston and New York capitalists
who are building the road have the most
unlimited confidence in the success Of
their great enterprise. They are pushing
one branch of itup the Grand Canon of the
Arkansas to secure share of the rich
mineral trade of Southern and Central
Colorado, and rumor has it that they have
their eyes on Salt Lake and connection
with the Central Pacific as the Western
terminus of this branch of the road. The
other branch they are pushing southwest
about as fast as men and money can do it
in the direction of Albuquerque in New
Mexico, which point they expect to reach
during the coming winter. This will leave
the gap to be completed to Fort Yuma, on
the Colorado river, less than 500 miles.
They will thenpropose to Mr.. Huntington,
of the Southern Pacific, to build half this
gap, and if the proposition isnot accepted,
the Atchison and Santa Fe company will
build it themselves.
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Ices and Ice Creams.

From the SClentlnC American.
What are termed ices consist simply of
the juices of fruits sweetened with sugar
sirup and then frozen, like ice cream. 1t
is stated that the best ices are made by
first cooking the sugar into the form of a
sirup. The final mixture should have Il
consistence of % degrees, 1t is then froz-
en- in the usual way.
10 make the best ice cream it is neces-
sary that the cream should be Of the best
quality; and the utensils with which it is
made must be absolutely clean.
With every quart of the cream mix six
ounces best pulverized sugar, very little
vanilla bean, and the white of one egg.
The latter imparts smoothness and deli
cacy to the cream that cannot otherwise
be obtained. The prepared mixture is
then to be stirred in the freezer until it is
entirely concealed.
Those who desire first rate ices Or cream
should follow these directions carefully,
and avoid the use of corn starch or other
thickeners. Instead of vanilla as a flavor
for the cream, a trifling amount of any
desired ilavoring sirup or juice may be
used, as strawberry, pineapple, orange,
lemon. etc,
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A CELEBRATED CASE.
A Minnesota Young Husbands Troubles
with Limburger.


From the Faribaut (Mun,) Democrat.
A young gentleman of Faribault, II boy
among the boys who occasionally visited
saloons and sampled lambs tongue, pigs
feet, tnpc, and actually educated himself
to like limburgcr cheese, after awhile he
married, as such men will. His wife is u
cultivated and sensitive little creature, as
lovablc as she is sensitive. Wen, Robert
that was his name, Bob for short-shook
the boys after marriage, Us he ought, and
stopped around home for two or three
weeks, every evening; but there were
times when he had an awful hankering
after his old rcliSheS, such as hereinbe-
fore described, especially the cheese, and
one eveningf being down town on an er-
rand, he thought he would take II little
limburger home and have an old fashioned
lunch before retiring. He got the cheese
and statred for home but as he ncared his
abode it struck him that it was the rank
est cheese, even for limburger, in all his
experience People held their noses as
they met him, and every dog in the front
yard went round behind the house as he
went by. Before he reached home his
courage gave ont and he slipped his bun.
die into a hole in the gate post, thinking
he would 90 in an interview his wife
sort of prepare her for the meeting, as it
were. But he was scarcely in the house
before his wife gave warning sniff Mrs.
Bob gave IL sniff or two more, got up,
opened the door, closed it suddenly, and
then went into the rooms leading into the
rear of the house. She was gone about
five minutes. and in the meantime Bob
became satisfied what the trouble was,
but for the life Of him did not dare to tell
her. What would she say to learn that
he had ever eaten such stuff? She would
never forgive him, and would probably ap-
ply for divorce.
She speedily returned and said, in il
business sort Of Y way, Robert, we must
have the sewer cleaned and the scavcnger
here, um't stand it any longer It is
getting to he perfectly awful Bob said
he would attend 10 it in the morning, and
at the first opportunity slipped out, got a
spade, took the cheese into the garden and
and buried it. But he had to have the
sewer etc. cleaned all the same and the
job cost him five dollars. A few months
later Bob told his wife about it, but de-
clarcd the cheese was given him 10 try;
he had never eaten amy of it himself
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OlSra-Gumb0.

From the American Agriculturist.
Okra is a vegetable that is slow in find
ing its way to the garden and the table in
the Northern States, while in Southern
families it is in very general use. The
plant is much like a large Hollyhock, with
yellow flowers, which are succeeded by
angled pods, six inches or more long, and
over an inch thick. These pods, when so
tender that they will break, are very mu-
cilaginOus, and give off, when cooked, a
large amount Of gummy matter. If they
begin to mature, they become woody, filled
with hard round seeds, and quite unlike
anything edible. Though in the catalogues,
the plant is called "Okra or Gumbo," the
name Gumbo properly belongs to the dish
prepared from the pods, rather than the
plant itself as the Southern cooks make
Gumbo soup without the use of Okra, but
substitute the pitch and young leaves of
sassairas, one of the native violets, and
perhaps other plants. The best Gumbo Is
made with chicken, though veal and other
meats are sometimes used, and Is merely a
stew made thick by the use of an abun-
dance of 0lra pods. GumbO soup Is any
soup to which sufficient Okra is added to
and a tender pods yvot : dressed with
melted butter, are liked by many, but
they are rather too gummy for those who
have not been accustomed TO them, A
dish made of the Okra pods and tomatoes
stcwed together, is also prepared One
correspondent inquiries if we know any
method of preserving Okra by canning.
We have not known of any attempt at
canning the pods, but they are often dried;
the pods at the proper age for cooking are
sliced, strung upon u cord, and dried In
the same manner as fruit They are also
packed in salt, just as cucumberS are, and
when wanted for use are freshened in cold
water.
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Don't Drink.

The New York correspondent of the BoS-
ton journal gives the following sNutary
advice:
The short run of players, rilcmcn, bill
lard champions and men Of sporting life
generally, is II remarkable feature of New
York life, Drink is at the bottom of this.
Men who indulge in the cup can't control
their nerves, and men who cant do this
90 to the wall. The bad shooting of some
mon, of whom so much was expected, re-
suited from their cup of indulgence. One
of the best marksmcn in the city said, yes
tcrday. that I'm rifle shooting the variance
of Il hairs breadth made the difference at
the muzzlc of 100 yards; and a man must
have absolute command of his nerves. \
man who would win must not steam.
Dan Mace, when in his prime ON the road,
drank only lemonade. ] heard him say:
"A single glass of whisky affects my
nerves. Men who drink on the road
would not intrust their valuable teams to
me if was not in the driving season a
tcetotalcr." When the billiard congress
was in session the champion player said:
1--WE can't drink and do anything. We
have to abstain totally from all stimula-
ting beverages while we play We have
II season of preparation, We have to be
clear and cool, or we fail. The reason
that so many eminent players pass out of
sight is, they drink. Then the nerves
grow unsteady and the eyes fail, and all is
up with the player. The drinking goes
deeper and the playing worse
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| At eight o'clock the other morning a
Second street wife followed her husband
down to the gate as he was starting for
down town, and kindly said to him:
William, you know how sadly | need
a blue bunting dress"
Yes. dear he remarked. but you
know how hard up am. ASsoon is can
see my way clear you shall have the dress,
and new hat to boot. BE patient be
good and your reward shall be great.
Forty minutes after that he emerged
from restaurant with II big basket and Il
iish-pole, bound up the river. In the bas-
ket was chicken, pickles, cakes, fruit, pie
and bottle Of liquid of rich color, and
he was just lighting a twcnty-ccnt cigar
when his wife came along.
What! you here?' he exclaimed.
"Ies, was going to the market.
Where are you going? what S in that bas-
kct?"
Il was going to carry this lish-pole
around to Il friend on Jefferson avenue, " he
modestly answered.
And that basket?'
This baskct-wcll, was going to take
it to the Orphan Asylum as y present to
the children. 1t is a donation from six
leading citizens
William, don't believe it.
"Shl Don't talk so loud" "
William, shall talk louder yeti she
exclaimed. I'm bet you are going fish
ing
MARY, have ever deceived you?" he
plaintively asked. 81 never have, As
proof of my sincerity you cantakc this bas-
ket to the asylum YOURSELF"
And I'll do it!' she promptly replied
as she relieved him of it.
Mary, hadn't you-?'
mo, sir, hadn't. You'd better hurry
up with that ish-polc, as the man may
want it, and be careful how you stand
around in the hot SUM-
She left him there. He watched her
take the ear for home, and then he return
ed the ish-polc and crossed the street and
said to an acquaintance:
tom, M suffering with neuralgia and
the excursion is off till next week. Too
bad, but we can never tell what day may
bring forth
There were chicken and pickles and 9TH
cr good things on the table at dinner, hut
he never smiled. Even when his wife
wished she was an orphan, if that was the
way they were fed, he never betrayed the
gloom in his heart, II was only " when she
handed him the bottle he had so carefully
tucked into the basket and he saw it la-
blcd, Good for little children, that he
said:
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Feeding Pork.

Pork is now lower than it has been for
thirty years, and the prospect for those
who have many hogs is not agreeable.
Yet it would not be wise to sacrifice good
herds on this account. Those who have
not, will find this good opportunity to
weed out their stock and replace it with
better quality of animals in preparation
for the time which is certain to come,
when pork will again bear a profitable
value. The chief profit from pure-bred
stock consists of its early maturity; and
the fact that pig of a well selected breed
and properly fed, can be made fit for the
barrel at less than a year old, makes it Of
far greater worth than one which requires
two years to arrive at salablc condition.
To keep the best stock should be the aim
of every one who rears animals for sale;
and there is no better time to improve
ones S stock than when the value is low,
and it can be done at the least expense.
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Discovery of Skeletons.


From the Dallas Herald.
Yesterday morning Mr.. I. Bender, who
lives some three miles southeast of the
city, while digging Il hole to set IL post,
after cxcavating several feet, struck upon
a lot of rocks compactly laid, which, cx-
citing his curiosity, he cleared the earth
around it, revealing rock wall. lie pro-
ceeded to investigate further, and getting
down to the base of the wall, which was
nearly three feet high, discovered skele-
ton lying at the bottom. 1t was very
large being something over six feet in
length, while thevarious bones correspond
ed The investigation continued Il few
feet, when another wall similar to the first
was brought to view. On the inner side
was another skeleton, somewhat smaller
than the first. The right hand of each Of
the skeletons held in their bony grasp the
remnants of a gun, the stock having rotted
away Mr.. Bender pushed his mvestiga-
ton further, but failed to find anything
additional. Several diamond-shaped brass
pieces were lying close by them, as well as
four large rings of like material. 1t is
supposed that the cxhumcd skeletons are
those of two Indian chiefs, that have per
hapS been buried scores of years ago.
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Disraeli In Prophecy.

From the Buffalo Express.
A friend calls our attention TO the last
verse of the eighth chapter of Zechariah,
and asks if it might not well be regarded
as a prophecy of Beaconsfeld's wonderful
prc-eminence in the Congress of Berlin. 1t
is as follows:
'23. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; in
those days it shall come to pass, that ten
men shall take hold out Of all languages of
the nations, even shall take hold of the
skirt of him that is Jew, saying. We
will go with you; for we have heard that
God is with you. "
This is certainly remarkable prediction,
bearing in mind some of Disraeli's early
writings. We respectfully suggest the
verse as an appropriate text for sermon
upon the "Juke Of Jerusalem. "
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10 think that the more man cats the
fatter and stronger he will become. To
conclude that, if exercise is good, the
more violent it is the more good is done.
To imagine that every hour taken from
sleep is an hour gained. To act on the
presumption that the smallest room in the
house is large enough to sleep in. TO ar
que that whatever remedy causes one to
feel Immediately better is good for the
system, without regard TO more Interior
effects. To eat without an appetite, or to
continue to eat after it has been satisfied,
merely to crafty the taste. To eat a
hearty supper for the pleasure experienced
during the brief time itispassing down the
throat, at the expense of whole night of
disturbed sleep and weary waking in the
morning, -
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A Horrible Old NIiser.

From the Toronto Globe.
| Louis Quintal, an old Montreal miscr,
scvcnty-two years of age, was arrested and
sent to Jail for carrying IL nuisance in his
house by the collection of carrion flesh
which he used as food. On entering the
dock the prisoner presented an extremely
rcpuISive appearance. His landlord states
that Quintal came from the vicinity of l,a-
noraie, where he owns two houses in the
village. and II farm of considerable size in
the adjoining country. Quintal rented two
rooms in the block Of houses in the rear of
329, Montcalm street. for which he paid
$50 for a year and Il half, and had promiS-
ed rent for nine years more. The old man
was very religious, but withal was liber-
tine. When asked why he did not live on
his farm in the country he replied that he
could not get as much good food nor Us
cheap US III the city. Quintal has resided
in the city for four years. He has been in
the habit Of collecting IL large quantity of
foul meat of which he would cook sufficient
to last him several weeks. He then placed
it in barrel in the cellar. The piece of II
horse which he brought home yesterday
created such an unwhoesomc smell that
the landlord was compelled to have it re-
moved A man named Fauteux, incredu-
lous of the statement of the landlord that
the man ate carrion, went into the place
at the landlords invitation and saw itwith
his own eyes. He tainted after being in
the place for FIVE minutes, and had to be
carried out into the air. Quintal has Il
wealthy brother near st. Hyucinthc who
was compelled to eject him from the house
on account of his filthy habits. No less
than twelve deaths occurred last year in
Il block where Quintal lived, from dipthe-
ria, supposed to have been occasioncd from
the poison he polluted the atmosphere
with by his disgusting habits.
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Cheap Living in the CatskiIIs.

Correspondence Of the New York Herald.
My driver told me some wonderful sto-
res about the chcapncss of farm living in
the CatskillS. His clothes he bought from
one of the numerous peddlers who pass
through the mountains every winter, and
he never paid for his "nobblest" suit more
than from 81 to So. His wife made all
her gowns and dresses herself and the
stuff of her very best Sunday dress did not
cost over 81 And yet this man was Il
householder; and as we passed his comfort
able frame cottage his little girls ran out
to meet their papa" and despite their
bare feet and the long hoods drawn over
their heads, they looked as pretty and
fresh as any little darlings that ever de-
lighted the heart of Fifth avenue mil
lionaire. Of course he raised all his own
vegetables, his sheep, his pigs, his chick
ems, etc; and, of course, he said, you
see, we don't like fresh meat, much; salt
pork is what we like best" There are
some large chair factories on the way, and
the cottages of the laborers, which were
put together in the most primitive manner
he said, did not cost over $40 or$l5. We
passed one house where thought might
succeed in livening up the driver and get
ting him to adopt a more rapid pace by
copious libations of blackberry wine, which
here takes the place of our New York
whisky. He drank down two big tumblers
of the wine like II man, but the horse kept
jogging on as slowly as ever
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Auehy.
SOMETIME.

Sometime you'll think of these Summer days
Dreamily fading in purple haze.
Sometime, with thrill of passionate pain,
You'll long for their sweetness over again.
Sometime you'll listen in silence lone,
For girlish voice tina. was all your own.
Sometime when the starlight is ,hining right,
And the moon drops low In the summer night,
You will watch for gle mng figure fair
White -robed and nOis, less, with falling hair
Sometime in your dreaming II little hutd
viii ling in yours at loves sweet d mand;
And gazing deep in the luminous eyes,
That made for your light its paradise.
The light, the music and OdOrOus calm
or this golden crowned Summer will linger like
balm.
Till, starting, wakcn TO Clasp but air,
And lst to ltting oOtfall there.
Sometime you'd give ali the wise worlds pras,
For one OF these vanishing Summer days;
For just one leaf from the swaying buugh-
Sometime you'd clasp it; ah, why not now,
Fro the lingering light of the perfect days
Has faded, forever in mystic haze!
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A Prospective Coup d'Etat in Paris

lIcttVl W lnS lOioHtu Nluuts
From what quarter it comes, know not,
but | have heard it said that there is the
prospect of mild coup d'etat as soon as
the exhibition is over-an attempt on the
part of the Republicans to get rid of the
national white elephant, MacMahon. The
French, with their national politeness, are
no doubt waiting until this international
picnic is over, for there is now an extraor-
dinary lull in political circles, with the ex-
ception, perhaps, of the measiness felt at
the growth of strikes. The street in which
| live is admirably adapted for an emeute,
and | expect some fine morning to per-
ceive sudden cessation in the roll Of the
bus, whose clatter over the paving-stones
breaks my morning slumbers, and to find
it turned on its side, forming the nucelus
Of q baricade.
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Artesian wells will soon become the
chief source of water supply in San Fran
cisco. The largest sugar refinery in that
city lately sunk well at a cost of 81, 900.
1t has by this means relieved itself of
$500 monthly tax, and it supplies thirty
five tenants also. All artesian water being
soft, sweet and clear, has the preference
over others
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Some of the Intricacics of Love and Law.
Justice, like truth, is eternal, and as i'm
movable as the rocks that form the base o
the mountains. Crush it to atoms and re-
ducc it to ashes, and the winds will gather
it up and propagate it fromthc fragments.
It's existence is cocval with liberty. The
contrivancc of man may for Il time prcvcrt
Justice, but it will always triumph, and
come forth clad in panOply of steel.