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Year: 1879

yolks, sugar and butter together sdd
milk and -four, with baking powder sifted
in; lastly, add the whites; beat to dry
troth ; bake thirty minutes.


BLACK BEAN SOUP,


OAe quart of black beans SOCK then,
over night In cold wateri drain off the
water in the morning and add three
pints fresh water; let them stew gently
four and one-half hours. Add salt,
pepper, and little Glove. While cook
ing put in meat, cooked or uncooked, az
preferred. When done strain the soup ;
cut lemon in slices; place in your dish
also add hard boiled egg cut in slices,
Pieces of bread toasted brown are an
addition. Salt pork may be used instead
of meat.


PARsN1P STEW,


Clean them nicely; slice; have some
salt pork cut in small pieces well fresh
ened, but not too much 60 stew the
pork one hour, then put in the psrsnips,
with g little pepper; when boiled up,
taste to see if it is salt enough; stir
until we'll cooked and very little gravy
left. 1t will be very nice if made in this
way. I sometimes put in with the rars~
nips a few slices Of potatoes.


TO STEW MUSHROOMS.


Peel and trim mushrooms, using stems
and tops; wash quickly and carefully to
get rid of sand if small, do not cut; if
large, divide into four; put into cold
milk, barely covering them, with a
tablespoonful OF butter, a light teaspoon
full of salt, and halt teaspoonful of
white pepper. let them boil steadily
for fifteen minutes; add at the conclu"
sion heaping teaspoonful of flour, well
mixed with cold water; final boil con-
cludes the cooking; do not overlook. I
beg to state that the old idea OF cooking
a silver spoon with mushrooms, and
throwing them away as poisonous if the
spoon is blackened, is an absurdity. If
any substance contains free sulphuret,
it will blscken silver. Eggs contain
this sulphuret, and blacken silver, but
an egg is not poisonous. Poisonous
mushrooms are exceedingly rare, and are
never offered in market. Perhaps some
of your contributors will give descrip-
tion of the dangerous varieties of mush-
rooms?


BAKED LIVER.


Calves or beefs liver, laid in cold water
for half an hour, dried on towe;,
skinned, and the sinews pulled out as
far as po sible, then cut in thin slices,
about one half inch thick; give them
q slight dusting with -four all around,
bake on griddle in hissing-hot Drowned
butter on both sides, no longer than five
minutes. then salt and season with spice
liver becomes hard and indigestible if
salted before BAKING; also if baked over
a slow fire; if no butter can be had,
small cut pieces Of flesh bacon sprinkled
between the slices of the liver will sup
ply the necessary fat and, roasted to
light brown, be an agreeable addition to
the liver; those who like onion can lay
some sliced onion between and roast
slightly; never put cover owe. liver,
as it will become hard; it ought to be
dished on heated plate, and eaten i'm.
mediately after baking. Oat meal will
be so't in half the time if soaked over
night in cold water; have an iron bowl
with boiling water in the morning;
pour in the soaked pulp, salt, and keep
stirring with wooden spoon till done.
Year: 1879

An error was made in the official copy of the reso
luton fixing the rates of canal tolls by the Canal
Board yesterday. Two rates given for COAL but
one was fixed and is That the toll on coal be fixed
ut oneeighth of mill per 1000 pounds per mile,
whether going east west"
Year: 1879

At twelve minutes past nine last night Peter Van
Ness had finished his 9l3th half mile in 6m.. and
Edward Belden completed his 1,369th half mile in
I'm. 4Os. The were in good condition and set
tied down to their work for the rest of the evening
The Fifth Regiment Armory. In Hester street. where
the men are walking. was well attended all day and
evening.
Year: 1879

mot in The race.


This turn was made nine miles south of Pough-
keepse and opposite New Hamburg dock, and then
came the home run. The wind held good till the
leading yachts reached Barnegat again. and in the
interim the Icicle overhauled the Quickstep, but a
calm struck her of Barnegat, when the Quickstep.
Snow Bird and Zephyr passed her. thus giving her
fourth position. After leaving Barnegat the very
reliable wind gave out almost entirely. and from
there out the contest resolved itself into push
race, the had to be made in two hours or be
declared of. There would be push by all of the
crews for half mile; when PUT OF wind from some
other half mile. and then pushing would be re-
sorted to once more and in that business tho
crow Of the Snow Bird fortu-
nate than the others. for their boat
light as feather. and they managed to
keep her ahead till of Main street pier. Poughkeep
sie when the Quickstep closed up her with little
breeze but the Snow Bird caught the wind ALSO
Year: 1879

munistic jaw should thereafter see
the wisdom of keeping his mouth
shut, thus giving the State an OPP
portunity to recover from q reign of
Kearneyism which has lasted at
least a year aud half, and which,
while 1t has not made the rich
richer has decidedly made the poor
poorer yea, reduced the poor and
deserving workiDgman to the SUPER
latlve of poverty which has
ground him to powder and which
might proceed from pulverizing to
dessication, a breath of wind blow
ing him away.


The demand is for an era OF good
humor In California between the
laboring man and the capitalist or
the State will be depopulated and
robbed of its wealth, to benefit Or
egon and Nevada and the syndicate
which is placing the four per cent.
bonds of the United States.
Year: 1879

To break an old, habitual baker is
out of the question. If horse balkS
nowhere else but in going up hill, in
nine cases out of ten the cause is to
be found in faulty collar or ill-fitting
harness, or the load is too heavy for
him. If Charlie baIks from mere
eussedness, it matters not how much
he is urged, or how emphatic you
speak to him, for he will only look
around and smile at you. Such q fell
low is not only useless, but he is posi-
lively dangerous, where hills are such
as to render it necessary to ascend
them in walk; for he is not only
satisfied with stopping, but will run
back, and is then as likely to land his
load in ditch or send it Over q preci-
piee as to leave it on the road. The
only security against this taking place
. is, if there is room, to at once turn him
sideways to the hill, across the road,
instead of urging him forward. Gen
orally speaking, after standing thus a
few minutes, he will 90 on; at all
events it stops him running back.
Where hills are moderate, that is,
such as can be trotted up, a horse
llu6L DG u NCll Gl1h UnlhC1 II AC DlOpOF
unless the hill be very long and weari-
some; in which case, before he does
stop, turn him sideways, and give him
q minutes breathing time. In such
country, with little judicious man
agement, such a horse may be toler-
ateG, if he is little false collared.
Pulling such a horse into walk gen
orally ends in his tossing his head
about and then stopping. 1t is far
better to stop him at once, before he
thought wanting; for if he stops of
his own accord in the middle of a
heavy piece Of road he will never pull
out Of it. Without additional impetus
over such place it is almost certain
to cause dead stop. Many of the
best teams of horses that ever looked
through a collar, if pulled into a walk
on heavy ground, would not draw
pound, though they will take two tons
through it in a. trot, and the higher
bred and the more spirited horse is
the more likely he is to refuse what
may be termed a dead pull; very few
tempered ones would draw barge on
a canal. This does not arise from in
dolence or dislike to exertion, but
from impatience of the pace requisite
to move heavy weights. Many of the
best and gamest collared horses in the
world in trotting harness would not
start an empty cart if the wheels
stood In only a moderate water drain
or gutter. Of the hundred and one
remedies suggested for balkiness no
one has proved generally successful.
A remedy that would start a balky
horse once will be likely to prove any
thing but a success the next time. A
permanent cure for balkiness is not
known.-PrGiTIe Farmer.
Year: 1879

An ALPINE AVALANCHE. There was tre-
mendous Alpine avalanche on the ST. Goth
ard route on January 24. The long process
sion of the sledges started from the Hospice
at the summit of the pass soon after four o.
clock, and descended toward Airolo. At the
first great bend in the road, not far from the
little refuge house known as San Giuseppe,
the two leaders of the caravan noticed with
alarm that huge snow mass was breaking
loose from the top of the mountain, Imme-
diately the cry backwards :" was raised
Every one sprang in an instant from the
sledges, and rushed up the road as fast as
possible. The avalanche thundered down.
aud horses and carriages were buried in a mo-
ment under the tremendous heap of snow
Fortunately no one of the company lost pres
ence of mind, but all returned to the buried
horses and sledges and began the work of
excavation with hearty good will. All the
horses except two were dug out alive. The
passengers were too much worn out and eX-
cited to continue their journey, so the horses
were fastened to the sledges and the whole
party reascended and spent the night at the
St. Gothard Hospice, where they amused
themselves with telegraphing the news of
their wonderful escape to their friends.
Year: 1879

THE failure of the harvest in England
this year appears to have been much
more disastrous than even the frst esti-
mates indicated. As the threshing of
the grain has progressed the deficiency
has become more evident. and it is now
stated that the average yield win not be
above ls bushels to the acre. or s1s bush
els below the average for the last four
teen years. During the same period the
home production has been equal to
about half of the yearly consumption;
but this year, in order to meet the de
mand, about three times as much grain
will have to be purchased abroad as was
grown at home The London Times
places the consumption for the year end
ing August 81, 1880, at 24.0o0.O0o quar-
tiers, of which amount England will only
supply one-fourth. These figures are not
calculated to shake public faith in the
future of American agriculture.
Year: 1879

THE pie-pOisoning cases in New York
have attracted public attention afresh
to the danger which always attends the
use of copper utensils for cooking pur-
poses. The subacetate of copper, or
verdigris, is one of the most violent of
poiSons, and is always liable to form
when anything of an acid nature is
brought in contact with the metal. If
care is taken to keep the vessels per-
fectly clean, the risk is, of course, great
ly diminished; but, as a rule, servants
are not aware of the Importance Of this,
and there have been hundreds of in
stances where carelessness in this re-
spect has resulted in cases of poisoning
In one instance, twenty men were pois-
oned by eating a piece of eOrned beef
which had been brought to them in a
copper kettle that had been used to car
ry ice cream, and at the bottom of
which the melted cream had collected,
and by action upon the metal formed
poisonous compound. In this last case
of poisoning by Verdigris in lemon pies,
the blame seems to rest entirely upon
the baker, who understanding perfectly
the risk he ran in using copper kettles.
was content to trust to the caution of
his workmen. He had warned them of
the danger, but took no measures to pro-
teeth customers from their neglect
TBaltO. American.
Year: 1879

by load of coal, pound of coffee, a
warm coat, a comfortable suit for lit
tie boy or girl You may roll Christ into
a mans heart in a barrel of potatoes;
you may hand him the Christ-spirit in
pound of butter, piece of beef, few
yards of flannel. Oh for practical god
linessl


We go from here to eat and drink and
be thankful! Do not forget the many,
many reasons. Think of our wonderful
NatiOn-going on to work out the prob
lem of a united people. Think of our
rich, populous, bountiful, intelligent
State. Be sure to thank the God of
harvest and of Nations.
Year: 1879

sap both Church and State; and at the
basis of all our law law-breaking is this
fearful fact. There is something in this
book that illustrates what l mean /:
"WOe unto them that join house to
house and lay field to field, till there be
no place, that they may be placed alone
in the midst of the cal tn" Rob not
the poor because he is poor; neither Op-
press the afflicted in the gate; for the
Lord will plead their cause, and spoil
the soul that hath spoiled them." | am
sure that multitudes would crush the
poor as the boy fly, if they were in
the way of their ambitions. Bewarei
whoever forgetS the poor, God does not.


1t has passed into a historic truism that
"The nation and kingdom that will not
serve God, shall perish" Upto this date
this has been the history of all peoples.
There is not single sign of the rever-
sal of this law. The Word of God lays
it down as universal law. The goddess
ness that defies the Sabbath laws, that
laughs in the face of any attempt to Sc
cure their enforcement, even for the
protection of a people who want quiet
for their worship of God, augers no good
for the nation, and gives notice of a
nearly approaching struggle between
the friends of order, and the lawlessness
that defies order.


The law-abiding. thoughtful, Sabbath
keeping people are in the majority in
this State-in most of the States; and
when our traditional customs, the Sab
bath of our fathers, is set at defiance,
there is still the remedy of majorities-
and we have that majority. The battle
is not of our seeking. 1t is forced upon
us. If we must, we accept the wager,
In the end we must conquer; as our only
hope for the State as well as the Church,
lies in nation of law-keepers; and that
law nearly approaching the Divine law.


There is one other thing that is allied
to law-breaking-yes, at its very basis
mean the
Year: 1879

REMEDY FoR DIvoRcE.-Never both
be angry at once.


Never iaunt with past mistake.


Let a kiss be prelude Of a rebuke.
Never allow a request to be repeated.
Let self-abnegatiOn be the habit OF
both.


al forgot" is never an acceptable ex-
cuse.


IL you must criticise, let Il be done
lovingly.


A good wife is the greatest earthly
pleasure.


Make a marriage matter Of moral
judgment.


Marry into a family which you have
long known.


Never make remark at the expense
OF the other.


Never talk at one another, either
alonepoE company. sasss--s14sa
Give your warmest sympathies for
each others trials.


The very felicity is in the mutual
cultivation OF usefulness.


If one rs angry. let the other part the
lips only for kiss.


Neglect the whole world beside, raih-
er than one another.


Never speak loud TO one another un-
less the house is on fire.


Let each strive TO yield oftener 10 the
wishes of the other. ...


Always leave home with loving words,
for they may be the last.


Marry into different blood and tenn
perament from your own.


Never deceive, for the heart once
misled can never trust wholly again.


II is the mother who moulds The char
acter and fixes the destiny of the child.


Never find fault unless il is perfectly
certain that fault has been committed.
Do moi herald the sacrifices you make
10 each others tastes, habits or prefer
ences.


Let all your mutual accommodations
be spontaneous, whoiesouled and free
as air.


Consult one another in all that comes
within the experience, observation or
sphere Of The other.


A hesltating or grum yielding to the
wishes of the other always CRATES upon
loving heart.


They who marry for physical charac-
teristics or external considerations will
fail in happiness.


Never reflect upon the past action
which was done with q good motive,
and with the best judgment al the time.
The beautiful in heart is a million
times Of more avail in securing domes-
tic happiness than The beautiful in per-
son.
Year: 1879

> Washington dispatch says: The
action of the senate upon promotions
in the army is being watched with
great anxiety by army officers and their
friends. In the bill organizing the
Burnside reorganization commission,
was a clause prohibiting the pro-
motion of any officer above the
rank of captain until after the COM
mission had reported and congress had
acted upon their report. The report
was made in the shape of bill, and,
although it was not passed, portion
of it was attached to the appropriation
bill in the house, but stricken out iu
the senate. In the opinion of the sec
retary of war, the attorney general of
the United States and the judge advo-
cate general of the army, that treat
ment of the Burnside bill was acted
upon by congress; hence numerous pro-
motions were made and nominations
sent to the senate. They were re-
ferred to the committee on military
HudiIb, anu OuC WoCh dBo ShO SoahhAieeSS
decided that the construction of the
law by the secretary of war was proper,
and recommended that the promotions
receive the approval of the senate.
But Senator Randolph and Senator
Burnside got their heads together, had
another meeting of the military COM
mittee called, and, after reconsidering
their former action, agreed to report
the nominations back to the senate
without recommendation, and let the
senate for itself determine whether the
secretary of war had acted within the
meaning of the law raising the Burn
side commission. Such report was
made by Senator Randolph in execu-
tive session last Wednesday. The
action of the senate will be very i'm
portant as establishing precedent.
If it decides that no promotions can
be made until the Burnside bill is acted
upon, it will virtually prevent advance
ment in the army above the rank of
captain for years hence; as the bill will
never be passed, and Senator Burnside
will never let it be formally laid on the
table.
Year: 1879

Senatorial Republican Caucus.


Washington, April 12.-At a well
attended caucus of republican senators
this afternoon, there was an inter-
change of views concerning the course
to be pursued by the minority in regard
to the army appropriation bill. No
formal action was taken, but it was
agreed that every possible effort would
be made to defeat the passage of the bill
in its present shape, for the reason
mainly that the enactment of the sixth
section would prevent the use of posse
comitatus on election days for the ex-
ecution of a civil process of any and
all descriptions issued by United States
authority. Several other provisions of
the bill were also considered very objec-
tionable, and in need of essential
amendment. Among them are the
clauses which prohibit the appoint
ments and promotions in the army un-
til otherwise provided by law, while at
the same time the bill holds out induce
ments for the creation of additional
vacancies by providing that all officers
hereinafter retired by reason of wounds
shall be retired upon the highest ranks
respectively held by them in regular or
volunteer service before retirement.


A number of senator's expressed their
opinion that the purpose of these pro-
visions is to pave the way for the ap-
pointment into the army of the friends
of the dominent party in congress, al
though no propositions were formally
adopted.


The several amendments to the sixth
section, of which notice has been given
in the senate, were spoken of with
general favor. especially those sub
Pmitted by Blaine and Paddock.


From the tenor of the remarks 1t
seems probable that many speeches
will be made upon the army bill.


The caucus decided substantially to
follow the line of action marked out by
ex-Secretary Robeson, and to ignore
that outlined by Garfield. They de-
cided that Garleld's position-that the
repeal of the election laws was proper,
but that it was revolutionary, if tackled
to the appropriation bill-was not
correct view, but that the reverse was
correct, namely: that. if it was proper
to repeal it, it was in nowise revolu-
tionary to put it on the appropriation
bill.


Confederates Preparing tho 0uillotine.


Washington, April -. = Reliable
democratic authority says that congress
will not adjourn till July lst. The
smallness of the democratic majority
in the house, and the urgent necessity
of increasing it, are facts which seem
to be fully appreciated by Springer's
committee on elections.


A meeting is called for early next
week, and the work of throwing out
the republicans will begin without un-
necessary delay. Springer is already
on the war path, and was in consulta-
tion to-day with the counsel for ex-
Gov. Curtin, Of Pennsylvania, who
contests the seat of Yocum, greenback-
er. This will be- the first case taken
up, and the chances are that Curtin
will be seated. There are nine other
| contested election cases to be decided.
Year: 1879

Cincinnati, April PA man was
taken in this afternoon, accused of
stealing horse and buggy. He says
his name is Horace Brown; that he is
a minister of the gospel, and drove all
the way from Cleveland in the buggy,
and was going south in it if he had not
been arrested.
Year: 1879

Progress of the Electric Light


New York, April 12.-The electric
light is evidently making progress. One
or two places of amusement in the
Bowery are lighted tonight for the
first time in that way. The New York
postoffice will be lighted next week.
Year: 1879

| know not any pleasure Of sense
moro exquisite than q draught Of cool,
clear water when you are thirsty; but
few things are more insipid than wa.
ter when there is no thirst. Its thus
that Christ and His salvation are very
sweet 10 one, and very tasteIess 70 an
other.
Year: 1879

ing and buying the mineral, then melt
ing it as their own. They know Just
what they make every day. They are
smelling, and putting up two new fur
paoes and a w-mill for saving their
own lumber. Mr.. Butsch is not making
less than one hundred dollars every day
of his life. His settlement furnished the
brightest picture of enterprise saw dur
ing my journey. As for Leadville, my
advice is, stay away. It may not be as
easy TO starve TO death elsewhere, but il
can be accomplished in time even at
other places with 8 saving of railroad
fare and many miles Of rough riding in a
staCe-cOach !"
Year: 1879




THE plague fright at Berlin has re-
called the extraordinary precautions
taken during the cholera epidemic of
1881. A cord was drawn in front of
houses supposed to be infected. The
keys were given to a police agent, who
three or four times day went to see
what the inmates wanted. He then
placed what he brought them on the
outside near the door. The money was
put into glass of vinegar, and the agent
took it out with spoon. The paper on
which the commissions we're written he
took up with pincers. When sick per-
son was taken to the hospital police
agent preceded the vehicle with bell,
and two soldiers kept every one away
from the sick person. The doctors wore


loaks and masks of oilcloth. The skin
of dogs land cats being deemed particuA
larly favorable to the dissemination Of
the disease, persons were recommended
to kill them, except where they were
positively necessary. For months the
inhabitants lived in trepidation, and an
old lady actually hanged herself for fear
OF the cholera reaching her. The pre-
cautions gradually became matter for rid
icule,
Year: 1879




A gentleman who has lately returned
from Lake Charles reports a most seriS
Gus calamity TO the valuable orange
groves OF that section. Some time ago
an insect appeared in the bark of the
trees and is now devastating the entire
country. Those engaged IN orange cul-
ture have tried every specific to kill the
pest, but so far all remedies have proved
futile, and they despair of saving their
valuable source of revenue. The insect
is popularly supposed to have originated
from lemon peelings, which were thrown
out in the rear of a bar room. This
opinion is founded upon the fact that the
insects were first discovered in the or.
chard adjoining the bar-room. IRE in
scots are rapidly spreading, and it is cor
sidered dangerous to import any trees u
cuttings from the locality, lest they be
infected ,and communicate the pest =
the orange trees in Texas,
Year: 1879

NEW York seems as fond of roast
horse flesh as Paris is. Within the last
month two large stables have been
burned and each time over fifty horses
We're roasted to death. A great number
OF horses have been thrown out of en-
ployment since the elevated railroad be-
gan running, and as the horses were all
insured the singular event Of two such
horseNdestroying fires becomes less singu-
lar.