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BEOWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THUESDAY, MAY, 1, 1862.
NO. tl-3.
3us i n E s si:
rrSLLiNERY. ;
j 31RS. MARV W. HCWETT,
' . :ed ' new tx - f Strair Goods,
tTrri EBAttRS. BAT CAPS, AND
i ?A of tb latest style. Tbo ladies of
kind! we areccfdially inritcd to call
i-"ror,Ie fS door -.Mt of the Methodist
Vs61' '
plT ATKINSON,
ffflMlY AT MW,
' AKD
SOLICITOR IK CHANCERY,
OSce corner or Maia nd Firit Sta.
I5roTc'XXT0,! wm
T)R-D. GWIN,
Having prmanenlly Located near
ROWSVILLE, NEBRASKA,
',r the practice of Medicine -and Surgery, ten-
U:e one mile south of town, on the old
lion
Augustus: : Sclioenlidt
iTTORNEY AT LAW,
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
I Corner First and llaia Streets,
rnvnilllce - - XcbrasUa
JAMES S. BEDFORD
ATTOItNKY AT LAW,
a vn
ConnnioDef In Chancery. ;
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AGAINST tHB
THE FIRES OF FALL,
By Prime, A.. No. I Insurance,
IX THE
IliK EIMIIE
OF H
SDL
ARTFORD,
TJu Fruits of the Phcenix
Are manifest in the following statement of Facts
and Fgures, showing the amount equalized to public
benefit, in the shape of losses paid in the westaod
South, dcrin6 the past four years ;a substautial rec ord
of a
ITcll Tried Corporation.
$1,167 00
40.377 65
27,622 V)4
69,174 58
32,70 03
34,220 13
19,323 34-
8.6R3 10-
9,765 00
34,054 36.
43.054 SO
20.R32 55
27,699 83.
22,839 43-
3.961 63
555 66-
Insurances
ed in this
.... NEBRASKA
OHIO
INDIANA...
.ILLINOIS...
....MIOA1CAN...
... WISCONSIN
IOWA
... MINNESOTA
. KAISAS
... KENTUCKY
.... TENNESSEE
$1,167 00
40,377 45
27,622 94
69,174 58
32.670 (iS
34,220 13
151,323 ?
8,553 10
9,765 CO
24,054 S3
43,054 90
MISSISSIPPI 10,332 55
MISSOURI 27,693 83
ARKANSAS 22,89 43
TEXAS 3,961 93
, ALABAMA 655 55
solicited, and policies isfuod and renew
leading .Corporation, at fair rates by
E. W. THOMAS
Brownrille, Sept. 5, I860.
Resident Aent.
j T. M. TALC0TT,
! DENTAL SURGEON,
.ricg located himself in Brownville, N. T., tea
Jiif professional scrvfett to theeommunity.
ill job warranted.
locks Watches & Jewelry.
I J. SCHUTZ
TTonHanoounce to thr citizens of Brownrille
tnd vicinity tba be has located biinseir in
JiBrownviUe, andinteo J. keeping a run assort.
! tverjlUiiiR in hi lineof buMces, wbicn. will
. tr cab. n'ariWaUodo all kind of re
inctlock, watche and jewelry. All work war.
. vanlly
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JDWARD-W: THOMAS,
i ATTORNEY AT LAW,
solicitor in Cliancery.
i
j Ofice c mer of Main and First Streets,
I EROWNHLLE, NEBRASKA.
1 THOMAS DAVISi
fCLECTIC PHYSICIAN
SURGEON,
:ABLE ROCK, NEBRASKA
Reference, J)r. D. Gwin, BrownTille. - .
iNII.'L . n40-Iy
! LEWIS WALDTER,
Mil SIGX AXD ORNAMENTAL
CHIZER AND PAPER HANGER.
UliOWNVILLE, N. T
H
FAIRBANKS'
ETANDAED
'.SCALES
3
Or ALL KIKDS.
I FAIRBANKS & GREEIILEAF.
I Hi LAKE ST CHICAGO,
Jdcorner of Main & Walnut Sts, St. Louis.
; rBOY ONLY THE GENUINE.
J. WILSON BOLLINGER,
AN D
CITY LIMY STABLE
AND
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
ROGERS & BROTHER,
ANNOUNCES to the public tbat be has purcbasel tbe
Livery Stable and Stock formerly wned by William
Rwoell atvl added thereto fine stock, and Is now prepar
ed to accommodate the public with
Carriages,
... .. . Buggies, r
Sulkies,
Saddles Horses
&c. kc.
THE TRAVELLUIG PUBLIC
Can find at hit. Stable ample accommodations for
borset, males or cattle.
BENJAMIN & JOSUUA ROGERS.
BrowpTille, Oct. 18. 1360. nlft-yly
JOHir L CAES01T
(Successor to Lushbangh & Carscn. '
EE3 szr os. 222. 0
LAND AND TAX PAYING
Dealer in Coin, lincurrent Jloney Land
Warrants, Exchange, and Gold Dust
MAIN STREET.
J3R01VA' YIIXL), AXI1UASKA.
t will gire especial attention to buying and selli ng ex
change on the principal cities of the United States and
Europe, Gold Silver, vncurrent Bank Hi 1 1:1, and
Gold Dust, Collections made on all accessable points,
and proceeds remitted In exchange at current rates.
Peposita received on current account, and interest al
lowed on special deposits.
OFFICE,
3XAIX STREET. DET IVEEf THE
Tclcgrrapli and tlie V. iu
Land OCIces.
REFERENCES:
Llnd k. Brother Philadelphia, Pa.
J. W. Carson & Co., ..
niser. Di:k & Co. Baltimore, Md.
roung & Carson, ' "
Jeo. Thompson Mason, Col'r of Port,
wm. T. Smithson, Ekq.., Hanker,
J. T. Stevens, Esq., Att'y at Law,
Jno. S. Gailaher, Late 3d Aud. U. S.
Tarlor &. Kriegh, Bunkers
aicuieiiana, ryt bs. co.,
Hon. Thomas G. Pratt,
Hon. Jas. O. Carson,
P. B. Small, Esq., Pres't S. Bank,
Col. Geo. Schley, A'y at Law,
CoK Sam. Hambletou Att'y at Law,
Judge Thos. Perry,
Prof. H. Tutwiler,
Washlrgtor,D. C.
Chicago, til.
St. Louis, Mo.
Annapolis, Si.
Mercerttburg Pa
natertown, Md.
n
Esston, Md.
Cnmberl.md, Md
Havana, Alabma.
Sor 8, lSS(l-tr.
Money Advanced on
PIKES' PEAK GOLD!
I will receive Pike's Peak Gold, and advance
money upon the same, and pay over balance of proceeds
as soon as Mint returns are had. In all cases, I wi'
exhibit the printed returns of tbe United StateslVlof'
r Assay omce.
JNO. L. CARSON,
BULLION AND EXCHANGE BROKER
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
Counsellor at Law
nerai and Collecting Asent.
-tATKirP HM:vn viWrjA
-,;oir,inprVltie in thV, at Courts ' Gace and
'"mi iiPc? "trusted tohiin. Collections protnpt-
r ! 1 1-"' art:,cular attention iren to locat
; " arrants on lands careful! selected by
1 H. A. TERRY,
nholtsdt and Rciail Dealer in .
jarden, r?Idand Tlowcr Seeds,
I ALSO
j curs TIXIS, G00SLTESSIES,
;wrant8. Raspberries, Blackberries.
t , tnd Ornamental Shrubbery Generally,
URKSCKNT CITY IOWA.
iim BOOK
I BIHDERY,
j COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.
no20v4
REAL ESTATE
AND
Collection Office
o r
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. ;
Jtfain, Between Levzt and First Streets.
Particular attention given to the
Purchase and Sale ot Real
Estate, Slaking Col
' lections and
Payment or Taxes lor Xon-Rcsl-dents.
LAND W ARRA.NTS FOR SALE, for c&ih and on
time.
LAXD "WARRANTS LOCATED forEasternCap
itolists,on lands selected from personal examination,
and a complete Township Map, showing Streams,
Timber, Ac, forwarded with the Certificato of loca
tion. Brownville.N.T. Jan. 3. 1661. yl
New Shoe Shop. .
IOlTATLLfi, NEBRASKA, .
""iTtbat'7, lnforni cititeos of this place and
wu e has commn rha mnrmfartorv of
"reto n Brownv'lle, and hopes by attention
,'Uali,rfirit 8hare oJ PoWc patronape. Eis
'4sifl to -e - CKt l"1'' Dd his W0Tt 11 wr"
Ali style t u,!filclln or no pay."
rom a No. I, Cue cair stm tooi,
"Pliila. ' atl4 l Prices so low that noua can
H' "S'wite l mj "op' cu rirt 6trcet' between
tS?ts! Currants !
. w Dutch V Furnas, Brownville, a few
i ""IS i;,c, rrnU tor til at $1 perd.trea cash.
; t33-U E. O-TaOXTSOiT.
"Pike's Peak, or Uust."
NEW
DRY GOODS HOUSE.
BROWITVILLE, IT. T.
nve Just completed tfcelr new easiness house on
Maui Street, near the U.S. Land Office, in Brownville
where they have opened out and areoffet jug on the most
favorable term.
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SE3II-ANXU1L STATE51EM, M-102.
CAPITOL and SURPLUS
$932,302.98-
2XTt-y lot. lOCl,
Cash and cash items -
Loans well secured - -Real
Estate - '
2626 shares Hartford Bank Stocks
2425 New York " " -1010
" Bcmtoa "
607 other "
rmted State and State
Hartid&X Haven R.H. bonds "
Hartford City Bonds
Conn. River Co. &v R.&. Co. StorJt
Total Assets - -
Total liabilities . . -
$79,688 78
66,263 20
16,000 00
274,869 00
193,350 00
100 760 00
68,085 00
73,357 00
39.700 00
36 760 00
4,600 00
$932,302 93
73,244 27
- For details of Investments, see small Cardi and Cir
culars. ,.
Insurances may be effected In this old and substantial
Company on very favorable terras.
Apply to
JOHN L. CARS0X, Agt
BEOWNTILLE, N T.
53" Dwellings and Farm Property injured lor a term
ot yeara at very low rates 5 lyno4
...BROWOTLI.E
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THORN, COLEMAN, CO.,
Announce to the traveling public that their splendid
and commodious Steam Ferry runn ing across from
Brownville, jj Nebraska;
is one of the best In every Tespect en the Upper Mis
souri river. Tbe Boat makes regular trips every hour
sotbat no time will be lost in wailing.
Tbe banks on both sides of the river are low and weK
graded which renders unloading unnececsary as is the
Case at most other ferries.
No fears need be entertained as to difficulties at or near
this crossing, as everybody in this region, on both sides
of the river, is for the Union the strongest kind.
Onr ch.trges too an item these hard times are lower
than at any other crossing.
Travelers from Kansas to Iowa and to the east will find
this the nearest and best route l" every respect.
THORN. COLEMAN & CO.
Brownville, Nebraska, Sept. 21st, 1861.'
JACOB MAHRON,
lilerchant Tailor,
BROWNVILLE,
Calls the attention of Gentlemen desiring new, neat,
servicable and fashionable
- ' "
WEARING APPAREL,
TO HIS
Mew Stock of Goods
JUST RECEIVED, ;
BROAD CLOTHS, CASSIJISBS, TESTINGS, &C.&C,
OF THE TEIIT I. ATETT STYLES,
Which he will sell or make up, to order, at unprece
dented low prices.
Those w'shiug any thing in his line will do well to
ran nH imiDa his stock before investinz. as he
pledges himself to hold out peculiarly favorable In
ducements. ?
February 13th, 1862.
OT nu STOEI
IN . .
BROWirVTLLE,
Whitney's Block, Main Street.
LOOK FOR THE SIGN OF THE
ELK HORN and MORTAR
Dry Goods, Provisions,
Of all Kinds,
FLOUR, CONFECTIONARIES,
GREES AXO DItlEH FRUITS,
Choicz Liquors, Cigars,
- And a "thousand and one," other things everybody
needs.
CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK
BrcwEvijla, April M, J
J. J. THURMAN,
a vvnrrvPES tA tlia cltliens of Brownville and
vicinity that he has removed his Drug Store from
Sidney, Iowa, to the City of Brownville, and having
added thereto an extensive stock of
Fresh Drugs,
Chemicals,
Dye Stuffs, '
Paints and Oils,
Pure Wines and Liquors,
For Medical Purposes,
-Hair and Tooth brushes,
Perfumery,
:; Fine Toilet Soap,
Sec, &c, Sc., Sec.
Invites the pnhiie patronage.
r-Phvsiclan's Prescriptions attended to at all hours
both by day and niebt. :
Brownville, April uta.iooi. nij
CHEAP FLOWERS c FRUITS
T w!U manA Y m A H.' Tyisf DAld. 1 0 A SM A.1X BULBS.
mostly mixed TULIPS, for one dollar, and Large
Bulbs of same, for 52. Cther Bulls, named, low
'"nEUBACEOUS PEUEXXIALS, of 50 sorts, fine
mixed ROSES end c'Jier HAUDY SARUCBERY,
by express, or railroad, 4 to 8 dollars per 100. Nam
ed and onoiCK sokas, about double price; and more
In small selected Jots 4n all, 500 va-leties.
"Small Frots" of all 6crts, including Delattari
and Concord Grapes, equally reasonable.
Frctt and Crnamistal Trees, 25 percenLlow
er than usual. All safely packed, to keep a month,
at pursers cost. Addre a lcm
The Grove P. C-eoi Co, Ills.
Form the Xew Tork Kercury.
FIFTY KILLED.
BY FXAKC1S APELBERT COIRT.
Fifty brave hearts now pulseless and still
Fifty wan faces upturned to the light
Sed blood Sowing In many a rill, '
Staining even the cheeks so pale and white I
Hands that would freeie you icily cold L
, Clutching the weapons in awful dispalr,
As thinking to cling in that desperate hold
To life that was ebbing s mi ling and fair.
God pity the widows left to weep .
Give heed to the orphan's piteous cry,
Take home those longing for rest and sleey,
And under the sod with their dead to He (
Many the hearts which will bleed or break
' At the news of husbands and lovers lost
The tidings will come a victory gained
A triumph but oh, at a fearful cost J
Unhurried corses lie strewed on the grass,
- Wild carnage was rtund them three hours gone by,
The moonbeams lovingly over them pass.
The soft night-breezes above them sigh.
The world at large cares little for life
When once the terrible conflict is done J
Ifen only think of the glorious strife
Fifty were klllel, hut the victory was won !
Sowing Flax.
Flax is usually sown on land which
was broken up from grass for a corn
crop the preceding spring ; but it may
also be sown after a manured crop,
though in this case the quality of the
fiber will rarely be so fine as in the
former case. The land, should have
been deeply poughed in autumn, so as
to secure a fine tilth. The seed, which
should, if necessary, be carefully freed
from the seeds of weeds by screening,
is usually sown broadcast by the hand,
and covered by harrowing with the
crass a J . Liarrowe and -fulling nine
pecks is the usual quantity of seed for
an acre. The flax crop in the north
of Ireland, where markets for its sale
exist, and where it is cultivated and
prepared for sale, is very remunera
tive, so much as 20 ($100) clear pro
fit, over all expenses, rent of land in
cluded, being frequently realized.
Unless under very careful managem
ent flax is, however, a most precarious
crop; and, while, on the other hand, it
may be the most valuable which the
farmer, can grow, on the other, it may
be the most worthless. Hence the
extension of it may be the most worth
less. Hence the extension of its cul
ture beyond the axsgrowing districts
should be cautiously undertaken ; and
hence, also, the reason for the very
contradictory statements which one
hears regarding the productiveness and
value of the crop. t
The above is from the Irish Agri
cultural Review and was intended for
the sowing of the seed in April in that
country ; it will answer for May in our
Eastern Middle and Western States,
and in Canada.
Oak and Iron Clad Ships.
In a verbal communication to the
London Chemical Society, Dr. Crace
Calvert stated that when iron is placed
in contact with oak in vessels, the acid
acid in the oak rusts the metal. The
plan which has been adopted to pre'
vent this action, in the English navy,
is to place a laer or teak between the
iron and the oak. This arrangement,
however, did not prevent the corros
ion of the bolts " which were still ex
posed to the action of the gallic acid
in the oak. To prevent this, it oc
curred to Dr. Calvert that if the bolts
were galvenized they might resist the
action of the acid. To test this he
obtained a number of zincked bolts and
allowed them to remain in contact with
oak for a considerable period of time,
when he found that the action of the
acid was much slower than when the
iron was not galvenized, and the iron
was also protected from the action of
fresh andfsalt water. From this expe
riment we concluded that all iron bolts
employed for the fastenings of oak
timbers in vessels should be galvenize.
Scientific American. - "
Plant an Apple Orchard.
The old ones are fast dyinjj out all
through the olden States. They were
planted a hundred years ago, or more,
have done good service, and ought to have
their day. When apples are S3 a barrel
and upward, there is not an adequate
supply in the country. They can be
grown at a dollar a barrel, with profit.
The apple crop in a single smali county
in this State, was worth half a million of
dollars last year. . Other counties, in the
older parts of the Eastern States, were
under the necessity of paying out a hun
dred thousand dollars for this fruit, be
cause they had not ; the article at home.
Peaches and plums we may be able to ret
along without, but apples we must hare
for'sauce, for pies, for the desert, and for
the dinner basket of little boys and girls
who cannot come home from school to
dine. We say then to every farmer,
plant an orchard of at least a hundred
trees. The trees are all ready for you
in the nursery, well grown, and grafted,
two and three years from the bud. Get
thrifty trees, of varieties that you know
will flourish in your locality, and in four
years you will be eating fruit from 4hem.
Do not fail to plant an orchard this very
month. American AgTuulturist.
Flax Culture and Slacalncry. '
Editors Scientific American : Tt
has become an important question for
our country, whether flax culture in
the Northern and, more particulary,
the Western States, could not be
brought to rival the cotton culture of
tho South if machinery were invented
for cleansing the fiber and spinning
and weaving it, equal to the machinery
used for cotton, ' -
According to the history of cotton
growing in the South it appeass that
tho invention of Whitney's cotton gin
and the natural adaptation of the soil
were the two great causes which led
to the present very extensive cultiva
tion of cotton. This was about the
beginning of the present century,
when flax was considered a very indis
pensible crop among our farmers, but
it linty product has since been super
seded by the cotton of the South per
haps only through the invention of the
cotton gin. We certainly have a soil
in the West which will produce of
clean flax 100 lbs per acre more than
the best cotton lands of the South can
of cotton, and with much less labor, if
we except the breaking, scutching and
hackling, which should be performed
with machinery. In England, the
spinning and weaving of flax is now
accomplished by machinery with a ra
pidity little short of the spinning and
weaving of cotton, so that there would
at once be a foreign market if the raw
material were raised by the farmers of
the great West. A machine that
would perform for the flax growers of
tbe great West what the cotton gin of
the feouth does for the cotton grower
would be a great desideratum.
E, L. Walker.
Somerset, Pa., April, 1862.
The End of the Pilgrimage.
Fear not, thou that longest to be at
home. A few steps more and thou
art there. Death to God's people is
but a ferryboat. Every day, every
hour the boat pushes off with some of
the saints, and returns for more.
Soon, O believer, it will be said to thee
as it was to her n the Gospel, "The
Master is come and calleth for thee."
When you are got to the boundry of
you race below, and stand on the verge
of heaven and the confines of immor
tality, then there will be nothing but
the short valley of death between you
and the promised land; the labors of
your piigrimage will then be on the
point of conclusion, and you will have
nothing to do but to entreat God, as
Moses did, "I pray thee, let me go
over, and see the good land that is
beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain
and Leabanon"- Toplady.
Burrs or Scalds. As accidents
from these causes are unfortunately of
oft recurrence, and most generally fall
to the portion of children, a remedy at
once simple and always at hand, pro
ducing the most beneficial results,
cannot be too well known. In case,
then, of an accident from afire or any
scalding liquid, take lard and flour and
make a salve, letting the flour form the
chief part- Spread this tolerably
thick on pieces of linen or other rag,
and apply to the suffering - part,
changing often, till all the fire is
drawn out. I once knew of a little boy
who was scalded on the foot, by the
tipping over of a saucepan ; this rem
edy was applied with almost, instant
relief from pain, and changed for
fresh bandages about every ten min
utes or less. Every one ought to keep
this remedy in mind, and publith it
among their friends.
It is a solace that God knows ns
altogether, and there is nothing hid
from him. He knows not only every
sin and weakness, but he knows the
strength of temptation, and the power
with which it has been resisted. He
knows every paliating circumstance1?,
and when he judges us, it is with all
a father's love, and with a fullness of
love no earthly father ever felt. He
knows all our efforts to overcome sin,
and to do faithfully our appointed
work. The feeblest struggle he has
appreciated, and will not forget.
.
- When a man becomes a christian he
will not be exempt from -tears, from
losses, from sickness, cares and death;
but he will bear these things with a
patience that the world has not; and
he will see, overruling these things, a
hand that the world does not see;
and he will learn that great problem
which Christianity alone solves, that
out of evil Gel is still educttng good.
In the "Legend of the Tre3 of
Life," published in New York, in 177G
occurs the following: Trec3 and
woods bars twice saved the world
first by the arle, and then by the cross ;
making full amends for the evil fruit
of the tree in Paradise, by thai which
was bcrns on the tree ia Golgotha."
Acquired Beauty Eest.
Beauty is an excellent gift of God;
nor has the pen of the Holy Spirit
forgotten to speak it3prasse; but it is
virtuous and godly beauty alone which
Scripture honors, expressly declaring
on the other hand that "A fair woman,
without descretion, is aa a jewel of
gold in a swine's snout." (Prov. xi.,
22.) Many a pretty girl is like the
flower calbd the imperial crown, which
is " admired, no doubt, for its showy
appearance," but despised for its un
pleasant oior. Were her mind as free
from prida, selfishness, luxury, and
levity, as her countenance from spots
and wrinkles, and could she govern her
inward inclinations as she does her
external carriage, she would have none
to match her. But who loves the cat
erpillar and such insects, however
showy their appearance, and bright
and variegated the colors that adorn
them, seeing they injure and defile the
trees and plant3 on which they settle?
What the better is an apple for its
rosy skin, if the maggots have pene
trated and devoured its heart? What
care I for the beautiful brown of the
nut, if it be worm eaten, and fill the
mouth with corruption? Even so.
external beauty of person deserves no
praise, unless matched with the inward
beauty of virtue and holiness. Iti3,
therefore, far better to acquire leauty
than to be born with it. The best kind
is that which does not wither at the
touch of fever, like a flower, but lasts
and endurep on a bed of sickness, in
old age, and even at death. Gcithald.
Anotncr .Monster Can.
One of Rodman's fifteen-inch guns
was successfully cast a few days ago
at the Fort Pitts Works in Pittsburgh.
Thi3 is the third casting made of these
gun3, and the work will soon be re
garded as an everyday performance.
The process was as follows: The
rough casting in the pit weighs about
78,000 pounds, and nearly forty tuns
of metal were melted for the purpose
in three furnaces. The furnaces were
fired about five o'clock, and at eight
minutes past ten the first furnace was
"tapped." A line of troughs or "run
ners" had been laid from the furthest
furnace, some eighty feet, the second
furnace, about midway, joining in, and
the two streams, emptying, with that
from the first furnace, into a large
cauldren at the edge of the pit, from
which two streams diverged, and pass
ing around the pit, emptied into the
gun on opposite side3 of the core bar
rel. The furnaces were tapped in
succession, and nearly all the metal
allowed to ran out before the next in
order was opened. At twenty four
minutes past ten the mold was filled,
in just sixteen minutes from the open
ing of the first furnace, showing that
the metal must have poured into it at
the rate of nearly two and a half tuns
per minute. Scientific American.
Rice Froth. A rich and ornamen
tal dish. For oue third of a pound of
rice allow one quart of new milk, the
whites of three eggs, three ounces of
loaf sugar, finely pounded, a stick of
cinnamon, or eis;nt or ten drops of
almond flavoring, or six or eightyoung
laurel leaves, and a quarter of a pound
of rasperry jam. Boil the rice in a
pint or rather, less of water; when the
water is absorbed add the milk and
let it go on boiling till quite tender,
keeping it stirred to prevent burning.
If cinnamon or laurel leaves are used,
boil them with the milk, and remove
them when the rlcs Is suCIcIenxly done ;
if essence of almonds be used for fla
voring, it may be dropped among the
sugar ; when the rice milk is cold, put
it in a glass dish or china bowl. Beat
up the egg whites and sugar to a froth,
cover the rice with it, and stick bits of
raspberry over the top.
A correspondent of a Scottish pa
per gives to following rule for chooss
ing a good potato: "The finest,
mealiest, and most nutritious potatoes
and always denser and heavier than
the soft and waxy. By taking advan
tage of this difference in their specific
gravity, the light and inferior potatoes
are made to swim on the surface of a
solution of salt, while tbe heavy and
good sink to the bottom."
Natural objects have suggested to
science the most valaeble inventions.
The shell of the lobster suggested the
strongtubeto Watt; the earthrrcrm
the tunnel to Brunell ; the bird's rring
produced the oar; the gyrations cf a
hawk, the wheel ; while the plough
wa3 founded on intelligent observa
tion of certain practices of th.3 pig.
A steel-suspension bridje cf 110 y-rd3
span is now undergoing test at rirksn
head, England. The steel used ia it
stood a lest cf 70 tuns per square inch cf
tensile strain. -
For years, wine of the ccmnc?. el
der berry, Samlucus 7iijra, hzz bsea
made. and. riranir tL n. b
- 1
At this time it has cot into th: drj'r
i
4 .
J
J
rs v -vw
stores, under the n2.123.cf
tsinet and many a cue is norr f
an extra price, and dnnlai! tz aa in
vigorating medicine, tl.-t which, if
simply called elder-berry rrlr.:, th;y
would naralv tr.m c: I:..--.
however, 13 no aruncnt c"-:n3S lis
value; cn th
thins are
throwing a little mystery crcr.nd then.
vS w
It is, however, for th? fr:r and
cardener to lock about Cizl:, sea
whether ths apportionment cf cr.a cr
more acres cf lnd, e.Tok :i'?y to th.3
growing of eldor berri;3 f-r vine,
would not be a paving thing. Tha
plant or bush ia now abundant,1 bni
ranidlv disirsnennn"' nnrlr tha rdm?"?!
1 j rr o r o
and hoe: fsw rcrardin it as in anr
way valuable, and therefore, destroy
ing it as a cumbercr of the ground.
We hav8 no means cf making an esti
mate of the returns likely to come to
,t t, .e .1
tne cultivator, duc juagmg irom tna
quantity of berries each bush hz.z
it would pay a3 well, cr better even
than grapes. Besides the vnluo cf its,
fruit, its flotrers and valuabb in pro-,
moting perspiration, ffh'lo from tho
inner bark an excellent healing clnt
ment can bo msds; and a decoetion
of it in moderate do3C3 is aho a ei:IJ
purgative. Ohio Farmer.
A Good Homb-madt Yeast. ?Jra.
Jane E. Foo'.e, of Oncndzgo County, N.
Y., writes to the Americcrx Agricul
turist thus: "A very nice yeast is nndo
as follows: Peel and boil twelve po:a,
toe3; pour off the water, and jam ne
With ready boiling water from the tea
kettle, scald two quarts cf sifted flour Li
a pan, making it about the consistency cf.
thick paste. Add a teaspocfiful cf g;ne;er
a tablespoonful of sail, ar.d th3 potatoes
before prepared, heating" th vchclj wli
7 iiU WWUlf UUM JL W W J J
cakes, previouslv dissolved in warm wi-
- -
ter, cr a teacupful cf hop-yeast. Tha
above quantity will do for a "baking" cf
three loves, four times, by keeping ia a
cod place. It has this advantage over tha
usual prescriptions for potato yeast, whila
answering about as well, viz: that it
does not need to be made on every tak
ing day.
Some young men talk about luck.
Good luck is to get up at six o'clock
in the morning; good luck, if you hvl
only a shilling a week, 13 to live npen
elevenpence ana saee a penny; "ocJ
luck is to trouble your heab Triih
your own business, and to let you:
neighbors alone; good luck 13 to ful
fill the commandments, and do unto
other people a3 we wi3h thera to da
unto us. They must not only plod,.
but persevere. Pence must bo taken
care cf beciuse they are the seed3 of
guinea3. To get on in the world, they
must t.ika care of home, sweep their
own doorways clean, try and help
other people, avoid temptations, and
have faith in truth and God. JD$
Fraine's Lectures. .
The British Scienth'!: Asrociaticn has
decided to patronize talbc".?, an! .st
year appointed a Ball:?- Cc r.rr.i: '
with a grant cf two fcunared poun-3! to'
carry out experiments vkh them. The
first experiment, made about five weeks
ago, proved a failure, because thela'.Iccn'
leaked, and after ascending about half a
mile came down in a thick .rrrr.
breakingthe delicate machinery used fcr
taking observations, and seriously right
ening but net hurtinj the "intrepid aero
nauts."
A great many people havo shouted'
"hurrah:" "many a time and eft;"
but comparatively for? kr.077 it.i deri
vation and primary meaning. It or
iginated among the eastern nations,
where it was used as a Trar cry from
the belief that every man who died in
battle for his country went to heaven.
It i3 derived from tho E.'avcnis rortl
"Hurraj," which means "To Paradi;?
Carrot Cofte. Wo aro t:::n
carrot3 sliced thin, dried, and slight!
browned, as a partial substitute fe:?
eoffee. We think if cc:Tee waj ever
so cheap zzl plenty, the above mahej
a'richer, more nutritious, palatable,
and healthy drink. The carrcti need
not be pulverized. The addition cf
from one sixth to one tenth coffee is
an improvement. J. B.
There i3 never a rromtee in the Bit
ble but a child cf Gel may say, "This
is mine;" therefore they are called tho
heirs of premiss. The prcr.-:3e3 nrrj
like a garden cf flowers, paled in and
inclosed, which no stranger may gath
er, only saeh as will beecrr.o children
cftha family.' '
