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Year: 1876

Boiling.-In boiling a piece of meat
the vessel should be large enough to al
low the meat to be entirely surrounded
and covered with water and sufficient tC
last the whole time of cooking. IL the
lid be Kept on the meat will be cooked in
less time and with less fuel. Clean, soft
water, when 1t can be obtained, should
always, be used, and filtered if necessary
Ii you wish to secure all the juices and
flavor of the meat it should be put into
boiling water, and then stood aside To
simmer at temperature not exceeding
one hundred and ninety degrees. Quick
boiling will harden the tenderest piece Of
meat. The scum, which is chiefly coag
ulated blood and the dirt of the saucepan,
should be carefully removed. The addition
ofa little cold water four or five times,
in quantities of not more than gill,
will assist the raising of the scum. The
time necessary is about quarter of an
hour TO twenty minutes for a pound.
Fresh killed meat requires rather longer
time than meat which has been hung a
few days. A piece of string or tape tied
around the meat with loop, will en- iblc
you to remove it from the saucepan with
out sticking the fork into it,which is al
ways to be avoided, because ejuices and
flavor then go into liquor


Stewing is gradual simmering. 1t
may be done in saucepan over the fire,
or in stone jar which will stand the
tire, with lid fitting steam-tight. The
common red jar is not to be recommended I;
II does not stand the heat, and the glaze,
which is a composition of lead, often
gives way in the presence of salt. Stone
Jars are preferable TO metal sauce pans !:
they can be easily cleaned and they re-
tain the heat better. For stewing, Sc.
lect clean meat, free from blood The
quantity Of water should be about a
quart to pound of meat but this
liquor will be very rich, and it can easily
be reduced, il necessary, with warm wa
ter. Add about teaspoonful Of salt to
quart of water; | think the salt is best
added toward the end of the cooking, as
the tendency is to harden the meat. Peas
boiled with salt pork will remain hard
throughout the cooking. Bring the
water gradually to the boil, remove all
the scum, and let the contents simmer
till the flavor Of the meat is absorbed in
the liquor. Remove all the fat, which
e6n be eaten with bread, or used for pud-


Rgs OF Tying.
Year: 1876

1t requires but small capital To start
with Bookkeeping on small scale, and as
skill and knowledge increases numbers
increase. The fear of being stung deters
many from keeping bees who would other
wise gladly engage in it. To have ones
eyes closed up for day or two, and per-
haps suffer with severe headache the
while, is by no means pleasant. This,
however, can be easily avoided by provi-
ding ones self with veil and gloves. A
cheap and easy way temake bee veil is
"a follows: Procure piece of plain,
coarse black cotton bobinet, sew 1t up as
sack, run drawstring in the end, which
tie around the crownof hat put string
in the lower end also, which tie around the
neck, or simply tuck it in around the
neck which will answer quite as well.
Shoulda bee strike the veil with the inten-
tion of stinging, the brim Of the hat will
hold it sufficient distance from the face
to render it impossible for it to reach one.
Gloves can be rubber, or coarse thick,
home-knit woolen gloves, wet in cold
water previous to using. The best thing
| ever tried for bee sting to neutralize
the poison and relieve the pain was lyt
soap or common soda; either will do
Gentleness and the judicious Use of falittle
smoke are the most effectual bee charms
No one should attemp to keep bees in any
but a movable frame hive. The time IL
make Bookkeeping successful and profta
BILE in the old log and box gums is gone
They afford too many hiding places for the
moth and its progeny of worms and make
it too difficult, indeed next to an impossi
bility, TO extricate them. A good plain,
movable frame hive, well painted, will
last lifetime. There is no such thing as
moth-proof hive. Common sense will
teach anyone that where bee can enter
moth can enter. The secret of success
in keeping out moths is to keep your col.
onies full and strong, in close, well.
made hive, and they will attend to that
part of the business themselves. II one
wishes bees to do well, by all means look
to the strength of your colonies and not
the number Of your hives" Granger
Kate" in Southern Farmer.
Year: 1876

There is great hue and cry In


some papers about the wicked and


wanton cruelty Of women in wearing
the prepared skins of birds on their
hats. 1t is the same old story over
again, "The woman tempted me, and |


did eat" Who IS it that kills the
birds and dresses their skins, and who
conceived the idea Of using them for
adorning the head-gear Of woman !
Not woman III be bound. More
likely some sagaciously, wicked man,
who saw a market ahead for all the
birds he could trap and skin alive.
Woman is not cruel-the sight OF
pain is repulsive and shocking to her.
She wears birds and feathers on her
hat, to be sure, and that she does
sometimes overleap the bounds OF
good sense in following fooling fash
ions we will freely admit; but con-
vince her that she is doing cruel
thing, and she will abandon it. She
would not wantonly kill bird and
pluck it's feathers for the adornlnent OF
Year: 1876

The mighty Blaine hath fallen and
another long-honored and respected
leader OF a virtuous and rege,ferate
political party is added to the already
plethoric and formidable list of those
whom the infamous exposures OF the
past few years have laid low. The
lamented, fell in the full flush of we'll
matured vigor of noble manhood
fell in his armor, in heat of the con-
fict-and as fhe body lies in state,
those who quietly pass in procession,
to take one last, fond, sad look, of
their great Chief will hardly fail to
note the rosy hue of apparent health
that mantles his full-grown cheek, and
the grim but ghastly smile Of virgin
innocence, that plays half unconscious
ly round his well-cut capacious mouth,
as he sleeps the last sleep, or reposes
in the peaceful arms of death. Fell
pierced to the heart by the relentless
messenger of deaeh; but tho the
great charge must havesbeen instanta-
neous, yet did the best of medical
skill labor long and faithfully to bling
him back to lite, or to find some indi-
cation, however remote or faint, which
might afford hope of life to his many
friends.


Valiently did he fight his last fight
but the odds were too heavily against
him, and the great heft OF the prodig.
ious armor which he bore, must have
proven too much for him on the final
charge wherein he fell. And as he
fell in the full pride OF his loyal
strength and illustrions fame, so will
his mighty name live forever, en-
shrned in the hearts of all ''trooly 10y.
al Americans, until the American
name, and this great nation, for which
the lamented sacrificed his all, and in
whose cause he died a willing martyr,
shall have passed away amid the cha
os of regeneration. "HERvEY.
Year: 1876

Suppose a meadow IN which a mil
lion daisies opened their blossoms all
at one time to the sun. On one of
them, while it is yet bud, a little
stone has fallen. At once crushed
and overshadowed, it still struggles
bravely against all odds to expand its
petals like the rest. For many days
this effort is continued without success.
The tiny stone "a mighty rock to the
tiny howers) squats on its breast, and
will not admit single sunbeam. At
length the fowerstalk, having gath
cred strength by its constant exertion,
acquires force enough to overbalance
the weight, and tosses the intruder off.
Up springs the daisy with bound,
and in an instant another howeret is
added to the vast multitude which in
that meadow drink their fill of sun
light. The sun in the heaven is not
incommoded by the additional de-
mand. The new conner receives into
its open cup as many sunbeams as it
would have received, although no
other flower had grown in all the
meadow-in all the earth Thus the
sun, finite though it be, helps us to
understand the infnitude of its Maker.
When an immortal being, long crush
ed and turned away by load of sin,
at length, through the power of a
new spiritual life, throws off the bur
den, and opens with bound to re.
ceiye Heavenly Fathers long-offered
but rejected love, the giver is not i'm.
poverished by the new demand upon
His kindness. Although a thousand
millions should arise and 90 to the Fa-
ther, each would receive as much of
that Fathers love as if he alone of all
fallen creatures had come back recon
ciled to God.-[ Rev. VIM. Arnot.
Year: 1876

The my stery TINT surrounds the
tomb and the condition of the human
race in the future world, are subjects
that have often been discussed by the
sages and philosophers of every EN-
lightened nation Yet a veil of deep
gloom hangs over their destiny. We
cannot push aside that veil and pierce
with our vision the darkness that over
shadows the unseen world. But when
the dark winged angel has borne our
spirits across the dark waters Of death,
then shall we know our fate in the
great beyond. As number Of our
sages (whose shoes | am not worthy
to unloose) have favored the public
through the AGE with their opinious,
concerning the condition of the hu
man race in the future state, if you
will allow your humble servant little
space, he too will add his mite to the
great mass that has gone before.


All things were made by wisdom,
and by wisdom are all things gov
erned, and the more of it we obtain
here, the more of the spirit of God
we shall possess, and the more god
like we shall be when we have passed
the dark valley.


At the creation, man was OF the
earth earthly, until the God of wisdom
breathed the breath of life into his
nostris, he then became living soul.
And who will say that that spirit or
soul is not just as pure as at the day
of creation? l dare not, for the spirit
that was breathed into man on the
day of creation was the very essence
of God himself and cannot become
impure but when this old earthly
body shall be laid away in the silent
tomb to mingle with its mother earth,
then shall the spirit return to the
Year: 1876

We commend the following ex-
tract t., the thoughtful study of the
young. Nothing is so disgusting and
repugnant TO the feelings of the good
and thoughtful as to hear the young,
or even the old, use profane, low, or
vulgar language. The young Of the
towns are particularly guilty of pro-
family. In our dayit seems the "boy'
does not feel himself q "man" unless
he can excel in this great vice -


ave would guard the young
against the use Of every word that is
not strictly proper. Use no profane
expression allude to no sentence that
will put to blush the most sensitive.
You know not the tendency of habit
ually using indecent or protane Ian
guage. 1t may never be obiterated
from your heart. When you grow
up You may find at your tongues end
some expression which you would not
use for any money. 1t was used when
quite young. By using care you will
save yourself a great deal of mortifca-
ton and sorrow. Good men have
been taken i'll and become delirious.
In these moments they use the most
vile and indecent language imagina-
Bile. When informed of it after their
restoration to health they had no idea
of the pain they had caused; they had
learned and repeated the expressions
in childhood, and though years had
passed since they had been indelibly
stamped upon the heart. Think of
this, you who are tempted to use I'm.
proper language, and never disgrace
yourself or your friends
Year: 1876

A few weeks ago saloon-keep4r in
Dover, Delaware, who patronized his
own bar very literally, stepped into 4
back room, where men were at work
about pump in well. The cover
ing had been removed, and he ap.
preached to look down, but, being
very drunk, he pitched in head-fore
most. He had become so much Of a
bloat by the use of strong drink that
it was impossible to extricate him in
time to save his life.


There was great excitement in the
town. Men and women who had
never been inside of his saloon before
were the first to rush to the rescue,
and to offer sympathy to the bereaved
family. AS he was being dragged
from the well and stretched out dead
upon the saloon floor, wholesale .lq-
uor dealer from Philadelphia stepped
in. After the first shock at thus find
ing one of his good customers dead,
he turned to a prominent lady, a cru.
sader, and said, pointing to the
wrecked victim, 81 made that man
what he was. l lent him his first dol
lar, and set him up with his first stock
of liquors, and he's now worth SlO,.
900 or $4,000


Looking him tull in the face she
responded:


"You made that man what he was
"a drunkard, a bloat, a stencil in the


ostr.ls Of society and sent him head
long into eternity, and to a drunkard'f
hell; What is $4,000 weighed
against 4 lost soul wasted life,
wife widow and children orphans ??


He turned deadly pale, and without
word left the house.


And so we ask: "What is all the
business and all the revenue to the
millions whose homes are despoiled
whose children are beggared, and
whose loved ones are sent hcadlong to
drunkard's grave and a drunkard's
hell Put yourself in the place OF
that mother whose son is pursued day
and night by this demon, till the hairs
of his head become serpents, and live
Goals burn into his flesh to the very
bone, and fighting devils, he leaps out
into eternity; and then ask, 'Are my
hands clean ? Do I love my neigbor as
myself7 Am 1 doing all l can to stay
the tide that is bearing so many down
and may yet bear me down.
Christian Woman.
Year: 1876

her person, much less flay one alive to
better preserve the brilliancy of the
plumage. 1t is men and boys who do
this-they create the demand by sup
plying the article. and when women,
ignorant usually of the means used to
secure them, wear the glossy trophies
of their cuel cupidity, they are called
heartless and cruel.


That it is wrong to thus destroy
wantonly and cruelty animal life for
the mere qualification Of whim and
folly, none will deny, but stop the
practice where it begins, with those
who supply the market.-M, in
Western Farm Journal.
Year: 1876

great fountain from whence it came, to
be clothed in spiritual body, fash.
ioned after the image of God himself.
For we have the assurance that as we
have borne the image of the earthly,
we shall also bear the image of the
heavenly. We have an earthly nature
and spiritual nature. The earthly
nature doeth evil, the spiritual doeth
good. AT the death of the body, this
old earthly nature is laid aside to
moulder to dust.


Man knew not good from evil until
he ate of the forbidden fruit, the very
thing his creator intended he should
do. If he had not partook of it he
never would have known good from
evil, or happiness from misery, but
would have always remained nonenti-
ty. Then who, | ask, will say that
man does not fill the place his creator
intended he should fill? If so, why
doom him to life of misery in the
great beyond ?


Poor, foolish mortal, know ye not
that the earthly nature committeth sin,
and being of earth earthly, it goes
with the body to the silent tomb
And the soul being released from its
burden of flesh is borne on the wings
of the arch angel, to the regions CT
eternal peace, where all is sunshine
and love, and where sin and misery
can never come, and where sorrow
and signing are not known. Then
tell me not, poor SIMPLE man, that our
Heavenly Father will doom any por-
ton Of the human race to life OF
misery in the great beyond.


One OF THE READERS.


w. R. Junction, June 3, '76.
Year: 1876

For the PUGET SOUND WEEKLY AReUs.l


EDITOR ARGUS: In a recent issue of
your excellent paper l was attracted to an
article headed Can we do Anything for
our TOWN." The answer of every person
of ordinary intellect would be in the af-
firmative, but when we consider the nu-
merous methods which the author ~"
proposes to make Use of to improve the
town. we are forced to the conclusion that
he is possessed of very shallow mind;
and by the Snctimonious manner in which
he handles the subject we feel free to as
sert that he is of the sentimental kind.
lie goes on to moralize in this manner:
"While we are building and improving
our town, we may be tearing down our
sister towns thereby injuring them in a
greater extent than we may be benefited. ="
Now what does he suppose our neighbors
in Seattle or elsewhere care about the rise
or fall of this town so long as they are
flourishing? | say they do not care a
straw, so It should be with us where our
homes are and cur interests are, there let
our minds be concentrated for its welfare.
1t is preposterous to sit passive and indif-
ferent while trade that justly belongs to
us is departing from us, and after it is all
lost, to turn around and cry out "Can we
do anything for the town." The "heaithy
business" that our merchants are doing
might have been trebled by this time had
they been wise and far-seeing men, but
having failed in this the progress they
make Is so slight as to be invisible. ~"
goes on to say "labor is plenty for those
who wish it," that we do not doubt, ifthey
will labor for little or nothing; then he
SAYS hunger is unknown in our midst"
The idea Of a person going hungry when
he can live on the small sum Of % cents
per diem, is ridiculous, therefore, hunger
being a stranger does not reflect any great
amount of credit ON the town. ~" final
ly winds up by suggesting that 'ff we teach
our children good morals, politeness, etc.,
it will be an inducement for Others to come,
and by these means he expects to cause
Port Townsend to flourish and prosper,
not thinking that smiles, bows and suave
manners are not calculated to supply the
cravings of a hungry family. "Z' must
leave fiction alone and come down to
reality, for he has to deal with stern facts
when be considers the advancement of this
town. 1t requires capital and energy to
develop it then labor will be more abund-
ant, trade will increase and money circu-
late freely. Unless a more public
spirited and liberal feeling, with less jeal-
ousy and envy, is practiced among as in
our social and business relations, one hum
dred years from now will not see Port
Townsend much advanced from her pres
ent status. WHANGDOODLE.
Year: 1876

As this number Of our paper Is
issued on St. Patrick's day, it is meet
that we should pay passing tribute
to the memory of this Patron Saint
of Ireland. We have no reason IN
the world for doubling the popular
statement that St. Patrick was gen.
tleman. He may have given little
attention to the superficial graces
and accomplishments which are some
times mistaken for the essential
characteristics of gentle folk, but he
was Jealous Christian, and devoted
his life to the promotion of pure
principles and the elevation of the
moral condition of his fellow beings,
If this does not entitle a man to the
name of gentleman as well as saint,
then our estimate Of the gentleman
ly character is not a true one. That
St. Patrick was the greatest benefac'
tor Ireland ever had, and is entitled
to the everlasting veneration and
gratitude of her sons, is beyond
question. He diffused the gentle
influences of Christianity at time
when they were greatly needed, not
only in Ireland, but in all parts OF
what is now the British empire, and
laid the foundation for all that is no.
blest and best in the achievements
and the character of the Irish race.


1t is eminently just, therefore,
that there should be an accepted an
niversary on which grateful tribute
should be paid to this benefaotor by
all the sons of Ireland, no matter in
what part of the world they may be
found. That shere should be socie-
ties formed in his name is but natu-
raj and proper; and that on this fes-
tai day they should parade with
banners and music, testifying openly
to the world their devotion to his
name and memory, should not be a
subject for cynical or ungenerous
criticism.
Year: 1876

BENEFIT OF DFPOSiTORS.


ley TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE,l


WASHINGTON Dec 2S.-Mr. Douglass of Virginia
chairman of the subcommittee appointed last ses-
sion TO investigate the affairs of the Freedman's
Savings Bank, introduced in the House to-day by
unanimous consent two bills, one authorizing the
commissioners Of that company to dispose of certain
real estate and other property by public or private
sals. the other authorizing the Secretary of the


Treasury to purchase certain property for the use of
tbs United States. The real estate referred to is
tbe Freedman's Bank building in this city, now
chiefly occupied by the Department of Justice. The
uaSment TO depositors in the Freedman's Bank of
future dividends depends largely upon the sale OF
This buiding In the present condition of the real
estate market in this city, there is probability
that the property could be advantageously sold to
apy private individual or corporation and the only
hope of disposing of it is in it's purchase by the
United States. If the committee of which Mr..
Douglass is chairman and of which majority are
Democrats, recommend this purchase, the House
would undoubtedly pass bill authorizing it, and
the Senate vould also probably agree to it. The
building in question is not such one as the Govern
ment would erect for a Department of Justice, but
its cost would be much less than the expense of
erecting new building, and if at any future time
the United States Government should determine to
make other provisions for the Department of JUS
tice this building would still be available for the
use Of other departments. As the Freedman's Bank
was in many respects Government institution, and
as It's depostors are the most needy class of the en-
tire population of the United States, 1t seems only
lust that the Government should 90 whatever IT
consistently can to reduce their loss.
Year: 1876

A SHIP AND CARGO OF COTTON BURNED.


PoRr Royal, S. C., Dec. 28.-The ship Harvey
Mills lying at anchor the bay, loaded with cotton for


Liverpool was discovered to be on fire between decks this
morning at O'Clock. Assistance was promptly rendered
nv the eet steamship Huntsville and waerboafs kept
tho fire down but failed to extingush it, In attempting
10 get the burning ship to the wharf she grounded and
all efforts TO get her of proved unavaing This evening
the steamer Huntsville left her and sailed up to the
wharf Two men were sufrocated while searching for
the of the fire, which is still burning under the
decks The value Of the ship and cargo is about half a
million dollars.
Year: 1876

In the suffrage are told without hesita.


tlon. An ex-Congressman who is stump.


ing the State was informed in one place


Dy the town committee that they were


paying as high as $75 apiece for votes,


ana that at least 900 would be spent


py both parties in that town. In another


place he learned that the wife of a voter


went to a Republican committeeman.
alter MS meeting was over, and said
Ihat her husband had always been %
Democrat, but the times were hard.
ana ne would vote the Republican ticket
this year for $25. Next morning the
committeeman visited the husband and
closed the bargain. Among a multi
tude OF stories OF this kind, told by Re-
publicans OF their own corrupt practices.
Will repeat only one more. In one Of
the towns north of here an enterprisinp
committeeman learned that man who
had long been devoted to a certain
young lady was in danger OF being dis
carded by her. He Immediately went
to see the girl and offered to pay her $40
IL she would endure the wearlsome suit
or until after election and persuade him
to vote the Republican ticket. She
agreed, and the bargain was promptly
closed.


l have not been about the State enough
yet to venture an opinion as to the prob
able result OF the coming election. One
thing Is certain, however, the Demo.
Gratis were hopelessly defeated before
the scandal came out. Whether the
Democrats will now retrieve themselves
with the great leverage afforded by the
Belknap fraud, cannot yet be predicted.
II the politics of New Hampshire were
not so dreadfully demoralized, the ques-
ton could be answered without hesita-
tion.