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Year: 1878

CULINARY USE OF APPLEs.-Apple Meringue.-
Pare, core and stew ten tart apples in a very lit
tie water; season as for a pie and put in fruit
pie-dish into a not very hotoven. Beatup mean
while the white of four eggs you would for icing
pIling ON the apples like rocks, avoiding the edge
OF the dish; return it to oven and nicely brown
Slip all out carefully by aid of a knife or spoon
inta China dish, and serve with cream; but if
you have not cream, make a custard of the yolks
Of the eggs favored with vanilla, &C.


Iced Apptes.-Pare, core and slice ten apples of
large tart kind. Bake them till nearly DONE
Put them away TO get entirely cold then prepare
some icing as for apple meringue and first pouring
NH all the juice, lay the icing thckly on the tops
and sides as much as you can. Return them to
the oven to just harden and be set. Serve with
cream, This is very beautiful either for dessert
or an evening.


Apple TaPiOca.-Core some tart apples fill up
theOpening with butter and sugar, strew some sug-
ar around them. Pour one dessert-spoonful Of
dry tapiOca to each apple. Pour water around
nearly up to the top of the apples Bake and serve
with cream.


Apple FlOat.-Prepare twelve tart apples as for
sauce. When cold add two whites of eggs, beaten;
then beat the whole till quite stiff. Have made
previously soft custard with the yolks Put the
apples in the custard. Serve with cream or good
milk-HOWsekeeper IN Germantown Telegraph.
Year: 1878

FRoG's ANTIDOTE FOR TARANTULA
BITE-A New Orleans gentleman tells
the following curious incident: In Ma
chitoches parish pedestrian noticed on a
lonely road frog fighting desperately
with n tarantula, and tho tarantula re
turned the compliment by singing the
lrog.@ Every time the frog got slung he
would hop to the side OF the road where
some green pIaintain was growing and
nibbble of piece, after swallowing
which he would hop back to the light.
This being repeated about dozen times,
the human spectator, resolved TO satisfy
his curiosity, took out "a jacknite and
ooped Il he plarntan close 30 the roots f,
while the frog and tarantula were carry


ing on their duel. When the lrog got
stung for the seventh time he leaped back
to where the plainlain had been, and, not
finding it, uttered a peculiarly helpless
cry, staggered little, vanly tiled to hop
into the high grass, shuddered, fell over
on his side and gave up the Iost.
Year: 1878

SLEEPING on ONE SIDE. Sleeping on
the right side, in addition TO permitting
a free acton of the heart, has the great nd
vantage of lavoring the escape, through
the pyloric oriicc OF the stomach, Of that
organs contents by gravitatlon, the
stomach then lying in an inclined position
from lett to right, which it also assumes
when one is in the erect attitude. For
people who limit themselves 10 light or
easily digesled suppers, or who 60 sup
PEERLESS to bed, the posture Of rest may be
a matter Of indifference; but to iadivid
uals inclined to rotundily or to indulge
in hot supper. and accompaniment, the
best way to avoid or facilitate escape
from uneasy sensations Is n question of
interest.
Year: 1878

The Norristown Heraid's musical
critic throws off this gem: A snake was
recently caught in Welsh church by
"chnrming" him from his retreat by the
music ofa harmonium. A snake is prob
ably the only living thing that can be
"charmed" by harmoniam. And no
doubt u e reptile preferred to come out
and die than to listsn any longer TO its
strains.
Year: 1878

Some thirty people living in the vicinity of Old Camp Date Creek, who are large property owners and paya large tax, where- by they add greatly to the payment of the expenses of running the machinery of the Territory and County, are entirely without mail facilities, the nearest postoffice to them being twenty-five miles. About the first of April the F. O. Department sent an Agent to Arizona for the purpose of enquiring into the wants of the citizens in respect to mail facilities. route was recommeded to be established, by persons cenversant with the necessities of those people living at Date Creek and adjacent thereto, taking Kirk land Valley as starting point and running direct to Signal City, on the Sandy, which would accommodate the many people along the route in question. The Special Agent thought favorable of the route recommend ed, and promised to use his influence and have the route established and service put on the same. How we'll the gentleman has fulfilled his promise can be surmised from the fact that no route has been opened or service put on. The people of Prescott, Date Creek, and Signal feel equally inter ested in having direct mail communica- tions established, and will work jointly in securing such service as will cause remedy for the evil.
Year: 1878

BELorT, WISCONSIN,, June 27, 1878.

 EDITOR MINER:-Wnen leaving Prescott about four dozen people insisted on my writing to them individually, but with youl permission want to tell them through tho columns of the MINER that we have arrived safely at our place of destination.

 The trip, on the whole, was an exceeding ly pleasant one. We took our time, travel ling only twenty miles day on tho average. The entire distance from Pres colt to Garland, as nearly as can make out is six hundred and sixty miles. We were twenty-seven travelling days on the road We had no trouble from Indians, Mexicans or American horse-thieves, though we were frequently warned to look out for the latter

 As you insist, in one of your late issues on the right of clergymen to open theil mouths concerning secular matters, want to give my opinion about the road from Prescott to Garland City. That portion over the Mogollons is not nearly so bad as I expected to find. It seems to me that forty thousand dollars would make it a good road. rom Sunset Pass to the Little Colorado is beautiful road, and, indeed from that point all the way to Santa Fe the road is excellent with the exception of a few sandy places. From Santa Fe to Gar land City, one hundred and sixty miles, the road is a fine one, the last sixty miles being as smooth and hard as floor. 1 may say that road has been surveyed and some teams have been over it, from Alamosa di- rectly to Bacon Springs, shortening the dis tance more than one hundred miles. This road will be less sandy and less hilly than tne old road via Santa Fe, and will save crossing the Rio Grande. The terminus of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad is now at Alnmosa, and see no reason why all the travel should not take the short cut. advise all who wish to make pleasant and cheap trip to the States, to do as we did buy an outfit and sell at the terminus ol the Railroad. By reasonable discretion in buying, it need not cost party of two oI more upwards of $50 each to the railway or S100 to Chicago. There are speculator, at the terminus who will give at least half price for an outfit.

 We have reached home just m time fol Commencement Exercises. These Exercise! will begin with the Baccalaureate sermon next Sabbath afternoon, and continue foul days. It seems good to hear the old Col lege bell once more, and see the faces of tn, cid Professors.

 1 xm told that must cut this lettel short, for the mail closes soon. You vii hear from me again before long. J. NJ.
Year: 1878



 The decisions of our Courts become i'm. portant as affecting the business trsnsac- lions of our citizens. The following is one from Judge Porter, delivered at Phenix at the last term of Court:

 aIf you find from the evidence that the land in controversy was in the possession of tho plaintiff, and that the defendant entered upon the same and busted the plain. tiff. then your verdict will be for the plain. tiff. Personal residence. though an act oI possession, is not necessary to constitute . possession that the Courts will protect Possession by a tenant is equally significant A party may be in possession of houses ol lands without personal residence thereon or without having personally cultivated tho one or improved the other.

 The Court further charges, if you find from tho evidence that the houses on tht land in controversy were not in possession of the nlaintiff, or if the same hal been in his possession and he had. before defendant entered. abandoned the same. then you wiI find 1sf the defendant 7
Year: 1878

The very grave is Il passage into
the beautiful and the glorious. We
have laid our friends in the grave bu,
they are around us. The little chill


dren that sat upon our knees, into
whose eyes we looked with love,
whose little hands have clasped our
neck, on whose cheek we have i'm
printed the kiss-we can almost feel
the throbbing of their hearts to day.
They have passed from us-but where
are they Just beyond the line Of
the invisible. And the fathers and
mothers who educated US, who direct
ed and comtorted us, where are they
but just beyond the line of the invisi-
BILE q? The associates of our lives,
that walked along lites pathway,
those with whom we took sweet coun-
sci, and who dropped from our slte,
where are they but just beyond us p
not far away-it may be very near
us, in the heaven of light and love-
Is there anything to alarm us in the
thought of the invisible ! No, it
seems to me that sometimes when
our heads are on the pillow, there
come whispers Of joy from the spirit
land, which have dropped into our
hearts thoughts Of the sublime and
beautiful and glorious. AS if some an
gels wing passed over our brow, and
some dear one sat by our pillow and
communed with our hearts to raise
our affections towards the other and
better world. = Bishop Simpson.
Year: 1878

There Is no greater every day yir-
tue than cheeridlnesA The quality In
man among men Ia Ike sunshine to
the day, or gentle renewing moisture
to parched herbs, The light Of a
cheerful face dinuses itself, and com.
munlcales the happy spirit that in
spires i, The sourest temper must
swecten IN the atmosphere Of continu-
ous good humor.


AS well might fog, and cloud, md
vapor hope TO cling to tho san'illumed
landscape as the blues and moroseness
to combat jovial speeches and exhilar.
ating laughter, BE cheerful always.
There Is no path but will bo easier
Travelled, no load but will be lighter,
no shadow on heart or brain but will
liit sooner in the presence Of deter.
mined cheerfulness II may al times
seem difficult for the happiest temper.
ed to keep the continuance OF peace
and content; but the difficulty will
vanish when We truly consider that
sullen gloom and passionate despair
do nothing but multiply thorns and
thicken sorrows.


III comes to us AZ providentially as
good, and is ms good il we rightly ap--
ply its lessons. Why not, then, &C.
cept the i'll, and thus blunt its ap-
parent stingl Cheerlulness ought to
be the fruit Of philosophy and christi
anity. What is gained by peevish.
ness aud fretfulness--by perverse sad
ness and sullenness !


If we are i'll, let us be cheered by
the trust that we shall soon be in
health if misfortune befall US, let us
be cheered by hopeful visions Of bet
ter fortune If death rob us Of the
dear ones, let us be cheered by tho
thought that they are only gone be-
fore to the blissful bowers, where we
shall all meet to part no more.


Cultivate cheerfulness, il only for
personal proht. You will do and bear
every duty and burden better by being
cheerful. 1t will be your consoler in
solitude, your passport and commen.
dation in society. You will be more
sought after, more trusted and esteem.
cd, tor your steady cheerlulness. The
bad, the vicious, may he boisterously
gay and vulgarly humorous, but sell
dom or never truly cheerful. Genuine
cheerfulness is ain almost certain index
to happy mind, and pure, good
heart.
Year: 1878

SOUND ADVICE. advise all
young people to acquire early in life
the habit Of using good language boh
in speaking and writing, and also to
abandon the use of slang words and
phrases. The longer they live the
more difficult the acquisition Of good
language will be; and if the golden
age of youth, the proper tins for &C
QUESTION of language, be pissed in
abuse, the unfortunate victim of neg
lected education is very probably
doomed to talk slang all his life
Money is not necessary to procure
this education. Every man has it in
his power. He has to use the
language which he reads, and not the
slang which he hears to form taste
from the best speakers and poets of
the country; to treasure up choice
phrases III his memory, and habituate
himself to their use, avoiding at the
same time, that pedantic precision
and bombast which shows rather the
weakness Of vain ambition taau the
polish of an educated mind.
Year: 1878

The True PoINr.-Itis a matter OF
g, ,sequence as to the acreage which
is put in, in this Or that grain, in this
or that crop it matters very little
how much a farmer raises on his farm,
the important question is how much
he raises per acre. The farmer who
raises one hundred bushels of wheat
on four acres will become n well-to-do,
independent farmer, if not rich man,
if he does not meet with extraordinary
misfortune but the farmer who raises
one hundred bushels Of wheat on
twelve acres is on the direct road to
poverty, and undoubtedly will become
poor if he lives long enough and raises
wheat enough. The same holds good
with grass and other crops. The
farmer who raises two and half tons
on one acre will do we'll especially If
he feeds it out on his farm while he
who raises five tons on six to eight
acres will fight poverty in his old days.
Amongst hundreds of farmers there
will be hardly one who disagrees with
the above theory, but how many do
we find to cary the above into
practice ?
Year: 1878

Nothing better illustrates the feel


Ing that pervades some politicians,


and, In tact, the people generally to q
certain extent, that politics Is trade,
aud the business Of the politician and


oillce'holder Is SIMPLY TO see how


much money he can make out Of the
position, than the remarks OF j, II,
Cotton at tho anti Banks meeting In


Charlestown on Monday night, Mr..
Cotton, who Is suspected Of being
something Of u local politician in his


way, is reported an saying in a speech


which he delivered on that occasion
that he understood one Of the reasons
urged by General Banks friends in


favor OF his election was that he was
poor aud needed the place. "BuI,"
says Mr. Cotton, "thls in itself shows


weakness, for a man who had for
twenty years held such offices as he
had, had no right TO be poor" This
idea seems to pervadc the public mind


that man who has held Office for
twenty years ought TO be rich. Office
holders have themselves done much
to create this impression, In tact,
they have done all that has been done
in this direction, They have gone in.
to Office poor, aud in few short years
have amasscd colossal fortunes, and
have done il under such suspicious
circumstances az to render the term
oflce-holding almost synonymous with
crime Yet Mr., j. II. Cotton il, we
believe, the first orator to hurl the
stigma Of poverty at an oflicc'holder


But, as before remarked, the circum-
stance well illustrates the general pub.
lie estimation Of the honesty Of the
ohice.ho,dels in this country. Time
was, and not many years ago, or just
anterior to the advent Of the republi-
can party to power, when poverty was
not considered crime, and when an
lice.holder could be poor without
having his ability to acquire or to save
called IN question. The remark is
suggestive of the popular impression
rather than of the speakers blunted
sensibilities, and indicates the pub
lies opinion Of the character OF the
average office holder. Too many men
60 INTO partisan politics as business
make it trade for the money they can
make out of it, The people have seen
enough of this, have had enough Of it,
and should now select their officials
for fitness and not permit designing
tricksters to foist themselves upon
them as public servants. The pro-
fessional politicians should be made to
stand back. No man should be per
mitted to seek office simply for what
he can make out of it. He should be
compelled to wait till the people call
for HIM, till there is a public demand
for his services, and the old Jeffersoni-
an test, ''ls he honest, is he capable.g
should be applied to every candidate
for public position. Let the people
take this stand, let them no longer
give countenance and support to the
professional politicians who would use
them as hewers of wood and drawers
of water, while they built up large
fortunes for themselves and lived in
ease and luxury wrung from the COM
fort Of the toiling millions; and the
lime will soon reach US when years of
office holding and accumulated wealth
will not be so inseparably connected
Is since the evil days when the repub-
ican party has held sway in our land.
II Boston Globe.
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, April l9.-The Secretary
of the Treasury has transmitted to the
House communication from the Bord
eaux Chamber of Commerce, setting forth
the hardship which would result from the
Increase contemplated by the new tariff
bill of duties on French wines. They had
hoped that the United States would lower
their custom duties and are confident that
this would increase the customs receipts
by increasing largely the consumption and
promoting trade with France
Year: 1878

LARAMIE CTTY, April 20.-Col Reed
Kleeman, engaged here in opening and
operating Sunrise mine, was instantly
killed last evening by falling down shaft;
he was being drawn up and when near
the top was seized with vertigo and crying
out that he was falling, slid out of the
bucket and fell to the bottom, distance of
a hundred and forty feet.
Year: 1878

The people of Joliet, ILL.,, are rejoicing
over the prospect that the rolling mills are
to be put in motion immediately, They
have been idle for about nine months.
throwing out of employment more than a
thousand men.
Year: 1878





Wiinesseth theFOlIy OfTwO "Fahst''


and Foolish BritfsheFB.


Cincinnati Times.l


On the principle that what is on
eyerybody's tongue will sooner or
later find its way into the newspa-
pers, it is well enough to speak in
gentle terms of the conduct of some
Of the female members of the Col
vile Folly Company, and the male
camp followers who accompany the
troupe.


The elegant portion Of the young
male population of the city whose
ecstasy is aroused by the smile of a
trim formed burlesquer, are very in
dignant at the members of the Col
vile Company because the latter
bring their friends along with them,
while the Soldene ladies were will
ing to take up with local talent in
the "mash line.


Conspicuous in the train are two
Englishmen, evidently with more
money than brains, who followed
the company here from New
Orleans, and who are being system
atically bled by their fair enslavers.
They take it out Of these two young
roosters, it is said, Jameson and
Cameron, in all sorts of ways, The
first day after the company arrived
"to keep Holy Week" in this city,
Cameron was being rushed around
with one of the young ladies fast
ened to him on one side and a male
member Of the troupe on the other.
Ho was usAered into Hawley's to
buy a box at the Grand Opera
House for the week. He bought
one for four nights, to begin with,
and planked down two ffty-dollar
bills, remarking that he didn't
know much about this "blarsted
American money" The change,
eighty dollars, Miss H. appropria-
ted and stuffed into her portman-
teau which she shut with a click
and a wink at the other fellow.
After this Cameron was accom-
panied to McArdle's tailor shop
where he was induced to order q
suit of clothes. Half an hour later
he was paying for a carriage for the
party, and bill at the Atlantic
Garden, and a wine supper at night
completed, let us hope, his expend-
iture for the day. Jameson came on
to join his brother masher, and the
two sports may be seen every night
in the box at the Grand, flirting
with the girls on the stage and in
the wings. After the play they are
promptly on hand, when wine sup.
pers, jcweIry, flowers, etc., are
called for at such a rate that it
would take the Bank Of England
to back these young ducks from
Albion's shores, if they persist to
shoulder the responsibilities of sup
plying fun for the unreliable favor
of these demoiselles. In the pre-
sence of these butterflies, which on
the stage are generally the develop
ment from q kitchen grub or serio-
comic singer Of q concert hall, mas
culine idiocy is apt to hold high
reyel, 1t is another signifcation Of
the old, adage. "a fool and his
money are soon parted The
reader Of this must not think that
the folly off the stage of the Folly
Company finds its only examples in
the amiable young Englishmen
whose ambition it is to gather honey
in the wake of the burlesquers.
Some local talent, in this respect,
has encouraged observers to believe
that expenditures arc brisk in win
ming smiles from the fair demoi-
selles.
Year: 1878

Boston JOurnal.l


A current note in Thursdays
Journal contained query concern
ing the use made of the million of
old postage stamps which are col.
lected. A correspondent is prompt.
ed by the question to inform the
public OF u practice which prevails
Year: 1878

DR.. J. Lawrence Hamilton writes
to the London Times that he saw a
boy remove small spider and place
it in the center of a big spiders web,
which was hung among foliage, and
distant some four feet from tho
ground. The larger animal soon
rushed from his hiding place under
a leaf to attack the intruder, who
ran up one of the ascending lines
by which the web was secured.
The big insect gained rapidly upon
its desired prey, the smaller crea-
ture (spiders are cannibals, notably
the larger females, who are gwen to
devour their smaller male lOyers).
When the spider was barely an inch
in advance of its pursuer, it cut
with one of its posterior legs the
line behind itself, SO that the
stronger insect fell to the ground,
thus aGording time and opportu-
uity for the diminutive spider to
escape along the ascending rope of
the web.
Year: 1878

A newspaper in the fullest sense of tho word.
at once adapted to the Merchant. the Me-
cbaRic, the Farmer, and everybody
desirOus Of keeping up with tho
stirring news of this live and


progressive age.
Year: 1878

A Mexican exchange gives an account
of fearful storm which swept over the
rancho of Jesus Maria and vicinity,
state of Coahuila, some weeks since.
About five o'clock in the afternoon the
clouds commenced to lower, and soon
the heavens became black as night. A
torrent of rain, accompanied by the
most fearful lightning, fell with terrible
fury. The torrent continued for an hour
with unabated force, when shower of
hailstones fell, some of which were near
ly as large as oranges. During the time
the mountains seemed to shake from
their foundation and the earth appeared
to tumble as if stricken by an earth
quake. The next days investigation
showed that disastrous ravages had
occurred. The vaqueros found whole
herds of cattle beaten to death by the
hailstones, and focks of sheep were
decimated. The bodies of dead cLyotes
and other wild animals were found down
the valleys, evidently having fled from
the mountains through fright. Crops
suffered greatly, and in one instance the
hail literally covered an immense field,
A number of human lives were lost.
The storm was the most destructive and
frightful ever known in the state.
Year: 1878

their dark hours. So she stepped into
her carriage and drove away to purchase
provisions instead of pearls, and toys Tor
unblessed little children instead OF
trinkets for herself.


And if you will believe it, this proud
princess, who had scorned the humble
and fancied herself better and more
blessed than others, had happier heart
on that Christmas than ever in her life
before. think her heart was happier
than even those which she blessed.


That Christmas night, when she lay
upon her couch, she saw a new and bet
ter life opening before her and with an
exaltation of soul she had never known
before, she said, "Dear Lord, it is in
deed more blessed to give than to re-
ceive "