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Year: 1874

A clergyman writes - Did you ever
have an eye fight-have some person
look at you persistently, catching your
eye every time you looked toward him 7
Did you ever get annoyed and fix your
eyes on him, and struggle and wrestle
with him, and finally throw him ? l
have, many a time. was once lidipg
in the cars with beautiful young lady
who was in my charge A man sitting
near fixed his wicked green eyes on her,
and she was greatly annoyed. / got in
good range, and fought that mans eyes
all the way from Cleveland to Buffalo.
His eyes both needed what no minister,
what no good Christian could give
them, and if any wicked man had come
into that car and had given him pair
of black eyes, should have thanked
the Lord" ,aA3h -
Year: 1874

Somebody has been at the trouble OF
calculating the averagelnumber of hairs
which grow on, an average persons
head. 1t is found that the number
varies according to the color OF the
hair. Light or blonde hair is the most
luxuriant, the average of this color be.
ing 100000. When the hair is brown.
the usual number is much less, being
only 10000, while black hairs reach
only the average amount of 100000 1t
might naturally be supposed that a
light haired person having the most hair
would have the greatest weight to carry,
but it is not So That which is lightest
in color is also highest in weight; aud
lady with abundant faxen locks is as
light headed as one whose tresses are
of raven-hue. Hence il follows that
the former is of finer texture than the
latter. ae a Tfef
Year: 1874

Tall and bulky people require more
sleep than thin people In o state of
health, the amount of sleep required to
restore nervous energy averages from 6
to hours. Sleep on the right side, land
eat nothing heavy before retiring
Year: 1874




voc,


And 60 to that blessed Paradise on high
''The world" they say, sis all feeting


show"


1t always seemed to me that earth was bright,
Beside the valley of the shadow grim,
And that our father made it not all night
To give us pleasure on the way to Him;
always thought that it was hard to die,
To leave this world SO full of love and hope
Although it may be brighter there on high
Than in this valley where we mortals grope'
If this dear world is shadowed by cloud
So black it darkens all the sunny day, a
Why are not those who publish it aloud
Content to throw their worthless lives away
'Tis those who talk the most of sin and woe,
Who flee from duty at the sight Of death;
And those who say they value it so low,
Put most hope in this quickly-aeeting breath
The power to make it sorrowful or blest a'
Lies in the heart of him who lives this life:
If he is of nature dark and cold, r i'a
Then all creation is with misery rife. Sc ,
But if he has sun within himself a
That lightens all his nature with glow,
Then in this life which some men deem SO cold
His own warm feelings will to Others flow.
Year: 1874

4 correspondent Of the Ploughman,
writing trm Ossipce y H., gives the fol
.Vl.r account oi q new industry


There appears to be some things not
We'll understood By the reading public,
ue of which NAV be named as the SCI
ruce oi Mink Culture. on the subject OF
which I ann receiving many letters of in
Tuiry 10 answer all by mail would take
-oa much ot my time as well rs quite
revenue M postage stamps / have
thought that perhaps an article or two
I'D ght he ot interest to the many readers
VI the Ploughman


1t has been found by long and persist
eut effort That the mink cannot be made to
breed IN confinement when caught in a
Mild state but viii breed after being fully
bomesticated. BY procuring the Young
before their eyes are open and rearing by
hand, or perhaps on a cat, when one can
be found that will mother them success is
easier


After some pretty expensive expert
men~, have succeeded in breeding
Them. atfording a fair profit for the out
iay The profits this year average about
~l4j per pair no mink being killed fol
their fur is u ready sale is made OF all
that 4 can raise at $40 per pair, sold alive
but tor their tur alone no branch of in
dustsy in this country viii pay better
MinAs are very prolific seldom losing
any of their Young, ana they raise from
six to nine At litter, and in one case
fourteen


They will eat any kind Of lean meat
Birds, fish. frogs, woodchucks. in fact
Any thing Of the game kind, and appear
specially fond Of beef liver and poultry.


shall probably winter ten pairs OF Ole
mink this year, and another year propose
ID enlarge my works. There appears tC
tie prevailing idea that they cannot be
kept in large numbers together This i,
mistake for il properly cared for dur
ing the breeding seasonal which time
il i not safe to have more than two fe
males TO one male in the same pen-they
de well
Year: 1874

In many sections of the country apple
Gathering will be an important item of
farm work this month Where apples
are plenty, this year, they are oery plenty
and some farmers may be led to believe
that they viii hardly pay for gathering
This is a mistake. Apples are not exces-
sively plenty in all parts Of the country.
In those towns where the cankerworm
and caterpillars have been allowed to
overrun the orchards, the crop will be lit
tie above an average.


Porters and other fall apples have been
very plenty in many places during the
past mounth, and the price has ruled low,
but apples which will keep will be worth
picking and handling with care. There
Year: 1874

The Paducah kentuckian furnishes the
following double headed snake story
Captain Howle, reliable gentleman liv-
ing near Lovelaceville, told us yesterday
about curious snake shot and killed in
his neighborhood the other day. The snake
was about three feet long, and about as
large as the average forearm OF man.
1t had two perfectly formed heads. one
where the tail ought to have been, and of
course had no tail. The man who killed
it said that it could travel with either head
in front, and those who examined it after
it was dead found perfectly developed
fangs in both heads
Year: 1874

Olivia writes to the Philadelphia Press g:
The exclusive aristOcracy of Washington
is found in that part of the city known as
Capitol llill. Upon the emerald heights
crowned with gardens and flowers, the
proud old families of ancient lineage oc-
cupy their ancestral acres almost under
the dome Of our beloved Capitol. Whilst
standing on the brow Of the Hill II the
eve is directed SouthWard, the baronial
home OF the CAROLS scourges the vision
with It's mUnastic severity. A wall rs
round as the arm Of beauty emcirCles the
extensive grounds, and the naughty old cas-
tie within is a perpetual aggression to the
paint, parvenu, and pretence that spreads
itself at the West End The spirit OF
holiness seem to cnyelop this elegant
home AT certain hours Of the twenty
tourS the dainty occupants emerge to go
upon their rounds Of daily charity. Like
so many nuns yet part Of the world,
they bear the same relation to modern
society at the capitol as the old French
regime 10 the Bonaparte reign. Earlier
blossoms OF the family tree have worn the
proudest coronets Of England; and these
lovely. silver haired sisters are character
lied by the same COurtly refinement and
Queeniy grace. 10 the north, but within
a stones throw OF the Capitol, may be
seen the pile once known as the city home
Of General Washington. Within the re-
membrance OF the child Of a dozen sum
mers it remained as the great statesman
left it, except it had succumbed to the
gnawng tooth OF Time The high plateau
upon which it was built had in a GREAT





mostly broken and the chimneys were be
ginning to tall. But the hand OF modern
progress seized it, and pretentious build
ing, made up Of the old walls, now marks
the site; too large for a boarding house anC
too small for a hotel, destitute OF kitchen
and servants quarters, useless as man
sion but splendid as tomb. But nothing
in the great laboratory Of Nature is lost
for the ghostly brick and mortar serves tC
mark the followed spot scared to the
memory of the Father of his Country
and no Mount Vernon corporation can
pen COWS within the precious and peddl(
pale fluid at so much per gallon or Sc
much per glass. On Capitol Hill may be
| found Christ Church, where Washington
and other early Presidents worshipped
| The bricks Of which it is constructed were
baked on English soil and tossed over the
stormy Atlantic. The antique building
has none OF the fancy airs Of the moderr
cathedral, but tits built square and unpre
tending, an outward emblem OF the spiri
of those who gave it birth. 1t was made
as defence against the elements willis
the inmates were holding communion
with the Most High. IN the large, square
pews sat Washington and Lafayette, willis
the gallant Hamilton held the slip-doo
that the first lady of the land might cnte
! there
Year: 1874

The English have put an end to the wars
which formerly desolated India, and have
in great measure rendered famine and
pestilence insignificant as instruments III
preventing the too rapid increase of the
population The result is that in twenty
years India will have population of over
800 .O00 900, which in twenty years more
will reach 400. .000, 900. How are these
millions to be fed? Already the area OF
land in India available for agricultural
purpose has population OF 400 to the
square mile, and when this IS doubled
Indian will be unable to feed her people.
How to meet this difficulty IS matter
which is engaging the serious attention OF
British statesmen, and 50 far no plan OF
relief has been suggested which IS prac-
ticable. 1t is the theory of Herbert open,,
Ger that with the spread OF intellectual
culture there is a decrease in the number
OF children born. Unless this can be made
true OF India, and the people educated to
perceive the necessity Of limiting the num-
per OF their offspring, the future of that
swarming empire is not a pleasant one to
contemplate.
Year: 1874

B.SKRupTs' FUNDS IN AsslGNEE's HANDS
Judge Hughes has amended the order here
totore made by him so as to require all as
signees in bankruptcy cases in his court 10
report to the register before whom the cases
in which they are nssignees are pending the
moneys in their hands or ut their credit IN
such cases, and whether they are deposited
or not in some Government depositary. Re-
gisters arc instructed to report the facts to
the United States District Court at Richmond
On or before the Sd OF April. Where as
signees have not deposited such moneys in
Government depositary they are ordered
forthwith to do so, and if they fail the regis
ters are to make an order in each ease to cause
the assignee 10 show cause at the United
States District Court sitting here why be
should not be removed.
Year: 1874

The issue Of clothing to the poor will
commence on Monday next at the commissa'
rvs store, on Fourteenth street. It has taken
time to arrange for the issue. would re.
spactfuly suggest to the visitors that much
judgment will he required in making OUT
their certificates. It will be necessary 10 rely
very much upon the applicant as to what is
needed. When there is much doubt rs to
his character, little should be ordered. State
the number of pieces and the kind of cloth


ing needed. In order that all may be sup
piled too much libcrality should be avoided


WILLIAM W. PARKER. .
Year: 1874

pleasure of once more meeting his
master was too great to be enjoyed
all alone so he quickly turned his
course in the direction of his companion
in the woods, and in full speed made his
way to the tree, and communicated to
the large dog the fact of his young mas
ters arrival home; when in an instant,
both dogs we're making for the house
with all their might, the larger one, who
remained at the tree, taking the lead,
and not Stacking his speed until he
bounded into the room where Sidney
was. The strange part of this story con-
sists in the fact that the small dog not
only communicated to the large one
that Sidney had come home, but in some
way told him the identical room in which
he could find him as he ran around the
house and in at the very door where Sid
ney was sitting, without ever halting or
even turning his head toward several
other doors which he had to pass IN
making the circuit.
Year: 1874

The scene is laid in San Francisco.
The merchant is calmly waiting for Gus
toners to drop in, when there appeared
in the street long column Of All Sins
and Chang Loos. Arriving in front Of
the store, slowly and with measured
tread, they ranged them along the sides
Of the apartment, when the following
conversation ensued:


Chang Loo" Have you got any cot
ton twinee2


Merchant" Yes


How muchee charger


A dollar pound.


l givee fifty cent"


Git out.


And without another word being said
on either side they departed as they had
come. In about an hour the same per-
formance was exactly enacted.


Have you got any cotton twinee|
"Yes."


How muchee chargee3"


" A dollar a pound.


II givee seventy FIVE cent.


"Git out


And with charming decorum they i'm
medately got out Now the merchant
was used to this sort of thing. The evil
was one Of long standing, but the remedy
was simple and easily applied Sending
out to neighboring butcher shop for the
loan of cleaver he serenely awaited the
appearance of that happy band, for he
knew they would come; oh yes, they
would certainly come again. Sure
enough he was not disappointed. But a
little while, and all unconscious that
they had been in that store before, or
had ever in the course Of their natural
lives set eyes on that merchant, Chang
Loo, with winning smile, interrogated:
Have you got any cotton twineeY


YES" with wrath


How much chargeeY


(Brandishing a cleaver,) A dol"


Il takee fifty pound, and the trade
was consummated.
Year: 1874

From the 81. Louis uioDe.l


In the fall of 1861 my son, Sidney
C., entered the Federal army, leav'
ing behind him two favorite dogs, both
Of whom greatly lamented his absence
BE was soon eaptared by the enemy and
held a prisoner until 1862, when he was
exchanged, and on returning to bis
command came past the old homestead
in the county. Both the dogs happened
to be about three hundred yards from the
house, barking up tree at a squirrel
After some time, however, the smaller
one became tired aud came to the house
the large one remaining at the tree
The little fellow came bounding into the
room where his young master, who had
been so long absent, was sitting, recog.
nized him and Of course had
quite a taking on over him. The
Year: 1874

The country is getting a little impatient
to know what is to be the result of the
Sanborn INQUIRY. The Committee on
Ways and Means devoted great deal OF
valuable time to the matter, made many
curious discoveries, and presented report
in which the three principal officers OF the
Treasury Department were censured III
very severe terms. But surely the case is
not to stop here. Investigations are trOu-
blesOme and expensive things, and if moth
ing is to come of them except the collec-
ton of materials for the history of Gov
ernment they may as well be dispensed
with for the future. The work OF ferret
ing out obscure facts can be more appro-
priatelv performed by newspapers than
by committees of Congress, unless the
Government means to use the facts for
some practical purpose. 1t surely was not
necessary to spend weeks in the eXamina-
ton of witnesses in order to find out that
the Sanborn contracts ought TO be resclnd-
ed; that much was evident from the start.
The purpose of the investigation was to
discover whether any public officer was at
fault. and to open the way for such RENE
dies and such penalties as the facts might
suggest. -.re


The President, however, who might be
supposed to feel some concern in the con-
clusions of the committee, pays no more
attention to the report than if it had been
a verdict in the Tichborne case He Is
understood to declare that nothing has oc-
CURED to shake his confidence in Mr..
Richardson, and that Mr.. Rich
ardson shall remain at the head OF
the Treasury as long as he chooses
to stay there. We do not know
that we ought to be surprised at
this. An Official confidence that survived
the esilver-resumption scheme is doubtless
proof against any disclosures OF incapaeity.
Gen. Grant looks upOn Mr.. Richardson,
not as a public functionary who has lost
the public confidence, but as a personal
adherent, who has claim upon his pro
lection MFR. Richardson is an honest
man, who does as he is bid and makes
himself acceptable to his chief, and SO
long as am satisfied says the President,
. Congress and the people have no right
to complain; let them mind their own
business" At the bottom of this stub
born resistance to the unspOken demand
for Mr.. Richardson's removal, there is a
Year: 1874

Having suffered some for closet room at
one time and another, or for places to stow
away things, SAYS a lady in the AgyIcUL-
t,t7rst, have had considerable sympathy
with that man who said that when he built
a house he should ''begin with a big closet
and make additions to that" When L
sveak of closets nv husband understands
me, but Immediately begins to talk about
modes of ventilating closets, and | have
only gradually grown to understand his
strong sense of the necessity for closet
ventilstiOn. Having for several years hung
the clothing of the family in rooms where
there was q free circulation of air, am
surprised when | 90 into the well-tiniShed
clOthes-rOOms Qetus call them close rOOmS)
i'm some fine houses to find how dead and
unwhOlesome-nOt to say toul-the AIR Is.
The sOiIed garments, hung in a tight and
dark room, cOntaminate the whole apart
ment, and such contamination is very per-
ceptible to a well-traned nose or to Oltac-
tories accustomed to the refinement of
habitual pure air. Old boots and shoes
cause a bad smell in q close room.


To pursue an unpleasant subject little
fur her-why will people keep the dirty
clothes designed for the weekly wash IN
close closet? That which has come from
the skins of unclean or unhealthy persons
(Ghe latter adjective describes nine-tenths
of the human family grows constantly
more impure shut away from light or air,
and everything kept in the same room
is contaminated by the effluvia. Can
not soiled garments be kept, while
waiting for the wash. in some bag or
covered basket i'm the wOOd-shed or
some such place? There are baskets on
purpose for sOiled clothing, open enough
for ventilation but too fine to admit mice.
Unless closets ventilated so that there Is
some circulation of air through it, 1t Is no
place to hang away night-gOwns, unless
they have previously been aired. so that
the perspiratiOn accumulated in the previ-
ous snight-Only yinsensible perspiratiOn per-
haps-has been dried and summed away.


| have no means of ascertaining this
morning how far science has attended to
this subject of closet ventilation, but | am
very sure that it is an important matter,
and should be well looked into. OfcOurse
there can be closets with windows in them,
and this should generally be the case.
They can be kept dark, as a general rule,
if desired but it ought to be pOssibletO adj
nit a flood of light. Closets built under
stairways might be ventilated by CRATE
closed by a sliding shutter under one OF
the stairs. 1t would be well to have the
CRATE capable of being shut to keep out
dust when the stairs are swept. do not
know whether this has been tried, but the
idea has occurred TO me as practicable. A
sliding window in the clOset-dOOr is also
possible. The small sliding window in
the door and the CRATE in the elevation OF
one OF the stairs ought to give sufficient
circulation of air to a small stairway closet.
1t is idle to suppose that closet (or any
other room) is provided with ventilation
because it is built large and high. There
must be some circulation of air, or the at
mOsphere becomes dead.
Year: 1874

RHUBARB AND. DRIED APPLEs.-LOOk
over and, if necessary, wash good dried
apples and put them into porcelain


lined bottle, with about three parts cold
water. Stew until they are soft enough TO
cut with a spoon. Then add as much cut
rhubarb as there Is dried apple. Stew un-
iii tender, mix intimately and sweeten to
the taste. Put away for day or two, and
then serve for breakfast, dinner or supper.
Year: 1874




Who does boiling fast render meat hard ?


Because the excessive action OF heat causes
the albumen of the meat TO set solid, crisps
up the 1eshy fibres and prevents heat having
q gradual access to the interior.


Why, when good soup or broth is required,
should the meat be put into cold water:


Because, as the heat is developed very
gradually, there occurs an intcrmixture be-
tween the juices of the flesh and the external
matter. The soluble and savory parts of the
meat escape and enrich the soup.


Why are stews generally healthfnl and
digestible?


Because being compounds of various SUBJ
stances, they contain all the elements OF nu-
triton, and rs the Office of the stomach Is to
liquify solid food before digesting it, the pre-
vious stcwing assists the stomach in this par
ticular.


What causes the cracking noise when lard
is put into frying pan!


Lard always contains some portion OF wa
ter. and it is the expansion of this water into
steam, forcing it's way through the fat, which
causes the cracking noise.


The heat at which fat or oil b0ils is much
greater than the water. When the cracking
ceases the water has been driven off from the
fat, and when the fat begins 10 boil or bub-
bic its heat will be very high.


Why in frying fish should the fat or oil be
make very hot before the fish are put in:


Because if the temperature is low when the
fish is put into the frying pan, it becomes sod
den in the steam formed by its water, but if
the oil be very much heated the water will be
at once driven off, ard the fish nicely brown
cd by the scorching oil.


Why should fish or mcat that Is being fried
he frequently turned?


Because the turning assists the evaporation
of the water. When the fish or meat is al
lowed to lie too long, steam is generated un-
der it, and the substance becomes sodden !;
and the moment the steam is driven off, the
surface catches to the hot pan and becomes
burnt and broken.


Why is Eoiled meal so juicy AMI savory:


Because the action of the fire, hardening
its surface, seals up the pores through which
the juices might escape. 1t acts in the same
way that the sudden dip ito boiling water
docs upon the joints of meat, but more effec-
tually. To turn boiling meat never use fork
l'ut tongs; a fork opens an escape for the
juice, and wastes the best part of the meat.


Why is cabbage rendered more wholesome
and nutritious by being boiled in two waters


Because ,according to DR.. Paris> cabbages
Contain An essential oil, which is apt to pro-
duce bad effects; md he recommends that
they shonld be boiled in two successive wa
tiers, till they arc soft and digestible --artAvr's
Magazine.