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THE USUAL REsULT-It is not to be
denied that good sewing machine is
one of the most important appurtences
of the modern household. We thought
we had Il good machine until one day
the agent of the New Home presented
himself at our door and proceeded to
deliver an Grafton upon its characteris-
tic merits. But" we answered, "Our
machine suits us we'll and we do not
care for another" The agent, how
ever, begged the privilege Of leaving
one Of his machines with us, for the
ladies to try" The request was not
unreasonable, so we granted it-but
more to Oblige the agent than authing
else; for we really did not want the
machine, and had not the remotest
idea of buying it. The machince once
in the house. it was natural that the
ladies should look it over; they did SO,
and as consequence fell in love with
it. Theysay that without the slightest
wish to decry or disparage any other
machine, this, all things considered, is,
in their opinion, the the most desirable
one to be had. The unrivallcd ma
chine is manufactured by the New
Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange,
Mass, and 80 Union Square, New
York.
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"PArRoN1zE YoUR OWN "a nri,

"PATRONIZE Your OWN."-A print
er stood at the desk of a business man
the other day and noticed him using
letter and note heads which he had
bought of a New York or Buffalo house.
Said the printer, who was customer:
"What would YOU think of me if
should 90 to New York and buy your
line Of goods for myself and family ?"
The merchant replied: 81 would think
you a fool when | know you can get
the same goods just as cheap of me and
also aid fellow-citizen." When the
printer called his attention to the i'm
ported letter and bill heads the mer-
chant coughed and walked up behind
the counter to wait on a customer
And the same merchant, just the day
before, asked the printer to give him Il
free puff about his big stock of new
goods! When bills from the paper mill
and type foundry come in and the
wages Of employees become due, the
printer thought of these things Local
bankers, bakers, dry goods merchants,
grocers, druggists and other business
men should think of the above facts
sometimes.-NorWich (N ~ Teie-
grdph
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CURE FOR FELoNs.- "A correspondent
says: "I wish to tell those who may
suffer from that terrible afIliction, fell
Ons, of a painless remedy that will ef-
feet aperfect cure in twenty-four hours,
as | have had occasion to prove within
the last three days. A lady came to
me who had been suffering over two
weeks with a felOn on the end of her
middle finger. I saturated a bit of
wild turnip, the size of a bean, with
spirits Of turpentine, and applied it to
the affected part. 1t relieved the pain
at once. In twelve hours there was a
hole in the bone, and the felOn was
destroyed. | removed the turnip and
applied healing salve, and the finger is
we'll"
Smyrna times., 1885-07-01

NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA tS NORFOLK RAILROAD
EXPRESS SES.-Leave Philadelphia S5G a. M week
days and lilo p. an. daily. Leave Baltimore e IS
a. m, 73j p. N. Wilmington S.3j a m week days
and ll.56 p m. daily, stopping at Dover and Del
mar regularly and at MiddetOwn, CLAYTON
Harrington, and SeafOrd to leave passengers from
Wilmington and points North to take on paSsen-
gers for Delmar.
NOrth-bGuRd trains leave Demar 12 4Oa m daily
and 400 D. m. weekdays. Dover l56 a. m and
515 p. m arriving at Wilmington 3IO a. M and
6.25 p. m, Baltimore 64j a. m. and $50 y. m. and
Philadelphia 400 a. m, and 10 D. N.
NeiO Castle accommodation TTdiRs-Leave Will
mingtOn at els A. NJ. and $50 P. NJ Leave New
Castle at II % A. NJ. and 4.55 P N.
The lilo p. m. train from Philadelphia also
stops at New Castle 20 leave passengers from Will
mingtOn or points North or to take passengers
for points South Of Delmar.
SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINs.-Leave Smyrna
for Clayton 7.23, S33 $50 and no. A. NJ la Ais
4.42 and 713 P. N. Leave Clayton for Smyrna
7.34, S.44 1904 and ll15 a. NJ, 1Ji 42j, Asa and
7j4 P. NJ.
COSNECTIONs-At Porter. with Newark & Della.
ware City Railroad. At Townsend, with Queen
Annes& KentRailroad. AtCayton with Delaware
IL Chesapeake Railroad and Baltimore d Delaware
Bay Railroad. At Harrington, with Delaware
Maryland Il Virginia Railroad. AtSeaford with
Cambridge & Seaford Railroad. At Delmar with
New York Philadelphia & Norfolk WicomicO 4
POCOmOke, and Peninsula Railroad
CHAS. f. PUGI, General Manager.
J. X. WOOD General Passenger Agent.
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OBJ Su,gt1a Jmes.
SD12'nU, DeI.,
Wednesday Afternoon, July 1, 1885.
CHURCH SERVICES.

AsBURY METHODIST EPIscoPAL.-Sunday- Preach
ing at 1917 a. N. and ~ M Sunday School
9A.M.and ppm. Prayer Meeting-Thursdays al
713P.M. Rev. J. b. Quigg, Pastor.
ST. PETERS PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL.-Sunday-
Preaching 1917 A. NJ. and ~ P. NJ. Holy Days
~ A. NJ Sunday School, P. N. Prayer
Meeting, Wednesdays, at "a P. NJ. Rev. Wm
b. Gordon, Rector.
PRESBYTERIAN -Sunday-Preaching at l01& A NJ
aud ~ P. NJ Sunday School, P N. FTayel
Meeting-Fridays at ~ ?. NJ. Rev. ).
Umsted, Pastor.
ST PuLYCARP CATHOLIC CHUICH.-SecOnd and
Fourth Sundays Of every month, at 10 A. NJ.
and ? P. NJ. Rev Geo. 5 Bradford, Pastor.
CENTENNIAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL (COlored).-
Sunday-Preaching at 1917 A. NJ. and ~ P. NJ
Sunday School p. NJ. Rev. d. A. kidout
Pastor.
A. NJ f. H-Sunday-Preaching at lOL
A. NJ and ~ p. NJ. Sunday SchOol-2I3 =. NJ
Rev Seth ". Smith, Pastor.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-01

Quoting the Americaa's exclamation,
" How bright the Summer prospect
would be ifseventeen-year locusts were
only fond Of mosquitoes" the Cincinnati
COmmerci0l- Gdzette argues, since the
English sparrow, "a fine table bird, " is
fond Of the ripe and juicy locust, that
were the hypothetical conclusions
realized by this process of incorpora-
ton might suffer man to get back some
of his lost blood" Professor Riley de
monstratcs cOnclusively that the spar
row is not to be considered rs ut all a
necessary link in this cpicurean chain.
It's simply, man-mosquitO-locust-
man, and there you are-back again to
first sanguinary principles.
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A Walking Ghost.

Mr. E. Springer, ot Mechanicsburg. Pa. writes:
" was afflicted with lung fever and ahScCSs on
on lungs and reduced to q lrRkiHg Skcicim. Got
free trial bottle of Dr Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, which did me much good that
bought dollar bottle After using three bottles
found myself once more Il man, completely re-
stored to health, with hearty appetite, ana Il
gain in flesh Of iSlhs." Call at James +. lI0f-
feckers Drug store and get free trial bottle of
this certain cure for all Lung Diseases. Large
bottles 81 90
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1t is estimated by the PHILADELPHIA

1t is estimated by the Philadelphia
Press that the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road Company will spend from 81, ,0O0,-
600 to $9,O0O,OOO for the purchase Of
property, building of stations and con
struction of their road through
Philadelphia. Grade crossings are
practically forbidden under the ordi-
nance, and several tunnels will have to
be constructed. Two years, it said,
will elapse before the new road is com
pleted through the city.
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Thousands Saw So.

Mr.. T. ". Atkins Girard, Kan, writes: Il
and are rapid sellers" Electric Bittcrs are the
puTest and best medicine known and will pos
itively cure Kidney and Liver complaints
Purify the blood and regulate the bowels. No
family can afford to be without them. They will
save hundreds OF dollars in doctors bills every
year Sold at fifty cents bottle by James =.
IIOnecker.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-01

The Wanamaker, Childs, Ledger,
HOrstmann, JanentzslSy and other gold
medal prizes offered at the Philadel-
phia School of Design for Women, on
the 23rd inst, were invariably taken
by young ladies, whose work had the
freshness of original illustration.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-01

DIsINFECTANT FOR DAMP CLOSETS.
--HOusekeepers are very often greatly
troubled and perplexed by the mildew
from damp closets and from rust. BY
putting an earthen bowl or deep plate
full ofquick lime into the closet, the
lime will absorb the dampness, and
also sweeten and disnfect the place.
Rats, mice, and many bugs that are
apt to cOngregate in damp places have
a dislike to lime. As often as the lime
becomes Stacked throw it on the COM
post heap if in the country, or into the
ASH barrel if in town.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-01

Lieutenant Commander Jose BOado,
of the Spanish gunboat TeLegrdmG, gets
n handsome gold watch from President
Cleveland, for gallant conduct in res
cuing the crew of the wrecked Ameri-
can bark OnecO on the 10th of April,
1885.
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Florida folks are eoting sivtv-,

Florida folks are eating sixty-pOund
watermelons and are tOlerably happy
people, Notwithstanding the warm
weather and the absence of northern
invalids willing to pay alarge price cash
per square foot OF Florida sunshine.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-01
SECRET SOCIETIES

MORNING STAR LODGE. No. 6. /. 0. 0. F.-Meets
every Friday evening, at 712oclock.
McDoNNEIL ENCAMPMENT, No. ,, l. 90. F.-Meets
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month, at ~ o'clock
HARMONY LODGE No. 1S, A. F. a. M.-Meets First
and Third Thursday evenings of each month
at ~ o'clock.
SMYRNA CONCLAvE, No. Is, ORDER OF HEPTAsoPHs
-MeetSevery Wednesday evening, at 715o'clock
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Boilers Of Various Sizes
kept on hand or made
at Short Notice.
The WREN PATENT
Bar.

We claim the follow
ing for this bar:
1st.--A saving Of fuel
over the ordinary bar.
2nd.-Such construc-
tiOn as will equaliEe all
strains resulting from cX-
pansion and contraction.
thus avoiding warping, and
thereby insuring long SER
vice.
3rd.-Thoroueh com
bustion of fuel, owing to the
large air spaces exposed.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-01
Ruolrlon,s Arnion. SnIvn.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts Bruises
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, COrns and all Skin
EruptiOns, and positively cures Piles or no pay
required. 10 Is guaranteed 10 give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price - cents per
box. For sale by JAMES r. HoFFECKER.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-01

The fetes that brought on the French
Revolution Of 1893 bv Louis XVI and
Marie Antoinette, at Trianon, are now
being rivaled by the gay Parisians.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-01
LnWher'S FAMILY PHYSICIAN

The Popular Household Remedy.
DEAR SIR We have used your Family Physi-
clan" with great success in our family / can re-
commend II as a safe cure for Cholera Morbus.
Dysentery, Cramps, &c. may zO-ly
J. A. BRINDLE
Pastor of NJ. L. Church, LewistOwn Del
a3-LOwber's Worm LOzenges-pleasant, safe sure,
Sold by Druggists and Medicine Dealers.
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Wall Paper and Window Shades.
I04l KENT COUNTY 1854.
Mutual Insurance Co.
DOVER, DEL.

lnsurcS against loss by fire. issuing n,utr,,l,.,l.
cles only under which payments arc made an.
nually III advance during membership. and on
ceaSihS to be members whatever remains uncX-
8on9ic! utter paying losses, expenses and divi-
dends is returned, thereby furnishing insurance
at cost.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-01

INEH n for working people Send 10 cents
for postage, and we will mail you
free, a royal, valuable sample box
- A@ Sd OF goods that will put you in the
way of making more money in a few days than
you ever thought possible at any business Capt.
tai not required. NOu can live at home and
work in spare time only, or all the time. All Of
both sexes, of all ages, grandly successful so
cents 70 s. every evening That all who want
work NAV test the business, we make this un-
paralleied offer To all who are not well satisfied
we Will send 81 10 pay for the trouble Of writing
us Full particulars. directions, etc, sent free.
Immense pay absolutely sure for a who start at
once Don't delay. Address STINSOH q Co., Port
land. Mnine.
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AGENTS:
J. WILSON, General Agent. Dover.

AGENTS:
ANDNEN j. WILSON, General Agent Dover
GO GO " y "idmS Nepdrk. T. w. lVHcR, BridgcrHit
U'y ~ =, ~ g""cy' Dtt Guy: Lcm0Ct " Naples Le7rcS
j. I. J1mdR, Smyrna IsDr,, IL Ri s; l.,,a,ty
H. Jackson. Jr., CdRdfn N y Di,r,'i, S, '"'
J. b. anderson Frederick j6,r, ''''''9' ''"'"'-
Reyn6ar Williams Mi}tord Ja,pes po,,der ,J,,,o,
". ~ SiereRSon, Fcltdn r. n UGg0,oo, Tr J,,,,
C.JHdrriR0ton Farmin0. S,tsSSr " '"'''
ton.
jeremiah b. Fletcher, Preston Md '-'
E. ,. Hdll0iOay Berlin, ma. y -u''
Wan. q. Dickinson, Pocomokc Ciig, Nd
All business communications should be addressed
to
WM. DENNEY, Sec'y,
March 4. 1883. DOVER, DEL
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If NESS and how | cured It, by one who was
eSnl l9r y years a successful home treatment
Address I. 5. PAGE, l2s East 2Gth ST. New York
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DIRECTORS.

DIRECTORS;
GEORGE W. CUMMINS, President
VIM. W. Tschudy. Dr. Henry Ridysl,.
John H. HOilecker, John ID Eurt,5
George b Money John ~ Cs,,s,
jacob W Milnams, OF ScRtord .EX-Gov James Ponder
VIM. DENNEY, Secretary and Treasurer.
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Abstract Of statement. IsSs.

Receipts for the Year lSS:;. ,:e,o.,.
Dividends Paid " ..,,, - 'u .
Pald Members on nWithdrawal.......... % 40 oS
AmounttoCreditOfMem Dee 81 ,iSS$ lo5SI3 SS
Smyrna times., 1885-07-01

Devoe Brilliant Oil, the best and saf-
est oil made, at ]. B. COoper's.
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new ICE CREAM SALOON.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that he has
completed his new Ice Cream saloon on Market
street, and will open It for the reception of visi-
tors on Saturday night next Families, pic-nics,
DC, supplied at short notice.
J. q. BRINT0N,
apr 22-tf Market Street. Smyrna, Del
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Delaware. Maryland & Virginia Railroad
IN CONNECTION WITH THE
OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP CO,
NOk u.
A NJ N

on and after Monday. April 27th 1881. Sundays
excepted) the trains will be run as follows:
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THE STEAMER
" JOHN e. TYGERT,"
WILL LEAVE
Smyrna (Rothwell's 5 Landing) and Pier Q,
Race Street Wharves, Philadelphia,
as follows:

july.
RotblccUs LdRdiHg PhHadelDhia
Wednesday !, at 13llPN Thursday !, at e pm
Monday Is, " 81 " Tuesday z. Jpn
Wednesday $. " " Thursday 9, " lPM
Friday 10, JOAN Saturday II, >
Monday l3, " Jpn Tuesday II.
Wednesday IL, " JPN Thursday 49, 81
Friday L., " lls" Saturday Is -''
Monday 20. &'5' Tuesday p, " l2M
Wednesday -, " 3 " Thursday -, =" llrM
Friday -, 10AM saturday p, "
Monday p. " i2M Tuesday -, " 3
Wednesday %, Jpn Thursday 80, 4
Friday 81, " -" AUGUST
Saturday lat5PM
LtGye FemiHg's Landing, hour later.
E4rIiuck leaves Smyrna about q hour before
the Boat starts.
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Freight received IN Philadelphia on Tues
daYs MHrStaVs altd >0t'tr,iayS la1tl
teariHg time.
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THO EAV,

~" = -14N n Y \ : ENWN y
March 4. 1888. DOVER DFI
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
The Modern PugiliSt.
LFrom tho New York Tribune,

From tho New YORK Ir1buue.l
The modern pugi!ist, with the eX-
ception ot the short intervals when he
is supposed to be training, is employed
as an advertising card in some saloon.
There he drinks freely, lives habitually
in an atmosphere of tobacco and smoke,
and takes more liberties with nature
than nature will pardon in a brief
course of training. Skill he may have,
but no noteworthy amount of strength,
endurance and stamina. There are
hundreds Of young men in America who
have lived temperate and abstemious
lives, who if they praeticed boxing for
some months so as to acquire d reason
able amount of science" could make
a clean sweep of all these "pot-house"
pugilists, with exception perhaps of
Sullivan, and not few would probably
prove more than match for him. He
has marvellous strength and magnif-
cent constitution, but abuses it after a
fashion that nature does not permit TO
to go uupunished. A hard drinker
cannot long make a hard fighter. Of
course there is no intention of melting
Young men OF robust health and
strength and clean lives to become pro-
fessional pugilists. The country has
better work for them to do. But
meanwhile the pugilists that are at pres
ent trying to make living off the pub
lie ought to pass for no more than they
are worth.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
The Speed Of the Arab.

From London Society,"
The popular notion about the speed
of the Arab courser is, think, errone-
GUS. Great speed is not his strong
point; the chances are that on any or.
binary race-course the best Arab in the
world would be beaten by q second-rate
English race-horse. When 1 was at
Thebessa, the commandant showed me
an English thoroughbred, which he said
had easily run away from every Arab
he had ever tried him against, But
what was far more remarkable about this
horse was that once acclimatized and
accustomed to the hard life and hard
fare of the Arab horses he quite equaled
them in hardness and endurance, as
had been proved in the course of many
expeditions and tours of inspection
among the tribes of the district.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
FIR ANCEsCA DA RIMINI.

Twas dark-he summoned an old chieftain stern,
Giving him charge of all till his return,
Ana with one servant got to horse and rode
III night, until he reached lone abode,
Not tar from the green bower. Next day at noon.
Through bye-way, free t. himself alone,
Alone he rode yet even in disguise,
His hat pulled over his assassin eyes;
And coming through the wood there left his horse;
Then down amid the fruit trees. half by force,
Made way and by the summer-house's door,
hich he found shut, paused till doubt was o er;
Paused ana gave ear. There was a low sweet
voice
The door was one that opened without noise;
And, opening it, he looked within and saw,
Naught hearing, naught suspecting, not in awe
Of one created hing in earth or skies,
The lovers, interchanging words and signs,
Lost in the heaven of one anothers eyes,
. To thee il was my father welded me"
Francesca said. 81 never loved but thee.
The rest was ever but an ugly dream. -
Damned be the soul that says t. cried a scream.
Horror is in the hrieks-roaring cries
Pairing of feeble palms, blindly shut eyes
What withous arms, awaited grief, strength, de-
spair?
Or what the two poor hands put forth in prayer ?
Hot is the dagger in the brothers. heart
Deep in the wiie's;- dead both and dashed apart:
Mighty the murderer felt, as there they lay;
Mighty for one huge moment DER his prey;
Then, like drunken man, he rode away
Leigh Hunt.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
Rearing Calves Without Milk.

A correspondent of contemporary
procures all the young calves 10 the au-
tumn at a moderate price, takes them
from the COWS at once, and teaches them
to drink. He then feeds one part of
hnseed meal, one of maize meal, and
eight parts of bran, scalded, and suffi-
GENTLY thin that the young animal may
drink it for a short time; but IS soon as
possible they are made to take it dry, as
otherwise unless great care is exercised,
they are apt to scour. At the present
time he has three yearlings which have
never tasted milk since the third day
after birth. These weigh $50 pounds
each, and are estimated to have cost
twenty-five shilings. The system has
been Adopted by him and his father be-
fore him for quite fifty years.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03

er, without hardly touchin' it, and
break it off and put it into kettle"
"Oh dear" l sighed.
why, can't you remember that p
that's easy"
"Yes," I said, "but please how much
IS little flour? and how big is your
tin cup? and how much saleratns can
you take at a pinch and how can tell
when | get dust of salt ?"
wal, you must use Judgment, you
know, child"
did for about a minute, and con
cluded that in my Judgment her
information was worth about as
much to me as Pat O'Rourke's
lantern was to him when he carried il
through the street one dark night with
out lighting the lamp, chuckling to him
selt-"Ohl but lantern is fine thing
on dark night to be sure!" To say
the least | hadn't received much light
upon the subject of pot.pies, / thought,
as the old lady settled back as compla-
Gently as though she haa made pot-pies
ever since she was baby and never had
heavy streak IN one of them.
Must / put the crust on while the
meat is boliing?" [ asked one of the
victims OF my inquiries.
Oil no; it must be cooled with cold
water first, or IL surely will be heavy"
The next day from another source
came this information:
BLESS mel no--not cold water. Al
ways put it in while boiling, and upon
no account let it stop boiling until
done"
tried all these ways, but still my
pot-pie crust was soggy. / guess that
is the word. ANY way, it cut like
cheese, and wasn't half as digestible.
Once, though, as l said, it came on to
the table all fluffy and nice and white,
but how it became SO 1 can't tell and
couldn't then, and | confess [ felt guilty
wnen some one said:
You make very nice pot-pie, Mrs.
Bell"
cast a shy glance at "Will' 0 have
will of my own" but hisroguish look
did net betray me, so [ accepted the
compliment with as good grace as |
could, with due Difference to my princi-
pies OF honesty. But one suspicious
WHICH L WISH bAlHhluS VI pOO- PIE
atall, l found in an old paper just the
information | wanted. l have used it
ever since, and our folks have long ago
ceased to inquire, Gould you make an
other just like this? ?" when my pot-pie
comes on the table, for it is sure every
time, and l want to write it here-the
recipe for others who may possibly like
this dish as well as l and yet cannot
make it like mOther's:"
One teacup flour, one teaspoonful
baking-powder, one-quarter teaspoonful
salt; mix with sweet milk TO soft bat
ter that will readily drop from the
spoon. Butter basin, pour it in, and
steam it for one-half hour; when done,
break apart with fork, and pour the
gravy over it on platter, and you will
have splendid pot-pie. L double the
quantity and cook twice as long. This
also makes nice pudding by pntting
fruit in the bottom Of the basin and
pouring the batter over it before steam
mn
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
How to Nentilate a Cellar.

". d. Boynton describes for the
Prairie Farmer, the way he succeeded
in keeping the air of cellar pure, and
the rooms of the house above, dry and
wholesome. A small wood heater was
placed in the middle of the cellar and q
pipe run from it through one of the
windows, a pane OF which had been
substituted by piece of sheet-iron,
having a circular hole to admit the pipe.
Just outside the window rested the foot
of g sheet-iron lined wooden due, reach
ing above the top of the house to which
it was attached by zinc strips. The
pipe entered one side of this portable
chimney, giving sufficient draft for the
little fire that was needed. Every little
while We made light fire, to draw off
the gases and tighten the air of the
cellar; yet not heat enough to iniure
the vegetables. In very cold weather it
also served to keep up a proper tenn
perature.
Where chimneys begin at the ground
as they ehould do, there is no need for
the make-shift described. Cellar air
may be kept much purer by frequently
removing decaying vegetables, etc, that
scatter germs of decay through the
whole contents of the cellar.