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WILLAMETTE FARMER.
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Te HPIE Circle.
A Memory.
Bj ELUA E. AilTHONT.
Fair land we, a fragrant odor
Steals soft o'er my senses no,
A I kneel here, closelr clasping
net hands 'gainst tn aching brow.
Tin the ame sweet, dizzying odor
Of the fragrant tuberose white,
TLat he twined among my tresses,
Just one year ago to-night.
Just one year but O, what changes;
To liim, 'twas lut a brief delight;
I was a toy a passing Joy.
Would that I had died that night I
'lis all past, but not forgotten;
O. that there would never coma
The memory of thine happy hours,
l'ragraut with the tuberose bloom.
?
uomg tain, lio urged tbat mere siiould be n- exces-1 snakespeare s play, by Alfred de Vlgney, nav-
" sive use of mineral water, whtther it be attilicial I ing been acted, the word handkerchief was used
., , . . . . .. t hi.. , or not. saying that it produces tipsyness and for the fir-t time on the stage, amid cries of in-
That word home always sounds like poetry to He 1,'ai!Cewry , 0 ,, 8peciB, dignatjou from the Budlene'. I doubt if to
me. It rings like a peal of bi-lls nt a wedding, attention to the fact that many ol the syrups day French elegantes would carry handker
only more soft and sweet, and it chimes deeper used at soda fountains are manufactured from chiefs if the wife of Napoleon I. had nut given
into the earH ot my heart. It does not matter objectionable materials, and are injurious to the them the signal for adopting them. The Ein-
araiorn n ntio i fva ri lliu urvntphAiiFV atrvnna ' ttrnja .TnounhitiA llmnnli anlln Intro It nnn llfTitr
wnetnerit meauB matcueu cottage or miuu.
house, home is home.be it ever so homely,
and there's no place like it. Green grow the
houscleekou the roof forever, andh-t the moss
flourish on the thatch. Sweetly the sparrows
chirrup and the swallows twitter around the
ohnsnn snot which is mv iov ond rest. Every
bird loves its own nest; the owls think the old
ruins the fairest spot under the moon, and the
fox is of opinion that his hole in tbe mil is re-
markably cosy SVben my master's nag knows
that his bead is towards hnms he wants no
whip, but thinks it best to put on all steam;
and I am always of the same mind, tor the charcoal process ior purifying wter. tie
way home, to me, is the best bit of mud in the ' strongly opposed the Uie of z no in lieu of tin,
country. I like to see tbe blue Hmoke out of , io the construction of vessel-, for watnr. Nut
my own chimney betterthan the lire on another ' he referred to tea and coffee and the rapid and
man's hearth; there is Bomeihing so beautiful I most txiraordtn try introduction of these bev
in the way in which it curls up among the trees. erngea or tonics among nil nutiuus, and the ef
Cold potatoes on iny own table toste hotter feet such decoctions would have on the brute
than roast meat at my neighbor's, and the creation. Six ordinary cups of coffee will kill
honeysuckle at my own door is the sweetest I ' n cat. One cup contains ubout a graiu of caf
ever smell. When yon are out, friends do tbeir fein. In making coffee turee groups are ex
best, but still it is not home. "Make yourself at traded by the hot water: Volatile oil, the
home," they Bay, because everybody knows t aroma or coffee flivor; the active cuffeiu and
that to feol nt home is to fetl at ease, Ihe fixed extract, the brown substiuce in ihe
"East and West, cup containing a small nmount ot c iffein and a
Homo is best." large amount of extract.
Why, at home yon are ot home, and what more , Tbeiu and caff in aot directly ou tbe ststem
do you want? Nobody grudges you, whatever and satisfy ihe human demand for o mild ner
your appetite may be; and joii don't get put vous tonic The researches of tnvelers have
into a d.imp bod. Safe in bis own castle, like i shown tbat every people, be they in one hetni
n king iu bis palace, a man feels himself j sphere or the other, have these ut tvh exuting
somebody, and is not afraid of being thought I Leverages, and though different in lorm, color
proud for thinking so. Iery cock may crow ' and niUhod of use, they are compos-d of hIo
on his own dunghill; and a dog is a lion when meuts with the same bise caffeiu. The
he is at hoinoi. A sweep is uia-ter inside his higher iutillectual development of the past
own door. No need to guard every word bo- fen hundred j tars with the tension of nervous
cause somo enemy is on tbe watch, no keeping energy of the times, is doubtless the caue of
the heart under lock and key ; but as soon as the geueral u-e of theo bavirages, which have
tho door is shut, it is liberty hull, and none to a mild stimulating effect on the nervous lassi
peep anil pry. There is a g'orious view Iroui tude of the age. The various varieties of te
the top of Lnth hill, in our dear old Surrey, were spoken of britfly, the strong effict of the
and Hindhead nud Martha's chapel and Box- green variety being attributed to the excess of
hill are not to bo sneezed at, but I oonld show the principle therein. The particular offtct
you something which to my mind beais them and use of tannin iu the leaves was also alluded
all to nothing for real beauty; I mean John Uo. The composition of toa was: First A
rioughman's cottage, with the kettle boiling on volatile oil, which passes' off as aroma in the
the hob, singing like an uufallen black angel, preparation of tea. Second Tne principle
while the ot is lying asleep in front of therein, ond third, a fixed extract which is
the fire, and the wife iu her chair mend- mainly tannin. The boiling of tea was stated
ing stockiugs, and tho children cutting to be absolutely objectionable. The Japanese
boai tne roin, as tun ut-fiiuijii young iiinjux j dare tea lick o tne eighth century uud.Chi-
It is n singular fact, and perhaps Home of you
will doubt it, but tnat is your unnuueving na
ture, our little ones ore real beauties, always a
pound or two plumper than others of their afe,
oud yet it don t tire you half so much to nurse
them hs it does other people's babies. Why,
bless you, my wife would give out in half the
tiuio, if her neighbor had naked her to see to a room may be learned fiom the following solilo- If one starts in hanging piotures with the de
trange youugster, but her own children don't quy of n baby : I termination to place them where they oan be
Attain tn tiro liei nt all: now niv belief is that it I nm liprn. And if thin ia wlint trim- null Ilia i :i- aaan nn.i untAAj -.... .......i .i.
nil comes of their having been born at home,
Just so it is with everything else; our lane is
the most beautiful for '20 miles around, because
onr home is iu it; and my garden is a perfect
paradise, for uo other particular reason than
this very good oue, that it belongs to the old
house at homo.
x uuuiiui. uiiknv uut uj bu ujriiij t.uiniu
men spenu tueir oveuiugs at tne ptiiiuo nouse,
when their own firesides would be so much bet
tor and cheaper too. There they sit, hour after
hour, boozing and talking nonsense, and for
getting the dear good souls at homo who are
half starved and weary with waitiug for them.
Husbands should try to make home happy
and holy. It is an ill bird that fouls its own
nest, a b id man who makes bis home wretched.
Our houHO om-ht to be a little church, with
holiness to the L jrd over the door, but it ought
ueer to tie a pri-ou wuere mere is plenty oi and I suppose tbnt pretty wblte-taoed little wo
rulo and order, but little love aud no pleasure. , man on the pillow is Emeliue.
Married life is not all s igar, but grace in the No, I was mistaken ; for a chap was in here
heart will keep away most of the sours God 'just now andwautedto see Bob's baby ; aud
liuess and love can make a man liko a bird iu ' looked at me and Bald I was a funny little tcad
a hedge, slug among thorns oud briers, and set and looked just like Bob. He smelt of oigars.
others a singing too. It should be the bus-1 1 wouderwho else I belong to. Yes, there's
baud's pleasure to please his wife, and tho another one that's "Gatmni." "It was
wife's cure to care for her husband. He is Oamma'H baby, so it was" I declare I do not
kind to himself who is kind to his wife. I am know who I belong to ; but I'll holler, and
afraid some men llo by the rule of sell, and maybe I'll find out. There comes Snuffy with
when that is the case home happiness is a mere catnip tea. I'm goiug to sleep. I wonder why
sham. When husbmds and wives are well my bands wont go whore I want them to.
yoked, how light their load beoouies! It is i'aniidriaii
not oiiery oiipie that is a pair, oud the morn's i 7. 7. r- .
the pity. In a true home all the Btrife is which' Interesting FaCtS.
can do tho most to make the family happy, A
home should be. a Brtbtl, uot n Babel. Tho A blind boy had become thirteen years of ace
husband should be the hoiieebaud, binding all
logetuor like a corner aione, mil not criluitig
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titrrviuiuK imc- n ujuipiuud. -jukium wim uuuil.
ueerlug husbands ought not to pretend to be
Christians, for they act cleau oontrary to Christ's
commauds. Yet a home must be well ordered,
W it will become a Bedlam, and be a scaudul
to the parish. If the father drops the reius,
the family ooaeh will boou bs in the dltoh. A
wise inixiure of love and flrmueBs will do it;
but neither harshness nor softness alone will
keep home lu happy order. -Spurijton.
llKADisa as x I in ABT.-Readiug may be ..'j,, asMlA 0Ol,ia dUcover that the boya
said to bear the mime relat on to written lati- were ,,, lu diltUm oorUBr of the ro0H,
guage that the art of executing musio does to I steAi,t studying, although a person using his
the science of composing It. hvery true per- eyes could not detect lb slighUt sound. Pro
former executes the works of the great masters j,,, Band.won, who was blind, could In a
in a manner peculiar to hmsolf; grasping by , minutes tell how mauy persons were in a
instinct the hidden boamiea of thought aud mlxed comply, and ol each sex. A blind
poetry hiuuuk iuo vuuiun, ua uuiuma lueiu iu
ears to which the familiar tuues sound like a
rf elation. The player creates nothing, he
wishes to benothiug for the time being but tbe
embodiment of the spirit of his master. It is
imolstly the same with reading. Happy is the
reader who has attained that hlght in his art
which causes hi listeners to forget him in their
absorbing interest! in the thought and soenes
he is laying before them. He is like a mighty
conjurer who alone has deciphered the secret
of spells, written perhaps yearn and years ago
wntteu i-o that all may read, aud who cau, with
a wave of his luaglo wand,, conjure loith before
our aitouished gate visions of life lu every as
peot, from tbe uigantio ambitions aud paiou
,f Lady Macbeth to the wflt "; Wj'
thai over wa written. Tht Liberal (MrWum.
Domestic Beverages.
On Saturday evening, Feb. 12th, Professor
lE V. Hilgard, of the Slate University, de
livered the first of a series of lectures on "The
Domeetio Beverages of Different Nations." He
first directed attention to the beverage clear,
I pure, sparkling water, and Bald that it has been
asserted that water is most Injurious to the
' bnman system when it is taken raw and not
boiled; that to be most healthful it should be
most pare, and that it should be in the state
. which cbemists call distilled. Such water fails
to quench thirst.
Ihe lecturer touched upon the gases of
, water, and referred to the health-giving prop-
erties of soda water, but deprecated the fact
1 that injurious materials are used in the con -
struction of the receptacles and pipes. The
pipes irequentiy poisoned tne water, He ad-
vised persouB who wished lo obtain pure soda
water to test it by trying it without syrups, and
1 if it left a disagreeable and flatfish fl vor in the
mou'h to drink no more of It from tbat foun-
tVer saw a httawberry. They are made out of
oldehisse. Of course, tbe cheese is so trans-
lormed that all truces of it are entirely gone,
The M. of mineral water,. is too frequent in
ci J aiuuii iu wuv u u u ii uw ntiian uua j nj a uo
trict iu Mississippi tbe people had nothing else
iu the character of water to drink, and epsom
salts (as it really was) was used in coffee and
teannd as a refreshing drink. There was much
sicknoss in consequence.
Tli tiarjnnn tirliit tnlia mArlim rtA hananaa (lifif
, 4kUC7 UOIOUIJD HUV 1MOU UJIUIUIU UBli'lMOU IUVT
are ill will and tlmt it is not nenltutul to con-1
tinue the drugs afti r they have been restored,
to health. Tho ltcturer spoke oa th coutami-1
nation uf wells, and suggested the use of the
i nese sun lunuer, out it is not oenevea mat tne
knowledge of tea extended in time anterior to
the first mentioned century.
A Baby's Soliloquy.
Some imnortant hints in roewd to the sick-
world, I don't think much of it. It's a very
llanuelly world, and smells of paregorio aw-
tally. It's a dreadful light world, aud makes
me blink, I tell you. And I don't know what
to do with my hands ; I think I'll dig my fists I
iu my eyes. No, I wont. I'll scrabble nt the '
corner of my blanket and chew it up, and then i
x ll uotier, juu me uiuro ji ireoriu luey give
me, me jouoor i n yen. ium uiu nurse puis can t ue nung too securely out oi tne reach oi
the spoon in tho comer of my month in a very meddling hands. They are often not clear in
tint nay way, and keeps tasting my milk her- their minds as to what a picture is meant for,
self nil tbe while, bhe spilt sunff in it last and not finding in it auy practical relation to
night, and when I hollered, trotted me. That human life and society, they treat it with rev
came of being a two days old baby. There's ereuce and put it where it will disturb thorn us
a piu stickiug iu me now, and if I say a Hltle as possible. But, as people come to en
I word about it, I'll be trotted or fed ; and I joy pictures and get some in ellectual, spiritual
would rather have catnip tea. I tell you who i nourishment out of them, thev want them as
lam. I iound out to-day. I heard folks
say, " Hush, don't wake up Emoliue's baby,"
when his eyes were touched by n aurgeou. Ha
iuuuKui, ur us uiu.OT1,unutuiui, wvt
...o ,,i(i h- .,i! arorv h ui i,,i, i
,.,u,..., - .-uv.wv. v..j ijwv, .umvuc
"'m, uud he could not dbtinguUh by sight
whnt he perfectly well kuew by feeling, for
iuitance, the cat and dog. When bis Becond
eyejwas touched, he remarked that the objects
were not bo large in appearauoe to this as the
one opeued at first. Pictures he considered
o"1' partly colored surfaoes, and a miniature
abi-olutely astouished him, seeiug to him like
putting a bushel iuto a piut. Stanley, the organ-
lli iiuu mnuy uuim uiiibiuidus uuvn uctfll lUO
lt.iit idfnrlilaril i-tf tVitl flmi un.l i o.iknnlmld
Freuoh lady oould dance iu figure dances, sew,
ana i ureaa ner own needle, a bllud man in
Derbyshire has actually beeu a surveyor of
roads, his ear guiding him as to distance as
accurately as the eye lo others; tbe late Justice
Fieidiuit, who was blind, on walking into a
room for the fint time, after speakiug a few
word, said, "This room is twenty-two feet
long, eighteen wide, and twelve high," all of
which was revealed to him with accuracy
through the medium of his ear. Verily, "we
are tearfully and wonderfully made."
A N-loiiDoaiNO farmer gives this bit of ad
vice, whioh oontaius a very good hit; "If yon
waut tbe bojg to stay on the (arm, do not bear
on too bard when the boy i turning the grindstone."
The Handkerchief Seventy Years Ago.
The handkerchief, which is nowfa indispen
sable appendage of every lady's and gentle
man's costume, is of comparatively modern in
troduction. It was not very many years ago
deemed a vulgar object, instead of a mark of
neatness, as now.
Until the reign of the Empress Josephine, a
handkerchief was thoueht. in France, so shock
ing an object that a lady would never dare to
. use it before anv one. The word was ever
carefully avoided In refined conversation.
An actor who would have used a handker-
chief on the stage, even in the most tearful
j moments of the play, would have been unmer-
cifully hissed; and it is only iu the beginning
1 ol the present century tbat a celebrated aoi-
, ress, Mile. Dachesnoise, dared to appear with
nandkercnlei in band. Having to speaK ot tne
nandkerchlef in the course of tne piece, sne
never could summon courage to call it by its
true name, but referred to it as a light tissue.
A few years later, a translation of one of
jj v a v uoi juiUD) IUUUUU CUltJ t iuj f w ugij
teeth. To conceal them, she was in the habit
of carrying Bmall handkerchiefs adorned with
costly lace, which she continually raised grace
fully to her lips. Of course all the ladies of
the court followed her example, and baudker
Chiefs have rapidly become an important and
costly part of the feminine toilet; to that the
price of a single handkerchief of the trousseau
of the Duchess of Edinburgh would make tbe
fortune of a necessitous family. Phrenological
Journal.
The Influence of Song.
It has been said by a writer on the history of
the Crimeau war that the English soldiers upon
very numerous occisious. worn out by fighting
and weary of their iru tless toil, would, when
night fell above thy battle-field collect them
selves around tbeir camp fires, and, with hearts
heavy on account of ho,e e-s absence from home
and kiudreil, shed many tears oi despondency
in view of the threitemug struggles of the
future.
At last, toward the close of that frightful
conflict, when night again had closed upon a
scene of unparalleled horror, and wi h ranks
even more than usually thinned by slaughter,
tbey had once more tn't to call over the names
and numbers of friends then dead or dyiug,
many a breast hitherto bold for battle now
shrank iroui further fight, aud many a veteran
now breathed cursed against the banner of his
queen.
But, as here aud there the lights burned low,
and ifficers and men were dropping down to
slumber, from the far boundary ot the English
camp came rising on tbe air the notes of song
it was "Anuie Laurie;" and as it rose it
gathered strength, lor here a soldier caught it,
and there another, and there auotuer, until in
one grand volume of sound tbe words of the
beautilul chorus rolled above the weary army.
D iy soon dawned, and with the music ot
"Anuie Laurie" in iheir hearts aud on their
lips one Krand charge was made many a poor
soldier fell but Sevastopol was taken. J. W.
Dodd, in Rome and School.
How 'to Hang Pictures.
No picture ought to be hung higher than the
bight of tbe avenge human eye when tbe
owner of the eje is i-tacdmg. It is the almost
universal rtdann 6Sir houses to bang pictures
much above this level, and tbey canuot be en
joyed there. If the picture is a portrait, or if
it has faces in it, its eyes should look as
nearly into ours as possible ; and if there be
no such simple guide, perhaps a good rule will
be to have the hue that divides the picturo
horizontally into equal parts level with the eye
neck the least, or stooping the body, he will be
pretty sure to do well. In remote farmhouses i
and country taverns we often see pictures, par- '
ticularly portraits, skyed as high as if their
owners had bten academy hangers, and the
painters young rivals of a new school. I i.up-1
nose the reason is that the simnle-hearted
owners tUlUK a plCtU
k Dlcture such a nrecious thini? it
hhev want tbeir books, where thev cau see
them and use them. JV. 1. TW&uiie,
Gin and Aloks. A few mornings since the
conductor of a train which daily brings to our
city many of our substantial business men,
who reside in the southern part of the state,
asked oue of the patrons, who is something of
a farmer, what he gave his pigs when they
were troubled with worms. "Gin and aloes"
promptly responded tbe perron questioned.
1'hts morning the conductor, as he entered the
smoking car, approached his former advisor and
told him tht the doe which he had recom
mended had been gieu and the pig had died,
"Nothing strauga about that," responded the
other, "I gave it to tie of mine aud ullof ihem
died " "Why didn't you tell me so?" said the
conductor. "Because you didn't ak," replied
the other, oud tn-u such a roar as went up Irom
tbe inmates of that car has seldom beeu heard
..... w. prr)1,f,r,n, p,,,
on mat line. xrouiaencr rrcss,
Thk Fdtubk, The more we think of the
state after death, the deeper is the awe with
which we must contemplate it; and sometime
in weakness we long for the happy, bright imag
inations of childhood,, when wu saw tbe othor
world vividly piotured, a bright and perfect
copy of tbe world in which we now live, with
sunshine nd flower', aud all that constitute
our earthly enjoyment. In alter life we strive
to trans' ate these images iuto something higher.
We say all these we shall have, but iu some
higher form. All this beauty around us i per
ishable; its outward form and substance is cor
ruption; but there is a soul in it, and (AU shall
rise again.
Vkbt. few ladies kuow how serviceable they
may make the faded roses of a bouquet. For
their future kuowledge is this told. By placing
tbe leae iu a dish aud adding a few drops of
alcohol a delioious odor is diffused through the
room. In EugUud, especially, this mode is
quite generally adopted, very Urge flower vases
btiiig used as receptacles, and they are fre
quently half tlllea with these dried dowers.
The flavor of rosa may be given to cake by
placiug the butler uied on a plate in a covered
jar of tbe leaves prepared in this way, Ex.
A Novix Use rou Oil. Two hundred barrels
of oil bare Wen pouted iuto the basin at Balti
more to destroy ihe effluvia. Tbe oil, it is
said, deodoriia the globule of sulphuretted
hydrogen generated by the sea water's action
upon organic matter.
YoUfq Folks' CoLAJpfl.
"He Says He Will."
One bitterly cold winter a poor woman, who
had been struggling against illness and poverty,
was left without a shilling in the world. With
many tears she was obliged to tell her little bov,
who was her only son, that she could give no
breakfast that morning, for sbe had not a loa'
ot bread in the house. She was therefore vi-rv
much surprised when, after having been out of
tbe room, he presently returned, ana Degan
(which he always did) to lay the little white
cloth on the table, get out tbe plates and cup,
and put everything in readiness for breakfast.
"Why, Frank," ! said his mother, "what are
you doing that for? Did you not hear me say
that we have not a bit of bread in the house? '
" Yes, mother, but I have been ankiug Qod
to send us some, and I know he will hear me,
because you know, mother, he Fays he will,"
answered the little boy, with a cheerful smile.
This answer cheered the poor widow's heart,
and she remembered that Gudhas promised to
provide. Men may break their promises, but
God never does.
Presently they heard the sound of a horse's
feet coming up tbe roa i, and goina to the door,
Frank perceived a gentleman slowly leading o
horse along. He stopped at the little wicket
gate and said :
"Look hero, my boy, my horse has lost two
shoes, and I have still 12 miles to go ; lake
him to ihe blacksmith's shop over the way, and
when you have bi ought him i-afelv hick I will
reward you for your trouble. Will jou allow
me to rest in jour cottnge in the meantime ?"
he added to the poor widow, who appeared in
the doorway.
'Surely, sir," she answered with a courtesy,
"and welcome, too." and hastened to set a
chair for the gentleman. Tbey soon got into
conversation. " 1 un ufraid I am keeping you
from jour breakfast, my good woman," he
said, seeing that tnere was notning on tne tn
b e but pi tes and cups, " pray do just as if
you were nloue." And hepressed her so much
tbat the poor woman was at length obliged to
tell him the true state of the case. When lit
tie Frank came back with the horse the uentle
man mounted quickly, aud rode off, having
firt dropped a five shilling piece into the boy's
band. "You shall hear from me again," he
said, as he galloped away.
0 how eagerly Fiank ran in-doors. to show
his mother what God had sent him 1 What was
his surpriio when, with tears ot joy, the. poor
widow held up a bank-note, exeUming, " O
my child, Low could I doubt the Lord for one
moment I You were right, you were right, my
boy I" Aud tbe happy mother, and still happier
son, kutlt down and returned tbauks to their
heavenly Father for his goodness to them.
O that ye all bad this dear boy's faith in
God's promises. Then, indeed, should we find
the truth of David's words : "The Lord God is
apresenf help iu time of trouble."
Childhood. Children are but little people,
yet they form a very important part of soci
ety, expend much of our capital, employ a
great portion of our population in their service,
and occupy half the Uleratl of our day in labors
for their instruction and nmusement. Tbey
cause more trouble and anxiety than tbe na
tional debt; the loveliest of women, iuhermatu,
rity of charms, breaks not so many alumbers,
nor occasions so many sighs as she did in her
cradle; and the handsomest of men, with full
mustache, must not flatter himself that he is
half so much admired as he was when in petti
coats. Without any reference to their being
our future statesmen, philosophers, and mag
istrates in miniati re disguises, children form
iu then? pre-ent state of pignVy existence a most
influential class of beings; and tbe ad vent 'of a
tiny creature which can scarcely open its eyes,
and only opens its mouth, like an unfledged
bird, for food, will effect the most extraordi
nary alteration in a whole household, substi
tute affection for coldness, duty for dissipation,
cheerfulness for gravity, and unite hearts
which time had divided. Ex.
Production and Price of Wheat.
The statistician of the Department of Agri
culture has summarized bis reports of the crop
year of 1875, and gives tbe following table of
estimated yield per acre in the leading wheat
producing Stales:
States. 1871. 1873. 1871. 187S.
Bushels. Bushels. Busbels. Bu.hels.
NewTork 12.5 13.5 15.0 8
Pennsylvania 10 8 1(2 118 13 8'
Ohio 11.7 13 15 9.5
Michigan 12 122 11.2 13 5
Indiana 12.4 11.2 122 9
Illinois 12 1 13 5 11.5 10 5
Wisconsin 14.3 10 5 11.5 11
Minnesota 10 5 18 3 11.4 17
Iowa 12 6 13 11.6 9.7
Missouri 8 8 12 8 13.5 9
Kansas 110 14 1S.7 12.5
California 12.2 13.5 13.2 11
Price.
The following table shows the price per
bushel on December 1st, 1875, ns contrasted
with the preceding years in the same states:
States. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875.
New York $165 $160 120 $131
Pennsylvania 167 150 121 129
Ohio 142 131 104 109
Michigan 1 46 1 35 1 08 1 15
Indiana 132 122 94 97
llllnol 1 23 110 86 91
Wisconsin 103 . 97 83 91
Minnesota 83 SO 70 86
Iowa 85 79 05 71
Missouri 1 41 1 13 83 95
California Ill 132 99 118
The Taix Mrs. Aceording'to the report of
tbe United States Sauitary Commission, it ap
pears tbat this country, instead of being degen
erate and iuferior to the European races in
point of physical perfection, is far tbe reverse.
The figures adduced show tbat "tbe tallest men
were from Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin;
the next tallest, New England, New York, New
Jersey; und the sbnrtet from Scotland, Eng
land, Germany," In weight, tbe men of Ken
tucky aud Teunessee were the heaviest, averag
ing one hundred and fifty pounds, while those
ot England, Scotland, France, Belgium all aver
age between oue hundred and thirty. eight and
one hundred and thirty-nine pounds.
Machine Suors in BnssiA. In 18G6, Bussia
had 100 foundries aud maohine shops, only
M of which were provided with steam. At the
present lime there are 3U2 of these establish
ments, 79 of which are exclusively occupied
with the manufacture of agricultural imple
ments. Statistics are to band concerning 179
shops only; the-e employ 46 528 workmen. In
18G8 there were 222 locomotives made in
Bussia; last year the number was 768, A large
number of English workmen are employed in
Bussian engineer shops, but they complain of
belug treated as naturalized Bussian subjeots
tbat i to say, their personal rights and liber
ties are bat little respected,
FaMXTraa Cofpib. A process has been pat
ented by Mr. S, L. Crocker, of Taunton, Mass ,
which consists in adding zinc in small quantity
in a furnace to the copper ore or ores, or to the
partially refined metallio copper therein, con
taining arsenio and antimony, whereby, it is
claimed, those impurities can be readily removed.
Domestic EcojJopny-
How to Wash Dishes.
Faith Rochester writes in the American Agri
culturist: I dislike greatly to wipe dishes that
have not been drained from clear hot water.
Yet I seldom see any one wash and wipe dishes
in my way. Usually the diBhes are washed in
ends, and then are either passed immediately
through hot water and wiped by an assistant,
or they are piled up and afterward are turned
down in a dish-pan as though to drain them
(over their backs), after which each is taken
from the rinsing water and immediately wiped
without previous draining. In either case the
wiping cloth is made quite wet, and sometimes
two or three are needed for the operation. I
think it is a saving of labor, on tbe whole, to
drain the dishes, though one has to use a com
mon dish-pan for it, as I do. There is no other
comfortable process if children do the work, A
little girl, six years old washes and wipes all
of my breakfast dishes, and usually wipes the
dinner dishes for me. Sbe kneels in a cbair at
ibe dish-table and does her work very satis
factorily, I first wash tbe pans and stone or
iron dishes, all of the big, awkward, or very
ticky uttnsils, and my rinsing water serves as
her dish water I get the work all ready for
her, placing the pi ites in the bottom of the
dish-pan, with saucers, cups, etc., at the top,
and knives, forks, aud spoons stuck iu around
the sides. When I call her to the work, she
finds these dishes soaking in warm water, with
a clean, orderly table to pile them upon as she
washes them. Sometimes I get the rinsing
water for her from the stove reservoir, bat if I
am busy she gets it herself, if able to empty
the big dish-pan of the dish water. Tbe uig
pan is used for draining the d sbes, after beiug
wiped out clean with the dish-cloth. The rins
ing water is iu another pau, and the washed
dUhes are run through it, cups first, then bowls,
i-aucers, plates, etc., and are all turned down
to drain in the dish-pan. They dry very faBt,
and the wiping cloth is scarcely damp when
the work is done. Some good bouse keepers
wipe the dishes directly from the first suds,
but that never seems to me a clean wny of
doing.
"l always scald my dishes, boasts one, but
I happen to know tbat ber dishes are usually
streaked or sticky when put upon the Bhelves,
oec.vuse sne "scalds ' tnem in sucn an aoiuro
manner, turning them all down in ber pan, and
pouring hot water over the backs of her dishes,
leaving the faces of the plates nnd other dishes
unrinsed, while the heating they get from the
bot water on their backs dries the suds or
gieisy dish water in streaks, which do not all
wipe off ; and so the wiping-towels get quickly
soiled.
A Royal Dish.
I lately saw a picture and a description of a
dish said to be greatly relished by Emperor
Dom Pedro, from whom it derived its name.
Now, I had no such pan or dish, but I was de
termined to coutrive one. Therefore, I went
to the kitohen press, took down the steamer
its bottom is loose, and can be taken out took
out the bottom nnd found that it would just fit
the ton of our smallest frying-pan or spider.
Next day I contrived to have too many pota
toes lor dinner; these I placed on tbe steamer
bottom, makiug a smooth pyramidal shape of
them, placed a bit of butter upon them, then
put the gravy and meat scraps left from dinner
in the spid-r, added a little water, and put the
potatoes and steamer-bottom upon this and
placed all in the oven of the cook stove. At
supper my makeshift dish was heartily par
taktti of and praised, and I presume was as
goodas if I had possessed the real "Dom Pedro
dish" to cook it in. The potatoes were baked
a nice brown, tbe meat and gravy warmed over
nicely, and the steam from tbe meat had gone
into the potatoes, making them better than if
baked in a pan. Carrie Lee, in Am. Patron
To prevent flat irons from rusting, melt one
fourth ounce of camphor and one-half pound
of fresh hog's lard over n slow fire, take off the
scum, and mix as much black lead with the
c imposition as will bring it to the color of iron.
Spread this over the articles for which it is in
tended. Let it lie for 21 hours, and then rub
it well with a dry linen oloth. Or smear the
irons over with melted suet, and dust thereon
some pounded unslaked lime from a muslin bag.
Cover the irons with baize in a dry plaoe when
not iu use.
GiNot.it Cakhs. Rub a quarter of a pound
of butter into half a pound of flour, mix one
egg, three ounces of powdered loaf sugar, and
half an ounce of ground ginger with the butter
and flour, and make them altogether into a
paste; roll it out a quarter of an inch thick and
cut it into round cakes, about two or three
inches across; bake them in a warm oven, on
iron plates.
A Good Giuvv. Chop fine some loan meat,
an onion, some slice j of carrot and turnip, and
a little thyme and parsley; put these with halt
an ounce of batter into a saucepan, and keep
them stirred until tbey are slightly browned;
add a little spice, and water in tbe proportion
of a pint to one pound nf meat. Clear the
gravy from scum, let it boil half an honr, and
then strain it for use.
Science in tub Podmo Schools. At the
close of his series of six Christmas lectures, in
London, on electricity, Prof. Tyndall remarked
tbat five of them had been illustrated with ap
paratus which any teacher could make of the
commonest material, at scarcely any cost. He
hoped the example thus set would be followed,
for tbe future oi science depended to some ex
tent on teachers in the public sobools. The
masters of schools, he said, should look the
problem of scientific education straight in the
laoe, tor science was growing day by day and
hour by honr, and, although he would depre
cate any change from without in the publio
school system, he would advise the masters to
make the change from within, before the out
side pressure became too strong.
Fibe-Pboof Joist. An ingenious kind of
fire-proof joist, recently introduced, consists of
a slip of wood five inches wide by five-eighths
of an inch tbick, belted between two flanged
strips of quarter-inch iron, making a beam
quite as stroug as those of wood ordinarily
empl iyed. The iron sides, in addition to af
fording strength, it is claimed, render the joist
substantially fire-proof, while the center of
wood affords the means of putting down floors
and nailing on laths in the usual manner. The
impediment to the manufacture of these joists
heretofore has boen the difficulty of rolling the
flanged iron sides, but this has now been suc
cessfully overcome.
Fr.rfrrrTTaTinva tv "PirrrtnT.vm ftrAt t,a.A
been the fluctuations in tbe price of petroleum.
aiucu ion lao mommy prion at xiiosvuie Has
been all the way from $13.75 to 73 cents per
barrel, and the average of prices has been from
$7.62 in 1861 to $1.29 in 1874. Fortunes have
been won but few have been 'kept. The sud
denness with which those who were poorest of
the poor have become millionaires, has only
been.qualed by the suddenness with whioh
tbey have become poor again.
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