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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Potato Yeast.


Take as many hops as can be grasped
in the hand twice, put half gallon
water over them in new coffee pot kept
for that purpose. boil slowly for one
hour. Do not tie them in cloth to boil,
as the above is a superior method. Pare
and CRATE half a dozen large potatoes
into two. gallon stone crock, add hall
cup sugar and tablespoon each of salt
and ginger, pour over this half
gallon of the boiling hop water, stirring
all the time. When milk-warm add one
cup good lively yeast, set in a warm
place until it rises, and then remove to
the cellar or some cool place. The hop
water must be added to the potatoes
immediately, or they will darken and
discolor the yeast. prevent them from
darkeniig, the potatoes may he grated
into pan half filled with cold water, as
they will sink to the bottom; when done
grating, pour off the water and add the
boiling hop water. This is valuable
recipe, and the manner of boiling the
hop water is especially recommended
Ro:k Island Cook Book.
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Recipes.

TOMATO OMELET.-Season can of to.
matoes with salt and pepper, add an
onion finely minced, and spread over q
hot, plain omelet.
APPLE BUTTER PIE.-Two eggs, two
heaping tablespoonful sugar, one table
spoonful -four, one teaspoonful apple
butter, half teaspoonful allspice, and
milk to fill the pie.
PANADA. in bowl two large
crackers, sprinkle q little salt ovel
them, and pour on boiling water enough
to cover. When they look clear they are
ready to eat. Some invallds like little
pepper over them, with water enough tc
be something like soup, and others pre-
fer to keep the crackers whole, and slide
cream and sugar.
A SIMPLE FRUIT PUDDING.-To make
this pudding take teacupful each Of
sugar, sweet milk and chopped raisins OF
currants, one egg, one large spoonful
butter, two teacupfuls -four and II tea
spoonfuls baking powder. Mix quickly
together, put in creased pan and bake
or steam as preferred. Use with hot
sauce, or butter and sugar rubbed to.
gether.
DASDELIoN SALAD.-The dandelion
makes one of the most wholesome and
refreshing of early spring salads and is a
great favorite with those who have
learned its merit. After very carefully
washing the plants, one pint should be
placed in a salad bowl with an equal
quantity of water crosses, three green
onions, sliced, teaspoonful of salt and
liberal supply of oil or cream dressing.
Picked PEACHES. Rub the down all
off with coarse towel, steam in a
steamer until they can be pricked with
straw. Have ready a jar and some
whole cloves, stick three or four in each
and drop in the jar. To every quart Of
cider vinegar put one pint of white
sugar, one ounce OF stick cinnamon, boil
together one. half hour, then pour on the
hot peaches. If the vinegar is good,
these will keep nicely all winter. Those
which are to be saved for use during the
next spring and summer put in fruit cans
and seal.
ASPARAGUS Toast WITH EGGs.-
Wash and scrape the asparagus, letting
it lie few minutes in cold water; then
tie it in little bundles and boil till tender
in water enough to cover. In the mean
time prepare from stale, homemade
Graham loaf a dish Of toast, evenly
Drowned, and set where it will warm.
When the asparagus is done, drain off
and save the water in which it boiled,
and moisten it with it, do not make too
wet. Then clip off the tender ends Of
the stalks and lay them on the slices !;
break an egg over each, and place in a
hot oven until the whites are firm.
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Polish Your Own JeweIry.

The best thing to clean jewelry with
is prepared chalk. 1t is so soft that 1t
does not scratch and so fine that it works
into every part of the ornament and can
be easily brushed out. 1t is very simply
made. Take some ordinary chalk and
thoroughly pulverize it and then mix it,
about two pounds of the powder with
gallon of pure rain water After it has
been we'll stirred let it settle for about
two minutes. All the gritty hard matter
will settle at the bottom of the water,
which must be carefully poured off. Let
the water stand until all the chalk has
settled, pour off the water and the sett-
lings is the prepared chalk. A good
polishing powder can be made by using
rotten stone in the same way. Whiting
treated similarly is also good. Some
times carbonate of soda is added to a
solution of chloride of calcium. The
solutions should be carefully filtered
through paper before being mixed and
all dust carefully excluded. The white
powder which falls down is chalk. and
after being carefully washed and dried
forms an excellent powder for softer
metals.-Mau and Express.
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the neck become affected by the unequal

the neck become affected by the unequal
pull o. the double reins.
"Coa,se hair about the heels is natural,
but confess to prejudice about it, and
have it carefully clipped. Hair growing
in thick tuft inside the ear must never
be touched. Ignorant and offensive
grooms will remove it with scissors, but
It is great defense against the flies that
would, in its absence, secure lodgment
upon the sensitive skin inside the ear.
Long, coarse hairs upon the muzzlc and
the eyebrow are often plucked away.
No horseman should allow this to be
done. These hairs are not superfuous they
have a valuable use. They are like the
whiskers of the feline race, having SEN
tient power and conveying impressions to
the brain"
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Tomato Beef.

A piece of the round of beef W gh-
ing six or seven pounds is ample for ,.u
persons, treated in the following man.
ner: Wipe it dry (do not wash it, as the
water Injuries its flavor, and lay it in the
bottom of large saucepan; over this
pour one can of tomatoes, one small
carrot and three large white onions,
finely chopped, add blade. of mace and
three or four whole cloves, and one cur
of hot water. Cover closely, and cook
slowly for four hours. It will be found
tender and delicious, with rich, red
gravy of its own, which should bt
poured over it to serve. 1t is an inexpen
sive dish as well, for there is small;
proportion of bone in the round, and il
is the only piece fit for this purpose.
Thin slices of lemon form a very pretty
garniture for dishes of raw tomatoes, OF
for tomato fritters or croquets, and pars.
ley. seldom out of place, combined with
lemon, makes it an attractive dish. Curried
tomatoes arc a favorite dish with
some made in this wise: To one can OF
tomatoes add one teaspoonful of curry.
powder and little salt; then wash one
small cup of rice, and put thin layer OF
it in the bottom Of a pudding dish,
then layer of the curried tomatoes,
then rice and tomatoes, and repeat til
the dish is full. Cover the top with
cracker crumbs, and plenty of bits Of
butter, and bake slowly one hour. Serve
hot, from the dish in which it wat
baked.-Indspendsnt.
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A. Question OF Tree Ownership.

A man named Richard Dooley, OF
Rondout, N. Y, has been given war.
rant for the arrest of one John Sullivan,
who, as alleged in Dooley's complaint, is
guilty of malicious mischief. Dooley
said that Sullivan cut down fruit trees
on his land. According to Dooley's
statement Sullivan will present novel
defence, as follows: Many years ago
some fruit pits fell from Sullivan's trees
into Dooley's yard. The pits took root
and developed into trees. Now Sullivan
claims he had a right to cut the trees cu
Dooley's, land for the reason the. .hey
grew from pits which fell off trees IL his
Yard.-Kingston (M ~ Frecmaa.
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Name and Hair Of Horses.

An English writer in an article on
horses, as to the name and hair, says:
"The best bred and th;nnest skinned
horses have very little name; it is not
only thin and fine, but the hair is short.
A heavy. matted name means low-bred,
coarse brute. I am inclined to think
that in q state of nature the male divides
upon both sides of the neck, though Fir-
gil writes of the de nse name of tie young
colt falling upon the right shoulder.
Long as the horse has been domesticated
and carefully groomcd, this habit Of
wearing the hair is not yet overcome, and
the name has to be carefully coaxed to
the right side, where for thousands of
wears man has resolved it should be
worn, though the horse himself insists
upon parting his hair in the middle.
Ancient authorities write of training the
name to the right, but all the horses rep
resented in the EIgin marbles show the
name close cropped, or, as we say,
shogged.'
Il think it is clear that the right side.
now the off side of the horse, was the
near side to the ancients. The best
horsemen use no off side or near side,
except to conform to their harness.
think man should teach his horse to be
familiarly approached and allow his stall
to be entered on either side of him.
Horses driven in pairs should frequently
change SIDES, as the mouth becomes
hardened on one side end the muscles OF
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A Great Surprise

Is in store for all who use Kemp's Balsam
for the Throat and Lungs, the great guaran-
teed remedy. Would you believe that 1t is
sold on it's merits and tina. any druggist is au-
by the proprietor Of this wonderful
to give you a sample bottle free? 1t
never fails to cure acute or chronic coughs
All druggists 8. II Kemp's Balsam. Large bot
Ties so cents and 81.
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Ask any one who has used Dr. Pierce's Pleas
ant Purgative Pellets as to their me its. They
tions disappear; that nstip tion-that breed
er of disorders-is relieved; that the appetite
is restored; that the whole system is rem 'yated
and regulated beyond any conception by these
little wonder-worker5. Being purely vegeta-
bic, they are perfectly harmless; being conn
posed Of concentrated, active ingredients, they
are powerful! Purge and purify the system
and disease will be unknown. OF all drug
oiafa
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chrou,c couahs aud Colds.

And all diseases OF the Throat and Lungs, can
be cured by the use Of ScoTT's EMULSION, as it
contains the healing virtues Of Cod Liver Oil
and Hypophosphites in their fullest rm. Is
beautiful creamy Emulsion, palatable as
milk, easily digeste and can be taken by the
most delicate. Please rea !: "Iconsider Scott's
Emulsion the remedy par-exce lence in Tuber-
culous an Strumous Affec ions, to say Moth
ing OF binary colds aid throat oubles. "
W.R. S. CONNELL, Md. Manc ester. y.
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In every community there are number Of
men whose whole time is not occupied, such
as teachers, ministers, farmers sons, and 9th.
ers. To these classes especially we wou!d say,
If you wish to make several hundred dollars
during the next few months. write at once to
B. F. johnson 81 Co., of Richmond, Va, and
they will show you how to do 1t. -.
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Is that VIII ch yields large returns from small
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Icre.utIeoacy'

pure constitution-better than wealth, because
It will never prove a curse. You cannot give
what you do not possess, but mothers will find
in DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription wonder
their 81 stems into perfect condition, so that
their children, untafnted, shall rise up to call
them blessed!
There is not druggist in all the land
But always aeeps stock on hand
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Denomination Surely Cured.

that have positive remedy for the above
named disease. BY its timely use thousands of
hopeless cases have been permanently cured. l
FREE to any of your readers who have con-
sumption If they will send me their Express
and p. o. address. Respectfully,
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CoNCE1T is fool: deceit knave. The first
deceives itself, the second practices deception
upon others. Both are intolerable.
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A 4, ood Inveatmeut

How small O portion Of earth will hold US
when we are dead, who ambitiously seek after
the whole earth while we are living
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Butter-MaEing,

During the late session of the Dairy
mems Association of New York, Mr.. W.
II. Gilbert read a paper on "Butter Max
ing" He said that when he went into
butter-making he made up his mind that
he wanted butter COW. From informa-
tion and reading he further made up his
mind that the Jersey was the best. He
began by buying registered Jersey
bull, and bred from the best COWS on mis-
place. He made in June one pound of
butter from 1867 pounds of milk; in
August, from 17.15 pounds; in Septem-
ber, from 1871 pounds; in October,
from 1e.43, and in November from
19.48. He has about 100 cows in milk,
from two to ten years of age, their aver
age weight being about $50 pounds. He
likes his COWS to come in in the fall and
early winter. In summer they Craze in
the day and are in yard at night. About
July he begins to feed grain clover and
continues until August; then feeds green
corn fodder, two hills of corn night
and morning. He uses twelve to fifteen
tons of plaster in winter in the stable
and feeds silage and grain morning and
evening. In summer he milks the cows
at G A. N. and P. NJ. The milk is set in
submerged cans as soon as possible after
milking. After the cream is skinned
it is raised to temperature of sixty-two
in summer and sixty-tive in winter to
ripen, which generally takes about
twenty-four hours. During this pro.
cess it is frequently stirred, the aim being
to keep it at uniform temperature. Ee
churns it at a temperature of sixty-two
to sixty-four in summer and in winter
from sixty:four to sixty-seven. He use:
a revolving box churn, and churns on an
average about forty minutes. AS soon as
the butter is well granu:ated stop churn
ing, draw off the buttermilk and theI
wash the butter. with weak brine. The
butter is then taken out, salted-one
ounce of salt to pound-worked, pu,
up in one-pound prints and sold.
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Living ftneasesi

THE decrease Of salmon In the Columbia
River, Oregon, Is causing fishermen to change
their b-se Of operations to Alaska. --
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L mere 10 HUI u VI ueS iop ~ a., oito
But always eeps O stock on han

In jumping at conclusions, reason frequent
L., hrao lnS Ito :.
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Wworn out" run down." deb1ntateu
teschera- nnilliners, dressmakers, seam
stresses, "shop-girls," housekeepers, nIrs-
mo mo1hers, and feeble women generally,
nr' Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is the
greatest earthly boon, being unequaled as
appetzns cordial ana sn5 sssiation Of
fond' cures nausea, weakness Of stomach,
Indigestion, bloating and eructations OF gas
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Graininc Cows in Sum mer.

Mr.. N. J. Strong, an essayist, at
recent meeting of Michigan dairymen
referred to several farmers by name as
competent witnesses of the profit OF feed
ing grain to cows during the usua! milk
ing season. He himself has followed
this practice with much satisfaction five
successive years, and speaks, first, OF a
resulting advantage not always cous!d-
cred at its true value: eff COWS are fed
liberal ration of palatable, nutritious
ground feed night and morning, they
require no driving. No dog or boy is
necessary to chase the fields over to per-
suade them, but about milking time they
are ready to walk from pasture to arm
quietly, and pals will be fuller as there
has been no eXcitem mt. Keep COWS
quiet and they give better return. Thus
saving of labor and patience pays in
part for grain fed"
Increased yield and superior quality of
milk from grain feeding is another out
come to the credit of the system: '1t is
true we have records of few extra
herds that have shown fair returns with
out grain, but treat the same COWS with
a few pounds of bran morning and
night and note the result. am OF
opinion that what are called ordinary
cows show more improvement by feed
ing grain than the heavier mixers, pro-
portionally, as poor soil is more sensitive
to the application of fertilizers than
richer soils. but very poor milker can
never make good one, under any treat
ment."
As to kinds of gram found desirable
by practical experiment, we quote what
follows: "Say from May to August, |
think bran the best. In March and
April would feed corn and oats, or bran
end middlings, two of bran and one OF
middlings. Beginning in August the
usual feed in Southern Lenawee is corn
fodder with corn on. This makes very
good feed when pastures begin to dry
up, and will sustain the flow of milk
fairly we'll, especially If little bran is
added. 1 have advocated the use OF
bran because I believe, pound for pound,
it is worth more for feeding mich COWS
than most other grains; the same number
of pounds will return more than meal,
and when it is put in at from $13 to $15
per ton, it is very economial food"
Another consideration which, though
not measurable by the rules of arithmetic,
ought to have influence, is the satisfac-
ton the right-minded owner feels in the
fine appearance of his herd,> to say
nothing of the consciousness that cows
in good shape in the fall are apt to winter
well, and come to another springtime in
fine condition for the fresh campaign of
prosperity and profit. York Tribune.
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THE WRONG DISEASE

:, as they imagine, one from
tion, or prostration, another
ferent, or over-busy doctor.
hen, in reality, they are al!
,courages his practice unit
clay, wrong treatment and
o tie cause, would have enI
stead OF prolonged misery.
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Mrs. ED. N. CAMPBxII, Of Oakland Cue.
for7lid, writes: ~ had been troubled all
nv life with hysterical attacks and par
oIysms, or spasms, and periodical recur-
rences Of severe headache. but Gnce haVe
heen usiDu yOllr 'FayOrite Prescription
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I ucpVINE oualed and Ia invaluable
NEnIihLs In allaying and subdu-
ing nervous eIcitabt-
ity. irritability, exhaustion, prostratton,
hyeteria. gnasfrls and other distressing,
nervous symptoms commonly attendant
the womb. It induces refreshing sleep
and relieves mental anxiety and de-
DR.. Pierce,s Favorite Prescrip.
tiOn IL q legitimate medicine,
carefully compounded by an experience
and skfllful physician, and adapted to
Woman's delicate organization. 1t ts
purely vegetable in it's composition and
perfectly harmless in its effects In any
In pregnancy, "Fa-
|. yorite Prescription" is
A MnINERS mothers cordial"
"o'"s" relieving nausea, weak:
flnbnJlJ ness Of stomach and
UuhUlALs other distressing symp-
S toms common to that
condition II its use Is kept up In the
latter months Of CESSATION, It 30 prepares
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THE OUTGROW7

n Of ailments peculiar I4
adapting ana
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As q aOothfn Ing
and strengthening
llervine, Fayorite
Prescription " Is une-
oualed and is invaluable
In allaying and subdu-
inp nervous excitabn-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-04-07
A Southern Romance.
Hampton (Ga.) Times.


 In 1861 there lived in the lower part of Thiss county, near Sandy Ridge post office, an old lady by the name of Swann, and with her a grand daughter, Miss Elaine Marston, most lovely girl of sixteen summers. Adjoining their home was the planta- tion Of Judge Miller, the wealthy father of handsome young Harry, the devoted sweetheart of the beautiful Elaine. Harry was two years her senior, and when the order for all of Georgia's sons between the ages of IS and 50 years to go to the front came, he at once began preparation with all the ardor and enthusiasm of the southern youth of that time. His last parting was with his "litt,e sweet heart" as he fondly called her, and his promise to return and make her his bride was sealed by many a pure kiss of love and tender embrace.
 For a while letters-letters full of tenderness, love and devotion-came, filling the heart of Elaine with joy and brightest hopes of tho future. Suddenly they cease, and then comes one written by . friend telling of the capture of young Harry, the bravest of the brave, and of his incar- ceration in . Yankee prison. Months of sorrow and anxiety follow, and
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then comes the sad news of his death
 brought by some exchanges" from
 the prison in which he was confined. The grief of Elaine was terrible, but
 the young heart, however fondly it may love, however bitterly 1t may suffer, seldom breaks, and in a few years the image of the handsome Harry was but dim shadow, and the slender, delicate girl had developed into handsome, charming woman. She had many admirers, and, on De- cember 25, 1869, eight years after the departure of her boy lover, Elaine Marston stood at the altar to become the wife of one of Henry county's most respected citizens.
 Last week man in the disguise of an old tramp passed through Hamp- ton and inquired for the home of Mrs. -. He found the place, beheld the face of his once promised bride, bright and happy with the love of devoted husband, bright and interesting chil- dren, and the many comforts of a beautiful country home, and returned here to take the cars for his home in the far west, not as a tramp, however, but O. handsome gentleman, stout and hearty, and with only few silver hairs upon his temples. He told us of his life in prison until the close of the war, of the false report which reached him of the marriage of Elaine before his release, which nearly drove him mad; of his wonderful success in life in California, and last, of the report brought across the continent that Elaine did not marry till 1869, and was now a widow, the latter part of which he did not know to be false until he begged bread at her door.
 He says he will never visit Georgia again; that his people are dead, his hearts best love scared and withered, and nothing remains for him but to go forever from the scenes of his childhood and the land of his birth, to spend the remainder of his life as best he can, in honoring the God who gave it. He has many old comrades in arms in this section who will, doubtless, recognize in Harry Miller one of the many brave boys sent out by our dear old country to fight for our honor, our freedom and our homes.