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Year: 1874

Don't do it. Even if you think
it will be for the best, don't you.
That is, don't advertise ; for if you
do, some one will be sure to read
your advertisement, and then they
will trouble you with all manner of
questions in regard to what you
have to sell. The idea that advcr-
tisements are not read by the pub
lie, is all nonsense, and the expert
ence I have had convinces me of
that fact.


On certain occasion / returned
home one evening from my daily
toll, and was considerably astonish-
ed at finding no one at home and
the house locked up. l was not
long in discovering that my wife
had packed her best clothing in a
trunk, taken the children and gone,
the Lord knew where, but didn't.
l was in quandry, not knowing
what to do, or where to commence
to do anything. I first thought of
committing suicide, but on second
thought l made my way to the Of
fee of a newspaper and paid for
this advertisement:


Whereas, my wife, Arabella, having
| ~ left my bread aud butter, without any cause
or provocaion shall pay no debts OF her con-
u"c''"S A''' '''' N CON c. oUENCE.


The notice appeared the next
morning, and before night / had
good reason to wish that every
newspaper in the country was in
the bottom of Lake Erie. On the
afternoon train came Arabella, her
eyes flashing fire. and an express
sion on her countenance that made
my blood run cold. She broke two
of my ribs at the first spear with
her umbrella, and in less than three
York minutes / was in aifearfully
demoralized condition. Whatever
you do, reader, don't do 1t, for you
will rue the day If you do.


IL turned out that Arabella had
taken the children and gone to see
. my mother-in-law, and when she
. saw that little advertisement she
. made haste home, to learn Inc tha
she understood her business, and
o guess she did. Ihave learned from
that lesson not to advertise, for if
should, some one will be sure e
q read tho notice, and it may be tn


worse for me.
Year: 1874

Daughter, don't let mother do it;


Do not let her slave and toll,
While you sit, useless idler,


Fearing your soft hands to soil.
Don't you see the heavy burdens,


Daily she is wont to bear,
Bring the lines upon her forehead
Sprinkle silver in her hair!
Daughter, don't let mother do il;
DO not let her bake and broil;
Through the long, bright summer hours
Share with her the daily toll.
See, her eye has lost its brightness,
Faded from her check the glow,
And the step that once was buoyant,
Now is feeble, weak and slow.
Daughter, don't let mother do ii;
She has cared for you SO long.
Is it right the weak and feeble


Should be toiling for the strong'
waken from your ts;less languor,


Seek her side to cheer and bless,
And your grief win be less bitter


When the sods above her press.
Daughter, don't Let mother do ii;
You will never, never know
What were home without n mother
Till that mother leth low
Low beneath the budding daisies,
Free from earthly care and pain
To the homo so sad without h.r
Never to return again.
Year: 1874

shall not soon forget the bright
May morning when Sam Slade and
/ were called out of the peniten-
tiary workshop into the Office, our
prison suits changed for two of
decent gray, and we were told
by the superintendent that we were
discharged. We had been in that
place five years, and though had
kept rough count of the time with
pin-marks on the wall, and knew
that the last year was almost out,
/ did not think this welcome day
would come quiet so soon. We
passed out of the Office into the
prison yard through the gate, and
into the library, and the world, and
Gods blessed sunshine again. We
walked few rods down the road,
in silence. l was thinking of the
past and its bitter experience, and
honestly making good resolves for
the future, when my companion
stepped right in front of mo and
put his hand on my shoulder


"Whither now youngster p he
demanded. ] did not think there
could be any anger between him
and me; but his voice was sharp
and rasping as he spoke, and there
was bad look in his eye that l did
not like. But l answered him and
spoke mildly.


"Well, Sam, l don't know. I've
got q living to earn, someway-
somewhere-and / am determined
it shall be an honest one. think
we'd better go far enough so that
people won't know us, and"


"Don't say we, yonker; and bear
in mind that Sam Slade is no long
er your friend" He spoke the
words harshly, and there was q
decided menace in his tone. 1t
grieved and astonished me.


"Why, Sam," l began but he
cut mo short with an oath.


"Don't talk to me-" he said. "1'm
not q fool, to forget who it was
pcached on me, and got me into
that place yonder, for five years.
No, l haven't forgot it and won't.
You can go as far as you please,
and be as honest as you please
but l warn you now, you'll have nc
rest or peace, if I can help it
Good bye to you. Don't fear but
you'll hear from me soon enough,
and striking me hard blow in the
breast, he turned and leaped the
fence, and strobe away over the
meadows.


/ got up out of the dust, ant
looked after him with a throbbine
and indignant heart under my coat
What had l done to merit this
mans enmityl We had been com
panions in crime, and companion
also in disgrace; and now that W,
were free again I had thought tha
we might be companions still, anC
together win the worlds gooC
opinion and redeem ourselves.


/ thought, as l walked slowly
and alone, along the highway, that
IL there was to be any enmlty be
tween us, surely l had the best rea
son for cherishing it. Five year
before when Sam Slade found m
out, was a mere boy OF nihetect
Year: 1874




Buckwheat cake, properly made and of
suitable ingredients, is not only very harm
less little circular institutio when decently
and rightly dressed, but very excellent and
healthful adjunct to the morning meal for five
or six months Of the year as well. 1 woald
uot, however, and do not, make them from
buckwheat alone. for the simple reason that
they are not so good by hall, leaving the ques-
ton OF hygiene out OF the account. My cakes
are made Of Duckwheat flour, Graham -four
from white wheat, and wheat middlings equal
parts, or the two former in equal portions,
and am OF the opinion that no other combi-
natiou OF grains or meals now known can
surpass this for the purpose intended. A lit
tie oatmeal in place of the middlings does well
but is not so good. We think our cakes are
always good when they have had proper at
tention and will submit the formula to yonr
readers for confirmation. Always mix in a
covered earthen jar with suitable spout for
and never in tin. Mix at bed time one onart
of the flour and in the proportion above men
toned; three tablespoonful soft yeast; tea
spoonful salt; sufficient buttermilk or other
sour milk to make rather thick batter. Let
TINS stand in moderately warm place until
morning, and when wanted for use, thin
slightly with cold water, add teaspoonful
saleratus or soda, and bake Immediately
over brisk fire to Aunt Chloe's ''golden
br0wn," and serve pretty warm, with the
baking heat slightly diminished, and by no
means steam them under a tin, and wait till
all are baked before eating, as is frequently
recommended. Then if little gravy is rel
ished asa dressing no harm will ensue, ifprop-
erly made, but there is vast difference be-
tween lard oil and juicy meat gravy. If
syrup is used, pure sugar drips, or better still,
maple syrup if obtainable should be used, and
not sulphuric ''golden drps," which has
recently found its way into the market and
is poisonous. When the batter is once started
as above, and cakes desired each morning. ali
you have to do is to leave a small portion of
the batter each time, let it stand over night as
before, and add the necessary flour, milk and
saleratus in the morning, and the trick goes
on repeating itself admirably and only needs
renewal at long ntervals.-Country Gentle
man.
Year: 1874

1t has been discovered that subterranean
fire is raging directly under the city of Pitts


burg. Some of the retail liquor dealers talk


of sinking artesian wells in their bar-room
na1larS
Year: 1874

Asingular case has recently occurred in
California. A man in San Bernarlino
county, is legally living with two wives.
Attera marriage of ten months wife mum
Der one arrived with three Children EN-
plantations being satisfactory, the two
wives lived harmoniouslv together. each
claiming only a half interest in the hus-
band. The scandal led to prosecution,
the relationship Of number one not being
known. He proved that She was his law
tul wife, and the suit was abandoned. 4
suit was then brought against him, for UNI
lawfully living with wife numbertwo. He
was acquitted under the law, which de-
clares that 1.-The marriage of person hay


ing husband or wife living, is void, unless
such former husband or wife living was
absent and not known to such persons TO be
living Tor i've years Immediately preceding
such subsequent marriage-n which case
the subsequent marriage is void only from
the time its nullity is adudged by 4 prop
er tribunal He was then prosecuted for
bigamy, but the law provides that mo per
son shall be held guilty of bigamy whose
husband or wife has been absent for five
successive years without being known to
such persons as being living So he again
escaped A fourth suit was finally brought
to dissolve the second marriage. That fail
ed because not brought by one of the in
tcrested parties. They were appealed to.
but refused to take action. 50 there the
matter stands, and everybody is in a state
Of bewilderment, while the man and his
two wives continue dwelling together in
peace and happiness
Year: 1874

| will ask the reader to cook two tul-
nips in two different ways The first is to
be peeled and sliced and left to soak in
cold water for an hour OF more The
slices are to be boiled until quite tender,
and then are to be drained and nicely
mashed with butter This is the most
common way of cooking, and it has the
demerit of washing out the gum and su-
gar, and the other fine constituents Of the
root, and consequently the flavor is much
reduced The other root is to be washed
quite clean; but it is not to be peeled, or
cut OF soaked. Boil it whole in its Jack
ct" 1t will take twice as long to cook as
the one that was cut. When, by trying it
with a fork, YOU find it quite tender, take
it up, peel it, press it moderately and
mash it with butter. You will be surpris-
ed at the difference. Instead OF being, as
perhaps you will expect, strong" ''bit-
ter or frank" it will be deliciously full
favored, and will contain all the nourish-
mcnt that was in it before it was cooked,
Gardeners Magazine
Year: 1874

! read not long since in an old English
magazine a novel way to make butter
Perhaps the idea may be new to some Of
your readers, who, doubtless, have not
forgotten the odious churning day. Let
all enterprising and intelligent farmers
Try this before they grow grey headed.
Take a clean pudding cloth and put it
into basin, pour the cream into it, and
tie it up just like Il pudding Then dig a
hole perhaps two feet deep, tie a second
cloth over the first containing the cream,
to keep out the dirt and bury it. for an
hour or more. Then take it out, pour it
into Il large earthen ware bowl and stir it
briskly round with 4 rolling pin for five
or ten minutes, the butter and buttermilk
will separate from each other and nothing
remains but to squeeze them apart, put
the butter under the pump on 4 paste or
bread board. and beat it well and salt it
in the usual manner and then make it into
balls Fourteen pounds or more have
been often thus made by this process
Year: 1874

Mr Todd said before the American Farm
ers Club: | have thousand dollar cow
which feed and milk with my own hands
every day. She is q cross between the
short-horn and the Durham. About seven
o'clock in the morning she is fed with rs
much cut hay and cut corn stalks, in equal
parts, as can be pressed into basket that
will hold one and one -fourths bushels. This
feed is moistened by pouring over it one
gallon of water, boiling hot Three quarts
Of wheat middlings are then mingled with
the mass, and when it is given to the cow
it is all fragrant and smoking She likes
such warm feed. She is supplied daily
three times as regularly as time is mcasur-
ed by the clock, with basket of such cut
feed and meal. At noon, also, she gets II
peck of turnips. Between meals she has
access to about pound or two OF hay As
soon as the cut-feed is eaten, she gets two
water pals of the usual size full of tepid
water, into which about quart of meal is
stirred. She swallows two pailfulls Of
warm drink morning, noon, and evening
as quickly as one will drink Il cup of superb
coffee Her calf is now four weeks old,
and the milk of two teats is all it can force
down. The other two | milk, and such
rich milk and yellow cream and gilt-edge
buttpr is not often seen
Year: 1874

Make a sponge by boiling four good
sized potatoes; when soft, mash fine ;
then Stir in a cup Of flour; pour on the
water in which the potatoes were boiled
scalding hot, and if not sufficient to make
three pints of the mixture, add cold wa
ter. When the milk is warm, put in a
teacup of soft yeast, and set in 4 moder-
ately warm place to rise. After it be-
comes light, put in a teacup of good
brown sugar (white is not good), and stir
in Graham flour until thick enough to
drop heavily into the creased baking
pans. Set to rise again, and bake in a
moderately hot oven forty minutes. This
quantity will make two large loaves, and
when taken from the oven should be al
lowed to stand five minutes before remov-
al from the pans. Sheet iron bread pans
are much to be preferred to tin for any
bread but especially for Graham, baking
more slowly, but much more evenly. If
the sponge seems at all sour add little
soda
Year: 1874

arrangements, only told him must have
talk with you first and get your advice


Get my advice. Dear little mother. |
was not idiotic enough to offer it if had
any advice to give. So she and Nh Ave
rill went on and ''made arrangements


Which arrangements were that that day
two weeks, after quiet wedding at the
minister's, they started off for California
together, to begin life anew on each others
account, as blithe and joyous as two birds
on the wing. [From the Aldine for Feb
ruaIN
Year: 1874

\ correspondent of the Farmers Union
writes: 1t is calculated from an old table
of close experiments that the quantity Of
feed to keep stock in good condition in
the winter is three pounds of good timo-
thy hay each day for every 100 pounds of
animal. This is thirty pounds Of hay for
a COW or horse weighing ,O0O pounds.
Year: 1874

All AKA II =


Being aware that this is the rock upon
which sugar-makers split, wish it under
stood that am simply giving my prefer
ence, which is for cedar tubs with a groove
IN one stavc for convenience in hanging to
the tree. For storage, the same timber,
iron bound. Sap and storage tubs should
be painted inside and out / use a round
tin spout it drives Just outside the hole. A
one-half inch bit is large enough; seven
@iXtecnths is just rs good. | bore from
one to two inches, according to the size of
the tree. An axe should never be used to
ross the bark as it causes it to check and
inlure the tree.


Russia lron is the best material for home
made sap pans, as the nitrc can be removed
irom it more easily The last year | used
SIX Russia pans and one evaporation. The
cVaporator saved fuel and made a shade
winter sugar. | would recommend it in
preference to the common pan.


mere are several kinds of sap heaters
ne akeheld patent, a crate and heater
combned' IS made of gas pipe. think it
- objectionable. The Thomas patent is
also made OF gas pipe, is put under the pan
Just back of the wood. and, when PERFECTLY
put in, works finely.


The tin heaters are highly recommended
Sap feeders are very convenient. The kind
furnished by the Evaporator Co., are the
best have seen. The same company also
furnish a Saccharometer and test cups,
which show the thickness of syrup Or
maple honey. A. w. FOSTER.
Year: 1874

fnh foIICE AT WoRK-WHAT THE THIEyS DE-
MAND-THE CITY AROUSED.


PHILADELPHIA, July 20.-The Phiadelph Ia
police are at last alive to thier responsibility
and are making extraordinary efforts to recoy-
er Charlie Ross, the abducted child, and tC
OF houses have been searched and numerous
arrests made in the past few days. but with
out discovering reliable clue. 1t is believed
that the child Is not in the city. Mr. Ross the
father of the missing child, was al the Central
station last ,light and 10 conversation said that
ne had no doubt but that the child was well
bear.


The thieves in one of their anonymous let
ters to him had said We will act In good faith
with you, and We do not expect you to aci
falsely toward US. If you do, the consequences
VII be on your own head. We do this to show
that we will act fair with you, that others may
know That we keep our word" Mr.. Ross
further stated that in their letters they had ac-
knowledged that they had taken the wrong
Child, and IL they had known what his circum
stances really were, they would never have
taken his son, but some other persons child.
The conversation then turned on the man
ner that the negotiation could be effected with
out the kldnappers being detected. Mr.. Ross
said that they would expect him to place i'm
pllcit confidence In them and pay the ransom
$40, 600 first, II he did in ten hours after the
cnnu Wouiu DC returned 10 MS nome.


The could negotiate by making an arrange
ment with him to meet them at any place or
hour most convenient to them either on the
street or In his house at tany hour of the night.
The conversation here terminated. There are
a number of points in this interview worthy of
notice. Their desire to act fairly by Mr.. Ross
so that others might know that they keep their
word, is an evidence, II the letters can be re-
lied upon at all, that there is an organized
gang in this city. who intend to prosecute it
as business. This Is now the nineteenth day
since the abduction was made.
Year: 1874

Music AT SYLVAN SPRINGs.-Capt. f, j,
Hurst has added another Improvement to his
resort In the way of music: lie has employed
the services of the well known musician, John
Montgomery, and now those who love the
light fantastic can repair to that cool re rea.
and enjoy themselves to their hearts content.
Year: 1874

A RECENT explosion Of tho
Tradcstor fionr mills in Glasgow
was explained on the theory thas
minute particles floating IN the
atmosphere became so mixed
with oxygen as to form an explo-
sivo gas, aud this conclusion has
been corroboratcd by similar
explosion ut the Park brewery
during the grinding o! a quantity
Of malt between the iron follets Of
tho mill, and spark being struck
the floating dust Immediately
exploded with loud report.
Year: 1874

THE presence Of good quantity
Of bitnminous coal, and in great
abundance, in Montana Territory
is no longer question Of doubt.
Tho people of Helena and other
towns in the Territory, after hav-
ing given the matter through tests
heretofore, have this winter made
definite arrangements for substi-
tuling coal for their pine wood in
the practical use of fuel.
Year: 1874

THE project Of tuhnelinS the
Straits of Dover was recently Ills.
cnsscd BY French commission,
who will make Il report at an early
day. The length Of the tunnel,
which would be about twenty
seven miles, thakcs tho pro icct
seem d very difficult one, but, in
point of fact, the work could prob.
ably bo accomplished more easily
than was the bcring of the Mont
Gents tunnel, since the rock lying
beneath The channel is merely
soft chalk. There is little doubt
that this tunnel will ultimately be
constructed, and some Of the pres.
cut generation may yet pass from
Dover to Calais in q submarine
railway train.
Year: 1874

The mountain that the morn doth kiss,
Glad grects its shining ncighbsr;
Lord heed the homage OF my bliss,


The incense Of my labor
Sharp smitcs the sun like burning rain,
And field and flower languish;
Hear, Lord the prayer Of my pain,


The pleading Of my anguish!
Now the long shadows eastward creep,
The golden sun is setting;
Take, Lord! the worship of my sleep,
The praise of my forgetting!
Year: 1874

The Springfield Republican has the
following Just comments on the chrome
and map prize business, which certain
paperS-mOst of them religious-resortt to
to build or bolster up their circulation.
In many cases these papers advertise
chrOmos as worth three to five dollars each.
when every newspaper publisher knows he
can contract for them to-day for from
twenty to twenty-five cents apiece, and
some of them at even lower rates than this
One Of the papers, most liberal in its offers
of chromos, said last fall that it did not
believe in the system, and believed it did
not pay; and vet it persisted it it because
other papers did. We believe the evil has
had its run, and that the day is near when
people viii take a newspaper for its own
intrinsic worth, and not because they are
hired to take it by the promise of cheap
chrome. The Republican says:


THE worst sort of chromos have been
profusely scattered abroad rs premiums
for subscribers to certain newspapers and
magazines; these have filled the land till
YOU can scarcely 90 into the poorest house
in the most remote village without having
one of them stare YOU in the face They
may be q tritle more CHEEKY. and therefore
better than bare wall-though whether
they are OF not is fair question-but that
SO many of our respectable common peo-
pie should have been deluded into regard
ing them as specimens of the highest
order of art is deplorable. These pre-
MUM pictures have certainly proved Il
profitable lure and brought money into the
pockets of the publishers; but they have
also done much to degrade the standard of
public taste. In most cases they have
been coarse and gaudy pictures. without n
particle of artistic taste. Specimens of
the highest order of art, was an imposition
on a understanding public. 1t is pitiable
that papers, in other respects of high
order, should have compromised them
selves with these advertising aids to a
temporary popularity. Ibis whole matter
of giving premiums is Gemoralizing, alike
to publishers and subscribers. If the pa
per itself is not worth the price of its sub
scription it should be let alone; if it is,
the price should be paid cheerfully as for
value received, without decoys of any kind.
We trust the time is not far distant when
an outraged public shall compel publish
ers to let chromos and all other humbugs
alone, and devote themselves to their
proper work of making their journals so
intrinsically valuable that nothing beyond
shall be needed to tempt subscribers"
Year: 1874

A FAMOUS APPLE TREE-There is an
apple tree standing in a lot adjoining the
house of Rev. j. w. Canter. at Hunters
vile, Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
which has become historical. marking the
spot where General r. E. Lee pitched his
first tent in the late war. Early in the
summer of 1861, General Lee was ordered
to the command of the forces in West Vir-
ginia- Leaving Richmond, he came to
Warm Springs the first day, and on the
day following reached Huntersville, where
for the first time in the war, he bivouacked
on the tented field, selecting the afore-mep-
toned apple tree, which stands on hill
overlooking the town, rs the place where
his tent should be pitched. 1t is a singular
coincidence that General Lee should have
commenced his military career under an
apple tree among the mountains of West
Virginia, and have closed that brilliant
career by capitulating with Grant under an
apple tree at AppOmattox. And what is
most singular, is an incident connected
with the war, John Brown, who COM
menced this war. was hung on sour
apple tree and it is said that the forbid
den fruit that mother Eve partook of was
taken from an apple tree and now, to
cap the climax, agents for the sale of
apple trees are becoming as numerous as
lightning-rod men and sewing machine
agents -Greenbrier Independent.