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Year: 1877

@Butterine,n which is the unpretendine


equivalent of our more pedantic 'oleo


margarine" has attracted the economic


attention of the canny Scot, whose saving


knowledge appreciates the domestic and
scientific adyantaees Of this artificial sub.


stitnte for the old-fashioned joint product


of the COW and churn, and DIR. Macadam


has read before the Scottish Society oi


Arts an elaborate paper descriptive and


eulogistic Of the process Of manufacture


According to the learned gentleman's &C.
counts, the best ex-suet, perfectly fresh
carefully freed from membranous parts, lis
gently heated In steambath until the
purer fatty constituents are melted, After


repeated solicitous skimmings the semi


solid residutIm is pressed through bags,


churned with milk, and kneaded and
salted for consumption; the resultant


substance being as wholesome and as a
palatable a. genuine butter, with which,


indeed, it is chemically almost identical
the only difference being that IL contains
a smaller percentage of volatile fatty
acids than its vaccine prototype. "In
fact" he remarks, "the butter Is practi-
cally the animal fat which the COW has
passed through the udder in the milk from
which 1t is manufactured, and the but
terine is the finer part of the animal fat
which the OK has stored up in the suet
from which it is manufactured" Where
fore he opines that butterine is not only
a legitimate commercial commodity, but
"boon" to consumers whe object to pay
the high and constantly increasing prices
of real butter.


70 DIR. Macadam's views we should
accord our assent II we could be assured
that only the finest part of the freshest
suet from healthy oxen would ever be
employed as raw meterial, and that the
product would always be
put in the retail market under its name
and at lower price than that of butter;
but at our present distance from Utopia
we regret to suspect it possible that some
inferior kind of fat may occasionally find
its way Unto the s'steam BATH" and that
deluded by the pariety of flavor, the
consumer may be induced TO pay the price
Of thessreal butter, which he wishes to
buy, for the intention, against which he
may entertain a pardonable prejudice.
We forget how many tons Of "oleomar-
garine" were said to be made quarterly
by the wholesale manufactures here; but
we believe that few pounds thereof were
knowingly purchased as oleomargarine,
for domestic consumption; and we have
4 distinct recollection of an unaccount-
able increase in the importation of a
peculiarly insipid sort of "PhiladelpAia
butter" from somewhere in New Jersey.
Good '.butterine" may be cheaper and
better, than bad butter, and, if so, its
production should be encouraged; but we
should like to have some guarantee that it
sold as undisguised "butterine," not as
he more expensive Goshen or Orange
County dairy product.
Year: 1877

DIR. Richardson has come little
nearer TO the level of ordinary life since


he startled the world by his picture of
city of health. The kind of house
which he recommended is not beyond
the reach of any one who is about to
build dwelling for himself, and has
strength of mind enough not 10 be
turned from his purpose by the object
ions which builders are sure to raise i'm
the first instance. DIR. Richardson
mentions four essential points in which
a house constructed on his plan would
differ from ordinary houses. In the
first place, there would be no rooms I'M
derground. The basement would be
simply an arched subway, with a free
current of air passing through it, thus
preventing any damp from ascending
into the upper stories, and affording an
opportunity of warming the air ad-
mitted into the house. Secondly, the
kitchen instead of being in the base
ment, would be at the top of the house,
by which means all smells of the cook
ing would be kept out of the living
rooms, and the conveyance of hot water
TO the bedrooms would be much easier,
Next, the staircase, instead of being in
the center of the house, would be in
distant shaft at the back. There would
be door on each floor communicating
with the staircase, and lavatories and
similar apartments would be placed in
the shaft so that they would be out of
the house, and yet accessible from each
floor. Lastly, the roof would be level.
paved with asphalte, and covered with
glass. In this way a garden would be
obtained on the top of every house,
sheltered from the weather, and pro-
tected from frost by the warmth of the
kitchen beneath. There is no doubt
that DR.. Richardson's picture is an ex-
ceedingly attractive one, and there
seems TO be no reason, beyond the diff
Guilty of getting new Ideas accepted
within any reasonable time, why it
should not at once be subjected to th
test of experiment.
Year: 1877

lowed it to the grave. By the time all
this was ascertained, the rogue had
taken refuge in America; but after a
while he ventured upon a trip to Ant
werp, where he was arrested and de-
livered to the French authorities.


An old couple living in village not
far from Berlin, as many proyident
souls have done, anticipated certain
want by purchasing pair Of collins,
keeping the cheerful reminders in a
stable, to serve as cupboards for the
storing of baked fruits and other winter
necessities. At last the old man died,
and his eldest son, soldier quartered
at Berlin, was summoned home to the
funeral. The widow emptied one of the
collins of its contents TO make room for
the corpse, filling the other with the
elected comestibles. The day after the
funeral the soldier had 10 return TO his
duty. The dame went to fetch him
some fruit, ana on opening the solitary
coffin was startled and confounded at
behOlding her dead husband. Some
body had blundered, and the coffinful
of good things had been solemnly put
under the turf. and everything had to
be done over again !-AH the Year Round
Year: 1877

If you are gaining little by little,
every day, be content. Are your ex-
penses less than your income, 80 that,
though it be little, you are yet constant
ly accumulating and growing richer and
richer every day? Be content; SO far
as concerns money, you are doing well.


Are you gaining knowledge every
day? Though it be little by little, the
aggregate of the accumulation, where
no day is permitted to pass without ad
ding something to the stock, will be
surprising to yourself.


Solomon did not become the wisest
man in the world i'm a minute. Little
by little-never ommitting to learn
something, even for single day
always reading, always studying little
between the time of rising up in the
morning and lying down at night; this
is the way to accumulate full store
hou;e of knowledge. Finally, are sou
daily improving in character? Be not
discouraged because il is little by little.
The best men fall far short of what they
themselves would wish to be. 1t is some
thing, it is much, if you keep good res
olutions better to-day than you did yes
terday, better this week than you did
yesterday, better this week than you
did last, better this year than you did
last year. Strive to be perfect, but do
not become downheartened so long as
you are approaching nearer, and nearer
to the high standard at which you aim.


Little by little, fortunes are accumu-
lated, little by little, knowledge is gain
ed; little by little, character and repu-
tation are achieved.
Year: 1877

The bright, sunny nils keep on flowing


Along by the banks and the brses,
And not one Summer blossom stops growing.
No matter how dark are the DAYS.
Tie clouds too, keep sailing and lifting.


To let the bright sun arrows through;
Thus nature by changing and shifting.


Keeps moving with plenty to do.
Stand still, and you miss the bright places
Thst wait for You further along;
Stand still, and the booming oasis


Will comfort you not with its song.
Move on with the grand working army


That labor with purpose of soul;
Move on, and the air will grow balmy,


aud victory be yours st the goal.
Step back and the's small hope of winning.
For courage true fieetness must lend;
Step back at the very beginning,


And where will you be at the end9
Go forward, young sowers at dawning,


With gladness and hope to the field;
Go forward, for sweet III the morning,


TO labor for Autumn's rich yield
Great worlds in their orbits are moving.
And planets unpeopled keep pace.
While in contrast, all living and loving,


Dumb life adds its mite to the race.
Then why, in this busy creation,


That moves without rest or delay,
Oh. why. fair young souls of the nation,
should man be the lsggard to-day
Year: 1877

The American people have this great


quality-and have it, we think. in an


even higher degree than the English


the quality of being sobered by the


very presence of danger. There Is no


people among whom what seems GER


the very verge of the most alarming


catastrophe, and yet none among whom


we can feel certain that the immediate
presence of imminent danger, instead


of exciting them to the fatal plunge,
will brace their nerves, clear their


head, and reduce 10 sober seriousness


the very leaders who, before the peril


was imminent, were the hottest par


tisans of the policy of danger. In Eng


land there is, we think, more DISPOSE


ton to be carried away by the impulse


in the moment of peril than there is in


the United States. In fact, it is the


most striking feature in our political


institutions that they express and coll
cOntrate the waves of popular feeling
which, indeed, they sometimes tend


to eXaggerate-while it is the most
striking feature in the institutions of
of the United states that they repress
and dissipate the waves of popular


feeling-which, indeed, they somewhat
tend to underrate. And both the ma
tions appear to have got the habit of re-


fiecting, TO a certain extent, the ten
dency of their institutions. There is


no doubt that the uppermost phase OF


British feeling often assumes too i'm
posing an air to spectators who are not
in any way behind the scenes, and that
what the nation really thinks and


wishes, it appears to think and wish


with even more intensity and unanim-
ity than it really does. The opposite
thing happens in the United States.
The very fact that strong popular
feeling is gaining a marked ascendency
there seems to call out all the restrain
ing and self preserving power which
the nation contains. If we remember
how long public feeling in the North
was in breaking down the constitution
al respect for the Fugitive Slave law,
how long it was again, even after the
war for the niaintainance of the Union
had broken out, before the enthusiasm
for turning it into an anti-slavery war
could gain any Influence with the politi-
cal masses and statesmen of the fedora
tion, We shall understand at once how
great were the forces, both constitutional
and moral, which seem To hold back the
American people from anything like
rash surrender TO the tides of political
enthusiasm. And 50 it has always
happened that at critical moment the
people of the United States have shown
not merely true self-command, but
perhaps even too much self-command, /
certainly more self-command than they (
did in the early stages of exciting ques- |
tiOns. And it is the same now that this I
very difficult and dangerous question a.
TO the Presidential election has arisen /
only in this case, as no greater and I.
noble principle is sacrificed for the /
sake of moderation, We can afford to
give fuller need of sympathy and |
even admiration to the society of the /
people than it seemed TO US I
possible to give at the time of the great
er crisis to which we have alluded
London Spectator.
Year: 1877

In our personal history we are often
brought into contact with natures that
seem 10 drop into our lives an element
of goOL-we can hardly tell how; but
there results sOftening of rough lines
and angles; new emotions of pleasure
quicken the pulses new power for use
fulness, aud new energy in the active
duties Of probation; while an elevation
of thought and purpose brings US nearer
God, and arms us with capacity to Diff
fuse everywhere a healthful influence
over those around us at once ennObling,
purifying, and elevating. This life
potency is not ephemeral. 1t goes with
us through duty and suffering down to
the last hour. Death does not destroy
it, for it sends its healthful glow across
the dark river through the eternal years
of our Immortality.


On the other hand, we have met with
persons filled with envy, selfishness, and
dark depravity. who have dropped
into our life current an element of dis
cord-a bitterness most unpalatable
(unless il finds in us a congeniai soil in
which TO vegetate and grow, so that
the calm rivulet is in eommotion; a
rocky bed tears to shreds our hopes, and
wounds our sensibilities, or plunges US
into dark and muddy pools of unhappy
diseord and misrule. The stream no
longer runs clear, the translucent
waters of life are polluted and we sink
into unhonored and miserable tombs,
or wake amid the blazing justice of
eternal truth to the fearful sentence,
"Departl" We call this element influ-
ence. When good, it wonderfully bles-
ses the world. and when bad, il is an
curse. We all have infiu-
ence. We are not isolated. Society is
around us. Into it we are continually
dropping the one or the other element.
We can say which it shall be--a bliss
full, healthful influence, or the reverse
Reader, which shall it be?
Year: 1877

he saw how completely he had been de-
feated.


As the men began to search the room,
the landlord protested his innocence,
declaring that they had no right to hold
him or his men prisoners, or TO search
the house.


Breaking open the door, above which
was the bust, the men rushed in. The
room was empty, save for long ladder,
which reached a shelf above the door.
A hole above the shelf disclosed the bust
TO be broken in half, so that man could
easily climb up the ladder, get on the
shelf, thrust his head in the bust, which
was large enough for an ordinary mans
head, and see all that was going on in
the adjoining room.


This certainly looked suspicious, but
absolute proof was yet wanting. On re-
turning to the room occupied by Mr..
Spencer, they again searched every moo,
and corner. Suddenly Carrie and mir.
James, who had been standing by the
fireplace, gave loud cry, for on close
examination, they had found spots OF
blood Oh the bricks which formed the
hearth.


They began TO pull up the bricks,
which proved loose, when Carrie, feeling
faint, gave way TO the sheriff and his
men, who soon had them all pulled up,
when a cavity was disclosed, containing
the murdered body ofa gentleman whom
Mr.. James and the sheriff remembered
TO have stopped at s, three days be-
fore. The evidence was conclusive.


The landlord and his confederates
were well guarded through the night,
and the next day were lodged in Jail,
where in due time they were sentenced
and suffered the extreme penalty of the
law.
Year: 1877

\ writeri in Nation advances the theory
that the curlew is directed by the sense
of hearing in its probings in the sand
for food. The bird has bill often eight
or nine inches long, and this it forces
into the soil as far as the nOstrils, and
rarely misses securing a worm at each
thrust. 1t cannot be supposed that it
makes its bOrings at random, else these
would be repeated many times fruitless-
ly. Neither can the sense of sight assist
it, as its victims are imbedded too deep
ly in sand or mud, which is often per-
fectly smooth on the surface. Ii must,
therefore, go the writer suggests, be
guided solely by hearing. ''It is diff
cult" he confesses, ''tO believe that this
sense i is so delicate and precise As TO
enable the eurlew TO perceive 50 exceed
ingly slight sound as that which must
be caused by the movement, say, of a
small worm at distance of ten or
twelve inches from the surface of the
sand, and at the same time to localize
the exact spot beEeath the surface from
which so slight sound proceeds. |
cannot see, however. that any other ex-
PLANTATION is open, and perhaps the one
now offered may not seem so incredible,
if we remember the ease of the thrush.
No one, | think, can observe this bird
feeding and doubt that il finds its worms
and grubs almost exclusively by the
sense Of hearing. And. if the distance
which il runs between successive pauseS
for listening represents-as we cannot
but suppose it must-the diameter Ofthe
circle within which this bird is able to
hear the movements of a worm, think
that the hypothesis have just advanced
with regard to the curlew ceases TO be
Year: 1877

Owing to the climate of Egypt, it has
never been a woodland country. Palm
trees are found about the deserts of
Lydia, and near Denderah timber of
all kinds Is scarce, as the soil is not
suited to the growth of trees. The
acacia and the palm do grow, but the
oak does not, and fir has to be imported
from Arabia; and thus for solid struc-
lures of great magnitude the old build
ers of Egypt were shut up to the use
of stone, which abounds liz profusion,
and in the use of which the Egyptians
were great prOficients, as may be seen
both in the rock temples which were
excavated adorned with sculpture, and
in the temples which were erected in
the open air. While the sculptures and
the hieroglyphic figures which adorn
their palaces and temples attest the
progress of their wOrkmen in the art of
the newer of stone, it is evident that
they had made great progress also in
the department of construction, for
many of the blocks which they used
were of enormous dimensions, and that
they were lavish in their use OF materi-
al is shown by the fact that the walls
of some of their temples are of the al
most incredible thickness of twenty
four feet. At Thebes, the walls of the
principal entrances gate are at the base no
less than fifty ct thick. Then again
the stones instead of being dressed as
in modern masonry on one side, are
cut inside as we'll as outside, and
the whole mass is sOlidly joined to-
gether, thus tending to secure the du-
rability of their monuments. In these
great structures no arch is ever intro
duced. The columns stand at such
short distances that great stones can
reach from capital to capital, and thus
the roof is formed of huge blocks laid
on horizontally and forming solid bed.
Monthly.
Year: 1877

finish 10 textile fabrics, for making
plasters to take the impressions, and
finally in the kitchen for making jellies.
The amount of caviar consumed in the
United States is not very large, and Is
almost wholly imported. The market
and shipping merchants of New York
are sufficiently large to make the busi-
ness very profitable one. Smoked
sturgeon is very palatable meat, afford
ing quite a good substitute for smoked
halibut. The oil obtained from the
sturgeon is sold under the common
name of fish oil. As the sturgeon Is
very fat fish, this production is quite a
profitable one. An effort has been
made to utilize the skins in the manu-
facture of leather. A number have
been tanned by way of experiment, in
a few instances, making good, durable
leather, though the presence of the
plates on the sides, back and belly will
probably prevent it ever becoming an
extensively used article.


The Lower Columbia river and its
several tributaries are known to be the
homes of countless numbers of these
fish. Every season hundreds and thous
ands are captured and brought to Port
land, where the flesh is used for food,
being commonly known as ''sea bass"
Why could not some enterprising per-
sons, with a small capital, engage ex-
tensively in the business described
above? Any number of sturgeon can
be easily obtained along the Lower Co
lumbia, and all that is necessary ia
capital and experience, to build up and
maintain very large and lucrative
business The question is certainly
one worthy of the attention and careful
consideration of those who have the
means and disposition to embark in
such an enterprise. The suggestion
has been made that salmon eggs can also
be manufactured into good article of
caviar in the same manner as the roe OF
sturgeon. SO tar as is known the ex-
pertinent has never been made. During
the fishing season immense quantities of
salmon roe are thrown away, which
might be converted into a marketable
article. Is not the matter worthy of ex-
pertinent!
Year: 1877

Do our young readers ever think how
little it takes to stain their characters? ?
A single drop of ink is very small
thing, yet dropped into tumbler of
clear water, ii blackens the whole; and
so the first oath, the first lie, the first
glass, they seem very trivial, yet they
leave dark stain upon the character.
Look out for the first strain.
Year: 1877

Anxions 10 have "a little fun" an
Albany brakeman put a railroad track
torpedo in a tin tobacco box and offer
ed a bet that no one could natten the
box hy pounding II with a hammer.
One idiot, acting without a guardian,
Was tempted 10 accept the challenge,
and the result was n 1attening Of bis
own head, as well as some damage TO
the box. His left eye was blown out,
thumb and finger torn of, aud his
skull aud the bones Of his face laid
bare. The funny man has been arrest
ed TO await the result Of these injuries.
Year: 1877

We had two Indians with Ms 10 pi-
lot. They threw themselves fiat on
the ground to protect themselves from
the bullets. / stood erect aud asked
my Father in Heaven To protect me
from the missiles Of death and enable
me to reach the Indians. One ball
passed through my hat and the hair OF
my head and another through my
shirt. grazing my arm near the
shoulder
Year: 1877

NOT1CE.-1, William Sweeny, do here


~ by give notice that I shall apply to
the Judges of the Court of General Sessions
Of the Peace and jail Delivery of the State
Of Delaware. In and for the County of New


Castle, on Monday the 7th day of May mex t
being the first day of the May Term, 1877,
for license to keep an inn or tavern at
No. 46 Market street, in the Ninth ward, of
the city of Wilmington, to sell intoxicating
liquors In quantities less than Hgallon, to
be drunk on the premises and the following
freeholders recommend the said application
Year: 1877

~ by give notice that I shall apply to the


Judges of the Court Of Generol Sessions of
the Peace and jail Delivery of the State of
Delaware, In and for the County of New
Castle, on Monday, the 7th day of May next
being the first day of the May Term, 1877,
for a license to keep an inn or tavern at the
N. w. corner Of 21st and Market streets, be-
ing No. 2101 Market street, in the Ninth


Ward, of the city of Wilmington, to sell in
toxicating liquors in less quantities than one
quart, to be drunk on the premises and the
following freeholders recommend the said
Year: 1877

Commenting upon the completion
of the Valley road below Chillicothe,
the Columbus Sunday Herald says
''It is hoped that the Scioto Valley
road will be extended to Portsmouth
before the S., j. & P narrow gauge
gets ahead of it. Chapman is too
good q general to be beaten at the
close of a successful campaign, and the
people between Chillicothe and the
Ohio river will make a great mistake
if they don't take energetic steps
to second him. A narrow gauge
is a good thing if you can't do bet
ter but that's all that can be truth
fully said of it. Meantime it is not
likely that the Ohio Legislature will
ever consent to vacate the canal be-
tween Chillicothe and Portsmouth,
so that the road may run along the
exhausted road bed. No, no. We
want both the canal and railroad"