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DOMESTIC RECIPES.

SPONGE CAKE.-Four eggs, one cup sugar, one cup flour.
 BUTTER-SooroH- cup sugar, one of water, and one-quarter cup of butter.
 CORN BREAD.-One pint yeast, one pint hot water, one cup molasses. As soon as light, bake.
 PUFF PUDDING eggs, three cups of flour, and three of milk eat with sugar and cream, or with syrup,
 -BE11E's FRIED CAKBs.-One cup sugar, one-haf cup of cream, two eggs, one teaspoonful soda salt and spice to taste.
 CREAM PR.-One pint cream, white one egg, one tablespoonful corn startch ; sugar and spice to taste; bake in one crust.
 LINCOLN CAKE.-Two eggs, two cups sugar, one-half cup butter, one cup milk, one-half teaspoonf1l soda, one tea spoonful cream tartar, three cups flour i; flavor.
 CHOCOLATE CARANdELs.-One cup sugar, one cup molasses, one cup choco- late, one-haf cup milk, piece of butter size of an egg; add chocolate when near ly done.
 GRAHAM BREAD.-One pint milk, one cup sugar, one teaspoonfm soda, two teaspoonfuls cream-tartar, enough flour to make it as stiff as cake. Have the tin hot and bake immediately.
 MOUNTAIN CAKE.-Two-thirds cup but ter, two cups sugar, three eggs, three cups sifted flour, two-thirds cup milk, one-half teaspoonful cream tartar, one- quarter teaspoonful soda. | SPANISH CREAM. pints milk, yolks of five eggs, one teacup of powder ed sugar, one ounce gelatine dissolved in the milk on slow fire; beat the eggs and sugar together and stir in; do not boil; flavor to taste and strain into molds
 DELICATE CAKE.-Whites of six eggs, one and one-half cups white pulverizeo sugar, one and one-haH cups butter, one and one-half cups flour, one-half cup starch, one-half cup milk, one teaspoon full cream tartar, one-half teaspoonful soda.
 TAP1ooA CREAM.-One quart milk, two and half tablespoonfuls tapioca, three eggs beat the yolks with one cup of sugar; put the tapioca in the milk; sci on the stove, heat and dissolve, then put in the yolks with the sugar and boil froth the whites and stir in.
 BERKsH1RE RusKs.-One cup sweet milk, one cup yeast, one cup sugar, one cup flour. Set over night. In the morn ing add one-half cup sugar, one-half cup butter rubbed together, two eggs, re- serving white of one, beaten to froth, with little sugar to spread over the top. SNOW PuppNa.- box gela- tine, pour warm water on it enough to cover it, and let 1t stand about three min utes, then add one pint boiling water to dissolve it add the juice of one lemon, two cups sugar let it stand and cool ; beat the whites of three eggs to @ stiff freth and add te the Gslatine, beating all one hour; put in a mold make the custard of the yolks; when taken from the mold pour the crstard around it, or, if you cheese, you caH trim with jelly,
Connecticut western news., 1880-03-31
Health in Middle Age.

At the age of thirty five, says writer in the Family Doctor, mankind, accord ing to some eminent authorities, is said to have reached the meridian of life, while others name forty as the number of years of our earthly existence. But be this as it may, no one who has taken the ordinary means to preserve his health in youth and early manhood should feel other than young at the age of forty-fve, from which period until that of sixty, if life be spared to us, we shall do we'll to consider ourselves middle-aged, and to adopt greater precautions for the pres ervation of health and consequent hap piness than might have been deemed necessary when youth was on our side. And if this is done, the period of middle age should be one of the greatest activi- ty, of both body and mind. What though the hairs are turning gray? that but shows one has suffered sorrow and sur vived it, or that, sorrow apart, he is a man who thinks. And what though the limbs be not quite so nimble? Calm en- joyments foster thought and generate habits of that true temperance which conduce to long life and contentment more than anything else in this world, and whatever some may say to the con- trary, maintain that the desire to live long is inherent in every healthy sane man or woman. To die of old age is the only natural death, and if death may ever be said to be pleasant, the only pleasant one. Though younger than some of my professional brethren still in harness, I have nevertheless seen death in very many shapes and forms, and in almost every case have found the aged more resigned to the inevitable than those less advanced in years. For well-spsat life Is like well-spent day at its close there is wish for rest
Connecticut western news., 1880-03-31
Literary Revolution
 Universal Knowledge.

An Eacyclore lia in 20 vols, over 16,00O pages; 10 per cont. more matter than any Euc5clo; @ lia ever before pub- iished in this country, and soli, hand somely aud we'll bound. in cloth for BIO, in half morocco for $I5, and printed on nne heavy paper, wide margins, bound in half Russia, gilt top, for SEQ -an enterprise 50 extraordinary that it's suc- cess, beyond all precedent in book pub. fishing, may be fairly claimed to inaugu- rate Literary Rs0olution.
 TIE LIBRARY OF UNIVERSAL KNow1.- EDaE is reprint entire of the last (1879) Edinburgh edition of "Chambers's E l. oyelor @ iia," with about 40 per cent. of new matter added, upon topics of special interest to American readers, thus making it equal in character to any similar work, better than any other suited to the wants of the great sjority of thoss who consult works of reference, and altogether the latest Eacj clope iia in the field.
 ,d Specimen Volumes in either style will bo sent I9r eAamlnauon with privilege of return on receipt ot proportlonate price per voiume
 special DiscOunts to all early subscribers, and scr1e eas3e o % oer sansr Sn aoFs 0 equally low in price, sent free.
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Interesting Facts in a Nutshell.

Measure 209 feet on each side and you will have square acre within an inch An acre contains 4,800 square yards. A mile is 5,29O feet, or 1,760 yards in. length.
 A fathom is six feet.
 A league is three miles.
 A Sabbath days journey is 1,155 yards (this is eighteen yards less than two thirds of mile).
 A days journey is thirty-three and one-eighth miles.
 A cubit is two feet
 A great cubit is eleven feet.
 A hand (horse measure) is four inches. A palm is three inches.
 A span is seven and one-eighth inches. A pace is three feet.
 A barrel of flour weighs 196 pounds. A barrel of pork weighs 200 pounds. A barrel of powder weighs twenty-fiver pounds.
 A firkin of butter weighs eighty-fou pounds.
 A tub of butter weighs fifty-six pounds.
Connecticut western news., 1880-03-31
THE BELLS OF LYNN.

 When the eve is growing gray, and the tide is rolling in, sit and look across tue bay to the bonn, town of Lynn; And the fisherfolks are near,
 But wis they never hear The songs the far bells make for me, the bonny bells of Lynn. The folks are chatting gay, and I hear theil merry din,
 bonny town of Lynn;
 He told me to wait here
 Upon the old brown pier, To wait and watch him coming when the tide was rolling in. Oh, I see him pulling strong, pulling OCT the bay to me, And hear his jovial song, aad his merry face see; " a,'~'+
 And now, he's at the pier,
 My bonny love and dear! And he's coming up the sea-washed steps with hands outstretched to me. my love, your cheek is cold, and your hands are stark and thin! O hear you not the bells of old, the bonny bells of Lynn7
 o have you nought to say
 Upon our wedding day2 Love, hear you not the wedding bells across the bay of Lynn! o my lover. speak 10 me! and hold me fast mine own! For fear this rising sea, and these winds and waves that moan
 
 But never word he said
 He is dead, my love is dead An me ah me! l did but dream: and am all ulone, Alone, and old, and gray: and the tide is rolling in; But my hearts away, away. away, in the old graveyard at Lynn!
 -F. E. WEATHERLY.
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COL. SINCE AND THE MANNER IN WHICH
 HE WAS CARRIED OFF BY GREEK BRIG-
 ANDs. ..z
 Colonel Syge, whose release from the Greek brigands is announced, was for merly captain in the Ffty-second regi- s,ment, but entered the Turkish service and obtained his rank of colonel in the gendarmerle. He was one of the four English proprietors of large estate near lrlcoylsta, village thirty-five miles west of Salonlca in the Macedonian plain, and about ten miles from the foot of the Ber- mus range. Besides a large one-storied stone house, 60x40, with tower and q broad veranda, there were on the estate some thirty buildings, barns, stables and the residences of the farm bailiff and na- tive tenants. On the night of February lsi which was wild and stormy, a band of Hodouts discharged or deserted AL banlan irregulars) headed by . famous WaiiachS brigand, Niko, attacked the farm, and after frlsillade harmless be- cause ots the darkness, forced the win doys or the lower story and were pre- parIng to burn the house when the Col onel surrendered. The chief and four teen men ascended to the sitting-room and made themselves quite at home by sitting down to coffee and cigarettess with the unfortunate owner. After time they invited their host to accompany them, at the same time giving him per mission to Adon his riding-boots and great-coat, and to order his horse, but they requested that the rest of his stud should be saddled for themselves. When all was ready they started for the noun foly 1 Olympus. They had to cross the River Nlstrltza by the ferry-boat, and the fer rymen, three Ill number, having received klndnesses from Colonel Synge on for mer occasions, put impediments in the way of crossing. Upon this the brigands immediately murdered the three men lest they might prove dangerous wit nesses to identity. The river was crossed with. their captive, and the whole party made off to the mountains. Colonel Synge was not allowed to write letters tc any of his friends, but managed to give 9 verbal message to his soubassi to re. quest Consul General Blunt to guard against any pursuit taking place, as the consequences might be fatal. The Con
 sul Sat. once began negotiations, Nike sending him letter in which he de manded $75, 900 ransom and fifteen golG watches, with chains, within ten days
 otherwise he said he would send to MT 2 Blunt, first an ear, then the nose, anC finally the head of the prisoner. Subse quent negotiations were hindered by Niko's disappearance, but he doubtles. has returned. The ransom will, 0 course, be charged to the Turkish Gov ernment. The Colonel, who is not mar ried, and was the only prisoner made was we'll treated during his captivity.
Connecticut western news., 1880-03-31
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Connecticut western news., 1880-03-31

A WASTE OF LEAp.-Of all the shots which the English fired in the Peninsula, only one insix hundred harmed a French man. It was calculated that before the slaughter of an enemy could be achieved, a weight of lead equal to that of bis body was expended. The bayonet could be trusted to in British hands; but it's in- fuence was chiefly moral Only once or twice were the French induced to abide the actual touNh Of that tsrrihle weapsn.
Connecticut western news., 1880-03-31

HABITS OF F1sHEs.-It has been long known that fishes return to about the same place in the same rivers each year to spawn, but it is recent discovery that they go up the left hand side of the stream and coming down take the oppo- site side. Fishermen may be benefited hy remembering thia.
Connecticut western news., 1880-03-31

FoR THE MILITIA. two hun dred and fifty men are constantly em-
 ployed at the Watervliet Arsenal. Troy,
 N.a Ys, in the manufacture of infantry equipments. A thousand sets will be ready for the Rhode Island State militia sahoHt May l, and Pennsylvania has an order for 8, 900 sets to be ready on July 1. Many gun carriages and cavalry eqsaipmants are also in process of mAnu- ineture. Tho pay roll for February was
Connecticut western news., 1880-03-31

Ten CREAM eras are good for ice cream sfiss. WhitehaN zys7ses,
Connecticut western news., 1880-03-31
AMERICAN BOOK EXCHANGE,
The Story of a Capture.

Tribune Building, New York. JOHN B. ALDEN, Manager. 40tf
Connecticut western news., 1880-03-31

Ger. 15TH-I find that I have been giving myself vast deal of unnecessary trouble.
 eff the scene in the parlor were not q dream, it was momentary caprice quietly repented He is ten times more chilling and repellent than ever.
 "There hhs been another arrival-Miss Isidore Brett-one of the loveliest women I have ever seen, with immense black eyes, small white hands, superb hair, and q most fascinating manner.
 "Mary is quite furious she says that she scarcely even knows her, and thai she has followed MT. Lee here.
 eff so, must say that he seems very happy to be followed.
 "She makes herself quite at home with us all-calls me Ethel, and addresses Mary as My dear Mrs. Rutherford
 "Mr. Lee is her shadow. Mary tolG me that she has never seen him even civil in ladies' society but if his behav. for with Miss Brett is sample, there are few who would object to his impo- | liteness.
 "She monopolizes him without the smallest ceremony so that if I were not so much vexed, I should laugh. At breakfast, she sits by him, and gives hin no chance to use his eyes and ears fo1 the benefit of any one else, even were he so inclined.
 II must say, she dresses bewitchingly I would give the world to know where she got that wrapper of pearl-gray silk trimmed with scarlet.
 l "Mary has only two riding horses, one of which I have ridden every morning sin6 came ; but now Miss Brett says MT. Lee, you will ride with me this mor ming, suppose?' And I sit on tho piazza, and see her canter off on my sad dle, looking lovelier than ever in hel black habit and Spanish hat, with it. long feather.
 "When she returns, I at once abdi cate the morning-room, as Mary is b, that time in the kitchen, and it is no agreeable to sit with 8 lady who onl, notices your existence SO far as to say T beg your pardon, Ethel, but will 70, move @ ittle-Mr. Lee and I are goiny to play chess, while the gentleman over looked the fact Of your presence alto Gtk4x.
Connecticut western news., 1880-03-31

"MoNDAY. - Miss Brett didn't stay she had an engagement, and lam to be married tonight. And so ends my journal for who ever heard of married woman keeping 0 journal? In that state of perfect beatitude, it is needless"
 So farewell old book, till some day l give you to Mary Rutherford, that she may laugh over "Ethel Dundas's Jour- nal :"
Connecticut western news., 1880-03-31

COL. SINCE AND THE MANNER IN WHICH HE WAS CARRIED OFF BY GREEK BRIG- ANnS
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-27
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.

Rapid InCresse of Foreign Commerce
During the Current Fiscal Year.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-The excess of exports
June SOth. is 81, ,079. OS3. SO. During the year
lust closed both the value of imports of mer-
ohandise into, and the value of exports of mer-
chandise from the United States, were larger
than during any preceding year in the history
of the country. The value of exports of mer-
chandise for the year ending June &c. 1850. ex-
ceeded the value of exports of merchandise
during the preceding year about $780,
100000, or lS per cent, and the value of
imports of merchandise during the year ended
June 80, 1880, exceeds the value of such i'm
ports during the preceding year about $222,-
600, 900 or 80 per cent. The increase in ratio
of import merchandise exceeded the increase
in ratio of exports nearly $17,000,000. The
ratio of imports and exports of merchandise
during the fiscal year just closed, exceeded the
ratios of such imports and exports during the
preceding year about $347, 100000, an increase
of 80 per cent.
The rapid growth of the foreign commerce
of the country is strongly exhibited by the
fact that the value of imports and exports of
merchandise during the fiscal year just closed
amounted to $3.50, ,S79, ,94s. 9S, being about 81
per cent. greater than the value of imports and
SApOltS "a Iotu, auu uSaIlY llO pet Ceut' great
er than the value of imports and exports of
1860.
The exports of coin and bullion during the
year ending June 30th 1880, were over $7S 900
less than during the preceding fiscal year, and
the imports of coin and bullion during the
year ending June 30th 1880, exceeded
the imports during the preceding fiscal year,
about $92, 100000. During the year just
closed, for the first time since 1861, the i'm
ports of coin and bullion exceeded the exports
of the same
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-27
WISCONSIN NEWS.

The residence of D. Fl. Walker, in Fort
Atkinson, was destroyed by FIRE on recent
morning Loss, $1,000; partially insured.
Thomas Richards, of Ixonta, an old man
was mangled the other day by being thrown
in front of his reaper and run over, the team
becoming unmanageable.
The census enumerator of Waukesha
found one man 81 years old, four pairs of
twins and 1,423 inhabitants. Among the
number are two idiots. two deaf mutes and
one blind person.
The Polish Catholic church in Nelson was
DESTROYED by fire on the night of the Goth.
Everything was lost, including melodion
and costly picture brought from Europe.
1t is supposed to be the work of an incen-
diary.
Julia Grignon, who was at work in the
rope mill at Kaukauna, was instantly killed
July 2Oth. Her. dress was caught in the ma
chine and she was wound around large fly
wheel. The machinery was stopped and her
body relieved, but life was extinct.
jefferson Banner: A horrible accident
occurred in this city yesterday. A little son
of John Reads, about four years old, was
run over by wagon loaded with brick and
instantly killed. It is supposed the child
attempted to climb on the wagon while it
was in motion, and falling, the wheels passed
over its head and crushed it.
Oshkosh Northeastern: Capt. Baldwin,
formerly of this city, now proprietor of the
Northwestern hotel at OInro, met with a
fatal accident this morning at Omro. He
was out riding when his team ran away,
throwing him out and smashing the bug
gY. When picked up Mr.. Baldwin's body
was entirely paralized and he was partially
or wholly unconscious. At last accounts
he was in the same condition with small
prospects of his living through the day. :,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-27
RAILROAD AND EXPRESS.
Another Favorable Court Decision Secured
by the Latter.

Another Favorable Court Decision Secure d
by the Latter.
INDIANAPoL1s, July 26.-The Louisville, New
Albany & Chicago railroad company having
threatened to eject the Adams express COM
pany from its line. the express company ap-
piled to the United States court for an injunc-
tion, which was granted. On prelimin-
ary hearing of the case in
May last Justice Larlan issued a
restraining order until the final hearing of the
case. Recently the railroad company have an
noyed the express company in various ways,
and finally refused to receive its safes and
chests unless the railroad company were per-
mitted to open and examine the contents,
whereupon the express company moved an
attachment against the railroad company and
The greater part of last week
was occupied in argument and to-day
Judge Graham delivered an opinion which is
interesting as effecting the transportation in
terests of the country. He holds that the
railroad company and its officers were in con-
tempt but as they were acting under the ad-
vice of counsel, dismisses the case with costs.
The railroad company has the right to charge
a reasonable rate for carrying a
chest containing parcels as on q
single package, only it cannot demand
the contents of such parcel, unless it has reason
to believe the contents dangerous to life or
property. The decision defines the rights be-
tween the parties to be the same as before the
suit was commenced, and directs them that
the status of affairs existing then be main-
tanned until the final hearing. The decision is
considered victory for the express company.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-27

ducing them to resort to your sensible system.
and we intend to offer prizes for those who will
eat least and fast longest.
o. JENNA. Secretary.
There was a fat doctor and what do You think
He lived upon nothing but air and cold drink;
Fresh air and cold water was all of his diet,
And when sound asleep he laid very quiet.
BOOMERANG.
Persevere, doctor. You are in no danger, for
as you do not eat anythiog You cannot dile)gest
now. Don KEE.
DR.. Tanner. just think of table spread
with the choicest wines and viands. Do you
think you could relish piece of strawberry
shortcake with ice cream on top? or plate of
nice plum pudding covered with rich sauce?
1t desirable, will send q cool claret punch or
champagne cocktail to sharpen your appetite.
GREAT EATER.
CiuiEen Doctor Tanner: Just received your
Psychologist through Wilson. Wires up. Take
Turkish. Mailed three yards Petroleum World.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN.
Heroic Tanner, keel not under
And lose your Minnesota thunder,
Show the world its greatest fast
That killed the Esculapian ass.
We're in an age that knows no rules,
Bound by no laws, cliques or schools;
Free as the air to all at ease,
From fats god "go-as-you- please"
Miss Mollie Fanoher's In high glee
A hundred Thousand miles at sea,
And all the world now stands aghast
To see this elephantine fast.
WIDE AWAKE.