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KNITTING MACHINES.

j For the benefit of the many readers OF
the Farmer send directions for knit
ting mittens, taken from the New York
Tribune. They are knit lengthwise Of
the hand, and only two needles are used.
The knitting is the common plain
stitch. Each mitten is made in one
piece, and the edges are sewed together
down the line where the thumb is join
cd on. Cast on sixty-fivc stitches, and
every second time across cast ON one adj
ditional, until you have seventy-fivc !;
then every second time across narrow
one until there are only sixty-fivc left.
Then the same process must be gone
through again. This makes all the Wild
ening aud narrowing at one end of the
needle and keeps the wrist edge straight.
For the thumb commence with the stitch
ON your needle, widen at one edge. one
stitch every second time across, until
you have five; then on the straight edge
cast on eleven stitches, every second
time across cast on one additional, until
you have added five then narrow down
every second time across until you have
bound off the five the other end of the
needle must have one stitch cast on eve
nv second time across: this forms one
half Of the thumb; by reversing the
process casting of where one was cast
on, casting on where one was cast off,
Won will have at last QUO stitch: draw
the end through aud you will have an
odd looking piece called the thumb the
long slant of course is the part where it
is to bcjoiGcd to the miiten. This is an
ordinary sized mitten; more stitches
can be added or left Of according to the
size the wrists are to be crochc, ed, aud
three rows of feather stitches improve
the appearance Of the back. a very
pretty pair is knit of while aud black
yarn, the feather stitches aud eroche:e ed
wrists are of dark blue zephyr. An",h-
or nit en- is made IN the following msn-
ner: Cast on sixty stitches, widen at
one end ofihe needles every time across
until you have seventy stitches /; then
knit plain until you have nine riLs, or
eighteen times across; then narrow
" here YOU have Widened, or reverse ill
you get back to sixty stitches; this is
one half ofihe ,nitten; then repeat. For
the thumb cast on Que stitch, widen at
each end of,he needle until you have ten
stitches. widen at each end of he needle
until you have tlirty-two stithces then
narrow at the end Of the thumb four
stitches aud widen at the other end of
the thumb, that is half of ,he thumb !;
| then widen four stitches at the end of
the thumb aud narr. W at the other end
of the thumb then narrow at both ends
of the needle until you have twenty
stitches east otf ten stitches and narrow
back to ORG stitch, and you have your
thumb For the wrist SGT up sixty-two
stitches, widen at each end Of the needle
evsry third time across until yeu have
ltweniy-seven ribs out side, then narrow
AS you have wjlcned; mr. reverse, aud
put in any color you wish fer lining it
makes gauntlet wrist, and Of course
the part that is sowed up poes Oh the
out side of the hand: sew IN The thumb
TO fit the hsnd also sew on the gauut-
lets; these are knit on two needles the
| yaru used should be rather fine.
| BRAMBLEBUsH.
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BUTTING RAMS.

when Q ram butts he moves back
wards to get Start. By attaching some
device the horns II bs has any-a
couple of light poles, four or five feet
long and ON each side, that may drag on
the ground behind. the ram win find
backing an uphill business. He will be
s'hcaded" and become peaceable SO long
as he can NOT get good start. After a
little time one stick may prevent - well
as two, and he can handle hiInself bet.
ter. A mean ram that is valuable lss
to be endured IN some way. II not val
liable, fat and cell to the butcher. Such
. ram is dangerous. They~ili keep or
chards ssfer thar dog and grow wool
bsetdsk
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TIE GLUCOSE SWINDLE.

With more than 200,0O0 hogsheads OF
sugar made in Louisiana. 100000 TO
1900. 900 gallons of cane molasscs. sor-
ghuw molasscs valued at eight to ten
million dollars. some maple sugar and a
small product (thus far) from expert
ments with beet and sorghum sugars,
etill the foreign sugar imported amounts
to nearly sevcn-cighths of the entire
consumption. Until recently less than
one pound in ten of these sweets was
produced at home. In Il volume SO im-
mcnse small percentage Of aduItera,
ton means millions of money. ii is
known that many mills are kept busy
grinding minerals for this adulteration.
II is fearful to think of the CLAWS and
starchcs. glucose and pigments, that
will be swallowed by innocent infancy
during these Christmas holidays, and Of
the doctors and undertakers who will
share the profits with the candy makers.
OF these these authorizations, glucose,
which is generally assumed to be inno-
cent in sanitary point Of view, is be-
coming one of the most unmitigated
and successful swindles of the age.
With corn at twenty to thirty cents per
bushcl. il is almost AS cheap as clay and
the large percentage Of adultcration
possiblc makes il the favorite and most
profitable means of perpetrating fraud
in sugar and molasses. Ii is said to be
used by sugar refiners. by manufacture
ers of syrups. by makers Of confection-
cry. for mixing with honey, in making
sweet wines. and in all the arts and
products into which cane sugar enters.
Unfortunately the extent of this man.
ufacture may not be fully revealed by
the census. Those who will cheat will
also lie. Could the facts be divulgcd
the community would he astonished Ut
- n1nuuftade of the manufacture.
Were 4 0Nered as glucose to the ulti-
1afe coasnmers. ut its real worth, there
would be no objection and at he same
time little sale. The manufacturer
shares with the maker of sugar pro-
duets the gains of this nefarious bust
ness. while the consumer unwittingly
pavs Tor substance of tarfling value
the price of real sugar. New York;
Buffalo; Chicago aud ST. Louis, and
possibly many other places. are ccuters
Of this manufacture. which Is kept Is
secret Is possible. like the nianufacture
Of Illicit spirits. which plumbers > sigir
lent and powerful yovcrnnen only,
v1his& this ta3s ofptcsses millions Of
poSr and rinsuspccti1g people, SWIM.
DIS Ike this should Be ~ RT = felony.
7si18e. - - 81
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We have often read of the thumb-pOts
for plants. An egg-shell is a very mex
pcnsivc one, and answers its purpose
well: break one end little larger than
you do the other, making simply u
small hole then fill with earth and il
you wish 10 put plants ia them. set in a
box the height of the shell; I'LL the
spaces with Garth: the plants start
splendidly, and can be taken out and
handled very easily. As the shell is
mnch lighter than pots. they are more
desirable for shipping; fill the space
with moss, or any light substance used
for that purpose.
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Another actor IN the great Polish il

Another actor in the great Polish in
surrection Of 1881 has passed away.
This Yves Theodore Moravski, who died
at Paris ON the 22d ult., at the age OF
eighty-two years. He was Minister of
War in the Provisional Government OF
thu insurrection. He was also a person
Of considerable literary repute, as the
author of Poland in six volumes,
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CEMENT FOR LAMPS.

The Rural New- Yorkcs. says that q
good recipe for a cement for Kerosene
lamsps is: Three parts resin, one Of
caustic soda. and five Of water. Mi,
this composition with half its weight q
plaster-of-paris. II will SET firmly ia
about three-quarters Of an hour. The
cement commonly used is simply plas
ter-of-paris, which is porous, and quick
~ penetrated by the Kerosene. tn.
above mixture is said moi to have thi,
Aofacf
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To utilize feathers of ducks, chickens
and turkeys, generally thrown aside al
refuse, trim the plumes from the stump
inclose them in tight bag, rub the
whole as If washing clothes, and YOU
viii secure perfectly uniform and
light down, excellent for quilting COW
erlcts and not few other purposes.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-01-29

Benjamin Franklin's father Josiah
Franklin, wrote letter in l744, con-
tanning a genealogical sketch of his
family, and the letter will soon be sold
in Boston. with other valuable manu-
scripts in the collection Of the late Col.
Brantz Mayer.
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In connect OH with the following list
we b I'VE for sale several tracts Of land,
ranging from to 20 acres, adjacent to
the city, suitable for suburban resi-
dences, and choice residence lots In all
parts of the city. We also have the cx-
elusive agency of several Of the best
business lots in the business center Of
the city. Call at our ONCE for infor-
nation as to price and location.
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Send to j. NJ Steele for Circular Price List of Lands

j. M. STHHLE.
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IANp q = {" 81 Si4AND.h LAND.
j. M. STEELE
Real Estate and Insurance Agent, Douglas Avenue,
SIDE EAaLE BLocK
WICHITA, sEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS
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CORRESPONDENCE PRoA1PTLY ATT
, 1880-03-03
PHOTOGRAPHY UNDER WATER.

A remarkable discovery has been made by
Mr.. William Morris. photographer, of Goarook
by which be can photograph underneath the
water at a depth of 10 fathoms. Two of the
negatives he has secured are remarkably dis
tiuct, but the others are rather dim owing to
defects in the apparatus, but which he will have
improved. The -eamsra Is enclosed In a water.
tight glass case. suspended by the centre and
enclosed 10 a cover, which Iis drawn of after
the camera-whioh ie fixed on q loaded TIL.
pod-has reached its position. One of the
We've, taken in the bay fifty yards west of the
yacht SeEene. shows a sandy bottom. with o
number of large boulders covered with seaweed
and an old anchor; and in the shade, three
mooriug cables belonging to small yachts close
at baud. When the weather Gains down an d
the light becomes stronger he intends to CAR.
ry ont his Investigations With improved appara
tus. when he expects to achieve stil greater
resulta.-Glasgow NeWs.
, 1880-03-03
A WARNING TO

I have a word to the ladies, aud ] hope ie
will be taken seriously, but as it refers to an
article of dress, | don't suppose for q moment
it will. I am very sorry TO say. ladies, that
you are becoming very much like the Chinese.
You are rapidly losing the graceful walk which
characteristics, or, ought to haraoterise, yoas
by wearing shoss aud boots that d, not at all
suit you. Are you aware that out of a hun
dred women you will not and one who can ex.
hlbit u perfect foot9 Instead Of the toes beisg
straight and shapsly, the great toe being in Q
line with the rest of the foot on its side, they
are all squeezed together 30 as to mako she
great toa press on to an u~nsightly bunlon !!
What IL the result Of this Why. you have
painful corns all over your feet. and walking
becomes a labour of pain All this arises from
high heels. aud lately because 1t is the fashion
to have your boots ond shoes made to come to
q point | I wish Her Majesty the Queen or the
Princess of Wales would set q different fashion.
To walk in comfort you require q boot with q
broad sole and with plenty of room for the toes.
But, Sir. I know I might just as we'll ask
the ladies to wear Q bonnet Of the fashion of
1876, as TO ask them to wear anything, no
matter how comfortable, that 10 not precisely az
Mr.. Worth or Mr.. Somebody else known to fash.
ion, ordaius it. I have done my part, how.
ever, in warning you dear ladies.-"TIsKiNs
THuDD," in the Isle Of Wight Times
, 1880-03-03
T f G. RIA NJ S.
ST. THOMAS STATION.

New York, 9th February.-In the
House Of Commons the Marquis of Hart
iogton strongly supports Sir Stafford North
cote's anti obstruction resolution.
Paris news states that Prince Jerome
Bonaparte has sent his congratulations to
NJ. Rouher upon the speech he recently
delivered advocating free trade.
New York. February eth.
Flour per barrel, St. Lawr. brand, 1878
Meal, best Brandy ins, per barrel. sal to 1.
Heavy Mess Pork. per barrel, $l2a. to IL.
Crystals per ID. 7sc.
Sugar Fair to good refining Ter b, IA to3
English Islands Molasses per gallon 90 t. 32cts
Exchange New York and London. ASA.
London February eth.
(Dem. Crystals pes owt. 61. 7s.Od. duty
Sugar : free. MuscOvado. do Sl 0s. Cd.
[ Clayed Havana. No IL. FL IS. Cd. aaoa
Demerara Rum per gallon Is Sd. in bond.
Trinidad Cocoa per cwt. IA IS. Cd.
Conso!s 9Sa to 984.
bank of England Rate of Discount, 8 p cent
Liverpool Cotton Middling Uplands II to
3per cent Rentes in Paris, 1925,
, 1880-03-03
From the ST. Thomas M

Public curiosity has been much aroused
lately owing to the discovery. on the pro.
pcrty known as Hurtzig's Bay. of twelve
iron cannons, supposed, to havs been buri-
ed there from a very remote date. They
are being taken away. and we are informed
THAT some of them are about two tons in
weight. A tombstone has also been found.
and is so broken as to cause some difficulty
10 perceiving the entire inscription, but a.
far as we could trace, the person to whose
memory it was erected was born at st.
Eustatius in the year 1870 and died 1898.
, 1880-03-03
ITEMS FROM THE ST. THOM8 TT.
DENDE.

In the frankfort Gazette there is an inter
estiog estimate of the military expenditure OF
Europe. In 1870 this amounted toe 1904 600
Russia spent ESQ, 900 900, England 81, 1000, 600.
France s27, o 1000, and Germany $1,000, 900,
It is remarkable that We should spend more
In gunpowdsr and glory than either Germany
or France. The total debts Of Europe have
s4,sss, 600, 900 n 1s7s, and Of course the
creates portion of the additional debt has
been incurred owing to ornaments. The
fetal expenditure Of European Governments in
, 1880-03-03
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A FUNDAMENTALLY New PHHNoMExoN IN

A FUNDAMENTALLY NEw PHENOMENON IN
ELEcrR1cITr.-Au account OF 9 fundamentally
new phenomenon in electricity, not explicabIe
by anything hitherto known" is given in the
American Journal Of Mathematics , which lie
published under the auspices of the John
Hopkin University. The defoition OF the new
action is not yet certainly made out. but ie
appears to be that. If We say that the direction
of a gslvanio current Is from the negative to
the positive, then q magnet tends to defect
the current within the conductor in tho sauna
direction in which 1t tends TO turn the conductor
itself. The discoverer is Mr.. Z. II. Hall.
assistant in the laboratory of Professor Row.
land, to whose encouragement and assistance
the discovery was Ia large measure due. The
Nation. commenting on the subject observes
that the fact discovered will be o complete
surprise to physicists. and its Importance to
the theory OF electricity can hardly be over
estimated. It may be justly said that no dis
Oovery equally Fundamental" has been made
within the last fifty years.-PaU Mall Gazette
, 1880-03-03

1865 was esss, coo, ZOO, aud it Is now ct tho
rate Of 1855. 900, 900. II, however, tho lsbous
of the millions OF men, who by being soldiers
are converted from producers into consu msrs be
added to the bill, there Is little doubt hat the
COST of the enormous number Of troops now
kept under arms must be considerably more
than s2Oo, DOC, 900 per annum. and this, be 1t
remarked, when we are the only country that
INDUCES 10 the luxury of war.-Englisk Paper.
, 1880-03-03

valued columns. In the st. Croix
Avis Of the 18th inst / find a transla-
ton from the Dagblaa of 10Th and
2Sth January of the discussion in the
Landsting. The Finance Minister
replied to S. Petersen Esquire's re-
marks in regard to the future of the
West Indies SO far as sugar cultiva-
ton was concerned. I hereby beg
leave to state a fact to which | have
paid some attention, as regards the
richness of the soil in St. Croix. In
other sugar making islands the soil
has to be enriched yearly by artificial
manure, but St. Croix possesses in
itself a great boon. In the land of
nine-tenths of the estates there is a
stratum of limestone just below the
upper surface. 1t is a known fact
that lime is a powerful manure for the
sugar cultivation, and is a very last
ing manure. It not only adds to
the saccharine matter, but preserves
the plant with moisture from the
earth, which prevents the cane being
scorched by the sun. I had an oppor-
tunity of seeing this on the Island of
St. John. A former planter, twenty
five years before | took the manage
ment of an estate there, took a fancy
to try the virtue of lime. He
MANFRED just a square of about IN
acre, in the middle Of a piece of
canes, with lime; and notwithstand-
ing that twenty-five years had elapsed,
every time that piece was in sprouts
eight or ten months old, that square
was to be seen in the severest dry
weather beautifully green, while the
other parts of the same a II piece
were dreadfully scorched or bwtnt.
Thus nature has provided in the soil
Of St. Croix a rich manure, which will
last for centuries. 1t is confidence in
the labouring class, and capital which
are required to make it one of the
richest colonies. This is my opinion,
which experience has confirmed.
St. Thomas, 9th Feb. 1880.
Respectfully,
JAS. w. DE KONING.
, 1880-03-03

3tra tum OF limestone, we you'd call
attention to the fact that there are
hundreds of such strata in ST. Croix.
If a pack Of cards standing on a table
be pushed over, they will lie on each
other in a sloping position, well illus
traing the arrangement of the lime
stone strata of this island. 1t is on
the edges of these strata that the soil
of the limestone districts lies, and the
white mari found Immediately below
the surface, or at no great depth, is the.
product Of the decomposition of these
edges by the action of rain water
soaking down from the everything
soil. We may refer our readers to
the road sides at Annals Hope for a
section which illustrates these re-
marks but the whole subject Of the
history and distribution of the Santa
Cruz limestones is SO interesting as
to be worth handling in q separate
notice in some future number. We
will here only remark that Santa
Cruz is by no means singular in its
possession of limestone formations.
Barbados is a notable example of an
island formed almost entirely of lime
stones, a fact which is particularly
worth noting in connection with our
correspondents opinion that the pre-
n of lime obviates the necessity Of
using other manures for it is notorious
that none of the smaller sugar grow
ing islands import and use SO much
guano and other foreign manures as
does the island of Barbados. Mari
in the soil is a great advantage, and
lime is a valuable manure, but like
many other good things, they want
supporting by numerous other allies
befol e a good result is obtained. We
are nevertheless grateful to ON cor
respondent for calling attention to the
subject, and hope hat others who may
have facts to give will follow his
example.
What do our agricultural readers
think of the article by II. which we
translated from the Dagblad in our
issue of the 21sts The island of
Mauritius is held up to us as an ex-
ample of what may be done with a
sugar colony by judicious manage
ment of the land and the boiling
house; and it is certainly surprising
to read hat in the space of ten years,
from 1916 to 1856, the crop on the
same area was more than doubled,
and that it continues to increase by
about 4 per cent every year. 1t is no
doubt a striking instance of what may
be done for a colony by ability and
capital judiciously applied. The CAPT
tai in the Mauritius was applied, SO
far as we can gather from HIS note
and the remarks Of the American
Commission quoted by him, in two
ways, viz, the purchase of guano, and
the erection of improved machinery;
but it strikes us that there was a third
way of which III. makes no mention.
Coolies are largely employed in Maui
ritius, and we suspect that the island
records would shew us that an i'm
mense number Of them were added
to the labouring staff OF the island dur
ing those ten years. 1t was probably
as much by their help in thorough
cultivation as by the use Of artificial
, 1880-03-03

To the Editor of the 81. Cyoir AOss.
DEAR SIR!
For the information Of the protec-
tors of III. D. M. West India islands,
Ibeg you will insert this in your
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FATAL GCRRY1EG TO A DINNER.-Tom TAYLOR
was prodigious worker. with the immense
advantage OF always being well up 10 his work.
intellectually and physically. He was a rapid
writer as well as an industrious one, and gen.
orally did his best work in the early morning
Before most literary men were out OF their beds
and this both winter aud summer. He had the
Invaluable gilt OF most retentfve memory and
his critical notices or the exhibitions were writ
ten without the aid OF single note. and with
such accuracy that an error or description was
an extremely rare accident His handwriting,
though what might be called q tremendous
Scrlbble, was so decided and regular I'm It's
hieroglyphical character that ft WAS safely read
by any one who knew il, and rarely any mis-
print occurred In his articles In the London
Times.
am told by learned doctors that poor Tom
Taylor fell under the somewhat rare and almost
incurabe disease called "embolIsm" which
means obstruction in the circulation through
some coagulation. And IL Is very sad TO hear
that this was chiefly brought on by over
eXertion in hurryiDg 10 be ia time at the Punch
dinner on the Wednesday before he was taken
III lie Spra1ned a small vein In the leg. and
at the same time distressed his weakened
breathing. lie had. however improved up TO a
certain point, but his doctor was doubtful OF
his substantial recovery, when. on the morning
or the day he died, 1alntncSs suddenly came on,
and before brandy could be taken, he sank
London Tf'ltk.
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SUMNER Preaching IN NEW YoRK-Turning
from theaters TO churches II may be said that
the summer preaching is OF highly creditable
character There is an abundance OF pulpit
talent In the market, and first-class supplies
are readily obtained. John Halls pulpit has
been occupied by Cairns, OF Edinburgh, who
knows how to interest an American audience.
Chaplin pulpit is also supplied with acceptable
preaching. large number OF the city pastors
are out OF town, but the church accommoda-
ton is much beyond the summer attendance.
The tendency OF our clergy to spend their vaca-
lions abroad is on the increase. but some would
think 1t only an aggravatlon TO have so limited
an opportunity when there is so much to be
seen. The death OF the late Rev. ThoS Farrell
removes one OF the nobleSt OF the Roman Cath
olic clergy, and the provisions or his viii tldi-
cate high order OF philanthropy. The old
Church OF the Messiah, which has so long been
feature In Broadway, is now yielding TO the
advance or Improvement, and will be replaced
by fashionable stores 1t was once the scene OF
fashionable worship, where Orville Dewey was
an admired orator, while Moses ii. Grinnell was
leader la Congregational movements Grin
hell, however, is dead, Dewey is retired IN old
age, the congregation is moved up town, and
the church, having since then been an unSuc-
ceSsful theater, now goes to the ground. It's
once stately tower was marked feature in
broadway, and hence will be miSSed-Ne,C
YORK Correspondence Utica Herald.