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Year: 1870

Corn GRIDDLE CAKEs.-One quart Of
boiling milk or water; mix with a pint Of
meal. When lukewarm, add threo table
spoonfuls Of -four, three eggs well beaten,
and teaspoOnful Of salt. Bake on a grid
die as buckwbeat cakes.


SaMP. Soak q quart Of cracked Indian
corn over night, and put it on the FIRE the
first thing after breakfast, with three pounds
Of beef, not too salt, and one Of pork
Cover it with water, and let it cook slowly
five hours, being very careful moe TO let il
burn.


SPONGE CAKE-No better recipe for or
binary use can be obtained than the follow
ing: One cup Of sugar, one cup of sweet
milk, one egg, two teasPoonfuls Of cream
Of tartar, one third cup Of butter, and two
cups Of -four. Flavor with one half tea
spoonful Of the essence Of lemon.


SrEwED MUTroN-Stew three pounds
Of neck Of mutton for stock the day be-
fore, which will make about two quarts /;
take line of mutton cut it up into chops,
with all the fat taken of, put it into the
stock and let il boil gently for two hours
add onions, turnips, carrots and small po-
tatoes, with three Pints Of green peas and
head of celery. Six minutes before serving
it add milk dumplings.


A CURE FOR HooPING CoUGH.-An
M. d. writes to an exchange: To one
ounce Of the dried leaves Of the common
chestnut tree and q quart Of boiling water,
and when the infusion is cold give cupful
three times day, the last dose being given
wher the patient retires. After twenty-fou
or thirty-six hours the patient viii be re-
ieved, and then the dose may be ad-
ministered in smaller quantity.


CARROTS AND ONIoNs.-Cut into thin
slices some carrots and one-third the bulk
onions, and fry them in pan, with good
lump Of butter or dripping, take care that
they do not adhere at the bottom season
with salt and pepper, and when they have
colored, dredge -four over them, moisten
with soup or with soup mixed with milk /;
set the pan over the fire and let them finish
cooking at the moment of serving mix In
yolk Of egg and little vinegar, and season
with parsley chopped very fine.


How TO MAKE ToUGH CHICKENS TEN
DER.-This very desirable object can be
accomplished very easily, as the following
extract from the Journal ID ASTfcuLtMre
will show If chicken is to be killed and
Immediately cooked, there is generally great
fear that it will be tough, and therefore non
eatable. In case Of this kind, take table
spoonful Of vinegar, and make the chicken
swallow it about an hour before killing,
and you will find it as tender as though il
had been killed and kept many days.


Brown BKN.-Pare, quarter and core
good tart apples; put them in an earthen
pipkin or stone jar, filing them one third
up with water, and cover with crusts Of rye
and Indian bread, about equal to them in
quantity. Cover close, and let them stew
very slowly until all are soft; then mix
evenly and serve. This makes a good side
dish with vegetables. III few Zante cur
rants or stewed raisins have been added,
it will serve for . desert, trimmed with
sweetenedmilk or cream.
Year: 1870

A LITTLE BOYS REBUKE.-There was
once a very old man who lived in the
house with his son. The old man was
deat-his eyes were dim, and his legs
weak and thin. When he was at the table
he could hardly hold his spoon, 50 much
did his hand shake, and at times he would
spill his soup on the table. All this vexed
the sons wife, and they made the old man
SIT in the corner behind the stove. There
ne ate bis food from an earthenware dish,
and he had not always too much to eat, as
you may guess.


Well, one day his trembling hands could
not hold the dish, it fell to the floor and
broke. At this his son and sons wife
were so vexed that they spoke harshly to
the poor old man. Then they brought him
bowl made of wood, out of which be had
to eat bis food. Not long after his grand
son, boy about seven years of age, was
seen at work following out log Of wood.


his parents could net guess what he was
trying to do. The little boy said nothing
to any one, but kept at his work on the log,
and looked very grave as if he had some
great work on hand.


What are you doing there r. asked
the father


They little boy did not want to tell. Then
his mother asked:


What are you doing there, my son ?"


Oh!' said be, "Pm only making q
trough such as our pigs eat out Of


But what are making it for ?"


am making it, said he, " for you and
father to eat out Of when grow up"


The parents looked at each other and
burst into tears. From that time forth they
treated the old man well. He had the best
place at the table, nice dish. and plenty
! of food.
Year: 1870

The hardest vareien fact all the will produce
medium and late the seed ground hills
soil
Two eet IN large soveu


covering half deep When all danger
pun up al but three or four Of plants The middle


plant or Pckhng Make the hills about
hot bed but the simplest and produce toraby early crop


The best kinds where designed place HILL dig hole
eP and three feet this
% s OF earth art III in ~ the % center Of this plant the seed and
keep the earth drawn to the stems Water
sun appears TOO strong give the glass Of whewah
@ name will be enough let them
should continue cold the box box BY setting corner let
the plants run under The Fourth July the boxes
frames Always pick the fruit large allowing any to remain to
INJURIES the hutng of the One for an acre
CUCUMBER EARLY RUSSIAN, hardy
EARLY GREEN CLUSTER, Russian small rrv 4 Ira


productive ' r''-'' - ~1'~''
EARLY FRANZ. good variety for picking and


WHITE excellent for


bearer avore with market Market
IMPROVED LONG GREEN fine long fruit
Year: 1870

GLIDING ON GLAss.-Mix powdered
gold with thick gum arabic and pow
dered borax. With this trace the de-
sign on the glass, and then bake it in
hot oven. Thus the gum il burnt,
and the borax is vitrifed, at the same
the the gold is fixed on the glass. To
make powdered gold: Rub down gold
leaf with pure honey on marble Slab
the gold used.
Year: 1870

Before the national bank lobby had OBJ
tanned its present strength very many dis
tinguished members Of Congress freely ex-
pressed their views uPoa the subject. Some
Of them do not like now 10 see their speech
es in print They contain nothing any
man need be ashamed Of but on the con
trary, much to be proud Of Here are few
extracts Of peculiar interest at the present
time :-
Year: 1870

The only proper course for Congress to
pursue is to repeal the N National Bank act,
call in irredeemable national bank currency,
issue greenbacks and cancel the bonds to
secure circulation. Here $4,000, 900 per
annum can be saved TO the taxpayers by one
simple act.
Year: 1870

We take the following from the Chatts-
nooga Times of the 10Th inst Last night
VIM. Cook, an employe Of the Alabama
and Chattanooga Railroad, fell from the
third story of the National Hotel, and
escaped without single broken bone. He
was sitting in the window and went to
sleep there. There was no one else in the
room at the time he fell, but some one
hearing the sound of his fall, ran out and
found him in a senseless condition. He
was carried to his room and Dr. Goodwin
was called in, who soon succeeded in TO
storing him to his right mind. At last ac-
counts he was doing well and thinks that
he will be able to go around this morning.
Year: 1870

THE New York Dogberries, who have
been theorizing over the Nathan murder,
have come to the sapient conclusion that
the 'assassin was in the house at the time
the deed was perpetrsted."
Year: 1870

now complete IN every depsssAeut of the
trade. Our Goods win be found moss
elegant and superb, unexceIled and IN
rivaned in excellence, embracing FOreign
and Domestic Fabrics of the choices, and
test designs, being mostly hand made
and warranted in every instance to give
entire satisfaction We earnestly invite
the attention of al who desire good goods
which are manufactured with 8 speciA-
view to first-ciass retail trade.
Year: 1870

posit with the Treasurer anountato less than
onc-third of its paid in capital, must at once
make up the deposit to the required
amount.


1.-The necessary amount Of bonds having
been deposited with the Treasurer, the
Controller will, if he Is satisfied that the
said association has properly complied with
the requirements of the act, and that the
shareholders have in good faith organized
it for the legitimate objects contemplated
by the act, give to the association a certifi-
cate authorizing it to commence the busl-
ness of banking. The certificate, upon the
receipt thereof must be published.


1.-The minimum capital with which bank
can be organized under the general pro-
visions of the act is 100000.


'As the law provides that no increase OF
the capital of an association shall be valid
without the approval of the Controller, it
will be proper for the officers of the bank,
whose stockholders may propose to increase
their capital stock, to advise the Controller
of their intention to do so, and obtain his
consent before making the increase. When
an increase of capital is made, and before
its validity can be recognized, notice there
of must be transmitted to the Controller"


The circular g ives specimens of suitable
forms for all certificates, applications, etc,
required by law and on application to the
Controller of the currency will be furnished
to any parties desiring to form an assOcia-
ton to conduct a banking business on a
gold basis.
Year: 1870

The Pointe Coupee Echo says one planter
in that parish got five bales OF cotton out of
his field, where, if the season had been pro-
pitious, there would have been fifteen bales
The cane crop looks much finer than last
year. The editor saw one stock of cane
with fourteen red Joints.
Year: 1870

The Secretary of the Treasury has issued
orders to the effect that all railroads trans
porting goods in bond under the late law
must keep them in iron cars only. This
will make the manufacture of iron cars
very brisk, as the railroad companies have
only few of them.
Year: 1870

A gay deceiver in New York is disgustcd
at the legal decision that the fact of his
living with woman and calling her his
wife, makes her such to the extent that he
will have to pay for her board.
Year: 1870

throng may think :? We are not
accountable to the creature, but to
the Creator. We cannot say they
must do this or do that, but we can
tell them wherein is our happiness,
and how each week gives US proof
that we are on the right road, and
each day more and more able to
live and to work the better for the
preservation of our own manhood,
and the respect of those who dare
think we'll of man for being him
self rather than a remnant Of 9TH
ers, living to no purpose, other
than to crafty self.


But the week has nearly gone.
The hands on the watch face be-
fore US point to within an hour OF
midnight. One hour ir which to
visit tenement-house few blocks
away, and perhaps do some little
good--then for our rest, this beau
tiful Saturday Might" BRICK
PoMERoY.
Year: 1870

Was compounded for those not inclined to
extreme bitters, and is intended for use in
cases when some alcoholic stimulant is re-
quired in connection with the Tonic proper
ties of the Bitters. Each bottle of the Ton ic
contains one bottle OF the Bitters. combined
with pure SANTA Cruz Rum. and favored in
such a manner that the extreme bitterness of
the Bitters is overcome, forming prepara-
ton highly agreeable and pleasant to the pal
a te, and containing the medicinal virtues of
the Bitters. The price OF the Tonic is 81. so
per bottle, which manv persons think too
high. They must take into consideration that
the stimulant used is guaranteed to be of a
pure quality. A poor article could be fur
nished at a cheaper price, but is it not better
to pay a little more and have good article
medicinal preparation should contain none
but the best ingredients, and they who ex-
pect to obtain cheap compound will most
certainly be cheated.


They are the Greatest known Rem


eGIes
For LIVER COMPLAINT, DY SPEPSIA,
NERVOUS DEBILITY, JAUNDICE,
DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS,


ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN,


and all diseases arising from


a Disordered Liver,


Stomach. or M


PURITY


of the


BLOOD.
Year: 1870

Chamber.


IAN Extract from Puiman's for November |


It was the custom of Mr. Lin
coin, during the later years of the
rebellion, to hear petitions, at GER
tain hours Of the day, from all who
chose to present them to him
the formality Of an Introduction
from some Member of Congress
being the condition on which they
enter the Executive Chamber.


The writer of this record plea
ded for the discharge from mill
tary service of brother who had
entered the army at fifteen years
of age The petition was granted,
snd the President kindly asked if
he could do anything more for her.
SAe asked if she might be pres
ent at some OF these public inter
views, and write NOES Of them
for publication. He answered that
she could do SO:


o. many hundred petitions she
has selected a few only, and has
endeavored to present a faithful
record of what she actually saw
and heard on the occasions de
scribed.+


All day long President Lincoln
had received petitioners, and still
they came. He could hear the
murmer of voices in the outer
rooms, IS they were anxious to be
admitted; and yet he must rest for
q few moments


Tad, my dear son, go to your
mother; you must be tired here


NO, no, papa; / don't want to
go now--I want to stay and see
the people, And he forced his
hands down deep into his pockets,
threw himself on the floor un.ler a
writing deck which stood near his
father, and settling his head on q
cushion, continued: 'Ain't you tired
of folks. papa?'


The little bell which the Presi-
dent sounded-a signal for the
doors to be opened-remainedu un-
runc--and he sat with his hands
clasped together and his head
dropping forward


His little son moved softly from
the room, returning in a few mo-
ments with sad-faced woman who
had an infant in her arms. The
President motioned her to a chair,
and she modestly stated that she
had come from q town in the far
West to plead for the life of her
husband, who was sentenced to
die in six weeks, for desertion.


He ran away from his regiment,
then?'


No. sir, but they think he did


The President frewned, and
shook his head rapidly from side
to side.


OF course, madam, you think
that he did not


'Oh, sir! OH And she began
to cry aloud, the baby joining the
chorus


The President seemed much an
noyed, but, turning to her, kindly
said:


If you can prove to me that
your husband did not run away
from, nor desert his regiment,
will have him pardoned. Will
you go on with your story, and
stop your crying2'


How kind you are, SIR
A faint smile played upon the
Presidents face, as he answered,
Please go on with your story
She told him she woo danger
ously sick, and her husband, hear
ing it from a con.rade, went home,
about three miles from the camp
The next day he was siezed as a
deserter, and dragged away Ae
soon as she could walk little,
she had gone to the officers to plead
for him, but they would not listen
to her. She was sick after that
Year: 1870

Emerson is no: given much to
compliment. He says he hates the
shallow Americanism which hopes
to get rich by credit, to get knowl-
edge by raps on midnight tables,
skill without study, mastery with
out apprenticeship, power through
packed jury or caucus, or wealth
by fraud. They think they have
got it, but they have got some
thing else-a crime, which calls
for another crime, and another
devil behind that these are steps
to suicide, infamy, and the harms
ing of mankind. In this life of
show, putting, advertisement, and
manufacture of public opinion, all
excellence is lost sight of in the
hunger for sudden performance
and unearned praise.
Year: 1870

PoMRoY ON HENDRICKs Brick POM
rows Democrat is severe on the recent
speech of Mr.. Hendricks ut New Or
leans Under the head of "Softening OF
the Brain" it says: 'Senator II endricke,
of Indiana, Lately made a speech South,
advising the people to accept the XVIII
Amendment and cultivate the negro
vote. We dislike to see great men
chasing wagon going little faster
than they can possibiy run, in the hope
of stealing ride by climbing in over
the tailboard. And we have no ad mi
ration for the pluck or Democracy of
these cunning Democrats who first
loathe, then pity, then embrace ideas
they know, all their lives have taught US
to believe, wrong, simply to gain Office.
1t is pitt to see tall, old hickorys de-
cay and fall to the earth; but thank God
for the the second growth OF more
hardy timber
Year: 1870

It is not enough to admit that the
Christian character is the thing most
important. We should look npoo seccs
- each possessing some element Of
that character which others would do
well TO borrow. Each should give and
receive; communicating what is good
about it to the rest and in is turn gath
ering from them such intimai ions of
truth and views of duty as they may be
able TO impart. II is not by collecting
all within the pale of any single sect,
that Christians will hereafter be one,
hut by breaking down the boundaries
between them, by seeing and acknowi-
edging that the spirit Of truth and the
Christian character may be found IN
them all. Then let others take from
the Liberal Christian his view that every
man is answerabIc for his religious
opinions only TO his God; let the Liber-
al Christian in his turn learn from the
Episcopalian his sreverance for sacred
things and places; from the Calvinist,
his seriousness and solemniJy from the
Baptist. his strict endeayor to fiIfull all
righteousness; from the Methodist, his
earnest love; from the UniversaHst, the
truth-for it is one-that holiness is its
own reward-and if each sect viii thus
prove all things, rejecting what is
worthless, and holding fast what is good
whenever they find it, the result thus
produced will he better than any single
sect is now. Such process will make
Christians, not sectarians; and for the
first time since the Savior ascendet,
there will be one fold aud one shepherd
because the Christian character in its
holiness, will be the great ee1rtal OBJ
ject of desire and endeavor in every
party and in every heart. Il Rev. W. b.
O. Peabody
Year: 1870

A Methodist minister who was
quaint in his manner, had a son who
vas attending public school. Though
by no means deficient In natural abil-
ity, this son returned from school a
few months since with report OF
scholarship below the average.


Well, said his father. won We
fallen behind this month, have you? ?''


"Yes, sir.


How did that happen?"


Don't know, sir"


The father knew, if the son did not.
He had observed a number of dime
novels scattered about the house, but
had not thought it worth while to say
anything until g fitting opportunity
should offer itself.


A basket of apples stood on the
floor, and he said, Empty out these
apples, and take the basket and bring
it to me half full of chips" Suspect
ing nothing, he obeyed. Put these
apples back In the basket"


Put 'em in, l tell you"


But, father | can't"


DO you expect to fill basket half
full of chips and then fill it with
apples? You said you didn't know
why you fell behind at school, and l
will tell you. Your mind is like that
basket. It will not hold more than
so much. And there you've been the
past month filling it with dirt-dime
novelist The boy turned on his heel,
whistled, and said:


"Whew | see the point"


Not dime novel has been seen in
the house from that day to this.
Year: 1870

Sr. LOUIS, March 24.-At the in
quest tot day, at the City Hospital, on
the body Of Louis Baum, the Jury
found a verdict that he died from
congestion of the brain and other
organs, caused by working in the air
chamber of the last pier of the
bridge.


At this point Of the testimony
he declared the fact that the un-
healthy organizations were quite Sc
riously affected by working in the air
chamber, where the pressure is about
forty pounds to the square inch, pro-
ducing muscular paralysis, congestion
aud other injuries to the system
! There are now some thirty men at the
hospital suffering more or less from thC
/ effect of working in the air chamber
aud quite a number under treat atmen
aE the hospital bridge company.
Year: 1870

The peculiarities of the day and night
in Sweden strike the traveller very fore
IDLY, after being accustomed to the tenn
perate zone. In June the sun goes
down in Stockholm little before ten
o'clock. There is great illumination
all night, as the sun passes round the
earth to the north pole, and the refrac-
tion of its rays is such that you can see
to read at midnight without any artfi-
cial light. There is a mountain at the
head of Bothnia, where on the Dist of
June, the sun does not appear to go
down at all. The steamboat goes up
from Stockholm for the purpose of con-
veying those who are curious to witness
the phenomenon. 1t occurs only one
night. The sun reaches the horizon
you can see the whole face of it, and in
five minutes more it begins to rise. At
the North Cape, latitude seventy-two
degrees, the sun does not go down for
several weeks. In June it would be
about twenty-five degrees above the
horizon at midnight. In the winter the
sun disappears, and is not seen for
weeks; then it comes and remains for
ten or fifteen minutes, after which it
descends, and finally does not set at all,
but almost makes circle around the
heavens.
Year: 1870

once stopped, and the inanimate ruff
fan dragged forth from the great wheel.


The other rufiian was brought down
from his prison.


Both were then bound, and sent of
to the royal borough of Kircudbright,
and in due time came under the hands
of the town executioner.


1t was not long until Jenny became a
bride.


The bridegroom was the miller's son,
who had loved her long and well, but
with passion previously unrequited.


They lived henceforth happily to-
gether for many years, and died at a
good old age, surrounded by flourish
ing family.


In the latest hour of her life, the brave
hearted Jenny would shudder as she
told the tale of her danger and of her
deliverance.
Year: 1870

HOLD ON-IIold on to your tongue
when you are just ready to swear, lie,
or speak harshly, or use an improper
word.


Hold on to your hand when you are
about to strike, pinch, steal, or do any
improper act.


Hold on to your temper when you
are angry, excited, or imposed upon,
or Others angry about you.


Hold on to your heart when evil as
sociates seek your company, and invite
you to join in their mirth and revelry.


Hold on to your name at all times,
for it is of more value to you than gold,
high places or fashionable attire.


Hold on to the truth, for it will serve
you well, and do you good throughout
eternity.


Hold on to your virtue-it is above
all price to you in all times and places.


Hold on to your character, for it is
and ever will be your best wealth.
Year: 1870

MARRYING IN RUssIA.-The ladies
in Russia are very anxious to marry
because they have no liberty before
marriage. They are kept constantly
under the maternal eye until given to
their husband, and then they take their
own course. Almost as soon as a girl is
born in the better ranks of society her
parents begin to prepare the dowry she
must have when she goes to her hus-
band She must furnish everything for
an outfit in life, even to Il dozen new
shirts for her coming husband. The
young man goes to the house of his pro-
posed bride and counts over her dresses,
and examines the furniture, and sees
the whole with his own eyes before he
commits himself to the irrevocable bar
gain. In high life such things are con-
dueted with more apparent delicacy;
but the facts are ascertained with accur-
acy, the business being in the hands of
broker or notary. The rousseau is
exposed in public before the wedding
day.