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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.
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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. ,
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