RATES OF ADVERTISING t .PER TEAR On
Column, tlOO j Ildf Column, $C0 $ Quarter Col
umn, $15.
Transient Adrertlaement per Square often line
or less, srit insertion, $3 J each gaWquent inser
tion, $1.
X. H. A.IBOTT.
X. V. IROWS.
A square is one inch in space down the column,-
counting cuts, digplny lines, blanks, Ac, as solid
matter. No advertisement to be considered
tFFlCE IN HANNON'S BUILDING.' FIRST STREET.
than a square, and all fractions counted a toll
VOL. IV.
ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 18G9.
no. -m
square, AM advert iscmcnts inserted for a lesr
period tban three months to be regarded as tran
ient.
STATE BIGHTS DEMOCRAT.
rCBUSRD KVHY SATURDAY, BT
ABBOTT & BROWN.
TERMS, advasce: One year, $.1; Six Month
$2'On Month, 50 cts. Singlo Copies, 12J cts.
Correspondents writing over assumed signatures
r anonymously, must make known their r-roper
names to the Editor, or no attention will be given
to their communications.
All Letters and Communications, whether on
business or for publication, should U addressed to
Abbott A Brown. " -
BUSINESS CARDS.
PRICES GREAT LY REDUCED!
DR. K. II. GItlFFIItf
Treposes to make his rates for Dental wrriccs
for the jear 1869, as follows, vis :
Full upper and lower set of Art. Teeth. 0 o 50
Full upper or lower " " "v f li f"
Tivot teeth, $2,50 each. Filling teeth, trm SI to
: 3 each caitT. Extracting, 50 cents per tooth.
Cleansing. 50 cents to $1,50, Other minor opera-
tions in .proportion. Term. U. S. coin or its
sN.Tb! OSce OTer Bcntley's shoe store, In the
ld post office building, TpPoMte Foster', bnck,
JUbany, Oregon. DR. E. II. URIFilN.
. Dec 30, 1S6S v4n29tf.
x. ii.cn vxoii,
HTOKNEY AND COU.NSEltOB ' AT LAW,
OrriCKIn Norcross Brick Building, up stairs
Albany, Oregon,
C. A. BLACKLEY,
5ASK1CSABIE BARBER, AND HAIR' DRESSER.
WrOULD BESPECTF.LLY INFORM THE
U V eiusensof Albany t-at he has. opened, a
Harbor Shop, m Main stroc , two doors above
Parrish's Blucfc, where he is pr-fared to accom
uadate ail wh may 4wire anything tn the tonao-
H also state that hieJvices ean be had at
jluj time, with due notice, to
CALL FIGURES FOR PARTIES OR BALLS,
M waeeaable terms. ' d4nUa4
JOIIV J. WIIITXEV,
inOS5fI 15D COr.XSELtOB AT LAW
7' ainl Hotary Public
;$peeal tie alios girca to collections.
'Xlfcasj, Oregoo T-naotr.
JI. CASTERDCRT, 31. D..
Physician and Surgeon,
CORVALLIS, OREtSOX.
3!OSee. B. R. Riddle's Drug Store.
- Tn'6S v41Stf
' CL, W. GRAY, n. I.
CRAtOATE OF THE CIiailiTl BESTAL COLLEGE,
nfOCLD INVITE ALL PERSON'S BESIII-
ing ArtiScUUeetA and lrs-la Dental
Operations, to give Mm a call.
Specimens of YuleanKe Base with gold ylate
linings, and other new styles of work, war be
teei at his See. stairs ia Parrbh k Cs.
Brick. Atbany. Oregon.
T.eMenre. eorner of Second an I Raker streets.
prirCsTSaSIti
j. r. m well.
l. rtis.
FOYFELI. fc FLISX,
A TTOUSE YS AXD CO CXSEL LORS XT
J.A W AXD SOLICITOUS IX CIIAXCEW,
' f ; (L. riinn, Notary Ptt&lic)
ALBANY, Oregon'. Collections and convey
ances promptly attended to. oc20n!01y
I3FFICE OF mm SCHOOL Sl'PERLNTE.YT,
T WATERLOO. SIX MILES ABOVE LEB-
aaon, oa the Sant'unu rt o3ce adiress,
.tid451j Co. School Superintendent.
r O- C3-- CURL,
JlTTOBSEY AT LAW,
.. ftALEM. OREGON :
Will practice in ll the Courts of this State and
will attend the Circuit Court terms in Linn county
and the eatke District. OSce in Watkinds k Co's
ratiek.apatair. r3n43yl
Jl. RICE, M. D.,
Surgeon and Phys cian,
ALBANY, OREGON",
TJIXETITL FOR THE LIBERAL PATRON-
age leee'ured, continues to tender his serrices
t the eitizect f Albany and surrounding coun
try .Offiee aad residence, on Second street, two
LloeLs east of Sprengers hew llotel. T3n37tf
V. HILT AM CL.
F. M. BEDflELD.
IIILTAI5IDEL -& CO.,
DEALERS IS GROCERIES ASD PKUYI
sioas, V.ed and Willow Ware, Confection
ery, Tohac, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc. Store
oa Maine-stre& adjoining the Express office,' Al
bany, Oregon. se2Sv3n7tf ,
HEX J. IIA YDEX,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Will attend to all business entrusted to him by
'citizens of Polk and adjoining counties.
E.ola, July 26, 1S67. . v2n5Itf
BABXOW8, L. BLAI5, 8. Z. TOCSO.
J. BARROWS 3fc CO.,
GENERAL &' COXXISSrOX MERCHANTS
"TlEALERS'iu Staple, Dry and Fancy Goods,
1 F Groceries, Ilard ware, Cutlery, Crockery,
Jioots and Shoes, Albany. Oregon.
Consignments solicited. oc6n8tf
ALBANY BATH HOUSE!
- 0
fFflfB UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT
r 1 fflly inform the citizens of Albany and vi
. cfoity that fee has taken charge of this Establish
cneAt, end, ly. keeping elean rooms and paying
strict attention f6 business, expocta to suit all those
twhoniaj faror htm WltU'tbeir patronage. Having
heretofore carried fenotbfing ityt
he' eipects to -gie entire satisfaction p all.
(. 'jKIhildien and Ladies' Hair neatly cut and
shanTpooed. " JOSEPH WEBBER.
v apr4y3n33tf
r. r. efssell,
i Att'j at Law.
KLEINS'
Rotary Puljlicr
RUSSEIil, & ELIilXS,
OfiSce.ln Parrish's k Co.'g Block. First Street,
' ALBANY, OREGON.
, - - '
Harin taken into co-partnership James Elkins,
Es(t,,iix-Clerk of Linn county, Oregon, we are
enable i to add to onr practice of law and oollec
tiona, liBperior facilities for
Oonveyaacing, EzaminiTig Eecords,
"Attending' to Probate Bnsineas.
Deeds, iionds; Contracts'and Mortgages carefully
drawn. Homestead and Pre-emption papers made
and CLiinis secured Sales of Real Estate negoti
ated, and loans effected on Collateral securities on
reasan.ible rates.
All business entrusted to them will be promptly
attended to. - RUSSELL k ELKINS.
i Oet. 5, JS5S v2n46tf-
A D V E It T I S K M K N T S .
NEW ENGLAND
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF BOSTON.
PURELY MUTUAL.
INCORPORATED 1H.15.
r.hl,.li - - - $7,000,000 00
Im... A in 1S67 - 381,600 00
Tout Losses Paid - - '2f'ig2 2
No Extra Charge for Traveling to and
from the Atlantio siaies, -.uruye,
Oregon, and Sandwich fslands.
Tbl old and popular Company Is gort rned by
the NON-FORFEITURE law or Ma.acbuctts.
ALL KET EARNINGS DIVIDED ANNUALLY AMONG THI
inauncui
Losses paid promptly. All policies Non-frfcitablo
DIVIDENDS DECLARED AND PAID ANNU
ALLY !
Firit DiriJenJ ArniMU at lie Jtymt o lit
. t i . ......
t,.- j..,. r n,Mn:ri nN.licr holdersl In
this Company, among whom he.aunual surplus is
atriUcil.
Unbiased judgment, based upon careful inTeotl.
gatioo, will show that this (the oldest Mutual Life
Insurance Company of America) offers more equi
ties to tho injured than any other Company doing
buine. on this coast.
Llfo Insurance is a judicious inTcftmentfr cap
italists. It is a si' ke investment fcr thM in mod
erate circumstances, by wliich tbey may, with a
small amount of funds, leave to their families
ample means for their support in caso of the early
decease of the insured.
Home Office, 39 Stato Street, Botton.
PACIFIC BRANCH OFFICES: 302 M.mt
gomery street. San Francisco; Room 3, Carter's
Building, Portlaud, Oregon. ..., -
EVERSON k IIAINt.s.
ftctieral Agent.
IU SSELL at ELUIXN, Ar'In,
Parrish A Co's Block, Albany, Oregun.
SrplQ'eSvinStf
PACIFIC HOTEL
THE UNDERSIO.NED RESPECTFULLY
juforms the public that this lloue
HAS JUST BEEN FINISHED,
A50 IS
JST o w open
fwctbe reesoilatio of H ,DaT
fcrr hh wiU their patronage.
T 11 E F U It X I T U II K
y ontircly kw ia every department,
and is f Umj Luet and
taostrpevcd sij le.
THi:' TABLE
willal-arj lie supplied with the ht-t the market
ff rd, and b pain ! t-c spared
fur the oiufrl and conve
nience f his guet.
Persons arriving by b.ts mccouimo latci at all
hours day or iiiht.
Srits of rooms and super tr nccoianioJaiions fvr
families.
A long exptrience in the business warrants the
proprietor in proro using atii-fa-ti.n t all who may
fav.r him with their patronage, f it can be done
by bountifully supplied table, pleiwant rw,
eleanlr beds and asiduou attention V their wanta.
J J. B. SPRKNtiKR.
Albany, June e, 1863. r.1nt2tf
WILLAMETTE STEAMBOAT CO.'S
1STOTICE.
IROM AND AFTER THIS DATE UNTIL
; further notice.
THE STEAMER
SZ.
WILL LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY DAY,
(SUNDAYS. EXCEPTED),
FOK OIIEGOX ITVV
At 6:30 A. M., conncctin with the Steamer
SUCCESS,
On'MONDAYS and THURSDAYS of each week,
For Salem, Albany and Corvallis
and all intermediate points j and with the
STEAMER ANN,
On the same days for DAYTON.
RETUItXIXG Will leave Oregon City
at 1 o'clock P. M., except Wednesdays and Sat
urdays, on which days she will await the arrival
of the steamers SUCCESS and ANN from above.
psfFor Freight or Passage, apply to J. II
SMITH, at the American Exchange Wharf.
' sep26v4n6tf. N. IIAUX, President.
IRA A. MILLER.
A. P. MILLER.
MILLER & BRO.i
(.Successors to I'hilip Miller,) '
M ARBL E W OR K S
ALBANY, OREGON.
Shop on Washington, bet. 1st and2dSt's.
TIIESJ3 GENTLEMEN BEG LEAVE TO IX
fortn'tbe Ijntlifl i at lrgo " tnat they are now
prepared to furnish " '
if a in i, e nQXvnwr.
' - ASD
aiAYE - s qp O N B S!
PF EVERV STTLB AND, PATTERN,
At the Mosit Reasonable Prices!,
TOr.lDSTONES CUT TO ORDER
On the very shortest notice. '
Mar7r3n29tf' MILLER y BRoV
' l Lt PERSONS KNOWING THEMSELVES
. indebted to the undersigned, will please come
forward and settle up, as the oftl Books must be
Closed by.tae 1st of January, 1869.
Albany, Dec. l66S-nl7tf. A. CP"vAN(.
I O K T It Y.
THE SUSPENDED BANK.
On Cupid'a bank, Lovo drew a draft
In favor of myself,
And payable In klsoes quaffed
From some fair maiden elf.
T clutched tho check with eager grip
Befaro the iuk uad dried,
And let mt many moments slip
Ero to tho bank 1 hied.
With trembling benrt, yet Ann resolve,
I felt a sbeopih follow,
When 1 demanded payment of
Mary, tho paying teller. t
Pho gated upon the scrip avkanco
In coquetry well traiucd.
Conceiving, at a single glance,
I The import it contained.
Then backward throw her rurlcy bead,
Is if she had intended
To pay mo off, but Mtnply said,
"This bank has just suspendod J"
THE UNFINISHED PRAYER,
"Now I Uy" Say It. darlinjr :
M,y mo," liped the tiny lips
Of my daughter, knevling. binding,
O'er her folded linger tips.
"Down to sleep. -"To sleep," she murmured,
And the curly lnal dri pped low.
"I pray the Lord" I gently ad-led,
"You cau say it all, 1 know."
Pray the Lord," the word tame faintly,
FainUr still "My soul to keep;"
Thru the tini-l bead fairly nodded,
And the child was fast aalefp.
But the dewy ryes half opened.
When 1 clasped brr to my breast,
And the dear voice softly whifpt-red,
"Mamma, tJod knows all the rest !" ,
O, the trnxtlnj. sweet confiding
or the child heart ! Would that I
Thus might trust my Hcnvenly Father,
He wb bears my f.ebletcry.
LOVE ME.
Only lovo me.
Let gaunt want make shadows In our way,
Let heart-breaking trial be our .bate.
Let the world frown bar.hly as it may,
Little do I care.
Only love me.
Give thy sorrow Iby faithful wife.
(iriet were joy, tKar, if en-lurrd with thee.
Let thine eye shine on me, light and life.
Love me, I ova me !
Only love me.
Puffer not thy kindne to tire,
Let not ov by anger b foresworn.
My heart burns to asbea in the fire
Of thy crwel orn.
Only love me.
I have failing, more than I ran fpeak,
I cobfes I am not worthy thee.
Thou art strong and kindly, J am weak,
I.ot e mr, lve mc,
Ciiy Jove me.
I will slay by thee in want and shame.
I will follow ihea through firs and flood.
I will rou'Hy bear thy cherished natne,
I'm it ill or jjtjod.
Only love ine, "
I e-uld go thr' lla-leg for tliy sake.
I could give roy hopes of bcuvtH to thee.
Do I o!Ter m-rc than I wm! l lake?
IiVe iuc, jc we.
Only love me, t
All my life I flowing into thine.
As tho river flowUU to fhe ;
llour-l thy beins all my thoughts cntwioe
I am no a gbt but tb !
Only love me.
Fail me not, myworship. I am given
Wholly and eternally to thee ;
Thou art my heart's rarth and my soul's hetven.
Love mc, love me. ,
chips.
There arc saM to be 5,000 photograph
era in the United States.
Two nhtlumxcs in Newport (It. I.)
harbor arc attended by women.
Tho Camden (N J.) Common Council
gives 81,000 to the por.
A thread mill in HolyoLc, Mas., strings
out 25,000 dozen spooli daily.
The New York rag pickers earn from
25 to 40 cents per day.
Tho SiamcMC twiog have wiled for Ku.
rope to be cut apart.
A woman, aged 150, died1 lately in Pu
ebb, Mexico.
A four feot Ion? bridal oako was the
feature at a recent New York City wed
ding. ,
Tho other day 80,000 in Confederate
notes were sold fur a 81 greenback, at
auction, in Savannah, Georgia.
A former Maine convict sent tho pres
ent occupants o'f the' Stato 'Prison a barrel
of apples on Thanksgiving Day.
A San Francisco banker has erected a
monumeot in the cemetery near the, city
in memory of his wife, which cost 825,
000 in gold.
News from poor Carlotta is that she is
getting better, siug9 and paints, and med
itates writing a history ol the restoration
of the Mexican empire.
Shakespeare tells us that pity is' over
nobler than revenge. Kight. but there
i3 very little true nobility iu the world.
Ohio is to be taxed this year $20,489,-
148y ou the total valuation of 81, 143,401,-
S80.
Over 500 operatives wero thrown out
of employment by the recent destruction
of Belcher & Brothers' factory, in Irving
ton, N. J. Work cannot be resumed till
next autumn.
Robert Toombs on Slavery. Here
is an extract from a ppecch delivered by
Robert Toombs, at Waynesboro, Georgia,
which, wo have not -seen in any of the
Radical papers:
"JTegroes, we don't wish and don't .in
tend to put you back into slavery. Cheers
from the blacks. If even we wished to
we could qot. $ver since the Yankees
brought, you here and scld you to us, we
have had all the care, anxieties and re
sponsibilities upon our shoulders. Thank
God we have them no longer., I would
not put back into slavery the four hun
dred slaves I' had, for any consideration.
They kept me, as they kept every slave
holder in tho South, poor. If you can
stand your freedom, o can we. When,
therefore, any persons "tell you that the
Southern people intend to put you back
into slavery, thev lie." ; .' : ' '
PONT OFFICE IH:iAItT.1IE.'T.
The report of tho Postmaster General
exhibits that tho ordiuury 'postal revenue
lor tho year ending .Juno JJO, 1808, was
810,202,000, and theexpenditurcs, includ
ing service' for which special appropria
tions had beeu made, w6ro $22,70,502
an cxecr8 of expenditure ol 80,4.'J7,091.
There is an incrcaso of six per cent, in
postages, and of eighteen per cent, in ex
penditures, compared with last year. Tho
total-receipts of the department wcrfe :
Postages, $10,202,000; received from
Treasury for free mailer, 83,800,000; over
land and marine service betwecu New
York and California, 81.125,0('0 ; steam
ship service to Japan and China, 81 25,000;
service to litazil, 8150,000; fur mail, on
routes established by Thirty-ninth Coti
gross, 8430,525; and making an aguregate
of 821,080,125. Tho excexs of expendi
tures over all these receipts wan 874 1,400.
The estimates made for the present year
were too low, and an-additional appropri
ate of 3,802,000 will bo ucceury to
meet the delicieucy. Tor tho year 1870,
tho estimate is : Ordinary expenditures,
824,510,41:; ordinary revenue, 817.SUO,.
000; deGcit, 80,740,413. Alo, special
appropriations fur steamship service to
Japan, China, Brazil, and the Sandwich
Islands, to the sum of $725,000.
During tho year, iifctf. 470,500 postage
statu pu, of tho value of $11,751,014. (in
cluding 100,000 periodical stamps, valued
at 814,750); 4 1,552,300 plaiu Mampcd en
velopes, bearing printed cards and re
quests lor return to writers, representing
$740,520, and U .372,000 newspaper wrap
pers, valued at $07,272, were issued. The
nrate value of these insucs was $lo.
803,124 being an increase ol U 45-100
per cent., ever the iasnes of the previous
year.
The ajrprcjrnte issue of envelopes va
increased during tho year 14 53-100 per
cent, in value.
The ale of poMagc stamps and stamped
envelops during the year, as reported by
the Auditor, was $1 1,000.130,32 more
than tic i.4sue; thu absorbing to that
amount tho stock remaining unoM iu
hands of Pu.xi masters, June 30, 1S07.
The number of packa;;e of puitage
Ktamps lot in the math during the year
was 33; rcprc-cuting $2,772,20; and of
Mampcd envelopes, 7, valued at $220,01.
Kight thousand two hundred and twen
ty six mail routes, having an aggregate
length of 310,028 miles, eot annually
$1 1,350,089. This service was divided :
lt iilroa-1 lines, 20,018 mile; annual trans
portation, 31,80,17S miles; annual cmt,
$1,177,120, or 12 rent a mile. Steam
Lat transportation, 3,797.500 miles; cunt,
$05O,G3l, or 17 cents per mile.
'i'hf new railway postal service has had
the clTict not only of ecuritig regularity,
but an increase of mail matter along the
lines of railway. The ogsreate amount
of ptwfae (inland, sea and foreign) upon
the letter correspondence exchanged with
foreign countries was $3,153,090,00. Of
this amount $1,700,407,70 accrued on
the letter mails exchanged with Kurpean
countries ; $309,510,43 on letters ex
changed with tho Dominion of Canada;'
and $137,700,47 on the letters exchanged
with the West Indies, Mexico, Brazil,
Central and South America, the Sandwich
Islands, Japan and China.
The Steamshp line between San Fran
cbco and Yokohama perform their trip?
uron schedule time.
The whole number of Post Offices in
the United States, J une 30, 1808, wag 20,
481, of which 849 were appointed by the
President. There arc in tho scrvico of "the
Government 49 special agents, 490 route
agents, 54 mail route tuo-.sengcrs, 232 rail
way clerks, 09 local agents, 150 baggage
ujaaters- - at an aggregate salary of $901,
070 annually.
The free lettor carrier service has work
ed very admirably. The Postmaster Gen
eral recommends that carriers hold office
during good behavior.
The number of dead letters during the
year was 4,102,144, a decrease of 144,301
from last year. The wholo number re
turned was 2,257,139, of which about 81
per cent, wero delivered to owners, and 10
per cent, returned to the Department.
Kightccn thousand three hundred and
forty letters coutaiucd $95,109,52, iu sums
of $1 and upwardsof which 10,001 letters,
containing $80,038 CG, wero delivered to
owners, and 2,124, containing 87,802 30,
wero filed or held for disposition ; 14,082
contained $3.430, 08 in sums less than $1,
of which 12,513, containing $3,120 70,
were delivered to owners ; 17,750 con
tained checks, drafts, deeds and other pa
pers of value, representing tho value of
$3,009,271,80; of these 10,809 wero re
stored to tho owners, and 821 wero re
turned and filed ; 13,904 contained books,
jewelry and other articles of property, of
the estimated value ot $8,500 J. of these
11,489 were forwarded for delivery, and
9,911 wero delivered to owners; 125,221
contained photographs, postage stamps,
and articles of small value, of which 114,-
000 were delivered to owners, and 2,008,-
842 letters returucd had no enclosures.
The money order business is largely on
the iucrease. Tho orders issued during
the last year were $1G,197,858, against
$'J,229,a27 of last year. Tho tees re
ceived in the service amount to 124,480,
and tho expense $54,158. '
The present salaries of the "Postmas
ters of the United States are $4,545,$88.
The Southern States, and tho States
west of the Mississippi, except Iowa and
Missouri, have never paid the expenses of
transportation, lt is not possible to have
the Post Offiee Department self-sustaining
without taking away a large proportion ol
the service. There is a constant demand
for new routes in remote and sparsely
settled localities, and they never yield a
revenue equai to tho cost. The Secretary
remonstrates against the use of a fac stm
ile frank by members of. Congress. ; It is
constantly abused, to' the great injury of
the revenue, and unless there be a reform
he advises that the privilege be abolished.
lie recommends new Post Offices in
New York and Boston. ' '
Till! NT A FF OF JL1FF,.
How to 9fuIio ool Itrcad.
Wo propose to give a few recipes for
bread making that will not fail. First
we will give a recipe for making yeast.
Tho yeast bought at the door is not al
ways of good quality. Iho rccipo for
hop yeast given, has been tested fur twen
ty years, and rarely fails; never, if the
yeast jug is perfectly sweet and the yeast
properly made : Boil in a porcelain or
. a .a m m m a
eoppcr tinned kettle, two largo hands! ul
of hops, tied iu a colh, six largo potatoes
sliced thin, in six quarts of water. When
tho potatoes are very soft, skim them out,
and either rub them through a colander
or mash fiuc on a plate. Take out the
hops, squeeze dry, and hang away for an
other time, as they can bo used twice.
Keep the water boiling, mix one and
one-half pints of wheat flour to a sweet
batter with coll water, add one teaspoon
ful of salt; mix in the mashed potatoes,
stir into the boiling water, and boil ten
minutes. Turn into a six quart pan.
When milk-warm to the touch, add one
tea cup of yeast. Let it rie over night,
then put into a stone jug.
This yeast will keep, in a cellar, per
fectly good for six weeks. A large tea-
cupful will make two large -loaves of
bread. Be sure to reserve a teacupful to
rise the yeas, with next time. Always
acald the jug thoroughly and keep the
water in it over night, with a teaspoon
ful of saleratus stirred into it. This will
sweeten the jug. It takes a larger quan
tity of this yeat to raie bread, biscuit or
m tiffins, than distillery yeast, but the ef
fect is quite good. Once ued, the yeast
man's bell will pass unheeded.
To make bread of firm rate quality, the
sponge should be laid over night. Bread
that has been raided three times is much
the best. It is of a firm, even texture,
has no fissures or cracks, and the slice
presents an even nurface. Here is a rec
ipe that rarely tails : Take one quart of
new milk, add boiling water enough to
make it warm to the touch. (Water can
be Mibftttttticd for the milk, but bread
made without milk dries more rapidly.)
Add one tenspoonful of nalt, stir in three
quarts of flour and one teacupful of home
made yeast, or three tcapoonfitl of dis
tillery yeat. Mix well together, then
fpriuklc flour all round tho edges of the
batter or sponge, leaving a small space in
the middle uncovered. Set in a warm
place to rise, covering with a pan. In
summer the fpongc will be ready to mold
over before breakfast. Mix it up so
thick ti at it can be kneaded well, and
knead it half an hour or more. Chop
ping it with a chopping knife adds to its
lightc,i and porosity. When well
kneaded, sprinkle flour on the bottom of
the pan thickly, put in the dough, and
set it away for half an hour or more, but
watch it cloycly. (Bread making -should
be most carefully tended, as any neglect
ruin the whole. If allowed to ri,e too
much its swcctncs h gone, and though
.alcratus will take awa the aciiity. its
aroma and flavor are destroyed.) hen
light enough, turn out on the moulding
board and knead thoroughly ; divide in
to two loaves, reserving a portion for bis
cuit, so that the new mado loaves may not
be cut that day. Mold well, put into the
pans, lot it i.o in a warm place fifteen
minuto, then bako in a hot oven. If the
oven bo hot, thy broad will lose less
weight ia baking than when the oven is
slack. Tho batter can bo baked in the
morninir in muffin rings, and makes deli
cious breakfast cakes, better than hot Us
cuits.
Bread made with potatoes u very nice.
Boil three largo potatoes, well paired, or
six good sued oos ; rub thctu through a
colander into your bread pau. Rinse
them through the colander with a pint of
boiling water: add one quart of iwlk.-
Stir iu half a pint of flour, and when the
liquor, is cool enough, add a tcacupfull of
nomemaue yeast ; set it in a warm place.
If this is done after dinner using the
potatoes left from the table (he sponge
will bo ready for moro flour by eiglit or
nine o'clock in the cveniug. Xow mix to
a stiff batter, sprinkle flour over it, et it
to rtc. Iu the morning knead into
stiff dough, let it rise woll, then knead
again, put into pans, let it rise fifteen or
twenty minutes, and. bake in a hot oven.
All bread, biscuits or doughnuts, rats
ed with yeast, should riso after being
kneaded, before being baked. .It put in
to the oven or fried directly, they arc
uevcr light. lh. dough has no opportu
nity to recover iu clasticity1 and cau not
bo as trood. Common sized loaves of
bread will bako in three-quarters of an
hour, provided tho oven is of proper
heat.
Palatable as good wheat bread is, thore
is no doubt that eating it entirely is. not
conducive to hoalth. ilye, Jndian meal
and coarse flour make bread that is bet
ter adapted to tho development of the
muscles. Boston b.own bread is much
used, and is far better tor young children
than bread made of suDcrfino 'flour. It
is easily mado ; Two quarts of Indian
meal, sified; ono quart of rye meal, or
Graham flour, one large spoonful of salt,
one teacup of molasses, one teacup ot
homemado yeast, or half the quantity of
urevvur o jreuai. auia. huh nut naici us
stiff us one can stir it, let it rise ouo hour,
bake in deep earthen or iron pots, -which
are made purposely; .To avoid the thick
crust produced by baking so long, boil it
four hours and bake one, removing the
cover beforo setting into the oven.
Good broad, and butter can not be
made without somo experience and intel
ligence. Upon their quality depends
half the oomforts of the table, and yet
full half tho people of the country never
taste them in perfection.
Tho employes of the Government
Printing office have formed a Protective
Provision 'Purchasing League, , with ! a
membership of 180 persons. '
To learn 'tho value of money,, try. to
borrow . '
MiiH. m:ixin: ntowk.
It is said that the somewhat notorions
Mrs. Harriot Bccehcr Stowc, the famous,
on
d by sonic people thought to be the
in
famous author of a book published some
ye
ars ago, called Uncle Tom's Cabin, has
anged her mind on tho nigzer. In
ch
her book, she represented the nigger to
be
. everything else but a bigger the
su
pcrior of a white man in every respect
but a brief residence in the Souht, where
the niggers most do congregate, has caused
her to change her opinion. She now
inks, what everybody who knows any
iing about it, thinks that a nigger is a
gger, and that all tho book and pulpit
httc-washing that can be bestowed en
i in wou t make a white man of him.-
We find the following in regard to .Mrs
Bccehcr Stowc in one of our Knnf !if-rn -.
d
janircM ; ,
'Wc hear from Florida IhatMrsl Beech
er Ktowc. the authoress of ITnrdn Tf,m'
abin, who, a year or two- ago, bought
place on the .St. John's river, near
ackxonville. nova he 'wants to live Itmr
nougu ut write a bouk to correct the in .
.. r
take of "Undo Tom." arid Ahow that
great blunder was committed wlwn bi
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very was abolished. I-rout original con-
a m
ition ot frcntimcntal attachment ( tho
negro, she has hipj-ed into a Mtafe of nn
conquerable dislike and
J- vi, sv sss n in
iave hem about her, either in doors
ut. ftbe turned them all off her r.laee
and allows no one with a black skin to
pproach her. We are told that an nr
luaiutauce of ours eouirht to end hr a
niciwage by a black stewardess on hoard
a steamboat, but she refused to allow the
negro to approach her. Her mind, as wc
iave been credibly informed, is yet much
nflamcd against" the negro; and this,
rrobabiy, from coranariu'r their efficienev
and aptitude as laborers and servants with
that ol the northern whites. Ilr fWv
picture of tho African has been nnill.
an- I, vi rciiuujuuiai auecnon nasi turned,
n confluence, to violent avenuon Like
queers, the milk of human sympathy in
her bosom has all turued to curds and
whey."
llttMAttKAJjLK Instance av Pktri.
riCATioN. About six weeks ago, 31r.
.mos Jiroughton died in Wavne cmntv.
iu this State, and was buried there.
Ker lm death hw widow and children
moved to Buskrik's Brid-rc. this countv.
where they now reside. A few days ago,
me lamuy ol the deceased resolved to
brio the remain t,f th r,thtr
ayne county aud have them deposited
in a cemetery near their nrcsent resi
dence. In furtherance of this purpose
me grave was opened and the cofiiu ex
posed, but all ordiuary effort to lift it;
from its position proved ineffectual. The
coffin lid was removed, when it was found'
that the body was iu a most perfect state
oi pcinucauon. was covered over
with a dry mould, which, when removed.
revealed a surface almost as puro and
wnuc as marble. 1 he body showed not
the leau particle of decay. Kvery feature
aud liuoament was perfectly preserved, and
w he u stood upright it'presented the ap
pearance of a finely chiseled statue. j
When Mr. Broughton died he weighed'
about 200 pouods, while the remains had
increased in weight by petrification to
$00 pounds.. Before the body was inter-!
red at Bukrik's it was Keen by the fami
lv, frieuds and many others there. It isj
the most perfect and wonderful instance
of petrification of human remains that
has ever come to our knowledge. Troy
(111.,) iVw,
From the Portsmouth Times. !
GOOD StouV. A well-known news
paper correspondent, in an adjoining town
furnishes us with the following good sto
ry. It is a genuine one, and will be
recognized by many who are familiar with
the facts. Thero was a certain man,
whom we shall call Smith, because that
wasn't his name, and he courted a girl or
rather wanted to, whose name we will call
Brown. Now Smith wasn't so smart in
matters .matrimonial as ho might have
been, and a fellow named Jones ''sailed
in" aud 4ut him out." Jones married
the girl and in due oourso of tiiuo Mrs.
J. presented her husband "with a nice
littlo daughter. About fiftcon years af
terward, Smith was strolling around in
the neighborhood where his former sweet
heart used to perambulate. Meeting
Jones' daughter returning from school,
Smith thought he could detect in her
oountenance tho well-known aud fondly
rcmombcrcd features of her mother.-
Wishing to engage iu conversation, he
confronted tho damsel, when tho followjug
dialogue took place :
i Smith (wha lisped a little) Ain't
your name Jonesth ?'
Miss Jones uYeat sir."
Smith "Ain't yow listhers Thorn
Jonesth daughter?"
Miss Jones "Yes, sir.'
Smith u Well, Mith Jonesth, I came
plaguy near heing your father tconth ?"
it is neeaiesg to aaa mai ".uun jo
nesth travoled."
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BoEP Tvrkey.' This is a favorite
dish at evening parties and may bo thus
prepared : Boil a turkey in as littlo wa
ter as may be, until tho bones can be
easily separated from' the meat.4 Remove
all the skin; slice, mixing together the
light and dark parts. Season with salt
a.nd pepper. Take the liquid in which
the turkey was boiled, having kept it
warm, "pour.it on the meat, mi it well.
Shape it like a loaf of bread, wrap it m a
cloth,, and press it with a heavy weight
for a few hours. When served up it is
cut in thin slicesr Chickens can be pre
pared in-the same way.
Boston's banking capital amounts to
moro than that of Maine, New Hamp
shire, Vermont and Rhode Island put to
gether. u '. .v .
IXUYIXO A WIFE.
From the Chicago Tribune, Pec. l.j
On Saturday fast, a poor fellow fronv
the country, evidently not possessing any
sco?c to spare, made his appearance at
the station-house, in Madison, Wisconsin,,
with thf information that he had been
badly swindled. He came in from the
country with some 8500, the product of
a farm which he had sold ; and, loitering
about the city, soon made the acquaintance
of men who cared more for his money
than for his companionship. Among his
notionn the poor fellow, whose name was
given as Mason, told these companions,
that ho wanted to get a'wife, and as he
was very generous in treating them, they
promised to get him one. On Thursday
ooc of them told Mason that he had been
looking about and found that he could
get just such a wife ns would suit him for
8250. 31ason says he told the boys he
thought this vrds rather high, but they
told him it was not for good wives, and
thi. was a very good one. Finally he
yielded to the price, and Mason and his
new wife were brought together. Mason
seemed so pleased that he paid over the
money, and the two were married, some
confidence man performing the ceremony,
no doubt. Shortly after the man to whom
the money was paid went out of the
house, and in a few minutes 3Iason's new
wife followed, saying she would be back;
in minute. Mason waited patiently all
that afternoon, and, his wife not return
ing, he began to grow uneasy. During
Friday he searched about the city, but,
strange to say, could find nothing of her
or the man with whom he had made the
trade. On Saturday he could contain
himself no longer, and notifying the po
lice, learned that he had been made tk
victim of a trick.
Search was made for the confidence
fellows, but they had plenty of time, and
had left the city. Mason did not seem to
care so much for the loss of his money as
he did for the loss of his wife, who ho
declared was the prettiest woman he had
ever seen ; and he also signified his wil
lingness to give the balance of the money
if the woman would come back again.
JOttll HILLINGS PAPE.
co u an x.
Courtin is about half natur and about
half science. The natur in it is simply
encrgc. You must begin slow, but by
and by it will he best tew agitate things
Wnumeo, as a lump, had Tather bo took
by storm than bi sege. Wimmen never
surrenders, nor are tha ever eggsaktly
won, but rather captured. Tha ' fight it .
out on this line." I am tawking now uv
censibul wimmen. Tha re iz wimmen.
whu ar az easy tew kourt ar lint. "Luv -at
furst site," iz like cteing hunny. It
dux seme az tho yu never cud git enuff"
uv it.
. This kind uv luv iz apt tew make blun
ders, and it iz hard tew back out uv ax
well. But thare aint no such thing az.
puro mathematticks in kourtin. If it iz
awl natur it iz tue iunoscnt fur erth, and
if it iz awl ciancc it iz tue mutch uv a
job. Purhaps the best way tew kourt iz.
tew begin witheout niateh uv enny plan
whare yu ar going tew fetch up, aud see
how yu and she likes it, and let the thing
kind uv wurry along kareless, like throw
in ftnns intew a mill-nond. Yn will find
wun thing strictly tru, the moar advice-
yu undertake to folio, the less amount uv
gud kourtin yu will du.
Healtiifclxess of Apples. There
is scarcely an article of vegetable food,
more widely useful and more universally
liked than tho apple. Why every farmer
has not got an apple orchard, where the
trees will grow at all, is one of the mys
teries. Let every housekeeper lay in a
good supply of apples, and it will be the
most economical investment in the whole
range of culinaries.. A raw; mellow ap-
pie is digested in an hour and a half,,
while boiled cabbage requires five hours..
The most healthful dessert that can be,
placed on a tabic is a baked apple. , If
oaten frequently at breakfast, with coarse,
bread and butter, without flesh of any
kind, it has an admirable effect on tho
tion, correcting acidities, and cooling off
febrilo conditions, more effectually than
tho most approved medicines. If famik
ies could be induced to substitute apples
sound and ripe for pies, cakes and
sweetmeats, with which their children are
too frequently stuffed, there would be a
diminution in the sum total of doctor 'a.
bills, in a single year, sufficiently to lay
in a stock of this delicious fruit for the.
whole season's use.
It is estimated from reliable data that
something aver 15,0QQ acres of hops were
polod in Wisconsin alono in the spring of
1SG8, and that 25,000 acres more were.
plauted. Again, it is estimated that 15,-.
000 acros, producing 1,500 pounds per
acre, will supply all the hops needed in
the United States for one year. If these
calculations aro correct, it i3 easy to see
where the hop business has been driven,,
and -vhat prospects of profit; are before
the hop grower. New York, Michigan,
and Ohio, also produce largely, and when
a wide margin is allowed for failure caused
by lico, &6., over production must still
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eusue. no wuuuer iuo uup growers oi.
the West are turning hop poles into fire
wood and fence rails. American farmera
should learn from this the danger of
rushing headlong into the growing of;
special pro ducts.- Rural Jfeio Yorker.
In Stookville, Mississippi, the young,
people give conoerta to raise money to lay.
sidewalks. ' ' !
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raised on the same piece of land in Florida
last season.
A Boston barber has a keen-edged ra-
zor that has been constantly used for 10ft
vears. '..