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Sharp County record., 1881-07-28
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

-.Custard to Pour Over Strawberry
Short Cake.-One cup sugar, one table
spoonful corn starch, one egg and one
pint of milk. Flavor and cook as Gus
tard.
Among cattle the best animal is
that which converts the largest amount
of food into beef or milk of the best
quality, with the least possible waste of
material.
Corn Starch Cake. cups of
sugar, two cups of -four one cup OF
butter, one cup of corn starch, one cup
of sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls OF bak-
ING powder and the whites of SIX eggs,
-Decaying vegetable matter is what
sandy soils need to give them holding
power over fertilizers and make them
productive. The plowing under OF
green crops is a ready means of supply
ing the vegetable matter.
Lemon Cream Cake.-Ons cup
sugar, half cup butter, half cup milk,
two cups flour, one teaspoon cream tar
tar, half teaspoon soda. Bake in jelly
tins. For inSide-The juice and grated
peel of one lemon, two tableSpOonfulS
corn-starch, one cup boiling water, one
egg, three quarters cup sugar.
How often do we hear women who
do their own cooking say that by the
time they have prepared meal, and it
is ready for the table, they are too tired
to eat. One way to mitigate this evil
is to take about half an hour before din
ner a raw egg, beat it until light, putin
little sugar and milk, flavor it, and
drink it down." it will remove the
faint, tired, d,out feeling, and will not
spoil your appetite for dinner Plenty
of fresh air in the kitchen does good
deal to relieve this trouble, and you dc
not then take your dinner in sat the
pores, as Dickens old Joey declared
he took in the wine.
Stable manure will become over,
heated, or rather dried, if left in heap
too long. 1t then becomes much de-
preciated in value. The best manner
of using it is to keep it in fiat, broad
heap exposed to the rain, so that ii
may be kept moist, and to turn it occa-
sionally, so that it may not get too hot
and dry. 1t should be trampled and
packed as solid as possible, when it will
heat only moderately, and after two or
three weeks, should be turned, so that
the outside of the heap may be put
into the centre and have its share Of
the heating and fermentation. If the
weather is very dry it would be advisa.
BILE to throw considerable water on the
manure to keep it moist.
Queen Pudding.-One pint of bread
crumbs, one quart of sweet milk, one
cup of sugar, yelks of four eggs well.
beaten, butter the size of an egg, CRATE
the rind of one lemon and add the
whites of the eggs beaten to froth and
one teacup Of white sugar, to be spread
on the top of the pudding after it has
been baked until done out not watery
set it in the oven for a few minutes,
serve with butter. If needed for a din.
ner-party it improves the appearance
by spreading on the top of the pudding,
when taken from the oven, layer OF
preserves or jelly and then the sugar
and whites of the eggs over the jelly
set it back in the oven and bake slightly,
to be served when cold; cut in slices il
is very beautiful.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28
Hungarian and Millet as Fodder Crops.

These are excellent forage plants, and
they possess some rare advantages for
farmers who desire to keep large
amount of stock on a comparatively
small amount of land. They attain full
growth in shorter time than any field
crop that can be raised. Being natives
of warm climates, it is best not to sow
them till the last of June or the first of
July, as they delight in a warm soil and
air. Nothing is gained, and generally
considerable is lost, in sowing them
early. If sOwn as early as most grains
their growth will be small, even though
they have the entire season to mature
IN. If farmer sees that his crop of
grass is to be small, he can make up for
1t by sowing quite largely Of Hungarian
and mlllet. In some cases good crops
have been raised on soil broken after a
crop of hay had been taken off. As
these crops completely shade the ground
during several weeks, they leave it in
excellent condition in respect to clean
illness. When first introduced many
reported unfavorable results from their
use. They were generally sown too
early to produce good crops, and cut
too late to leave the fodder in good con
dition for stock. The quicker the
growth the better is the quail
lty of the fodder for all
kinds of stock. If not intended
Tor seed, the harvesting should COM
mence as soon as the grain is formed,
and before it begins to harden. The
crop should be cut and secured without
allowing it to become wet. Injurious
results sometimes follow the use of these
crops, on the account of the amount of
dust they contain. To obviate this the
stalks should be cut several inches from
the ground and gathered by the hand
rake, as the teeth of a horse rake will
raise and scatter large amount of dust.
almost any of" the tfugT@dnetiye. than
more general use of it for green or dry
food would be beneficial. 1t is more
difficult to cut, cure and preserve than
any of the wild or cultivated grasses,
and it is less desirable for food for
horses. But it is plant that enriches
the soil and enables it to produce larger
crops of corn, grain and grass. 1t fur
nlshes an agreeable change from diet
OF hay made from the common grasses,
and is excellent for milch COWS, sheep
and young cattle. When green it will
keep hogs in excellent condition. and is
the cheapest substance that can be
raised for producing pork. The plant
known as doura, Egyptian corn, or
branching sorghum is very productive,
and Notwithstanding the severe drouth
did well in portions of the far west last
season, where most crops failed. The
seed as well as the foliage of the plant
Is valuable. The like was true of the
early amber sngar 81 h1riz Il u Ill
mule attention has been given to it as q
1odder plant. By sowing rye in ground
planted to corn, when it is worked the
last time, a large amount of green food
can be secured for late feeding. All
these crops will help save hay, and
make 1t practical to keep more stock on
the same amount of land. They will
also afford greater variety, and by so
doing improve the general condition Of
ANNALS. = Chicago Times.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

"A meeting of about 100 persons
claiming to be heirs of the Anneke JAMS
Webber estate in Holland has been held
in Detroit, Mich. A great deal of rugged
eloquence was expended, and j. H.
Fonda, of Detroit, was selected TO visit
New York in July as representative of
the claimants. A temporary gloom was
cast over the meeting by the statement
of one of the gentlemen present that he
had written to the Hon. James G. Bir-
ney, United States Minister to The
Hague, soliciting information, and that
Mr.. Birney had responded promptly
that the whole litigation was wild goose
chase.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28
IChicago QllD Western Catholic.l
The FamiIy's Best Friend.

We are not believers in every trash that is
called medicine, and have, on many occa-
sions, warned our readers to beware of the
stuff; but there is an article which has been
before the public for long time, and which
has been indorsed by the most eminent men
in the land, including many Of our most re-
spected and learned bishops and priests.
We refer to the world-renowned st. Jacobs
Oil. We have known a great many people
who were suffering from that terrible dis
ease called rheumatism, and who believed
their cases hopeless, they having tried al
most everything. We recommended St.Jacobs
Oil, the cures were almost miraculous, and
now these good people remember us in their
prayers, and are never without st. Jacobs
Oil in their houses. The Oil is possesse d Of
great deal of merit, and we heartily recon-
mend it to our readers.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28
Salt for Sheep.

Salt will be taken with avidity by
sheep while on grass. Where arrange
ments can be so made, it will be found
convenient to have salt in little troughs
at different points about the sheep
grounds. These should be so sheltered
as to be protected from rain, and ele-
waited so that the sheep can get at them
only with their heads. They will soon
learn to visit these troughS when desir-
ing salt, and if allowed constant access
to them, are in no danger of taking too
much. The more common custom is
to distribute the salt at regular intervals
over the ground, on or near the range,
whence it will be taken up few minutes
after being found. Under these cir
cumstances it should be given often
enough to avoid restlessness in the flock
on the approach of the shepherd, and so
scattered as to allow every animal ready
access. Intervals of five days have
been found very satisfactory, though
the shepherd should be guided by this as
in other details by the apparent necessi-
ties of his surroundings. Some expert
enced shepherds mix sulphur in small
quantity with the salt, though the ma
iority do not use it.-Natj0nal LiUe- Stock
Journal.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28
AT Castle Rock. Grant County, Wis

AT Castle Rock, Grant County, Wis.
consin, there is curiosity in the shape
of a well. 1t is eighty feet deep, the
last forty feet of which is through solid
rock, and the first forty shaly sand
stone. At the point of junction between
the hard and soft stone current of cold
air comes into the well, so cold, indeed,
that the workmen in drilling through
the solid rock were obliged to work with
heavy gloves, and ice formed on their
whiskers. Below this point the tempe
rature is that of an ordinary well, and
the water is of the same temperature.
The current of air is sufficient to blow
any light substance out of the well.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28
Get Out Doors.

The close confinement Of all factory work
gives the operatives pallid faces, poor appe-
tite, languid, miserable feelings, poor blood,
inactive liver, kidney and urinary troubles,
and all the physicians and medicine in the
world cannot help them unless they get out
of doors or use Hop Bitters, the purest and
best remedy, especially for such cases, hav-
ing abundance Of health, sunshine and rosy
cheeks in them. They cost but a trifle. See
another column Christian Recorder
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28
Referring to the incident afterwal

Referring to the incident afterward
in letter to friend, the maiden wrote ::
"If George were boiled for thousand
years in the hot springs of Iceland l
don't believe he'd ever smell sweet
again" George and she were walking
in the lane in the moonlight, and George
saw pretty spotted creature which he
mistook for a cat, and which he at
tempted to catch and present to the
maiden,
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28
That Bedroom.

ID at about itP Well, a good many
IS; ! might be said, 1t ought to be a
ed for quiet and refreshing sleep.
e9-S is not such place. Restless
gs with troubled dreams are
p Morning after morning finds
,eper weary, listless and dumpish.
, nonders why it is so, and we
Viir too. But our wonder is that he
al lot make it a matter of thought,
\ arm how to sleep as he should.
, A anything is wrong with us there
fs,, use for it. AS a rule, that cause
Il, so obscure as to require the aid
~ y odern scientist, with all his jar
rt =, Y incomprehensible technicalities
- =, lg his still more incomprehensi-
n '- as, or want ideas, to ferret it out.
,,,l, 'I xereise the demon of reStlessness
i. bedroom work alone. He who
he comfort of sound, refreshing
n. ~ aust properly control his habits
''~h tVo " illSuJ'
uch may be said about sleep in
IS i that the bedroom is in dan
le -9elng forgotten. After all, that
mo- lar bedroom does not differ ma
le- from many others of this kind.
7lc.- feetlong, ten feet wide and seven
l''" inches high, it has capacity of
sl ndred cubic feet. 1t has q dool
issSe,hall leaTGgroGm and another
s' Il below. One large window,
ems lsh supported by pulleys and
er ;3 affords, or ought to afford, air
whei At from out doors. The fourth
The bed stands in a corner,
ID ID Q head to this wall. Two walls
ID " the exhaled air about the head
kled eeper. The bed rests on springs,
zee F'sttress and feathers above. The
,f the sleeper is doubly foul from
neun full suppers, and from ulcera-
l.tris the respiratory membrane,
me- by chronic catarrh. In such a
ON q )u VENTILATION IS more than usual
erea easlty. Is it attended to? Take a
an that room. Doors closed-wrn-
lb5sl refully closed to keep out night
;nn a Of ~ good work on ventilation can
% r,ori lifted to ascertain how long nine
. bo.y cubic feet of air will supply
'rn,b, Dry material in such a room for
bs % iipant. And yet that is nice
f,rer nT !, genteelly furnished. If GOOD
n s is not done there the failure is
u ,,,;rgeable tQ. Q.-therno,e. LII II; Il !
h h tbs nent. How many cases of the
! u srs'e rs'e you met with, reader?-J S.
~ ln%nod ~ ~ D., in chronological Jour-
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

"A pair of lovers at Brownstown,
Ind, were ordered by their parents to
give up their counting because they were
only fifteen years old. The girl dutifully
obeyed, and forbade the boy to see her,
telling him that in three years she would
again receive his attentions; but he would
not submit to such delay, and COM
mitted suicide under her window.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

The South African Beers do nots
to have much respect for their suzerain,
Queen Victoria. 1t is not going too far
to say they utterly ignore it. They pub
lish at Potchefstroom paper called the
South african Republic Gazette, which
contains, among other items, notice of
certain public documents issued from
Government House, Heidelberg" and
signed edward Box, State Secretary"
Judging from this, though the fiction of
an imperial authority is still kept up,
there exists de fact0 South American
republic, with its seat of government,
its official Gazette, and its ordinances
published therein. Sir Evelyn Wood
is perfectly aware of all this, as is the
whole commission, but has taken no
steps to assert the authority claimed by
the Queen. In this he acts wisely,
though the wiser course would be for
the English Government frankly to ac-
cept the situation, to retire from the
Transvaal, and to acknowledge, as it
must in the end, the complete independ-
ence of the Beers.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

$50 THAT'S the Grand Jury, is it?"
asked the man from the suburbs, after
scanning the forms and features of the
twenty-four individuals in the box-one
man with unkempt sandy locks, another
with an aroma Of sentimental seediness
brooding over him, third with a look of
benign vacuity irradiating his countenance,
and the others indicating direrent S'oqns q:
wretchednesS and misery. "Well, sir, II
ur0'He,Got any common, every, day jurymen
look at them. "-BoIRuPsSL,d2p.'t care TO
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

1T always produces queer kind of sensa-
uon to meet lady relative or friend after
an absence of ten or fifteen wears. You look
at her and think. q q Il " T i CTIaTi Ge
to be sure, what an oldlooking hen she has
grown to be-" And she looks at you and
thinks: "Well, well, and this podgy, bald
headed old rooster is all that is left of my
handsome jim, Dick, Bill or whatever your
hideouS name may be-" Then Won both ex-
Claim with one breath: "Why, how well
you're looking; not a dav Older" What
liars we mortals are.-N. Y Commercial Id
uert,Scr.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

MR.. PRIM went fishing, and on his return
told some terrific lies about what he caught.
Said Sharp to him: "What do you want to
tell such yarns as that for? Tell something
possible, il not probable. Don't you know
mat everybody saw that you were lying?"
:" fes," answered Prim. "Then, what the
blazes did you do it for" "Why, wanted
them to know was lying. l didn't want
them to think l was eccentric. ."-BoSton
Post.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28
Refined Women.

Refined and educated women will some
times suffer in silence for years from kidney
disease, or constipation and piles, which
could easily be cured by a package OF Kid
Druggists sell both dry and
Journal.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

Men care comparatively little for
erudition in women, but much for phys
ical health, good nature and sound
sense.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

-Beautifulis the evening of love, with
its glad remembrances and its rainbow
side turned toward heaven as well as
earth
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28
REVISED NEW Testament
764 Broadway, New York.

Now ready for Agents. Most desirable edition. Low
priced. Millions are waiting for it. Grand hdrrest
for Agents, Particulars free. Outfit soc Act
quick. Address HUBBARD Bros, Kansas City, Mo.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

BALDHEADED men will be sorry to hear
that the crop of hair will be cut short owing
to warm weather.-DetrOt Free Press.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

AT meeting of the Woburn Con-
ference Farmer Allen, of Wakefield, re-
lated the following anecdOte: On Sun
day morning, while a certain deacon
was preparing for church, a wandering
wayfarer, or, in modern parlance, a
tramp, appeared at his door, pleaded
his hunger, and begged for something
to eat. The deacon looked solemn and
frowningly, but reluctantly got a loaf Of
bread and began to cut it; but while
doing SO took occasion to admOnish the
beggar concerning the error of his ways.
After reminding him that it was the holy
Sabbath which he was desecrating, he
asked him if he knew how to pray.
"No," was the reply. "Then," said
the deacon, "I'll teach you," and he
commenced to repeat the Lords Pray
er. But just as he uttered the first
words, "Our Father" the beggar in
terrupted him with the question,
"What, is he your father and mine,
too?" EYES," the deacon replied.
"Why," exclaimed the beggar, eve
are brothers, then, amt we? Can't you
cut that slice little thicker?"
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

THE little knots of hair on the head Of a
Chinaman are curly queues. Philadelphia
Chronicle Herald.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

IF "the proof of the pudding is in the eat
lng,' where shall we look for the proof Of o
printers pi!-Philddep pha Bulletin.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

NO MAN is wholly bad There is the forger,
Tor instance. He is ever ready to write a
WrOng.-BOSfOn IrdnSc,lDt.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

SSaAes.-One pound of flour,
nu ol sugar, SIX ounces of but
:, ounces of currants and three
20 ne made into little cakes and
Ia tin.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

REDDTNG's RUSSIA SALvE meets with Won
derful success in all cases of skin diseases
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

LAvATER says the more honesty man has
the less he affects the air of saint. News
paper men have no sanity airs about them.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

WHEN Boston man walks instead Of rid
ing in the street cars, the GLOBE credits him
with saying: "a fare saved is beer
gained.O
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28
Flies and Mosqultoes.

15c box Rough on Rats" keeps house free
from flies, bed-bugs reaches, rats, mice, &c.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water Druggists sell it, 25c.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28
LYDIA {, PlNKHAM's
The Positive Cure
10 aIirh hcs fcr Ia

for all those Painful Complaints and Weaknesses
socommon to our best female population.
1t will entirely the worst form of Female Com
plants, all ovarian troubles Inflammation and Ulcerar
tion, Falling and Displacements and the consequent
Spinal Weakness and is particularly adapted to the
Change of Life.
1t will dissolve and expel umors from the uterus in
an early stage Of development Tho tendency to
cerous checked very speedily by its use
1t removes faintness natuency, destroys all craving
Tor stmuants, and relieves weakness Of the stomach
1t cures Boating, Headaches, Nervous Prostration,
General Debility, Seeplessness, Depression and lnd
gestion
That feeling Of bearing down, causing pain, weight
and backache, Is always permanently cured by its use
1t viii at all times and under all circumstances lct In
harmony with the laws that govern the female system
For the cure of Kidney Complaints Of either this
Compound is unsurpassed
LYDIA L. PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COM.
POUNDS prepared at 233 and 2S5 Western Avenue,
Lynn Mass. Price 81 Six bottesf 85. Sent by mail
In the form of pills. also in the form of ozenges on
receipt Of price, 81 per box for either Mrs Pinkham
freely answers all letters Of inquiry. Send for pamph
let Address as above. Mention this Puper.
No family should be without LYDIA E PINKHAMs
and torpPtdifS They cure constipation, biousness
'. '-' liver. 25 cents per box.
Sold hv RTCHlpDc .'VulS, mo
Iop c.IE BY DRUGGISTS,
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

TENk "A G Y For l0c.we will send 1.-THE sunny
] EN@O. South, alarge S-page paper for
smonths on trial to NEW Subscribers. twill be sure
to please you. Information in regard TO TEXAS q
specially. Send silver. Address, PUBLISHERS
"SUNNY SOUTH" Brownwood, Texas
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

GENTS WANTED for the Best snd Fastest.
"A Selling pictorial Books and Bibles, Prices reduced
Is Der cent. National Publishing Co.. ST. Louis No,
Sharp County record., 1881-07-28

nEEE and Wigs sent C. o. D. anywhere wbo,a.,I.
snc Retail Price list free Goods guaran
sHFaEbtteed. BCSTRRHL. Isl wabash av Chicago
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Days without Nights.

There is nothing that strikes Il
stranger more torcibly if he visits
Sweden i'll June, than the absence Of
night. At Stockholm, for rxamuIc,
the sun goes down Il little before 10
O'Clock j. NJ. .lut he passes around
the eartrand il only just below the
north pole n short time there is n
great brightness all night, and such
that you can sec 10 read at midnight.
There Is mountain Mt the head OF
the Gulf Of EotLina, where, on the
twenty first of June, the sun doe, not
go down at all. Travellers 20 there to
sec it. y steamboat goes up from
Stockholm for the purpose of CARRYING
those who are curious to wi;nc>, the
phenomenon. It only occurs one night.
lhe sun goes down to the horizon, you
can see the whole face oft, and in five
minutes it begins to rise.
At the North Cape latitude seventy
five degrees, the sun does not 90 Gown
for several weeks. In June it would
be about twenty-five degrees above the
horizon at midnight. The changes in
those high lutitudes, from summer TO
winter, are 50 great that VIC can have
conception of them. In the winter
the sun disappears in the South, and !,
not seen for six weeks. Then it. lust
shows its face. Afterwards it remains
ten, fifteen or twenty minutes, and
then desccnds, and finally it make.
almost circle around the heavens.
Animal lie accommodates itself to
these long days. Birds and animals
take their accustomed rest at the usu-
al hours. They go to Io ! whether
the sun goes down or not. The hens
take to the trees about ! o'clock =. NJ.
and sit there until the sun i we'll IN
in the morning, aud the people Get,
into the habit oflatc risiug, too. LONG
fellow tells us Of his visit to a village
where, although the sun WIS shining.
not sonl was to be seen in the
streets.
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Senator Vance is putting up in
Washington at the Mctropolitan
Hotel, rs are also Senators Wade
Hampton, Of South Carolina. and
Joseph T.. Brown, of Georgia.