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Year: 1878

CoCoANUr CAKE.-Break two eggs in
coffee-cup; fill it with good sour cream,
one cupful sugar, two cupfuls flour, one
teaspoonful soda, two of cream-tartar
stir well; this will make four cakes
baked on jelly tins or any tin; then
fix the icing; one-half cupful prepared
cocoanut, one-half cupful sour cream,
one-half cupful white sugar; spread each
cake with this.


PoAcHED EGGs.-When the water has
boiled in the frying pan break the eggs
separately in saucer; remove the pan
from the stove, and slip the eggs Zone at
a time), on the surface of the water
when all are in, place the pan again on
the fire, and boil about three minutes
take them out with a skinner, drain
we'll, lay them upon pieces of buttered
toast, place on hot dish, salt to taste
garnish with parsley.


VANILLA CARAMELs. - Boil clarified
sugar favored with the essence of vanilla
until it is very brittle, and then pour it
out on very carefully oiled sheet of tin.
When sufficiently cool to receive an i'm.
preston of the finger, mark it out in
squares an inch in size; after which,
glaze them with another coat of sugar
and place them out in a dry place to
harden, and put in an air-tight can for
preservation.


ORANGE TARTLETTs. - Remove the
pulp from two or three oranges; boil the
peels until very tender; beat them to a
paste with twice their weight of sugar;
add the thin pulp and juice of the
oranges with tablespoonful of butter
and beat these ingredients together. Line
some little pans with puff. paste; fill with
the orange mixture and bake.


COOKING CAULIFLowERs.-Th an
swers were given the lady wishing to
know how to make caulifower white for
the table, none of which show knowledge
of the great secret, which is to boil it in
two-thirds milk and One-third water, or
even more milk if it can be spared.


MARBLE CAKE-LIGHT.-Half a cup
of butter, one cup of milk, one of white
sugar, one teaspoon of coda, two of
cream of tartar, whites of two eggs.
Beat the whites to froth and stir in Just
before baking.


CORN BREAD.-One cup of sour milk,
two cups sweet milk, one teaspoon soda,
one teaspoon salt, one.half cup molasses,
two cups meal, two cups coarse flour
steam two hours; bake half an hour.
Year: 1878

Pastry must not be worked or mixed with
the hands,if the housewife wishes her pies
faky-a thing desired by most cooks
While acknowledging the unwholesomc-
ness of rich pastry, we must assert that
for us a pie without a rich, tiaky crust,
is not worth the eating, and that we much
prefer a plain pudding to aplain pie. II
properly made, three. quarters of a pound
Of lard-or half lard and half butter
to a quart of sifted flour, makes very
rich paste, and even one half pound OF
lard-no butter-to a quart of sitted
flour, will make faky crust, although
not rich.


Place the flour on the moulding-b board,
add salt, make q we'll in the center; with
one hand stir with a knife, and with the
other drop in ice.cold water, until the
flour is sufficiently wetted to form a
paste that will roll. Flour the rolling
pin and roll the paste into a smooth
square about one-quarter of an inch
thick. Then with knife divide the
lard-whether allowing three quarters,
or half pound to quart of tlour--into
five parts, and spread one-titth over every
part of the paste; fold over the paste,
and roll out again, spreading on another
portion of the lard; continue spreading,
folding and rolling until all the lard is
used it is now ready for the tins, and it
you please, when the upper crust is
rolled out, very little lard can be rubbed
lightly over the top of the crusts, with a
bit Of paper.


To prevent pies bursting, wet the rim of
the lower crust with thick paste of flour
and water and press the crusts firmly to-
gether. 1t is better to remove pies from
the tins on which they are baked at once,
for if allowed to cool on the tins the un-
der crust is liable to become soggy. An
other way to prevent the inside OF the
pie from soaking into the under crust is
to bake the under crust slightly before
filling the pie, also never let them stand
after filling, but bake at once in quick
oven. Should pastry be perfect before
baking, cold, slow oven will prevent it
from being crisp and flaky.


The following German paste is nice for
ali sorts Of fancy puffs and tarts, and it
properly baked and kept in a stone
crock in dry place, the shells will keep
nicely for six weeks--that is in winter
Make hole in the center of three-quar-
tiers of pound of fine -four; put into it
half pound of butter, the same guam
tity of powdered sugar, the peel of a
lemon grated, and rub altogether with a
knife; beat light the yelks of two eggs
and stir into the other ingredients. If
the eggs do not sufficiently moisten the
paste, add very small quantity of wa
ter. Mix thoroughly with a knife, but
do not handle. Roll thin, and before
putting into the oven wash over the
pastry with the beaten whites of the two
eggs, and sift over little powered
sugar.
Year: 1878

OLD BED QUILTs.- These must be
washed when much soiled, and wash
ing-machine and wriuger seem almost
indispensable. Plenty of suds should be
used, and thorough rinsing be given.
If they happen to hang through a good
pouring rain, it will do no harm. They
can be patched up when very badly
worn out more easily than some i'm
agine. If placed in large blocks, they
can be patched with dark or light, ac-
cording to the shade of the worn portions,
so as to look almost as good as 1ew. OF
course they need not be ironed.
Year: 1878

The BLAND Bill AND THE WoEKINGNEN. .--
The first effect of the Bland bill becoming Il
law would be to reduce the currency dollar to
the value of its silver dollar-about ninety
cents or n little less; and the present wages
in all manufacturing, mechanical farming and
commercial industries would be reduced prac-
tcally ten per cent because the legal-tender
dollar would be reduced to its silver dollar
value. Nobody has the hardihood to-day to
say that the wages of labor are too high. or
yield such profit that the Government is JUS
tilted in scaling the dollar down ten per cent
in order to reduce them. Such reduction on
the going rate of wages will be disastrous to
the workingmen. The price of commodities
which they consume will nominally advance
in the new valuation of the dollar, although
their gold value will remain unatered. Thus
the workingman must pay Sl.lO, new curren-
cy values, for what previously he paid Sl.0O
for. He cannot stand this discrimination
against him, and must demand correspond
ing rise in wages to cOunteract the conse-
quence of being paid in debased currency.
With such demand, difficulties between EN-
ployer and the employed, the unsettling of
the cost of production must ensue, and the
suffering and bearing of the burden of the
change must fall ON the workman. He en-
dures patiently till the grievance is intolera-
BILE he bears the cost of the change out of
his wages the whole expense and loss of
making it in the transaction of business falls
on him. The employer gains so long rs he
can thwart the workman in his effort to have
his pay made equal in buying power to what
it was before the Bland robbery law. There
are other evil effects on the employers which
we are not considering here.


The workngmen of the United States must
suffer and lose at least two hundred millions
of dollars in their wages during the coming
year. and probably much more, if the Bland
bill becomes law. This is not a brilliant
prospect for them especially when we con-
slider that the Bland bill diminishes their saw
ings in bank ten per cent. on every dollar to
their credit in those institutions, which is
another ninety millions loss to them. We may
reasonably ask the silver statesmen to show
us where the bone and muscle the brawny
honest labor of the United States, North and
South East and West gains any equivalent
to compensate for the loss of the three hun
dred millions such law will cost them P
Boston Post.
Year: 1878

Oh, wish were tiny brown bird from out the
South,
Settled among the ader-holis, aud twittering by
the stream:
would rut my tiny tail down, and put up my tiny
mouth,
And sing my tiny life away in one melodious dream
I would sing about the blossoms and the sun shine
and the sky
And the tiny wife | meant to have in such a cosey
nest;
And IL some came and shot me dead, why then
could but die,
With my tiny life and tiny song just ended at their
best. ChtyI,N KmTsisg.
Year: 1878

not easy to take mo for an answer, even
when that no was as decided as Tina's but
n certain amount of solf-respect forbade him
to appear intrusive or mportunate, and at
last it occurred to him to take counsel with
Aunt Nabby, whom he had known as long as
his mother, and who would be better able TO
explain the cause of 1inas behavior than any
one else; for after all, man-fashion, ho
cherished II secret faith that the girl was not
quite Indifferent 10 him. | am sorry to sny
that Aunt Nabby not only chuckled to herself
hut really evoked smile on the gentleman's
rueful countenonce during that private inter
view; but being lover he probably viewed
Clcmontucs motives in little different light
from that Of Aunt Nabby's frosty common
sense. Yet he left that energetic old lady with
a great amount of grateful acknowledgements
and finding Tina alone in the summer parlor
put his fate to the touch again. and was-not
rejected at least, though there was very little
positive acceptance in what she made audible
to the ear. But look. blush, smile, two
dropping tears what will you have? Be
cause we are old shall there be no moro low
crs and kisses! Cupid forbid


The sacred iuge of all and sundry young
females in Coventry when they found that
Edward Wylde had really gone to Canterbury
dragged, so to speak Mt Miss Kents chariot
wheels, shall not be described here. Tina was
in due time


'Wooed au' married an a';'


and when sentiment had had its flowery day
when Ned was n portly man of business and
Tina delicate ailing mother with fair, slight
children, needing plenty of servants, Injuries
of food and clothing, winters in Florida and
summers in the mountains, she thought many
a time Of old Aunt Nabby, now at rest from
her hbors under the lupincs and sand violets
t,,t a 1
ed TO herself, with gratitude to that departed
spinster. that love without money may be
good, money without love is surely detcstable
but, for her, love and money together had
made home happy and life both possible and
delightful.


There is no moral to this story -Harpcrs
B0zdF.
Year: 1878

PETER CooPER's LATEST PHILANTHRoPIC
SCHEME. soundness of Peter Cooper's
latest financial views may meet with some
question, but the commences and practical
character of his philanthropy cannot be doubt
ed The Cooper Institute, New York, is
conspicuous monument of this fact but it is
only one out of many, large share of which
may not have come under public notice at ALL
1t is now stated that he has under considera-
ton the plan of a free institute for girls in
South Carolina. The probable site is the
property known as Limestone Springs" "
about four miles from Spartanburg, which
consists of 500 acres upon the sunny side of
slope II, 600 feet above tide level 1t is occu-
pied by eleven buildings and a brick church
capable of accommodating five hundred per-
sons, and the situation has appealed to Mr.
Cooper's practiscd judgment as an admirable
one for tirst-class educational institute. He
is anxious to do something for the South. and
show the people of that section that n North
ern man has some interest in their welfare.
and this proposition certainly promises a
graceful and useful method of carrying out
his idea. The institute would be a school of
science and art in its application to all the use
fui and necessary purposes of life and for Ia
dies only. The expenditure will be limited
to paying for and fitting up the property, af-
ter which it must run itself; but the advant-
ages aside from personal expenses will be free
to any lady over fourteen years old from any
part of the world.
Year: 1878

A correspondent informs us that a
family living on the North West corner
of Ninth and Shipley streets, is in a
very destitute condition. The husband
has hunted over the city without avail
for work and the wife is a helpless in
valid Our friend wants some kind
and benevolent person to visit them.
Year: 1878

In the atmosphere experienced here curing the
summer months, the lethal gy produced by the heat
takes away the desire for wholesome food, and
frequent perspirations reduce bodily energy, par
ticuarly those suffering from the effects of debili
ting diseases. In order to keep natural health
full activity of the system must resoct to artlf-
cial means. For this purpose Schenck's Sea Weed
Tonic is very effectual. few doses will create an
appetite and give fresh vigOr to the enervated body


For dyspepsia, it is invaluable. Many eminent
ph ysic'ans have doubted whether dyspepsia can be
permanently cured by the drugs which are gener-
ally employed for that purpose. The Sea Weed
Tonic in its nature is totally different from such
drugs. 1t contains corrosive minerals or acids
in fact it assists the regular operations of nature


and supplies her deficiencies. The tonic in its
ture much resembles the gastric juice that it s
almost identical with that fluid. The gastric juice
is the natural solvent which, in healthy condition
CT the body causes the food to be digested; and
when this juice is not excreted in sufficient quaint
ties indigestion, with all its distressing symptoms
follow The Sea Weed Tonic performs the duty
Of the gastric juice when the latter is deficient


schenck's Sea Weed Tonic sold by all Druggists.
Year: 1878

mOcracy.


The GAZETTE is frantcally calling
upon every Democrat to vote next Tues
day and to be sure and vote the whole
Democratic ticket, as II the prosperity of
the Government, and their happiness in
this life and the life TO come depended
upon doing SO. II says Mr.. Pyle will be
elected Sheriff by from 1000 to 5000 ma
jority, and as it is generally conceded
that he will run behind his ticket, II is
useless to compute the fabulous majori-
ties the other candidates on the same
ticket will have. 1t looks as if our
neighbor had a certain amount of "hur-
rah gllsh" to let off every election cam
paign, no matter whetherthe chances are
good or bad. "Grandiather's Clock"
could not be more regular in its tick,
tick, than has been its biennial warnings,
threatenings and coaXings. Our neigh
Dor calls upon its faithful clan to turn
out, and urges as plea the reduction of
taxes but he has not word to say about
making everybody help to pay the taxes.
-Deidwdre Republican.


There is the proof of the fact that the
Republican has given up the election.-
Could any one want any better proof of
it. There is the admission, to a certain
extent, that John Pyle will not only have
majority, but that there will be a ma
jority on the whole Democratic ticket
that will astonish every one.


That is all very well. And we don't
see why the ticket should have such a
majority. But the GAZETTE neverthe-
less wishes erery Democrat to help to
make up that majority, and to exercise
the patriotic duty of citizen in going to
the polls and voting ON Tuesday, just as
if the combined opponents Of our party
hoped to beat us.


Now it is said in the above that John
Pyle will run behind his party ticket
There is not a word of truth in this. lie
will run ahead of his ticket, if there is
any truth in the best indication-the
nomination election, in which he got
the largest vote ever given to Demo-
crat in his own Hundred, and if he
should carry that hundred (Christiana)
he will be the first Democrat that has
done so in our remembrance. But the
votes given to him then by the Republi-
cans show that he is esteemed by all
citizens in his own neighborhood-th
best evidence of mans popularity.
Year: 1878

The parent of Insomnia or wakefulness is
in nine cases out OF ten dyspeptic stomach
Good digestion gives sound sleep, indiges-
tion interferes with it. The brain and
stomach sympathze. One of the prominent
symptoms ofaweak state of the gastric or
gans is disturbance of the great nerve en-
trepot, the brain. Invigsrate the stomach.
and you restore equilibrium to the great
center. A most reliable medicine for the
purpose is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which is far preferable to mineral sedatives
and powerful narcotics which, though they
may for time exert a soporific influence
upon the brain, soon cease to act, and in
variably injure the tone of the stomach.
The Bitters, on the contrary, restore activi-
ty to the operations of that all important
organ, and their beneficent influence Is re-
fiected in sound sleep and tranquil state of
the nervous system. A wholesome impetus,
is likewise given to the action of the liver and
bowels by It's use.
Year: 1878

THE London Times publishes the


following in regard to the armistice:
sit seems certain that the Russians
are making every possible effort to
reach Adrianople, in order that terms
of peace may be discussed at that point.


The feeling in England is still one of
great depression, owing to the demand
of terms which England cannot sub
nit to without disgrace. This feeling
is augmented by the preparations being
made by the government to concentrate
a heavy force in the vicinity of the
Turkish capital. Not only are all ships
to and from India being stopped at
Malta, but preparations are being made
to send on all available troops from
England. Either the English ministry
anticipates the worst from the present
condition of affairs, or else movement
is being made to frighten Russia by the
extent Of the preparations for war.
These movements lead to the belief
that the government is in possession of
facts which are of sinister significance. -
Year: 1878

Washington, Jan. 14.-Sec. Schurz'
Commissioners, who last fall examined
a section of the Southern Pacific rail-
road to Yuma, south of Cotton, have
been ready six weeks and are under
stood to be highly favorable to the gen.
eral character of the road. The secre-
tary has been Unexpectedly delayed by
a protest from the Texas Pacific that
the Southern Pacific crosses its line
some two thousand feet from the Colo
RADIO river, and has no right to the land
grant beyond the point of purchase.
The Southern Pacific, under the grant,
is given land grant for the construc-
tion of road to the Texas Pacific at
some point near the Colorado river,
but when engineer Gray came to lay
out the Southern Pacific road he found
that the Texas Pacific only exists in on
incomplete survey of its line, and he
therefore built his road to the most
convenient place for crossing the Colo
RADIO river, and bridged it. His COM
pany, therefore, claims the construc-
ton of the road and the grant annexed.
Year: 1878

MATRIMONIAL sensations seem TO be
rather the go just now in New York,
for while the positive scandal OF Jne
Lord Hicks marriage is still fresh
enough to require three or four columns
a day in the New York newspapers,
comes the negative scandal of young
Mr.. Agotz, who has demateriaiized
just in time to escape carrying out his
matrimonial contract with the fan
Miss Henrietta Duhrkoop. But very
small sensation goes long way with
the average New Y Yorker.
Year: 1878

IT has just been ascertained that the
sheriff of st. Louis is not good kind
of man to poke fun at. One of the
newspapers of that city made slashing
assault upon him because he invariably
picked out an inferior sort of individual
to serve on the jury, and the sheriff i'm
mediately summoned the editors of the
paper to serve. He either wanted. to
improve his juries or he knew right
where to go for the inferior men he
seemed to fancy.
Year: 1878

The town of Griffin is supported by
buffalo hunters, and is their general
rendezvous in that section. The mum.
ber of hunters on the ranges this season
is estimated at 1,500. At Griffin is
plat of ground of about four acres cov-
cred with buffalo hides spread out to
dry, besides large quantity piled up
for shipment. These hides are worth
in that place from 81 to 81. go each. The
generally accepted idea of the exciting
chase in buffalo-hunting is not the plan
pursued by the men who make it a reg
ular business. They use the needle
gun with telescope, buy the powder by
the keg, their lead in bulk, and the
shells and make their own cartridges.
The guns in party of hunters are used
by only one or two men, who say they
usually kill drove of thirty or forty
buffaloes on one or two acres of ground
As soon as one is killed the whole herd,
smelling the blood, collect around the
dead body, snufiing and paving up the
ground, and uttering singular noise.
The hunter continues to shoot them
down as long as he can remain conceal
ed, or until the last animal "bites the
dust" The buffalo pays no attention
to the report of the gun, and fees only
at the sight or scent of his enemy. The
others of the party then occupy them
selves in ''peeling." Some of these
have become so skillful- they offer to
bet they can skin a 8 OIL year old bull
IN i've minutes. The meat is also saved
and sent to market, and commands Q
good price.
Year: 1878

Virginia City, Jan. 15.-owing to a
recent imbroglio between the Alta and
Justice mines, number of hired fight
ing men have been sent down the level
on which a connection between the
mines is momentarily expected to be
made. Trouble is apprehended when
the drifts meet.
Year: 1878

THE Chinese population of Virginia,
Nevada, is being rapidly thinned out,
They have gradually left for other and
more lucrative fields of usefulness, until
the Virginia City people begin to feel
lonely in the absence of their Mongo-
han neighbors. John don't find work
as readily as he did before the hard
times set in, and now his place is being
filled by the Caucasian again.
Year: 1878

THE senatorial contest in the Ken
lucky Legislature is still undecided.
Iowa selects a successor to Senator
Allison next week, and if reports are
true he is so fortunate as to have no
cOmnetitor
Year: 1878

Gen. Butler recently addressed a
meeting of workingmen in New York
City. He told them that the whole leg
islation of this country for the past 16
years had been in favor of money and
men of money, and urged them not to
vote for any man for Congress who was
not pledged to use his position for the
benefit of workingmen. He suggested
as a remedy for the over production
caused by the extensive use of machine
ry, cutting down of the hours of labor,
to one hour day, if necessary.
Year: 1878

mainder Of the term, And when the
term closed, as was said before, Jim fOlt
thot ebe was farther from him than
ever lie saw with the cleamess of Wis
ion tbal Is characteristic OF young men
in his state Of mind, the hopelessness Of
Year: 1878

RETURNS from all but two counties in
this State 60 to show that after the
tramps have got through with the apple
crop this year there win be almost
enough left over to make one barrel OF
cider, Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1878

Gen Howard and Governor Chadwick
have gone to the Umatilla reservation
to meet number of prominent citizens
in consultation over Indian affairs.
Howard is satisfied, unless satisfactory
arrangements can be made, that a
chronic petty warfare will continue be-
tween the Indians and whites near the
reservation, liable at any time to result
in general massacre.
Year: 1878

A little girl sat, at twilight. in her
sick mothers room, busily thinking.
All day she had been full of fun and
noise, and many times worried her poor
tired mother.


'Ma,' said the little girl, what do you
suppose makes me get over my mis-
chief, and begin to act good, just about
this time every night?'


1 do not know, dear. Can you not
tell Z!


We'll, l guess it's because this is
when the dark comes. You know l am
a little afraid of that. And then, ma,
| begin TO think of all tho naughty
things I've done to grieve you, and that
perhaps you might die before morning !;
and so begin 10 act good


'Oh,' thought ], 'how many of US
wait till dark comes, in the form of sick
ness or sorrow, or trouble of some kind,
before we begin to do goodp How
much better to be good while We are
enjoying life's bright sunshine? and
then, when the dark comes, ,'-as it will,
in q measure. to ALIVE shall be ready
to meet it without fear