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Year: 1874

The Germantown Telegraph says d good
word for rhubarb. There is large class
who are fond OF this: at is among the
earliest green things; and, though no one
classes it among the choicest of horticul-
tural gifts, in the abstract, vet on account
sof its early growth it will always be es-
>teemed. Its earliness being one of its
valuable points, place should be selected
for it where it will get all the advantages
of early spring suns. Some people help it
by putting barrels over the roots This
keeps out the cold; and as the rhubub is
stimulated to grow by very little heat
the natural warmth of the ground brings
it up if the frost be kept out Then the
barrels help to banch it Il little. and il is
not quite so sour as when left to grow
naturally in its own way. Rhubard is poor
stuff when stringy and it is the aim of
good growers to have ii as pulpy As pos
Sible. Therefore the soil is to be made
very rich indeed-as good as manure can
make il When grown IN this way, even
the outside is tender, and it may be cut up
for use without even peellng, as is so often
done Some varieties are, however. more
tender than others. There are four pop
ular kinds which. when we'll grown. are
All OF about equal value. These are the
Victoria, Linn;cuS, Magnum Bonum. and
Prince Albert The l.inn@us is the best
known. not because ii is any better than
the others named, but simply because some
men who happened to have large stock
of it. some Years ago. hit on the brilliant
idea of pushing it off as the wine plant,
and thus 4 demand was especially created
for this one. thereby cutting out, by this
brilliant trick of the trade, other men who
had large stocks OF the other varieties.


Only the 'Linn@us was thus made the
true Simon Pure Rhubarb is very rapid
ly increased by cutting All old crown TO
pieces. If these are split downward, on 4
line with the growth of the root, every
piece of root will grow, though it be split
into a score of pieces but a piece of root
will not grow unless there is a portion Of
the crown with it. The crown is the mp
per portion OF leaf-bud, just under the
ground If very large stocks be desired,
the plants should not be set too close A
root to every four square feet is enough
that is to say, the plants should grow two
feet from one another every way. As the
rhubarb is a gross feeder, if they be put
closer than this they will likely stawe one
another
Year: 1874

Successful cattle-breederS in Europe
@lNe nOiasses constantly TO iatten cattle
and milch COWS. \ large German farmer
gives Il pint a day, mixed with oil-cake
10 his COWS. largely increasing their milk


Wherever good land is in a fair state of
fertility. and has been manured OCCASION
ally clover sod plowed in the Fall and ex-
posed to the cold of Winter. or plowed
Immediately after crop of hay is taken
oil, on, still better. if the crop of GRASS is
plowed under about the time it is in bloom
and left until seeding time, will ALWAYS
Weld the best crop Of wheat


BY means OF the drill, wheat is sowl
regularly and all the same depth If the
seed is good there need be no allowance
made for wastage as in sowing by hand
One bushel and a peck per acre is plenty
and, if the grains be small, one bushel. 1t
Is planted regularly and at the proper
depth, and it all has an equal chance tc
crow and to tasten its roots firmly in the
SOIL BY drilling, fertilizers can also be
~oNn at the same time.


y faithful following Of Il well selected
plan Of general farming will always be
followed by larger profits, at the close OF
long series OF years. than will the follow
ing oi that system which attempts to
change from one speciality to another, as
the prices Of the different products vary


Lands that are overstocked not Cnly Weld
less food. but the animals pastured upon
them make less yield in beef or milk thar
when the stock is in proportion to the ca
pacity of lands for producing it.


stagnant or foul water is injurious to
all animals. 1t causes blood-poisoning
and this leads to many febrle complaints
and is one Of the great causes OF abortion
in cows and other animals.


1t is impossible to imagine any occupa
ton more suited to u lady living III tn
country than that Of poultry-rearing. |
she has any superhuous affection to bestow
let it be on her chicken-kind, and it vii
be returned cent per cent.
Year: 1874

How TO KEEP A SITUATION An OBJ
serving correspondent in the Western Ru-
raj gives the following hints on the sub
,ject:


Be ready to throw in an odd half hour
or an hours time when it will be an ac-
commodation, and don't seem to make a
merit Of it. Do it heartily. Though not
word be said, your employer will make
a note Of it. Make yourself indispensa-
BILE to him, and he will lose many of the
opposite kind before he will part with
you Those young men who watch the
clock to see the very second their work
ing hour is up-who leave, no matter
what state the work may be in at pre-
cisely the instant-who calculate the extra
amount they can slight their work, and
yet not get reproved-who are lavish OF
their employers goods-will always be
the first to receive notice. when times are
dull, that services are no longer required
Year: 1874

How TO MAKE GRATING WAX. Thomas
Matterson, Pennsylvania, writes: Take
two parts mutton tallow, four parts resin
three parts beeswax; melt the tallow first,
and put the beeswax and resin into it.
When it is all melted, stir it all up and
pour it into cold water and work it over.
If there are lnmps in it, mash them
with your thumb and finger. The longer
you work it the more sticky it grows.
When it begins to stick to your hands, put
some tallow on them Work it till it is
as sticky as you want it. Put it in tin
pan with a cover to 1t, and it will keep tor
a number of years. | think it is as good
as sticking salve to put on any sores. Some
people put in more tallow than they put
IN resin or beeswax, to make it softer to
work in cold weather; but if there is too
much tallow in it, it will melt and run
out IN warm weather | have had forty
years experience in grating, and used a
number OF sorts of grating wax Some
people put it in hot water, and make more
trouble than there is need Of | wet my
finger with my tongue. and don't find any
difficulty in putting the wax on I put a
little wax on the end of the craft "
Year: 1874

TIE Foot OF A HORSE. The human
hand has often been taken to illustrate
Divine wlsdom-and very well. But have
you ever examined your horses foot? 1t
is hardly less curious in its way Its parts
are somewhat more complicated, yet their
design is simple and obvious The hoot
is not as it appears to the careless eye, q
mere lump Of insensible bone, fastened TO
the leg by joint. It's made up of q series
Of thin layers, OF leaves Of horn, about
800 in number, and nicely fitted to each
other, and forming lining to the foot it
self Then there are as many more layers,
belonging to what is called the "cotfin
bone" and fitted into this These are elias
tic. Take quire of paper and insert the
leaves one by one into those Of another
quire, and you will get some idea of the
arrangement of the several layers. Now
the weight Of the horse rests on as many
elastic springs as there are layers in his
four feet-about 4 ,O00-and all this is con-
trived, not only for the convenience of his
own body, but for whatever burdens may
be laid on him.
Year: 1874

FRYING A BEEFsTEAK. Perhaps, say
the Germantown Telegraph, the very
worst thing to do with beet is to fry it,
| Not that beefcannot be fried SO that it will
be palatable and wholesome, but it seldom
if ever is. The following mode. recently
offered. is the best we have seen. and if
carefully followed, such fried steak may
be digestible =


Cut thin across the grain pound well F.;
heat a skillet with sufficient butter, lard
on. what is better, melted tallow: fry un-
covered as quickly as possible without
| burning. turning several times with 4
knife; when of a light brown, place on 4
dish previously warmed; spread a little
butter over. and send to table Immediate
H..


FRIED PArrIEs. Mince little cold veal
and ham, allowing one-third ham and
two-third9 veal; add an egg boiled hard
and chopped, and a seasoning OF pounded
mace, salt, pepper and lemon-peel; moist
en- with n little gravy and cream; make 4
good pufl-paste; roll rather thin aud cut
into round OF square pieces; put the mnce
between two of them, pinch the edges TO
keep i'll the gravy, and fry light brown.
They may also be baked in patty pans; i'll
that case, they should be brushed over
with the yolk of an egg before they are
put into the oven. TO make q variety.
oysters may be substituted for the ham.
Fry the pattes about fifteen minutes.
SAUSAGE DuMPLINGs. Make one pound
of flour, and two ounces Of drippings or
chopped suct into a stiff paste, by adding
lust enough water to enable you to knead
the whole together Divide the whole into
twelve equal parts, roll each of these out
sufficiently large to be able to fold up one
pork sausage in it, wet the edge OF the
paste to t;tsten the sausage securely in, and
as YOU finish off each sausage dumping,
drop it gently into a large enough sauce
pan, containing plenty of boiling water !;
when the whole are finished, allow them
to boil gently by the side OF the fire for one
hour, and then take up the dumplings
with a spoon from the water, on to a dish,
and eat them while hot.


BuCkwHEAT CAKES A lady correspond
ent of the Rural New Yorker gives the
following as the way to make 1.-THE best
buckwheat cakes in the world -


Take three tablespoonfuls hop yeast,
lOtlI lttcuI1S Dulltllllilh, one ttdCuI) Wdilil
water, Il little salt handful Indian meal
about three teacups OF pure buckwheat
flour, mix all together in a stone jar, and
SET by the fire to rise. When it begins to
look like bread sponge, set it away in a
cool place (to prevent it from souring J it
is then ready for use, and will make cakes
that saleratus ones cannot be compared to,
and more wholesome, too There is as
much difference between the two kinds as
there is between nice raised bread and
saleratus biscuit. If the first named cakes
We're used there would be as much differ
ence between the persons who eat them
and those who eat saleratus ones As there
Is between a robust, healthy person and a
| dyspeptic
Year: 1874

The researches made by Dr.
Sillln, one Of the most expert
sDesd Of European dentists, have
led him TO the opinion that com.
mon or acute toothache proceeds
from causes but little considered
or understood. In the center OF
every tooth, he saws. there is a
cavity corresponding in shape to
that Of the tooth itself, and into
this cavity passes through a
minute aperture st the end of
each root, branch ofa nerve.
an artery, and vein; and when.
either bv mechanical injury or
decay, this cavitv becomes
exposed 70 the airs action, the
blood thickens or coagulates Ia
an extent beyond the capacity
OF the vein TO remove in the
natnrul way; iuasmmatior
ensues, and pain commences, at
first slightly; more blood is
pumped in at every pulse of the
heart. through the branch Of the
artery, and the hard material Of
which the tooth is formed being
unyiplding, a pressure is set mp
on the walls Of the cavity and its
contents ircludiog the nerve
This pressure is increased at
every pulse with great precision,
causing intense and hourly
increasing pain-commonly
known as acute toothache
Another very general but less
painful kind, is that arising from
Inflammation Of the root an(
socket.
Year: 1874

A NUMBER OF English Bishops
Of the Roman Catholic Church
have gone to Rome 10 obtain
permission to pursue AN inde-
pendent course IN case the
British Government should
seek TO restrict the liberty Of
action of the Catholic clergy.
They will represent to The Pope
that they wish to respect the
laws of England, and can not
blindly accept such regulations
as are imposed on continental
Bishops. Z ,Hos'5a-- iaeic
Year: 1874

HARRISON ALDAY, an unmaf
rel ! man living near London
derry, accidentally shot him
self In the head while out hunt
ing on Wednesday, a couple OF
weeks ago. The ball entered
his brain, killing him inst antly.
No one was with him at the
time of the accident, and it is
supposed the hammer ofhis gun
caught on a fence over which
he had been climbing, discharg-
ing the piece and killing HIM
instantly.
Year: 1874

The great question which the
Democratic papers are now
trying to decide is who shall
be the next presidential nomi.
nees We suggest JEFF DAVIS
as an available candidate. His
nomination would go a great
way toward reconstructing the
south and would soften The as.
Perities Of Republican rule
over the loyal Confederates.
Year: 1874

IF the times are hard stop
your paper, but do not shorten
your allowance for whisky or
tobacco. A good paper in a
family is a great comfort TO the
wife and children, but that is
no reason why you should pro-
vide them with a weekly lux.
ury at the expense of a daily
necessity.
Year: 1874

The retail grocery depart
meht of the lions CO operative
mercantile institution of salt
Lake City has been closed and
sold out to private persons. The
dry goods and produce retail
departments of this institution
We're sold not long since, and
passed into private hands.
Year: 1874

NEXT to 0 rooster In a rain
storm, or a man with his moth
er fn.law on his arm, the most
wfetched looking thing in the
world is a candidate who has
just overheard some friend


wanting to bet three to one
that he won't be elected. 30
Year: 1874

People will kiss, yet not one in hundred
knows how to extract bliss from lovely lips no
more than they know how to make diamonds
from charcoal And yet it is easy, at least for
US. This little item is not alone for new be-
ginners, but for the many who 60 at it like
hunting cOOns or shelling corn.


First know whom you are to kiss. Don't
make a mistake, although mistake may be
good. Don't jump up like trout for fly,
and smack woman on the neck, on the ear,
or on the corner of her forehead, or on the
end of her nose, or knock off her chignon, or
Jerk her bonnet ribbon, in haste to get through.
The gentleman should be little the tallest, he
should have a clean face, kind eye, mouth
full of expression, instead of tobacco. Don't
kiss everybody, including nasty little dogs
male or female. Don't sit down to it., stand
up. Need not be anxious about getting in a
crowd. Two are enough to corner and catch a
kiss; more spoil the sport Stand firm; it
won't hurt any after you are used to it. Take
the left hand of the young lady in your right !;
let your hat go tO-any place out of the way /;
throw the left hand gently over the shoulder
of the lady, and let the hand fall down upon
the right side toward the belt Don't be in a
hurry draw her gently, lovingly to your
heart her head will fall lightly upon your
shoulder-and a handsome shoulder strap it
makes Don't be in a hurry send little
lie down your left arm and let it know its husi-
ness. Her left hand is in your right, let there
he an expression to that not like the grip of a
vice, the gentle clasp, full of electricity,
thought and respect Don't be in hurry
Her head lies careessly on your shoulder
You are nearly heart to heart Look down
into her half closed eyes Gently, yet manfuly
press her to your bosom Stand firm, and
Providence will give you strength for the or
deal Be brave, but don't be in a hurry


Her lips are almost OPEN Lean lightly for
ward with your head, not the body. Take
good aim the lips meet-the eyes close-tht
heart opens-the soul rides the storms, troub
les and SORROWS of life don't be in hurry
heaven opens before you-the world shoots
from under your feet as q meteor flashes across
the evening sky, (don't be afraid the nerves
dance before the Just erected altar of love a
zephyrs dance with dewtrimmed fowerS-thc
heart forgets its bitterness, and the art of kis
sing is learned No noise, no fuss, no futter


ing and squirming like hook-impaled worms


Kissing don t hurt it don't require bras


band to make it legal. Don't jab down on


beautiful mouth as if spearing for frogs
Don't grab and yank the lady as if she was
struggling colt! Don't muss her hair, scratcl
down her collar, bite her cheek, squizzle he
rich ribbons, and leave her mussed, rumple
, and muxed. Don't favor your kisses wit
onions, tobacco, cocktails, lager, brandy, for
maudlin kiss is worse than the itch to a del


cate loving, sensible woman.-Bufdlo f.,
| press.
Year: 1874

Robert Collysr says that after young people
marry they have to find each other out, and
they may spend a lifetime in doing that.
"Some married folks find each other out as |
have read of mariners finding out the polar
world They leave the shores of their singing
life in the spring days, with tears and bene-
dictions, sail on a while in sunshine and fair
weather, and thsn find their way little by little
into the cold ATTITUDES where they see the sun
sink day by day and feel the frost creep in,
until they give up at last, and turn to ice sit
ting at the same table. Others, again, find
each other out as we have been finding out
this continent They nestle down at first
among tho meadows, close by the clear
etreams; then they go on through belt OF
shadow, lose their way and find it again the
best they know, and come out into larger
horizon and better land they meet their
difficult hills and climb them together, strike
deserts and dismal places and cross them to-
gether; and so at last they stand on the fur
ther reaches of the mountain and see the other
ocean, summing itself sweet and still, and then
their Journey ends. But through shadows and
shine this is the gospel for the day they keep
together right on the end. They allow no
danger, disaster, or difference to divide them,
and no third person to interfere, for it they do
it may be as if William and Mary of Eng land
had permitted the great Louis to divide their
throne by 6rst dividing :heir hearts. -.


did you hear my definition of Marriage
Sidney Smith says: :" 1t resembles a pair OF
shears so Joined they cam 1t be separated often
moving in opposite directions, yet Furnishing
any one who comes between them. The de-
fnition is as witty as it is wise as he might
have added, part the shears and then all you
have left is two pot daggers :,


$50 it is possible we may grow aged IN ind
ing each other out, and wondering why we
never saw that trait before or struck that tenn
per; but if there is between us a true heart,
II the rite holds, then the added reasons tor a
perfect union, and the sweet old ballad will be
our psalm of life:


"John Anderson, my 10, John,


We climb the hill together;


And many a canty day, John,


We've ham wi ane anither;
Now we maun toddle down John,


But hand in hand We el go,


And sleep together at the foot,


John AndersOns my Jo."


awe must find each other out, and then i
is possible that, like my mothers old shears
over which used to ponder when was child
one side greater, and the other, by cOnse
duence less.
Year: 1874

CALIFORNIA SOAP PLANT.-In California a
small shrub grows abundantly all over the
country the roots of which are in general use
for soap, and by many are even preferred to
the artificial article. 1t never grows more than
foot high; the leaves and stocks drop in
May, and the bulbs stay in the ground all snm-
mer. They are dug up, stripped of their
husks, and rubbed upon the clothes when these
is produced and the odor is like that of new
brown soap. From the roots of the soap plants
peculiar substance called saponins has been
extracted, to which property of making emul-
gents is attributed.
Year: 1874

DETERRENT KINDS OF Folks. Kinds
FOlk-The man who makes you present you
DO not want; the friend who gives you 50
much advice; the lady who insists that you
have not made out your dinner; the old gem
tleman who is starving himself to lay up money
for YOU the shOpkeeper who abates the price
OF the article just because it is you, and the
mother who lets the dear children do as they
please.


Happy Folks-A child with rattle small
chap drumming on tin.pan; shoolboy on
holiday two lovers walking by moonlight a
sucking new cider through a straw.


Genteel Folks-The young lady who lets her
mother do the ironing for fear of spreading
her hands; the miss who wears thin shoes on
rainy day; and the young gentleman who is
ashamed to be seen walking with his father.


Industrious Folks-rhe young lady who
reads rOmances in bed the friend who is al
ways engaged when you call and the cores
pondent who cannot find time to answer your
letters.
Year: 1874

Marriage among the Burmes is most Pc
culiar institution, and the " marriage knot" is
very easily undone. If two persons are tired
Of each Others society. they dissolve partner.
ship in the following simple and touching, but
conclusive manner They resdectivsly light
two candles, and shut up their hut, sit down
and wait quietly until they are burned up.
The one whose candle burns out first gets up
at once and leaves the house land foreverl
taking nothing but his clothes he or she may
have on at the time all else then becomes
the property of the other party.
Year: 1874

Most young men consider it great misfor-
tune to be born poor, or not to have capital
enough to establish themselves at their outset
in life, in a good comfortable business. This
is a mistaken notion So far from poverty be-
ing a misfortune to them, if we may judge
from what we every day behold, it is really
blessing; the chance is more than ten to one
against him who starts with fortune.
Year: 1874

A gentleman at an eating house asked the
person next to him if he would please pass
the mustard.


Sir, said the man, do ysu mistake me for
waiterS


Oh no sir, was the reply, mistook you fer
q gentleman.
Year: 1874

The following concise and comprehensive
note was sent to an Illinois merchant by a
nsighboring farmer the other day: Send me
trace chain and two hinges. Jane had
baby last night-alsO, two padlocks.
Year: 1874

HAIR GOODS AT REDUCED PRICES.


Ihaye lust returned from the North and brough
on the cheapest lot Of HAIR ever offered Tor sale
In this city, Prices to suit the times. Ladies lEnr
dressed for Soc, and all other work In proportion.
HAIR JEWELRY made at short notice. and
large lot of samples to select from on exhibition.


j. WlLDT.
Year: 1874

y l7tSPetIVIe


Please ask the Superintendent Of the Pub.
lie Schools to allow us one days holiday du-
ring the Fair. A PUPIL.


Surely Mr.. Binford will give the children
permission to attend the Fair one day. If
Richmond men fail to encourage our Fair,
who can be expected to do it for them?
Year: 1874

It is further agreed that, in all prize-cases the
courts specially established for such causes in the
country to which the prizes may be conducted
shall alone take cognlzance of Ihem- And when
ever such courts of either party shall pronounce
judgment against any vessel, merchandise, prop
erty claimed by the citizens of the other party the
sentence decree shall set forth the reasons or
motives on which the same shall have been found
ed and an authenticated copy of the sentence or
decree, and of all the proceedings connected with
the case, shall, if demanded, be delivered to the
commander or agent of the said vessel, merchan-
disc, property, without any excuse or delay, upon
payment of the established legal fees for the