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Domestic Ecooy.
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To Cook Egg Plant.
This vegetables ia a delicious addition to
f very dinner, if it is only cooked rightly:
out thoro is not much attention given to
proparing it for an articlo of food in tlio
United Stated, yet in India it is highly
prized, and in vory gonoral uso.
i-iiiED too Plant. Toko a largo, ripe,
undo caa. nnd nut it In iIIm, ,r Lk
nch in tliickncRR! ntrnwn lltl .nil n.
oach, and lay on a plato for ton minutes
or moro to lot tbo wator run out; then dip
each slico into a well bealon egg, and thon
in cracker or hi-pml nt-iimim .,,f ., i i.,.i
1.m i . " V. .""" "J '" ""w
",'"vui " '" an you would oyster, and
tho plant will tasto liko fried fish.
Boii,eu Eoa I'MNT. Cut tho eggs di
rectly in half and boil as you woxld squash
until porfoctly soft and tender; thon scropo
from tho insido of tho skins, season with
salt, buttor, oto. ; and strow sifted bread
crumbsall over thorn. Hot tho dish into
tho ovon to brown for ten minutes.
Uakew Ecicj Plant. Wash thu vegeta
bles clean, and bako in tho ovon as you
would potatoes. Ilomovo tho skins whilo
hot, mash to a pasto, and soason with but
tor, poppor and salt. A raw onion chopp
ed fino and a small popper, aro considered
great addition to tliiH dish.
Cookino Pbah. An English paper says: NcTnmvE Pbopebties op Apples. It
No vegetable deponds moro for its oxcol- is stated that by a careful analysis it has
lonce upon cooking than peas. Havo been found that apples contain a larger
them freshly gathered and shelled, but amount of phosphorus, or brain food, than
nover wash them. If thoy aro not per- any other fruit or vegotablo, and on this
footly clean, roll them in a dry cloth J but account thoy aro very important to sedon
this is soldom required, and thon only tary mon who work their brains rather
through carolossness. Pour them into than their muscles. They also contain tho
tho dry cooking-dish and put as much salt acids which aro needed every day, espec
ovor them as is required; thon pour on ially for sedentary mon, tho action of
boiling water enough to cover them; boll whoso liver is sluggish, to eliminato effoto
them fifteen minutes if thoy aro young; no matters, which, if retained in tho system,
pea is fit to cook which requires moro than produco inaction of tho brain, and indeed,
half an hour's boiling. Whon dono, put of tho wholo systom, causing jaundico,
to a quart of peas thrco tablcspoonfuls of sleepiness, scurvy, and troublcsomo dis-
uuiior and poppor to your tasto. rut all eases of tuo skin
Maidh and SliHTniMHEH. It should bo
plain enough that examples aro as much to
Borvants as to children ; sinco in mannors
and sooial training sorvantH aro as children.
Tho poaHant-girl roared in an Irish cabin
or Gorman cottago can hardly bo oxpected
to bo a modol of politonoss or of personal
neatness. It is quito possiblo, howovor.
to teach hor by example iilono. If tho
mistress bo courteous to ovory mombor of
hor family, and thoy in turn to hor, tho
mum soon ioois tuo atmospnoro or good
breeding, and unconsciously becomosamia
bio and rospoclful. Hut let tho mistress
speak shnrply to hor husband, or scold tho
children in public, or lot tho mastor con
stantly find fault in tho presunco of tho
sorvaut, and hIio will shortly discovor that
courtesy is not ono of tho CHsontials of tho
establishment, and will, most likely, add
black looks, and uncivil words to tho gen
eral disharmony. Horvants being iuiitn
tivo, there is moro reason that tho conduct
of employers bo worthy of imitation. If
tho mistress of u houso bo enroJul of hor
dross, her speech, her daily habits, her
handmaid will, in all probability, grow
moro careful of hor own. Hut tho woman
who comes to her breiikfust-lahlo with ill's
hoveled hair and rumpled gown, has no
right tullnd fault with tlio maid for attend
ing, tho door-bell in a dirty calico and
slovenly shoes. Liko mistress liko maid,
as well as liko muster liko man. Unless
a good example bo sot, there is no cause to
complain of servants for following a bad
one. As u rule, thoy aro ready to learn,
though they may bo (lull and slow of com
prehension, Thoy would rather improve
their condition than degrade it. Thoy
wouhl rather bo ladies than servants.
Their ignorance makes them mistakn the
false for tho true, the bad for thu good.
If every mistress would tuko pains to set a
fair example to her maids, and aid them
now and tiien by timely and delicate jiiuts,
she would soon havo servants who would
bo, in fact, tho lielp thoy aro in name.
Senliiier.
tho wator to them in which thoy wore
boiled. Tho (treat mistsko in cookina
peas is in cooking too long, and in delu
ging them with water.
Felon on the Finoeii. Tho following
simplo prescription is recommended as a
cure for felon on tho finger. Tako com
mon rock salt, such as is usod for salting
down beef or pork; dry Hln an ovon; thon
To FlCKLE Hmall CUCUMIIKIISANI) CJheh
kinh. Ohooso small, perfect gherkins, or pound it flno; and mix it with spirits of
iuuuiuulth; Bureau on piauors, mix a tnrpontino lu equal parts; put it in a rag
small bit of alum, pulverized, with salt, and wrap it round tho parts affected, and,
and cover them; lot thorn Ho in this a as it gets dry, put on moro, and in twenty
week. Thon drain thorn, put thorn into u four hours you aro cured tho felon will
jor, cover them with boiling vinegar, and bo dead. It will do no harm to try it.
cover in thick with grapo leaves. Set
them near tho flro. If thoy do not bocomo
'ClDEIl AND llCD Pm'PEIl FOB MEASLES.
I havo novor scon it in print that cider will
drivo out tho measles when thoy havo
it, but do not let it boil. s'"":lf in, and as I know it to bo a good
. over tho pickles, cover I ron,,c lW"k i 0UB to ho Published.
,es; repeat this until thoy I ll in yeu E'Jla'"1 "''"
tolorably green after an hour or so, pour
mu vinegar into anoiucr jar, sot it on tlio
hot rango or hearth until too hot to bear
your hand in
then pour again
with frosh leav
aro as grcon as you wish
Tomato Pnnsnitvns. Tako tho round
yellow variety as soon as ripo, scald and
pcoi inorn ; tuon to sovon pounds of to
matoes add sovon pounds of whito simar.
and lot them stand over night. Tako tho
tomatoes out of tho sugar and boil tho
syrup, removing tho scum. Put in tho os of Cotnuurco;
UsEfdL I flfOR flTION.
Edible Starches.
An interesting paper on " Tho Edlblo Starch-
ttieir l'ruuuctlou una con-
a short time, sinco by Mr.
tomatoes and boll uontlv 11 f toon or twontv miuimiou." was rend
minutes; remove tho fruit again, and boil 1'. L. Slmmoudi) at a meeting of tie London
until tho svrun thickens. On coollmr nut 89?K'tX ' Art' . Tho locturir pointed out that
thn fruit itifn (nrM nml iinnrfl.n ......... ....... Wtlilo tUO Lllgllsll UHO but ono word to IH'llHC
!i ..-.1 .V1 .. V- I- i J . '
it, and add a fow slices of lemon to each
jar, and you will havo something to please
tho most fastidious.
How to Cook Coiinhii llnni Tho Jlos-
ton Juiirmil of Chemistry says: Tho rulo
all sorts of stnrch.oven tho minor clnssiQcn
lions of arrowroots, sagos, tapiocas, corn-Hours,
.to., tlio French have two words by which they
distinguish thu starch obtained from roots,
stems, fruit, seeds, etc., from tho aaiylacooui
product oijtutneu lrom cereals: tuo lornitr tucy
term fccula, ami tlio IntUr they dellno as ami-
Cayenne Peppeb for Bnas. W. Lynn,
a farmer of Monroo county, Ohio, has
succeeded for many years in driving away
cucumber and squash bugs from his vines
by dusting common cayenno pepper upon
thorn whilo wot with dow in tho morning.
Ho repeats tho oporation onco a week, and
finds flvo conts worth of pepper sufficient
to keep his cuoumber, melon and squash
vines free during tho Beacon. Ho has ro
cently tried ' it upon tho now cabbage
worm with success.
AnTiriciAL Indian Ink. By mixing
lampblack with ten timos its weight of
sulphuric acid (sp. gr. CG'Beaume) and
allowing it to stand for somo hours, and
thon washing out all tho acid, tho material
acquiros tho powor of mixing readily with
water, and possosscs all tho proportie3 of
genuino Indian ink.
Vaknish for White Woods. Dissolve
throo pounds of blcachod shellac in ono
gallon of spirit of wino; strain, and add
ono and ono-half moro gallons of spirit.
If tho shollao is puro and whito, this will
mako a beautifully dear covering for
whito wooden articles.
has a Hibernian sound. ' Don't boil it, for don or stnrcli. Tho vnluo of tho edlblo starch-
en luipuricu iiuu cukuiihi, wmcu whs iu louu
'.00,1:1s, in IbVO amounted to 300,070, oud iu
1871 to 185.700;. Tlio production of Kuropcnn
starches was shown to bo trilling as compared
with Unit of tropical and sub-tropical countries,
thotluh considerable miautitieri aro manufact
ured iu this country from Imported malzo (or
Indian corn) and rice, and sold under tho namo
corned beef should nover bo boiled. It
should only dimmer, boing placed on a
part of tho rango or stovo whoro this pro
cess may go on uninterruptedly from four
to six hours, according to thu si.o of tho
piece. If it is to bo served cold, let tlio
meat remain in the liuuor until cold
though meat can bo made tender by let of corn-llotir. Tho island of St. Vincent is the
ting it remain in the liquor until tho next only arrowroot-producing colony that has kept
day, and then bring it to tho boiling point steadily progri ming, tub quantity exported to
illst befuru servinir 'I'" United Kingdom having increased from II,-
' H - -Mil ewts. In 1S0U, to 10,'JIU cwts. iu 1870. In
Waumi.no C'omi IIoimiii Por.vronH.- ho shipments wcroonly 3,673 Imrrcjs and
mi, ...., l ....in. ...:.. . I. :.. . -I i-..i 7, 193 boxes. The other Weft Indian Islands,
Slice and put them iu n basin with a little thonKi.at.motlmoexportinBCoi.Hiderablo.iuam
luilk or water, soiiui ereiiin if you havo it, titles of arrowroot, havo gradually decreased
and a little salt. Let it re main on tho their production, and tlio quantity exported has
miMuiiimm im uioroiigiii.y ncaum iiirougn, ; In every caso uuilliat oi i. Vincent dwindled
stirring often to prevent. its sticking; a lilt down to a merely uomiual tlgure. In Ilra.il
of ilsh left from a former meal or some considerable attention is givou to tho production
lieateii egg Is a nice addition to it.
I'iiehiciivinii Pi.iimh Without Skinh.
Pour boiling water over largo egg or mag
num bouum plums; cover thorn until it is
eold, thou pull oil' the skins. Million syr
up of a pound of sugar mid a teacup of
water for each pound of fruit; iimlio it
boiling hot mid pour it over; let them re
main for a day or two, thou drain oil' and
boil again; NKiui it clear nud pour It hot
over the plums; let them remain until thu
next day, then juit them over tho tiro iu
tuo syrup; oou mom very geuuy uniii
clear; tako mum lrom tnu syrup with a
skimmer into tho pots or jars; boil tho
syrup until rich and thick; tako oft" any
seiim which may arise, then let it eool and
settle, ami pour it over tho plums. If
brown sugar is used, which is quito as
good, except for green gages, clarify it as
directed,
How to Tkht tiik Hicii.nehs or .Milk. -Procure
any long glass vessel a cologne
bottle or long vial. Take a narrow stiip
of paper, just the length from the neck to
the bottom of tho vial, ami mark it oil
with one hundred lines, at equal distances;
'or, if moro convenient, and to obtain
greater exactness, into titty lines, and
count each as two- and jiasto it upon the
vial, bo as to divide its length into a
hundred equal purls. Fill it to tho high
est mark with milk fresh from tho cow,
and allow it to stand in n perpendicular
position twenty-four hours. Tho number
of spaces occupied by tho orenin will give
you Its exact percentage in uiu iuhk wiiu
out any guess work. Mis. Agriculturist.
nud lu'imuacturuoi eiiiiilo starclies. a large
and varied collection of these was sheun at tile
Paris Inhibition of 18G7, composing starch
es made from pumpkins, maie, bread-fruit,
white and jellow manioc, lirnzil potato. Dein
crura potato yam, banana, ttj. A varioly of
thu manioc or cassava, from tho tubers of
which feculas aro mostly manufactured, the
M'liittil'i urtMiiwirni was introduced into India
Dr. John Ooodman. in a communication idsmt 1810, nud Is tiowcultivitcd toa consider-
to the llrilmli Mcilical Journal, savs of nrti. "Mo extent, tho arrowroot iiiadu from it
llmu! Illiriii! "A u iMi.mlmr ..r (I,., li.u. beini! exteimlvely UKed in Iiulla, and somo of it
ish Medical Association, and in thu com. ,,'l,l,t'll,,:.l,'i,IH Tl' conHiiiiiptloii of sago
mon inl.,r..Hl of ImnmoiK- I I,,..-.. i. U III.-UllUe,! ung. mn is sla eu .WM.WHJcwts.
" , " J9 ihiv.m
Qooo HeA.lTH
Artificial Fibrin as a Diet.
i.. ilpii .ii o.ir i.. 1..I.I. . !.. ..f. . . .
. i. ......!. . in. ii i- i- in iDJo, iu,oii in iouu, iiuu in ioiu uioaggre-
ileasiireineallitiKattontioutomvdiseovorv ....' ' i .....i ' 1...1 ur.V...
this now dietelie substance. So far as I ,wri, WIW uu.OOO cts.. representing a mon
have 1 enililoyed it, it promises fair to bo ey value of X'J83,CI1. Tho Australian colonies
Invaluable ill medical practice, especially werouUo noticed by Mr. Simiuonds asariow
iu cases of feeble alimentation and dcllcicut roetprediicingeountles.speclmensof thlsntarch
nutrition, and second to none iu those manufactured In tho colonies having been ex
cuses where rejection of food forms a prom- hibitcd at the Paris Exhibition of lSi.7, and the
inent feature, or where tho appetite and l'""l'in Exhibition of ls72. The Paciilo islands
dlgestivopowersarereduced to iniinimum. ",l,onr '" b, W ricl1' '" ,ho ecl,lrt )r0,uc ",
Vsllbriu.iusinat.irml it ii of ..uir..,!,: ,!.' """"" ll",, "ther plants, and a considerable
;,m.J ill.! I .!. 1 .. !.. ...!? 1 "J 1 VB"V ,r,,,, Jrriid on iu various feculas in many
nutritii lis, ad eminently adapted to all of the islands. Africa also shares toa consid-
eases wheio there isa detleleney of llbrin erablo extent iu the production of arrowroot.
111 tlio blood. It is. perhaps, unparalleled but Cape Colony and Natal are the only two
iuitsquiditiesof lightuessaiidiligestibility, districts that export it iu any quantity. Tho
und is, 11101 cover, a great delicacy. In many Jiinuifci urioiiImuru U tho species cultivated,
urgent cases of rejection of food, etc., it and it has also been iutroducid into tlio Maur-
uot onlv remains where an egg otherwise "'"'' whence hpecimens of arrowroot were sent
cooked "would not be tolerated, but its to.thoPans l.xnibition of lSii..
presence iu tho stomach has been found to
create a feeling of want rather than of su
perlluity, and to promote rather than do
dense the uiipetite for food.
The production of this substance is
within the teach of everv sick room, and
is effected w itli great facility. It is formed
by exposing albuminous material to the
operation or iulliieuce of cold water, for u
given period ; and on account of its great
Oanninii ("I11AIT.H. It is not known to
every 0110 that the grapo can bo put up
like other fruits for w inter use. lint try
it and see. There is no fruit easier to
nianueo this way. or (hat retains its nat
ural flavor and excellence bettor. Make
a syrup of a quarter of a pound of sugar
for 0110 pound of fruit; put the grapes
whole into the scalding syrup and skim
out soon, and let them partly eool, and
then can them as you would any other
fruit. If you wish to havo the pulp olear
of tho seeds, you huo only to run it
through u colander. Nothing in thu line
of caimed fruit makes u moro healthy and
juilatablo pio than the grapo prepared iu
this way, or Willi less irouuie.
AhrAiiAiii'H. Cut this when two inches
high, run the knife under tho ground
three or four inohes. Put it in cold water
as you bo rape it 01V. Put it iu a bag for
tbo purpose, and boil it hard twenty min
utes, or longer if required. Put drawn
butter over in a covered dish, and you
havo tho nicest of nil spriug vcgeUblca.
If you waul it to grow large, press a large
mouth bottle over thu first shoot, and press
dirt uround it. It will grow to a larger
bizo and bo teudcr.
ilcutcousucsi we employ the ordinary
hen's egg for its production. When the
shell is broken and reinou'd, and its con
tents are immersed iu cold water for twolve
hours or so, they are found to undergo a
ehemico-inoiecular change, and to become
solid and insoluble. This change is indi
cated by the assumption, by the transpa
rent whito of the egg, of an opaque and
snowy win to appeurauco, which far stir
passe that of an ordinary boiled egg.
The product, and the lluid iu which it is
immersed, must now bo submitted to the
notion of hcut to the boiling point, when
tho fibrin will bo ready for lue."
How to Hahukn Steel Diiillh, It is
not generally known that steel can bo
made so hard that it win pierce any
known substance but a diamond. Many
jewelers and lapidaries havo great trouble
in getting tho points of their drills hard
enough to pierce nil amethyst. For the
beuellt of miners and others using ill ills
that rctiuiro a hard point, wo recommend
tho following muiiuer of manipulation.
The drills should be held, if small, by hot
pinchers or tongs, while tempering. "First
heat the tool to a white heat, and then
press it into a stick of sealing-wax; leave
it but a second there, and then stick it
into the wax iu another place. This
operation is rapidly repeated until the
graver is too cool to enter tho wax. Iu
turning or drilling, the tool is moistened
with oil of turpentine.
WATEiiiuioor Paint rou Canvas. The
following isa cheap and simple process for
coating cinuis for wagon tops, tents, aw
nings, etc. It renders it impermeable to
moisture, without making it stitt'aud liable
to break. Soft soap is to bo dissolved in
hot water, and a solution of sulphate of
iron added. The sulphuric acid combines
with the potash of tho soap, and the oxide
of iron is precipitated with tho fattv acid
as insoluble iron soap. This is washed and
dried, and mixed with linseed oil. The
addition of dissolved India rubber to the
oil improves the paint.
SrKAKixa of that strange anomaly, tho educa
ted man of tho period, who doubts tho sphericity
of tho earth, and is ever and anon making his
appearance in print. Iron says: Thoro is to be
for our enlightenment a "New Geographical
Society," whoso main object is to maintain
that tho earth is not a sphere, but a piano sur
face In tho prospectus, which with a fow
other documents has reached us, wo aro in
formed, as a gravo scientific fact, that "indis
putable Hats can bo shown along tho margin of
every ocean, lako, canal, or rlvor in tho
world," but whether tho new society is to bo
constituted of such "flats" is not stated. That
eminent man of science, tho Shah of Persia,
is dragged In to servo tho cause, and wo aro
invited to sharo his astonishment (but when
or whero expressed we know not), " that a na
tion which makes such a display of her big
ships and her maritime skill iu general, does
not yet know tho surfaco of tho ocean over
which they sail; and twit tho English admirals
for UBing their man-of-war for dredging for sea
snails, instead 01 endeavoring to gain that iu-
lormatlou wmen oveu savage nations aro pos
sessed of.'' Mr. Hampden makes mention of
a singular racoof beings, whose "heads aro
filled with putty Instead of brains," and moro
than lusiuuates that llioso who differ from him
belong to this race. May wo bo permitted to
ask If theso putty-headed creatures wero dis
covered after prolonged Introspection by tho
"Indisputable flat" who believes tho world is
not au oblate spheroid?
A Gi.sii-'s, writing to tho Coal ami Iron lltcord
says: "X venture tho prediction that before this
century closes, locomotives will bo driven ex
clusively by magnetic power, and ships by tho
use of tho power coutidncd iu tho ocean itself,
without the uso of fuel in either caso. Will you
make a uuto of this? " To which tho lltcord
responds as follows:
" Vo cheerfully mako 'auoto' of it, but chief
ly for tho purpose of protesting against any
claims which may bo based upon such crudo
Ul-detlued imaginings. Somo men seem. to
thiuk that tho mere sueeestlou of a possibility
confers on them a titlo to tho namo of invent
or. Our literature is tilled with fulsomo adula
tion of poets, who, iu their vaguo descriptions,
havo attempted to mention bometUiug out of
tho common way, though they had no idea iu
regard to the methods or tho results of, which
they wrote. How often has Tennyson's allu
sion to aerial lights bten quoted as evidenco of
his far-seeing genius and power of Invention?
Ami ytt thu idea is not new, and tho descrip
tion us given by Tennyson has dono nothing
to clear tho way for its accomplishment. So
with the Miggestlons of our correspondent.
Such prophecies havo been made a thousand
times iu reference to these very things but thus
far they havo accomplished no good.
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Tun Titusville llcnthl says that asthma
is of very rare oceurieiico iu the oil re
gions, and that tho oaiuo of suclt, exemp
tion is found in the fact that the atmos
phere there is thoroughly impregnated
with tho vapors of petroleum, which act
almost ns a specific for therelief of asthma,
and at the sumo time us u preventive of
consumption. It adds; "Lot anyone who
ia allliotod with asthma, and feels a par
ticularly diftleult spall of breathing coming A Tuaspoonfi'l of ammonia iu ono gal
on, go in tho vicinity of a producing well, Urn of warm water willoften restore tho
whew petroleum apor novers in the color of carpets, even if produced bv acid
neighborhood, and he tlnds a great relief, or alkali. If a ceiling has been "white
and continued presence in such a neigh- washed with carpet down, and n few drops
borhood, wiU bo tho best means of a per- are visible, this will remove it. Or, after
inanent cure." the e.irpet is well beaten and brushed,
" scour with ox gall, which will not onlv
Cum; rou Simmi:ii Complaint, Tako extract greas but fresheu tho colors, "l
about two tablesiioonfuls of grated eotufrey pint of gall in .1 gallons warm water will
root and tho whito of ono egg, beaten well do a largo carpet. Table aud tloor cloths
togetWer; then have ready u boiling pint may bo thus washed. Tho suds left from
of milk, into which stir the comfrey aud a wash, wheu ammonia is used, oveu if al
egg. It will thicken liko "pap," ami it ia most cold, cleans theso now tloor-cloths
not unpleasant lo tako. well.
Klkctiucity and Lifk. llecent studies have
doue considerable to determine what tho action
of electricity really is in tho excitation of mus
cular irritability lu dead bodies. The continu
ous current seems to act on muscular liber after
the maimer of heat. If dead muscle bo ex
posed to cold, the current restores contraction
lor a considerable period, but llually destroys
it by inducing persistent contraction, if, on
tho ether baud, the dead muscle is left at its
normal temperature, the curreut merely short
ens me pencil oi irritability uy tmicKculug
contraction. Kxpetlmeuts lately made with
tlio 1. cyden jar demonstrates that with sutli
clent curreut, small animals and birds can bo
made absolutely rigid for the moment Iu the
position iu which they stand; and so suddenly
is the work doue, so completely is the posture
of life preserved, that uothlug but actual ex
amination with tho baud can impress on the
mind the fact that the creature has. with that
sudden shuck, passed from earth.
An r.astcrn newspaper has dono a great ser
vice for the by no meaus small class of nervous
people who are ill at ease iu a thunder-storm,
nud who havo au exaggerated fear of being
struck by lightning. The Hartford Connint
has been gathering statistics which show that
the whole number of deaths Jn this country
during tho year ls70, from all causes, was
about COO.IXX). Of thcr.e, lightning caused '.0-
Wheu the percentage is so smalt any one who
considers it caunet well bo nervous. Tho ami
Is really more dangerous thau lightning, for
the number uf deaths from sunstroke iu 1S70
was 3!)7, yet few people are so excitable as to
borrow trouble concerning suiutrokes, If the
iiublh could bo thoroughly instructed iu tho
laws oi percentage, wo should have fewer
panics, aud consequently less mortality iu
time of epidemics. ,
A lUurxiK Across tiik Ilosruories. Siguor
Antonio Zimello, of Viceuza, the Italian engi
neer who some time since announced his pro
ject for a route by way of Trieste aud Belgrade,
or llriudisi aud alona,toCoutautluoplt, and
thence by tho Kuphratcs Valley llailwav to
llembay, has uow devised a scheuio for bridg
ing the l!opborus, lie believes a bridge may
be erected, resting on eighteen pillars at a
hight sutllcieut to allow- vessels to sail under
it. These pilhrs, being firmly united together,
both by tho bridge aud by couuecting Mays 15
meters ueiow ino suriuce ot tno sea, will ren
der tho whole bridge, so to sneak, a complete
mass, mo central pillars ol which will bo sus.
talned by pontoons uuder the water. rou.
MATa'KUUi i-dom wuicu Papku is Madk. The
materials of which paper is manufactured are
vegetable substances containing fiber, and are
net so limited in number or kinds as is com
inoiily supposed. Linen aud cotton r&gs, old
paper, ropes, cottou waste, sweepings of flax
mills, jute, mi rat, straw, linden and other woods,
hemp and many other subatances, offer a long
dialogue of materials from which to choose
that most suitable for makiug the particular
deacrintion of paper wanted. Almost everv
day new names are added to the list; from the
most unpromising aud apparently worthless
substances, it is found that some kind of paper
can Ik) made, provided the orieiual material be
fibrous.
THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST.
THREE SIZES Warranted to Clean from
60 to 200 Bushels per Hour, Perfectly
PRICES-S40. $60 AND $75.
The Jia.h i Cutta" Machine la the only machine that
iu"l9 o';t,n87,.ll.en!l,i872!,rCU"1"" ' C'"f0",U 8",e '""
rN.l,l,5 t1!.,,' 3!"llr.o will thoroughly acnarato
Muatanl Seed. Cheat. Uarley. Oata, Cracked W heat, etc.,
from Wheat In a rapid and aatitfactory manner
Jo iluo slevea ued in the Naah Cntta' Grain Sep,
rator and Fan Mill j therefore wo can
Clean Faster, Better, and with Less Work
and Trouble.
Than any other machine now in ue.
M,T,''0 -J"'' Cutta- machine I the ouly one that will
clean Alfalfa bwd. All we ak of any one lu want of a
Oraln Separator la to gUe tho Xaah ft Cutta' a trial.
EVEItV MACHINE FULLY WAmtlNTED.
The Nah & Clllta" Mietilnn la Inr .1., I.. .It l
cultural Implement Dealer In California.
i or further particulars addreaa
. NASH, M1XLER & CO.,
o. Sill h ktrrct, Sacramento, Cat.
..r!SIr.!I,.,.nu&c,.urc of "" -N"u fc Cu,t'' 0rla SP-
ratorfor the racine Coaat. tiS.3n
REMOVAL.
I mmM nsnectfully announce to tho piihllo that I
have removed to No, 113 Market Mreet, with Cha. A.
Hjwley Co., Importer and Healers In Hardware,
where I will personally attend to the tale of the Chal'
lvw:1 Vi'!M A1"1, A1"00-! Bodell,arilf.re(rulattniJ
Wind iiHU, Homo lMwir., etc. The lVc.1 MIIUIH Z
Mhlblte.1 at the Mate Fair. I ahall alio hae one at
work near my ofllcr, for Inaction by thow) wlahlnir to
ate ita work before, nurt-liaalnir.
M. 8. BOWDISH.
(lcmral Agent Challenge Feed Mill.
J 7Kbiv9
FARMERS, LOOK TO YOUR INTERESTS.
Buy the Challenire Feed Mill, aud ave one
halt the grain )ou ft J. It tau Iw ud with from ono
to ten horn, and grind from SMIU ta one ton per
hour. Ia pvlally adapte.1 to farm no. teamtten.
luoiUrmen, dairymen, iretlrra, euatom work, etc., etc
Aa iu welRht it only 210 IN., it la eaaliy moved from
one ranch to another Trice, from l0 to f 110.
The grinding ring an rrplacablf, and can he chauged
In flftcn mluutea hy any cue who can u a wrench.
OueritraxlalHayaluruuhed with the mill. Kitra
atwara on hand. Each mi crin.it fni... ki ... i.i ..
and coat 11.00 to I1.3J, according to tar. A inUt will
laat a lifetime. There are oter n E TiiocJtaii now- lu
k your nelghU.r concerning them. For aale
.j irwiuij buiuimrii ueaierv,
S" '"" .rrtlculrn atnd for circular to M. S.
B0WDI8U. Oentral Agent for the coaat. with CUAS.
A. 1UWLEY k CO. .Ill MarUt atnet. San Franclo
All order will be nlled on the day they are received.
Ile ir cent, off for caah, and a liberal dl-ount to
Jealer. 9yWm
the
PEOPLES PRACTICAL POULTRY BOOK.
A work of Ml pae, on ne
Breed, BreUnT, Reartnir and Qen.r.l
Management of Poultry.
B?.WV- M. LEWIS. X,w Tor. 1871 1 with or.. On.
uundreJ Errartng. tiold by Diwit k Co.. r.ural
rrw. offlce for tl.TJ, or aent riaUge paid for IJ.00