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Year: 1860

COOKS and cookery must be coming into favor
II we may judge by the book, handsomely
enough gotten up to lie upon parlor table, re-
Gently published by Appleton Co., entitled
"Breakfast, Dinner, and Tea" Although this
book is full of excellent advice, receipts etc it
yet lacks one thing which I think is needful.
There is way of doing up the apple, that IA
vorite Of everybody, that do not find in Ap-
pleton's book


AS apples are all round about just now, I feel
disposed to furnish the receipt pro bono publ,co.
As the aforesaid volume will probably be the
textbook by which we shall eat, (D sooner or
later, and this mode, method, or way not being
therein contained, may name it ''Apples, El-
mirine," for have often used it when it was
was nameless.


First and foremost, always and forever, they
must be Spitzenbergs-there is nothing like
them for the preserving pan. Let them be of
fair, round shape Il can forgive any other apple
for occasional humps and knOttinesses, but never
Spitzenburg;) pare, and with a corer take
out the core. Place them right side up with
care in your porcelain kettle or nice tin pan,
with water about half their height. Let them
boil gently ,turn n them over with three-inch
skinner, such as you use for the quarter inch
cream on pan of real not swill milk, that
they may not be broken. When they are tender
SIC" powdered sugar on each apple, a few
spoons; when they have simmered few min
uteS turn them over and strew them again with
sugar In all you need but half the proportion
tnat preserves would require, for these are to
De made fresh every week or two, as you want
them; and they are more harmless than apples
un;c oked Had Eve known of this recipe there
Is no knowing what might have happened one
day. Let the apples be well boiled with the
sugar, then take them out and let the syrup
boil till it is little jelled.


Place the apples in dish, for the table; pour
the rich, lumpy {from the jelly syrup over
them; after standing an hour the tops will be
drained, then they must be covered again
with powdered sugar-it is like snow piled
upon amber: If they are right, they are
as bright and translucent as amber, and their
own flavor is so peculiar and rich, that only
for change will you ever wish to use any
lemon in their preparation. Now, with suffu-
sion OF cream (or without it) of that same sort,
from grass and clover, or fragrant hay, for
lunch, dessert, or a country tea, these will.
aver. make smacking lips; not the best kind
but one kind, and may bring about the best
kind aS reward


Should any old bachelor be 80 fortunate. or
unfortunate, as to get taste of the dish, he
will at once perceive the unwiseness of his
past life, and will live in a state of penitence
OF all the time of Spitzenbergs at least Life
NHStratp1
Year: 1860

We leave it TO you, if she don't invariably
turn out" the worst of the lot 2 Ifshe don't
cultivate the outside of her head to total for
getfulness Of the inside7 If she is not petted,
and fondled, and fattered, and shown of, till
selhshness is written all over herr If she is
not sure to marry some lazy fellow, or some
drunken brute, who will bruise her body--or
heart to q Jelly, and be glad to come, with
her forlorn children, for morsel Of bread to
the comfortable home Of that snubbed mem
berof the family who was only four John, or
"our Martha" and who never, by any posi-
bility, was supposed by them capable Of doing
or being any thing We leayeit to you, Il
the beauty Of the family, be he a boy, if he
don't always grow up an asp ifhe is not
sure 10 disgust everybody with bis eoneeit and
aifeetatien, while he faneies that he is the ad.
mired Of all eyes--even if he don't sqnander
away all the money he can lay his hands on,
and finally diein the gutter? We never see a
very handsome child of either sex, set Up on
the family pedestal TO be admired by that fam
lily and its friends, to the exclusion Of the 9TH
er children, that we don't feel like patting
these last on the head, and saying thank
Providence, my dears, that you were not born
'beauties"
Year: 1860

REAL EsrATE.-This great source OF
solid wealth is At present almost At stand STILL
Transactions are limited although We notice
An improv cd tone in the market There seems
to be pretty general feeling to keep entirely
cool upon the subject, and wait patiently for
restoration to former activity. There 10 no
doubling the fact that Real Estate Of all class.
es whether in raw prairie. cultivated arns or
city lots, has decreased in value from prices
of two years since. Those who sold their
lands then ct the high prices we're lucky those
who held on to them, and are able to do so, have
no good reason TO complain. This is matter
which will regulate itself in time-that time
we think is not far distant. The cal! for farm
ing lands by immigrants will continue with it's
usual activity. but land speculators- oss who
buy to sell again at an advanced price. within
thirty or eixty days. must necessarily step out
Of the ring. This reduction in real estate will
operate favorably for this country. - it gives
the farmer better chance to purchase at rss-
ssnsble figures, and it is farmers we want to
hold and till the coil. not hucksters who only
hold it. and 90 tightly that it requires very
strong plaster Of money to cause their grasp
to relax. Our heavy land owners are doubt
less ready and willing to sell cut their shares at
reasonable 6gurss-6gures however. which
they would not have regarded but with feel.
ing Of dsrision two years ago. But this feat
ure is perfectly natural.


1l,o n,..e;ou -h oHk.. 1ar1e -ill al1 10
rise to the same prices which governed the
market year ago, will depend somewhat up
on the future condition Of the money market.
The immense amount Of capital which is now
lying idle in the East. must necessarily find
employment soon; and what better place for
investing it than in Western improvements and
Western lands. Many Of the projected West
ern railroads will undoubtedly absorb large
portion Of these Eastern funds in their con-
struction, and the building of these roads. for
built they must be, will have . diI ect tendency
to enhance the value Of real estate along the
section Of country through which they run
The decrease in the price Of produce has. ss
matter Of course. operated to reduce the price
Of farming lands money will not remove this
obstacle; it can only be done by the creation
Of new and extensive demand for farm COM
podites. war ON the continent failure
Of the crops In Europe would effect this. but
in case there should be no increased demand,
wheat may not for some time reach the value
Of Fl per bushel. At seventy Eve cents, how
ever. q fair profit 10 allo wed to the producer


Western lands are undoubtedly good prop>
erty and will always command good price.
but it will take some time to place them at
the figures which have marked their value in
former years. The next three months will de-
eide the extent Of the demand for the fore part
Of this year. We hope it may prove that the
demand for lands in 1850 will be greater than
in any former year. Our lsnd-holders must
not. however. expect to receive the prices Of
1861. Sell at fair rates and We shall all be
more or less benefited.
Year: 1860

RUNAwAY.-A horse attached to a


bakers cart started off along Second street


yesterday afternoon in great hurry. He was
brought to q stand before he had succeeded in
spiling anything.
Year: 1860

THE ROMAN SENTINEL.-WheE Pompeii
was destroyed, there were some found who
were in the streets ms if they had been at
tempting to make their escape. There
were some found in deep vaults, as if ;hey
had gone thither for security. There
were some found in lofty chambers. But
where did they find the Roman sentinel?
They found him standing at the city gate,
with his hand still grasping the war
weapon, where he been placed by bis cap
tain, and there, while the heavens threat.
eRed him, there, while the earth shook
beneath him, there, while the lava stream
rolled, he had.stood at his post, and there
after thousand years had passed away,
was he found. So let reformers stand to
their duty.
Year: 1860

A COLLEEN THoUGHr.-Nature will be
reported. All things are engaged in
writing their own history. The plant and
pebble go attended by their own shadows.
The rock leaves its scratches on the
mountain side, the river its channel in
the soil, and the animal leaves its
bones in the stratum, and the fern
and the leaf their modest epiIaph in
the coal. The falling drop makes
its sepuchre in the sand or stones; not a
footstep in the snow or along the ground.
but print in characters more or less LAST
ing, map of its march; every act OF man
inscribes itself on the memories OF his
fellows, and in his own face. The air is
full of sound; the sky Of tokens the ground
is all memoranda and signatures, and
every object is covered over with hints
which speak to the intelligent
Year: 1860

BLUNDERs OF VIsIoN.-One individual
in every fifty is decidedly colorblind, and
one in every twenty may be more or less
affected. Some years ago a party of
gentlemen were discussing the question
of blindness over their wine in the man
sion Of an English noble. i. was stated
by one OF the company that persons had
been known to lose the power of vision,
so far as one eye was concerned, long
before they had any consciousness OF the
defect. Polite doubts were expressed on
the point. Every one would admi; tha!
a man might labor under mental or
moral cataract without being particularly
alive to the affinity, but physical opacity
was too conspicuous an evil TO be long
concealed. More in Jest than with any
suspicion Of the result, the loudest of the
skepiics was requested 10 ascertain
whether his own organs were "all right
Closing one eye, lie exclaimed, with I
start OF horror: "Why, bless me, car
scarcely see at ali!' He himself was il
the very predcament lie had refused tt
accredit.
Year: 1860

Books TRUE LEvELERs.-God be thanked
for books. They arc the voices of the
distant and the dead, and make us heirs of
the spiritual lfo of past ages, Books arc
tho truo Jewelers.. They give to all who use
them, tho society, the spiritual presence, OF
the best and greatest of our race. No
matter how poor am. No matter though
tho prosperous of my own time will not
enter my obscure dwelling. If the sacred
writer's will onter and take up their abode
under my roof--if Milton will cross my
threshold to sing to me of Paradise. and
Shakespeare to open to me the words of i'm
agination and tho workings of the human
heart, and Franklin to enrich me with his
practical wisdom-I shall not pine for want
of intellectual companionship, and l may
become cultivated man, though excluded
from what is called the best society in the
place where live.-Dr Claiming.
Year: 1860

THE JOE SMITH MoRMoss TO LOCATE IN Ne
BRAskA.-Joe Smith, Jr., and his Mormon follow
ers, numbering several thousand persons, have
made extensive purchases of real estate in Doug
las county, Nebraska Territory, upon which they
are soon expected to locate. It is thought that at
least ten thousand Mormons will permanently settle
in Douglas county within the present year. The
new city of Florence is to be their headquarters


The Omaha City Nebraskian, which is located in
the same county, says 1--WE understand agriculture
to be the principal occupation of these people,
while they have also among them artisans and
workmen skilled in the various mechanical arts.
They are said to be an industrious and orderly
people, who have always lived in peace and har-
mony with their Gentle neighbors in other parts
of the world. As such, they cannot fail to be
valuable accession to Nebraska. They will open
farms and improve them, construct houses, and aid
in the improvement Of our towns, and in thou
sand ways assist in developing the resources oi
this Territory. We most cheerfully welcome them
to Nebraska, and sincerely hope that nothing may
ever transpire to render their residence among III


unpleasant to themselves or annoying to others.
Year: 1860

We invite the special attention of our readers
this morning to the very able and interesting me-
mortal of the Chamber of Commerce of this city,
addressed to the Congress of the United States on
the subject Of the proposed railroad to the Pacific
This memorial in brief but effective MANNER
sets forth the pressing Importance of the work, not
only in respect of its national character and the
commercial benefits it will confer upon the whole
Union but especially with reference to the lead
ing cities of New Orleans, San Francisco and New
York. The facts and arguments that are addnced
demonstrate the truth of the declaration made
in the memorial, that this work has become :" a
great national necessity"


The Chamber of Commerce, it will be observed,
do not petition Congress for legislative aid to road
for the exclusive benefit of New Orleans. With a
liberaty which will doubtless be reciprocated by
the advocates of the Northern route they ask that
the interests of both sections be consulted, and
that both be placed upon common platform of
equality. The necessities Of commerce, as well as
the protection and convenience of the great region
lying intermediate between the Mississippi river
and the Pacific ocean, demand that all the consti
tutional aid that Congress can give be extended to
two grand trunks of railway, one upon northern
| and the other upon southern parallel of latitude,
which shall be tributary respectively to the two
great commercial cities of the Union, New York
and New Orleans. This is the leading feature Of
1.-THE bill proposed by Senator Wigfal Of Texas, oi
o., Ae passage of which, we are glad to know, there


.1ow SO promising prospect. II anything were
ed to confirm Congress in its feeling Of favor


y-- this great measure, it may be found in the
cow d figures which are set forth in this memo
Co. Chamber Of Commerce:
Year: 1860

AIRY GYMNAsrIcs.-Not long ago soldier in
Strasbourg ascended to the top of the Cathedral
spire, and performed elevated gymnastics. Orders
were Immediately given by the police to prevent
the repetition of any such proceeding, but, soon
after, the same man, who was formerly sailor on
board the Belle Poule eluded the vigilance of the
guardians by Disgusting himself, and with several
other persons ascended to the platform from which
the spire rises. When there. as the guardian re.
fused to open the door of the stairs leading to the
top, the ex-saor climhed UP the bar of the light
ming conductor, and SO reached the weathereock
again. He then stripped off his disguise, flung il
down to the square, and went through select
acrobatic programme, concluding by standing on
his head on the weathercock. When he descended
however, he found commissary of police in
waiting, attended by q file Of soldiers, who took
him into custody for violating the regulations Of
the town.
Year: 1860

The principal Of one of the best and most
popular female boarding schools in New York
lately said that she considered almost every one
Of her pupils proper subject for medical treat
ment. At first thought we would say that she
ought 20 name her school Mrs - S fashion
able hospital. But what, then, should we style
the numerous schools which are not so good as
hers9 The fault is with no one person, but
with our habits of life. 1t is a notorious fact
that the women of this country are far less ro-
bust and healthy than their cousins in England.
They live too much indoors, and in overheated
and ill-ventilatcd rooms. They take too little
exercise. Their nervous system is developed
too rapidly, and the muscular system, the vital
powers, are too much neglected. The school
occupies the girls morning entirely, music and
other accomplishments the afternoon, study or
society the evening aud too much OF the night,
and the few hours left for sleep do not suffice
to rest and refresh the body for the same weary
ing round the next day.


The over-tasked, over-excited frame becomes
an easy prey to insidious disease. intellectual
and social ambition both of parents and child
forbid her to relax her efforts Oh account of any
slight arrangement of health, and she tolls on
under the most tremendous pressure, till at last
poor nature can endure it no longer, and the
girl gldes into her grave, or takes her place in
that great and increasing company of perma-
nent invads, who remain as mere wrecks OF
their former selves, victims of their mistakes,
and eloquent warnings to those who come after
them. We do not now speak of carelessness
about food and dress. which is so fruitful a
source of disease. We limit ourselves to this
excessive stimulation of the brain, this over
working of it and the body, and the want of
proper and sufficient outdoor exercise. Owing
TO our hurrying system there is danger that
pirls in tle old Fashioned sense of the word,
will be classed among the extinct species, as
boys have been for some time in our cities. We
lift up our voice, asking parents and educators
to try to avert such calamity as that. We
know that we have said, and that we can say,
nothing new upon this theme; but we can at
least call attention to these simple facts, which
everybody sees and knows.-Pror. Journal
Year: 1860

er here or at home. If there had been any
there, ,itwould have been cxposedlong before this.
| have passed between raking fires there, as
have here. My colleague [Mr. FLoRENCEl
smiles, for he knows something about it. If
the charge could have been made, it would have
been made and proven; and therefore, do not
want any charge to be made against me here by
any gentleman on this floor, much less by a
contemplate, hoodwinked newspaper, at the
other end of the avenue, which has not as much
circulation as decent Northern village Journal
when they have discovered nothing to found a
charge upon.
Year: 1860

The following letter from our talented and Ct


ciens r representative in Congress, copied from the
South Bend Register, should have awidc Circulation
We hope our Republican subscribers after reading
it will hand the paper to their Democratic neigh
bors, that they may see the disposition evinced by
their leaders to ard the poor working man. They
are willing to expcnd hundreds of millions of the
public treasure for the benefit of wealthy negro
owners. and to increase the slave power, but not
cent for the laborng man, or the cause of free Ia
Dor. Such is bogus Democracy:
Year: 1860

IT has been stated that President Buchan.
an at the expiration of his term of office,
would purchase a property near Washington
aud make it his permanent residence This
says Washington letter writer, is not so.
1t is his intention to return TO Lancaster.
Orders have accordingly been issued to fit up
and prepare Wheatland for his reception.
Year: 1860

The feeling in Texas ia favor Of secession likely,
at last account to give trouble at the capital OF
that State will be by the following, from the San
Antonio Herald OF the lIth inst:


We are informed by gentleman just from Austin that
when the news Of the probable election of Lincoln
reached that place certain parties declared their intention
TO raise the lone flag upon the capitol Gov. Hous-
ton forbid their doing it. and they persisted The Gov
ernOr had sent TO San Marcos for Cap Burleson to
assist in enforcing his orders and it feared coils
ion Of arms would take place"
Year: 1860

in the dead body Of their commander When they learn
ed the fact not even the ys of the savages could have
eQuaed the storm Of jos and delight they sent forth on
that beautiful night floating that more than allan
air. For six weeks Capt. Aclane was confined to bis
room during which time were the recipients OF his
generous and liberal hospitality dispensed with cour-
tesy that attesed the nobility and manness OF his
character as well as polish Of his education.
Year: 1860

The message is not entirely completed yet, as the
newsmongers have reported The President is still daily


engaged at the Department Of State in its preparation
aud has abandoned his usual morning receptions for that
purpose. They will he resumed on Wednesday. The
rough draft may be submitted to the Cabinet omorow
or deferred ill Friday according TO circumstances 1t;
will be generally conciatory. but decided against
the right or remedy of secession An urgent appeal will


be made the North to repeal such statutes con
Year: 1860

SERIOUS AccDENr-Y Yesterday morning
about seven o'clock, a serious accident hep
pened man named John Holland, while
driving a span Of horses attached to a sprink
ling wagon was thrown upon the side walk
in front Of fIIockstadters store, corner of First
and D streets, the accident resulting in the
breaking Of his right leg in to places above
the knee.


The horses took fright near the Court
House, and becoming unmanageable ran
away with the wagon, and in turning the
corner of First and d streets the box Tor seat
and driver were thrown with violence upon
the pavement. 1t thought that the drivers
leg may have been broken hy the box falling
agaiusti il. lie was taken to the Water Works
building where medical assistance was imme-
diately rendered him After the accident.
the horses ran good distance before they
were stopped
Year: 1860

A MARLs NEsT-Several Breckinrdge
supporters, not very well posted in political
matters, have but recently learned the fact
that Mr.. Douglas once voted for the Wilmot
Proviso Over this wonderful discovery they
make as much fuss as young pullet over her
first egg. We had supposed that every man
of ordinary political information knew that
Douglas had once voted for this famous pro
viso-dW under positive instructions He had
previously, in lS47, when member Of the
Lower House voted twice against the same
thing. Even jeff Davis, i'll his great speech
in opposition to Douglas, delivered few
months since, had the fairness to acunit him
of all blame for shat vote. because it has ever
been Democratic doctrine that Senators
are bound to obey instIuctions-Sh
Courier


The Express Of yesterday, qnoted the first
but not the latter portion of the above. Its
reason for suppressing the latter portion is
obvious We will merely remark, that the
Express had better turn its attention to Gen.
Lanes record. The Salem (Ala) Herald
says:


"Old Joe Lane, the candidate of the fire.
eating Disunionists, while n member of the
Indiana Legislature, voted four distinct and
separate times for Congress to pass the Will
mot Proyiso yet We hear the par excellence
southern rights Disunions,s declare him n
perfect pink Of southern chivalry


We have yet to learn that General Lane
when he voted for Congress to pass the vii
mot Proyso, did SO under positive instruc-
tions
Year: 1860

~ it strikes us the more, the more We think
OF it, that any aud all attempts to force the
general government to take action on this
subject can only have two harmful results
first, to irgjtate an angry sore second to
bring aLont that calamity dreaded by all but
such blind bigots as have their type in such
men as Garrison, Gerritt Smith, Sumner,
Yaneey and Burnwel Rhett.


Let Congress legislate on the subject Of
slavery in the territories, and as things now
are and are likely to be, that legislation will
be adverse to the slave holders interest. Then
the fire eaters of the South would have cause
to complains for this they desire to force the
liect on Congress. They can not attempt
to 20 out Of the Union until they can compel
something to be done which will have the
appearance Of hardship and oppression
Again and again we say let the people take
care of themselves in Stats and territory, and
above all let we'll enough alone,