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The National tribune., 1881-09-10
THE IDEAL OATMEAL PORRIDGE.

Clean, aromatic coarse dry meal must be got
from some shop where they know what is good
in the way of oatmeal. The meal must be stored
as carefully as tea in covered dry jar, so that
neither must, mice, nor beetles can defle 1T. The
saucepan must be the pink of cleanliness, and
must not have been used for anything other than
milk and breadstuffs. Saucepans in which pO
tatOes, green's or meats have been cooked are
never pure enough for milk and breadstuffs.
With such materials the making of delicious
porrdge is easy, but without them it is impos-
sible. Bearing in mind the principle on which
breadstuffs and milk are to be combined in food,
we perceive that the meal must be cooked in
water. Therefore, having clean boiling water in
the saucepan, we take small teacupful of meal
1.-TWO to three ounces for each pint of water in the
saucepan. Draw the saucepan of boiling water
off the fire, and then sft the meal through the
fingers. The meal must be sitted in the water
so as to be evenly spread over the surface, and
to sink free from Jumps. Then push the sauce
pan fully on the fire and boil brskly for minute
or two, so as to thoroughly mix the meal up with
the water before it begins to thicken. Next boil
slowly for three or four quarters of an hour, ac-
cording to the cOarseness of the meal. Care must
be taken that the porridge is just kept the move,
and it must be stirred, if necessary, as not to
burn, and not to get lumpy. Smoke and SCOT
must be carefully kept from communicating it.
The pOrridge is now cooked so far that all the
starch granules are fully burst, and the meal is
properly disintegrated. Now pour out the por-
ridge like thin custard into vegetable dish,
and leave it to cool uncovered If successful,
the porridge on cooling will set or gelatinize;
brOwnish skin forms over the surface. and as this
contracts the porridge separates all round from
the dish at its edge. 1t becomes soft tremulous
Jelly, perfectly cooked sweet in flavor, uniform
in consistence and free from contamination by
dirty saucepans, by burning or by the detilement
of SCOT or smoke. 1t should be eaten at the end
of breakfast with cold milk and it makes most
excellent supper.
A saucerful of such porridge put into soup
plate and half-pint mug of good rich new milk
is, indeed lunch a supper, finish to
breakfast, which is fit for king. 1t is food ON
which any man can do anything Of which he is
capable in the way of labor, mental or physical.
For growing children and youths who are stunted
in height or unsound in structure, this is exactly
the food that is wanted. 1t is like bricks and
mortar for the growing frame Of infants, school
children and Over-grOwn youths. For nursing
mothers it is equally valuable, supplying them
with the earthly ph0sphates and other materials
out of which good milk is made, without draw
ing upon the mothers own structures, as is often
exemplified by the rapid softening and decay of
teeth in women who nurse their children largely
upon meat and upon beer.-English Mechanic
The National tribune., 1881-09-10
THE OLDEST MASON LIVING.

Captain Sylvanus Hatch, resident of Indian
ola, Calhoun county, Texas, and ninety-three
years of age is, without doubt, the oldest living
Mason in this country. His native place WAS
Falmouth, Mass, but in his early youth he went
South, and lived in several States At the age of
twenty-One, or early in 1909 he entered Solo
mons Lodge, No. 1, F. A. NJ, at Savannah, rs
apprentice mason. A few weeks later he was
passed to the degree of fellow craft and raised
to degree of master mason. In the June follow
ing, desiring to leave Savannah, he obtained
certificate of membership from his lodge This
is dated June 8, 1909, over seventy two years
since, and is still in his possession Further incl
dents of his life may be of interest in this cOnnec
ton. He was adutant under General Jackson ut
the battle of New Orleans, and passed through all
that campaign. He went to Texas III 1928, and
afterward settled with his family on the Layaca
River in Jackson county. He went through the
war of independence of Texas and fought in sew
eral battles On his ninety-third birthday, which
was celebrated recently, there were his children,
grandchildren, and great grandchildren to wish
him many happy returns of the day. He is still
hale and hearty, and has not been confined to his
bed with sickness for over sixty years. He re-
tains the full of all his faculties and walks as
firm and erect rs man of sixty or seventy.
The National tribune., 1881-09-10
HOW THE APOSTLES DIED.

Peter was crucifed at Rome, and at his own
request, with his head downward
Andrew was crucitied by being bound to cross
with cords, on which he hung two days exhorting
the people until he expired.
James the Great was beheaded by order of Herod
of Jerusalem.
James the Less was thrown from high pima
cle then stoned, and finally killed with flllers
club.
Philip was bound and hanged against pillar
Bartholomew vas fiayed to death by command
of a barbarous king
Matthew was killed by halbert.
Thomas while at prayer was shot with shower
of lances, and afterward run through the body
with a lance.
Simon was crucified.
Thaddeus was cruelty put to death.
The manner of Matthiass death is uncertain
One says he was stoned, then beheaded; another
says he was crucifed.
Judas 1scariot fell and his bowels glished out.
John died a natural death
Paul was beheaded by order of Nero.
The National tribune., 1881-09-10
JOHN PLouGHMAN,s PROVERBS.

Never offer loOking-glass to a blind man.
If a man is so proud that he will not see his
faults, he will only quarrel with you for pointing
them out to him.
Many preachers are good taiOrs spoiled, and
capital shOemakers turned out of their proper
calling
It is not wise to aim at impossiblities it is
waste of powder to fire at the man in the moon.
Give your money to fools sooner than let rogues
wheedle you out of it.
Men willingly pour water into full tub and
give feasts to those who are not hungry, because
they look to have as good or better in return
To see plum puddings in the moon is a far
more cheerful habit than croaking at everything
like a twc-legged frog
Never say die until you are dead, and then it's
40 use, 20 let it alone
He pulls at long rope who waits for another's
death.
He that waits for dead mems shoes NAV lora
90 barefoot.
Men who strike in their anger generally miss
the mark.
No mans lot is fully known till he is dead.
All the world will beat the man whom fortune
butfets.
When mans coat is thread bare it is an easy
thing to pick a hole in it,
Good advice is poor food for hungry family.
The young sucker runs away with the sap from
the old tree
The dog wags his tail till he gets the bone, and
then he snaps and bites at the man who fed him
The National tribune., 1881-09-10
THE ROSE OF SHARON,

The rose of Sharon is one of the most exquisite
flowers in shape and hue. Its blossoms are bell
shaped, and of many mingled hues and dyes. But
its history is legendary and romantic in the
highest degree. In the East, throughout Syria
Judea, and Arabia, it is regarded with the pro-
foundest reverence. The leaves that encircled
the round blossom dry and close tight together
when the season of blossom is over and the stalk
whitening completely away from the stem, the
flower is blown away, having dried up in the
shape of ball, which is carried by the sport of
the breeze to great distances In this way it is
born over the sandy wastes and deserts, until at
last, touching some moist place, it clings to the
soil, where it Immediately takes fresh root and
springs to life and beauty again. For this very
reason the orientals have adopted it as the en-
blem of the resurrection.
The National tribune., 1881-09-10
FARM AND GARDEN,

OATS WITH WINTER WHEAT.-Some farmers
make a practice of sowing few oats with their
winter wheat to protect the latter in the winter
time, and it has been found to be of use for tbs
purpose. The oats grow more vigorously than
the wheat and aid in catching and boldino tho
snow, thus acting as protection or mulch to the
wheat The small amount of food the younq oat
plants draw from the soil is returned DURING the
spring, when, being killed by the winter cold
they rapidly decay.
THE GRADING OF WHEAT-Much dissatisfac-
tion is expressed by farmers and shippers in Hi
nOis, Iowa, and Nebraska, over the present swim
ding manner OF Inspecting grain in CHICAGO
This matter was recently brought before tbe
State board OF agriculture by Mr. Lowrey. of
Lincoln, and other gentlemen engaged i'm shin
ping grain, and set of strong resolutions was at
once adopted and forwarded to the Illinois Iao-
isIature asking that the grain inspectors now in
office be removed at once, and that suitable Iepis
lation to prevent a repetition in the future he
enacted The charges are wrongfuly erading
grain, or inspection by men not capable of grad
ing wheat, whereby our wheat, which SHOULD be
graded No. 2, is by these rascals graded No 8 and
by them shipped to New York, where it is again
warehoused and graded up to its proper grade
The difference between No. wheat and No 3
usually about five cents per bushel), is a hand
some profit, and the temptation to resort to ras-
cality in order to capture five cents per bushel on
five or ten millions of bushels is very great The
remedy for these rascalities seems to be in the
training of the young to higher degree of mo-
rality. The little acts of dishonesty often passed
over as smartness are what begins the steals of
public men.-Tiibune Farmer
NUTRITIvE MATTER IN HAY AND CORN.-The
average results of experiment and theory, so to
speak, make ffty-seven pounds of Indian corn
equal to one hundred pounds of hay or 1,14O
pounds of Indian corn to the ton of hay But it
must be remembered that the nutritive effects of
food upon an animal are varied by many causes,
and also that the comparison of food is affected
by the object sought, as fat, growth labor, milk
&c. The above is the relative amount of nutri-
tive matter in corn and hay, as determined by
experiment and theory.
CAUSE AND EFFECT-When fattenino an ami
NAL for beef let the process be as quick as possi-
BILE. Any stint in feeding will make the meat
tough and dry Stall-fed animals will fatten
more readily than others, and younger animals
require richer food than older ones In winter
fattening much depends upon the warmth of the
stable. The warmer the cattle are kept the less
food will be needed.
PULvERIzED FREE LIME will effectually drive
the worms from lawns. The lime also kills moss
which is so troublesome on old lawns, often de-
stroying large patches of grass, and so sadly in
terfering with moving. Mix the lime with twice
its bulk of fine soil.
The National tribune., 1881-09-10
CONTENTS OF A Boys POCKETS,

The following schedule represents the number
and character of the various articles lately found
in the pockets of six year old son of Adam:
One handkerchief; l piece Of rubber; lead
pencil; slate pencils; l colored pencil; knife
1 tin whistle; piece of string; l brass chain
l pocket book; 2 large copper cents; Z buttons
= extra pieces of rubber l memorandum book
l wooden dancing jack (in sections) patent at
torneys cards; card Hunts Remedy, Kidney
and Liver Medicine) business card shoe deal
err; | business card (grocery) l business card
(Samstag's corsets); business card millinery :;
piece gilt paper; piece colored paper; 3 spell
ing papers; Is scraps miscellaneous paper;
more lead pencil; l more piece of rubber; 12
more pieces of paper.
The National tribune., 1881-09-10
A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT.

Among some of the South Sea Islanders the
compound word for hope is beautifully expressive.
1t is manaolana, or the swimming Mought-faith
floating and keeping its head aloft above water,
when all the waves and pillows are going over
a strikingly beautiful definition of hope worthy
to be set down along with the answer which a
deaf and dumb person wrote with his pencil, in
reply to the question, What was his idea of for
giveness?" " 1t is the odor which flowers yield
when trampled on"
The National tribune., 1881-09-10
,r THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
THE FISHER LAD.

A Jolly fisher-lad am /:
care not what folk say,
But meath the clouds or smiling sky
Contented take my way.
My clothes are dirty, old, and torn,
My feet peep out from shoes
Which many seasons now I've worn,
But yet they're what l choose.
Oh, I'm jolly fisher-lad
For hope is on me smiling,
To cheer my heart and make it glad
Earth's dullest cares beguiling.
Der angry seas boldly roam
When winds breathe fierce and high,
And watch the breakers seethe and foam
AS off the coast lie;
And well | love to stem the tide
That drifts adown the bay,
With darling Kitty by my side
Declled out in colOrs gay.
Oh, I'm jolly fisher-lad
For smiling Hope is bringing
Her precious gifts to make me glad
And fill my heart with singing
love my Kitty;-she loves me-
And oft has told me so,
And some time, when we both agree
IN take her heart in tow
Then as we sail Ines broad sea DER
My darling, wnsOme bride
Shall guide me safe to sunny shore
Where SORROWS ne'er abide.
Oh, I'm jolly fisher-lad,
For well know if sorrow
Brings woe to-day to make me sad,
Hope bringeth JOY tomorrow.
The National tribune., 1881-09-10
The HAND THAT ROCKS THE WORLD.

BY WILLIAM ROSS WALLACE.
Blessings on the hand of woman!
Angels guard its strength and grace
In the palace, cottage, howell
Oh, no matter where the place!
Would that never storms assailed it;
Rainbows ever gently curled;
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rocks the world.
Infancy's the tender fountain;
Bowers may with beauty flow;
Mothers first to guide the streamlet,
From their souls unresting grow,
Grow on for the good or evil,
Sunshine streamed or darkness hurled; ;
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rocks the world.
Woman! how divine your mission,
Here upon our natal sod!
Keep. oh keep, the young heart open
Always to the breath of God!
All true trophies of the ages
Are from mother love impearled;
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rocks the world
Blessings on the hand of woman!
Fathers, sons, and daughters cry;
And the sacred song is mingled
With the worship in the sky;
Mingles where no tempests darken,
Rainbows evermore are hurled;
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rocks the world.
The National tribune., 1881-09-10

1t will afford sweeter happiness in the hour of
death to have wiped away one tear from the cheek
of sorrow than to have ruled an empire, to have
conquered millions or enslayed the wOrld-Ecce
Deus.
The National tribune., 1881-09-10

think shall be missionary, and do good to
the heathen. | think / hear father coming in
the front gate now so must close.-Wide Auake
The National tribune., 1881-09-10

A guilty conscience is like a whirlpool, draw
ing in all to itself which would otherwise pass
by-Yctor Hugo
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-15
A rouenlnr Incident.

a singular incident occurred the Other
day, ihegnoral OF which sticks out like the
nose OF ssnd.hill crane. II seems that the
son Of one Of our most noted citizens has
for q logg time been gwen TO drink In q
manner gsestly disiressi8g to his parents.
Matters went from bad 20 warse until
the lad had reached a pitch OF drunk
enDess whieh even stzktled bis dis
sipated companions. The other night
they found him actually reeiining In
an EllIs-sireet quit er, too drunk 10 know
mis- own name, sHd so, partly TO teach him a
lesson and partly In pursuance OF what
they regarded as q very excellent Joke, they
carried him iate the morgue, which hap.
taened TO be close By, and stretched him ons
Ia due order upon enc OF the slabs, the at-
pendants being temporarily absent. About
an hour after the father OF the young man.
by the merest coincidence, entered The
place, while engaged Ia showing around
some friends from the country. AS fbe
dumbfonnded parent caught sight OF his
sons psllid fsee and rigid form be gave
shrek Of horror and fell headlong to the
faor. As be-
fNots.--On second thoughts we have re.
solved 10 keep back the balance Of this
thrilling story until we tind what are best
rates Tor ffe plot OF irst-ciass naelodrama.
We hate TO keep the feelings OF our readers
narrowed no 10 this manner, but DIE -
biz. r. Derrick Uodd.
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Buffalo " Nat."
WHY ne WAS OPPOSED TO EDUCATION


fFrom The Little Rock Gazette.l
Old Nat. whose peculiarly. shaped shout
-.ders gives him the name OF Buffalo Nat
operates small plantation near Little KocK
Some time ago he went around making edu
cational speeches, but now he is so bitterly
opposed to education that several days age
he went 10 district school-house, GAINED
the log which he had contributed toward
its erection, split 1t up and burned IL IN the
presence OF the trustees.
aWhy are you so opposed to education,
Nat?o asked the Superintendent OF Public
Instruction.
az has q cause, sab. Fore / could read
! had de best cotton and de biggest corn in
de nelghborbood. Now look at me Got
no cotton, an my hogs Is pearishin' fur de
want OBJ corn"
"Wbat part did education play in your
agricultural bereavement"
"Sah 2"
"I say, bow was education instrumental
Ia inducing your agricultural ip1udicious-
ross Z"
"Two OF 'em at once an widout warn
in'." said the old man, rubbing his head
with troubled air; "doan' gin me emmy
moab OBJ dat, Cap'n, my bood's outen or
der. Dem words apers did set me on edge ;
but ez yon's axed me PlI tell yer. Educa-
ton an Industry doan travel but short
distance togedder. Da go togedder ter de
fence. Oar education stops an industry
goes on an works de LAM. But amt done
yit. Las year, thinkiu' dat I'd 'sprise
my neighbors, an habin' ia de mean
time arned ter read, 'scribed for lot
oh desc heah agricultural papers. Den
thought / had de thing down fine.
sot In de shade readin'. My wife tole
me dat 1t was time ter 90 ter work, but
laughed In my sleeves an ratified de paper
what was readin'. Iknow'd dat dem edi-
tors was bosses, an was 'termin ter read.
De season wanced, but 'tinued ter read,
Ruowin' dat dem men kuow'd more 'bout
farmin' den did. De leaf turned yaller an
de coiton-stork hardened, but l KEEP on
readin' my paper. De wins got chilly and
seed folks toatin' de hamper baskets OF
cotton, but / turned ter my agricultural
papers am continued ter read. My wife
called my 'tention ter dc fust bale OBJ cotton
what went past de house on its way ter
town, but l turned ober de paper am
continued ter read. But finally de eS e..
teeth Of sperleuee cut through de gums
OBJ bumbuRgery. / went out aAd seed dat
de papers hadn't raised no crop. DeTimp-
son.weed growed whar de cOtton.stalk
aughter hab blcomed. De rag-weed. had
possession oh de corn.hiil. DE moai ob
obstruction bal burrowed under de cab.
baoe-pant. Den summed hit up. Fore
could read l nebber had a agricultural pa
per la dc house. Fore had one 10 de house
nebber sot all day In de shade. Fore sot
in de shade always had good craps. Dems
nv reasons, sab. Den my son larned ter
write. Heforged a aeat, and da put him In
de penitentiary. Dean say school ter me.
Use hoss.fly, an mg wings Is foot long.
Iemme take de line frnm under de mars
tail. Sow she's all right. Good-day, sab.
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BY X. %. Cbaflin & Co.,
Real Estate Auctioneers,
No, l north Tenth street.

TRUSTEES AUCTION SALE OF FOR
Il TY.TWO WEsT-END BUILDING LOTS ON
JACQUELIN, BLAIR, AND WINDER STREETS.
BY virtue Of deSd of trust from Dr. John II. Har.
vie and wife. dated February ], 1877 and recorded
in Henrico County Court clerks ONCE, ID. u. 80.
page $751; the undersigned trustee at the request or
Messrs CardOzo. FOurqurean Il Co.. benehciaries In
The said deed default having been made in the pay
ment Of the bond secuiedj, will sell by pubic auc-
uOn, on the premises, on
TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1881.
com meDcing at 8 O'Clock 7. NJ. on Jacqueiin
street near Old Reservoir, the LOTS Described In
said deed. as follows 'LOts @. II. 81, and ~ ~
square IL; Lots z, g. o. TO- 1. Is. IA, Is, 16, IA,
Is, 10 90 21, %. and % In square IL also, Lots
l, 2. 3, 4, B. o. 7, s. 9, TO- IL, g. IL, IL, - 20,
81. %, 23. "a, 25, and 26 In Square 20. These
lois and squares are according 10 A. Y. Lees plan
OF Sidney aud Harvle duly recorded in clerks office
OF HenricO County Court" and which can be seen
at any time at the Office of auctiOneers, who Will
take pleasure I'm giving information and location Of
lots.
This sale off rs good opportunity for making In
vest ments In lots that will in short time greatly
increase in value, they located In the rapidly
improving western suburbs.
TERMS: BY consent, viii be one-fourh cash I;
balance in SIX, twelve, and eighteen months, with
per cent. interest, secured by d-ed Of trnst.
r. Il. CHAFFIN, Trustee.
sale by X. b. CHAFFIN Co Auctioneers.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-15
by Robert Is. Lyme,
Real Estate Agent and Auctloneer,
1912 Main street, Richmond, Va.

VALUABLE TIMBER LAND FOR
Y SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION II HFNRICD
COUNTY, AT THE COURT.HOuSE, On MON
DAY, 18TH DAY OF JULY, 1881. Pursuant "a
the terms OF a decree OF the Circuit Court OF the
county OF Henrico entered on the 9Th day OF June
1881, IN the chancery cause Of Aliens executor
Us. Truman e ais, therein depending, SHAH pro-
ceed to sell AT public ion, la front Of HenTieo
county court house, on
MONDAY, JULY Is, 1881,
at the hour Of O'Clock z. NJ. the following TRACT
OF LAND-tO wit: All that LOT OF LAND lylnR
In the county Of HenTicO, containing ia ACRES
bou nded on the north by the Williamsburg road, on
the east By the lands OF George NJ. savage deceased
on che south Oy the land OF john Whitesides and
on the west by the lands belonging 10 the estate OF
Williamson Alien. Diseased. This land Is heavily
timbered with orgiA2i growth. and lies near the
Richmond. York River and Chesapeake railroad
and the timber Is very valuable.
TERMS; one third cash, and the residue In three
equal sem-a snual insialments, with Interest adued,
aud the title reserved until al the purchase
IL paid and deed ordered by the Court.
JOHN X. UikNEEN,
Substituted Trustee ana special Cowmissioner
ROBERT Is. LYME, Auciloneer. " 10