hc 1o!ti,c irck MRS. HARRIOT T. CLARKE, 'Editor. DAWK. On the upturned face of the quivering sea Shimmering the dawn; White bars of light stole up iu the sky, And the night was gone, Was gone with the tear af a fi flowed fawn, And with hurrying feet, To find in shades of the forest pkdes A safe retreat. The legions of stars that had watched weirily, Crept out of Bight; Uprose tho helm of advancing day, And fast fled tho Night. A fresh wind blew from the edge of the sea, From tho gates of the East, That plashed the tide ou the feet of the land, And tho light increased. And the glittsring tips of myriad spears Shot up from the sea, With guidons, pennants and lances of light A splendor to tee. A hundred fla.'g3 woro upheld iu the sky, And unfolJeil there Banners of light that glimmered ami gleamed In the morning air. . Then from the slowing Kist uprose The kingly t3an, And tho sea grew gold as a stoul for his feot To rest upon. The Manhattan. CHICKENS AUAIH. A lady writes to tho Circle wishing to know what was tho matter with her chickens; they would apparently choke and then the head would swell after a while and perhaps tho bird would go blind and die. Before wo had time to place the question before authority we recoivc another letter explaining the matter. It seems that wild oats will ye t lodged sometime in the throat and will work into tho tissues of tho throat ami head, causing great pain and swelling if tho head, producing blindness. Our lady friend says that now when she sees a chick in troublo sho catches it, exam ines the throat and will always find the oat, and on removing it tho fowl will be all right again. Tho writer has ofton noticed this said wild oat ; a certain va riety will assume an appearance of ani mal lifo and actually, when held in the palm of the open hand, it will turn over and move about a screw like movement ; it has formidable spines, being much harder and rougher than those on the husk of the common oat. Altogether this wild oat, which wo may thank our California cousins for, is a great plague, as it is quite impossible to get rid of it wien it onco gets into the field. It is possible that othcrladiesin East ern Oregon may havo had similar trou ble, and we thank our friend for taking tho troublo of giving the public the ben efit of her experience. Much might be learned by such interchanges of thought. SUCCOTASH Is the old Indian name for a most doli cious dish mado of corn and beans. The first white settlers in America found tho Indians in mass using corn and raising it, and tho Indian name for' this partic ular dish has been handed down. First put iu a pint or so of young shelled beaus, as they need longer cooking, add some slices of pickled pork or a littlo bacon,, cut tho corn lightly from the cob, to-raping tho cob down -to save all tho milk. Tho com may bo added n si-n as tho biarts get soft, but I prefer t- oavothe milk of it until later, as it i.s more ap; to burn -on the bottom ; in deed, it niiist Ik! watched very cl"-e or it will scovi i). Season with a lump, of but ter, pepper and salt, and we have a dish fit for a king. About Pot-Pics. Ai.iusv, Aug. 21, ISSi.: Editor Home Circle: Pot-pics aroalway a groat favoiito with all, and especially with tho chil dren. As for tho meats, of como noth ing is botterthan a guodt. ink r chicken; but veal and lamb, ami even beef aro very palatable- when well cooked and properly seasoned. Cut the chicken up as for stowing or fricassee, and the lamb or veal in the samo way. The crusts bhould bo thinner than for soda biscuit, and dropped from a spoon in round balls; they can be of- light bread or bis cuit dougii. Urease the -bottom of the stoamer and placo the balls on it, not too near each bthor, so they can have room to swell, and also admit-among them tho steam from tho cooking meat below. Caro is needed to prevent the liquor getting too low, as itjs to be nicoly thick oned and seasoned, and poured ofer the dish when served. First take out tho meat and place it in the center of the platter, and put tho dumb-lings or crust as a garnish around the outside. With the meat properly cooked and seasoned, WILLAMETTE FARMER; SALEM, OREGON, and the crust as light as a puff, it is a dish that tho most fastidious can hardly fail to enjoy. Ai'nt Sue. Cooking Tomatoes. Editor Homo Circle: In cooking tomatoes if a little onion is first sliced fine and stewed a littlo be fore putting in tho tomatoes it will bo found a nice way of cocking them for a change of course all persona do not relish onions. Then another change is to cut a few ears of sweet corn from the cob, scraping tho cob to got the milk ; this will cook about as quick as the to matoes will. CHOICE RECIPE3. Poached Eggs. Eggs are poached by dropping them .raw from tho broken shells into a pot of hot water ; lift them from the water with a perforated ladle, and do not let them remain long onough in the water for tho whites to bo made opaque. The beauty of the poached egg is tho visibility of the yellow yolk as seen through the semi-transparent white envelope. Served on a slice of hot, but tered toast, and lightly sprinkled with pepper, a poached egg is most appeti zing. In the spring of tho year, as a top-dressing to boiled greens of any kind, eggs prepared in this way arc al most universally liked. A lleliablo Whitewash. Tako two quarts of unslaeked lime, five gallons of warm or hot water, some gluo and fine salt. Fut tho lime in a vessel and add ono gallon of warm water, and when this water is nearly absorbed, if for in side work, throw in the boiling lime a piece of gluo about 1-1 inches square, and continue to add water so as to'keop the water boiling, but do not let it get Iry and lumpy, neither let it get so drowned with water as to bt"p boiling it. When tho limo has been br kon to ! pieces by boiling, do not stir it, but per orate it with a stick so that water will jo t the bottom of it. "When it has ccusul boiling, whfch will be signalled by its 1 e f l.sing to smoke, throw in a handful of salt, and pour in the remainder of tho water slowly, and bo sure to ctir it hi at tho same time. If for wood-work and the first coat (outsido) it should lnvo a littlo more gluo and bo put on thick, but the second coat will readily bear another gallon of water. Brick or stone work requires the first application to be mado thinner, or with six gallons of water, so that it will tako hold of pourous sub stances'. The subsequent application should bo of a thicker substance. Apply the above with an ordinary whitowash brush, the hairs of which have beon thoroughly wet (in order to swell them and prevent drying) before they are in troduced in the lime-wash. New York Journal of Commerce. How to Mako Graham Bread. Gra ham bread that can be started after breakfast and bakod before dinner is made of one pint and a half of sour milk, two scant teaspoonfuls of soda dissolved in a little water, half a cup of Xow Or leans molases, a teaspooaful of salt and as much sifted graham flour as can bo stirred in with a spoon. Greaso a largo bread tin very evenly, as the molasses in tho bread renders it liable to stick, put into tho oven and bako two hours. Havo the oven hot when tho bread is put in and toward tho last half of the la?t hour let it cool gradually. Or this bread may be steamed ono hour and three-quarters, anil be dried off in tho oven twenty minutes. When it is taken from the oven wrap a towel around tho loaf, tho tin and all, and in ton minutes remove from tho tin, and keep the loaf wrapped in tho cloth until is sent to the table. Pickled Beans. Pickled green beans are a nice relish at this time of year, ritring one gallon of beaun, without breaking them up ; put them in enough water to cover, with two t.iblospoordul of salt, and boil until tender. Dip out of the water and drain it few minute-', then cover them with hot vinegar, add ing a few whole poppers or ground pep per. If tho vinegar U very strong, add half water. We do not like them if too sour. Beans make about tho be-t sum mer pickle there is, and almost every body likes them. Greek Tomato Pn-Ki-K.-.. After dicing the tomatoes scald them in fait and wa ter until eoft. Ten them by pinching a slice between tho thumb and finger, and skim out nearly as toon n they boil up. Brain and put them in a jar, and turn on the vinegar. Tako half as many pints of sugar as vinegar. Heat tho vin egar to dissolve the sugar and get tho strength out of the spices, which may be cinnamon and ground cloves, tied up in little thifc bag or pieces of cloth, three or four to a gallon of pickles Pour this over tho tomatoes while hot. These aro always in good demand. Send us ono new subscriber. Ijoij 4ln? lultlmit. m jam -- .-' " - -r-"i.rri. tt NOBILITT. True worth is the bting, not teeming, In doing each day that goes by Some littlo good not iu the dreaming Of the great things to do by and by. For whatever mi u tay in Mildness, And spite of the fancies of youth, There's notliiag so kingly as kindness, Ami nothnij eo royal us truth. We get back our mete as we measure We cannot do wrong an 1 feel right, Nor can wo live pain and gain pteatuie, For justice avenges each slight. The air for the wing of the sparrow, Ihe bush for the rubldn and wren, But always the path that is n nrow And straight, for the children cf mn, Tis not in the pagta of story Th heirt of its ills to beguile, Th u h ne who makes courtship to glo y Gives all that ho hath for her f mile, For when fro:n. her heights he has won her, Alas! it is only to prove, That nothing's bo sacred a? 1 ouor, Aud nothing so loyal as love 1 We cannot make bargains for blisses. Nor catch them like fishes in nets; And sometimes the thing our lifo misses, Help more than the .things which it gets. For good licth not in pursuing, Nor gaining of great nor ot small, But just intlie doing, and doing As wo wouid bo done by, is all. Alice Car;. OUR, LETTER BOX Bay comes around every seventh day, and wo perhaps enjoy opening tho let ters as well our littlo frionds do in road ing them after thoy are printed. There is not a week passes that some young friend does not tell us how the family and tho children enjoy this column one gentleman said that sometimes tho paper got torn beforo it got from the wagon, as the youngsters each wanted to get hold of tho paper first. Bizzio is very good to writo again even if the did not see her letter in print it probably has been printed, or per haps it was loH beforo it caino to to us, for wo always publish ovory ono unless wo suspect thero is something wrong about them, as ono or two low fellows have attempted to get matter printed that was intended to ridicule the small children who were doing their very best to write, and who would, if encouraged, be able after a littlo timo to compose well and be ablo to pass creditably as a letter writer. Wo thank Lizzio for acting so nicely; some littlo girls might havo pout ed about it, and felt angry, whilo wo ought to remember that accidents will happen to every one, and wo should not bo too hasty in judgment. Many littlo quarrels might be pleasantly explained or adjusted if each ono would rise abovo little petty jealousy, and ask for explanations of things that happen to hurt the feelings of each othor. Tho little song is good, and it's a nico idea to copy such little scraps that each may fancy. It shows a desire to nim for higher development. Tho world need not be all hard work. Let tho mind sometimes xi.-.o above the potty cares of every day life, and cultivate a lovo for tho beautiful in nature and in literature. Next comes a wclcomo lettor from Al bert. It's so seldom tho boys remember tho C'irclo that they ought to bo treated with so much more courtesy, so that they will come again. Somo of our little Bible, girls must answer that good que-lion. Orah is a Kansas girl, so you must all wolcomo her as a stranger should Iw. She seems to havo read many of your letters Leonora improve. Her letter is writ ten well. It has a neat appearance. Sho evidently has taken pains that it should be well done. Anything tnat is worth doing at all is worth doing well. Can't Himo of our little housekeepers i-end each a good rccoipt? Now, Aunt Hetty will give one good idea to begin on ; then let each ono tell of some good way to do something something that perhaps hn been learned by experi ence. Now every little girl knows that even tho ben of hoiuekoejK'rs and the the best of ilMiwashprs will have dishes that show a sort of yellow rim around in crea-es or bytho handles, and tho dishes will havo a worn, scratched appearance. Take all the dishes, putting platters and plates first in 'the bottom of it wash boiler, then pack in all tho cups and pitchers, then put in one-half of a paper of common bakingiiiwdcr, pour boiling water on till tho di'. "recovered, then boil five minute, th' 'ako.out and rime and wipe; see if maimea won't think that the dishes aro just from tho ttore. This might be done on scrubbing day or wash day eo as to utilize tho eoapy water. Now, let Aunt Hetty know who lias tried this excellent hint. SEPTEMBER 3, 1834. Cues-swell, Or, Aug. fl, 1S81. Editor Home Circlo : It sooms that tho letter box is gotting mpty so I thought. I would writo a few lines. Etta Handsaker and Sarah W. Kelly about answered my questions cor rectly, so I will send them each a card. I will answer their qdestions: Etta's first. It is tho 8th verse of tho 112 Psalm. Sarah's is : Saul was convert ed near Damascus, and his uanio was changed to Paul. The answer to the the next question is : There wore two peopln in the house. If 1 have answer ed them corroctly I will bo glad to re ceive their cards. J will close by asking a question : Whero did Christ perform his first miraclo and what was it. The first ono that answer.- this I will send them my card. Ai.ukkt V. Davi& Tako est, Or., Aug. 2, 1SS1. Editor Hdmo Circle: As "my last lettor was not in print I thought I would write again. Would like to hear from Bcsmc Scttlemire again. She hason't wrote for u long time. I think it would bo very nice for tho littlo folks when they write to givo a song at the end of their letters. If anyone wants any songs that I know I will write them to the Homo Circle. I will givo a song and if anyono wants it they can cut it out. "The Dying Captive." There is a grave in the forest no white man has ever seen, Wlioro wave no led rose", no weeping willows green ; Tncro in the fortsf , in the cold clay and tantk hies tho poor body of tho fair Mary Ann. Sho died wliiln a captive, not a kindred was neat Except one poor sister who loved her most dear. I cannot express, with my paper end pin, The sad thoughts of dear 0 ivr, having lost that dear lriciid. At tho head of her gravo no tombitono doth staud To express the sad thoughts of the fair Mary Ami ; lJtit as long as the flag in triumph thall wave, The white man may never forgot that Iono grave. Though tho wolves may howl and tho heathen cry, Around that lono grave, where sweet Mary doth lie ; But the cry of tho heathen in joy or disticss, Disturbs not tho dreamer, whoso foim is at rest. Though away in the forest, far finm her native home, In tho lauU of tho heathen, her body is in tomb. But low little doth it matter whero the body doth lio, When the spirit's at rest with Tbco on high. If anyone knows tho song "Just beforo tho Battle Mother" they will please send it to me. Lizzie Bhvax. Elans ville, Kan., Aug. 1, 1S81. Editor Homo Circle : This, is my first letter to Aunt Hetty. I am a little girl !) yearn old and live on a farm away out horo in Western Kansas, on what is known as tho Paradise Flats, two miles north of Plainsvillc. My sis ter Mary died the 20th of May; bho had been sick for nearly two years. She died very suddenly, and tho doctor said it was heart disease. It makes us all feol lonely and sad. Sho was 20 years old I can play on tho organ a little. My cousin will give mo lessons when sho comes this fall. Will answor .Sarah W. Kolly; thoio were two, I'nolo Enoch Skirvino, from your State, mado us a short visit last May and wo nil had a good timo with him, .but would have enjoyed it much more if sister bad been better. I will write more noxt time. OllAH SKIRVINE. Eai.ie Cheek, Or., Aug 183L Editor Homo Circle: As I havo not written for come time I will try and writo again. It has been very warm weather the last few days. The farmers are busy cutting theirgrain. My uncle has a reaper; ho has cut grain for threo in tho last week. I will tiy and answer Sarah W. Kelly's puzzle; two persons were all that wore iu the hou-c She baid, to the first one who answer it correctly die would fend a nico card : I never saw the puzzlo before, but I sup toiPtl it was only two persons who lived in tno hou'c. J went to church twice to-day I like to go very much, an Ad vent preacher preached. I will try and answer Sarah Kelley's Bible question, Saul was converted near Dauia-cus and his name changed Saul to Paul. It is cloudy and I think it will be raining in the mot nlng. I have a second cousin hero on a visit, she is from California, i-lio is going back in a week or two her name is Towne, and I have a couin living here tlrn "summer, hlie has a little boy two years old, his namo ii (Jorge; my cousin has two canary birtU, but they don't eing much. Very robpectfully, Leonoua S. Maukv.ood. In Chicago, fcCol." Frank Thompson wo cowhiiicd by Justice Woodman, for libelous statements mado by tho former. BEE CULTURE. We subjoin an interesting extract from a paper recently read by James Hedden, of Dowagic, Michigan, befoio tho Farmers' Instituto-of Cnssopolis, in that state. Mr. Hedden's views on the prospects of apiculture as u business should command attention. Ho also gives somo facts on "over stocking" whicn we think is a subject which has not received much nttcntion from bee keepers; or at least from beekeeping farmers : Regarding apiculture as a specialty, what aro tho prospects for him who would embark? I do not seo how they can bo bad. Lot us take n look at tho two influencing factors outside of tho ability of tho operator, namely : supply and demand. The price of all pioituco fluctuates or ebbs and flows, like tho tiilo of the ocean, sometimes abovo and some times below the cost of production. The product honey cannot cscapo this law. My own opiir.on is that just in the near futuro wo will experience a reaction from a few years' excellent nriccs. re cently passed through, but tho immut-. able law of action and reaction so well known to you all, will keen it hovorinsr about the cost-uf-prodiiction point,. tho same ns it doerf nil other products. Now, regariling supply, I doubt if one twentieth part (possibly it wouid bo cor rect to Fay one-hundredth part) of tho honey secreted by tho flora of tho Unit ed States is over gathered by bees. I . feel very coiifidont that the time is far distant, if over to come, when it can all bo gathorcd at a profit. Thoio me at pteseni many unoccupied areas waiting to.1 the future apit.ri.-t. Whether he can work any of tlicm at a living profit or uot dopends mninly upon his person al ability. It may not be out of phico to defino what is meant in apiarian vocapulaiy by an urea of field. A single bee has been known to visit nearly two tbous .nil blo.-soms in obtaining one load or a half flrop of honey, though some times they get it from n few dozen, or oven less. They havo been found nine miles from home. My own observations taken with great euro in various direc tions aud at varied seasons of the year, have proven to mo that my bees go" live miles for honey during tiniest of scarcity, whilo iu times) of plenty they seem to look upon three or four miles travel an boing merely good exorcise. In fact our surplus is Mipplied the most, rap idly when our'bees leach tho first blos soms at two' miles, extending their flight to thi-eeiind one-halr, afowscalteij ing out to four. There is such a thing as "over-stocking" known among beo-kcepcm ; thai is, I wing too many colonies in ono area, and .when such a (Ondititm of afl'aiis takes p'.ico, tho uninri-a establishes "out"' apiaries, aud these are necessarinly man aged at a considerable greater expeiiM) and quite a smaller income. You will seo that an arm of "bco range" consists oi it circular iieiu (' not less man six miles in diameter, mid how important it is that each apii'vy Bhould alone enjoy this field. In fact, it is impossible for two aparios to long miccceil, both occupying ono area. Soonor or lator one must succumb to the "survival of the fittest," About ono hundred pounds of honey has been estimated as the amount re quired by a colony annually, the most of which is, of cimro, consumed during tho Mimmor season, iu brood rearing aud as daily food. It will rcquiro fifty pounds Mil-plus for each colony itt 10c per pound for extracted homy to pay expense's of an apiary of ono bundled colonies. Thus it will bo seen that ono nica mutt -ceiclo lf),00() pounds beforo fie businiBi begins to pay. Bee-keepers have decideu that from sixty to one hundred colonies is all one area will stand without being overstocked, thus lessening tho amount of suiphiH obtain ed. Mitny havo been surprised at moi ern reports of the amount of honey ta'ieu fiom a few bees, but when, by a littlo experience, they reveive further light in the matter, they weio moiu sui-pi-itsid at the amount of labor and capi tal lequircd to produce this model u income. Ideas of ancient out goes, with mod- e-n incomes, regarding bee cultiuu, hiiM) cost many a ono many it dollar and failure. In conclusion I will say that tho same inexorable laws pervades all classes of production, viz : n who pro duces at ni.uiinuiii t'litt will fail. Jd who produeos tt m iiiuium cost will Mll'Cl'Cll. HOt' Infants and Children -Without MorpLIno or Narcotlno. Wliat RlTex our Children rry eliecki, Wuat cure their lovers, maki-s tlu-ni nlfep; 'Tin iSititurlit. When JlaMei frit, ami cry by lurns, What curui their colic, kills llnlr uurrnn. Hut fhitfurla. What quickly cures Gwtlnatlon, SourHKjuueh, Colilg, ludif'-itlou : Hut Cuntnrla. Farewell Uirn to Morphine HynJps, Cajilor Oil aud 1'an-gorlc, ami HallRi'lnrla. Contour Llnlmont. An al- olat cure for It lioumati am, Spralzu, Born. Guilt, etc., and aa Uutautaneoiu Polu-rclievcr. , 7iX' -yJAjsffy-'-a