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E.:..ess !. Ea.i..,s Dairy Seek.

Il ! important that DAIRY stock from tie
Young calf to the old COW tina, j. being fed
for beef, should be handled and treated
kindly Il calf j. handled roughly and be-
comes Wild and vicious thereby. when il be
comes a COW you may expect the same. but
If handled carefully and treated with kind
ness. when grown up she will be mild and
gentle. Il NAV not always be 80, bgt in
general j; =. There have been many cows
spoiled b, tse person having the care Of and
milking them, by hipping or frightening
them whenever they came in hi way, or #
when milking, COW HOSTS her foot or kicks
(which Is generally caused BY PAM. such a
fellow stops milking and commences whip
ping, or, worse, kicking the COW. and she
becomes enraged. holds up her milk, kicks
back. and Is finally ruined. Never whip q
COW for kicking. if she does kick the milk
pail out Of your hand and sometimes upset
and knock YOU, but be kind and gentle with
her. and milk her out with a. little excite
meni as possible, and If she gets over her
kicking prop, nsity il will be by mild and
not by harsh treatment. Never whip i COW
because she kicks. for il viii do no good.
but viii do great deal Of harm. So speaks
Mr.. PARCEL in the Report Of the y. J. 4. 5.
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sarm anO honstbolo.
n. Glucose Manufacture.

The manufacture Of glucose or grape sn-
gar. is he, oming quite an extensive business
The glucose j. made bs boiling starch lohlef-
|, from Indian corn IN sulphuric acid and
water. by which process the starch Is chang
ed to a swectish syrup Of glucose. Pulvcr-
lied chalk is then added to neutrali1e the
remaining acid. and the liquid drawn of.
purified aud again boiled till it becomes
a thick syrup resembling honey. bat is not
very sweet. This l. mixed with the ordi-
mar, sugar house syrup, and as il i very
white. the compound although less sac
oharinc than the syrup. is much lighter in
color and greatly improved IN appearance.
bringing in market even higher prloc than
the unauthorized article. II grape sugar j.
required. all the water i. boiled on, Of the
starch and hard, ~hitish substance Is
formed. which j. ground into powder. 1t
some~ ha, resemble. very dN. nearly white
cane sugar. but the PARTICLES are no, crystals,
and It i not half a. sweet a. the product Of
cane sugar.
The refuse Of the cane pays the cost Of
manufacture About THREE gallons Of syrup
or thirty pounds Of the dry PARTICLES called
sugar, car he made from one bushel Of good
Indian corn The syrup sells for abou; for
~ cents per gallon, and the dry product for
about three aud one-fAif cents per pound.
since the corn costs only about 80 to 400
bushcl IN the West. where much Of the
manufacture Of glucose j. carried on. It Is
easy to see that the profits Of the business
ART immense New factories are springlng
up a.. over the West. The process of manu-
ac,urc j. simple, and the demand is greater
than the supply Sugar rehncrs buy it in
large quantities to adulier.te their sugars
with
Besides the consumption Of glucose for
the audulterauon Of syrup and Of sugar,
there is a yer, large demand for all Kinds
OF manufacture in which sa5 harines are
employed Cand, manufacturer. il j, said.
have substituted glucose for sugar. and do
no, even mix the product Of the cane IN any
Of ihelr preparations. However this MAJ
be, We Go not know. The syrup j. sold al!
over TIT country, and as It, swectening pro
properties are very small, IN comparison
with genuine cane syrup. the people ~ho
bu. it art sW.ndled proPoruonaiel!. Be
sides the syrup : said to contain traces Of
>ulphurio acid. which leaves bitter taste in
the mouth. and is injurious 10 the system.
If any such substance i sold, either pure or
used to adu.iera;e other articles. the article,
should be branded as such, and the people
allowed to know what they arr butng.
II Letrist..n iallrnnL
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4 correspondent; Of the HassacLssefts
PloaeB,dR gives the following cure for collie
in horses. which is convenient at all times
and easily applied. He has never known it
TO fail: Spread teacuPful of sal, upon
the back Of the animal over the kidneys and
loins, and keep it saturated for 20 or 80
minutes, or longer if necessary. II the at
tack Is severe, drench with salt water.
have valuable bull. weighing nineteen or
twenty hundred pounds, which had a severe
attack Of colo a year ago last summer.
applied salt to his back as above. and j, be-
ing difficult to drench, we put a wooden bit
into his mouth, keeping it open abou; two
inches, and spread salt upon his tongue
which together with the salt upon his back.
relieved him al once. and within very short
time equilibrium appeared fully restored |
have for several years past successfully APP
piled this treatment TO the other animals in
my herd"
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Total

II vc interpret. tins result a. applied Ia
practice. Ne NAV n, that no culture gave 40
bushels per acre. culture Increased the crop
10 ~ bushels per ACRE. apart from the effect
Of removal IL weeds a. no weeds werc' al
lowed to grow in til, experiment. When,
no culture sa,e :~o bushels Of ear as good
q, seed. culture gave 10 bu,hel, a. good as
seed. and the best culture gave 20 bushels
Of ear a. good a. the seed ! give these
experiments a. possessing e1aoiness ofs,aie-
neu,, but the farm culture show, the same
facts Is we'll
This plano, j. OF great importance TO the
farmer and j. illustrated again by the aver
age Weld OF region a. compared with the
Yields obtained bs the good farmers Of the
same region. and in other respects. The
average maximum crops OF each state are
about the same. u hile the average crops
var, from 90 busels in South Carolina
to 80 bushels per acre IN Massachusetts,
Tor the wear ISIS fact which show.
the al, auiAge Of intelligent culture a. well
a. any words ! can offer
Second the corn plant feeds pr.nGpall, in
the warmer region Of the soil. This FAC;
asoerta.ncd eNperimeu;aliy some ye4rs ago
by planting kernels IN glass ,cs, tubs filed
with sand and fertilized with chemicals. and
then by mean. Of lead pipe and ho,
water faucet applying heat for several DAYS
TO VARIOUS portions. Then ~ashing out the
sand and holding the plants IN ~ai.r. the
roots took the position they had occupied IN
the sol. ! nave used tn. fact IN nv farm
ing by blowing shallow for my corn. and
fertilIzing on or very near the surface. In
experimental tesis have verified nv con
illusions, and in every case the crop vac
better on the fi,e-inch than on the nine inch
plowing, and with shallow blowing the e1-
pense Of culture is lessened hence adyo-
cate deep blowing in the rotation. shallow
blowing for the crop. l,is probable tina, a
thermometer test would give for every locali-
~ an idea Of the depth Of blowing advisable
for that locality. under conditions proper to
the case. desire TO have the rich earth.
the concentrated manure in that location
where the temperature Of the soil is mos,
favorable 10 root expansion.
Third The corn crop can be raised by
means Of artificial fertilizers as well a.. OF
better than it can by manure. Ii is our
mos, certain crop under fitting conditions,
and so long as more land is cultivated than
the manure hea? will fertiliHe, prefer to
depend upon mixed fertilizers for the corn.
and use the manure elsewhere. This also |
have satisfied myself Of BY experiment, and
have verified my conclusions by several
years Of farm practice.
As this is nearly an endless subject, il is
proper for me TO stop here, as well as to
proceed. desire, in conclusion. to call at
leniion again to the fact tina, experimental
study can find useful application on the
farm, and that the theorist is not necessarily
unprac,ical.-[N. J. Tribune.
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Sold by all Wholesale And Retail D-rxsts.s Grocer
AMI DcAlers IA NeGicne throughout the tael state,
And CshAd.s- Price, % eeats per bottle. WEEKS .
fuTTkR, GsssrA ASsEs a.. wAoiessie Drzxgis,s.
Boston. Maa
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To preserve STRAwBEREIEs. Five
pounds OF sugar and pint of water to seven
pounds of fruit. Put sugar and water into
a porcelain kettle and boil from seven TO ten
minutes, according to thickness. Then add
the fruit. previously washed and drained,
and boil four minutes. Skim out the fruit.
turn the syrup into clean tin pans. and place
in tine sun, adding the berries as soon as the
syrup is cool Let stand in sun-protect-
ing from insects-the sunny part of two
days. Then put into glass and screw down.
II is not necessary to have the cans air-tight
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BY 4. LEWIS srURrEvANr, NJ. u.

BY L. LEWIS sTrRrEyANr. NJ. u.
] am asked to give some practical conclu-
sions which | have derived from my studies
and experiments upon the corn plant For
tunately. although my studies have been
guided more to the seeking out of facts
than to the practical application, have
been compelled to apply the information
gained in order to carry out my farming.
and hence have brought the test Of expert
enoe to bear upon my conclusions.
First the corn plan, is Of ~ondrous PHI
ancy of constitution. know Of no plant
which reacts 80 quickly To changed condi,-
ns Of treatment. In three wears the char
ac,er Of the grain and the habit Of growth Of
the plant, in certain respects. can he changed
through the exercise Of the ac, Of selection.
4 slight change IN the system Of culture is
sufficient to show at once upon the crop.
Hence, no plant that am acquainted with
affords such satisfaction To the intelligent
grower. To illustra,. these points :-Wau-
shakum corn. in three wears breeding. has
increased IN weight from jG pounds To
~ pounds per bushcl for the selected ear !;
from an open ear TO close, compact
c. lindrical ear. from crop that varied
greatly in size. shape and quality Of ear, to
at prescn, a crop Of excellent uniformity.
and extremely few understandable ears.
Last wear. the first 800 l-2 bushels harvested
included but bushels Of understandable
quality, or less than 3 per cent Per con
ira, a single ear selected for poor quality.
welded Isl ears. of which but two were Of
fair quality. the remainder or % per cent,
being soft, short, gnarled. etc Can this
contrast Of selections per cent. and 30 per
cent of poor quality. be interpreted other
wise than a. showing the paramount; inpor
lance of good seed To the farmer; and the
three years' efor; which produced the good
result otherwise than a. showing how rcadi-
ly the plant responds 10 treatment
In another series Of experiments carried
on IN 1873. on land rendered fertile in e1-
cess. the plot weeded BY hand. and no,
treated 10 the hoe. gave - good cars. 6 fair
ears, - poor ears. or in all Nj ears. Of
which we're as good As the seed planted.
4 second plO; thoroughly hoed gave 81
good ears, Is fair ears. - poor carr. or IN
all - ear. Of which were as good As the
seed. 4 third plot. treated by knife cut
ting the roots without disturbing the ground
more than vas absolutely necessary. Welded
A. good ear. - far ears, s. poor ears. or
total Of i0i, Of which % we're a.
good a. the seed IL, u express these facts
in a table
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PENNINGTON. Ne, Feb. 5, 1880.
MEssERs. p. W. HUBRARD & Co.:-Hav-
ing been treated for Bilious Collie by phy-ic-
ians and receiving no relief, take pleasure
in saving that the Peoples Favorite Tonic
Bitters has given permanent relief, not hav-
ing had an attack for some three years.
When feeling poorly and suffering from loss
of appetite | have got speedy relief from the
Bitfers.
2vT /. G. NARSJoN.
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TO Can STRAWBERRIES. Fill glass
cans with fresh. whole Strawberries sprinkled
with sugar. in the proportion of one
half pound of sugar to a quar-, of fruit. Put
on the tops and place in boiler Of cold
water-the water should be within two
inches Of the top of the cans. When the
water boils, note the time and boil twenty
minutes. Take out; make air tight, screw.
ing down again and again - The cans cool.
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Ai,irv.. Dr " n PAR
kEg. No, I Buinnch street,
Bos.os. Mass The Agtho,
may u e.oasnlic,i on all ii.
ease. requiring sIAl and CT
ycrienrr.
lyrsS
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Sortrp.


It's but a line. a hurried -erswl.
Aud little seem the words to say.
Yet hold me in reproaelsful thrail:
You quarrelled with me YESTERDAY;
Tomorrow you'il be ssd.
Az. you'll be sad" the words are few,
And vet they pierce NV soul with pain;
Az, s'vou'il b. ssd." the words are true;
They haunt me with prophetic strain:
Tomorrow you'll be sad"
We quarrelled. and for what a word,
4 foolish speech that Jared the ear.
And thus 10 wrath our pulses stir'd;
Then came her letter; Dear, NV dear.
Tomorrow yon'll b. sad."
Few words, half mirth. half regret.
The last her hand should ever write
sad words learned long ago, and vet
Fresh with nav pain 10 ear and sight.
Tomorrow you'll be SAD
Ri .NCHE LINDSAY.
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HANCOCK COUNTY
Savings Bank ,
ORGANIZED MARCH 9TH. is-3

oKdANIkEb MARCH 2ith. 1873.
MONEY Deposited on or before the isth aay OF
III March, Juse. september aud Dsee Der " N
draw dividends from The arsi OF came month
piridend. ON deposts payAble twice a year
June aud Dcce
DiVlIends 4, soon a. dec Jared are added TO The
pFine'pal, tha' compromising The iltereat every
ak months
~ ader tie sIlstieS Law Of IAIs state all
deposits in savings Baahs are rrrmuf frop. a, a,
nicIpal tai AIion.
No returns OF names OF epositors are reauirad
10 " made TO state or town authorit!es and All
accounts are held by lhi. Bank to he slrickly mi
vAte AID eoaHdcalIa -
Married women and persons uRder age can de-
posi money IN their oSa names. so mat Il can
Dc drawn osly By The selves, or on tA~ir order
Especial Advantage Afforded to Executors
eusFiisns' Trustees. and others having Ia charge
trust funds.
GEORGE PARCHEg, President.
ALL L. L. BugRILL. Treasur~r
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CHEAP POULTRY iAgD.-Se, posts firmly
in the ground, six fee, high. eight feet apart.
Take No. 9 wire and stretch from pos, TO
post outside. fastening with staples made OF
wire driven into the posts Place three
wires one inch apart, one foot from the
ground another three at three feet ten
inches from the ground another three at
the top Of the posts. Take common laths
and weave in. leaving three inches space be-
tween the sides of each. Then take Other
laths, pickle, one end, and chamfer the other
like ehisel blade, and Intervene among
the top wires; then shove the ehamferred
edge down beside the top Of the bottom
lath. tapping under wires two inches. Thi.
makes cheap, pretty fence, that is seven
feet ten inches high and fowl tight. The wire
should be left somewhat slack, as in,erweav.
ing the lathes take it up.-[ Poultry World
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The beet Rake ever put upon the market. both
for tho superiority Of az WORK It's uneQual-d con
siruction and durability, and Ia. variety OF work
10 hich II cAn be applied.
In The three yezTs IL has been before The public
u has dlstAnctzi all it. competitor and sales
Are now double that OF any other Rake manufae-
tuTed IA the ord.
II l. the only Rae that has ever been In actual
Use tor three seasons. and proven Itself strong
enough 10 stand The lesis Of = Hors.- Dump Hay
Rake
II has been AWARDED Fire, Premium. n, the
moot Important Yield Trlals Of Hay EAkes in
America and Europe
Received Medal OF hi shest honor At Centennial
Philadelphia. i-s6.
Two Medals at PARE Exposition. lis.
Three Gold, seven silver. and eleven Bronze
Metals AZ Field Trials.
Tbr discharge IL accomplished by simply pres
sing the foot upon 4 chain conveniently arranged
for that purpose and the teeth are thereby lock ell
10 The rotating axle. and. after being Tilted and
contents discharged BY the movement Of the horss,
are automatically released and resume their work
ANY boy or glrl, that can drive 4 horse, cal rake
with u a. well As the strongest man.
The teeth run lightly on the ground and east
slre.t position, and will rake heavy green hay as
well as light
II dumps from both wbeels-So eide draft
The teeth are the best Spring steel tempered IN
oil. and warranted 10 stand the seyerest usage.
solid Wrought Iron Ahle and spindles
kT The best L. the Cheapest. II
FOR SALE ny
CALVIN p. JOY, Rllswopsh, Ae..
Jas. n. OCT1E0, Aaaeeeh. Ne.
6ws2
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4 PREPARATION 40 elegantly favored AMI re5t
~ sinsiiy esectye 20 utterly snrpAss all preSiSa
Preparations Essehec. or kxtrscs Of Gaser. Conpos
ton Herb Tras. Psia Believers. aai the hundred and
one dsxu>ting ard hsuseaftnx no~ssts With Which Ne
have been wsi 10 dose ourselves. Its Instantaneous
effect Ia
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PATENTS.
II H. EDDY.

Ne. - state e., opposite x NY. 0esssa
secures Psseats In the Unltsd States. aIso n
Great Brttain. France and other foreign countries.
Copies of tho elaine Of any Pateni furnished hy
rsmstinS dollar. Assignments. recorded at
wsshinstoa, No Areaey In the United states
po.sesses superior iaeiliies tor obtaining Patent.
ssesrtAntnx the patcntabiiity OF Inventions
x. u. EDDY. solicitor Of Patents.
rpsrraOSrALs.
20 regard Nr Eddy OF tho most capable
and suso.ssfal practitioners stth whom | have
bad otHcial intercourse.
CHAs. MASON. Comnis.ionsr OF Pstcnts.
"inveator. canao, employ per.ou more trust.
sor.hy moTe capable OF srosrtnx lot them
eariy aad favorable consideration at Ii. Patent
Dfhes." Epnusp BCRAG,
late tomnIssioseT Of Patents. >
Bosru~. october ID. Is-u.
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ne. IN 1910 my sTs. psIraI stnus tAsn ynG have
sstri Tor and sdvi.sd no in huHITes. Of ea-rs
and procured macy pateni-, reissues snl extern
son.. | have occasionally employed the bcsi
aEsRcis. n Sos lOrk. fhtiAlsll hiA And " ashiBz
too. but .Illl Eve you almost NE whole Of N,
6usnr@s. to year Inc. and advise oshsr. 70 en-
pioy yOG. Yours truly 1EoEsE pR.FGs-
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USEFUL RECIPES.

LILY CAKE. One cup of sugar. one
fourth cup of butter one-half cup of milk.
and and one-half cup of flour, whites of
two eggs, one and one-half teaspoon of
baking powder, cocoanut one-halt cup in
milk.
FRIED EEIs. Skin remove head and
tail, cut in desired length. and throw into
boiling water for five minutes then drain,
season with pepper and salt. roll in flour
or corn meal. and fry in boiling lard;
serve with tomato sauce.
VEAL CUTLETs BRoILED. Trim evenly
sprinkle salt and pepper on both Sides
dip in melted butter. and place upon the
gridiron over a clear fire; baste while
broiling with melted butter. turning over
three or four times; serve with melted
butter sauce or tomato sauce.
CHICKEN SALAD. Two chickens boiled
the white and brown meat well chopped.
the same quantity of celery chopped. six
tablespoonful melted butter yolks of
three hard-boilcd eggs, one raw yolk. one
tumbler OF vinegar. one teaspooniul of
salt, little red pepper, one teaspoonful
of mixed mustard.
ONION Sorp. Slice ten medum-szed
onions and fry brown in butter with Ia
ble-spoon and half of flour; put into a
saucepan, and stir in slowly four or five
pints of milk and water (about one-third
water) season to taste, and add a teacup
grated potato; set in a kettle o. boiling
water, and cook ten minutes add a cup
Of sweet cream and serve quickly.
CoNNEcTICrT ELECTION CAKE Eight
pounds Of flour, four and one-half pounds
| sugar. two pounds butter, two pounds
lard, two quarts milk, one pint yeast six
eggs. one ounce mace. two ounces nut
megs, four pounds raisins. one pound cit
ron, one gill wine. The shortening well
mixed with the sugar; then take part and
rub with the -four, then add the milk,
quite warm. then the eggs, the yeast,
beat half an hour. When light, stir IN
the wine and brandy, and spices with the
remainder of the shortening, which must
be beaten half an hour; when light add
the fruit.
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NO. 264.
miscellaneous.
GIRLS As HOrSEKEEPERS.

Begin with Your own things and your
own place. Reform your upper bureau
drawer; relieve your closet pegs of their
accumulation of old garments out of use
a month or two ago. Institute clean and
cheerful order. in the midst Of which You
can daily move. Learn to keep this order.
Sc yourself to the beautiful. which is the
right. disposing of things as you handle
them. So that il will be part of Your
toilet to dress Your room and its arrange
ments while You dress Yourself. leaving
the ,lraperies You take off as lightly and
aS artistcally hung. or rs delicately folded
and placed, rs the skirts YOU loop careful
~ 10 wear. or the ribbon and lace YOU put
with n sott neatneSS about Your throat.
Cherish instincts of taste and fitness in
every little thing You have about you.
Let II grow impossible 10 you 10 put down
sn much rs a pin box where il will disturb
the orderly and pleasant grouping upon
your dressing table. or To stick Your pins
in Your cushion even at all sorts of tipsy
and uncomfortable inclinations. This will
not make vou ''iussy''-it is the other
thin" that does that--thc not knowing, ex-
cept hv tid"cty experiment. which is har-
monN and the intangible grace of relation
Once get Your knowledge beyond study
and turn it into fact-which is literally
having il nj your fingers ends-and order
VIII breathe about You, and grace evolve
from commoncst things and uses and be-
longngs wherever YOU may he and put
ting Ia rights will not be separate task
work and trouble. any more than it is in
the working ofthc solar system II will
20 on all the time and with a continual
pleasure.
Take upon yourself gradually-for the
sake of getting them in hand in like man.
uer if no other need-all the cares that be-
long To your own small territory of home.
Get together things for use in these cares.
Have your little washcloths and spon~es
for bits of cleaning; your furniture brush
and your ieathcr-dustors, and your light
little broom and YOUR whisk and pan;
your bottle of sweet oil and spirits of tur-
pentine and piece of flannel to preserve
the p, lsh. or restore the gloss where dark
wood grows dim or gets spotted Find
out. by following your surely growing
sense of thoroughncss and niceness, the
best AMI readicSt ways of keeping all fresh
about YOU. When YOU have made your
self wholly mistress ofwhat you can learn
and do in your own apartment so that il
is easier and more natural for you TO do il
than TO let il alone, so that YOU don't count
the time it takes any more than that which
You have to give to your own bathing and
hairdressing, then you have learned
enough to keep whole house, so far as
its cleanly ordering is concerned.
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STATE AGENCY

For the New England Grape and Lace Eefinishpg Co.
Old Grape Laces, Hermann and Grenadines, however
soied faded, refiDished, warranted equal to new
New Grape greatly improved
n. B. White Laces handsomely clesnsed at lowest